![]() ![]() ![]() With the most cleaning tools in the box, the Dyson V11 Torque Drive is the clear winner in terms of extras. The Rocket Pet Pro's dustbin is much better than that, but Dyson's design still takes the win. The Hoover BladeMax, for instance, is particularly problematic - besides being tricky to open, it's often hard to tell if the dustbin is connected properly. The Shark Rocket Pet Pro's dustbin system isn't as sophisticated or easy to operate, but it's at least better than most other cordless vacuums. The Dyson V11 has a handy LCD screen that displays how much vacuum time left in its battery. It's the simplest procedure on a stick vac that I've seen. Just point the vacuum into the trash, push its release tab away from you, then pull it back. Emptying the V11's dustbin is a cinch too. It's a good design, with the LCD sitting above the handle on the back of the machine, so it's always within sight while you're using it. Outfitted with a handy LCD screen, the Dyson V11 displays relevant information such as battery level and its predicted runtime. Winner: Dyson V11 Torque Drive Design and ease of use Overall, while the Shark Rocket Pet Pro comes very close to matching the Dyson V11's performance, the V11 retains the upper hand. That said, it did miss a small tuft of fluff during my mid-pile tests. Meanwhile, the Rocket had no trouble dealing with pet hair on low-pile carpet and hardwood. On hardwood, however, the Dyson missed a stray clump, and a few stands became wrapped around the brush roll, too. The V11 removed all traces of dander from mid-pile and low-pile carpets without any issues. Results listed are the average percentage of total material removed from test surface The Shark came in at a perfect 100% while the Dyson V11 picked up 99.59% of the debris. It managed 67.59% pickup on low-pile carpeting, which is about 10% less than the V11 - but on thicker, plushier mid-pile carpeting, it picked up 72.41%, which beats Dyson by a nose.īoth vacuums had little difficulty pulling sand away from hardwood floors, where there aren't any carpet fibers for particles to cling to and hide beneath. The Shark Rocket Pet Pro was no slouch here either, vacuuming up almost as much sand from our lab floors as the Dyson V11. That covers three types of floor surfaces, too hardwood (99.59%), low-pile carpet (78.53%) and mid-pile carpet (71.57%). On our most difficult vacuum test - sand - the V11 showcased its prowess and picked up the highest percentage of grit we tossed across our test flooring. In this department, the Dyson V11 Torque Drive does not disappoint. The primary mission of any vacuum is to remove as much dirt and debris from your floors as possible. You're receiving price alerts for Shark PetPro Rocket Cordless Vacuum Cleaning power ![]()
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![]() ![]() Bomb Queen II: Dirty Bomb (Trade Paper Back) - July 2007īomb Queen, hard-up for romance, falls head-over-heels for an enigmatic stranger who may prove to be her undoing.When the hero's efforts prove fruitless, the politician unleashes a chemically-created monster who threatens not only Bomb Queen but the city itself. Bomb Queen Deluxe Edition Volume 1 (Hardcover Edition) - April 2013īomb Queen is put on the defensive when a scheming politician introduces a superhero into the community to win back the people's favour.Bomb Queen: Woman of Mass Destruction (with 40 extra pages of material) (Trade Paper Back) - July 2006.These are denoted by Roman numerals and subtitles instead of the more traditional sequential order.īomb Queen has also appeared in one issue of The Savage Dragon, part 1 of the World Tour arc, which was issue 134. Under Image Comics' ShadowLine banner, Bomb Queen has been printed as eight mini-series and four one-shots. Later on, Ashe is murdered, but in reality, Ashe is the physical manifestation of a demon whose realm nexus is New Port City, and can manipulate the rage of its citizens, notably Bomb Queen. The cat's powers have saved the day in numerous situations, such as the finale of the Bomb Queen vs. The animal has mysterious origins and is connected to the Maya of Central America. Bomb Queen, in disguise, traveled to Las Vegas in search of a weapon prototype at a gun convention and encountered the superheroine Blacklight.īomb Queen is never seen without her black cat, Ashe. This was illustrated in the one-shot comic, Bomb Queen vs. The restriction of the city limits kept Bomb Queen confined in her city of crime, but also present extreme danger if she were to ever leave - where the law is ready and waiting. This also resulted in private local TV stations, Intranet, and regional cable stations being allowed to air unrated content – often of Bomb Queen herself, in pornographic movies filmed from her fortified townhouse. The city coffers were overflowing with laundered money, which caused New Port City to rival Las Vegas. In the third volume, Bomb Queen is revealed to be a clone created by the Shadow Government to serve as the prison warden of New Port City, in order to contain its innate evil (her pet cat Ashe), acquiring superpowers for herself after merging with her younger clone Bomb Teen.īomb Queen's rule over the city (and her cavalier attitude to crime) caused the city to flourish. Various smear campaigns having failed to dent her immense public popularity, the government turned to other options. However, the government was not happy with the self-elected leadership of Bomb Queen and formed a corrupt organization called the Shadow Government to make numerous attempts to eliminate Bomb Queen. This pleased politicians in Washington, D.C., due to the lowered crime rates in other states. Bomb Queen emerged as the victor, and took control over the local government, without any superpowers of any kind, armed only with bombs and athletic ability.īomb Queen founded New Port City's "No Heroes" law, (outlawing superheroes) which made the town a magnet for criminals across America. When all the super-heroes in town were finally defeated or slain, the Queens turned on Bomb Queen. She rules the city as a dictator the limitations she has placed over the city's criminals have made her a popular leader.īomb Queen was originally part of a quartet of supervillains called The Four Queens, who reigned over New Port City. The Queen is a villainess who has eliminated and subsequently banned all superheroes from the fictional city of New Port City. 1, #1, and has subsequently appeared in eight limited series, four single-issue specials, and a crossover in The Savage Dragon #134. She first appeared in Image Comics' Bomb Queen Vol. Altered DNA grant her energetic projection in form of "Energy bombs"īomb Queen is an American fictional comic book character, created by Jimmie Robinson.Clockwise starting upper far left: Tempest, Bomb Queen, Blacklight, Fetish, and Rebound. ![]() Cover Bomb Queen: Gang Bang, featuring Bomb Queen along with a group of her recurring superhero adversaries. ![]() ![]() ![]() OFF, it means Sleeping Tabs feature is disabled in Microsoft Edge. If “Save resources with sleeping tabs” option is disabled i.e. ON, it means Sleeping Tabs feature is enabled in Microsoft Edge. If “Save resources with sleeping tabs” option is enabled i.e. Look for “ Save resources with sleeping tabs” option under Save Resources section. Now click on System tab in left sidebar and in right-side pane, you’ll see Save Resources section. ![]() You can also directly open Edge Settings page using edge://settings/ URL in address bar.Ģ. Now select Settings option from the main menu.Īlternatively, you can press ALT+F keys together to show Edge Menu and then press S key to open Settings page. Open Microsoft Edge browser and click on the 3-dots menu button present at the right-side of the toolbar. ![]() Following steps will help you in enabling or disabling this feature in Edge browser:ġ. This feature is known as Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge web browser. More Details: Mozilla Firefox Automatically Suspends Tabs and Reloads When You Visit Enable or Disable Tab Sleep Feature in Microsoft Edge: Restart Firefox and it’ll enable/disable Tab Suspend feature in Firefox based on the value of preference. Alternatively, you can right-click on the preference and select Toggle option. Similarly, if Tab Suspend feature is disabled in your Firefox browser and you want to activate and enable it, double-click on preference and set it to true. If Tab Suspend feature is enabled in your Firefox browser and you want to deactivate and disable it, double-click on preference and set it to false. If the value of the preference is set to false, it means the tab suspension feature is disabled in Firefox browser.ģ. If the value of the preference is set to true, it means the tab suspension feature is enabled in Firefox browser. If you also want to disable or enable Tab Sleep feature in your web browser, following steps will help you: Almost all web browsers allow users to turn on/off this feature. In this article, we’ll tell you how to activate or deactivate Tab Sleep feature in all popular web browsers (such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and the new Microsoft Edge browser). When the user clicks on sleeping or suspended tabs, the web browser activates and reloads the tabs again.Īlthough this feature is very useful as it improves system performance but sometimes users may get annoyed when they notice that some tabs have been put to sleep and when they switch to those tabs, the web browser takes time in loading the tabs again. In other words, the web browser discards or unloads those inactive tabs from memory so that the web browser consumes less memory. The web browser puts those inactive/unused tabs to sleep. When Tab Sleep feature is activated, the web browser checks for inactive or idle background tabs which have not been used by the user since a predefined time period. It reduces amount of memory usage thus helps in improving overall system performance. Tab Sleep feature has been introduced to improve performance of the web browser. This feature is also known or referred as Tab Snooze, Tab Freeze, Tab Suspend, Tab Discard or Tab Hibernation. Learn more about the snapshot feature.Now-a-days almost all popular web browsers are coming with a new feature called “ Tab Sleep“. Quickly crop what you want to capture and add your own flair with editing tools. Share your online discoveries with your friends with the snapshot tool. Learn more about managing visual bookmarks. Save and share your favorite parts of the webĮasily see and manage your favorite pages with visual bookmarks by organizing them into folders or on the bookmark bar. Opera’s included ad blocker speeds up browsing, stops trackers, and halts cryptocurrency mining. Highlight any text on the web to conduct a new search or convert values into something relevant to you. Learn about the features people use every day which make browsing with Opera the best.įacebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and more are available for you in the sidebar so you can chat and browse simultaneously with integrated messengers. ![]() ![]() ![]() With that out of the way, let's look at how to download Google Maps for offline use. If your internal storage is full, but your phone has a vacant microSD card slot, you can change the storage location and download maps on the microSD card. The bigger the map, the more space you will need. Google Maps is a free application you can use to find your way home, learn details about locations or stores, and calculate distances before. You can adjust the volume of voice guidance under Guidance Volume at the top of the Navigation Settings menu. Scroll down and tap the Detailed voice guidance toggle to switch it to the On position. Besides built-in map sources, cutom sources are also supported. Experience Street View, 3D Mapping, turn-by-turn directions, indoor maps and more across your devices. Take the family on that long overdue vacation. ![]() Sometimes getting lost could prove to be a better adventure but not with a couple kids screaming in the back seat. Next year, Google expects to fully roll out a new camera for Street View next year to help map and capture imagery from remote corners of the world. We have provided many built-in map sources from ArcGIS, Google, Bing, Tianditu, Amap and Tencent, including types of imagery, vector and other various style. All of that being said the ability to navigate with just a paper map no longer exists in the vast majority of our population. Tap your Account icon in the top-right corner. Map Downloader helps you download various maps from the Internet. However, you won't have access to Google Maps features like Street View, traffic updates, public transport navigation, bicycle routes, or Google's Busy Areas feature.Īdditionally, you need free storage space on your device to download the maps. Open the Google Maps app on your mobile device. Most importantly, you will have access to navigation features when using offline maps. Map multiple locations, get transit/walking/driving directions, view live traffic conditions, plan trips, view satellite, aerial and street side imagery. Before you begin, there are a few things to know. ![]() Whether you're on Android, iOS, or Chromebook, you can download Google Maps through the app to make sure you don't get lost when navigating through the boonies where the signal is sparse. Here's a quick rundown of how to download and use a map in Google Maps. It's also a good idea to download Google Maps offline in case you find yourself in an area with little or no coverage. If you're a frequent traveler, you'll want a good Android phone with global band support. ![]() ![]() Euclidean geometry is the geometry of a space whose curvature is everywhere zero – the geometry of the imaginary space of a matter-free universe. Any change in the amount and distribution of matter will change the curvature of spacetime. Matter, it is asserted, warps space (strictly, spacetime): its gravitational field bends space (and dilates time). In non-Euclidean space, the sum of the angles of a triangle may be greater than 180° more importantly, the shortest distance between two points may not be a straight line, but a curved one. For in contemporary physics, space is curved, or non-Euclidean. The price for promotion, however, is high: unintelligibility. The Eleatic philosopher argued that since space was Nothing, it could not divide Being into beings: to be separated by Nothing was not to be separated at all, and the world seen aright was a single entity.Ī radial picture of the Universe by Pablo Carlos Budassi A Curve Ball At Curved Space This is promotion indeed for an emptiness whose very existence was denied by our cognitive godfather, Parmenides (c.515-c.460 BCE). The General Theory of Relativity brought the erstwhile backdrop, the stage set, into the drama, where space (and time) are active players. Indeed, it might be argued that physical space should be grateful to modern physics for upgrading it from an inert background. So long as we don’t think that the physicists’ space is more fundamental than, or is the ultimate reality of, lived space, then no harm is done. Its extraordinary explanatory, predictive, and practical power has come from shedding this irrelevant baggage. Mechanics is not psychogeography and a good thing too, they might argue. The kind of space that they are interested in, the space of mechanics and of material objects and force fields, is not the parochial space of the shopper and the doctor and the tourist. Physicists would hardly waste a shrug on such criticism. They are void of secondary qualities – warmth, brightness, colour, texture – never mind meaning, value, and use – even though all these qualities are inseparable from the space in which we experience, enact, and suffer our lives. The inhabitants of the physicists’ space are fields and objects that have only primary qualities – size, distance, number of instances. The space of the physicist has neither ‘here’ nor ‘there’, no centre or periphery, no inside or outside, except in terms of relationships between points defined mathematically with respect to a frame of reference built out of axes whose (0,0,0) point of origin is arbitrarily chosen. Places – habitats – are stripped down to decimal places. Space is translated into points, lines, surfaces, and volumes to dimensions or quantitative parameters x y, z. The most obvious assault on space is analogous to that which time has had to suffer: reduction to a pure quantity. They should form a victim support group, which is why this column is devoted to a defence of space. My own view, however, is that both space and time are traduced in physics. And many physicists have dreamed of a version of a Theory of Everything in which time disappears altogether.įor some thinkers, notably the French philosopher Henri Bergson, the Original Sin is the presentation of time as if it were a kind of space. This can be parked under a line as a denominator (e.g., speed = distance/ t), or multiplied by itself, or by the square root of -1 – indignities that real stretches of time such as afternoons would not tolerate. Time in physics is present as an abstraction, a pure quantity: little t. As Herman Minkowski put it, “space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union will preserve an independent reality” ( The Principle of Relativity, 1952). Worse, the theory seemed to deny time an independent existence. Relativity theory stripped it of its tenses, dismissing the difference between past, present, and future as illusory. ![]() With a few exceptions, physicists have not been kind to time. In earlier columns, I have defended time from the assaults of physics. SUBSCRIBE NOW Tallis in Wonderland Thinking Straight About Curved Space Raymond Tallis rules out a distorting physics metaphor. ![]() ![]() This can in part be seen in Russia’s large inability to locate satellites one year into the war, at least on a significant scale. Humphreys, professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Texas points out that beams a Starlink terminal produces “are narrow (less than 5 degrees and they hop around in frequency, which make it hard to get an actual lock on a terminal.” Perhaps the most important one being that it is possible to geolocate the terminals, possibly giving away the physical positions of forces.ĭavide Scaramuzza, associate professor of robotics and perception at the University of Zurich, said that as a base station or flying drone emits radio signals, it can be intercepted by enemy forces using high power antennas across a wide array of commonly used bands.Īchieving this might be harder in practice than is let on for several reasons. ![]() With respect to drones, Burbach states that if high bandwidth commercial satellite links can be installed inside of one or more while functioning in flight, then this would make it possible for the operating country to control it far outside of its borders.įor any country or military to rely on Starlink does entail a number of security risks as well. “The ground antennas of Starlink form a highly directional beam at the satellite it is using– the signal is then difficult to interfere except along the line between terminal and satellite,” he said.Īnother benefit it has over geostationary systems is that its very large number of satellites are interchangeable, where if one is put out of service another one is able to take over. This strong connection also makes them more resistant to jamming. Burbach explained that this allows the signal from Starlink satellites to be much stronger, offering higher transmission speed and requiring less power to operate. ![]() Advantages and RisksĪmong the primary factors that set apart Starlink constellations from older satellite systems is its ability to operate in low-Earth orbit, at less than 2,000 kilometers above the earth, in contrast to competitors who orbit at altitudes up to 36,000 kilometers. Through access to Starlink’s low-orbiting satellites, the company was said to have successfully managed the system’s flight from 200 kilometers (124 miles) away. In December 2021, Australia-based Unleash Live teamed up with Starlink to facilitate remote drone flights. Naval Forces Central Command in the Middle East, has stated that Starlink was used to connect unmanned aircraft, vessels and underwater vehicles operated by allied forces in a NATO exercise in Portugal. While RDARS solely integrated the dish to the drone’s ground station, the company has emphasized the potential of installing it on the drone itself. Via Starlink, the ground station communicates with a control center, allowing the operator to control and receive imagery from the drone. In November, Canadian company RDARS, announced that it had successfully integrated Starlink equipment to its Eagle Nest ground station, which was able to transmit data to the firm’s Eagle Eye military drone in-flight. ![]() However, there has been momentum from the defense industry to experiment. Starlink offers considerable advantages over other satellite communications networks, likely contributing to its attractiveness for equipping everything from infantry squads to armored vehicles to being integrated directly in drones as that becomes more feasible, he said.Ĭurrently, Starlink antennas are too large and too heavy for small drones. Burbach said his views are his own do not necessarily reflect that of the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() It reveals Sally has been the ward of a religious group for the last 10 years. One of Zoe’s followers hands her a letter sent to Charlie, Sally’s dad. Yet she chooses to ignore information that would upend most people’s sense of reality because she wants to be a normal teenage kid instead of pursuing facts, until it fits the needs of the plot, of course. No need for the character to struggle at all. When she begins to question what is happening to her (after 10 years, why bother suddenly?), Little Martha conveniently hands her exactly the information she needs. Any discussion of this? Some exposition, perhaps? No. Sally has been away for 10 years with occasional visits home. While there are a few good ideas in there, the bulk of the script plays out like inept fan fiction written by someone who did not think through the most basic elements of the story, plot, character motivations, or basic common sense. The script, penned by director Charlie Comparetto (he also wrote the novel from which the script was derived or vice versa), is the film’s biggest enemy. The film might have benefitted from having her character take the lead as Zoe and the actress portraying her are both more intriguing than anything else in the movie. Larsen is giving ample meat to tuck into with Zoe, who changes from bitch to troubled teen to pure evil during the film. Sally is a clueless Mary Sue-type, so Berglund’s efforts are stymied by poor writing/dialogue options though you can see her talent slip out in some of the better written segments. The two best performers in “ Ghost in the Graveyard” are Kellie Berglund (Sally) and Olivia Larsen (Zoe). As a devoted father, he just does not fit, but he gives a dandy attempt, so he gets kudos for effort. Jake Busey always seems out of place, even when playing weird and creepy characters. A few shots of conversations have good framing and help maintain visual appeal. When the camera turns on people, the results are less amazing, though it is clear that the filmmakers know how to use a camera. The changing leaves and the deep gold natural lighting make for some stunning images. The camera moves through the scenery with confidence. ![]() Excellent location work in the cemetery and the surrounding environments. Let me start by saying “Ghost in the Graveyard” is, for the most part, wonderful to look at. Will Reed dump Zoe for Sally? Where has Sally been for 10 years? How did they get Jake Busey to be so calm? Whose freaking baby is it? Sally and Zoe start seeing Little Martha. Cops instantly assume the attack came from witches or had supernatural overtones. Meanwhile, a kid riding his bike through the cemetery on a dare is killed in broad daylight. She is back for her senior year in high school, even though the whole town thinks she is insane and most think she was responsible for the death of Little Martha.īefore you can say, “John Hughes”, we have teen angst as the class snot, Zoe, decides to give crazy Sally the business, with an added bit of cruelty because of Sally’s long-time relationship with Reed, Zoe’s current boyfriend. Sally’s been away, but where is not stated. Sally is sent away because she kept seeing Little Martha everywhere.ġ0 years later, Sally returns home to her father, Charlie, and her brother, Billy. Kids are running for their lives, Sally is still playing the game, and Little Martha falls into an open grave, where she dies. ![]() When Sally jumps out to chase her friends, they see a witch appear behind her, and all Hell breaks loose. Little does she know that there are witches holding a ritual inside the structure. Sally is “The Ghost”, so she hides inside a mausoleum. Ten years ago, a group of kids decide to play “ Ghost in the Graveyard”, a game that mixes tag, hide-and-seek, and general creeping each other out. WARNING: This review may contain information that would be considered “spoilers”. Moriah comes under the thumb of Martha, a ghost who comes back to haunt the teens, who witnessed her death as children, during a “game” of ‘Ghost in the Graveyard.’ ![]() ![]() ![]() You will not be able to urinate until the test is over.This makes the ultrasound picture clearer. A full bladder helps transmit sound waves, and it pushes the intestines out of the way of the uterus. You may be able to leave your clothes on, or you will be given a gown to wear. Make sure that a fetus is alive and moving.įetal ultrasound can be done in a doctor's office, hospital, or clinic.Find major birth defects, such as a neural tube defect or heart problems.Check the position of the fetus, umbilical cord, and placenta during a procedure such as amniocentesis or umbilical cord blood sampling.Look at the size and position of the fetus, placenta, and amniotic fluid. ![]() Check for birth defects that affect the brain or spinal cord.Estimate the risk of a chromosome defect, such as Down syndrome.Estimate the age of the fetus ( gestational age).Find out if you are pregnant with more than one fetus.Different details can be learned at different times during your pregnancy. This screening also includes blood tests that measure the levels of two substances that may be related to birth defects.įetal ultrasound is done to learn about the health of your fetus. The first-trimester screening test uses ultrasound to measure the thickness of the skin at the back of the baby's neck. Ultrasound is one of the screening tests that may be done in the first trimester to look for birth defects, such as Down syndrome. Sometimes the sex of your fetus can be seen by about the 18th week of pregnancy. It can be done as early as the 5th week of pregnancy. It does not use X-rays or other types of radiation that may harm your fetus. ![]() It can find things such as the size and position of the fetus. In a transvaginal ultrasound, a transducer is put into your vagina.įetal ultrasound is the safest way to check for problems and get details about your fetus. In a transabdominal ultrasound, a small hand-held device called a transducer is moved over your belly. They may be saved as part of your baby's record.įetal ultrasound can be done two ways. The pictures are also called a sonogram, an echogram, or a scan. It may be in black and white or in colour. It produces a picture of the baby (fetus), the organ that supports the fetus ( placenta), and the liquid that surrounds the fetus ( amniotic fluid). By analogy with cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, and Zika virus infections, it is likely that monkeypox virus is shed in the amniotic fluid only once the fetal kidneys produce sufficient urine (ie, after 18–21 weeks' gestation).Fetal ultrasound is a test done during pregnancy that uses reflected sound waves. The sensitivity of molecular detection of monkeypox virus in the amniotic fluid is unknown. Monkeypox can have considerable risks to the fetus, so we also suggest testing asymptomatic pregnant women with significant monkeypox virus exposure to identify those who require fetal ultrasound follow-up. Fetal ultrasound monitoring is required in cases of maternal monkeypox virus infection, and subsequent management should be based on the presence of ultrasound anomalies such as fetal hepatomegaly or hydrops. Diagnosis is confirmed by nucleic acid amplification testing with real-time or conventional PCR for monkeypox virus from vesicles or genital lesions additionally, we advise ruling out varicella, herpes simplex, and syphilis, as these might resemble monkeypox in pregnancy. Clinicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for monkeypox virus in any pregnant woman presenting with lymphadenopathy and vesiculopustular rash-including rash localised to the genital or perianal region-even if there are no apparent epidemiological links. Here, we propose a clinical management algorithm for pregnant women with suspected monkeypox virus exposure ( figure). ![]() The language employed by a media-house goes a long way in determining the listenership strength and effectiveness of its services. If some information is to be disseminated and the appropriate language is not used, the audience may not be able to comprehend such information. Radio as an electronic medium serves three major purposes-informing, educating, and entertaining. It has always been used during any matter of national security or emergency. It has helped maintain peace, unity, and harmony among people all over world. Over the past decades, radio has played a significant role. The need for community radio stations, especially in communicating their messages to the society via the use of indigenous languages, cannot be overemphasized. Language serves as a major instrument of exchange through varied media such as electronic media, of which radio is one of the oldest electronic media of communication. The effectiveness of communication in a society is largely dependent on how well that society uses the language peculiar to their geographical area. He confirmed the usefulness of language, as it enables man to conceptualize, depict, and even portray the complexities and nature of his environment. It is used for domestic, religious, and commercial purposes. Language can determine and influence the thoughts of man and is needed for man’s daily communication. Language is a form of communication which allows humans to share their thoughts, beliefs, ideas, experiences, etc., and are presumably known to the sender and receiver of such communication. The study recommends, amongst others, that the Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC) review their policy on the allocated time of broadcast in English languages, and that more English language experts and linguists should be incorporated into the broadcast system. The study also found that majority of the respondents use their indigenous languages in their day-to-day activities as well as their schools with English being used majorly only in schools with only English-speaking students. The results revealed that majority of the respondents in Hunan listened to radio broadcast indicating that the use of English language can have massive impact on the people. The sample employed frequency distribution tables, percentages, and charts in the presentation and analysis of data. The instrument of data collection was a structured questionnaire with closed questions and a self-structured interview. ![]() The study’s population comprises of the inhabitants of the Hunan province in China, from which a sample of 50 broadcast staff and 150 regular inhabitants was drawn using a stratified random sampling technique. ![]() This study examined the impact of the English language used in radio broadcasting using a descriptive Big Data survey research design. ![]() Programmes anchored in English in places where the language is barely spoken enhances the vocabulary, comprehension and language vitality of the listeners. ![]() Using the English language during broadcast reduces language dearth, and helps reach a much larger audience, even those not in China. The broadcast media can help manage multilingualism through the introduction of new words which would give little or no room for lexicon dearth but would expand the language lexicon. The absence of these professionals is a major constraint to the development of the community. The challenges faced in communicating in English in Chinese radio stations are majorly caused by the lack of language professionals and linguists in the broadcast stations. Broadcasting more educating and language-reviving contents are ways radio stations can help revitalize the use of the English language in the Hunan province of China. ![]() ![]() They will research dietary needs in young people and how these needs can change throughout life. Students will continue to build their confidence and subject knowledge within Food. They will look at formal elements and drawing skills. Students will look at Biomimicry and use nature to inspire their drawing skills. Students will experiment with a range of decorative techniques including hand applique, heat transfers, fabric pens/ crayons, image manipulation, machine applique and hand embroidery. They will understand the design movement and reflect this in their work. Students will design and make a pencil case in the style of pop art. These dishes include healthy coleslaw, mini carrot cakes, cookies in a cone and smoothies. Students will continue to build upon prior knowledge and use appropriate ingredients and equipment to prepare and cook a range of dishes. ![]() They will investigate food labelling and sugar content in their favourite drinks. Students will build on their knowledge from Year 7, describing and applying The Eatwell Guide and tips for healthy eating. Students will create a moodboard, design ideas and analyse a designer during their project. They will complete a design and make task based on felt food and the artist Lucy Sparrow. They will be taught and develop practical skills such as hand embroidery, using a sewing machine, attaching a button / fastening and much more. They will be taught how to use specialist equipment safely and confidently. Students will understand the importance of Textiles within our world. Students will work independently or in groups and show their ability to follow a recipe and problem solve. These dishes include sherbet lollies, overnight oats, jelly fruit, deli salads, presentation skills and much more. Students will make a range of dishes that showcase the skills that they have learnt. They will explore healthy diets, hygiene and safety. Students will be taught and understand the basics of weighing and measuring correctly. What will students’ study in Design and Technology? Job Opportunities:Īnd even if you don't want a job in Hospitality and Catering it will enable you to be an amazing, confident cook! All of these roles require further education and training either through apprenticeships or further and higher education.Īccording to the British Hospitality Association, Hospitality and catering is Britain’s fourth largest industry and accounts for 10% of the total workload, making you more employable. Progression routes and career opportunities: Hospitality and CateringĮmployment in hospitality and catering can range from waiting staff, receptionists and catering assistants to chefs, hotel and bar managers and food technologists in food manufacturing. This course prepares students to progress onto the A-level Textile Design, Fine Art, Graphic Communications courses.Ĭourses in Textiles are available at degree level and possible careers include: Fashion Interior Design Graphic Design Set design. ![]() Progression routes and career opportunities: BTEC Art and Design Where could this subject ultimately take you? Students learn how Design and Technology impacts their everyday life and how they can prepare themselves for jobs within the creative industries. We prepare our students for an increasingly technological world by creating equal opportunities and life chances for all our students at Temple Learning Academy. We push our students to be problem solvers in Design and Technology and to think like a designer. We encourage our students to be risk takers, understanding that making a mistake is fine and that resilience is key. ![]() We want our students to have life skills which will help them thrive, be resourceful, choose a healthy lifestyle and make do and mend. We encourage students to be innovators, leaders and design for the needs and wants of others. We strive for our students to have a passion for Design and Technology and we guide them to think creatively. Our curriculum will provide opportunities for students to work individually as well as part of a team. During their time at Temple Learning Academy students will have access to specialist facilities from an early age and throughout their time at the academy. Our aim is to inspire pupils to design and make purposeful products that solve real and relevant problems in our forever changing world. Emergency - severe weather school closure procedureĭesign Technology Curriculum Our Subject Visionĭesign and technology is an inspiring, rigorous, and practical subject that is taught by specialist staff with a passion for their subject.Important E-safety Information - Protect your child online.Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. ![]() |
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