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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
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Typical of the GTA series, players will guide Peter through various missions with various contacts. These missions run the gamut and see Peter meeting more of the seedy underside of Liberty City's denizens than he knew before joining the military. The main plot point is that a greedy and corrupt pharmaceutical company has taken hold of the city in his absence, and its hands are in every dark avenue Liberty has got to offer. Peter will work for gangs and factions and individuals who may be enemies to one another, but what they all have in common is that this shady company, called Parasol (a play at Resident Evil's Umbrella Corporation), is bad for business.
Approximately two-thirds of the way through the mission tree, Peter is tasked with stealing one of Parasol's trucks for one of his more trusted associates, George Foster (the first name homage to George Romero), the boss of a very high-end and successful drug ring. The drugs and medical supplies loaded onboard will be very valuable in his operations, not to mention in letting the company know that its presence and activities have not gone unnoticed.
After an exciting nighttime chase sequence, the truck's driver loses control on a rainslick street and tips the vehicle on its side. Peter kills the driver and calls his handler to report that most of the shipment has been ruined in the crash. He's instructed to get what he can and in a cutscene we watch Peter unloading the cargo while the contents of a broken biohazard crate leak out and drain into the sewer.
After a few more missions and approximately a week of in-game time, our protagonist is instructed to kill a weasel who works for Parasol. George had hired the snitch to report on Parasol's secret dealings so that he might leverage an advantage, but suddenly the man loses Foster's trust and becomes a liability. Peter tracks the target down to the harbor, where the man is apparently waiting on a boat to flee the city, and kills him. As he is leaving, Peter notices a figure stumbling out of the darkness. The figure is a disheveled, bloodied hobo, and it attacks Peter. Try as he might, Peter's melee attacks prove ineffective. The hobo gets back up no matter how many times the player knocks him down. Even if the player tries shooting the bum, he still rises once more to attack. It is only when the player finally decides to shoot the man in the head that he stays dead. Very disturbed by this, Peter rushes back to his safehouse. On the way, a gaggle of shapes afflicted similarly to the homeless man lurch out of the back door of a building, and Peter knows instantly that the hobo was not an isolated case. He locks himself in his apartment.
The game skips ahead one week as its second act begins. We see Peter's television, and as he cycles through channels various news reports relay that crazed, rabid people have been attacking citizens all over the city. Police and emergency forces are stretched thin dealing with the threats that seem to be growing every day, and frightened denizens are urged to stay indoors for their safety. Peter has taken heed and remained locked in his apartment for the week, despite his growing paranoia and the sounds emanating from his neighbors' rooms. Suddenly, his phone rings and Peter talks to the first person he's been able to reach the whole time: his old friend, Stephen Mills (DotD again). Stephen needs Peter's help.
The two reunite elsewhere in the city, and with this mission there begins an invisible timer. This timer stretches for approximately two in-game weeks, at which point the final mission leading into the third act will trigger. This timer simulates the infection that is spreading across the city, and as the epidemic takes hold the face of Liberty City will begin to change. The police will gradually respond with less force to Peter's criminal activities until eventually they offer no response at all, so busied are they combating the growing menace. His missions will grow more hurried and more dangerous as the locations to which he travels become overrun, and even the mission objectives will change as his allies' lives fall into danger.
The city itself will fall deeper and deeper into chaos. Pedestrians will be running for their lives until there are none left. Drivers will break laws in their hasty flight until abandoned vehicles litter the roadways. The police will set up blockades around more dangerous areas, quarantine zones, which will eventually fall to the pandemonium. The National Guard would play a role, providing the substantial authoritative force where the police no longer remain a threat. Many of Peter's missions will become available based upon this timer, and if Peter fails to reach his contacts on time the missions, and in some cases even his friends and employers, will no longer be there, having been victim to the walking plague. His ability to protect his friends will determine which of them will be alive in the final act. The time sensitive missions will stack up, building tension for the player as Liberty City crumbles. Some of the missions will even exclude others so that choosing to engage in one will ensure that the player will be unable to perform the other (such time-related activities are all an homage to Capcom's Dead Rising zombie game).
The city's autonomy, too, will slowly degrade. The web will shut down, and the radio stations will play distress beacons (some of these signals triggering optional missions for Peter) before shutting down entirely. Eventually the phones will go dead and communication will be relegated to walkie-talkies, the broadwaves filled with the screams of the damned. The police will stop responding entirely, and whole buildings will burn to the ground. The power will go out blocks at a time until eventually the entire city is in a blackout. Encounters with and the presence of the infected will grow until their legion fills the city streets, making travel nearly impossible.
Early on Peter discovers that the infected are zombies: undead and reanimated corpses intent on feeding on the flesh of the living whose bitten victims die and themselves reanimate and who can only be stopped by destroying the brain. Peter is smart and figures this out very quickly, and this introduces one of the most important and vital aspects of the zombies and of any zombie lore. One of the zombie's most terrifying aspects is that any single bite spells instant doom for the victim. Unfortunately, few zombie-themed games succeed in capturing this terror, relegating the living dead from legitimate threat to cannon fodder. However, condemning a single mistake (no matter how much it agrees with the concept of the zombie and no matter how unimaginably terrifying it will make them to the gamer) is not exactly fair for the average player. Its accuracy though is warranted in the eyes of the many zombie fans, so a simple choice will be introduced. Players will select whether they would like to continue the game in regular mode or hardcore mode. In regular mode bites do not prove fatal, so long as the player can find appropriate medical care in time (an antidote or cure to the infection provided by Parasol and distributed to hospitals and other vendors but which comes at a hefty price). In hardcore mode, any single bite will result in infection and death (saving the game will be instantly disabled, but players will be allowed to spend their remaining time, no more than three in-game days, as they wish, having to deal with the increasing symptoms of the oncoming sickness before being forced to revert to an earlier save). This will instantly ensure that players are terrified of the zombies and of encountering them.
When the city has reached its deepest and darkest state of decay, the timer that has been invisibly counting down during Act 2 will trigger a phone call from a very panicked George. He has a survival shelter, a panic room, in which he and several others are planning to hide while the city falls apart. However, he has found himself stuck on the wrong side of town, and he needs Peter to help. He is holed up, safe for the time being, but not for long.
If the player has not completed his other missions quickly enough, he may be in the middle of something. This might make it difficult to reach George in time, and if he does not, the player will arrive only to discover that the barricades have fallen and Foster's shredded corpse has now joined the ranks of the living dead. Whether Foster himself is giving directions or whether Peter has only an address plucked from the remains to guide him, the player will navigate the game's hero across the chaos that has befallen the city. Reminiscent of the riot modes from the last generation GTA games, the city is filled with random violence and destruction. Peter makes it to the vault, and the player's performance up to now will determine whether everybody who is supposed to be there actually is, whether some are missing and perhaps a few of them infected, or whether Peter is the only survivor to make it at all. Before closing the door, however, Peter receives one last call from Stephen. Stephen is trapped, surrounded, and needs Peter's help. Over the waves the player listens as Stephen shouts for help, and then as he is overrun. Peter closes the door.
The second act ends, and the third picks up twenty-eight days later (an homage to the movie of the same name). Peter narrates that they (or only he, as the case might be) have been isolated from the outside world the entire time. That the radios and the pounding fists upon the vault door have all fallen silent. How many people occupy the vault will determine the motivation for opening the door and setting foot outside, but regardless of why Peter will have to venture into Liberty City once more. He will step outside to a ruined wasteland (an homage to Fallout 3's Vault and subsequent emergence) and begin his journey anew.
Act 3 will see the game the furthest removed from its predecessors and most unlike typical GTA than any of the other acts. There will be no police, no pedestrians, no traffic, and the city itself will be in ruins. Entire buildings reduced to rubble, cars crashed or abandoned, roadblocks smashed through and overrun, trash and debris everywhere, and bloodstains painting the streets and sidewalks. Corpses in varying states of decay that haven't been reanimated for one reason or another will litter Liberty City. And the zombies. The city will be teeming with zombies, hundreds packing every street. From now on every random spawn will be a zombie, and large groups of them will rove seemingly at random so that some areas may be packed with hundreds and even thousands of bodies, and other areas will be unnervingly empty. Gunshots and other loud noises will always attract more, and the player will always be at risk. The longer the player remains in any given area, the spawn rate will increase to simulate the zombies being drawn to his location.
Much of Act 3 will take place on foot. Vehicles would have either been used to flee the city or destroyed in the chaos, and while many wrecks litter the street only a very random few will actually work. The ones that don't will make the streets difficult to navigate using the ones that do, not to mention other roadblocks. Liberty City will be an undead-filled maze for Peter.
Peter will at first be anchored to the vault. It is safe, secure, and supplied. From here he will venture out and explore the city. The player will be encouraged to revisit the old hideouts of Peter's allies and other potentially fortified locations where he will find a few survivors dotting the city. Some will be friendly, happy to see another living human. Some will be hostile, wanting to protect their stockpiles. Some of them will choose to rejoin Peter in the vault, and others will remain where they are, but either way it is from these characters that he will receive his next set of missions. Gathering supplies, finding and fixing vehicles, exploring the city, mapping routes, finding survivors, fixing fortifications, and more.
In Act 3 the player will be able to interact with the NPC's in a variety of ways. The first and most extreme interaction will come in the ability to kill any NPC in the game. This will completely remove that character from the story, as well as trigger the appropriate response from related characters, including turning on Peter (depending on whether they know that Peter was the one responsible for the given character's death). Furthermore, the player will be able to affect the fortifications and overall well-being of the NPC's he meets, intentionally and unintentionally, which can result in those characters' deaths or in hostility toward Peter. This will effectively ensure that no two playthroughs are exactly alike, and in no single run will a player be able to "do everything." This will stress the importance of choice and living with the consequences of one's actions, encouraging players to be responsible for themselves.
Peter's overall goal in the final act will be to simply escape the city. He will have to secure a route to the airport, prepare an aircraft, and figure out how to fly it out. Because of the freeform nature of Act 3, when the player accomplishes this and effectively "wins" the game can come before finding and interacting with all the NPC's. His interactions with the characters will also depend on whether he gets any help in accomplishing this goal and who is alive to help at all. Peter's interactions with the other survivors of the outbreak will be varied and take him across many different plot points, but these will all technically be optional. Perhaps Peter will decide to confront the head of a group of ruthless looters and raiders. Perhaps Peter will decide to find the Parasol employees responsible for the creation of the zombie menace and uncover their malevolent plot. Perhaps Peter will even have to confront a betrayed old friend when he finds that Stephen is still alive.
Eventually however, Peter will escape, and the game will end.
Microsoft still hasn't paid me the money I requested for babysitting peoples children over xbox live for the last 3 years.-Mooshabong81
Mastercosmo 8 years ago#6
*Slow Clap* Well I can see you've been thinking about this for some time now!
I think it is a great idea, but I think that this would definetly not be something that the current engine could handle. Too many zombies on screen, buildings burning down (the engine wasn't built to handle large-scale destruction like that), etc. However, as a completely stand alone game not related to the GTA series at all (with its own engine and all that), this could be pretty good.
jcampana14 8 years ago#7
wow that sounds so awsome!!! i would to play gta like that, too bad it wont happen soon,a boy can only dream...
Why the hell would R* put some stupid zombie crap in the game? I want more awesome modes.
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sounds more like something that would be in Saints Row
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As stupid as this mode is. Volition would never got that in depth with something. They're all about cashing in on gimmicks.
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Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia
What percentage of child support does he have to pay?
I make $13k more than my husband, I will have custody of the children he will have them e/o weekend- what percentage of child support will he have to pay? After his expenses he will have about $1300 left over per month not including child support.
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Re: What percentage of child support does he have to pay?
If you go to Sections 20-108.1 and 20-108.2(Child Support Guidelines) of the Virginia Code(available online), you should be able to obtain the answer to your question.
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It's no secret that mainstream rap is unapologetically bravado-based: The big stars get their street cred, get their shawties, and get themselves a record deal. Vallejo rapper Soldier Hard is no less passionate about offering tough testimonials (and seducing females), but his war stories run deeper than most in the hip-hop game.
Hard's revelations from the frontline drew me into his new CD, The Deployment: Recorded Live from Iraq, which gets a national release on Feb. 4 (he has self-released six albums over the years, available through his MySpace page). It's the first solo artist release from To the Fallen Records, a label run by ex-Army officer Sean Gilfillan. The label's previous releases are comps by hip-hop, country, and rock musicians in the military. Together they offer a perspective that's glaringly absent in music — songs about the Iraq war from those who actually lived through it.
Hard says he has seen his buddies killed by roadside explosives, his mom break down in tears, and his marriage shatter. "That's part of the deployment as well," he says. "I was married for nine years and was deployed to Iraq. Deployment won." His music offers a vivid portrait of a lover and a fighter, moving through everything from killing Iraqi combatants to hyping hyphy. It's a combination you never hear on the airwaves, where materialistic images of street life prosper. As he lays plain on "Real Soldier," Hard has little patience for players who use the lingo but are unwilling to serve on the battlefields. "When I heard that Destiny's Child song 'Soldier,' I was like, 'They're totally describing someone who's not a soldier,'" says Hard, who is known to the U.S. Army as Jeff Barillaro. "They're talking about the 'gleamin' grill' — that's not us. We didn't shed blood just for people to use our name to make themselves look better. Why don't you pick up that rifle and stand close with me and then you can say that."
Hard's words may read like threats, but over the phone they come across differently. This is simply a guy who is military by birth — his grandfather served in World War II, his father in Vietnam, and his uncle in Iraq. He was the kid growing up wearing camouflage and Army shirts. Speaking from the military base in Fort Bliss, Texas, where he's currently stationed, he says he first enlisted in the Army in 1995 and has served in Iraq twice, returning home in October 2006 after working as an armor crewman on a M1A1 main battle tank. He takes common naiveté about his lifestyle in stride. "Coming up in Vallejo, a lot of my friends will be like, 'You'll be all right, you're already from a combat zone,'" he says. "And I tell them our streets here are nothing like the streets [in Iraq], so please don't compare the two. A lot of people got that all mixed up."
Hard's teenage dreams didn't only come in camouflage. He was also weaned on the Bay's big rap daddies — E-40 and Too $hort are both name-checked on The Deployment — and he's been grabbing stage mikes since he was 21 (he's now 31, although when we first spoke he gave his age as "27, almost 28." When I catch him in the fib, he says with a laugh that his friends are always giving him shit for making himself younger on his MySpace page, where he's gone as young as 25.) When Hard last left for Iraq in 2005, he brought minimal recording equipment — a laptop, ProTools, and a microphone. All the extras, from beats to backing vocals, came via e-mail courtesy of producers from across the country — either friends or fans who saw his plea for music on his MySpace page. Vallejo native Baby Bash even brought his Houston protégés Da Stooie Bros. to rap on "In da Bay."
"In da Bay" is my favorite song from The Deployment — it's a love letter to regional goodies like poppin' collars, "ghost-riding our whips," and yadidamean as much as the Golden Gate Bridge and Oakland Airport. It's the perfect playful ode to the area, recorded in the least likely of environs. I can picture Hard performing the track at the talent shows he describes winning in Iraq, and making all his East Bay Army buddies homesick. The Yay Area shoutouts are brief respites from The Deployment's graver subjects, which are no less compelling even in Hard's grief. "Walk with Me" starts with a light piano melody interrupted by sirens and stormy sound effects. Hard moves through his morning routine — kissing his family's picture, talking to God — before taking a sharp turn into a "death trap" where his mood is bleak but resolute. "Butterflies in my stomach, I hope nobody else notices," he raps. "I look to my left, I see my soldiers so young/They can't forget what they see here/But we've gotta be strong."
I ask Hard if he can remember the specific event that inspired the track. "We went out on a convoy, and one of my buddies who was providing roadside security with me, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs," he recalls. "His vehicle was blown up, and I spent my Memorial Day in the field hospital." That night Hard finished the verses, releasing some of his anger through the mic, but the fear still lingers. Hard strains under the difficulty of the collective bloodshed he's seen in "Support Us," rapping about "too much weight on my shoulders/I'm gonna be like this forever, even when I get older."
Hard stays positive on The Deployment by countering his hardships with his pride in his job, but over the phone he chokes up a couple times during our conversation. Music is one of his outlets, seeing a "military shrink" is another, and in between he struggles to work through the damages the war has inflicted. He has trouble sleeping some nights, another theme in his songs. "The nightmares come and go, and I hate that so much," he says. "You think, 'God, when is it going to stop?' But I wouldn't trade anything or take anything back, because I'm proud of who I am."
His symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder aren't limited to night terrors. "I don't like to be in big crowds," Hard admits. "I get a little shaky and I feel dizzy and I have to leave. I was at a Lil' Wayne concert and I spent all that money and then I had to leave." Hosting concerts is another obstacle most other rappers don't think twice about. For Hard, it's both therapy and a direct line to the memories that inform his words. "When I perform live, I always find myself tearing up. You want to get the words right and everything that's going through your mind is about why I wrote that.
"You start remembering that and remembering people. I just try not to cry a river onstage," he says with a laugh, "but it is hard."
But neither tears nor dangerous war zones stop Hard from continuing his career in the military and on the mike. On a brief leave home this week, he will perform live in Fairfield. His new disc has earned him profiles on El Paso, Texas' NBC affiliate KTSM-TV, as well as on current-affairs program American Microphone. And although he won't volunteer to return to Iraq ("I'm looking into jumping on a mission to Afghanistan — it'd be easier to explain to my mom," he says), if his orders take him back there he'll grab his recording equipment and go.
Any troubadour can write a song about the war — almost none write from the side of having served in one. Soldier Hard brings the battle home in more ways than one.


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Mess Hall Maneuvers Trailer (1994)
17 October 1994 87 mins
A cumload dumped in the grunts soup and a big orgy are the highlights in this occasionally funny and hot military-themed flick.They say that "comedy aint pretty", but judging from the line-up here youd never know that. Basic premise has military dudes skulking about their base camp, and fucking and sucking away. Theres some off the wall humor here as well (slapstick... or slapping the stick, if you will) that works sometimes, and annoys the rest of the time. The opening jack-off into the soup is hilariously nasty.The videos best scenes are saved for last: a foreskin-laden scenario with cover models Wolff and Aiden Shaw, and a group fuck that is a little hard to see at first (camerwork is too close) but ends up really satisfying. Marco Rossi is his wooden-yet-chiseled self, and the rest of cast get off some great loads.
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The Pentagon Wars Trailer (1998)
"They aimed to build the ultimate fighting machine...they missed." 28 February 1998 Drama, Comedy, War 104 mins
From the director of "Made In America" and "The Money Pit" comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.
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Joe and Ivy Brooks are the very best of friends.
The Sheffield couple met 64 years ago as teenagers and the spark between them was instant.
"I remember she looked like a film star, I couldn't believe my luck when she showed up for our first date at the pictures," revealed 80-year-old Joe.
"I paid a few pennies extra that night so that we could sit in the best seats up on the balcony – she was worth it. I don't remember what we saw that night, I spent the whole evening looking into her eyes.
"From then on we never left each other's side – we've pretty much eaten, worked and slept together for the past six decades."
The diamond couple, of Dore, today celebrate 60 years of wedded bliss and Joe is quick to reveal the secret to a long and happy marriage.
"It's all about give and take," he said with a wink.
"Lots of give and take – there will be ups and downs, but if you talk things out together and laugh through the hard times, you'll make it through."
Ivy, 81, agreed: "We've always been close and always together. Marriage is about compromise and coming back together after the tough times – I've come at him with a few frying pans in my time!"
Joe was aged 15 and working in the steel industry when he met 16-year-old Ivy, who was working at Bassett's factory.
"He was my toy boy," smiled Ivy.
"We were married in 1953 at St Mary's Church in Ecclesfield and then, in 1958, we opened our first cafe together. We worked together day in and day out for the rest of our working lives, we've always been a good team."
The couple – who both cook – ran Joe's Cafe, first on Portobello Street in the city centre and then later on William Street, near the Jessop hospital, until they retired in 1996.
Joe said: "We loved working together and our cafe was a success – our regulars included Jimmy Crawford and Ron Delter among a number of other big names at that time."
"Peter Stringfellow came in too when he was a young lad and he was quite taken with Ivy, thought the world of her – he nearly gave me a run for my money!"
The couple, who have one daughter, Patricia, still like to keep active and enjoy gardening and walking together.
They've also enjoyed travelling since they retired– visiting Australia and Spain.
They are planning to celebrate their anniversary with a big party at the weekend and have got family and friends flying in from all over for the celebration.
Joe added: "I was thinking about whisking Ivy away quietly on a cruise but Patricia insisted we leave her in charge of the celebrations. She wanted to make a fuss and it's going to be lovely – we have family flying in from America, so it'll be a really special day."


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Ireland / 18-03-2017
Mural to Irish Zionist defaced in 'antisemitic' attack
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Belfast - Police are treating as a hate crime the defacement of a Belfast memorial to an Irish Zionist who fought in World War One.
The words "scum" and "Nazis" were daubed on the mural at the junction of Beverley Street and Northumberland Street.
It honours the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Patterson.
He served in the British Army and commanded a volunteer force known as the Jewish Legion.
Police said the incident happened some time between Thursday evening and Friday morning and have appealed for information about the incident.
DUP MLA William Humphrey said those responsible for the graffiti were not reflective of Belfast and offered his full support to the city's Jewish community.
"I'm appalled that sick, evil people have sprayed grossly offensive anti-Semitic graffiti on a pro-Israel mural," he said.
"The Jewish community has and continues to make an important contribution to the religious, cultural, commercial and business life of Belfast."


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How to Succeed as a Team
Amazing products don't just build themselves
Products are made by an amazing group of people who share the same passion for a problem. Of course, great teams don't just build themselves over time; they require time and resilience to overcome conflicts that don't just exist in the startup space, but amongst the team itself.
I thought that business class would be hard in terms of how much work we would be expected to accomplish in a short period of time (starting a business is no joke!), but in reality, it was hard in regards to how well my team was able to work together.
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Before class my team and I filled out a team assessment which gave us the opportunity to evaluate how our team was doing in the midpoint of the semester. We also filled out help us assess attributes associated with our success, such as clear roles and our understanding of our unique value proposition.
I can say that most of my marks from the assessment and dartboard indicated that our team was being pretty well, but in reality, the rest of my team did not think as idealistically as I did.
Team Bonding Exercises
The problem with our team was that we thought we have been communicating, but we haven't really been communicating in a way that helped us get things done together. Last week, one of my teammates complied the whole presentation while the rest of us just provided our findings..We also had not been relying to each other's messages which proved to be a big issue in getting things done. Even though we communicated a lot in class, we were barely communicating outside of class.
In class, we did a team exercise to better understand each other's thoughts. Two teammates would sit in chairs, both people facing away from the other but still in side view from one another. One person would say what was on their mind starting with a phrase such as, "I wish I had time to…" while the other person would listen. We then would take turns talking and listening to each other.
By sharing our personal thoughts, we had a better understanding of where each team member's priorities lied and from there, we could slowly start to establish better trust and dependability of each team member.
Empathy Mapping
Another exercise we did was map our thoughts and feelings on an empathy map, only that it wasn't on our own map but our teammates. Each member put a sticky note on a different category in which they thought that one team member was thinking or doing. This provided a way of seeing how each teammate perceived each other and created a conversation that encouraged one to improve on their weak points (for me, I need to be more tough and speak my thoughts) and feel motivated about their good points (I try to alleviate any team disagreements and help all of us reach a collective solution by weighing the pros and cons of a situation).
By visibly seeing what aspects we needed to keep and change, we can create a team dynamic of clearly listing out our strengths and weaknesses and how we could help each other with different parts of work.
Main Takeaways
Because of school, our team and I are not always going to be on the same page of where we are at with starting a business. By accepting the fact we have different priorities, we can use this as a way to be very clear in how we need to use our different superpowers to get things done and improve on our weak points. We also need to clearly voice out our issues regardless of other obligations. By doing this, we can better align our different goals and agendas that will benefit all of us in the end when we design an amazing product together.
As a start, we clustered our keeps and changes of creating a better team environment.


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We checked driving a tank off our list of 1,001 Car Things To Do Before You Die in The List #0433 – or at least our hosts, Jessi and Patrick, did. They performed this feat at the aptly named Drive A Tank company in Kasota, Minnesota.
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The List #0433: Driving a Tank
The List is about fulfilling your wildest wheeled fantasies, and sometimes those wheels are bound and held in place by tank treads. Our latest episode takes Jessi and Patrick to Vikings country in the heart of Minnesota. It's Patrick's turn to indulge one of his childhood dreams, which means the pair will be piloting a small battalion of tanks through the woods and over, well... you'll just have to watch.


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ZAC Films is a Lebanese production company.
The main concern of ZAC films is the creative and critical treatment of History and actuality and the constant work on preserving our collective memory.
In 2011, ZAC Films has co-produced with Darkside Film & TV Production a feature documentary about Lebanese contemporary History entitled: "
" which won the FIPRESCI (the International Federation of Film Critics) Prize at Dubai International Film Festival 2011- AlJazeera Documentary Channel Award for Best Long Film at AlJazeera International Documentary Festival, Doha 2012- the 2nd Best Documentary Prize at the International Meeting for Arab Cinema-Nabeul,Tunisia 2012- the Discover Our World Award at Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco 2012. The film had a theatrical release in Beirut in 2012 then was broadcasted on TV (France 3 Corse in 2013 and AlJazeera Documentary Channel in 2014). It was released on DVD in 2015.
In 2013, ZAC Films has co-produced with Istituto Luce Cinecittà and Asiatica Film Mediale (Italy): "
Honeymoon 58
" with rare archive footage of Lebanon in the fifties during the first civil war in 1958. The film was also released on DVD in 2015.
Between 2012 and 2014, ZAC Films has managed the production of the feature documentary on the socialist Lebanese leader Kamal Joumblatt who was assassinated in 1977: "
Kamal Joumblatt, witness and martyr
" (2015-produced by the Friends of Kamal Joumblatt Association and executive producer: Rawi Production). The film had its theatrical release in Beirut in 4 cinemas in May 2015 and was screened for 8 weeks.
It won in 2016 the following awards: Best Director, Best Music and Best Editing at the 3rd Lebanese Cinema Movie Guide Awards, Special Mention from the jury at the 18th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt and the Francophone Trophy for the Best Feature Documentary. The film was also released on DVD.
"Ya Omri" ("104 wrinkles"), ZAC Films latest production, was premiered at Dubai International Film Festival 2016 and had a theatrical release in Beirut in 2017. It was screened for 5 weeks."
ZAC Films has a creative collaboration with:
Cinematographer Muriel Aboulrouss
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In looking for people to write about on this blog, I do read a lot of celebrity articles and quotes simply because I like to mix things up a bit. A bit of politics here, some breaking stories and some interesting character profiles. One quote from Jennifer Aniston after the completion of her new film "Wanderlust" caught my attention. She said going into the Georgia countryside far away from city life to shoot the film had enriched her and had given her some peace and happiness. I immediately put up her chart on my pc and I could see why. Today I look at one of Hollywood's "A" list celebrities and explore new priorities for the former "Friends" actress.
Jennifer was born on Feb 11th 1969 at 22.22hrs in Los Angeles California. She is a Sun sign Aquarian with a Sagittarian Moon and a sociable Libran Ascendant. This quite a nicely balanced chart, although all the personal planets are placed in fire and air signs. The Sun in Aquarius and the Moon in Sagittarius gives her a real independence and a cute, clever and innovative way of dealing with people. She will have international ideas and plans, integrity of thought and idealism in romance and love. Being an Aquarian and having a Libran Ascendant, she is intrinsically linked into and will fully understand the social and technological requirements of being a success in this day and age, and of course her claim to fame is still the fantastically successful run on "Friends" which can be beautifully described by a combination of friendly humanitarian Aquarius combined with relationship orientated Libra. Her natural birth signs fit perfectly with the ethos of the programme, indeed she was born to play Rachel Green.
Having a Libran ascendant the Aquarian Sun and a party loving outgoing Sagittarian Moon, Jennifer you would think would be quite gregarious, but I think she is quite the opposite. Why? Because of Saturn. Saturn sits in an awkward position on her chart opposing her ascendant, square to her Midheaven, sextile to her Sun and trine to her Moon forming a mini grand trine. As I well know (I myself like Jennifer have Saturn in Aries opposite my Libran ascendant), one's outgoing personality and drive is very much blocked by the Saturn's energy. Saturn makes the Libran Ascendant fear opening up to the world, it brings shyness and insularity, something I have always suffered from personally. Jennifer will fear being in the spotlight as much as I do. Saturn makes easy aspects to the Sun and Moon bringing with it a sense of duty and responsibility onto one's shoulders. It is like you are carrying everyone around with you, and you have to look after them. Now I am not saying that she won't enjoy the celebrity and party lifestyle that fame brings but she will feel rather a little uncomfortable in that arena. For all the promise and outgoing ideas that the personal planets should give, the energy that they exude onto this chart is severely tempered. As such, Jennifer despite having reached a level of worldwide popularity will tend to shun the limelight, unless she if forced by her work to face up to it.
Her Aquarian Sun sits in the 4th house of home, a very insular position and independent of nature. Here is yet another indication that Jennifer will much prefer to keep her private life strictly private. The Aquarian Sun is friendly but cool and if she will have an air of the untouchable about her, as if anyone she is not completely happy with should keep their distance. Mercury joins the Sun in Aquarius in the 4th house, so when at home she will enjoy nothing better than snuggling up on a sofa and enjoying a good book. Her Mercury brings her a very introspective but bright and clever mind, a wicked sense of humour, an interest in keeping up with what is going on in the world, and a sympathy to helping people in need in a humanitarian way. More of these charitable interests later.
We find three planets in the second house of self worth, money and personal possessions, Mars, Neptune and the Moon. All of these planets sit at the point of two more mini grand trines on this chart (there are several). Mars and Neptune are connected by sextiles to the 12th house Uranus/Jupiter conjunction as well as to Mercury and the Moon finds itself making sextile aspects to a Sun/Ascendant trine. The Moon in the second house shows that Jennifer will work in a social sense with and for the public, she will she her acting as providing entertainment for the audience. Jennifer may be a quite shy and private individual, but she knows that in her work she has to to be out in front of the cameras, serving the public that loves her. This Moon brings with it a love of possessions and holding onto them. Often you find antique collectors with 2nd house Moons as it bring a love of historical artefacts as well as money, you collect all sorts of personal effects throughout your life and are loathed to ever give them away. Her house may be littered with paintings, old sentimental gifts and mementoes.
Jennifer also has Mars and Neptune in this house which brings a real energy to money making, she will work and work to acquire more and more, yet when it does come to spending Neptune brings a rather frivolous attitude to finance. It is like the money you earn is spent just as easily, rather like picking up a handful of sand and watching most of it slip through your fingers. Neptune and Mars in Scorpio bring power and a big business attitude to a very creative position for Neptune to be in. Together these two planets bring charisma and star quality as well as an insatiable need to keep working in TV and film. No wonder she is one of the highest grossing stars in the world. Neptune, as I have mentioned before in other articles, in the 2nd house is very often found in people in creative pursuits, like music art and film. Sextiles to Pluto and Mercury show a need to communicate one's artistic talent and to be famous or well known for it, and the sextiles to Jupiter and Uranus show that Jennifer uses her fame and money making acumen to help those less fortunate than herself. Charity and charitable causes will form a real and important part of her life, especially charitable causes for wildlife and harm to animals.
Venus and Saturn sit in the 6th house of everyday work, health and here is also the house where a love of wildlife and animals can be found. Venus sitting in this house shows a real acute love of all living things. Venus is in Aries and makes a double opposition to Jupiter and Uranus in the 12th house of service and suffering. Jennifer is active in helping oppose cruelty to animals and wildlife in general. This 6th house Venus also makes two quindeciles to the ascendant and Pluto. Often you find people who work in the beauty industry with a 6th house Venus and the quindeciles here to the ascendant and Pluto contribute I think her star looks (Ascendant) as well as bringing her power and influence (Pluto) within organisations (11th house). Saturn in the 6th house is very detail orientated and very hard working. She will be a stickler for getting things just so and will be hard on co-workers around her, Saturn in the 6th does not stand for any nonsense or slacking.
The North Node sits quietly also in the 6th house near to Venus and it indicates to me that Jennifer when all said and done will want to serve people and maybe get more and more involved in her nature and wildlife interests. The Nodal axis sits square to the 2nd house Moon, so using her personal resources to help humanity and the public will prove to be emotionally satisfying for her.
This get back to nature, to peace and to solace is indicated if we look at the transits for Jennifer. In the past couple of months, transiting Saturn has crossed over her Libran ascendant into her 1st house. This brings with it a brand new 28 year cycle and when Saturn enters the first house one often steps back out of the spotlight for a while. It is almost as if you are taking stock of the new things in your life and discarding the old worn out parts which are no longer of any use. As we know, Jennifer late on last year found new love with Justin Theroux (with whom astrologically she is rather suited – see below) and the quote on the film set that being in the countryside miles away from the bright lights really reflected the get away from it all Saturn in the first. Jennifer is in the middle of reinventing her life.
She still has a few tests to come, as transiting Pluto is now square to Venus which not only brings an intensity to her relationships but can destroy them too. This will be an interesting time to see if this new liaison with Justin can stand the scrutiny of the long lenses of the paparazzi and world media. In a creative sense, Jennifer will be feeling really good as transiting Neptune squares it's own position now moving into her 5th house. It may well be that she will start to find a new maturity in her film roles, moving slightly away from the lightweight romantic comedy that she is known for, into more challenging and emotional parts.
As a quick side note, her synastry with Justin is particularly good as he is a Sun sign Leo (born 10th Aug 71 in Washington DC – no birth time) in the opposite sign to her Sun with an Aries Moon that conjuncts with her natal Venus. Their Suns in opposite signs should attract, however both are in fixed signs so if disagreements appear, they will initially at least tend to dig their heels in a bit. Her Venus also makes a lovely trine to his Sun Venus conjunction in Leo and his Jupiter sits on her Mars Neptune conjunction which is wonderfully optimistic. Justin's Jupiter lies sextile to her Mercury which brings lively and open communication. There are a couple of down sides as I see it on the synastry chart. Justin's Mercury in Virgo and her Mercury in Aquarius which could clash a little, as Mercury in Aquarius is very fixed and will not appreciate the critical Virgo Mercury. Also, his Saturn sits in her 8th house of sex and intimacy which could act as a frustrating barrier to free emotional love. If they do start to disagree, it is here that Justin will lay down the law and their relationship may suffer as a result, however the rest of the chart and synastry between them shows a lot of trines and sextiles and all the main personal planets are in either fire and air signs which is enthusiastic and fun, wonderfully relaxing and easy going; just what she and they need I suspect. They should, so long as they can keep the media at bay and they can conquer the potential communicative problems I hinted at earlier, enjoy each other's company rather well. Time however will tell.
Jennifer in starting a new Saturn cycle should be scaling down her film commitments a bit in the next year. Often famous people with Saturn transiting in the first couple of houses go out of the spotlight for a while before they again emerge in a new way. This is likely to happen to Jennifer, although with a new relationship to concentrate on, this may be no bad thing. I hope she takes the hint that this film opportunity has given her, and she finds some peace happiness and love away from the bright lights of Los Angeles and New York; it will in the long run do her an immense power of good.


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VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
- Mac OSx (Tested in Yosemite & El Capitan)
- Virtual Box: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Virtual Box Extension Pack – The Extension Pack basically enables the USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports, with lots of other features.
I assume, you have already installed Yosemite, VirtualBox, and the VirtualBox Extension Pack as well. Follow the below steps for USB Boot with VirtualBox:
1) On your OSx, open a Terminal Window and List all your device and identify your USB drive:
You will see a list like the above. According to the above list, My USB is /dev/disk3 (Windows_NTFS IRONKEY).
- Lets unmount the disk now:
Unmount of all volumes on disk3 was successful
3) VirtualBox process can only read/write files owned by the current user you are logged with. Mac OS X puts root as owner. With this default, you won't be able to import the disk file that we are going to create. So the solution is too change the permission of the device:
$ sudo chown user /dev/disk3
$ ls -l /dev/disk3
brw-r—– 1 user operator 1, 7 Jul 10 19:11 /dev/disk3
Keep in mind to change the "user" to your username
4) Now create a disk file:
RAW host disk access VMDK file ~/Documents/usbdrive.vmdk created successfully.
5) Now add this vmdk file to your Virtual Media Manager (⌘D) or add as an "Use existing hard drive" to your Virtual Machine.
In case you get an Error while adding this drive like shown below:
Just unmount the disk again. The disk could have mounted back to the OS.
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
Unmount of all volumes on disk3 was successful
Thats all for this!


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If you use a digitial camera but sometimes feel that your photos are a little flat and lacking punch, this simple fix using the Levels feature of Paint.NET maybe just what you need. This easy technique can really give a boost to photos that appear to be too low in contrast.

The accompanying image shows the original photo on the left and after a Levels adjustment has been made on the right. The following pages will show you how to achieve similar results.

Once you've opened a photo that you feel lacks contrast, go to Adjustments > Levels to open the Levels dialog. The Levels dialog can appear a little intimidating at first sight. Even if you're used to making Levels adjustments in Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, this dialog may appear a little alien with its two histograms. However, it's very intuitive to use and, while most of the magic is achieved through the Input slider, the Output Histogram is what we will be mainly focusing upon. You'll note that at this point, the two histograms are mirror images.

We're going to now adjust the Input slider to change the Output Histogram and, as we do so, we will see the changes affect the image in real time.

We can see that the image has not been well exposed because the histograms are quite central with space above (the light end) and below (the dark end). To improve the appearance of the image, we want to stretch the Output Histogram so that there is almost no space above or below it. To do this, we slide the top Input slider downwards till it is almost level with the top of the Input Histogram. You'll see that this causes the Output Histogram to stretch upwards. You also need to slide the bottom slider upwards to stretch the Output Histogram downwards. See the adjusted histogram in the image.

The Input slider does most of the work, but we can also tweak the image a little with the Output slider.

Sliding the middle slider down on the Output slider will cause the image to darken and we can make the image lighter by raising the slider.

In most cases you'll only want to adjust the middle slider, but sometimes the upper slider can help a photo if used with care. One example would be if you'd taken a photo with lots of contrast and a few small areas had burned out to pure white, such as bright patches in a sky of storm clouds. In that case, you could drag the upper slider down a little and that would add a slight gray tone to those areas. However, if the white areas are too large, this can make the photo look a little flat, so take care.


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All those with an elevated thrombosis risk, frequent flyers as well as elderly, may fare better with walking than with jogging. This is the conclusion of a study about exercise and thrombosis in the Netherlands.
Venous thrombosis, the formation of blood clots in the deep leg veins, has also been called economy class syndrome because it often has been observed after long-haul flights. Advanced age is another major risk factor for this disease. If the blood clots get loose, they may travel to the lungs and block arteries there, causing a life-threatening lung embolism.
In the Netherlands, more than five thousand women and men have been examined, asked about their exercise activities, and followed up to eleven years on average. During this time, 171 new cases of venous thrombosis have been observed. Linking these cases to the exercise activities, it came out that a moderate intensity, for instance walking, comes along with a lower thrombosis risk than high intensity, such as jogging. Jogging is also linked to a higher thrombosis risk than no exercise at all. The researchers admit that they did not expect such a result and that further studies are needed to explain this finding.
Small risk but you may want to keep it as low as possible
Given the small absolute risk of only three percent in this study, the findings are far from being alarming. Jogging has many benefits, so these may be more important than the small increase in thrombosis risk. On the other hand, for elderly people, time spent in physical activity is most important, and a higher intensity may not bring much more benefit.
For frequent flyers, the absolute risk of a deep vein thrombosis is about 0.3 percent a year, summing up to again three percent when compared to the eleven years of the Dutch study in the elderly. Thus, frequent flying seems to be about an equal risk factor for thrombosis as being elderly.
Frequent flyers who love jogging more than walking need not give up their hobby. Instead, on long flights, they can prevent thrombosis risk with leg and foot gymnastics, avoiding to freeze too long in a cramped position. But if your joints ache and your wife or partner would prefer your company going out for a walk together, then turning to walking may be the better decision anyway.
Additional risk factors
Other risk factors are female sex, the pill, smoking, but not varicose veins. If your physician has warned you against or has diagnosed a vein thrombosis, you may prefer walking to jogging.
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A Soap Trailer (2006)
07 April 2006 Drama, Romance 105 mins
32 year old Charlotte could have it all, but she doesn't want it. After moving out of her boyfriend's apartment, she becomes the upstairs neighbor of Veronica, who is in the process of transitioning from male to female.
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Bollywood actor Tarun Arora who has acted in various movies like 'Hawas' and 'Jub We Met', is getting ready to test his luck in Tollywood. According to the latest update, the makers of upcoming Megastar Chiranjeevi's 150th project, is eyeing on him and wants to rope for this upcoming project. If everything will go accordingly, he will be seen in the role of villain and lock horns with Chiranjeevi.
Tarun has received lot of applause for his wonderful performance with Tamil blockbuster movie 'Kanithan'. He is husband of actress Anjala Jhaveri who has shared he screen space with Chiranjeevi in 'Choodalani Undi'. She was also seen in a song of Chiru's movie 'Shankar Dada MBBS.
Chiranjeevi's 150th project has been titled as 'Nepoleon' and recently the makers have released the first look poster of the movie. It is remake of Tamil hit movie "Kaththi" and being helmed by VV Vinayak. Ram Charan is producing the movie under the banner of Konidela Productions with the association of Lyca Productions.


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Today, I am happy to share with you another blog about life in Korea.
How We See Korea is a photography project created by three lovely women who live in Seoul. They challenged themselves to each take one picture per week to document their perspectives and adventures in Korea. Each week these women share a little bit of what life is like here. I am continually sucked into their archives of photos, each unique and full of character. They recently completed a full year of their project, and to continue, they are inviting a guest blogger to join them each week. I was honored to be asked to participate and submit my photo this week. Please visit this inspiring website to read the story behind my photo and to view Korea through new eyes.


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Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study Management (Human Resource Management) at Swansea University - 'Welsh University of the Year 2017' (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017).
We offer a Master's in Management (Human Resource Management) for students from any background who would like to work in business or management. The Management (Human Resource Management) programme has been specifically designed with a clear focus on management in an interconnected global community. This programme covers core management concepts such as international marketing, operations management, global strategy, finance and international human resource management. To help you get the best from your studies, the programme also includes an academic skills module that covers issues such as research methods, presentation skills, group dynamics and employability support.
- Generalist MSc Management - for you to create your own mix of specialist modules
- Marketing - focused on the challenges of global marketing activities
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- All modules on the Management programme are taught by our world-class faculty who have a breadth of industrial and academic knowledge
- Swansea is joint 1st in Wales for international ranked research (REF 2014)
- 93% of Swansea students in employment six months after graduating
- High contact time – our modules come with a lecture (in class sizes capped at approximately 150 students) and seminar/tutorial (in class sizes capped at 30) every single week
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- Swansea is 1st in Wales for world-leading impact - 60% at 4-star level (REF 2014)
The MSc Management (Human Resource Management) is designed for students who are interested in the human element of business management - from classical human resource management to areas such as leadership and managing human elements of business in a dynamic global context.
Modules on Management (Human Resource Management) programme may include:
Managing Financial Resources
Human Resource Management
Marketing Management
Operations Management
International Human Resource Management
Research Methods
We have an excellent track record of placing our graduates including those from the Management (Human Resource Management) programme with major multinational companies and our graduate employment rate is 92%.
From the moment you arrive at the School of Management as a student on the Management (Human Resource Management) programme we will work with you to help you build your skills and experience to enhance your career prospects. During your time with us you'll have the chance to:
- Undertake a work placement or internship through the Swansea Paid Internship Network (SPIN) or 'Week of Work' initiative
- Work and network with employers from a range of national and multi-national companies through our visiting speaker programme
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- Boost your skills and meet employers during our biannual Employability Week
- Complete the Swansea Employability Award
- Participate in one of our student challenges and competitions, such as the Branding Challenge, and CIM student competition 'The Pitch'
The School of Management at Swansea University is building on long-established foundations as one of the UK's top providers of Management, Accounting & Finance and Economic education.
The School of Management's vision is to make a difference to society and the economy locally and globally through excellence in research-led teaching that has resulted in the School being ranked 17th in the UK for research impact* and 26th in the UK for research excellence, all working towards continuing our trend of becoming one of the top business schools in Wales and the UK.
The School of Management comprises over 150 staff and more than 2000 students studying at the new £450million Bay Campus, with the School of Management building itself providing truly world-class facilities with an impressive communal Atrium, new teaching rooms, meeting room and IT equipment.
School of Management, alongside the Great Hall, also proudly offers high quality conferencing and event capacity all within half a mile of the M4 corridor, that has already attracted several high profile and key events during the short time that the Bay Campus has been open.
Through its enterprise and innovation activities of business engagement the School plans to focus on three global challenges: Health & Wellbeing, Digital Society and Sustainable Economies. The School of Management's aim is to deliver world-class education through collaboration, innovation and fresh thinking, and we pride ourselves on the outstanding student experience on offer here at the School of Management ensuring a rich learning environment, while also developing our staff in line with Swansea University's wider ambition to anchor and underpin everything we do with a core set of values.
School of Management aspires to be known globally as a centre for educational excellence, working in partnership with other Swansea University departments and organisations to create joint programmes that reflect the skillsets required by an evolving workplace.
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Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study Environmental Biology: Conservation & Resource Management at Swansea University - 'Welsh University of the Year 2017' (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017).
The MSc Environmental Biology: Conservation and Resource Management course focuses on the relationships between living organisms and the terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments, coupled with the interactions that result from natural and anthropogenic processes.
On the Environmental Biology: Conservation and Resource Management course you will benefit from advanced training in the interpretation of local and global environmental issues, field and theoretical aspects of biology and ecology, and in analytical techniques. You will also develop the skills necessary to work confidently in vocational areas such as conservation, environmental impact assessment, environmental management, monitoring and education, and foster an objective, scientific and realistic approach to environmental biological issues that you may have to face in a professional capacity.
Graduates from the Environmental Biology: Conservation and Resource Management course go on to work for government agencies such as CCW, Environment Agency, English Nature, Scottish Heritage, Fisheries Research Services, CEFAS. Other organisations include zoos, wildlife parks and reserves, national parks, environmental departments, research and development of SMEs as well as large companies. Graduates also go on to do postgraduate research.
Modules on the Environmental Biology: Conservation & Resource Management MSc include:
Core Science Skills and Research Methods
Conservation of Aquatic Resources
Term papers in Environmental Biology
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Please visit our website for a full description of modules for the Environmental Biology: Conservation & Resource Management programme.
As a student on the MSc Environmental Biology: Conservation & Resource Management programme, you will benefit from a range of facilities such as:
Our excellent facilities include a unique built Animal Movement Visualisation Suite (£1.35m), incorporating an electronic wall linked to a computer-tesla cluster for high-speed processing and visualisation of complex accelerometry and magnetometry data derived from animals. Coupled with this facility is the Electronics Lab with capacity for research, development and realisation of animal tags with new capacities (sensors, energy-harvesting systems, miniaturization, 3-D printing of housings etc.); a custom-designed 18m on coastal research vessel; a recent investment of £4.2m on a new suite of state-of-the art Science laboratories; and the £2m unique Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR) with a 750 m2 controlled environment building, with programmable recirculating aquatic systems, unique within the UK's higher-education sector. These are tailored for research on a diverse range of organisms, ranging from temperate to tropical and marine to freshwater. Coupled with this are nutrient and biochemical analytical capabilities.
"I've spent four years as a student at Swansea University, three years as an undergraduate studying Marine Biology and a year as a postgraduate undertaking the MSc in Environmental Biology: Conservation and Resource Management. Whether studying or partying I can honestly say I had a fantastic time the whole way through! It was through my undergraduate study that I realised how amazingly diverse the marine ecosystem is, but also how vulnerable it can be and the level of exploitation it endures. This prompted me to undertake the MSc, which furthered my knowledge in many aspects of conservation and environmental issues around the world on sea and land. With my experience and expertise gained from studying at Swansea I have secured a job working with WWF Cymru in Cardiff as Marine Policy Officer where I am helping work towards a sustainable future for the Welsh marine environment."
David Parker
BSc Marine Biology
MSc Environmental Biology: Conservation & Resource Management
Marine Policy Officer, WWF Cymru, Cardiff
We are 7th in the UK and top in Wales for research excellence (REF 2014)
93.8% of our research outputs were regarded as world-leading or internationally excellent and Swansea Biosciences had the highest percentage of publications judged 'world-leading' in the sector. This is a great achievement for the Department, for the College of Science and indeed for Swansea University.
All academic staff in Biosciences are active researchers and the department has a thriving research culture.
This cutting-edge course provides you with an in-depth, critical understanding of contemporary and historical debates in human resource management (HRM). It is designed for those who may want to pursue a career in HRM and includes essential skills for your professional development. It is also relevant to anyone concerned broadly with the management of people in organisations.
With an international focus, the course draws on the leading research of our teaching team and our Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change.
You'll gain essential knowledge to become a HR professional, covering advanced HRM concepts and topics including employment law, employment relations, gender and equality, training and development, and global perspectives on employment relations. There is a strong emphasis on applying this knowledge in practical business environments, with opportunities to work with HR practitioners and companies on case studies, live projects and challenges.
Our MA Human Resource Management is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the only HR institution in the world to recognise HR professionals through chartered membership.
This course will allow you to satisfy the entry requirements for associate membership and chartered membership (if you have relevant work experience) of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) if you take certain modules and complete an additional chapter in your dissertation.
Across the two taught semesters you'll study core modules introducing you to the principles and concepts of HRM in different contexts. You'll think about the economic labour market, social and cultural contexts of HRM and different patterns of people management.
At the same time, you'll build an understanding of research methodologies to prepare you for your dissertation – an independent research project on a topic of your choice that you'll submit by the end of the year.
Beyond this, you'll choose optional modules that allow you to focus on your interests and career intentions. You could gain specialist knowledge in topics such as employment relations, training and development, employment law, occupational psychology, diversity management and many others.
If you choose to study part-time, you'll study over a longer period and take fewer modules in each year.
The course also provides the opportunity to become an associate or chartered member of the CIPD.
CIPD Pathway
You can choose to enhance your studies by taking an additional professional pathway, which enables you to gain CIPD membership alongside your degree. You'll take specific elements as part of your studies, and also have the opportunity to attend our HRM in Practice skills development sessions.
Part of your regular timetable, these practical sessions are taught by professionals with first-hand experience of HRM in the workplace. You'll gain insight into the challenges you'll face as a practitioner, whilst learning the behaviours and skills needed to manage them. There's also the opportunity to practise your skills in a supportive environment, working in small teams with support from an external HR practitioner.
If you choose to take this pathway, your optional modules must include Employment Relations and EITHER Training and Development OR Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspectives. The third option is your choice. You will also write an additional dissertation chapter about the practical implementation of your findings.
Compulsory modules
You'll study two compulsory modules and complete your dissertation.
Optional modules
You can choose three optional modules.
For more information on typical modules, read Human Resource Management MA Full Time in the course catalogue
For more information on typical modules, read Human Resource Management MA Part Time in the course catalogue
Our tutors are experts in their fields. Many are involved in high-profile national and global projects and their work is well-known among policy makers in the UK and overseas.
We use a range of teaching methods so you can benefit from their expertise such as group learning, lectures, seminars and tutorial among others. Independent study is also crucial, allowing you to develop your skills and prepare for taught sessions.
You'll be assessed by various methods that allow you to build a broad base of skills, including reflective logs, exams, written assignments and essays, group and individual presentations and reports.
This course provides you with the academic knowledge and professional skills needed for a senior-level career in global Human Resource Management. You will develop strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and become a reflective HR professional. The course also offers opportunities if you want to progress to further research studies.
Recent graduates are now working for a range of organisations, including blue-chip multinationals such as Canon, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems.
As part of the course you will have the opportunity to work closely with businesses through a range of live projects and challenges. Read more about opportunities to work with employers.
Our dedicated Professional Development Tutor provides bespoke academic and careers support, helping you develop the skills to successfully progress through your course as well as the employability skills you need for your career.
You can expect guidance on career choices, identifying and applying for jobs, coaching on interpersonal skills and contact with professionals working in HR.
Read more about our careers and professional development support
This programme combines a mix of theory and practice in the study of international human resource management (HRM) and prepares students to work as HRM professionals or people managers within global organisations.
By studying this programme students will receive grounding in the field of international HRM with a specific focus on its development into a strategic function within global organisations. As well as developing a comparative awareness of the various elements of HRM practice, notably: training and development; recruitment and selection; and performance management, students will be equipped with a range of analytical, diagnostic and facilitative tools to support their future work in international teams. All students are required to complete a project during the programme but may substitute this with a dissertation, if appropriate.
Module descriptions are correct for modules taught in the academic year 2017/18. Optional module listings are indicative, and may be subject to change.
Compulsory Modules
Optional Modules
In addition students must choose ONE optional modules from the list below.
Students may choose to substitute MMM082 (Project in International Human Resource Management, 20 credits) with a dissertation MMM089 worth 40 credits, with no optional module.
Exams, applied project and individual and group assignments
Our International Human Resource Management graduates follow a variety of paths upon graduation. Some enter (or return to) traditional HRM roles with the benefit of CIPD membership. Typical career paths include roles in learning and development or recruitment. The programme is also directly relevant to students seeking senior managerial positions in international organisations with responsibility for the management of people.
Our graduates tell us that the MSc in International Human Resource Management gives them the key skills required to build a career in HRM as well as providing the opportunity for CIPD membership.
The programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and the MA in Human Resource Management will progress your career and enhance your HR professional practice. You will develop core HR skills and knowledge as well as the ability to understand and evaluate issues of strategic importance to HRM.
These part-time programmes are studied through a combination of on-campus and online learning. You will benefit from the flexibility of our virtual learning environment and also face-to-face interaction with tutors and classmates.*
The programme is fully accredited by the CIPD against the Advanced Knowledge Standards. You will gain Associate membership of the CIPD on successful completion of your course.
In Year 2, you can choose to study for the full MA in HRM or opt for the Postgraduate Diploma in HRM. Both lead to Associate membership of CIPD and there is a full briefing during Year 1 to help you make this choice.
If you already have a Postgraduate Diploma in HRM from any educational provider, you can make use of our Direct Entry MA Human Resource Management Top Up option. This involves one module and a dissertation over one academic year and results in an MA HRM award.
The MA HRM and PG Dip HRM are practice-based and academically rigorous, providing you with the knowledge, understanding and skills required for the challenging role of a human resource professional. Both programmes are fully accredited by the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) and mapped against the Advanced Diploma in HRM. Both programmes enable you to gain Associate Membership of the CIPD and as these qualifications are at Advanced Standard, this enables higher membership grades of the CIPD to be achieved with experience, rather than further study.
Please refer to the following course subject charts:
MA Human Resource Management structure chart
Postgraduate Diploma Human Resource Management structure chart
It is a requirement of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development that all students enrolling on a CIPD HR Programme are student members of the CIPD and pay membership fees to the CIPD. The cost of this is not included in your Oxford Brookes fees. If you are already a student member you are still required to register your continuing professional development with the CIPD, and we ask that you provide us with your CIPD number. You can find details of the CIPD's current student membership fees on their website.
On-campus sessions involve tutor input, analysis of case studies, problem-solving activities, virtual business simulations, presentations, analysis of data for decision making, and directed reading and research. Some skills development is best addressed in more intensive workshops and such events will focus principally on:
Both on-campus and online learning are fully supported by our library, with almost all resources (journals, reports and many books) now being available electronically 24 hours a day.
Each module is assessed individually with a range of assessment methods being used. These include individual assignments, group work, presentations, examinations, a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development, and individual research reports. Some assessments include an element of peer and/or self-assessment.
At Headington we have developed outstanding facilities. Our John Henry Brookes Building is the most significant project in the history of Oxford Brookes University. Set at the heart of our Headington campus, it has been designed for the future of higher education and has transformed the experiences of our students and the entire University community. Find out more about the John Henry Brookes Building.
We're investing over £30m to create a modern teaching and learning facilities and creating a new home at Headington for the Faculty of Business.
Our library provides specialist business resources (both hard copy and via online access) to UK and overseas companies' annual reports, statistics on all aspects of business and management, a wide range of constantly updated key texts, and postgraduate MA, MBA, MSc and PhD theses.
We offer an International Business in Practice Study Trip module. The purpose of this study trip is to give postgraduate students a hands-on, intensive experience with the ideas and practices of global business. The programme will include presentations from local management executives and experts. Students will have direct interaction with management executives and practices through site visits to major corporations and agencies.
This study trip is voluntary and all costs associated with the trip will need to be funded by you. It is not linked to university assessments in any way. If you successfully complete this module you will have the following non-credit bearing module recorded on your transcript: P58335 International Business in Practice: Study Trip.
The course is mainly delivered through two taught semesters per year running from September to May. Each individual module consists of up to 12 sessions offered through a blend of on-campus and online learning. For each semester the on-campus element will take place through up to five early evening sessions (5-8pm) and three full-day Saturday sessions. In year one the evening sessions are on a Tuesday; in year two evening sessions are on a Wednesday. In addition, there is one full weekend workshop in the first year. Those sessions offered online will on occasion require you to join a virtual classroom at a specific time in the early evening but will mainly be completed in your own time, using online learning materials and taking part in online discussion fora.
If you study the full MA Human Resource Management rather than the Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management you also complete your dissertation over a third semester in the summer of the second year. If you're completing the full MA, you have the option to do your research methods and dissertation modules entirely online. Note: this revised course delivery pattern is subject to CIPD approval.