<center id="e206k"></center> In Search of Silicon Valley — 10th November
Join us to hear Robert Good's thoughts on the digital revolution, and what he learned from Silicon Valley.
Robert is an artist based in Cambridge UK. His work has been shown across the world.
The talk will begin at 7pm and last around 60 minutes.
￡6.00
Retro Computer Festival — 5th November
We're very happy to announce our Retro Computer Festival — our biggest yet, with more exhibitors than ever before. We welcome enthusiasts to exhibit their personal collections.
The event will be free to exhibitors and entry for visitors is just standard museum entry.
Programming with Yarn — 18th October
As well as interesting historical facts, this talk provides a simple way of explaining key programming concepts and highlights the logical thinking necessary to get into coding.
Lily Madar is an experienced software engineer, always trying to find new ways to make coding more accessible in this digital world.
The talk will begin at 7pm and last around 60 minutes.
￡6.00
Family Gaming Night — 15th October
A great event for all the family kids young and old!!
We'll be opening at 6pm for a solid 4 hours of digital entertainment in a fun and family-friendly environment. It's great chance for kids and parents to come together, share experiences, compete against each other and talk about how technology and gaming have changed over the years.
Under 5's are free. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult
Adult ￡1l.00
Child ￡8.00
Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Children) ￡34.00
Linda Brown, a real estate agent, believes that when it comes to solving homelessness, it takes a village. She spent nine years supporting homeless people in Springfield, Missouri, through a charitable organization called The Gathering Tree, which welcomed people a few times each week during daylight hours, providing a safe and welcoming place for them to take showers, socialize, or simply rest. But they had to close their doors for the night. "One cold winter night, I watched as my friends walked off into the darkness to a wet, cold camp, while we went home to a warm bed," Linda said, "I realized I had to do something."
She had an idea to create a village of tiny houses to make sure no one slept outside on her watch! Linda started fundraising. She began by appealing to her fellow estate agents in the area before branching out into local businesses.
Using these donations, Linda purchased a nearby abandoned area that already had the infrastructure in place. By February 2019, they'd built 31 tiny homes for their Eden Village and found residents for each one. All the residents must be good neighbors in order to stay in the village, and they certainly are! Linda was happy when she learned that the village actually increased local property values rather than lowering them as some people had feared.
Linda hasn't stopped working since Eden Village began. A second village opened in the fall of 2020, and there's a third location in the works as well! She hopes to have five villages across Springfield within the next five years, helping more than 200 homeless people get off the streets and into a new life.
To this day, Linda firmly believes that there are a million reasons someone can become homeless, but each of them can be solved with love and community involvement.
A new study says that more than half the world's ocean area is "becoming greener," and the trend is connected to human-caused global warming.
It's not clear what is driving the greening. In some places, it could indicate changes in the amount of plankton or other organic material floating in the water. Plankton are a cornerstone of the ocean food chain, and these kinds of shifts could have ripple effects throughout the entire marine ecosystem.
The study, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, examines 20 years of satellite data measuring light reflected at the surface of the water all across the globe, subtle changes that aren't necessarily visible to the naked eye. The research finds that 56 percent of the world's oceans are shifting in color — and on the whole, they're growing greener. The trend is especially strong in the lower latitudes, including the subtropics and tropics.
The researchers then used a computer model to find out whether climate change was playing a part. They conducted one set of simulations representing the oceans under a strong climate change scenario, and then compared them with a second set of simulations imagining a world in which climate change didn't exist. The model suggests that rising global temperatures are to blame.
The exact reasons still require some scientific digging. While climate change seems to be the culprit, the study also indicates that rising ocean temperatures in and of themselves aren't driving the greening.
There are plenty of other ways global warming is affecting the world's oceans, by changing the structure and flow of certain currents, for instance. These kinds of changes can affect the growth of phytoplankton and other factors that might be contributing to the greening.
The findings weren't a surprise to the researchers. They're consistent with the way researchers expect the global oceans to change as the world keeps on warming.
"I've been running simulations that have been telling me for years that these changes in ocean color are going to happen," study co-author Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a senior research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a statement. "To actually see it happening for real is no unexpected, but frightening."
We have long been attracted by quick solutions that could increase our intelligence. Today, people's hopes lie in brain training apps, some of which claim to result in smarter minds". But is this quick solutions all that it is said to be?
There are plenty of brain training apps, but they all share the same characteristics: they turn mental exercises like simple arithmetic, memory tests and logic and pattern-matching problems into quick games. The more you play these mini-games, the smarter you will get — or so some apps tell us. It is really a big promise.
Many of the apps say they are backed by "science", a claim I found surprising as a former neuroscientist. The concept that increasing intelligence would be as simple as practicing a few mini-games every day goes against what we have discovered about how humans think and learn.
After surveying a diverse spread of thousands of users across wide variety of apps, researchers at Western University in Canada discovered that "brain training has no appreciable effect on cognitive functioning in the ‘real world', even after extensive training periods". The positive effects that have been found are limited to the very specific mini-games and tasks that users are trained on, such as the ability to memorize lists of words or numbers, or perform mental arithmetic, with little benefit to other skills.
If you are expecting them to improve your ability to write novel or construct a complex spreadsheet, I am afraid you will want to look elsewhere.
Puzzle video games such as "Baba Is You" and "Returno the Obra Dinn" see players apply their skill at logic, memory and concentration in a far more complex way than any brain training mini-game.
Consumer behavior is the study of how people make purchase decisions to satisfy their needs or desires and how their emotional, mental and behavioral responses influence the buying decision. By understanding it, businesses can make their marketing efforts to focus on specific groups, improve brand images, and predict the trends. Anyway, understanding consumer behavior is vital to any successful marketing strategy.
Among them, marketing campaigns influence purchasing decisions a lot. If done right and regularly, with the right marketing message, they can even persuade consumers to change brands or choose more expensive alternatives.
For expensive products, like houses or cars, economic conditions play a big part. The consumer's decision — making process is longer for expensive purchases and it can be influenced by more personal factors at the same time.
Consumer behavior can also be influenced by personal factors: likes, dislikes, morals, and values. In industries like fashion or food, personal opinions are especially powerful. Of course, advertisements can influence behavior. However, finally, consumers choices are greatly influenced by their preferences.
Last but not least, our purchasing power plays a significant role in influencing our behavior. Unless you're a billionaire, you'll consider your budget before making a purchase decision.
However, if you don't have the money for it, you won't buy it.
A. Education levels and social factors can have an impact.
B. Consumer behavior is often influenced by different factors.
C. The product might be excellent and the marketing could be great.
D. This knowledge can also help businesses stay ahead of their competition.
E. Vegetarians, no matter how many hamburger ads they see, won't start eating meat.
F. A positive economic environment can make consumers willing to buy them.
G. A consumer purchases a different product just because he or she wants to seek diversity.
It was my last class before summer break, and I was finishing up the first year of a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in poetry. Unsure if I deserved a 1 in the program, I worried I wasn't as2 as my peers. When the professor asked about our summer 3 , I panicked. I didn't want to appear idle (閑散的)，so without much 4 , I burst out "gardening". Surprisingly, my professor nodded and mentioned Emily Dickinson loved gardening. Emily Dickinson, a great American poet, studied plants as a 5 . But I was in my twenties and had no gardening 6 .
A few days later, I 7 some seedlings in a store. I thought I should get some. At least I could say I had 8 gardening. Wait, was that a jalapeno (墨西哥辣椒)? I 9 it up.
Over the summer, the plant grew, not big but 10 . I was proud. Maybe I didn't have 11 . But then I had to move out of my apartment for some reason. I 12 with my friends. It was December when I found my new apartment, and my jalapeno was suffering: its 13 had fallen off. I set it next to a window by the kitchen sink, and 14 for the best.
I 15 to work hard in school. Then spring came. My plant grew with new leaves. And it flowered when I 16 my graduate paper, a book of 17 , in May.
I was washing dishes one day when my professor called. "Your poems are strong..." he said. I'd done it! I went back to the dishes, but suddenly I found the flowers 18 my jalapeno were gone. Had I done something 19 ? I looked closer. Where a flower had been, a tiny green fruit 20 through.
Chinese pastries (糕點) have a rich and divers history that spans thousands of years. Traditional Chinese pastries are popular their beautiful shapes, delicate flavors and cultural symbolism.
The origins of Chinese pastries can be traced back to ancient times when they were primarily made for (religion) ceremonies and special occasions. Over centuries of evolution, Chinese pastries (develop), combining various regional flavors and techniques.
During the Tang dynasty, Chinese pastries experienced a significant (grow) in popularity. The Tang dynasty emperors were known for their love of desserts and pastries, led to the development of numerous delicate and complicated pastry recipes.
It was during this time many symbolic pastries were created, and the art of pastry-making reached new heights.
Mooncakes, closely (associate) with the Mid-autumn Festival, are among the most famous Chinese pastries. Mooncakes have a history (date) back over 1,000 years. They were (original) used as an offering (honour) the moon goddess during the harvest season. Mooncakes are often imprinted with amazing designs and symbols that represent good luck and prosperity.
Each region in China has its own pastries with distinct flavors, ingredients and making methods. Chinese pastries are an essential part of Chinese cuisine and cultural traditions.
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)， 并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
Nowadays, an increasing number of people have trouble falling asleep and suffer from lack of sleep, lead to serious health problems.
Definitely, a good sleep can restore our physical strength what is needed to get refreshed for the day ahead. On the contrary, lack of sleep can result in poor outcomes, absent of mind, memory loss and low spirits including. Consequently, effective approaches should put forward to address the issues.
Firstly, we should lay a efficient learning plan and strike a balance between your study and rest. Secondly, remove our phones or other screens before going to bed. Lastly, creating a sleep-friendly environment can be of extremely helpful. Something as simply as a comfortable pillow can do wonders.
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