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My Favorite Video Game Levels

Here are five video game levels/areas that are memorable to me. The music, creative design, unique atmosphere and intrinsic value are all decisive factors that led to my ultimate choices.

5. Great Deer Yard Hotel

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut - (2013)

The Great Deer Yard Hotel is filled with interesting facts about Greenvale and its historical hotel. If you enjoy game aesthetics, you will love Deadly Premonition. All of the main locations (e.g. the Hotel, A&G Diner, Sheriff's Dept, Galaxy of Terror and Muses Gallery) are carefully decorated and should be explored at a slow pace. The Great Hotel was the point in-game where I was wholeheartedly pulled into SWERY's mysterious world. The nods to Lynch and Kubrick in the hotel were pleasing, especially the picture of Snoqualmie Falls in York's hotel room. While inspecting each room, hallway, piece of art and furniture, I enjoyed reading about specific objects and finding a few easter eggs here and there. The meeting with Polly for breakfast is my favorite cutscene. The ridiculously long dining table and the nonchalant behavior/deadpan conversation is hilarious and charming. And...what better way to finish an early morning meal than with a hot, fresh cup of coffee?!

4. Ice Cavern

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - (2011)

Recently, I have noticed that I enjoy the colder seasons a lot more than the warmer ones. For whatever reason, winter levels intrigue and comfort me (Ando Prime in Star Wars Ep. I Racer, Mountain Village in Majora's Mask). The Ice Cavern is my favorite winter level and one of my favorite game areas of all time. The ice cold soundtrack is what really stands out for me. The shimmering keyboard bells and gusts of wind offer the sensation of arctic serenity. Besides getting the Iron Boots, there isn't much of a need to spend too much time in this mini-dungeon, but I really enjoyed the serendipitous atmosphere and the puzzles that were a part of it. I loved the sliding block puzzle and the incorporation of the Blue Fire. I was in awe of the final room, where you meet with Sheik in order to learn the "Serenade of Water". As the serenade plays, the camera angles sweep to show the stars on the ceiling and also reveal the glistening icicles that surround you. I love the sense of peace and beauty that is offered in this area.

3. School II

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - (2000)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 was one of the funnest games to play as a kid. Each new game release seemed to get better and better in some way (up until Project 8). I have some fond memories of Tony Hawk's 1-4. I primarily chose School II to take the number three spot due to the overwhelming sense of nostalgia that I feel for the level. Oftentimes, this was my "free skate" level of choice. Its career goals were nicely implemented/spread out and the secret areas were fun to engage with. In free skate, School II was a fun choice because I could spend a solid amount of time at a specific quadrant in the level, perform more "realistic" tricks (maybe a kickflip back-smith or kickflip back-lip), then move somewhere else and have just as good of a time (the Roll Call Rails and planter ledges were always a blast). It was also cool to skate a few famous skate spots within the level. These spots included the Leap of Faith, the Gonz Rail and the Carlsbad Gap. Watch out for that golf cart! Beep beep, "skate or die, dude"!

2. Clock Town

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D - (2015)

If I could live in a video game world, I would choose to reside in Clock Town. It is a quaint, vibrant, entertaining and cordial place to live. During my first playthrough, I noticed that there is always some "goings-on" in Clock Town. I had fun walking through each building and engaging with the townsfolk. Everyone has their strict schedule, with certain tasks that Link can observe or investigate. I enjoyed following the Postman and Kafei during their daily routines. In addition to the incredibly personalized NPCs, the attention to color and set design are impressive. The Stock Pot Inn seems like a wonderful place to stay. Granny's (Anju's Grandmother's) room is beautifully decorated and the Mayor's Residence in East Clock Town is filled with endearing character. For me, the curved marketplace in West Clock Town is the most memorable area. I've had vivid dreams that take place in something similar to this bazaar strip. The Astral Observatory is one of my favorite locations as well (if it counts as a landmark in Clock Town). What I love about Clock Town, and Majora's Mask in general, is that it has an incredible fall carnival, harvest season atmosphere. There are many games that pull from traditional Halloween themes. In my opinion, MM has more of a unique autumn, crisp air, comfortably spooky art-style. If I were to be a Clock Town resident, I would prefer to be a pumpkin farmer...or a corn grower...and...I'd sell my crops before the moon drops!

1. Angry Aztec

Donkey Kong 64 - (1999)

There is something special about the developer Rare's game design. Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64 and Conker's Bad Fur Day all have distinctive graphics, campy storylines and collectathon-driven gameplay. In regards to DK64's levels, all of them are quite memorable. Fungi Forest's day and night cycles offer an innovative twist, Gloomy Galleon is an entertaining 3D water level, and Jungle Japes is a great beginner level. When compared to Jungle Japes, Angry Aztec slightly increases the difficulty, offering more challenging puzzles, platforming and enemies. Angry Aztec takes the crown because I felt completely engrossed in the game environment. The copious amount of tasks had me on my toes for hours on end. There were two Kongs to unlock—Tiny Kong and Lanky Kong. There was also a giant dragonfly boss to defeat. The act of forward thinking was firing on all cylinders and the childish fear of being defeated was raised at a fairly high level. Diddy Kong was my favorite character, and I thought that his jetpack challenges were the coolest thing ever. The additional temples were also exciting and filled with creative content. The Arabian-inspired "Angry Aztec" music track, composed by Grant Kirkhope, is absolutely phenomenal and one that I think about and listen to in present times. As a kid, I would often daydream about DK64. During recess, I would talk to one or two of my friends about boss battle strategies, or go over ways in which to progress through a certain level. My friends and I loved this game, which makes it very special in retrospect. Thanks to Grant Kirkhope's spectacular soundtrack and Rare's love and care for the Donkey Kong franchise, I have become a lifelong Donkey Kong 64 fan.

[anne-lister-adventures]

Thursday, 9 April 1840

7 1/2

11 1/2 

Fine morning – No sun – Reaumur 6 1/4º on the window seat close to my bedhead at 8 1/2 – Slept very well but the terrible jolting one has day after day makes one a sort of lassitude even on getting up after a few hours sleep – I slept from about one last night to 7 a.m. – Cold here so high among the mountains – Casbek after Elbrus the highest summit of the Caucasus – Breakfast over at 9 1/2 then sat reading Murray till now 10 3/4 article Persia II. p.[page] 396 et seq. and here is the account of the Province of Shirwan &c. now ceded to Russia – 

A-[Ann] sketched the little church neat new ashlar red stone church and its very pretty picturesque little clock separate standing on 4 little arcades open at the bottom – Out from 11 1/4 to 1 1/2 – I sauntered about 1st by myself then sought George – Went up to the little Gurian (as George called it) rude chapel and cemetery at a little height on the hill (East) above the Town – The chapel oblong very small door towards the West – Fast –

Rather tapering – Roof of rough walling retiring roof wise stood on little knoll above the chapel gazing till I could see nothing my eyes ached towards Casbek –

The monastery full in view for 3 or 4 minutes or more at 12 1/4 then clouded over – Kasbek appears to be behind rather South of the monastery – From the glimpse of his centreforts he must be magnificent and 1/3 way up the horizon seen from this little knoll – The monastery handsome looking high dome-topped church and handsome tower (round topped?) clocher – Largeish handsome looking place – 5 v.[versts] from Kasbek – 

The Gergeti Trinity Church, above Stepantsminda (Kasbek in Anne’s time), which Anne deemed a “monastery”. (Image Source)

A village en route about 1/2 way? up the hill or not so much – But this village flat topped like the village town here – Counted 40 squares at 6 families each these squares like little bomb roof forts or casemattes – Covered with gravel at top – Quite like a fine gravelled square to walk – 4 or 6 little round openings are chimneys for the 2d.[2nd] story the ground story has little loop holes at each side front and back which let out the smoke and give all the light there is – The fire on the ground à la Calmuck – It seems I did not over calculate houses or people the latter = 1000 an old man said his house was very ancient was standing in Peter the Great’s time – 

There are 2 towers (tapering square) in the ville – The one we passed last night is quite in ruin only the 2 sides towards last night, standing, and the fog so soon hid it, could see nothing it – Appears (at the distance I saw it, from the cemetery above named) to have had 6 étages and was perhaps gathered up into a stone roof – Singular Town this – The 1st instance we have seen of the quite flat gravelled walk-like roofs of the East – 

Some of the better places open into a little court the 2d.[2nd] story entered by rude stone (black schist from the neighbouring mountains) stairs and a broad balcony gravelled like the roofs – This reminds me of Mouravieff’s description of Khiva &c. Perhaps the 50 chambers of the Palace of Priam were something in this style - ∴[therefore] might be one or 2 stories high – Here the squares are sometimes the dots signify the fire places and there is no division between 2 families –

The middle part is a sort of passage divided off by a wattling – For calves &c. &c. which also seem to be admitted even into the family apartment – The people never wash – Terribly dirty – Had just written so far now at 2 1/2 – A new road from here, George says; but the old one, by Kobi, tho’ longer still the one travelled – Probably the other not yet quite monté – Inquire – From here the defile fait fourche –

Ours is the one of Terek to the right en sortant Kasbek – Paid the post horses 3 Kopek en argent per v.[verst] per horse 16 1/2 v.[versts] = 4/95 + -/12 greasing en argent – ‘Tis now 2 3/4 – Off at 2 50/’’ from Kasbek a very interesting place – It has made me understand the Ossetine Towns – The fort is 2 pieces of canon in the courtyard the sight of the Town except the 2 tall Towers soon lost – At 3 little wood bridge over little stream - At 3 10/’’ right, little distance, on high promontory of rock –                    

a Inn

b Mr. Bachmetieff’s house

c another corresponding house  

d great court and parade yard

e line of barracks for the soldiers

f stable yard

g blacksmiths shop

h Cossack stable for about 12 horses

i large joiners shop and sort of coach house?

k post horse stable for 18 or 20 horses all one story buildings ascended by a step or two

View from a fort on the Russian side of the border. Forts like this one were common along the sides of the Georgian Military Road, which Anne and Ann are using in this stage.

1st village 1 lofty Tower 5 stories high and 2 lower Towers – All tapering square – About 6 of the squares (as at Kasbek) reckoned them at 6 families per square but they are all 2 stories high, and there are generally 6 on one floor or at least 4 families in these Sacles (Sacle signifies house in the language of the people) say 50 families in this village (but there are more?), and reckon 50 families = 200 souls just after this village that was high above us, Crocuses along our road purple and white 1st time and a thorny low, whitish little shrub covering the bottom of the Defile (Zizyphus? No! What is it?) 

At 3 1/4 at the fourche a fine ravine left (saw no traces of the new road George mentioned) and a few coarse grass thatched stone huts, and enter our prong 2d.[2nd] of the fork, right, at 3 1/4 – At 3 20/’’ another fortification-like village (right) on the steep perpendicular rock, with 2 or 3 square Towers but low ones, and a little white line of mountain streamlet (misseau) tumbling down from the high summits close on this side the village – The 1st of these misseaux so common in the Alps and Pyrenees that we have seen here and on pinnacle of rock above the 2d.[2nd] village another village – Several square dry walled flat roofed stone houses along the flat bottom about a verst 3d.[3rd] wide good road – 

At 3 25/’’ the village on pinnacle of rock above the 2d.[2nd] village – 2 more rock-seated picturesque villages in sight ahead of us the nearest with high tapering chimney like Tower 4th little Towerless village or hamlet left on the plaine rather in the glen defile to the left – At 3 33/’’ descend upon little wood bridge over little rapidy streamlet – 4 Ossete women on the bridge in picturesque costume mouths covered with dirty white handkerchiefs – 

Traditional costumes of the people of the North Caucasus. Ossetian costumes are first from the left.

Another little village or 5th hamlet beyond the last and a peep at still another on the mountain side above the 5th village still farther in the the glen to the left

6th

8th the tall chimney-tower fortification old castle like village (vide line 7 above) on steep rocky projection high above us, left – The tall Tower 10 to 15 yards high – Narrows one half – The base seemed about 4 yards the top about 2 yards wide – One of the Towers at Kasbek seemed to narrow (to diminish) 1 yard in 5 yards of height – I could not see it quite from the bottom – The base might be 5 yards wide? – 

Steep descent and drag now at 3 40/’’ down into glen (ravine) with little stream and wood bridge just below the chimney Towered village or Ossetine Town this tall small Tower seen from far in all directions – Little Tower on high rock on the other side of us opposite village no.[number] 8 – This pass has been well fortified in ancient times – The tall Tower of no.[number] 8 walled with lime – Looks a large old fortified place towards the South, out works a good way along the ridge that stretches (towards the South) up to the high mountain – The rock quite perpendicular towards our road – 2 great caves in the hill side joining part of the ridge strewed without works, more walling –

Ruined Tower &c. – Very picturesque – A little beyond us – 9 and 10 on the other side the deep ravine of river, at 3 55/’’ 2 villages on high ridge at a little distance apart one beyond and above the other – There must be plenty of common juniper near tho’ not seen by us for here we passed a Drovne on wheels loaded with it – 

Astonishing the no.[number] of villages on the high steep rocks, and ridges, and bits of platforms under the high mountains – 11 another little village at 4, on the same ridge, on high point of rock above the 2 last villages there must be a little high valley between this ridge and the high mountains – 

And now at 4 Terek 200 ft.[feet] in steep ravine close below us (right) – No guard – We might easily slip off the side of the narrow road into the river, a blueish, whitish, rapidy, 8 or 10 yards broad stream – Here, red, perpendicular schistose, irony? coloured mountain on the other side (left bank) of Terek, and on our left, always singularly rough, projectiony-pointed mountains –

I think there may be 2 or 3 more villages along the same ridge above named to the end of it but the mist is lowering now at 4 1/4 and all to lower than the top of this ridge will soon be hid on our right – 

The bottom of our Defile becomes more strewed with big stones as well as little – The little at Kasbek and everywhere today gathered into large heaps to clear the champs which they sow with corn a small grain said one of the Ossetes at Kasbek – Blé sarrazin i.e. buck wheat? But he said it was all burnt up last summer – 

12th village at 4 16/’’ with tapering not high square tower on the side of high mountain right – 13 village a little beyond and much lower down them the last on the same mountain side 14 ditto at the foot of the same mountain close upon stream? (rather far from us) an affluent of the Terek from deep glen or little valley from the North westward – 

Little frozen small snow flying about now at 4 20/’’ as we toil up to higher ground a broad plateau above the deep ravine of river Terek – And in a minute or 2 steep pitch thro’ the snow narrow road along the brink of deep ravine going down to the Terek – The Courier wanted us to alight – He alighted and walked up – 

15 at 4 1/2 (right) on mountain side village with square Tapering tower at a little distance above and beyond it but this village unlike all the rest has some sloping roofs tho’ looking fortress-like outside – All the villages of dark coloured stone hardly distinguishable from the rock – 

High plateau of débris on each side Terek thro’ which it has formed the deep ravine – The mist covers 1/2 way down right, and now the ragged pointed summits left – We are perhaps 200 yards from foot of high mountains left and perhaps 300 or 400 yards from foot of ditto right – Some deep water courses down the mountains right but dry now – 

4 40/’’ more snow on the road and mountains left much covered with snow, and very streaky right – At 4 50/’’ Kobi just in sight peeping from behind mountain head, right – At 5 steep descent from our plateau into the bottom down to the river divided into several little streams in the little basin like opening out of defile in which the dot near a is Kobi at 5 5/’’ cross little wood bridge over one of the streams still driving small snow –

d our road tomorrow

b castle          

e Defile of the Terek 12 v.[versts] to its source said Colonel G-[Grauert] they say here one can go 15 v.[versts] along this defile and no farther –

c village

f ditto

16 old castle and at 5 10/’’ on rocky ridge (left) about in a line with Kobi, and at a little distance below this castle little fort-like village in and at the entrance of the little Defile to the East and about opposite another village at foot of high mountain right – 

Enter Kobi at 5 1/4 thro’ little street of low flat-roofed shops about 8 on a side – Right side with little rude covered passage (portico) – At 5 17/’’ alight at our nice little stone? yellow washed Inn – This and 2 more such like buildings and the Ossetine Sâcles form the whole town of Kobi – No Krepost – The few Cossacks in low flat roofed huts near the Sacles – Delivered our 3 letters – The Prince of the place came – To be off very early – The Courier with empty carriages at 4 1/2 a.m. and we at 6 a.m. – 

A-[Ann] and I went out – She sketched – I (with a soldier) went to the Sacles – Less good than those at Kasbek – 20 or 30 families or more – A neat little white washed stone church just before entering the village – 

Tea over at 8 – ‘Tis now 11 5/’’ as I have just written so far – Fine day till the driving small snow in the afternoon (vide above) – Tonight they want us all to set off together – An officer and 25 men instead of 10 as the Prince said – 3 Traineaux – 2 for baggage instead of one! Our people frightened – I told George I should set off after the Courier and empty carriages – took off only pelerine and lay down in my gown and black stuff cloak at eleven and a half

Anne’s and Ann’s route on this day.

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Sendai Holiday 2019, Part 5: An Unexpected Journey

A fan told me about the special edition Yuzuru Hanyu subway card that came with 3 postcards and I quickly went to the Sendai subway station office to buy it.  The beautiful subway card was a one-day pass, unlimited rides.  Many fans used it to to get to International Centre Station where Yuzu’s Olympic Monuments are, and also to Izumi Chuo Station which is near Ice Rink Sendai, but I had already gone to these places before I knew about this special pass.  Well, I could always just keep it without using it but, somehow, I felt I had to make good use of this pass that has Yuzu’s SEIMEI silhouette on it.     

There is a 3.11 Memorial Community Centre located in Arai Station 荒井 at the end of the Tozai subway line 東西線.  The name popped up when I was searching online about Sendai travel.  I have never heard of this place before but since I could use my Yuzu subway pass and learn more about 3.11, I thought it was perfect.  Arai Station is just 6 stops away from Sendai Station.  (3.11 refers to the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, also known as the Tohoku earthquake, of 11 March 2011.)  

I arrived at Arai Station and there was a big sign pointing to the 3.11 centre.  It was within the station itself, at one end.

‘This post-earthquake restoration memorial facility opened in February 2016.   As a gateway to the eastern coastal area, which suffered tremendous damage from the tsunami, this memorial community center conveys the history of the region, the memory of the disaster, and wisdom and lessons derived from it to the world and to future generations.’ (credit)

On the first floor, there is a big 3D map that shows the extent of the coastal area ravaged by the tsunami.

On the 2nd floor, there are photos of the affected areas, in a timeline from the Showa period til present day, showing the devastation of March 2011 and restoration efforts.

The captions are all in Japanese but there are booklets that give the translation in English, Chinese, Korean and Thai.  You can hold the booklet and read the translated caption for each picture as you move along the wall.

There was one photo that struck me in particular.  People on the rooftop of Arahama Elementary School, with the black waters of the tsunami below.  They were students, staff and nearby residents who had fled there.  All were rescued by helicopter later.   Many thoughts ran through my mind.  How terrifying it must have been to watch the sea swallow up all that you live on.  And what about their family members who were not with them...... how many families could be reunited?  The young elementary school students, did they recover from the trauma?  How are they doing now.....

One of the staff told me that this school has been preserved as a museum and memorial of the disaster.  It has been open to public since April 2017.  He suggested that I take the short bus ride to the school and go into the building to have a look.  Oh my...... I was not prepared for that at all.  Do I really want to see the actual traces of devastation and tragedy??  It is too sad.....  After a bit of hesitation, I went outside the station and boarded the bus that goes to the school near the coast.  It was a regular bus that has a few stops along way and the ride cost 240 yen.   Part of the route was rather scenic with rice paddy fields. 

The last stop was at the school.  The building looked like a normal school from afar.   A banner along the 3rd floor says ありがとう 荒浜小学校  (Thank you, Arahama Elementary School).  It was put up by students in 2016. 

  There is some information in English on the board at the front.

The white sign at the 2nd floor shows the height of the tsunami that day.  The first level was totally submerged. (pic below)

On the 1st and 2nd floors, we can see the damage, and pictures show the aftermath, before the debris was cleared.  All sorts of things were pushed into the classrooms by the force of the tsunami.  A teacher’s car which was parked outside was found crushed with the debris in one of the rooms.

On the 4th floor is a room with a timeline of events on that day, from the earthquake to the tsunami and after.

The clock that was in the 1st floor gymnasium stopped at the time that the tsunami struck. 

There was also a video in the room, with the principal and other staff of the school commenting on that day, with English subtitles.....

“I grabbed the key for the rooftop and told everyone in all of the rooms to leave everything and go up to the rooftop right away.”

“It turned into a mountain, something like black mountain, it was sea water, it came and..... crash, it kept coming forward.”

“There was nothing left of the Arahama area.  It was a view of the bottom of the sea and all we could do was watch from the rooftop as the town was swept away.”

I cried as I watched the video.  My heart that was getting heavier and heavier could not hold it back anymore.

From the 4th floor, I went up to the rooftop.  So this was where the survivors were standing.  I could see the sea on one side....

and all around, rebuilding is going on.  New roads are being made, with bulldozers and excavators here and there.   It was too painful to think that this was actually a town filled with people and homes.

I remember the wind was very strong on the rooftop and the sky was overcast, so it was very cold even though it was in the warm month of May.  After taking some photos, I made my way back down.

The 3rd floor is closed but there is a very touching piece of writing by a teacher of the school, with English translation included.  Please read it from my photo below (4th pic).

The teacher’s reflections were full of sadness but also very uplifting.  “Kindness and gratitude in these hard times.”  So touching.  I hope to remember these words.

In front of the building is a ‘Closing of School’ monument, with the words of the school song on the transparent blue panel.  The school has been here a long time.  It was established in 1873 (Meiji year 6) and built on the current site in 1912 (Taisho year 1).

As I was leaving, groups of students came in large buses.  Each group had a guide talking to them outside first, then taking them around.  The school continues its purpose of educating and building up the nation. 

Goodbye and thank you, Arahama Elementary School.  I said a silent prayer as I left on the bus.  The serenity of the rice fields comforted my heart.    

For more info and photos of the school, here is a news article: The school that saved 320 people

Note: I spent about an hour here but one hour is not enough to finish looking at everything in the school.  Two hours would be good.  There are guide booklets in a few languages near the entrance of the school.  Check also the bus schedule.  It only runs once an hour. 

Much thanks to the staff at 3.11 Memorial Community Centre for their help.

Back home, I searched and read up more....

In addition to physical reconstruction, emotional and social support remain an important focus for rebuilding. “Up in Tohoku, a common term widely used to describe the emotional difficulty in what recovery really means after the disaster is kokoro no byōki (illness of the heart).  From continuing financial worries, divorces, depression, disconnected families to elderly survivors losing connection or meaning, there are ongoing situations of survivors falling through the cracks. [....]  Volunteers provide an invaluable message of encouragement, crucial to the long-term emotional recovery of survivors. [...]  Their return and interest in the community reinforces the message that others believe the rebuilding is worthwhile — and that they are worthwhile.”  (credit: Japan Times, link below)

I immediately thought of Yuzu.  Besides donating all his Olympic prize money for rebuilding, he goes back again and again to visit communities in the affected areas and to do ice shows for them.  His visits tell the survivors that they are worthwhile, that they are not forgotten.  How many lives has he saved in this way!  God bless all volunteers for their kindness and generosity.       

Thanks to Yuzu’s subway pass..... It led me on an unexpected journey to learn more about something very close to his heart and I am inspired again to do more.  Below are some useful sites that I found: 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2019/03/10/issues/new-approach-volunteering-tohoku/#.XUVS5lCLmCR

https://www.japansociety.org/page/earthquake 

https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/campus_community/news20181128scrum.html

Even though I only took 2 rides with the subway pass (going to Arai Station and back), I think I have made very good use of it. 

(All photos are taken by me;  please do not use or re-post my photos without asking me first.  Thanks.)

[architectnews]

Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Studio

Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Studio Building, AUB Poole Architecture Photos, Architect Peter Cook

Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Studio, UK

4 November 2021

Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Studio Building

Design: Professor Sir Peter Cook Architect

Location: AUB Wallisdown campus, Poole, Dorset, southern England, UK

Photos © Richard Bryant

Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Studio in Poole

The building, as with the completed Drawing Studio, encourages innovation and creativity that is especially useful to the creative industries. Such initiatives have become hallmarks of the Arts University, which has particular links into the film industry and the performing arts as well as architecture, graphic design, etc.

The Innovation Studio acts as a catalyst for growth, providing a base for micro and small businesses to develop, mainly involving recent graduates, supported by experts in the universities and businesses at a local, national and international level.

The detail of the architecture makes particular reference to the self-identification of the groups within : deliberately offering each group a differently shaped window from the next and a series of ‘eyelid’ shutters with which a group can signal its mood of privacy or exposure.

The site consists of a small infill between the administration University House block and the main Workshop block. With direct connection through to the workshop, the building deliberately breaks down the categories of ‘office’, ‘studio’ and ‘workshop’- and is thus an appropriate hybrid for future practice.

The building establishes its own particular personality amongst AUB’s family of buildings. It is a sunny, seaside building and a punctuation to the otherwise monochromatic blocks either side. The view from the street and from the Campus side has a visual impact by way of its figuration through the use of flat shape and colour – effectively creating a ‘mural’. This transfers down onto the pathways around : giving a celebratory feel to that corner of the campus.

The two-floor interior features a top-lit central skylight lantern with a void under that visually links the upper and lower levels. A near-replica of Gunnar Asplund’s iconic clock in the Gothenburg Law Courts (still remembered as an inspiration to the 17 year old Peter Cook as a student at the Bournemouth Art College) is the common focus. Bespoke Interlocking furniture, screens and fittings continue the red/orange/yellow aesthetic of the exterior.

On the ground floor, we have the technology experimental space with direct access to the workshop machinery. The 3D print suite is placed in the ‘nose’ of the building. The conference room is kept to the east with direct connection to the entrance.

Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Studio Poole – Building Information

Location: Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown Rd, Wallisdown, Poole BH12 5HH

Internal area: 502 m2

Architect: Sir Peter Cook

Team: Peter Cook, Tim Culverhouse, Jenna de Leon, Stefan Lengen

Cost Consultant: PT Projects Structural Engineer: AKT II Service Engineer: P3r Engineers Landscape Architect: HED Main Contractor: Kier

Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Studio Opening

Top international architects launch AUB’s brand-new Innovation Studio

World-class architects have gathered in the town to mark the opening of Arts University Bournemouth’s brand-new Innovation Studio, designed by Professor Sir Peter Cook.

Jane Drew Prize winner Odile Decq and RIBA Gold Award recipient Professor Sir Peter Cook were among a group of internationally renowned architects descending on Bournemouth for the opening of Arts University Bournemouth’s state-of-the-art new Innovation Studio.

Odile Decq, Professor Sir Peter Cook and others at the launch: photo : Richard Tarr (AUB)

The specialist arts institution, which recently came second in a ranking of the UK’s most creative universities, has welcomed a group of esteemed architects, academics, and urban planners to its campus with a flagship jamboree event looking at The Optimistic Future of Architecture.

Keynote speakers attending AUB’s two-day event included French Architect and Urban Planner Odile Decq, a recipient of the prestigious Jane Drew Prize, Lorens Holm, Director of the Geddes Institute for Urban Research, and Gilles Retsin, Associate Professor and M.Arch Programme Director at the Bartlett School of Architecture.

The Innovation Studio has been developed with funding from Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (Dorset LEP) to support business research, development, and innovation across the region, acting as a base for small business start-ups and emerging entrepreneurial projects.

The facility will also be home to some of the latest digital and physical manufacturing technologies, including Large Format Additive Printing, CNC milling and waterjet cutting, and VR/AR technologies including projection, 3D body scanning, and a green screen studio.

The Studio will aim to deliver additional benefits to the locality by encouraging employability between the university and local business users, providing a catalyst for growth and industry.

The Studio’s launch event was hosted by university Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Gough, alongside alumni Professor Sir Peter Cook, the project’s architect, who celebrates his second building at AUB following 2016’s Drawing Studio, the first purpose-built drawing studio in Britain for more than 100 years.

AUB Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Gough said: “The university is humbled by the presence of leading figures from across the world of architecture, who’ve assembled on our campus to mark the opening of our new Innovation Studio.

“Architecture is often seen as the cradle of the creative arts; and perhaps as the most visible and imposing physical expression of art, it is wholly appropriate that this studio stands proud as a space to harbour the genesis of innovative new concepts, designs and thinking.���

Visiting speaker and esteemed architect Odile Decq said: “Being a successful innovator is about being brave, taking risks, and seeking solutions in the face of the prospect of failure.

“Technology will continue to play an increasingly pivotal role in shaping the world. All students passing through this institution will equip themselves with the means to take on a host of different issues and problems through their understanding of how ground-breaking technology can alter perceptions of what is possible – both now and in the future.”

Professor Sir Peter Cook, an esteemed architect and Royal Academician who graduated AUB in the 1950s, gave his talk to students around the future of architecture. He said: “It’s been my pleasure to speak to students from across AUB’s many disciplines and welcome them to the university’s exciting new venture, the Innovation Studio.”

“The space is a rich vessel for creativity and innovation, and those creating within these walls will almost certainly working towards solutions to some of mankind’s greatest challenges; from climate change to transport, and connectivity to infrastructure.”

The jamboree forms the first of two flagship events held by the university to celebrate the Innovation Studio; with those from across the regional industry and business community being invited to hear from speakers, and experience a tour of the new facility later this year.

To read more about AUB, visit aub.ac.uk.

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30 Things Meme

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Nickname: sarcasmfish

Name: sarcasmfish

Gender: Female

Star Sign: I was born under the star of Corgi

Height: 5′7″ ish?

Time: 1:47

Birthday: December 26th

Favorite Band: Anamanaguchi

Favorite Solo Artist: Josh Groban

Song Stuck In My Head: Oil Ocean level from Sonic 2 (WHHHHY)

Last Movie I Watched: The Dark Tower

Last Show I Watched: Futurama

When Did I Create My Blog: A year and a half ago, I think?

What Do I Post: I curate the finest Cullen and Alistair material I can find.  And the occasional corgi.  I also run the Alistair Corgi Protection Brigade.

Last Thing I Googled: Tutorials on sanding/painting 3D printed stuff.

Do You Have Other Blogs: No, not sure what any others would be about.

Do You Get Asks?: Not often.  But I promise I’ve had all my shots!

Why Did You Choose This Blog Name: It’s been a name I’ve been using since college where I misidentified a sargassum fish after a long day in the sun.

Blogs You Are Following: 321, but I think a lot aren’t active anymore.

Followers: 377

Favorite Colors: Blue, all the blue!

Average Hours of Sleep: Between 7-8 during the week and like 12 during the weekend.  If I didn’t have an alarm clock I’d just sleep forever.

Lucky Number: 7

Instruments: I am so very tone deaf.  Don’t let me near any of them.

What Am I Wearing: My pajamas still...

How Many Blankets I Sleep With: One or two.

Dream Job: I’d like to work on a team that creates great things.

Dream Trip: I’d really like to see India, and the Middle East, and Russia, and China, and Scotland, and everywhere.... so I’m going to say one of those 120 day cruise trips that goes all over the world.

Favorite Food: Everything at this Thai place in town.  They went back to Thailand for a month and I’m just dying.

Nationality: American

Favorite Song Now: Gosh, that’s hard.  Probably still Helix Nebula from Anamanaguchi.

And I will tag @lavalampelfchild, @celeritassagittae, @trulycertain, @saibrarutherford, @sangosweetz, @staciewilkerson, @littlesnowarrow, @galtori, @poweredbycoffeeandwine, @lizmapes, @cullenstairshenanigans, and @nanahuatli if any of you would like!

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On Chatbots, we walk the talk: Ankush Sabharval, CoRover

Chatbots, says a report authored by veteran Senior Director Analyst Annette Jump of Gartner Inc UK, are one of the Top 4 personal technologies tech CEOs should exploit for business digitization (the other three are along with Location Sensing /Tracking, 3D Sensing cameras and Biometric Authentication). And perhaps the single largest, most successful and effective end-to-end deployment and delivery of a chatbot in India has been by CoRover, a young start-up in Bangalore. So remarkably successful has the Ask DISHA chatbot been on one of India’s largest platforms, IRCTC.in, that it earned a 200-word-answer question in the Civil Services Exam – such is the power and importance of people connect for aspiring bureaucrats and the powers that identify, groom and train them for the greatest positive public benefit and impact. I caught up with Ankush Sabharwal, Founder & CEO of CoRover, the end-to-end chatbot company which he also leads as CEO, gave India its biggest chatbot yet through a huge government organization, no less, created Chatbot as a Service  for the industry, and is today at the frontline of those enabling the virtual assistant- or chatbot surge in India.

Ankush has more than 15 years of IT experience and has worked in various countries across roles like Software Engineer, Technical Leader, Project Manager, Development / Delivery / Engineering Manager, Architect, Agile Coach, Engineering Program Manager, and now, of course, as an entrepreneur. He had led many global engineering and program management teams, and successfully implemented various Agile Projects in distributed teams across varied verticals. Ankush has implemented multiple multi-million dollar projects simultaneously. Ankush has several awards at national and international levels for his technical as well as leadership skills. He has trained /coached more than 3000 people on Agile / Scrum and on other technical, management and domain skills. He has been certified as one of the Top Five Agile Coaches in India by KPMG, and was awarded the Silver medal in the AgileOlympiad. What truly drives him are two things:  innovating and building reliable, secure and scalable software products, like his recent patented inventions -- internet-Less Chat & ChatBot as a Service (CaaS). And the enormous scope and potential for Chatbots across various sectors of enterprise in India. Excerpts from our conversation:

You founded CoRover in 2016. What’s the single biggest need-gap it has been addressing in the marketplace? What is the market opportunity? Since 2016, we have partnered with large public and private organizations to enable them on smart chatbots, and have helped them address total cost of maintenance and support through smarter way to engage with prospects, and more. Gartner predicts that globally, 25% of digital workers will use Virtual Employee Assistants daily by 2021. Since at present fewer than 2% employees are using chatbots, we would see chatbot usage grow astronomically by 1150%! In fact, CoRover has created a new category in the industry -- Chatbot as a Service (CaaS)®, and we integrate our chatbot with any website, mobile app, or any social media channel like Facebook, for instance,  in just 10 minutes. Which are CoRover’s customers that have integrated chatbots in their marketing efforts? We are engaged with IRCTC, NPCI, KSRTC, J&K Tourism, North East Tourism, Israel Tourism, SRS Travels, Orange and  VRL among others. And are also in advanced discussion with one of the top organizations in Finance, Travel & Insurance sectors. On IRCTC, the CoRover-powered chatbot Ask DISHA has handled more than 2 billion interactions with more than 70 million unique users! In fact, Ask DISHA is being considered as the AI innovation of 2019, being the first chatbot for any government organization in India. In the Civil Services Entrance Exam, there was an answer-in-200-words question about Ask DISHA 200. What is the value that a CoRover chatbot can provide to the end users of your clients? Well, each user can get the required information without making a phone call or sending an email doing live chat with an agent. Just ask our bot a question and get an immediate and correct answer. Users can ask questions through any channel -- web, Android or iOS mobile app, social media channels like Facebook, Slack, etcetera. In the current digital era, we have a lot of information; however, getting the right information at the right rime is the critical area where we have what I might venture to say, unparalleled and extremely effective expertise. Remember, a satisfied customer will come back to you again, and the next time, it will not be with another query but with an intent to buy. Also, chatbots help not only in customer acquisition, but also, thanks  to the user satisfaction, customer retention.

Chatbots companies have been proliferating. What differentiates CoRover in terms of chatbot technology? We have 3 patents applied. Our Cognitive AI Framework is based on AI, ML & NLP - which has multi-layered components with deep multi-task learning to give accurate responses at  optimized computing costs. Our chatbot can be integrated with any website or app within 10 minutes. Ankush, speaking of the patents you have applied for reminds me of something interesting that happened with you recently. You code too, right? Tell us about when you suddenly decided to sit down and do yourself something that even the technical experts in your team said would take time. The challenge had to do with creating a new language for Chatbots. Tell us that story first.

(Laughs) Yes, I do code, but I really don’t get much time to do it. But yes, I created CBML myself. A few months back, we had to develop a contextual dialogue capabilities, I called our CTO, and he said, “The work is in progress; it will take some time.” I just thought, “Let me give it a shot. I started working and coding at around midnight, and by 5 am, was able to create the capability to manage dialogue. Now our clients or our data team can create workflows and manage dialogues without writing any code. So that’s another of our patents -- the new language CBML (Chatbot Mark-up Language), which makes it very simple for anyone who knows English to create a conversational bot having contextual dialogue and workflow management. And what are your plans with the new Chatbot Mark-up Language?

We are planning to make it open source. We have video bot capabilities, which is being loved by our clients, which can be used during town halls, product launches etc. Employees and  customers will be able to ask the questions to the virtual personal of a key person (like CEO. MD) of our client/organization. We have live dashboard for the analytics and sentimental analysis. This makes us one of the Top 10 most promising conversational AI platforms. What do you think - will AI solutions such as Chatbots reduce jobs in the future?

The general fear is, AI is likely to cause job losses, yes, but there will also be job creation. At CoRover, we believe that as each Organization embarks towards digitization -- and especially AI-driven automation -- it will enable them to serve, and expand to,  larger market segments, invariably adding great efficiencies and value to companies, and as a result, a strong uplifting of the entire economy. This will cause a fluid mix of job creations too – new jobs in the field of AI itself will happen. There will be a need for more developers to create chatbots, for instance, and chatbots will be used in virtually every industry. And not just tech developers, there will be a need for many more trainers in AI, will be required to teach chatbots on how to act, behave and respond like a human. From the perspective of digital transformation, what challenges do you see for the large public sector undertakings in India?

Thanks to their very size and the huge population they serve, India’s large public sector undertakings have not only massive customer bases, but also an equally large responsibility to keep their customers delighted. But possibly not all their customers are delighted customers when it comes to round-the-clock and accurate and effective support. And it is very important to keep customer-delight at high levels. We are strongly experienced and placed to enable not only our own clients but also the large PSUs to leapfrog the value chain using state-of-the-art digital assistant solutions of CoRover. We’ve already seen the size and scale of the service  delivery and the learning abilities the numbers of India’s biggest web platform IRCTC has been providing every day to improve the service in a cyclic fashion through the Ask DISHA bot. Any inputs for readers who want to know more about this smart field of software robots? We believe that all enterprises, large or small, can get higher synergies in their operations through digital assistants. I personally lead the effort to host and to inform and explain to, and help, any business leadership that needs to learn about digital assistants and their value in general, and how our best-in-class services can help them achieve their business objectives. The market is flush with digital-assistant-providing companies. How are you better than your competitors?

I won’t comment on our competitors; all I can say is that the size, width and depth of experience we have had with our biggest client’s customers, thanks to having handled more than 2 billion interactions with more than 70 million unique users, is, I daresay, unmatched in the industry across India. CoRover chatbots or digital assistants are very easy to integrate, and the integration is equally speedy too – not more than 10 minutes. We walk the talk. Many big players in the chatbot space provide the platform but not the solution, and even they don't have a chatbot on their website. We have the platform, we provide the end-to-end solution, and we do provide managed services to make the chatbot successful by training the ML data to improve usage and accuracy. We have a Video Bot, we have a Live Analytics Dashboard to see the accuracy and the feedback, and the trends. We have an ad server to show targeted ads in the Chatbot based upon geographical and demographic data. The ads can be external or internal.

Who are your monetization partners? We work with Google, inMobi, Amazon, Cashkaro, Hungama, Readware, Gamezop, Flipkart, Amazon and others. Our Co-Sell Partner is Microsoft. Which brands have been showing their ads on your Chatbot? There are many brands, like Facebook, Mercedes, Reliance, Google, ICICI, redBus, Emirates, Makemytrip, Tata and other such national and international brands including Fortune 500 companies that show ads on our Chatbot directly or indirectly. But going forward, the monetization focus would be more on license/usage base fees, much more than the ad revenue. You actually created CaaS in India, and since the big success of Ask DISHA on IRCTC, have piqued the interest of many public and private sector organizations and bodies which are seriously planning to go straight into using CaaS for customer engagement, acquisition and more. Which are the companies you have been approached by, or you are in discussions with for your CaaS?

Yes, as I said, our chatbot Ask DISHA for IRCTC has been phenomenally successful, and a lot of the credit goes to the team at IRCTC, which has been very positive, very well informed, and supremely progressive. Now, thanks to Ask DISHA’s brilliant performance on the IRCTC ecosystem, CoRover is in serious conversations with very smart and progressive organizations across diverse sectors -- like there is a major Life Insurance player, a large state-wide commercial bank, one of the biggest and most respected bodies in the BFSI space, even a leading natural gas distribution company. The interest from multiple companies, and the wonderful relevance of chatbots as a truly engaging and valuable tool for near-instant customer-query resolution for the best customer support and thereby satisfaction, is something everyone now believes in. In fact, even for SMEs, business consultants are recommending that they use chatbots as a marketing tool to engage their existing and potential customers.

Would you like to name any of the organizations you said you are in discussions with? I'm afraid I am not at liberty to do so; not at this point. A related question: How informed and evolved are companies today, especially the public sector companies that float tenders seeking the provision of chatbots for customer- and marketing support, about the modern-day, digital realities and ways of operations to deploy chatbots? Do their RFP documents have analogue or old-fashioned terms and conditions in this digital age? Because that would be one way of gauging their progressive thinking is the way they have updated – if they have – their tender documents. How well do they understand what is required to provide the service type that you, ie Co Rover, have created -- ie, Chatbot As A Service? What has your experience been like? That’s a very good question. We see chatbot RFPs being floated from private, public and government organisations - globally. However, in India, we as a start-up are not eligible for some of the RFP conditions as one of them has kept profitability and huge turnover a pre-requisite, which is very difficult for innovative but start-up organisations like us. How can we maintain profitability during a phase when we are investing so much of effort and money into R&D? But having said that, some of the organisations have actually agreed to make exceptions on the ‘prior experience’ clause to the DIPP/DPITT-approved start-ups. But not everyone has given that exemption. I urge all organisations to see the functional and technical capabilities and pricing of the start-up before shortlisting an old-world behemoth that doesn’t provide end-to-end solutions with proven deliveries, to create chatbots. I am very excited that everyone is embracing AI implementation now in the form of chatbots, which will be very beneficial to the organisations and also to their end users, because even though a lot of information is available everywhere, getting the right information quickly is the key which a good and successfully deployed chatbot would provide. Read the full article

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A Look At The Animation and VFX Industry In India

In the past few years, the VFX and the animation industry has grown in leaps and bounds. In addition to boosting the domestic Media and Entertainment vertical, this prolific propulsion has also helped the global economy. In 2017, the industry reached a value of INR 67 billion – YoY growth of 23%.

Animation

India is rapidly developing into the global hub for animation. The country has an enviously large talent-pool of English speaking and low-cost animators well-versed with the nuances of western culture. Increased content consumption across tier II and tier III cities is further driving demand within the industry.

In 2017, the animation industry in India reached INR 17 billion – YoY growth of 13% over 2016. It is expected to maintain a CAGR of 11% through 2020.

What is driving the growth in the animation segment?

The animation segment is being driven by a combination of factors -

·         Domestic content: Television is the driving force in the domestic segment. With insatiable demand from broadcast channels showing no signs of slowing down, this trend is expected to sustain itself for the foreseeable future.

·         Digital platforms: The popularity of streaming services such as Amazon or Netflix and the advent of new platforms like Voot has accentuated the demand for animated content.

·         Out-sourcing: The biggest studios in the world are outsourcing their production to Indian houses capable of delivering flawless animation content at a fraction of the cost. The big domestic houses, in turn, outsource a lot of their back-end processes to studios spread all over the suburbs and towns in India. Typically, the latter enjoy an average annual turnover of around INR 300 million.

Film and television is propelling the Indian animation trajectory

Television, digital platforms and film are driving the demand for animated content in the Indian market. While the domestic animation film industry is certainly in its infancy, aplenty Hollywood projects closely collaborate with Indian studios to get their production off the ground.

Growing destinations, international broadcasting

In 2017, both the quality and the volume of offshore work of broadcast companies greatly increased. Cost reduction options and repeat business from international broadcasters are widely expected to boost animation offshoring. In addition to the north and south America and the UK, France, the Middle-East and Germany are outsourcing the bulk of their TV productions to India. Furthermore, international distributors and studios have begun commissioning original IPs for a global digital and TV audience to Indian animation producers.

Differentiation through domestic broadcasting

According to the World Bank, in 2017, India had a population of around 373 million between the age groups of 0-14 years. Thanks to the proliferation of kid-friendly global animation content across television channels in India, children now enjoy hundreds of quality animation shows.

That being said, domestic broadcasters are looking to create brand loyalty and differentiation with their audiences. Consequently, television channels in India are enjoying an unprecedented quantity of domestically produced animation content. Today, IPs such as Motu Patlu and Chota Bheem are widely accepted as the benchmarks. This, in turn, has induced both content production houses and broadcasters to create sustainable IPs in Hindi as well as regional vernaculars.

Unfortunately, under the commissioning model, Indian broadcasters retain the IPs. As such, animation studios and creators do not receive the right impetus to generate original content. Fortunately, this trend is now being reversed across the board.

VFX

An explosion in the number of platforms, spike in consumption driven largely by free-falling data rates and the subsequent expansion of the audience base has led to an insatiable demand for content. With a surge in the production of content across a plethora of platforms, demand for post-production has also increased at a commensurate rate. As a result, the domain of VFX or special effects that increases the quality of visual content has enjoyed steady incremental traction in the past few years.

An explosion in demand for domestic content

The global movie industry presently finds itself amidst a sequel marathon to successful franchises. When creating a sequel, film-makers are actively striving to differentiate their vision from the prequels. Creating a stark difference in visuals is an excellent way to differentiate an artistic expression from its predecessors. Furthermore, it fuels speculation and creates buzz, especially during the opening weekend when anticipation and curiosity are at an all-time high.

Consequently, movie producers are now more inclined towards bigger budget allocation towards VFX. In 2017, Salman Khan fought wolves in the movie Tiger Zinda Hai. In the movie Zero, superstar Shah Rukh Khan used extensive CGI and VFX to look like a dwarf. In the upcoming movie Bharat, Salman Khan is expected to sport 5 different looks that span a staggering seventy years, starting in the 1940s. This feat will be achieved with the help of VFX and prosthetics.

Special effects are expected to play a larger and larger role in upcoming movies in the domestic film industry. Movie franchises such as Kick 2 and the hugely anticipated Race 3 are reported to have a much higher special effects involvement than their previous releases.

  3D = Conversion

Big-budget Indian movies are eagerly pursuing a trend of 3D releases. This, in turn, has led to an exponential increase in conversion assignments. If not for anything else, film-makers prefer a 3D version simply to inspire awe among their audience members by way of heightened aesthetic appeal, similar to the release of Padmaavat.

Increased regional demand

Thanks to the meteoric success of Baahubali, regional film industries are waking up to the power of special effects. According to the Hindustan Times, Baahubali – The Beginning spent around INR 850 million of its INR 3 billion budget on special effects. According to The Hindu, Baahubali: The Conclusion, which was released in April 2017, involved 33 separate animation studios over a duration of 15 months in the post-production process.

Today, special effects studios are cropping up all over the place like mushrooms. 2.0 – the Tamil language sci-fi thriller featuring megastar Rajnikanth and superstar Akshay Kumar is the most expensive movie made in India ever and has used extensive special effects during its production. Around ten production houses worked round-the-clock to deliver more than a thousand shots for the movie.

Data cited in this article that has not been attributed to an authoritative body has been sourced from the FICCI-EY Media and Entertainment Report of 2018. As is amply evident, for young aspirants pursuing multimedia courses in Kolkata, the future looks very bright and promising indeed.

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Top 5 IVF Centres | IVF Courses In Ahmedabad | ElaWoman

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) describes a method where a lady’s eggs and man’s sperm are blended in a unique laboratory in order to create an embryo(s). Depending at the diagnosis and age of the woman, an embryo or embryos are transferred to the girl’s uterus thru her cervix to decorate the possibilities of pregnancy. The first start as a result of IVF become in 1978 in England. When this era became first delivered, IVF became simplest advocated to women with blocked fallopian tubes. Currently, IVF achievement rates have stepped forward dramatically, and IVF is used for heterosexual and identical sex couples experiencing infertility and even unmarried ladies pursuing parenthood.

Top 5 IVF Centres in Ahmedabad - IVF Success Rates, Cost of IVF who provide IVF Courses In Ahmedabad

Wellspring IVF And Womens Hospital

Wellspring IVF And Womens Hospital is one of the most low-priced fertility hospitals primarily based in Ahmedabad. This Centre offerings in gynecology and fertility issues and solves them efficaciously for the reason that time of its establishment. Dr. Pranay Shah is the prime gynecologist and infertility expert at Wellspring IVF and Womens Hospital. The sanatorium gives diverse Treatment Offerings like maternity care, Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Laser Assisted Hatching, Pre-Genetic Diagnosis, Blastocyst Culture, Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Surrogacy and Maternity Care centers and it is one of the best provider of IVF Courses In Ahmedabad.

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Services : Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Microsurgical Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (MESA)Hysteroscopic Surgery DNA Fragmentation Test

Location :100 Feet Anand Nagar Rd, Ahmedabad

Rating : 4.5 / 5

Dev ART IVF and Shachi Womens Hospital

Dev ART IVF and Shachi Womens Hospital is delivered to you via the promoters of Shachi Women’s Hospital, and we are eager to duplicate the earlier success and benchmark created thru us in fetal medication, 3d – 4D sonography, maternal, fitness and gynec care. Our aim is to supply the highest extraordinary of care to our patients in a friendly and comforting environment. DEV-ART Fertility Center goals at pleasing the goals of the patients with the superb viable care and generation at par with global standards. India has very restricted alternatives in IVF treatments and other infertility treatment options and it is also one of the best provider of IVF Courses In Ahmedabad.

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Services : Abdominal Hysterectomy In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)Infertility Assessment & Treatment Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

Location : Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad

Rating : 3.4 / 5

Vani  Hospital

“Vani Hospital Ahmedabad” is presenting IVF and Surrogacy in Ahmedabad with stringent International Standards. “ Colour Doppler from Wipro, Positive Pressure Module, HEPA air sterilization system for absolute Zero DUST and Zero Bacteria IVF LAB, all that is described certainly crucial requirements as consistent with International Standards for an IVF Lab for treatment of Infertility, this has given “VANI IVF Center” a prominent characteristic for IVF in Ahmedabad and also in Gujarat t is one of the Best Surrogacy Clinic in Ahmedabad ElaWoman.

“Vani Centre Ahmedabad” has been presenting healthcare and Infertility services in Maninagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat considering 1999. The setup, designing, set up and commissioning of the Vani-IVF Lab is completed with the resource of the leaders in IVF lab setup. The Vani-IVF lab is therefore set to provide All services, for the Effective manage of Infertility via IVF. “Vani  IVF Center” is among the early registered IVF Clinics of INDIA.

Services : Abdominal Hysterectomy In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)Infertility Assessment & Treatment Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

Location : Maninagar East, Ahmedabad

Rating : 3.4 / 5

Lifeline Multi Speciality Hospital

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Fully prepared ICU, NICU with trendy video display devices, ventilators & defibrillators are in a role to handle any critical medical patient. Fully geared up operation theaters, together with the equipped surgeons of all colleges are available for any surgical emergency spherical the clock. World-elegance medical institution treatment, nice, devoted service and affordability are the critical thinking skills in our every touch.

Services : IVF,IUI

Location : Gota, Ahmedabad

Rating : 4.Four / five

Sneh Hospitals and IVF Center

Sneh Hospitals  and IVF Center is located in Ahmedabad town that is the coronary heart of Gujarat U . S .A, with clean accessibility thru all routes of shipping. Sneh IVF hospital is leading and certified ISO 9001:2008 IVF centre within the town. SNEH IVF CENTRE and its gynaecology dept is attached to diverse Govt. Schemes and Protocols and is a fore bearer in their regulations like CHIRANJEEVI YOJANA , FAMILY PLANNING SET UP and alike to call some.

Sneh Hospitals  and IVF Center has its three branches in 3 maximum vital cities of Gujarat and numerous sub centres in the course of India and we are developing with more new centres in a totally quick span. All its branches are organized with the modern-day day and international elegance equipments and generation to provide out the super feasible results for the IVF Treatments undertaken there. SNEH HOSPITAL & IVF CENTRES are ready with eight Sonography machines, CT SCAN machines and additionally ultra contemporary-day ICSI MACHINES, IVF Laboratories honing MINK INCUBATORS and full time devoted Embryologists going for walks for us.

Services : Abdominal Hysterectomy In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)Infertility Assessment & Treatment Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

Location : Sion Nagar, Ahmedabad

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Mary.f.he.ngels'.asilica.s.he settler of Geelong, Alexander Thomson, for which the area of Thomson in East Geelong is named, settled on the Barron River, and was Mayor of Geelong on five occasions from 1850 to 1858. 26 View of Geelong . 1856 oil painting by Eugene Avon Guérard . See also: Timeline of Geelong history Early history and foundation edit The area of Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula was originally from Melbourne to Geelong serving local industries, 65 as well as to Warrnambool and other western Victorian towns. The Geelong B power station at North Geelong opened in 1954, 38 and was closed in vineyards with cellar doors in the Geelong wine region. It.as also the seat of Gordon Sc holes, who was Speaker during the Whitlam government. 102 Corangamite services through operators Foxtel and Neighbourhood Cable . It's likely to be caused by warm water/ weather and 165 Geelong Athletics holds competitions during both the summer and winter, including high-profile events such as Victorian and sometimes national and international track and field meets. Geelong is supplied with water from three river systems: the Warrnambool by the Princes Main road A1, the Bellarine Peninsula by the Bellarine Main road B110, Ballarat by the Midland Main road A300, and to Hamilton by the Hamilton Main road B140. The $380-million Geelong Ring Road an extension of the Princes Motorway bypasses the greater Geelong urban area exiting the Princes Main road near curio to rejoin the main road at warn Ponds. 137 The “ Lewis Brandt Bridge “, named in honour of the Ford Australia engineer who is credited as the inventor of the Bute 1934, in Geelong is a feature of the new road. 138 V/Line passenger trains at Geelong Railway Station Geelong is a major hub for rail transport in Victoria, having frequent journey two days later on 18 December. 20 The convict William Buckley escaped from the Sullivan Bay settlement in 1803, and lived among the Wathaurong people for 32 years on the Bellarine Peninsula. 21 In 1835, John Batman used Indented Head as his base camp, 22 leaving behind several employees whilst he returned to Tasmania then known as Van Diemen's Land for more supplies and his family. By 1936, Geelong had displaced Ballarat as Victoria's second-largest city. 37 The steamboat Edna leaving Geelong on its final journey on 21 June 1938 In 1938, one north-west, and the Otway Ranges to the south-west. In.877, he switched to Geelong, which he represented until 1886, and served as Victorian Premier in 1875, 1877–1880, and 1880–1881. 32 On the Market Square in the middle of the city, a clock tower was erected in 1856, and an Exhibition alumina imports, and fertiliser . 144 The Bellarine Peninsula has been linked to the Mornington Peninsula since 1987 145 by the Sea road ferry, which runs every hour using two roll-on/roll-off ferries. 146 Jetstar Airways aircraft at Avalon Airport is located about 15 km 9.3 mi to the north-east of the city of Geelong. The recipient of the prize and winning design entry was doh Architects and their design titled “The on the Waterfront and central business district planned or under construction.

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