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Manchester Business School Worldwide - United Kingdom
The part-time Manchester Global MBA is one of the toughest around. If you can handle this you can handle anything.
With over 3500 students in 100 countries, we understand that global business is not just about learning systems and processes; it's about people.
Manchester Global MBA
This demanding and stimulating Global MBA is one of the toughest around and provides an invaluable opportunity to collaborate across continents and network with over 3500 high achieving executives.
The Manchester Global MBA is highly flexible and portable, meets the needs of busy executives and fits around your personal and professional commitments. Our proven blend of robust academic theory and practical, hands-on experience means you can start putting your learning into practice from day one, providing immediate benefits for you and/or your employer without putting your career on hold.We have dedicated international centres where you can attend your residential workshops in Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sao Paulo.
The residential workshops are the highlight of the programme for all students. They are a valuable opportunity to meet your fellow executives, build your global contacts and experience a different culture. You can attend the workshops in any of our global centres across the world to suit your personal work and travel commitments, but we encourage you to attend at least two outside your home centre to broaden your international business perspective.
You may select the general stream or opt for one of our specialist learning pathways in finance, engineering or project management.
Programme InfoName of School: Manchester Business School Worldwide
Programme Title:
- Manchester Global MBA
- Manchester Global MBA Financial learning pathway
- Manchester Global MBA Engineering learning pathway
- Manchester Global MBA Project Management learning pathway
Accreditation: AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
Type of Programme:
Students are required to attend Manchester Business School or one of the international executive centres for modular workshops ranging from 3-9 day blocks on a semesterly basis.
Length of Course:
- Manchester Global MBA 2.5 - 5 years
- Manchester Global MBA January '16 and July '16
- Manchester Global MBA 1st Dec '15 and 1st June '16
AdmissionsMinimum years of work experience: Manchester Global MBA - 4 years experience alongside a degree or in the absence of a degree, additional years of business management experience is acceptable.
GMAT: Not required.
English test: No.
References: 2
Language fluency: English
Student Body• Europe: 26%
• North & South America: 10%
• Oceania: 1%
• Asia: 33%
• Africa: 9%
• Middle East: 21%
Men: Women ratio: 73:27
Age Range: 26-55 (average)
Average Age: 36
Industry sector
Manufacturing: 21%
Finance: 15%
Information Technology: 10%
Telecommunications: 8%
Utilities and energy 8%
Transport and logistics: 7%
Consulting 6%
Construction: 6%
Public Services: 4%
Other: 15%
Length of Work Experience:
5-10 years: 68%
3-5 years: 20%
CostsApplication fees: none
Tuition fees: The Manchester Global MBA
UK and EU students: £27,300
International students: £ 32,918
As a Manchester MBA graduate, you will be part of a global community which is proud to be associated with the School and dedicated to improving the MBA for current and future students.
With over 50,000 alumni across 169 countries, our global footprint reaches high-performing individuals in business, management, governance and industry all around the world.
Your connection with our alumni community begins as soon as you step through the door and continues long after you leave. You will benefit from constantly evolving networking opportunities with an increasing number of likeminded people as our alumni base grows.
Manchester Business School,
Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB
Telephone: +44 (0) 161 275 7212
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: mbs.ac.uk/global
Dean: Prof Michael Luger


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"X-Men" writer Victor Gischler answers your questions about the team post-Schism, Skull the Slayer and a vampire-smashing Hulk. Plus hints about the Forgiven and exclusive art! [UPDATED]
"X-Men Schism" architect Jason Aaron gave hints at the state of the X-Universe in the wake of his event miniseries, as Axel ALonso, C.B. Cebulski and more discussed Regenesis with Fan Expo attendees.
With the battlelines after "Schism" drawn, Marvel Comics E-i-C Axel Alonso is back to discuss how big the X-line can get, the role of an editor in events and solo titles and tease the future of Gambit, Ghost Rider and more.
"New Mutants" writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning AKA DnA answer an abundance of fan email about X-Man, romance and future possibilities. All this, plus exclusive David Lafuente art!
The space-faring Summers brother is returning to the team he served on for years and the writer he was under as Peter David redefines the "X-Factor" team in Marvel's latest Regenesis teaser.
Marvel Comics has released solicitation information and covers art for titles shipping in November 2011, including the the opening salvo of Battle Scars, "Avenging Spider-Man," "X-Men: Regenesis" and much more.
Marvel Comics latest teaser for the impending relaunch of its X-Men line comes with the return of time lost hero Nate Grey AKA X-Man at the lead of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's "New Mutants."
Kelly Thompson gives the third installment of Jason Aaron's X-epic 4 stars, saying "X-Men: Schism" #3 "delivers some of the more legitimate "hero in peril" moments I've seen in a while."
Rounding out two major Marvel events, Axel Alonso explains how new titles from "Defenders" to "Wolverine & The X-Men" to "Hulk Vs. Dracula" lead the Marvel U into its "Shattered Heroes" era and beyond.
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR brings you advance looks at new titles on sale next Wednesday including "Deadpool" #42, "The Punisher" #2, "Ultimate Comics Ultimates" #1 and many more.
Marvel has released a new X-Men: Regenesis teaser, announcing artist Will Conrad as writer Victor Gischler's creative partner on the Jubilee-starring title.
Marvel has announced a new creative team while teasing a revamped line-up for "Generation Hope" as of November's issue 13 via this just-released Dale Keown-drawn teaser image.
What led to the X-Men missing out on Secret Wars on the Spider-Man cartoon? Was Apache Chief really added to the JLA years after debuting on TV? And was the Human League named after a Judge Dredd comic?
Jason Aaron returns, this week bringing Jared Fletcher along with him to discover exactly what it is a letterer contributes to the making of your monthly comic books.
Marvel has announced Greg Pak and Mike McKone as the new creative team for "Astonishing X-Men," as of issue 44. Accompanying the news is an image of Cyclops and a mohawked Storm in a passionate kiss.
Marvel has released a new teaser image for Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo's "Wolverine & the X-Men " title, featuring Logan standing in front of a group of blacked-out teammates.
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR brings you advance looks at new comics on sale next Wednesday including "Alpha Flight" #3, "Ghost Rider" #2, "New Avengers" #15, "X-Men" #15.1 and many more.
DC Comics Co-Publisher and "Justice League" artist Jim Lee spoke with CBR TV about the August-debuting flagship title for the DC Relaunch, the effect of digital comics on storytelling and much more.
There's no sophomore slump for "X-Men: Schism" as James Hunt gives the series' second issue 4 stars, calling Jason Aaron and Frnak Cho's comic "very enjoyable...[it] bodes well for the future of the X-franchise"
Marvel has released an early look at "Astonishing X-Men" #41 by Daniel Way and Nick Bradshaw. The "Monstrous" storyline concludes on Wednesday, August 31!
Marvel has released an early look at "X-Men" #16 by Victor Gischler and Jorge Molina. The issue, guest-starring the FF and Doctor Doom, hits stores August 31.
Marvel's X-Men panel at Comic-Con featured news, announcements and a few surprises. Plus, loads of art! UPDATED: Marvel has released even more X-art!
Marvel revealed at Comic-Con International that its major Spider-Man and X-Men will receive same-day digital release, a roll-out that begins next week with "The Amazing Spider-Man" #666. ROBOT 6 has details.
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR brings you advance looks at new comics on sale next Wednesday including "Captain America and Bucky" #620, "Incredible Hulks" #633, "Venom"#5 and many more.
A new "Goldeneye," Stan Lee, "Spider-Man: Edge of Time" and "X-Men Destiny" made Activision's Comic-Con party a memorable one. CBR News has all the details.
Marvel has provided CBR with advance looks at "Amazing Spider-Man" #666, the first chapter of Dan Slott's "Spider-Island" event and the second issue of "X-Men: Schism" by Jason Aaron and Frank Cho!
Comic Book Easter Eggs - X-men Sex Edition! Join CSBG as their Comic Book Easter Egg month turns spotlights the search for all the instances of the word sex in "New X-Men" #118.
Chad Nevett gives the debut issue of Jason Aaron's "X-Men: Schism" 4 stars, saying "there's an energy and excitement inherent in this comic that hasn't been seen in the X-books in a while."
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR brings you advance looks at new comics on sale next Wednesday including "Daredevil" #1, "Generation Hope" #9, "Hulk" #37, "Ultimate Comics Fallout" #2 and more.
Marvel has released an advance look at "Ultimate Comics X-Men" #1, written by Nick Spencer and drawn by Paco Medina. The series launches September 14 with a cover by Kaare Andrews.
Was Donkey Kong originally a Popeye game? Did a decimal error really lead to Popeye using spinach for strength? And what's the link between Terry Austin and Popeye?
The writer of two X-books, Daniel Way discusses monsters, art, pop culture and Deadpool's rules for being a successful mercenary. You don't wanna miss this!
Marvel Comics has released a new pair of teasers for "Fear Itself" #5 promising one of the biggest throwdowns the Marvel Universe has ever seen as Hulk, Thing and Thor collide!
... if what he does is collect X-Men stuff. Eric Jaskolka shares an adamantium-laced Shelf Porn submission with ROBOT 6, featuring X-Men toys, merchandise and more.
CSBG's month-long look at the first appearances of notable pieces of comic lore ends with a look at a number of important first moments for Wolverine, including the first time he claimed he was "the best there is at what I do."
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Jon Favreau and Harrison Ford chat about "Cowboys & Aliens!" "Captain America" TV ad reveals what's buried in the ice! Also, screenwriter Darren Lemke tapped for "Beasts of Burden," and more.
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I have a custom walker for a navigation menu on my website, and within it I have some custom CSS that I want to apply to each menu, however, I cannot simply echo it there because even though it works fine, it is invalid code according to W3 validator. The solution is to send that css code to the Head section, but I am stumped how.
Note: The css code is dynamic and will change, so hardcoding the css into the stylesheet won't work.
I have all the css stored in an array as such.
class Special_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu
function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth, $args) {
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$css_code[] = //store css code in array
$output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
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Area ramp lovers or those who have never sampled food made with the wild onion are encouraged to visit Olde St. John's Episcopal Church in Colliers for its annual ramp dinner from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The dinner has been a recurring fundraiser in recent years for the church, which is near the intersection of Eldersville Road and St. John's Road.
There will be fried potatoes with ramps and bacon, soup beans, cornbread and assorted desserts for sale and for those who aren't adventurous, hot dogs and chips.
But Darcy Riggs, who coordinates the event with the help of many church members, encourages everyone to try the ramp dishes.
Riggs admitted she "avoided ramps for a long time because they had such a bad reputation among kids I grew up with. But when they're cooked, they have a slightly sweet taste. They're still peppery and garlicky but they're not as harsh when cooked."
Riggs said she has used ramps in a variety of dishes, often as a substitute for garlic, and has enjoyed them in spaghetti, potato soup and a grilled flatbread pizza. She draws the line at pickled ramps and eggs, however.
Riggs said ramps are a staple in Appalachian cooking and are known as wild leeks in Pennsylvania.
She and her family pick them from the hillside on their property. In addition to their distinctive aroma, they can be recognized by their green leaf, white stalk and purple bulb.
"The most fun part of the dinner is the time we spend together," Riggs said, noting she and her sisters get together to pick them while digging for ramps is an endeavor enjoyed by her cousin Nick Valero and his daughters.
"And we always have fun at the church in anything we do," Riggs added.
Visitors can partake of the meal at the church or order it to go. Take-out orders may be made that day by calling (304) 527-4747.
The church also will be holding drawings for a gardening-themed basket and a book lover's basket, with proceeds for the latter going to a summer program in which members of the church and St. Thomas and Christ Episcopal churches will be helping children improve their reading skills.


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Current Consensus Items
This is a page for hosting consensus items currently under debate, with their formal wording.
The Consensus Items History is the public record of consensus items that have been decided on in the past. Please move the records from the "Current" page to the "History" page once they've been approved/blocked.
|Date First Discussed
|Proposed By
|Informal Title
|Author of this Record
|Ban Dante
|Dante is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community.
|Ban Lee Sonko
|Lee Sonko is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community.
|Ban E. Clair Bandersnatch
|E. Clair Bandersnatch is unwelcome at Noisebridge. She is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community.
|Buy fire extinguishers
|Noisebridge should pay a service to recharge all the fire extinguishers in the space and/or purchase new fire extinguishers, and buy smoke/CO detectors for the space. We will need about a dozen working fire extinguishers for the space.
|Git repo for policy
|The canonical location for Noisebridge policies and processes shall be a git repository. The canonical process to modify these policies and processes shall be the merging of a proposed changed version. The desicion to merge a patch shall be made by Noisebridge's consensus process. The most recent version of all such policies and procedures shall also be posted at an appropriate page on the Noisebridge wiki. It shall be the responsibility of the Secretary to operate and maintain this system.
|Anti-harassment policy
|Adopt the draft anti-harassment policy in its current form in the git repo.
|Ban Dante
|Ban Dante for vandalism in the bathroom. http://imgur.com/a/Ye6mW
|Consensus process change
| 1. Consensus items at weekly meetings can be stopped from advancing by three member stand-asides or one block. Those objecting are encouraged to meet with proposal author(s) to develop mutually agreeable alternatives.
2. Membership meetings shall be scheduled and announced in advance. If a proposal cannot reach consensus or resolution at weekly meetings it may be added to a membership meeting agenda with sponsorship of three members. To take effect a proposal would require approval of 75% of members present physically or by proxy.
3. All current associate members shall be converted to full members, and the associate membership role abolished.
|Ban Dan
|Ban Dan from the space for a pattern of verbal abuse against Al.
|Expiration period for associate member policy
|Noisebridge should attach an expiration period of 90 days, beginning October 29, 2013, to the consensus decision to create an Associate Member role. All subsequent mutations of the original consensus should be brought for a second consensus, beginning February 4, 2014. If no consensus can be reached, Noisebridge will revert to being open to the public all day, every day.
|Tom Lowenthal
|Membership renaming
|Renaming the category "Noisebridge Members" to the "Noisebridge Council", and renaming the category "Associate Members" to "Noisebridge Members". This change extends not only to our operations, but also to our bylaws, so that the effect is only a change of name but does not change the rights or privileges of any person or category of people.
|Tom Lowenthal
|No changes to consensus proposals
|Proposals shall only be elegible to reach consensus in a weekly meeting in the exact form that they were agreed at a previous weekly meeting. Items shall not be elegible for consensus unless they were recorded on the Current Consensus Items page on the Noisebridge wiki before 24 hours have passed after the end of the weekly meeting in which they were proposed. If a proposal is modified at a weekly meeting, it shall not be elegible for consensus at that meeting.
|Members-only wording change
|Jake proposes a change to the previous consensus agreement regarding access to Noisebridge. (originally posted 2013/11/4 to discuss)
Noisebridge's space shall be open only to members and associate members at any time. A member or associate member may at any time invite a person into Noisebridge and host that person at Noisebridge as long as that member or associate member remains at Noisebridge. No other person shall be permitted at Noisebridge at any other time.
Noisebridge is open to Members, Associate Members, and guests sponsored by same, at all times. Any person who is not one of the above may be asked to leave if no Member or Associate Member present wishes to sponsor them at that time, with no other justification being necessary.
People coming to Noisebridge who don't know anyone should be introduced to members who are present so that sponsorship can occur if members present choose to do so at that time. Noisebridge should present itself as "open to public visitors and guests as often as possible".


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Repair of the Wheeling water tower is rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 12, and work is expected to be completed that day.
"We will be bypassing the water tower and Linn Livingston will be supplying pressure to our water lines during water tower repair," said Mayor Darrin Fravel. "But, due to their (Linn Livingston) plant expansion, it is unknown if they can keep up with the demand."
The mayor urges water customers to plan accordingly.
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22 Apr 2010 9:36 PM #21
23 Apr 2010 12:03 PM #22
23 Apr 2010 12:46 PM #23
Thanks a lot. Really appreciate it and this is a much needed component that is simple and well done!
Is there another event I can use to callback from after all the selections have been made and the combo departed? I couldn't see how to do this from the code. I'm trying to avoid using an outside event (like a button) to respond to new selections.
28 Apr 2010 5:23 AM #24
Hi C. Nelissen,
First of all, thanks for this wonderful plugin. I am using this plugin in the editable grid as cell editor. Everything seems to be working for me once I use the code provided by Fargs if the store is loaded only once. But I am facing a small issue if I am trying to reload the store.
I have a grid with two columns, 2nd column editor list is the checkboxcombo and it depends on the 1st column value. So I am using the getCellEditor to get the first column value and reloading the list. This is giving me one interesting problem, the previous list is also appending to the new list value and the checkboxes are also not checked. Can you suggest me how to fix this.
28 Apr 2010 7:32 AM #25
Try adding triggerAction: 'all' to the config. This will force a reload of the data every time the trigger is clicked.- Clint Nelissen
28 Apr 2010 9:53 PM #26
I tried your suggestion but it is not working. The store is coming fine but the checkboxcombo list is still retaining the old store items.
29 Apr 2010 7:09 AM #27
{ header: 'Plans', dataIndex: 'plans', renderer: function(value) { return this.editor.field.gridRenderer(value); }, editor: new Ext.ux.form.CheckboxCombo({ store: new Ext.data.JsonStore({ fields: ['value', 'label'], url: '/api/plans.php', method: 'POST', baseParams: {'id': id}, autoLoad: true }), valueField: 'value', displayField: 'label', triggerAction: 'all', allowBlank: true }) }- Clint Nelissen
29 Apr 2010 8:42 AM #28
Because of my company restriction,I can't post exact code.
Still I am posting some sample to give you the hint about my problem.
var store = new Ext.data.JsonStore({
fields: ['value', 'label'],
url: '/api/plans.php',
method: 'POST',
autoLoad: true
var colModel = new Ext.grid.ColumnModel({
columns: [
{header: 'Name', dataIndex: 'name', sortable: true, editor: new Ext.form.TextField({})},
{header: 'Type', dataIndex: 'type', sortable: true, renderer: typeRenderer, editor: typeEditor},
{header: 'Value', dataIndex: 'value', sortable: true, editable: true}
editors: {
'text': new Ext.grid.GridEditor(new Ext.form.TextField({})),
'number': new Ext.grid.GridEditor(new Ext.form.NumberField({})),
'checkboxcombo': new Ext.ux.form.CheckboxCombo({
storetore ,
valueField: 'value',
displayField: 'label',
triggerAction: 'all',
allowBlank: true
'date': new Ext.grid.GridEditor(new Ext.form.DateField({}))
getCellEditor: function(colIndex, rowIndex) {
var field = this.getDataIndex(colIndex);
if (field == 'value') {
return this.editors['text'];
} else {
store.reload(some parameter);
return this.editors['checkboxcombo'];
5 May 2010 12:49 AM #29
I am trying this component vs saki's one. Because of problems of saki's one with a grid, I'd like to use your component, but the main problem for me is in performance: in CheckboxCombo rendering long lists takes a good while. I have a combo box of all countries (fairly standard list) and although the data is fetched quickly (JSONStore), the combo takes a good few seconds before its fully rendered with the options. As well, the combo insists on calling the store's load every time and refetching the data from the server, while saki's one does not do that with the same store/combo configuration.
Is it a problem with the component or something I'm doing wrong?
countriesEditor: new Ext.ux.form.CheckboxCombo({ id:'countryCBCombo', width:300, hideOnSelect:false, lazyInit:false, maxHeight:200, store: EditorStores.countriesStore, triggerAction:'all', valueField:'id', displayField:'name', typeAhead:false }), and the store: countriesStore: new Ext.data.JsonStore({ url: URL.staticCountries, storeId: 'countriesStore', root: 'items', idProperty:'id', autoLoad:true, fields:[ {name:'id', type:'int'}, {name:'name', type:'string'}, {name:'code', type:'string'} ] }),
Last edited by harel; 5 May 2010 at 12:58 AM. Reason: edited to add information
5 May 2010 8:42 AM #30
To be honest I haven't really done much performance testing, as I don't really use this component with very long lists. I'll do a little bit of digging and see what I can find out...
As for the reloading of the store, this is because you set triggerAction:'all'. The behavior is slightly different than a regular combo box, since we aren't really filtering the results as the regular combo box does. Try removing that config and it should work fine.- Clint Nelissen
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communicate with those in and around the kitchen;
communicate with those in and around the kitchen;
discuss your project;
discuss your project;
inventory available ingredients;
inventory available ingredients;
make shopping list, budget, collect money if needed;
make shopping list, budget, collect money if needed;
if enough people, split into two groups;
if enough people, split into two groups;
Revision as of 18:36, 16 February 2014
- refrigerator with freezer
- 4-range electric stove
- electric ovens
- commercial 3-tub stainless sink
- open storage above sink
- stainless prep counter
- multi-shelf metal pantry rack
- large pot cupboard
- various utensils and supplies
- Coffee-making equipment
- food preparation machines
Communal kitchens are difficult to maintain.
Due to the need for sanitation, freshness and the near simultaneous use of tools, communal kitchens are a complex collaborative workplace. Everyone using the kitchen should conciously participate in preventing entropy.
Communication between everyone using the kitchen is essential. Minimalistic direct communication is essential or disfunction, spailed food, and an unsanitary environment rapidly ensues.
If you are not sure, or are certain you don't know how to use the kitchen, find collaboratores who already have a comprehensive understanding of kitchen excelence.
kitchen maxims
Use oldest items first. (eg. stock rotation)
Add new to old, never add old to new.
Clean as you go. Leave it cleaner than you found it.
Start with less, add more to taste. (eg. salt, pepper, soy sauce)
Keep drawers and cupboards cloaed when not in use.
Everything in its place, a place for everything.
Label it. (date, description, project, instructions, ...)
If in doubt, ask.
At Noisebridge any use of a resource is called hacking. So using the kitchen for any purpose is a hacking project. This also means anyone using the kitchen is responsible for being excellent at all times.
Kitchen tools belong in the kitchen. Some kitchen tools are expensive and may be difficult to replace. If you need a kitchen tool elsewhere, leave a note on the kitchen white board, and return it as soon as your done with it.
Tools for eating and drinking should not leave Noisebridge and should be returned to the kitchen when no longer needed.
algorithm for food hacking
begin communicate with those in and around the kitchen; discuss your project; inventory available ingredients, tools, supplies; make shopping list, budget, collect money if needed; if enough people, split into two groups; cobegin { buying team goes shopping; cleaning team prepares kitchen; }; prepare food; eat, share left overs, safely store uneaten food; cleaning, sorting, putting things away; If inclined, write up your experiences, recipes, ideas for the future;.. end;


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While administrators were pleased that the surprise search for narcotics by law authorities at Bastrop High last week yielded no illegal drugs, officers did identify firearms inside vehicles belonging to students. Classifieds Business news These are three items you can't find anywhere but in today's print edition of the Enterprise. Call 281.4421 to subscribe.
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Has Newegg blocked double the order on your credit/debit account?
I ordered an item from Newegg this week. They only charged for the ordered item, but they blocked twice the funds in my checking account, on a Holiday week.
It is the weekend and the $130 block is still unavailable for use.
Early this week, I contacted newegg and got a response that was obviously a response to nothing I had inquired about. Surely there is a rule about blocking funds on an order.
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This is one of the main reasons I tell people to never use debit cards. Use credit cards instead.
If a merchant makes a mistake with a debit card, you are out your money until you get it settled.
If a merchant makes the same mistake with a credit card, you do not have to pay that portion of the bill until the dispute is resolved.
@cengland0: I don't have a credit card. Cut up my last one in the 90s


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August 20, 2009
Giraffe House fun for kids who like reptiles
A crocodile at Giraffe House
Cape Town Tourism staff regularly attend network functions where tourism-related establishments explain their products.
Kids and family were the focus of the function we attended yesterday – sounds harmless, doesn't it? But was I in for a shock!
Giraffe House, which is situated just off the N1, exit 39, was the venue for this function. It's a Wildlife Awareness Centre which provides entertainment, hosts birthday parties and so on.
Of course there was no real danger or harm, but the thing that freaked me out was the live reptile display. When I heard that they would have live snakes on display I immediately wanted to leave.
The caracal or rooikat at Giraffe House
I was not the only one who was scared. Doreah's eyes gave her game away. Lee made a comment that I thought was very funny: "Did you see how fast I became Spiderman?" he said. Amanda held a snake for a few minutes – "brave heart".
Amid all this excitement and hype, we learnt an enormous amount about snakes and other reptiles.
I think that this is an amazing venue for families. The staff at Giraffe House are great and their love for animals can be seen in the way their eyes light up when you ask them something about the animals.
Apart from snakes, there are other animals to see too, for example the rooikat and birds.
For a family outing and for educational purposes I would most certainly recommend it.


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The 5 Most Insane Rescue Missions That Actually Worked
Action heroes aren't real. In real life, hostages stay hostages, trapped people stay trapped and there's no Bruce Willis to come crashing through a window in an undershirt.
Well, usually. Even in real life, every once in a while, the good guys pull off a rescue that would seem grossly implausible by Hollywood standards. Like ...
#5. Escaping the Nazis With Cross-Dressing
The Crisis:
Flying a glider during World War II wasn't for the faint of heart. Shit, flying a glider at any time isn't for the faint of heart. But during WWII, when a glider was an engineless craft with all the aerodynamics of a brick, it was especially treacherous. The glider was towed behind another plane and then cut loose in the hopes that it would safely crash in a way that didn't kill everyone on board.
Yeah, but tank-planes!
While flying a mission over Holland during World War II, glider pilot George F. Brennan was being towed to his target when German anti-aircraft guns attacked. Brennan was first hit with a bullet in his hand. Next, an AA shell fragmented near the plane, showering him with flak in the chest, leg, arm and ass. A few minutes later, another bullet went the spoof-comedy route and hit the gas line of a jeep strapped down in the back of the plane, igniting a gas fire. The flames spread to the pilots, burning them before other passengers were able to put it out. So, you know, it was a pretty bad flight. And did we mention that all of this happened before the glider was even released from the plane that was towing it?
"Don't worry, gravity is a Nazi invention, and we're having no truck with it."
As if being burned, shot and riddled with shrapnel wasn't enough, another shrapnel round exploded before the glider could make its way to the ground, lodging burning pieces of metal into Brennan's jaw.
The Insane Rescue:
The first part of the rescue came off with no problem -- after crashing, Brennan was rescued by the Dutch resistance, who took him to a hospital.
But that's when things got complicated: That hospital was currently occupied by the German military. The Nazis had taken over the first floor and Brennan was on the second, a few feet and one floor above Colonel Klink's head. So how in the hell do the Dutch hide an injured pilot in plain sight of the enemy? Here's where you have to ask: What would a slapstick '80s sitcom do?
It was a question that haunted Hitler every day.
So, in a move right out of Tom Hanks' greatest role to date, the buddy sitcom romp Bosom Buddies, the Dutch decided the best course of action was to stuff a pillow down Brennan's shirt, disguise him as a pregnant woman and let him recover in the maternity ward.
There he sat for weeks, slowly recovering a flight of stairs up from the Nazis, nodding in polite conversation whenever the Dutch women in his ward would talk about cheeseburger crotch and pregnancy "tumors." He was able to stay hidden until the frontline reached the hospital.
#4. Escaping the Jungle in a Slingshot Hang Glider
The Crisis:
On May 13, 1945, 24 passengers took off in a comfortingly named "Gremlin Special plane" to fly over the jungles of New Guinea, which at the time was nothing more than a gigantic, unexplored land mass. It was a tour that was only supposed to take three hours, but ended up taking much longer due to an unfortunate mishap. It's exactly like the premise of the beloved television comedy Gilligan's Island, except for the part where 21 of the 24 passengers tragically died when the plane ended up slamming into a mountain.
After hours of walking through the jungle, the survivors were able to make their way to a clearing and flag a search-and-rescue plane to let them know they were alive. In turn, the jungle let those planes know that there was no chance they could land on account of all the trees and such.
"Send lumberjacks. Repeat: Send lumberjacks."
To make matters worse, as the planes were uselessly flying overhead searching in vain for a place to land, the survivors noticed a tribe of natives standing at the edge of the clearing. But the bad news didn't stop there. Somehow, word came down that those natives were possibly cannibals. Oh no! But it was cool, because they were the silly kind of natives who once had a prophecy that white-skinned ghosts would fall from the sky, so nobody got immediately eaten.
But beliefs in space ghosts didn't change the fact that, due to the remoteness of the area, a rescue party couldn't walk in (because they didn't fall from the sky, they probably would've been eaten anyway), and again, dense jungle prevented planes from landing.
Early attempts at claiming the country had involved trained birds and tiny American flags.
The Insane Rescue:
Somehow, the proposed and enacted solution to this was to just keep dropping more people into the area in the hopes that a larger group of people would miraculously be able to escape a space so tightly packed that three people couldn't do the same. This, for some reason, went on for two months, with more men and supplies being dropped into a jungle that there was no escape from. It was quite the debacle, and there was but one solution.
Enter the Fanless Faggot.
"Move to the left a bit more ... there. Now our descendants don't think we're terrible people."
That was the actual, real name of a build-it-yourself hang glider. The big idea was to drop the necessary parts to construct a Fanless Faggot (we'll never get used to typing that) into the jungle clearing and, just like that, everyone could get the hell out of there. But wait, you say, how is a hang glider useful if you're trapped on the ground in a dense jungle?
Stop asking stupid questions. Obviously, they planned to attach a giant rubber bungee cord to the back of the glider so a plane towing a hook behind it could fly overhead and slingshot the Fanless Faggot and its ever-growing crew of stranded jungle dwellers into the air and back to relative safety.
"You know, we could probably just get used to cannibals and parasitic worms."
If that plan sounds totally insane, it's probably because you haven't been living in the jungle for an extended period of time with angry natives who at any moment could simultaneously realize you aren't a fallen ghost and remember that they are hungry cannibals. Until you've been through that, don't tell us shit about how crazy a slingshot airplane sounds.
With everyone loaded onto a glider and the bungee system set up, the lifting plane swooped down and successfully caught the FF, launching it into the air. The plan, as wacky as it sounds, totally worked, and everyone was rescued.
And even had horribly uncomfortable friendships with some of the natives.
#3. POWs Freed by a Near-Suicidal Bombing Run
The Crisis:
When the Nazis occupied Northern France, they rounded up hundreds of French resistance fighters and detained them at Amiens Prison. For France, this was not going to end well, since those French fighters were facing an inevitable date with a German firing squad.
So it's no surprise that those brave French were willing to go along with any plan that resulted in them not dying at the hands of the Nazis. But we have to think that they were at least a little bit concerned when word came down that the Allies did indeed have a plan ... they were going to bomb the shit out of the prison they were in.
"Hey, in for a penny, in for a glorious explosive death."
The Insane Rescue:
Keep in mind this was decades before anything resembling precision bombing techniques were invented. Before smart bombs, the Allies' usual procedure was "Here is a small factory we want to destroy, let's just carpet bomb the whole city. Surely one or two of the thousands of bombs we drop will hit the target." Back then, "collateral damage" meant everyone in a 50-mile radius.
Conscious of this fact, the rescue planners sought to bomb the prison from such a low altitude you'd think the plan was to decapitate Nazis using airplane wings. But the real plan was no less insane. Basically, they were hoping to drop the bombs in such a way that only the walls of the prison would be destroyed, and not the building where the prisoners were being held. It would be kind of like trying to free a man by shooting off his handcuffs with a shotgun.
While you sprint toward him at breakneck speed.
Accordingly, the French Underground and Allies had such little faith in the plan that they decided that if the bombs failed to knock a hole in the wall, a second bombing run would just carpet bomb the whole prison to rubble. The prisoners themselves were on board with that, saying they would rather die at the hands of the Allies than reveal anything to the Nazis under torture. So much for the French being pussies, yeah?
That act bumped them up to at least the 56th least surrendery country in the world.
When the operation got underway, its poor odds didn't improve, as only a portion of the bombers made it to the target due to weather and mechanical difficulties. Those that avoided the German AA defenses and planes quickly got to work on the French jail and through skill and luck were able to smash a hole into the wall by swooping down low. Way low, as in, lower than the prison building.
As a bonus, they also destroyed the guard house where most of the German staff were having their meal. All the while, the whole rescue was broadcast live by the BBC via a British reporter who hitched a ride on one of the planes. Damn! War coverage used to be awesome.


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Audi will be presenting the Quattro Concept 2010 at the Paris Auto Show. With traces of design from Audi A5 and RS 5 Coupés, The Audi Quattro Concept is powered by a 408 hp (300 kW) 5-cylinder turbocharged engine which is matted to the latest generation of quattro permanent all-wheel drive. Build with lightweight aluminum body, the coupe has the power-to-weight ratio of 9.48 lb per hp (4.3 kg/hp).


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My problem is a variation of one in Dummit and Foote:
Let $G$ be a group and $H \trianglelefteq G$. Prove: If $G$ is finite and $[G:H] = p$, a prime number, then for any $K \leq G$, either $K \leq H$ or $G = HK$ and $[K : H \cap K] = p$.
Ok, so I suppose $K \not\leq H$. I am trying to show $\vert G \vert = \vert HK \vert$. The second part follows directly from that and using Lagrange's Theorem in a nice way.
I just need a hint on how to show $\vert G \vert = \vert HK \vert$. I've been using Lagrange's theorem and some corollaries so far, but haven't found the right approach. I'm not allowed to use Isomorphism theorems or quotient groups on this problem. Professor hinted it should follow directly from lagrange since we suppose $G$ is finite.
Any SMALL hints would be greatly appreciated!!!
Edit: I'm using that $\vert HK \vert = \frac{\vert H\vert \vert K \vert}{\vert H \cap K \vert}$ a lot too.


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Are there any experiments I can do to derive the speed of light with only common household tools?
I don't know if it qualify as home experiment, but you can use the internet to get access to thousands of kilometres of optical fibres for free. It allows you to measure the speed of light in the fibres, which is c/n, where n is the refractive index of glass, i.e. 1.5. This corresponds to 2×10⁸ m·s⁻¹. Using ping, you measure a roundtrip time, that is it should correspond to 100 km/ms of roundtrip.
From Paris, I ping the website of Columbia, in New-York, I have
The minimum roundtrip time is 108 ms, which would correspond to 10800 km instead of 5839 km. Off by a factor of 2, but the correct order of magnitude, due to delays.
If one looks more precisely the traject of my packets to new-york with tracepath
We see that the packets travel around (Paris, London, Amsterdam) and cross the Atlantic between Amsterdam (10) and New-York (11) in 127-37=90 ms (roundtrip). This still gives us a 9000 km distance, way too long. I don't know if it is due to the cable trajectory, electronic delays, to small sampling by tracepath or an error on my calculation.
Related to this ping delay, you have the funny 500 miles bug.
Another in-the-lab experiment using cheap material and computers is in the arXiv paper speed of light measurement using ping. However, their measurement is indirect (they measure the propagation inside CAT5 cables), but it should also be doable with optical fibres.
Edited to add: My idea of using tracepath probably comes from Measuring the Earth with Traceroute. In this paper they are more lucky than I was (only 20% slower, instead of 100% !)
There is a trick I have heard about before but never tried. The basic idea is to put a mars bar in a microwave oven for a short amount of time. First you remove the turntable, so the chocolate bar stays stationary. Then you turn the microwave on just long enough for the chocolate to start to melt. It should melt at the nodes of the standing field. You simply measure the distance between the nodes, and multiply by the frequency of the microwave oven to obtain the speed of light. There is a YouTube demonstration (by a kid) here.
You could find a capacitor and read of its capacitance, alternately build one and measure it, and measure its dimensions. Now you can get a good estimate on the permitivity of vacuum, epsilon.
There are possibly other intricate ways to measure this number.
The speed of light is then given by a relation involving another number, the vacuum permeability, µ , which needs no measuring as it is defined.
This relation can be derived from Maxwell's equations.
With a clock and a telescope you could repeat Rømer's determination of the speed of light.
I can't think of a way to do it with "common household tools" but if you have an oscilloscope, a laser diode, a couple of photo-sensors, a beam splitter, you can do it. All of these things are readily available from science supply/hobby stores online, but not usually in most homes.
Set up the laser diode to hit the beam splitter and be split into two beams. Set up the two beams so that they hit two photo-sensors, but make one of the photo-sensors exactly twice the distance from the beam splitter as the other. This will create two separate paths for the light, one twice as long as the other. Run the output of the photo-diodes into two channels of the oscilloscope. Switch on the laser diode, and you should see two pulses on the o-scope, one from each of the two laser diodes. The difference between them is the time it takes the light beam to travel the distance of the difference in the two paths.
The reason to do it this way is accuracy - if you only had one beam, and your photo-diode took, say, 1 microsecond longer to turn on than what was in the documentation, or your laser were slow to turn on, then you would get very inaccurate results. But with two beams, those errors cancel each other out, and so all you're left with is the time of the light.
You might also want to try the rotating mirror method, of Léon Foucault. It is detailed here and here. The only difficult part is the rotating mirror, but it could probably be done with a drill.
Those laser tape-measures operate in an interesting way, that relies on the speed of light to determine distance. So conversely, if you have a known distance, then with the same equipment you should be able to estimate c.
What the tape measures do is modulate the intensity of the outgoing laser according to the intensity of the reflected light. It's basically an oscillator whose frequency depends on the optical propagation delay. The commercial products use the resulting frequency to determine a distance to display.
If you can get at the oscillator output, and set up to measure a known distance, you should be able to estimate c as the frequency in Hz times the round-trip distance in meters.
Perhaps a Fizeau inteferometer:
Most of that should be in range of a keen amateur but I'm not sure what you use as a beam splitter without just buying one though.
I think the simplest would be to use an RF oscillator, a receiver to determine its frequency and Lecher wires (i.e. a pair of parallel wires) where the nodes of the standing wave are determined using an RF voltmeter. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecher_lines .
This was one of the experiments in an electronics kit which I had in my youth. The length of the Lecher line was about 5m and the frequency of the oscillator was about 100Mhz using just one transistor in a common base circuit.
As a variation it is also possible to change the frequency and measure how much the nodes have moved.
Didn't the amateur radio guys (Hams) once launch a ballon like reflecting satellite? Is it still in orbit? Even at a few hundred kms, the delay would be in the ms. Maybe the ISS is partly reflective.
What about a doppler shift method? A doppler speed radar or lidar gun might have all the necessary components, for its logic to be reversed. Here's one for instance, ready for disassembly. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300374815766&rvr_id=169891150704&crlp=1_263602_304642&UA=M*S%3F&GUID=0537e92612c0a06456359f45ffd1174f&itemid=300374815766&ff4=263602_304642#ht_2332wt_979
Has anybody a pointer to the Kinect patent?? the device of the XBox measures distance using reflection of infrared light, so for sure it depends on a finite lightspeed to work.


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I know, by the end, it had gotten the better of him, but the effect it had on Frodo compared to Boromir who was driven mad by it, doesn't seem fit at all.
Also Sam was carrying it for a very short period of time and it seemed to have an effect on him too in the scene where Frodo asked to take the ring back.
Gandalf and Aragorn were also happy to let Frodo carry the ring alone which suggests they had great faith in him. As anyone could have been chosen to carry the ring.
What was so special about Frodo that made him seem to resist the powers of the ring better compared to everyone else?


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By now everyone is well aware of the supremacy of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" both at the box office and in the hearts of many moviegoers. However, the reaction from franchise founder George Lucas has been rather muted. Many have attributed his ambivalence towards both his decision to sell the franchise and to the new movies that will be produced from it as a kind of "sour grapes" response. The fact that many audience members have been calling for the franchise to be taken out of his hands ever since the advent of the prequel trilogy must surely be a part of that, however I think that's really only a minor part of the story. I submit that George Lucas is understandably dismayed by the way that he seems to have inadvertantly created something akin to a religion.
I've been trying to unpack this since seeing the film myself. It's not a perfect film (if there even exists such a thing). It is certainly a fun time, however my own emotional response to it was all out of proportion to what was happening on the screen. This was something from my childhood lovingly renewed, dripping with nostalgia while also containing exciting and wonderful new elements added in, and it fairly throttled my heart. I wept to feel so young again, despite the fact that I felt an old fool at the same time. This is not a rational response to what I saw on the screen. In fact, my emotions were barely connected to what was happening in the film. Rather, it was the result of 38 years of this mythology seeping into the culture all around me, of hearing these stories reflected back to me from people I cared about in my life, of years of discussion, remixing, and fandom on the internet – and all this despite the fact that after "Revenge of the Sith" I largely lost faith in the whole enterprise.
In fact, losing and regaining faith is really what my emotions were about while sitting in that theater. I know I'm not alone in this – I've heard similar things reported by a lot of other people. And even for those who don't feel it as keenly, the overwhelming public embrace of the story and mythology and even of the media hype surrounding this particular film speaks of something that has grown beyond itself. I am tempted at this juncture to admonish you: "Search your feelings- you know it to be true."
As Lucas himself stated, he never got to "see" Star Wars, to have that experience of sitting in the darkened theater and let it wash over him. To him it was always just a story, a movie, a fun diversion for us and an enjoyable way to make some money for him. At its core, that is still all it is. However, he was in the right place, at the right time, with the right story, to tap into a profound public need for mythology and heroism and transendence. He and the team he surrounded himself with did excellent work and created something that had an impact on the culture much more profound than it probably should have.
That impact has certainly been exploited. Star Wars revolutionized not just blockbuster cinema, but also the marketing and merchandising of popular culture in general. Sitting in that dark theater, letting our emotions get away from us, it's easy to forget that Star Wars is an entire industry unto itself worth billions of dollars. There are hordes of artists, writers, designers, managers, factory workers and sales associates all working to churn out not just movies but books, television shows, and an avalanche of merchandise, which an even larger horde of consumers laps up. Lucas certainly can't forget it. He's been right there watching the franchise gradually take over a huge chunk of our culture as surely as the Galactic Empire mercilessly swept into Echo Base on Hoth. He's been the primary beneficiary of all of this fervor, and I can't help but imagine that it must have given him pause at some point – probably around the time of the prequels, when faithful fans began to averr that he no longer understood his own creation.
Though the comparison is largely unfair, I think that Lucas may look at "Star Wars" in the way that Leni Riefenstahl looks at "Triumph of the Will": a professional project that had ramifications far beyond the author's intention, becoming a propaganda piece that helped launch a huge cultural movement. Though Lucas' vision was much more positive, the way it has colonized the collective consciousness is still worth being a little wary of. So I suppose I can sympathise with him if he's befuddled or even a little bit horrified by it all. He must surely be shaking his head at the tears that I and others shed in darkened theaters. That's the essences of faith, really: if you don't have it, then you'll never understand.
So I'll just get this out of the way: due to last minute, unforeseen issues, Mikolaj won't be able to make it to Baltimore with me. We are both very disappointed about this, for ourselves if nothing else. We've been "working trans-atlantically" for 10 years now, and were looking forward to finally meeting in the flesh! Sadly, it was not to be this time.
However! I will still be there all three days and I hope that some of you will be able to stop by to say hello. I'll have "Dire Destiny: Splintered Wood, Broken Stone" available for sale, as well as "Hammer on Stone: Poetry of the Dwarves" and a number of other cool things.
I'll be at table A169 in the heart of Artist's Alley. See you there!
Just a reminder to everyone that both myself AND Mikolaj are going to be at the Baltimore Comic Con next month! We're really looking forward to finally doing a convention together after 10 years of doing them on different continents.
Mikolaj has been thinking a lot about it, and he shares his thoughts in a blog post you can read here:
Through these years together we produced c.a. 400 pages of webcomic, went through times that were better and the ones being worse. We had a number of hick-ups, delays (mainly on my side I must admit), we gained and lost readers. We created the story that grew to quite long fantasy sage, with monsters, zombies, wizards and other. But what is striking me everytime I look to the pages we've done, we created a trio of distinctive, interesting heroes with their stories and personalities
We'll have all 4 volumes of Dire Destiny for sale at the con, plus a few cool extras. Mikolaj will also be sketching and producing some awesome unique artwork. Stop by and say Hi!
This little rant requires some heavy backstory. I couldn't hold my peace on this, and if I'm going to write about it then I'll do it properly.
Last month I participated in a convention tournament for Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the longstanding mass combat game published by Games Workshop, the market leader in toy soldier games for many years. It's a storied game with 30+ years of history behind it which has evolved and changed through 8 editions. (The tournament I played in used the most recent, 8th edition rule set.) If you are any kind of wargamer and haven't been under a rock for the last six months, you will have heard that 8th edition is also the last edition of the game, which GW have officially ceased supporting in favor of a new fantasy battle system called "Age of Sigmar". This announcement has been met with some concern by the player base.
I started playing Warhammer back in the early 90's, during 5th edition. GW had just opened one of their retail stores three blocks from my apartment. I walked in, had a demo game, and was instantly hooked.
The models were undeniably cool. The store staff was friendly and encouraging. They had "veterans night" every Tuesday evening where anyone could show up with a small army of painted figures and have game. Within a month, I was a regular and I had a pool of generally cool people to play with. I started collecting and painting two armies (Bretonnian Knights and Orcs) and was generally having fun. I read online about people hacking up their models to make cool conversions, developing enormous scenario-driven campaigns, and participating competitively in the Grand Tournaments, and it felt exciting and fresh.
The game wasn't perfect. The magic system was wildly unpredictable, the list of upgrades for troops and heroes was byzantine, and the various playable factions in the game were not well balanced. The focus tended to be on mighty heroes and big monsters who could take on hordes of troops by themselves, which made for weird games sometimes. However, I had never played historical wargames at that point. My experience was with D&D and similar games, so even though I felt the system was a little "off" somehow, I accepted it as normal and kept playing. I did keep hearing rumors that the game was about to change in a big way, though.
When the game's 6th edition hit, those rumors proved true. Sixth edition Warhammer was a real wargame: the focus was on regular troops, with the fantastical elements of heroes, monsters, and magic lending support and flavor. All of the armies were "rebooted" at a more manageable power level. The fictional background and the graphic design of the game got an overhaul as well, and the prevailing tone of the game was more grounded and less loopy. Even the models began transitioning to a more understated, gritty sword & sorcery style and leaving behind the older, more cartoonish elements. This was the point where I went from being an enthusiast to being a fanatic.
I loved this new iteration of the game. It allowed for a much grander scope, with hundreds of model troops on the table instead of dozens. Every battle was a Cecil B. DeMille epic in miniature. I began collecting two more armies, buying and painting models as fast as I could manage. I attempted unique conversions on my command models, and built ambitious terrain pieces for my tabletop battlefields. I had just moved to the east coast as well, meaning that I could attend GW's International Grand Tournament in Baltimore. Warhammer became a big part of my life for a decade.
When the 8th edition of the game rolled around, I was still quite happy and willing to buy in. The rules changed quite a bit in that edition, but I still thought that the basic game was very solid and a lot of fun, although it did reintroduce more randomness and a little bit of the old crazyness from 5th edition. As the new army factions were updated, however, I began to have doubts. Both the design of the rules and the artwork were cycling back around to that earlier era: more heroes, more monsters, more High Fantasy coming back into the mix, and the games began to get weird again. The armies full of troops I had built in 6th and 7th edition were less competitive and didn't fit in the new paradigm. I played less often, bought less, started exploring historical wargames (Napoleonics, Colonial British, WWII) and got my fantasy fix from playing Pathfinder and other RPGs. Warhammer wasn't really my game anymore.
I wasn't the only one drifting away. The recession wasn't kind to expensive hobbies like wargaming, and fewer people were willing to buy into a game that required you to purchase and paint huge numbers of models. GW also began a series of changes to their business which have been much debated in the hobby community: They closed many of their stores, and those that remained had almost no staff. They discontinued verteran's nights. They shut down the official Grand Tournaments. They discontinued their ranges of metal models in favor of a disastrously bad experiment in resin casting. They also began raising the prices on all of their models at an alarming rate. While their other flagship game (Warhammer 40K, a wildly successful dark sci-fi wargame for the few of you who may be unfamiliar) still sold well, no one was surprised to hear of declining sales for Warhammer Fantasy.
So GW ultimately decided it was time to shut the game down, re-tool, and release a new game in it's place. Sad for me, but business is business. There was just one problem:
They didn't tell anyone what they were planning.
Instead, with very little preamble they released a series of hugely expensive (and enormous) books and models under the moniker "Warhammer: End Times". The new books contained even crazier rules and more powerful heroes and monsters for the game, along with new background material heralding the end of the fantasy world they had spent 30 years creating. It was all very epic, but many players were nonplussed. Was this a temporary battle campaign, as had happened occasionally in the past? Was this the end of 8th edition, getting ready to pave the way for 9th? There were many questions, but no answers were forthcoming, other than "There will be a release in July". The internet rumor mill kicked into high gear. Disturbing whispers began to surface that the game was going away – but nobody could believe it.
I'm going to cut in here with a little aside about another gaming company: Paizo Publishing.
When Wizards of the Coast announced that they were "rebooting" Dungeons & Dragons (another game I had been plying for most of my life) as part of it's 4th edition, Paizo was just a publisher of support material for the previous edition of the game. After the reboot was complete, they would no longer have a game to support. The new edition was wildly different than what had gone before, both in terms of rules as well as the changes to the background material. To me, it hardly felt like the old game at all. Again, I was not alone.
Paizo made the bold move of deciding to publish and support a more traditional version of the game based on the previous edition, courting the people who were dissatisfied with the new system. They did a redesign on the rules, released it under the name Pathfinder, and brought it to market with as much publicity as they could muster. They were a small underdog company getting ready to compete with a huge corporation (WOTC had been bought out by Hasbro at this point) but they had a few things going for them:
First, they were staffed by people who loved the game itself, who played it, and who had been working in the industry supporting it for some time. They weren't just designers, writers, artist, publishers, etc: they were people inside the hobby who were still wildly passionate about it – right up to and including the company CEO Lisa Stevens.
Second, they made sure that they were connected to the gaming community. They were (and are) incredibly transparent in terms of what projects they are developing. Their release schedule for the upcoming year continues to be more or less a matter of public record. They did (and do) open playtesting of most of their major products. Finally, they have maintained a public online forum for their player base, which every employee is mandated to participate in so that they know what their customers are thinking.
On top of all of this, today they even sponsor a yearly convention for their most devoted players at which almost the entire organization (again, from the CEO right down to the warehousing staff) plays, mingles, and talks to the people who use their products.
Eight years later, their product now outsells original Dungeons and Dragons, and they are the market leader for fantasy RPGs.
I bring this up because today, as GW prepares to abandon one of their flagship products so they can release something new, there is another small underdog company out there which seems to have studied the Paizo playbook. I am speaking of Mantic Games.
Since the release of 8th edition, Mantic has slowly but steadily been building their own game with their own miniatures in a mold familiar to anyone who played 6th edition Warhammer. The 2nd edition of their Kings of War ruleset drops this month.
They have an active online community, and the company officers have made sure that Mantic as a company is communicative and open. They announce their releases well in advance, and have made ample use of crowdfunding to support their enterprise. On top of that, their company officers are wargamers themselves. Though Mantic has been flying under the radar for a while, ever since the demise of Warhammer was announced, word has been getting around. I made it a point to pick up their new book at Gen Con.
Like the man says: history may not always repeat itself, but it does occasionally rhyme. I'm seeing alot of familiar signposts on the road these two companies are walking. Time will tell if it's all going where I think it is.
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Culture's Catechumenate
The restoration of the ecclesial catechumenate is one of the significant pastoral gains stemming from Vatican II. It has helped renew Christian communities both in parishes and on college campuses.
Some years ago, however, I began to employ the term "cultural catechumenate" to highlight the formative (and deformative) influence of the surrounding culture on the minds and hearts of our children ... and ourselves.
What particularly strikes me is how potent and elusive such influence is. Like the serpent in Eden it insinuates itself into our consciousness and subconsciousness -- often with coarsening effect. And it is so much more pervasive and powerful than our often puny efforts at and resources for "religious education."
These musings were once again evoked by an uncommonly common sense and honest op ed piece in today's New York Times. The author, a screen writer, cuts through the perennial and never-ending argument whether violence depicted in the movies and media can be directly correlated with tragedies like Virginia Tech.
Here, in part, is what he says:
Can we really in good conscience conclude that the violencesaturating our popular culture has no impact on our neighborhoods andschools?
The calamity at Virginia Tech is unfortunately not asunique an event as wed like to think, but the sheer number of victimshas grabbed our attention and inspired some collective soul-searching.As responsible Americans put their heads down on their desks andreflect, should the scribes of popular entertainment be excused to theplayground? We screenwriters may be overgrown teenagers who still wantto be cool, but we arent 12 years old anymore. Maybe were notresponsible for Mr. Chos awful actions, but does that abrogate ourresponsibility to the world around us?
Most of us who chosecareers in this field were seduced by cinemas spell at an early age.We know better than anyone the power films have to capture ourimaginations, shape our thinking and inform our choices, for better andfor worse. At the risk of being labeled a scold the ultimate inuncool I have to ask: before cashing those big checks, shouldnt weat least pause to consider what we are saying with our movies about thevalue of life and the pleasures of mayhem?
Count me too among the "uncool." Do I hear any "seconds"?
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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If people put their heads on their desks after an act of senseless violence like the one at V-Tech, all I can figure is that they're napping.Because when they perk their heads up again, nothing's changed.I think it would be more useful for the Church to scour the media for good entertainment examples and to promote them rather than to scold (though, as the mother of an 11-year-old boy, I realize this is easier said than done). Many of our children already see the Church as "The Big No."
Interesting to think about this right after the funeral of Jack Valenti, the creator of the ratinsg system. There is an excellent documentary called "This Film is Not Yet Rated" that all movie lovers should see. Its thesis is a "deal with the devil" in which the MPAA targets depictions of realistic sex (read: foriegn and art films) and gives a pass to obscene violence (read: big Hollywood studios). It gives the pretence of doing something, whereas it simply lets Hollywood off the hook. Fascinating films like Bertolucci's "The Dreamers" get tagged with the dreaded R-rating, while the most hideous gun violence is made available for the amusement of teenage boys.
It's not just the movies, it's computer games -with a capital C - and TV. It's not just violence it's sex. Those two are powerful sellers.We need to change this without the sometimes amateurish and polyannish approach of good media organizations.
One of the most obscene things I see on TV are game/competition shows. "American Idol" is not a show about talent, but about how much humiliation you can take. Dancing with the stars is a freak show, highlighting one-legged dancers, fat dancers, old dancers, and George Hamilton.The rest are craven appeals to money.I agree that computer games' ratings are about as useless as the MPAA's. But there are some very good ones out there, too, especially some of the simulation games where kids build a city, run a farm, live in a medieval castle, etc. I also have a big beef with mange/anime graphic novels, partly because the whole Japanese aesthetic that spawned them escapes me. I've encouraged my kid to write his own graphic novels. This is useful because it allows me to see how he processes these things. They also allow us to talk about things like plot, theme, action and character development. He even likes my suggestions sometimes and adds them in.So, as a parent, you do what you can to build aesthetic taste and moral discernment in the arts.As a parent, though, I don't find it particularly helpful to wallow around in the "ain't it awful" mode. I think it would much more helpful to talk about what IS morally and spiritually uplifting, especially for kids.
I "second" your views about the "cultural catechumenate," but I must offer a "qualified second" on the benefits of our "ecclesial catechumenate."Do future members of the Catholic Church have the opportunity to play "devil's advocate" when questions/issues of church authority arise in RCIA discussions, for example? Do they get a clear presentation about the different levels of church teaching authority, i.e., which teaching is infallible and, more important, which teaching is non-infallible? Or, on the other hand, are they given the distinct impression that all magisterial pronouncements from Rome (not to mention from their chanceries) are infallible and not subject to challenge?Do they learn it is OK to question and critique authority exercised by the pastor?In short, does a typical RCIA program allow for critical thinking, or does it reflect the increasing tendency over the past 25+ years to elevate the ordained and subordinate the laity?Just questions. Thank you.
Joseph J, I don't know what this has to do with Fr. Imbelli's thread, exactly, but my answers to your questions as a Catholic by way of RCIA five years ago:Do future members of the Catholic Church have the opportunity to play "devil's advocate" when questions/issues of church authority arise in RCIA discussions, for example? --Yes, when we were allowed to get a word in edgewise. The leaders wanted to keep sessions to no more than an hour. Do they get a clear presentation about the different levels of church teaching authority, i.e., which teaching is infallible and, more important, which teaching is non-infallible?--Yes, we were given quite a good article about this, and this was followed up with a brief (always brief) discussion that emphasized the need to grow in the faith and talk with the priest when we felt conflicted over the gray areas. Or, on the other hand, are they given the distinct impression that all magisterial pronouncements from Rome (not to mention from their chanceries) are infallible and not subject to challenge? --No, never. It was noted that the business of church teaching should be left to the heirarchy, not the laity. There was a sense conveyed that a lot of the theological discussion in Rome really didn't affect lay people all that much.Do they learn it is OK to question and critique authority exercised by the pastor? --This wasn't discussed, but I never got the idea I couldn't ask about it. But, then, I'm not the type who is easily put off asking questions.In short, does a typical RCIA program allow for critical thinking, or does it reflect the increasing tendency over the past 25+ years to elevate the ordained and subordinate the laity? --No, I didn't feel this at all, and our priest at the time was very warm hearted and welcoming. In the intervening years, I have learned how rare he was and how lucky we were to have entered the church when he was pastor. I find most of the other priests in our area cold fish, indeed. Though I also think this must be an incredibly difficult time to be a priest.If I can say so without seeming impolite: I suspect your questions arise from some disillusionment with the church as a cradle Catholic. I have beefs about RCIA, but they wouldn't be revealed in the answer to the questions you asked here.
I don't think I am that tender, but I cannot stomach Friday 13th and the like. My children have no problem with it. I don't like kung fu and all those non-stop action movies. My wife does. Though I used to like boxing until I woke up. I still like football though I believe it is too violent as is boxing. I am not sure whether people are more violent today. I think we are safer than people were who lived under Constantine. One could not disagree with him, without retribution on the unity of Christ. And what was his point when he dragged the head of an emperor he conquered through the streets of Rome.And God help the poor villagers when the crusaders or any other army marched through. They had no TV and even loved four hour sermons. UGH.I notice my children are very good with their friends and others. Hopefully, Adelaide and I have something to do with that.What about the fact that people in a parish have little connection with each other? Blood relatives are still more important than relatives of the "Spirit." Ones's possessions and pension still define us more than our being Catholic or Christian.Parishes have been spiritually dead for a long time. What about that? What about the culture of the bishops?Why can't we concentrate on reforming the bishops?
If what people (particularly children) see on TV doesn't have an effect on them, then why do advertisers spend quadrazillions of dollars on hawking their products all the time?
Jimmy,I think we have to disinguish here. Food and sex are attractive items. They can be good or perhaps harmful. They are different from violence which most regard as undesirable. Freddy (Friday the 13th) as revolting as he his, is seen as a fictional character, or at least gravely wrong. I know there are some crazies like that in real life. But it is known that they are wrong. Who is to say that Bill O'Reilly and Bill Donohue, or Cardinal Egan are not more dangerous? Do they encourage a climate of hate?
Jean, thank you for responding. Informative. It does sound, indeed, you had a nice down-to-earth pastor not cut from the imperial priestly cloth that seems to be making a comeback among our newer clergy. (I bet he didn't wear a biretta :)To reply to your question as to what my comments had to do with Father Imbelli's thread:He wrote, "The restoration of the ecclesial catechumenate is one of the significant pastoral gains stemming from Vatican II. It has helped renew Christian communities both in parishes and on college campuses." Father Imbelli then contrasts this positive picture with a mixed one of the "cultural catechumenate," noting both the "formative" and "deformative" influences of the surrounding culture. He likens it to "the serpent in Eden [that] insinuates itself into our consciousness and subconsciousness --- often with coarsening effect." I don't disagree with Father Imbelli, by the way.Please rest assured that your last comments were anything but "impolite." Yes, I do feel a certain sense of disillusionment about (or perhaps alienation from) my church. However, I still consider myself a Catholic. While I must admit that the more I learn about our church, the less I like about it, I also consider this newfound awareness a strength that I want to use in speaking out about problems that I see festering in this ancient institution.I did ask the aforementioned questions because I do see a pronounced tendency among Catholics, perhaps especially among younger ones, to accept everything from Rome and their local bishop "lock, stock, and barrel." Every pronouncement seems to be accepted on face value as the unvarnished, infallible Truth (with a capital 't'). There seems to be a distinct absence of critical thinking. I see this phenomenon as dangerous for the church, both now and in years ahead. (Could it be, by the way, that the more liberal/progressive/moderate folks in their 20s, 30s, and 40s pretty much ignore the hierarchy out of indifference? That only the more traditional/conservative/reactionary folks bother to speak up? If so, this might account for my perception.)Anyway, that's where I was coming from, Jean.:)
For what it's worth, based on my experience with RCIA as a team member and sponsor the answers to Joseph J's questions are "yes," "yes," "no," and, given the gentle but effective nature of the pastor, the question didn't arrive (although the candidates all met the pastor for personal interviews and generally thought he was nicer than the rest of us!)This was true both for RCIA programs managed by Vatican II priests and younter, putatively more "conservative" priests. Though the latter did occasionally pull rank over the team members on the emphasis of the program, usually in a thought provoking manner even when I disagreed with it -- and were open to persuasion if a good case could be made (sometimes).I was especially impressed with the degree of emphasis always placed on the distinctions between different sources of Catholic teaching and different levels of authoritativeness.If I were looking for sources of authoritarianism in the church RCIA is the last place I would look; the cult of lawyers, consultants, and real estate brokers might be the first.
Dealing with media trash is a tough issue. Ideally, it would best e handled by lay people through persuasion in the various fora of public opinion, economic pressure, etc. Unfortunately, win the real world we have the Catholic League and a few other gatherings of the bombastic.If the hierarchy is to get involved, I would hope that it would do so by encouraging sophisticated groups of lay people to take the lead in practice and to trust their competence and good sense. Of course, I recognize that our church is notoriously reluctant to trust the laity to take the lead in anything, regardless of competence.
"One of the most obscene things I see on TV are game/competition shows. "American Idol" is not a show about talent, but about how much humiliation you can take. Dancing with the stars is a freak show, highlighting one-legged dancers, fat dancers, old dancers, and George Hamilton."Hi Jean, I thought I was the iconoclast here. We might remind ourselves that the first purpose of art is to give pleasure. Otherwise we would have to demand a message everywhere and it might be all fundies all the time.I agree that there are better and more interesting things to do than watch these two programs. Nevertheless, so many good people find them welcome relief from the humdrum of daily life. The characters and talent (there is talent) make for interesting banter and light conversation. I agree that these and any TV shows rarely capture my interest. At the same time should we not be cautious that we don't become a bunch of sniveling aristocrats?
I remember Cokie Roberts speaking on a Woodstock Theological Center panel several years ago: At one point she quipped: "Yes, I'm a cultural conservative. It's not complicated. I'm a parent."The thing that gets me is the very large number of video games in restaurants that are "first-person shoot 'em ups" with realistic looking guns. Don't try to tell me that doesn't have an effect after awhile.As to being "The Big No," I have no problem with that. That's how my kids see me right now. No, you cannot watch TV every day. No, you cannot have candy for breakfast. No, you cannot have a toy gun. No, you cannot watch the movie "Blade" even though your 6 year old friend got to watch it (no, that's not a joke). Sometimes I feel like I'm channeling Karl Barth: Nein! Nein! Nein!Of course, you run the risk of creating forbidden fruit. My son once told me that when he turns 18, he's going to get his own apartment where he can have his own TV, a gun, and a sword....:-)
Peter, I was talking more about the Church being the institutional No, not parents. Yeah, I get that, "when I'm 18" lip all the time. Only my kid doesn't want a gun, a sword and a TV. He wants to be a Jew.
I am always amazed at the number of parents I run into who decry the negative influence of, say, Britney Spears, on their child's behavior and sartorial choices but who can't even conceive of limiting the child's access to, say, Britney Spears recordings, and tv shows and magazines that glorify her. I have girls so this is what I know, but there are comparable choices to be made for boys. I truly had the following conversation on Monday:Mom of 7 year old: My daughter had a big hissy fit because I wouldn't let her wear a sequined halter dress to Easter servicesMe: Why would she want to wear that?Mom: She said the dress we had bought for her wasn't grown up enought. It's amazing, these girls want to dress like Britney Spears and people like her and they talk nasty and such. Me: How do they know about this stuff?Mom: Oh, tv, and TeenBeat Magazine . . . I thought I'd be safe by sending her to a Catholic School but it doesn't seem to be working out that way . . .As for AI and Dancing with the Stars . . . I think it's important to separate out what is offensive from what is tacky. I think it's especially ill considered and unfair to call Dancing with Stars a freak show. Highlighting that anyone can dance does not make it a freak show. This kind of televised competition has been going on for a long time. It's certainly less offensive than bear baiting or whatever our ancestors did for "fun." And if you really want to see humiliation, you can watch Japanese tv shows, where "participatory humiliation" is something of a national past time. Think Karaoke on steroids.
Barbara--I don't know if you saw the two-part PBS documentary on the Mormons earlier this week, but there was one segment of the presentation that vividly reminded me that it is possible to fend off, at least in part, the negative influences of secular American culture. In the segment of the documentary highlighting the Mormon focus on family, as both an earthly and an eternal institution, a Mormon family was interviewed about various aspects of family life. In that particular family, Monday nights are reserved for family time. No distractions--TV, other commitments, etc.--are allowed to intrude on family time, which includes such things as reading scripture together, playing games, talking, etc. Of course the children may have looked happy because there was a camera in the room, but there seemed to me to a genuine appreciation for the time they were spending together without interruption from the outside world.I don't know if there will be a thread at dotCommonweal on the PBS documentary, but IMO it was very interesting on many levels, both secular and religious.
Barbara, yes, good point about what's tacky v. morally offensive. Though I do find game shows, and their craven appeal to material stuff morally offensive. Just to restate my point: I am not against censoring any of this stuff for adults. Parents have the obligation to censor it for their kids. And they can't rely on MPAA and other "official" ratings.I would find it much more helpful if Church leaders talked more about what they DO find uplifting and good in secular entertainment/culture and less about what they think ought to be banned.Too often, they look like that bell-ringing priest in "Cinema Paradiso," (one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen).
Isn't the one thing most dangerous is that we and society teach our children how to amass money and security? The one thing we are all inundated with is how to be rich and famous. We measure what people possess rather than what they are, whether it be money, possessions, or phd's. People magazine, ET and talk of celebrity are more popular than any video game. As great a body as the United Methodist Church lays out rules stating what is necessary and what is mandatory in Christianity. The example of the Samaritan and the Sermon on the Mount are laudatory and admirable but voluntary.Being a gentlewo/man is more important than being a Christian and material trumps spiritual most of the time. Except at Valedictories and Commencement addresses.
Bill, perhaps we would agree that there IS a certain amount of temporal security that money brings, and we should respect it and use it wisely, invest it responsibly, and teach our children to do the same.Money, after all, allows us to help our children, aged parents and our neighbors. But this is different than using money as a thrill drug like they do on game shows, lotteries, and (dare I say it) Catholic bingo?My grandfather was a compulsive gambler, addicted to the adrenaline that came with bg wins and big losses--didn't matter which.I see a collective compulsion in the way people watch game shows. We love to see the poor man make a big pile in 30 minutes, and it's equally exciting when he blows it in a week and has to file for personal bankruptcy.
Jean,We should be prudent. But the point I am making it is that Christians have lost their focus on money. Further, the addiction to comfort and the prestige that comes with money is ten times more dangerous than violent video games and movies. We are aristocratic Christians who virtually ignore our leader who possessed nothing. We will give our lives for our children but nonchalantly note that the 130,000 children who die each day from lack of hunger and lack of basic medicine, are beyond our control.We blame the Germans for tolerating Hitler but are silent about the genocide that still goes on. We go ballistic (rightly so) if a predator is in our neighborhood but pretend we can do nothing about the untold number of children that are sold into slavery every day.Tepidity is the norm in Christian churches. Material comfort is the god.


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Jim Anderson, Professor at the Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music, received his tenth Grammy Award February 10 for Best Surround Sound Album at the 55th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Anderson received the award for the album Modern Cool by Premonition Records.
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Let $H_n$ be the space of all $n\times n$ matrices $A = (a_{i,j})$ with entries in $\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $a_{i,j} = a_{r,s}$ whenever $i+j = r+s$ $(i, j , r , s = 1, 2, \ldots, n)$. What would be dimension of $H_n$ as a vector space over $\mathbb{R}$?
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I've just finished making the core aspects of my HTML5 game. I have a server and all that, but is there a site where I can find people that would test my game? I figured that getting my friends to do it wouldn't be a good option because they are probably biased, so I need people that I never met before, complete strangers. Also, would the people at gamedev forums be willing to do that? Would it be considered as advertising?
Best advice I could give is to put what you have up, making it clear that it is still a beta and that you want people to play test it and link to it everywhere. This includes every game site you can think of include gamedev.net, moddb, here, facebook, twitter.
There is nothing wrong with advertising mate. How else are you going to get people to play your game? Just be clear and concise, and you'd be shocked at how friendly the game community is.


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Mike Sullivan scored four touchdowns as the Wolcott Tech football team defeated Whitney Tech, 49-6, Saturday for its first victory of the season.
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