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The consumer as a social and environmental actor
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Volume (Year): 28 (1999)
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I'm mostly with Ced, but more based on fight design than anything. Like when doing a VoA pug, someone asks "who's main tank and who's off tank" and it literally makes no sense since Toravon is a taunt-switch fight. Same goes for Lady Deathwhisper, Saurfang, Festergut, and Sindragosa. Blood Queen and Marrowgar require the soak tanks to be just as sturdy as the aggro tank, and everyone is an off-tank for Dreamwalker. Of course, if you look back to ToC, you'll see a much more MT/OT schematic, with about half of the instance having a clearly defined Main Tank (part of beasts, Jaraxxus, Anub).
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it just seems like Blizzard has been getting better at designing encounters where the second or third tanks are much closer to equal, and are quite well involved in the fight. Likewise, it comes down to mechanics almost as much as gear for determining who does what tanking job. The Keleseth tank on BPQ isn't the one with the worst gear, but the one who's most capable of strong ranged threat, a DK or a paladin (go go Hammer of Wrath on the 1hp non-empowered prince). Warriors are simply the best offtanks for LK due to unlimited taunts and the hugely-but-rarely useful Safeguard. We'll stun the Horrors in P1 while the hunter tranq's away their enrage, and we're better at soaking the ghosts in P3.


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How to Serve Soup at a Dinner Party
Yes, you can. Soup is a great thing to serve at a dinner party, and we're not just talking soup shots as cute appetizers. We're going main course here. It can be an impressive meal that's fully satisfying and relatively inexpensive. But we have a few tips...
If you want to serve soup to guests, you need to think ahead about the other things surrounding the meal, plus what's going in your soup to begin with. Making it a star takes more than just a pretty garnish.
Here's our advice:
• Double the recipe. Even though most soups are made in big stock pots, we've found that many recipes often feed only four people. If this is the main course, you do not want to run out. Soup is great left over, so don't worry about overdoing it.
• Make fresh bread. Or buy some really good stuff. No-Knead Bread in a Hurry and No-Time Bread are both quick and easy. Buy some good butter to put on the table. Or, better yet, serve big slices of cheese toast.
• Consider the size of your bowls. Don't use huge ones; a ladle of soup may look skimpy in it, even if it's not. Use cereal-sized bowls, and don't worry about the place settings looking lame. Put the bowls on a larger plate, with a big cloth napkin folded underneath it to cozy things up.
• Serve the soup from a pretty pot. Even if you don't own a soup tureen, maybe you have a pretty ceramic pot that will look nice on the table. This doesn't work for all soups; some may have complicated garnishes that need to be arranged individually. But bringing a big bowl to the table, family-style, looks abundant.
• Give it some meat. No big news here. A soup with meat is more filling, but you can save money because the amount of meat needed for a soup is less than what you'd buy to feed guests individual portions. You can also buy cheaper cuts. Try our Classic Beef Stew or Turkey Chili.
• Add something fresh. Soup can sometimes look sort of... brown. Even green vegetables will wilt and get darker. Just adding some parsley really perks things up, but topping the soup with, say, some blanched snow peas (for an Asian soup) or kale chips is even better.
• Try something exotic. Like this Southeast Asian Beef and Rice Noodle soup- yum. An intensely flavored soup with interesting ingredients shows effort, and, depending on your guests, is something they wouldn't likely make at home.
• Bring the appetizers to the table. The table top may look a bit bare with just soup bowls. If you've been snacking on nuts or olives or a dip, bring it to the table. Then, if people aren't full, they can dive back in.
• Serve beer. Soup and beer sounds better than soup and wine, doesn't it? Beer is more filling, and if you've saved money on soup ingredients, you might spend a tad more on a beer that compliments the meal. We love this Hitachino Nest white ale, which would go well with a Japanese noodle soup like the one above.
• Go big on dessert. We doubt your guests will leave hungry, but just in case... How about an Oreo cake?
And speaking of the Japanese noodle soup above, here's the link:
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Any more tips out there?
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I've served soup at a dinner party. Your points above are very good - have some great fresh bread on the side, something great to drink, and a good dessert.
Great tips. I am having about a dozen over for "soup" this Sunday night and this timely post is much appreciated. We are having chicken curry with pureed squash.
I never made a soup party, but I actually made this soba soup from Domino, it is great. Iserved chilli today for friends, just plated everything in the kitchen and brought to the table.
I just saw the an idea I've never thought of before on a Cooking of Spain type show. He did a variety of cold pureed soups. To serve them first he set out bowls on the table with the garnish already inside it, then poured on top.
For instance, for a gazpacho his garnish was little stacked towers of cucumber and other veggies drizzled with olive oil.
It's probably only something you could really get away with with similar soups, but it was a really pretty effect.
I've had soup parties, offering different kinds of soups, and they've worked out. I've offered both bowls and big mugs for serving. Everyone seemed to enjoy getting to taste a bunch of different soups--I guess soup love is universal!
As an appetizer, serve soup shots. People can hold them while they mingle. It works best with thinner, pureed soups as opposed to chunky ones. Adorable!


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Corn maze: Included in admission; you take a 20-minute hayride to the 2-acre, kid-friendly corn maze. Once you find your way through this mild puzzler, you exit to the pumpkin patch (79 cents a pound). The festival also includes bounce rides and corn launchers. 10 and younger should be accompanied by a paying adult
Weekend fall festival: $11 (free younger than 3, discount coupons on the website), includes a hay ride through the 30-acre farm, unlimited inflatable rides and DJ music; face painting ($3-$5) is extra. Admission includes the corn launcher and the corn-filled tire that mimics a sandbox.
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You have to pay an admission for the farm's fall festival, but once inside, most activities -- bounce rides, a corn launcher -- are free and unlimited. A 20-minute hayride of the 30-acre farms ends at the kid-friendly corn maze. Once through the 2-acre corn maze, you're at the 8-acre pumpkin patch. "Our pumpkins are still on the vine, like a real farm," says co-owner Barbara Perrotta.Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Halloween


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Sadly, I have to agree. It's possible for leaders to emerge in a random selection of 25 players, and things will be easier once the general population has experience with the new raids. But overall I suspect that a lot of players will drop at the first sign of trouble given the time commitment involved, and those not used to raiding might get scared off altogether from the antics of impatient, experienced raiders using LFR for their alts.
A friend of mine who doesn't normally raid has expressed a great deal of interest in this feature. I'd really like to get him to give it a shot and see what he thinks.


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New Stainless Steel Pans from Le Creuset
We know Le Creuset for their colorful Dutch ovens. This summer Le Creuset is introducing a line of stainless steel cookware. We got a quick preview last week.
The line has an aluminum core between layers of stainless steel. The helper handles double as a lid rest. This stainless cookware comes with a lifetime warranty; the nonstick has a 10 year warranty. The line is priced slightly lower than All Clad: chef's pan is $160 and the 11 inch fry pan is $100.
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I hope that they have a small pot with a lip and handle. I own the AllClad stainless steel line and I hate it that they would design a pot with a straight lip, not a curved one. The frying and sauteing pan have the lip curved, but not the pots, which I think it is annoying especially for a small pot when you cook liquid and want to pour the liquid out...
Great point, Anusha. These saucepans do have what they are calling "precision pour" lips to fight spills and drips. My AllClad doesn't have that either. We'll let you know how it works out when we test it.
My guess is that these are coming out to work with induction cooking which is very hot now, pardon the pun. I could be wrong, but I've seen a lot of new cookware for induction lately, and ss, made a certain way, works well with induction cooking.
Hi Susan, I checked in with Le Creuset on this. Yep, "will absolutely work just as well on an induction stove as any
other" they told us this morning.
Cool! I love when I'm right and hate when I'm wrong, lol!
There's an 8-piece set that's all over the net for around $449. It's described as:
Set Includes:
8" Nonstick Omelette Pan
9.5" Fry Pan
2-Quart Saucepan with Lid
3-Quart Saucepan with Lid
7.5-Quart Stockpot with Lid
http://www.shopnbc.com has what they call an 11-piece set, which appears to be the very same 8-piece set with 3 silicone mats which are counter protectors. But it's only $283.42! Shows a retail value of $658, a regular price $449, and this sale price of $283.42. Free shipping and handling, too.
I was able to upgrade to 2-day shipping for $20!
These are for use with my soon-to-be-delivered GE Profile freestanding Induction Range that I got at a great deal at BestBuy.com. $2,300!
Can't wait to see how everything plays together!


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I wrote this slam poem to the people at school who bully people and all the victims out there to let them know that I hear your voice and I understand and that I won't keep quiet.
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That was.... amazing.... to say the least. Truly inspirational.
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This was so awesome... girl you are very talented and your message will surely be heard !!!
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This is amazing! I was looking for inspiration to be able to write a slam poem and wasn't sure I could but by your videos I can't wait to start writing. You are amazing at this, keep going!
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11 February 2014 09:00
MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves is at the launch of the new Yamaha MT-07 in Lanzarote today.
Priced at just £5199 when it goes on sale in dealers later this month, the new Yamaha has a 74bhp 689cc parallel twin-cylinder engine and weighs just 179kg, making it attractive for new and experienced riders alike.
Its closest rivals will be sub-£7k twins like the Kawasaki ER-6N, Honda NC700S and Suzuki Gladius, but on paper the Yamaha beats them on price, weight and power. Only the Ducati Monster 696 has more power, but it's heavier and more expensive.
The bigger MT-09 launched last year has been a big sales success and Yamaha hopes the MT-07 will follow in its footsteps.
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01 March 2014 15:53
The proof is in the pudding and that usually means bike sales. The NC700 is a sales success as is anything coming out of KTM these days. Are Harleys crap bikes? but they sell millions of them. Back to the MT07 it is a lot of bike for a very good price , I personally love the look of it and I think it will sell well. I ride a customised NC700S and love it to death but I would buy the 07 as well .
18 February 2014 10:32
With those requirements, you need to look at the CF Moto 650 which covers most of those things for the same money, unless you have an aversion to Chinese bikes.
16 February 2014 21:25
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Having run around on a pretty tired old XT for the last few years, I've been looking to replace it for a while, but NOTHING has grabbed my interest until this MT-07. I love sportsbikes but they've become too cramped, too focused, and have moved from a road bias to a track bias. Other middleweights are just bland, tame, with variable build quality and a hefty price tag. The 'Adventure' market looks fun, but a bit on the sedate side, and seems to attract 'all the gear no idea' brigade... 600 miles a year, sell on after a couple of years because they've 'been there' and 'done that'. Not my cup of tea thank you.
Yep, after years of new bikes that leave me cold, the MT-07 & 09 are the first in a while to offer me what I'm looking for, at the price I'm looking to pay. I think these will be very successful bikes, and once I get some house/job stuff sorted out, I can see my order going in later this year :)
16 February 2014 12:12
Now if the MT-07 had a full touring fairing, shaft drive, and built in panniers I would be interested.
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Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Review (XBLA)
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Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online, or rather its previous offline iterations, holds a special place in my heart. It was the first fighting game that I was seriously competitive about, and played an important part in my growth as a player. Combining a diverse roster and some interesting game rules with traditional Street Fighter action, Third Strike stands out as one of the more noteworthy entries in the genre. It is however roughly a decade old, so it's worth wondering what new material Capcom has brought to this classic. While the core game is generally unchanged, a lot of little bonuses wrapped around it may make this 'aged' game a bit more enticing to today's audience.
With nearly two dozen characters, Third Strike offers a very diverse roster. Classics such as Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li return but the majority of the cast are characters that at the time had not been seen in many other games. Dudley presents a 'fancy footwork' take on the typical boxing styles in fighting games, while Oro's unusual movement and attacks allow for fans of oddball characters to mount a confusing yet surprisingly effective game plan. Even characters that are clearly based on Street Fighter II cast add some interesting wrinkles to old ideas, such as Necro combining traits from Dhalsim and Blanka to strangely enough become a unique fighter in his own right. While the roster has all sorts of fighters in it, the basic idea does remain the same; you and your opponent pick your characters, then exchange punches, kicks, throws, energy blasts, and so on until one player has won... it's classic Street Fighter in that regard.
What makes Third Strike different from its peers is the rules and engine surrounding these characters. While all the usual 2D fighting mechanics are there, Third Strike gives everyone access to a few useful tools. The most noteworthy among these are a 'universal overhead' attack that ensures everyone has at least the basic components of a ground attack game, and perhaps far more noteworthy is the inclusion of parrying. Parrying is done by pressing your directional control (be it stick or pad) toward your opponent's attack just before it hits, and if timed right your character will deflect the blow and be in position to immediately counter-attack. There is a little more nuance to it than that, but this is basically how parrying works and it adds an additional layer to the usual interactions between you and the opponent. Primarily used to punish predictable attacks and make it easier to get past fireballs, parrying rewards spotting patterns your opponent has and reacting to them with precise timing in order to encourage more varied attacks on their part. Despite a few oddities, it is overall an interesting mechanic and one that makes Third Strike truly unusual amongst its peers.
This is a very authentic port, kept as close to the original releases as possible aside from certain tweaks and updates for modern console play. While this is mostly a good thing, it does introduce a few problems. Chief among these is character balance; Third Strike has roughly three to a half-dozen characters that lag behind the others, and about that same number that are notably superior with Chun-Li, Yun, and to a lesser extent Ken serving as the cases in point. While this does disappoint me somewhat, it seems to be a subjective matter; some players find the matches amongst the 'top tier' suitably interesting and varied that they're quite content with this group. Others are willing to ignore those superior characters, finding that the remaining roster is balanced enough against one another and offers plenty of fascinating fights, so it may be a matter of finding a group that shares your interests and opinions on the roster.
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Reforming or Conforming?
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7. Patterson, "Nein! A Response to Progressives," 2.
8. Barry Taylor, "Goodbye Religion, Hello Spirituality: Is there a place for the Christian 'religion' in the 21st Century?" http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ourofur/archives/2007/03/goodbye_religio_1.html.
9. Roger Olson, "Post-conservatives Greet the Postmodern Age," The Christian Century 112 (May 3, 1995). Cf. Olson's Reformed and Always Reforming, 84. Olson proudly flies his post-conservative colors in this book, as the title makes clear. Prior to this, however, Olson claimed otherwise. In his exchange with Mike Horton, Olson declared that he never claimed that he was a "post-conservative" evangelical, saying, "I did not 'spearhead' postconservative evangelicalism, nor did I announce it as a 'program.' In my descriptive article in Christian Century where I coined that term ('postconservative evangelicalism') I merely set out to describe a new mood among certain evangelicals. I said that it is not a movement (let alone a 'program'). And nowhere did I identify myself as postconservative; in fact I included some cautionary notes at the end of the article. I gladly admit that I have some sympathies with this new mood of evangelical theology that is dissatisfied with maintenance of the status quo as evangelicalism theology's main task. But I have not promoted any 'postconservative evangelical program.' I have simply sought to bring this new mood to public attention and gain some understanding for it. When I wrote that postconservative evangelicals are not necessarily committed to the Chalcedonian formula of Christology I did not mean that they have anything less than a high Christology of Christ as human and divine; I only meant that they are not necessarily committed to the technical language and concepts of the doctrine of the hypostatic union. There are other ways to express a high Christology and some postconservative theologians have attempted to do it without in any way denying Christ's full and true deity and humanity." See "The Nature and Future of Evangelicalism: A Dialogue; between Michael Horton & Roger Olson," Modern Reformation 12, no. 2 (2003), http://www.modernreformation.org/mhro03dial.htm.
10. M. Erickson, The Evangelical Left (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000), and his chapter "On Flying in Theological Fog" in Erickson, Helseth, and Taylor, Reclaiming the Center.
11. Olson has displayed an intense dislike for Reformed theology in general and Old Princeton in particular. In one of his most recent books, Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006), Olson takes umbrage with Warfield's review of his contemporary, the noted Methodist theologian John Miley, which appears in the Selected Shorter Writings of Benjamin B. Warfield II, ed. J. Meeter (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1973), 308–20. Olson calls this "a lengthy attack" (26) and elsewhere a "caustic attack" (278), declaring that Warfield's criticisms "were stated in such an extreme way as to raise questions about Warfield's own generosity of interpretation and treatment of fellow Christians. Many twentieth-century Calvinists know little about Arminianism except what they read in nineteenth-century Calvinist theologians Charles Hodge and B. B. Warfield. Both were vitriolic critics who could not bring themselves to see any good in Arminianism. And they blamed it for every possible evil consequence they could see it possibly having" (26). He continues this same diatribe in his recent Reformed and Always Reforming, 44. Cf. my review of Olson, "Calvinists in the Hands of an Angry Arminian," http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2006/11/calvinists-in-hands-of-angry-arminian.html.
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Co-operative Programs
Co-operative programs enable students to enjoy the advantages of other colleges or programs. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Registrar.
East Tennessee State University and Emmanuel Christian Seminary
Under certain circumstances and with prior approval, Milligan College students who wish to enroll in courses not available at Milligan College may do so at East Tennessee State University and Emmanuel Christian Seminary. Generally, courses available under the co-op program must be required for a major or an approved course of study and must not be available in Milligan's course schedule in a reasonable period of time. Prior approval is required.
Courses taken under the co-op program are considered part of the Milligan program and will receive Milligan grades; the tuition for these courses is part of the Milligan tuition.
Students who receive faculty/staff grants are subject to restrictions outlined in the faculty and personnel handbooks.
Students will be responsible for providing their own transportation to and from the other institution; students must attend classes and complete assignments according to the other institution's academic calendar even when it differs from the Milligan calendar. See the Assistant Registrar for details about this program.
Milligan College students are eligible to participate in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program through East Tennessee State University. Interested persons should contact the Office of the Registrar for further information.
Off-Campus Programs
Milligan College offers a number of formally linked off-campus programs (see listing below) and allows for participation in a wide variety of other accredited off-campus programs. Students studying on formally-linked programs are eligible for campus-based financial aid (scholarships and grants), with the following exceptions:
Students studying on other (not formally-linked) study-away programs will be treated as participating in other transfer programs and may only receive federal and state financial aid subject to the federal and state policies that govern such programs. In the case of non-formally-linked programs, students arrange their programs and courses of study by mutual consent, paying to their own institutions the published fees for participating in the program.
For students studying away during fall or spring semesters, Milligan will charge a $500 study-away fee.
Milligan may limit the number of students participating in formally-linked off-campus study programs (currently at ten students) per academic year.
Fall and Spring Semester Formally-Linked Programs
PCCIS Semester in London
This program offers students the opportunity to study for a semester through Milligan's agreement with the PCCIS consortium and CAPA International Education.. Classes are held in London in cooperation with Imperial College. Stateside faculty from consortium member institutions travel to London and teach courses in their specialties, and students may also enroll in consortium-approved courses taught by the London faculty. All courses are designed to gain maximum benefit from the great treasures that London has to offer. Students are required to enroll in a core course, Understanding Modern Britain, which offers students the opportunity to become familiar with a range of aspects of contemporary Britain and explore areas of British life including entertainment, sport, politics, religion, and social problems. Internships are also offered as an optional part of the curriculum, comprising up to six hours of a student's coursework while studying with CAPA London. Students earn 12 semester hours of credit.
Disney College Program
The Disney College Program at the Walt Disney World Resort is a paid living, learning, and earning experience for students from all majors and backgrounds. The Disney College Program curriculum offers eight courses in the areas of organizational leadership, human resource management, hospitality management, corporate communication, experiential learning, corporate analysis and personal and career development courses. The paid internship experience develops skills in problem solving, effective communication, teamwork, leadership, and cultural sensitivity. Students will have the chance to make professional connections with leaders from a variety of disciplines through various networking events and opportunities. Participation in the college Program qualifies students to apply for Disney's Professional Internships. Application to the program is not limited as in the study abroad program. Students are eligible one semester beyond graduation. Students can earn 12 semester hours of credit.
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), an association of 105 campuses in the United States and Canada, offers the following semester and summer programs to students of its member institutions. The programs offer a unique opportunity for students to make the world their classroom, going beyond the confines of the traditional classroom. These interdisciplinary learning opportunities are available to second-semester sophomores, juniors and seniors. For further information, contact the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean.
American Studies Program (ASP)
Founded in 1976, the American Studies Program has served hundreds of students as a "Washington, D.C. campus." ASP uses Washington as a stimulating educational laboratory where collegians gain hands-on experience with an internship in their chosen field. Internships are tailored to fit the student's talents and aspirations and are available in a wide range of fields. Participants also explore pressing national and international issues in public policy seminars that are issue-oriented, interdisciplinary, and led by ASP faculty and Washington professionals. The ASP bridges classroom and marketplace, combining biblical reflection, policy analysis, and real-world experience. Students are exposed to on-the-job learning that helps them build for their future and gain perspective on the calling of God for their lives. They are challenged in a rigorous course of study to discover for themselves the meaning of Christ's lordship in putting their beliefs into practice. The aim of the program is to help Council schools prepare their students to live faithfully in contemporary society as followers of Christ. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit.
Australia Studies Centre (ASC)
The ASC offers students a semester at the Wesley Institute in Sydney, Australia, where they can explore their artistic talents through Wesley Institute's outstanding division of Ministry and the Arts. Faculty trained and working in the professional performing arts scene in Sydney will guide students in their thinking through the Christian's role in culture, whether classical or pop culture. The ASC utilizes a combination of classroom training at the Wesley Institute and experiential learning in the beautiful Australian context. Home stays, service learning, and travel around Australia are important components of the ASC. Students will examine the many faces of Australia. They will observe its beautiful landscape, live in the cosmopolitan melting pot of Sydney, serve the poor of Sydney's multi-cultural ghettos, engage the political capital Canberra and its power players, and come to know the traditions of Aborigines. ASC students participate in the core experiential course and choose the remainder of their credits from Wesley Institute's arts and ministry courses. ASC students receive up to 16 hours of credit. In spring 2014, the Australia Studies Centre will move to Christian Heritage College in Brisbane, Australia.
China Studies Program (CSP)
The China Studies Program enables students to engage this ancient and intriguing country from the inside. While living and experiencing Chinese civilization firsthand, students participate in seminar courses on the historical, cultural, religious, geographic, and economic realities of this strategic and populous nation. In addition to the study of standard Chinese language, students will be given opportunities such as assisting Chinese students learning English or working in an orphanage, allowing for one-on-one interaction. Students choose between completing a broad Chinese study program concentration and a business concentration, including an internship in an international business in Shanghai. The program introduces students to the diversity of China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, and Xiamen. This interdisciplinary, cross-cultural program enables students to deal with this increasingly important part of the world in an informed, Christ-centered way. Students earn 15-17 semester hours of credit.
Contemporary Music Center (CMC)
The Contemporary Music Center, based in Brentwood, Tennessee (near Nashville), provides students the opportunity to live and work in community while seeking to understand how God will have them integrate music, faith, and business. Both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary in nature, the CMC offers two tracts: the Artist Track and the Executive Track. The Artist Track is tailored to students considering careers as vocalists, musicians, songwriters, recording artists, performers, producers, and recording engineers. The Executive Track is designed for business, arts management, marketing, communications, and related majors interested in possible careers as artist managers, agents, record company executives, music publishers, concert promoters, and entertainment industry entrepreneurs. Both Artist and Executive track students receive instruction, experience, and a uniquely Christian perspective on creativity and the marketplace, while working together to create and market a recording of original music. Both tracks include course work, labs, directed study, and a practicum. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit.
India Studies Program (ISP)
The India Studies Program is offered in partnership with Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Sciences, a CCCU affiliate member located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, one of India's major states. The India Studies Program is structured to provide students with both immersion in a local community and broad exposure to a variety of peoples, places, and customs in India including an extensive two-week travel portion of the program to provide students a close up look at India's diversity. Students will participate in two core courses designed to provide a broad overview of the historical, religious, geographical and economic landscape of India. Building on their basic understanding of India's past and contemporary realities students will have opportunities to explore a variety of issues―poverty, social justice, rapid social change, religious pluralism―through the eyes and experience of Indian Christians. Rounding out the semester experience, students will also have the opportunity to take courses in their major areas with Indian students and professors. Students earn up to 16 hours of semester credit.
Latin American Studies Program (LASP)
Students of CCCU colleges have the opportunity to live and learn in Latin America through the Latin American Studies Program, based in San Jose, Costa Rica. The program introduces students to a wide range of experiences through the study of the language, literature, culture, politics, history, economics, ecology, and religion of the region. Living with a Costa Rican family, students experience and become a part of the day-to-day lives of typical Latin Americans. Students also take part in a service opportunity and travel for three weeks to nearby Central American nations. Students participate in one of four concentrations: Latin American Studies (offered both fall and spring terms); Advanced Language and Literature (limited to Spanish majors and offered both fall and spring terms); International Business and Management (offered only in fall terms); and Tropical Sciences (offered only during spring terms). Students in all concentrations earn 16-18 semester hours of credit.
Los Angeles Film Studies Center (LAFSC)
The Los Angeles Film Studies Center is designed to train students of Council institutions to serve in various aspects of the film industry with both professional skill and Christian integrity. Students live, learn, and work in the LA area near major studios. The curriculum consists of two required seminars focusing on the role of film in culture and the relationship of faith to work in this very influential industry. In addition, students choose two elective courses from a variety of offerings in film studies. Internships in various segments of the film industry provide students with hands-on experience. The combination of the internship and seminars allows students to explore the film industry within a Christian context and from a liberal arts perspective. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit.
Middle East Studies Program (MESP)
This program, based in Jerusalem, Israel, allows Council students to explore and interact with the complex and strategic world of the modern Middle East. The interdisciplinary seminars give students the opportunity to explore the diverse religious, social, cultural, and political traditions of Middle Eastern people. Students also study the Arabic language and work as volunteers with various organizations in Cairo. Through travel to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey, students are exposed to the diversity and dynamism of the region. At a time of tension and change in the Middle East Region, MESP encourages and equips students to relate to the Muslim world in an informed, constructive, and Christ-centered manner. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit.
The Scholars' Semester in Oxford (SSO)
SSO is designed for students interested in doing intensive scholarship in this historic seat of learning. Working with academic tutors, students hone their skills and delve into the areas that interest them most. As Visiting Students of Oxford University and members of Wycliffe Hall, students have the privilege to study and learn in one of the university's historic halls. SSO students enroll in a Primary and Secondary Tutorial, an Integrative Seminar and the course Christianity and Cultures. The SSO is designed for students interested in the fields of Classics, English and Literature, Theology and Religious Studies, Philosophy, and History, though all majors may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving students. Students earn 17 semester hours of credit.
Uganda Studies Program (USP)
Winston Churchill is credited with nicknaming Uganda the "Pearl of Africa," and many visitors since his time have come to agree with him. The USP offers students a very personal encounter with this African success story, which has become an economic and public health model in its region. Another success story, Uganda Christian University (UCU), serves as the base of study for students in the USP. Set on the outskirts of the capital city Kampala, this rapidly growing institution brings USP students together with the UCU Honours College. Courses taught by local faculty in the English tutorial tradition will immerse students in a uniquely African education. Topics such as Christianity and Islam in Contemporary Africa, African Literature, and African History will present many insights into African life because of the guidance of faculty who live in and love Uganda and East Africa. Home stays, travel, service learning, and daily interaction with Honours College students form the backbone of the USP experience. In addition to the core experiential course, students will choose from an approved selection of courses from the UCU Honours College to earn up to 16 semester hours of credit.
Washington Journalism Center (WJC)
The Washington Journalism Center (WJC) is a semester-long study program in Washington, DC created for students interested in the field of journalism. While in Washington students will take classes focusing on the history and future of the media and how it relates to the public as well as on their personal writing skills. These classes – Foundations for Media Involvement, Reporting in Washington, and Washington News and Public Discourse – combined with an internship at a top news publication will help students learn to integrate their faith in a journalism career. Students will also participate in service learning opportunities as well as live with families in home stays as part of the WJC experience. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit.
Summer Off-Campus Programs
Summer programs may not be eligible for financial aid depending upon the student's circumstances.
Humanities European Study Tour
Milligan students may earn four hours of humanities credit by participating in a one-hour preparation course offered in the spring semester and a multi-week tour of Europe offered each summer. One or more of Milligan's humanities professors will lead the tour, which visits several European countries. Visits are made to sites of both historical and cultural significance. In addition to travel, students attend lectures and discussions, complete writing assignments, and fulfill other responsibilities outlined by the tour professor. The preparation (HUMN 200P) and tour (HUMN 200T) may be taken in place of HUMN 202. Prerequisites include HUMN 101 and HUMN 102.
PCCIS Summer in London
(Private College Consortium for International Studies)
The PCCIS summer in London offers a 25-day session consisting of 3 credit hours. approximately 25 days. Classes are held in London in cooperation with Imperial College. . Stateside faculty from consortium member institutions travel to London and teach courses in their specialties.
Oxford Summer Programme (OSP)
The Oxford Summer Programme (OSP) is a program of the CCCU and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. The program is designed for students wishing to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between Christianity and the development of the West and who wish to do specialized work under expert Oxford academics in the areas of history, religious studies, political theory, philosophy, English, and history of science. The Programme is structured for rising college sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate and seminary students, non-traditional students, teachers, and those enrolled in continuing-education programs.
International Business Institute (IBI)
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Celebrities always seem to look great -- even when they're pregnant.
Can you guess in which pictures the famous Mom-to-be is carrying more than a designer purse?
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Kate May 6, 2008, 3:17 PM
Those have to be the worst photos of Nicole Kidman that I have ever seen. Also, the fact that those women's faces didn't swell up like water balloons makes me sooo jealous.


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A Jackson metro organization is helping parents by giving them a positive message about raising children.
Butterflies by Grace Defined by Faith focuses mainly on domestic violence issues, but they believe positive parenting can help matters in the home.
Sunday afternoon's session is the first of eight workshops on parenting.
Being a parent isn't easy, but the organization believes it can help.
"No one is perfect and so with these skills we're offering in our parenting workshop; hopefully it will help many parents to look at alternatives in parenting," speaker and Mississippi College doctoral counseling student Maria Chapman.
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Storm in a Dalek Teapot
We've all been there, surfing the Doctor Who page on Amazon or looking at the diorama section in Forbidden Planet. Suddenly a magnificent figurine catches the eye and we must have it. That amazing mini statue of the Fourth Doctor fighting with Davros, that Cyberman box set with four different figures displaying their varied look over the years.
And then that little voice in the back of the head pops up "should I spend this much money on what is basically a toy that I may or may not keep in the packaging for many, many years?†For one eBay bidder, money is obviously no object as a Dalek teapot has sold on the auction site for a whopping £620! That's the equivalent cost (roughly) of 135 copies of Doctor Who Magazine or 50 Big Finish adventures!
The Teapot is a lovely design, all Imperial style casing from Remembrance of the Daleks, and the back of its head pops off to pour in the water. There's a handle on its back emblazoned with the species chilling death cry "Exterminateâ€. Which strangely enough, the new paradigm from Victory of the Daleks look like they could possess.
Whoever the winner was, we'd all like to know if it's on the shelf proudly displayed and pouring tea or whether it's shrink wrapped under full protection..
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Crap Shoot: The Crystal Maze
Richard Cobbett takes a look at the wonderful world of gameshow conversions, starting with one of the best British programmes... and one of the most disappointing licensed games.
Games based on gameshows are generally a bad idea, and for pretty obvious reasons. No fame, no tension, no prizes, no point. The Crystal Maze had the chance to be different. It was a gameshow about playing games. How could anyone screw that up? Well, let's have a little think, shall we?
(I'd embed a clip here, but unfortunately they're all locked down on YouTube.)
For our foreign readers/people who make me feel old/people who've never caught a re-run, the idea was this: a team of six contestants, guided by Riff-Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, taking on four themed zones (Aztec, Futuristic, Medieval and either Industrial or Ocean depending on the series) full of challenges lasting up to three minutes. Challenges were split into four categories, Skill, Physical, Mental and Mystery, with the prize being a time-crystal that was worth five seconds in the final game, The Crystal Dome. If a contestant took too long, or broke a rule of the challenge (from ignoring it completely in favour of a faster way, to touching the floor, or triggering something three times), they were locked in, and it would cost the rest of their team a crystal to buy them out.
It was a great show, thanks to charismatic hosting from Richard O'Brien, excellent sets that actually conveyed the feel of the different worlds and made it feel like a real place, and... bluntly... the stupidity of many of the contestants. You might pretend it was the games, but it wasn't. It was the failure.
And speaking of failure, onto the game version. How could you possibly screw up a Crystal Maze computer game - arguably one of the easiest challenge-based shows to convert? Create the zones, code up a ton of simple but fun mini-games, and there's no reason for the good time not to roll. In fact, it's so easy, let's make it a challenge. Why does The Crystal Maze suck so much?
a) Not enough games
b) Terrible games
c) Not enough, but also too many terrible games
d) All of the above
If you answered 'chipmunk', see a therapist immediately. If not, let's see if you're right! Here's a shot from a Physical game in the Aztec zone, in all its just-like-being-on-the-set glory.
Want to see another Physical game from the Aztec zone? You can't. There isn't one. It's true that this game came out in an era when storage space was at a premium, but if there's one thing The Crystal Maze offered over its run, it was an absolute ton of games. True, not all of them were classics, but for each zone in the computer version to offer the most pathetic handful of challenges that would embarrass a Game And Watch is pretty damn bad. The whole Aztec zone has just six, split over four categories.
The Crystal Maze compensates for this by making most of them an absolute bitch to complete. In this one for instance, you can't make a mistake. Touch the water, and you're done. The Skill games, which involve gagging statues of gods by rolling balls into their mouths and catching pachinko balls, suffer from lousy controls and terrible collision detection, with the latter penalising you for every one you miss. As for this obscenely awful excuse for a platformer, we're not merely talking 'makes Manic Miner look like Mario Bros' bad, but some kind of warped, sadistic punishment for ever mocking those poor contestants on the idiot box. Clearly, The Crystal Maze isn't so easy, it sneers. Eat your words! EAT THEM!
Or maybe Aztec is just a rubbish zone. Let's try a Physical game from... Medieval!
It's the same game! Almost the exact same game! In fact, all the Physical games are the same, except for the zone-specific skin and the slightest tweak. Here for instance you're not jumping on moving platforms, but the gaps between moving snakes. That's literally the only difference. The controls are still god-awful, slow to respond and generally unpleasant. You still only get one shot at it. It's as much fun as eating live tapeworms with a spoon, and about as frustrating. At the very least, you'd think that if the same game was going to be re-used four times, it wouldn't be one of the worst platformers ever made.
Ocean zone! I demand you give me a challenge worth my time! Inspire me!
You know what? I need a break. Here's a quick diversion. Generally, it's gameshows that get turned into computer games, not vice-versa. Family Fortunes/Feud. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Even The Crystal Maze's dodgy cousin Fort Boyard got one - a bizarre RPG/adventure style quest that shunned the show's obsession with arachnophobes picking up spiders and busty women crawling across pipes in in favour of some silly story about saving the fort from an army of mutant monsters.
However, occasionally things go the other way too, and a game makes the jump to televised gameshow instead. By far the most successful conversions were the Carmen Sandiego shows, based on the edutainment series from Broderbund, which aired on American public-broadcasting stations during the 90s and as far as I know, never got exported anywhere else. While the format had nothing to do with the actual games, the premise was the same - tracking down the world's greatest thief, and retrieving her impossible swag. The Eiffel Tower. Jazz. The Chief's lunch. Whatever she felt like, really.
The first run of shows was based on Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, later followed by Where In Time Is The Person Of The Same Name? They were followed by an unrelated cartoon series, Where On Earth Is Oh, You Know, Her?, which was actually pretty good by edutainment standards, and gets bonus points for the subtle joke that Carmen apparently stole her own theme tune from Mozart.
The gameshows were pretty standard kids' show stuff - trivia, geography/history, and a final round that involved running around a huge map against a brutal time-limit, and basically being impossible. Check them out on YouTube if you like. What everyone who ever saw it remembers though is the evil, pun-filled theme song. Once you hear it, you can never forget it. It's almost cruel to inflict this on people.
So of course, here it is:
Another game that made the gameshow leap was You Don't Know Jack, which had the advantage of being a quiz on the PC. It made it to roughly 20 instalments, on PC, console, and online, with a new version coming to consoles next year. The TV version lasted six episodes. Watching it, you can probably see why. It's not often that a gameshow would be improved by throwing everything out and just filming the corpse of Orson Welles decomposing for an hour, but this was definitely one of those cases.
(This was another. But now I'm clearly just playing for time.)
Right! Break over! Back to the misery that is The Crystal Maze!
As with the show, the most interesting games tend to be the Skill ones. Most of the Mystery games are simply picture-hunt affairs, while Mental are dull. A sliding puzzle. A Lights Out game. A magic square. Skill at least adds a sense of pace to the action, even if they're not much more fun than playing the Platform Game From Hell again. The Futuristic Zone's offering is the old Snake game. Aztec has Gag The Gods and Pachinko, as mentioned earlier. Ocean has Walk the Plank, which I will now put as much effort into describing as it appears went into making it: "..." If it seems like I'm not explaining these in much depth, it's because there is no depth to explain. They're all dirt-simple, which you'd expect, and embarassingly cheap... which in fairness, you'd also expect, but didn't have to be the case.
In total, as far as I can tell, you get just 24 games across the zones. That's simply not enough, even ignoring the fact that most of them are - to be incredibly charitable - 'very similar' to their counterparts in other zones. The time limits and weak controls make them brutally hard, with the game's idea of mercy being to simply let your current team-member out when they run out of ammunition or chances rather than automatically locking them in and costing you a precious time crystal.
You need both time and team-members to have a hope in the final game, The Crystal Dome. This was pretty lame even in the actual show, requiring players to collect a hundred gold tokens from the middle of a giant swirling crystal, and deducting one for every silver one they collected. A few teams were smart enough to work out that the way to win this was to have someone by the ticket-slot, actually sorting through them. Others just shoved them into the maw like a fat man with a whole chocolate cake to himself, and usually ended up standing forlornly as they learned that with just -76 tokens to their worthless names, they'd have done better to just stay at home and do likewise.
It goes without saying that the game's version of this is rubbish, although how the hell you'd make a good version of such a fiddly, annoying round eludes me. Still, the obvious question has to be asked: just how rubbish is it, really? You may be surprised to learn that it's very rubbish. In fact, it's this rubbish:
Your prize for finishing the game is to play it again and try to beat your high-score, much as the prize for licking random needles you find in the park might be Hepatitis-C. One playthrough won't show you all the games, but it'll show you most of them, and are all you need to run away screaming.
If you want more 90s British gameshow action, there's an iPhone Crystal Maze out now, although I haven't tried it. Still no sign of anything based on Interceptor though, and we never did get a game based on Knightmare for PC. (Don't feel bad though, all the attempts to make one were terrible.) Do you remember any other nostalgic gameshows that deserved to make the interactive jump? Comment!
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Brazilian airframer Embraer has set two more dates for Embraer executive operator conferences (EEOC) following a European conference held in Paris last month. The North American EEOC is scheduled for May 7 to 9 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and will cover the Legacy series. The South American conference, slated for Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil on May 14 and 15, will feature both the Phenom and Legacy series.
The conferences have been heavily attended and the company is developing additional EEOC dates for this year's second half to meet the demand, according to an Embraer spokesman. Currently under consideration are an EEOC in the Asia-Pacific region to cover the Phenom and Legacy, a Middle East conference on the Legacy and Lineage 1000, and a second North American conference covering the Phenom. Dates and exact locations have yet to be determined.
"Meeting with our customers is of paramount importance to us," said Edson Carlos Mallaco, vice president for customer support and services. "Because of that, this year we are increasing our number of face-to-face meetings with operators to 15, including mini-conferences with fleet operators and the EEOCs."
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