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No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
I applied through college or university and the process took 8 weeks - interviewed at Microsoft in December 2013.
Interview Details
Interviewed on-campus for my 1st round.
After that, they responded after almost a 4 weeks, stating that I had been selected and was invited to the Redmond campus. They also sent a few other emails which took care of different things like transportation, accommodations (for those who need them), etc.
During this time, I wasn't informed about the team I would be interviewing with.
On the interview day, the entire process was pretty smooth and on time.
I was asked to report to the office by 11:30 AM for check in (Building 111). Once there, they took care of all our bags/ belongings and we were free to mingle with other, try out the xbox in the lounge and do other stuff.
At 11:30 AM, we were taken for a short 5 minute walk to the cafeteria, and were given $10 single-use-coupons for lunch.
We returned to the lounge back after that and our interviews started at 1:00 PM.
The interview process:
We had 4 rounds, 45 minutes each, with a break 10 minutes in between them.
For me, all 4 were design questions.
1. The general ones: tell me about yourself, why MSFT, etc.
2. Design a rubix cube app for a mobile phone.
3. Design an app for the game Boggle for a tablet.
4. Design a university book store website.
5. Design a To-Do list app. Choose the device and explain your choice.
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
I applied through college or university - interviewed at Microsoft in November 2013.
Interview Details
On-campus interview that lasted about 25 minutes. Was asked to talk about a few things on my resume, and then to write a code to remove duplicates from an array. Didn't feel very good about the coding session--my answer seemed inefficient.
Apparently they agreed that I was better at talking than I was at coding, as they asked me to fly out for the PM role. Once there, I was placed in an interview group of ~20 other candidates. One thing that was strange about our experience was that instead of the typical variable number of interviews, we were all given 4 (and told that we would be). They also guaranteed us results after lunch, which was both a relief and extra stressful.
Interview one: we chatted for a while and then talked through a problem regarding system updates and server communication (the keys to this one were asking questions that made clear what each party knew and also understanding the priorities of the different updates).
Interview two: My worst interview. Talked about solving Seattle's traffic problems (a "see how you think" kind of problem) and then had a shortest-path algorithm variant. I picked a poor approach for the latter but corrected myself with a simpler and cleaner answer before the interview was over.
Interview three: Write an algorithm to solve a NYT-style cryptogram (actually I have no idea if these are real or not--I have never heard of them). Then, design an app. Then, make money off of it (ads don't count). A really fun interview, as he and I kept building off each other's ideas.
Interview four: Design a parking lot system (with some additional specifications). The keys were A) to not overcomplicate things, as the users crave simplicity, not technology, and B) to recognize that ultimately the system isn't worth implementing from management's standpoint, since the improvements wouldn't affect productivity.
We went to lunch, and then came back to learn our fates!
Interview Question – Didn't expect the cryptogram question, since it had more technical aspects than I was expecting given the first couple of interviews. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They have a set salary for PM interns (which differs from that of the other intern positions), so no negotiation.
Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
I applied through an employee referral and the process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Microsoft in November 2013.
Interview Details 1 on-campus interview, then an onsite consisting of 4 interviews (3 with PMs, last one with a manager). If you don't make it to the 4th interview, you'll likely not get an offer. First on-campus round asked basic coding questions, and which position (PM, SDET, SDE) I was interested in. In the on-side, questions were mostly design/business/management related (how would you handle not being able to meet a deadline, design a website for X, you're the manager of X company and hear this feedback about your product, what would you do?) as well as basic algorithms. It was overall a great experience on-site, as they pay for sightseeing/etc, there are lots of other intern interviewees there. Everyone was very friendly, great company culture.
Interview Question – Nothing was particularly out of the blue, although I was taken aback when asked about my strenghts/weaknesses (as I usually interview for technical positions where they don't ask that type of question). Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Took a SWE internship at Google instead
Accepted Offer
Neutral Experience
Average Interview
I applied through college or university and the process took 6+ weeks - interviewed at Microsoft in November 2013.
Interview Details Interviewed at my university, going to interview in Microsoft in about 2 weeks
Interview Question –
The manhatten problem.
There are several Groups of People in a city-grid. How do you find the easiest place for them to meet?
The easiest means the place that is the least amount of effort for the least amount of people.
View Answer
Negotiation Details – I still have not been interviewed for the final decision.
No Offer
Negative Experience
Average Interview
I applied through college or university and the process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Microsoft in November 2013.
Interview Details
I talked to the recruiter at an information session event, asking about the job/application process for junior undergraduate students. She was very nice and enthusiastic. I handed in my application the next day to her in person, and was scheduled an on-campus (at my university) interview after 2 weeks.
The actual interviewer was horribly unprofessional. He was grumpy to begin with, supposedly due to his jetlag from flying over to Toronto. He asked me what my interests are within Microsoft (User Experience/ Drivers and Firmwares/ OS and Dev Tools, etc) even though I had already filled out a form indicating my interests. Also asked me which internship position I'm most interested in, Software Development Engineer (SDE), SDE in Test, or Program Manager Intern (PM). I also indicated previously that I'm most interested in PM, which is under the umbrella term "Software Development" on Microsoft's recruiting page (http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/tech-software-internships.aspx). However, he seemed adamant on claiming that PM role is not a software position, saying multiple times that I'm interesting in SDE/SDET when I kept telling him no, I'm interested in PM.
Off to a bad start, mostly since he didn't seem to even know what he was interviewing me for.
He then asked me about my previous projects, reading my resume (seemingly for the first time). On my resume I mention OpenCV (computer vision), which he read as OpenCL, asking me questions about how I used it in parallel computing. I politely told him that I used OpenCV for processing images, but he didn't seem to understand it. After about 5 minutes (of the 30 minute interview) of him thinking I knew about OpenCL, he re-read the resume and realized his mistake. At this point, I thought he would just apologize/move on, but he proceeded to tell me how he thought it was OpenCL, that my program would be much better with parallel processing, and just overall making it seem like it's suddenly my fault for not using OpenCL.
Now I'm pretty upset, since I felt that his view on my projects were not even based on what I did, but more what he thought I did.
Regardless, he asked me technical questions, most of which I answered correctly. I had a momentary lapse in memory and said sorting an array takes O(logn), but I quickly apologized and stated the correct complexity. He seemed irked by my mistake and asked me to write a C code for mergesort. While I was writing this (wasn't that long, 5 minutes max throughout which I explained my thought process), he picked up his bag from the floor and started taking out packages. When I looked over, I noticed he had actually taken out the file for the next interviewee. He was obviously not paying attention, and he made it worse by taking out his phone and proceeding to check email or send a text. He pretty much ignored all I said and afterwards just briefly looked at my code (which was correct).
Overall he was absolutely rude and unprofessional.
Oh also, throughout the beginning few questions about my interests in specific jobs, he always started by saying "I have to ask this, ......" in the most oh-my-gosh-why-do-I-have-to-interview-people tone. Seemed like he didn't want to be there at all.
Interview Question – Given an array of n elements (not sorted), what is the complexity of checking if an element is in the array? How do you improve it to less than O(n)? Answer Question
No Offer
Neutral Experience
I applied online and interviewed at Microsoft.
Interview Details Applied online, had one on campus interview and then flew to Redmond for 4 additional interviews.
Interview Question – Design a password replacement Answer Question
Accepted Offer
Neutral Experience
Interviewed at Microsoft
Interview Details
Microsoft came to the career fair at my university. I talked with one of the recruiters there, and was offered an on-campus interview for the next day.
The interview was supposed to be 30 minutes, but I was the last interview for the day, so we talked for about 45 minutes.
First my interviewer asked me about my projects and experiences. Then he asked me about some technology that I liked, and ways to improve it. Somehow we got into a discussion about UI design. He asked me to design a smartphone home screen.
I got one programming question in the end on array manipulation. It was pretty easy. I came up with a solution, and he asked me to put it into code.
Several weeks later, I got an email about a final round interview at Redmond.
Interview Question – You have an array of red balls and blue balls. Sort them in linear time and constant space so that all the red balls are in the front, and all the blue balls in the back. View Answers (2)
No Offer
Neutral Experience
Average Interview
I applied through a recruiter and the process took 2 weeks - interviewed at Microsoft in November 2013.
Interview Details I was contacted on LinkedIn by a Microsoft recruiter, and encouraged to apply to their summer internship program. I had a phone interview a couple weeks later. The interview consisted of some behavioral/background questions. However, most of the questions were puzzles, riddles and design questions. There were no programming questions.
Interview Question – How would you test a keyboard? Answer Question
No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
I applied through a recruiter and the process took 1 week - interviewed at Microsoft in October 2013.
Interview Details The interviewer was very kind and definitely seemed to be on my side. If I was getting close to an answer, she would hint a bit until I caught on. There was one behavioral and technical interview, which would lead to a technical interview in Redmond.
Interview Question – I didn't have to write code, but I was asked to figure out about four different ways to take in a string and remove all duplicate characters. I had to talk about the benefits and running time of each algorithm I came up with. Answer Question
No Offer
Neutral Experience
Interviewed at Microsoft
Interview Details Applied at a career fair at my university. Did one round of interviews at my college then received an email telling me I was invited to Redmond for on-site interviews. Spent 9-5 at the Microsoft campus and had 4 interviews with Program Managers in the MS Office department. Gave me complimentary lunch, so that was nice.
Interview Question – Several questions asking me to design software or hardware products, and a couple programming questions. Answer Question
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The Rolling Stones at 50 | Thurs 8th March 2012 |
'This is our story of fifty fantastic years. We started out as a blues band playing the clubs and more recently we've filled the largest stadiums in the world with the kind of show that none of us could have imagined all those years ago. Curated by us, it features the very best photographs and ephemera from and beyond our archives' Mick, Keith, Charlie & Ronnie On Thursday 12 July 1962 the Rolling Stones went on stage at the Marquee Club in London's Oxford Street. In the intervening fifty years the Stones have performed live in front of more people than any band… ever. They've had No.1 singles and albums in every country that has a popular music chart and have helped define popular culture. Now Thames & Hudson is delighted to announce the publication of the only official and authorized book to celebrate the band's 50th anniversary. |
The book has been made possible by privileged access to superb reportage photography from the Daily Mirror's archive, the largest newspaper collection of Rolling Stones photography, most of it hitherto unseen. The images tell their fifty-year history like it's never been told before. This photographic autobiography features images selected by the band accompanied by their own words. The photographers include Gered Mankowitz, Jean-Marie Périer, Dezo Hoffman, Michael Cooper, Terry O'Neill, Bent Rej and Philip Townsend – the photographer for their first ever shoot. Some of the most rare and interesting Stones' memorabilia has been specially photographed for this volume. This remarkable book is the band's thank you to their fans all over the world. Its publication on 12 July 2012 will be on the anniversary of the band's first ever gig, and will be part of a year long celebration of the rock'n'roll royalty that the Rolling Stones have become. The Rolling Stones at 50 is available to pre-order now... |
Mr Crabtree goes fishing for a new star | Tuesday 14th February 2012 |
The legendary Mr Crabtree is back with an all-new TV series. For the full story and to find our how you or someone you know could be involved, read on... |
Mirrorpix at Fotofringe | Wednesday 1st February 2012 |
Fotofringe is a fantastic event that allows creative professionals and picture libraries to get together in an informal and relaxed environment to discuss current projects and future plans. Mirrorpix are delighted to announce that we will be attending again this year and look forward to meeting with as many of our partners as possible on the 26th April. Fotofringe is held on the 26th April at Kings Place, just around the corner from Kings Cross St Pancras. To book your place, simply register for free here... |
Job Postition: Archivist | Tuesday 20th December 2011 |
Mirrorpix is the home of one of Britain's largest photographic archive resources, charting the history of the 20th Century and beyond through the lenses of such pioneers of press photojournalism as The Grant Brothers, Ernest Brookes and George Greenwell to name but a few. The collections are added to on a daily basis with contemporary material and we're now looking to recruit a new member of staff to join our busy Archive Team in North Watford. As a commercial library working in a competitive environment we are looking for a team player who understands the demands on a modern picture agency. Main Responsibilities: Required Skills: Required Knowledge: To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to firstname.lastname@example.com Closing date: 3rd January 2012 |
Mirrorpix Beatles exhibition in Paris |
Thursday 16th June 2011 |
BEATLEMANIA is set to return to Paris next month, thanks to a fantastic photographic exhibition from Mirrorpix charting the rise and rise of The Beatles. The exhibition previously opened in the Netherlands in December 2010 and exclusively features 100 images from the Mirror archives - each one hand-picked to appeal to print collectors and Beatles fans alike. The exhibition is a venture between Dutch based V!Ps Art and Mirrorpix. Fergus McKenna of Mirrorpix said: "The reaction to Beatlemania in Amsterdam was fantastic and so we're delighted to be taking our Beatles collection to Paris. "We're especially delighted as the venue for the exhibition is the prestigious Galerie Photo 12, a venue renowned for championing modern photographic masters." The exhibition details are: July 1 – July 30, 2011 Galerie Photo12 et Galerie Basia Embiricos14, rue des Jardins Saint-Paul 75004 Paris |
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Wills & Kate - It's Official |
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U.S. Marshals in Plano, Texas, and Lafayette, La., are joining forces in tracking down 28-year-old Michael Gary Blasingame. They say Blasingame fled the United States with his then-18-month-old son, Eitan, instead of complying with the custody agreement he shared with Eitan's mother, Diana Huynh. It's been a frustrating two years for Diana and for U.S. Marshals, who believe Eitan is in danger.
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We are very excited this season to introduce a new Down Collection, extending the range of our insulation options. We had set out on an extensive research process to push the limits of this classic insulation technique, and design the best down jackets possible. The result is a new collection of innovative technologies, premium materials, and weight-saving construction.
For backcountry and alpine use, the lightest and warmest piece is the Cerium LT Jacket and Hoody, excellent as a very warm midlayer or standalone piece. The key to the Cerium's weightless, agile freedom is a variety of features, including underarm gussets for better mobility, a three-part sleeve construction for better elbow and arm articulation, and a very lightweight yet durable face fabric.
The key innovation, though, is the Arc'teryx-developed Down Composite Mapping. Down has a tendency to lose its loft and warmth when it becomes wet. As a solution to this challenge, we created a construction method that strategically places 80g Coreloft synthetic insulation in areas where moisture may accumulate, and 850 fill European Goose down in the core to provide maximum warmth.
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Dr. Jerry Swanson is a board-certified neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He is also board certified in headache medicine and is a professor of neurology at College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. He has a special interest in medical education.
Dr. Swanson, a Lacon, Ill., native, was appointed to the Mayo Clinic staff in 1982 and works in the Department of Neurology with more than 90 other physicians. He formerly chaired the department's Division of Headache and continues to work with headache subspecialists around the world. He has published and lectured widely on headache disorders. He also serves as assistant dean for assessment at Mayo Medical School.
"In a manner similar to the printing press, Internet technology enables the unprecedented ability to communicate with the global community about health information," Dr. Swanson says. "There is no doubt that the knowledgeable individual contributes greatly to his or her own health care, and now we can share information much more widely.
"There is much information already available about health care on the Internet. Unfortunately, much of it is not founded on sound principles. It is exciting to be a part of the web team and contribute to the creation of a reliable and timely health resource."
Dr. Swanson is the neurology editor for "Mayo Clinic Family Health Book" and has reviewed articles for "Mayo Clinic Health Letter" and "Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource." He is also editor-in-chief of the "Mayo Clinic on Headache" book, published in 2004. In 2008 the magazine Women's Health named him one of America's Top Doctors for Women. In 2011 he received the Mayo Medical School Dean's Recognition Award for his contributions to undergraduate medical education.
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Reports suggest that combining migraine medications called triptans with certain antidepressants — including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) — may increase the risk of a serious condition called serotonin syndrome.
Serotonin syndrome occurs when your body has too much serotonin, which is a chemical found in your nervous system. Triptans, SSRIs and SNRIs naturally raise serotonin levels. When these medications are taken together, it causes much higher levels of serotonin in your system than you'd experience if you were taking only one of these medications. Fortunately, serotonin syndrome appears to be rare in people who are taking triptans and antidepressant medications.
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- Wenzel RG, et al. Serotonin syndrome risks when combining SSRI/SNRI drugs and triptans: Is the FDA's alert warranted? The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2008;42:1692.
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It was playing in one of the video rooms at like 11 on saturday night...Umm...Embracing Love? I think that's what it was called. It was crazy funny and has spawned an inside joke with my friends. "O hai! I moved in. Your landlord gave me the key."


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Welcome fellow soldiers !
We proudly present you:
#WarGames MOD v.5 #
a WarGames Development Production.
Announcement
The WGL Mod team is proud to present the full release of WGL 5. ***
WGL 5 provides the most realistic, comprehensive, and tactical first-person military simulation
available for the civilian PC market. ***WGL 5 is the premier tactical military simulation
incorporating true combined arms in a believable virtual world – not only that, but it is FREE. ***
Its closest competitor, VBS1, is, admittedly, more realistic, but it is also hundreds of dollars
to purchase and is not designed for entertainment. ***
WGL 5 allows casual to hard-core gamers the opportunity to experience realistic military weapons,
equipment, and tactics while still maintaining an environment that is enjoyable to play.
History
The WGL project began years ago when AngusHeaf and Tactician decided to improve some balancing
and gameplay issues specifically related to online PvP gaming. ***
Since its inception, the WGL Mod has placed a large focus on realism and enhanced squad based gameplay. ***
After the release of WGL 2, Phaeden joined the team. Shortly thereafter, Dinger created the WGL
mortar system. ***Like its predecessors, WGL 3 and 4 were released to a relatively small group of
PvP tournament players and teams. ***
In November 2005, a small group of WGL fans asked for a few minor tweaks to the latest build of WGL.
This became WGLZ and its aims were to tweak WGL AI as best as possible. These few minor tweaks have
in the last year and a half become a hundreds of modifications, additions, and improvements.
On a special note, this is also thanks to these WGL fans, like Bn880, Jinef, lwlooz, Terox and the
other Zeus community members !
During this time, many new members have joined the WGL 5 staff, most notably Q and Killswitch. ***
Introduction
WGL 5 is a complete conversion for Operation Flashpoint. ***
Its main goal is to create a highly realistic military simulation while still allowing for
entertaining and enjoyable single player, cooperative, and multiplayer gameplay. ***
We have painstakingly researched real-world documentation, conducted interviews with real military
members, and thoroughly play-tested this Mod to present you with something more than a game and
something less than a true simulation. ***
The gameplay that you will experience in WGL 5 is significantly different than standard
OFP - firefights are more intensive, squad tactics play a much greater role, and use of true
combined arms is more important. ***
However, we also understand that you want to spend your time enjoying the gameplay. ***
A true simulation is significantly different in that it replicates the real world to a much higher
degree. ***This, in turn, often makes less than enjoyable gameplay. ***While you could conceivably use
WGL 5 as a training tool (proper authorization must be obtained first), we have not lost sight of
the fact that it is a game at heart – even though our prime focus is on realism. ***
Learn more about Wargames
The WGL 5 Experience: ***
As soon as you load WGL, you will notice things are different. ***
The user interface is streamlined. ***
The in-game mission editor is also significantly changed. ***
These simple changes are indicative of the overall changes within the Mod. ***
WGL 5 cuts through the fluff to bring you to the heart of the action. ***
In default OFP, one man's actions can drastically alter the course of the battle. ***It is possible
for a lone gunman (a.k.a. Rambo) to decimate a much larger opposition force. ***
If you attempt similar Rambo tactics in WGL 5, you will quickly find yourself inside a coffin. ***
WGL 5 "highly encourages" you to work as an effective member of a team. ***You now need to use tactics
and firepower to overwhelm and destroy your enemy. ***In the past, you could leave your teammates
behind as you located, closed with, and destroyed the enemy single-handedly – such a mission in
WGL 5 is tantamount to suicide. ***
In order to successfully complete your mission in WGL 5, you will need scouts/recon units to locate
the enemy, advance your assaulting and support forces, carefully place your medical support units
(as you will definitely need them), coordinate you attack, conduct your attack, and
prepare for counterattack. ***
Road to Petrovice - A WGL Flashpoint Mini-AAR
Road to Petrovice AAR - Read the whole story hereOriginally Posted by [b
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Medic! Medic!!! AAR
credits to ***dslyecxi and ***Shack Tactical !
WarGames v5 Release - Promotional Video
Download it here [90mb, 17mins]
special thanks again to Kenwort from OFP ***MoiveMakers !
More WGL Media
Visit the WGL gallery or ***check out more ingame footage
WGL 5 Features
• Custom damage system
• Improved AI
• New effects (explosion, smoke, etc.)
• New sounds
• New GUI
• Rucksack system
• Mortar system
• Countermeasure system for air units
• New binoculars / compass / nightvision goggles
• Reworked target locking system
• Config_Base and Models_Base system
(dynamic adjustment of certain settings and models)
• No crumble destructionType for tanks
• No kill messages
• No MP 'P' scores overview
• DMA unigen animation pack and leaning
and much more !
WGL User Input and Feedback
WarGames was and will always be very open for suggestion to further improve the MOD. ***
We listen to our "customers" and strive to use all feedback to make subsequent versions of WGL
even better. ***
We highly encourage you to provide feedback – obviously, positive feedback is easier to read,
but even negative constructive criticism is highly helpful.
Yet please note these three things: ***WarGames = realism AND gameplay
WarGames will never be 100 percent realistic - that is not our primary goal!
One thing you may notice about WGL 5 is that it is not really that "pretty." ***
We purposefully avoid using the best looking models as they demand large amounts of CPU power. ***
Instead, we prefer "uglier" but more efficient models and scripts that allow us to use larger
numbers of troops and vehicles (even into the hundreds) on the battlefield. ***We highly recommended
that you check out Zeus missions to see what we are talking about! ***However, it is possible for
you to convert your favorite models for use in the WGL 5 combat environment. ***
With WGL5 Models_Base System you can easily exchange models by yourself.
There is DMA Army and Naval config available with the MOD itself.
Even more you can make up your own model config quite easily !
Even more we have developed the ***WGL Texture / Vegetation Replacement Packs for your enjoyment.
Third please drop your comment either in the BIS thread (link) or in the WarGames forum.
Otherwise your comment might not be read or noticed. Thanks.
WGL Missions and Campaign Conversions
Before we finally come to the link for the MOD itself - the most important part:
Something to play with !
Campaign Conversions like
• Retaliation
• Shadows of the Motherland
• Revolution1983
• and more
as well as various Single/Multiplayer Missions like
• Zeus Community's WarGames MP Missions
• Shackbattle Community Servers Converted MP Missions
• BIS Single and MP Missions
• DAC Coops
• DMA DynamicWar
• Sinews of War - The New Resistance MP Campaign
• various assorted MP Missions (misc & misc2)
• and more
In addition we are proud to present you:
WGL Islandpack
This pack contains ***20+ of best islands available in OFP (terrain- and performance-wise).
Like almost everyone of them features those missions:
• DAC Tankwars
• DMA Last Fight
Also available are training and test missions to demonstrate the weapons, units, vehicles
and features of the WarGames MOD, as well as BIS SP and MP Templates to create new missions
easily and BIS SP Missionpack for Gaia, Samak Hills, Occasus and Messor.
WGL Links
WGL site ***
Download WGL 5 full
WGL wiki
There you find help with the installation and you are able to learn more about the MOD and its features.
WGL Credits
A special thanks to the addon authors who graciously allowed us to use their work:
WGL 5 Credits
• Aeon - for his new Nature Sounds
• DMA - Sanctuary, !TacRod and honcho (too much outstanding stuff to list)
• ECP Team - for various help
• JAM, !DynamicRange for great sounds
• Kegetys for his excellent Spectating Script
• Llauma for his great Llaumax Sky Pack
• Locke@Germany for his true awesome OFP Animations Enchancement
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• DPS for his great OSV96 Model and Textures
• Hoyt for his excellent SV98 Model and Textures
WGL 4 Credits
• Laser/ORC for his fantastic russian units
• Edge for his fantastic resistance units
• Inquisitor for his weapons
• AKM74 for his excellent Russian APC pack and Konkurs ATGM
• The guys at MapFact.net who created the best base buildings, ever.
• BAS for allowing us to use some scripts and units
• Marfy and Sebastian for their excellent MTLB pack
• DPS, Sour and KerdTo (Our Weapon) for their Mi2, great addon!
• Dinger for porting many of his UA scripts to our mortar system
• Jostapo for his lovely MON200 and Claymore models (sorry about the delayed thank-you dude!)
• Kegetys for his sky installer
• Kegetys again for his AGS-17 and RPG7/7VL models
Our deepest thanks goes to the former WGL staff and all the contributors:
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. Phaeden
. Tactician
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Based on a good internal development surrounding (subversion, bugzilla, ftp, irc, forum) everyone
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The Oliver Model 20 is billed as patternmaker's lathe. Here's the sales brochure from 1920, courtesy of the OWWM galoots:
Says it could be ordered with a 16-, 20-, 24- or 30-inch swing. The bed "is of iron of proportionate dimensions to suit the size of the lathe fitted to it. It can be suppliled in any length, calcaluting by advances of two feet, but 8 and 10 foot beds are standard."
Says it came with a power feeding carriage standard, but that could be omitted if desired. "The carriage receives its power through a belt from a two-step cone on the lathe spindle to a cone on a feed shaft the length of the bed, giving two speeds to the feed shaft."
The Model 20-C is the 24-inch swing model, though with all models, if you set it up for face turning, you get an 84-inch swing (be a helluva bowl ).
From OWWM here's a model 20-C with something like a 9 foot bed:
You probably want to fab some steadreast if your were to try turning spars on that puppy, let it get...interesting.
Looks like everything there, too. Just needs a little OWWM love.
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You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound. P.G. Wodehouse (Carry On, Jeeves)
I don't know about it being a spar lathe. At least the spar lathe at Mystic Seaport works on the principle of the spar turning very slowly and the 'cutting tool' being a high speed cutting head. Don't need to worry about balance & wobble that way.
i was just speculating as to it's purpose when i said "spar lathe". i wasn't sure what else it would be used for. i've no interest in it, other than curiosity about it's purpose.
Interesting that Eagle Machinery, who service the older Oliver tools, have a picture of a specially built 18-A lathe with 62' bed delivered to the USG in 1919 on their homepage: http://www.eaglemachinery-repair.com/ The same pictures appear in the Oliver 18 catalogue: http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=2677 I suppose it's possible they built and delivered more than one of that length but I'd think it more likely things have been tinkered with.
it sold for $8700.00! sounds like the government got their money's worth.
interesting links Hugh. thanks.
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When I was a kid there was still in Port Jefferson a flag pole factory that made solid stick big poles. It was cool to watch the old guys take a stance and lean those long chisels at a sixty foot or so spinning tree.
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I am one of the Public Arts Commission (PAC) members. I have been on the PAC since its inception. I am resigning, not out of a sense of pique over the Town Council's decision last Wednesday to give the gateway monument project $250,000 of PAC funds, but out of a recognition of the realities of the situation.
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Cuyahoga community college in Cleveland dot -- claim and I'm here with Gary -- The president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs and and all right I've I have to get a whole bunch of sort of rapid fire questions -- -- number one housing.
It looks better Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan had told us in -- quote.
-- it's totally back in -- Jamie thousand totally back.
Duchardt that -- housing back.
And the good news about housing as we can outsource we need to build here in the United States and that's a great asset for our economy is there an investment play -- comes to -- I think there is.
You know there there're -- pulls -- capital out they're looking to buy houses looking to rent them out.
Looking to fix them up and I think there's really interesting opportunities in the returns segment for in the in the housing sector you could argue.
That the Fed keeping interest rates incredibly low finally put a bottom in the housing market stimulated -- enough.
That of course led to a fear trade where people piled into treasuries now carry out Arnold looks like there's a pile -- -- -- equities.
Even Goldman Sachs is portfolio strategy group came out last week and said.
Equities are looking a little hot at the moment -- -- you feel that too many people are Russian that the -- is turning and going into equities to quickly.
Was on the picture there's a pilot and equities.
The last four to six weeks we've clearly seen the momentum trade in the equities.
But if you roll back and look into December we had a momentum trade out of equities saw a lot of money come the equity market December before fiscal cliff.
Fear -- tax rises fear fear capital gains.
Some of that money is migrating back into the market it's migrating back in the market.
When people are feeling better about the economy so it feels like there's a bit of big trade going on but if you actually look at the dollar flows.
They're not as overwhelming as the market it feels like today.
But with so much money in treasuries for more than a year year and a half that makes you wonder when rates start to tighten.
Arabs you see that 2013 -- we'll start to tighten I don't think it's a 20:13.
Event but I am very concerned about rates tightening.
In the misunderstanding.
Between rates and bond prices.
Look at what some misunderstanding educate -- of the inverse correlation.
I think there's many people that have migrated into the fixed income world where buying fixed income because they think it's -- -- instrument.
They're redeemed at -- and it does it pays me coupon in the meantime what the fallacy is if interest rates go higher.
Those -- go down and priced in if people need liquidity before duration.
They will end up getting less than par back on the on their investment does that mean there's a bubble in bonds and -- fit.
Popped what would that look like surely you guys at Goldman have anticipated have model -- It's hard to model in a week what we can tell you for sure there's a lot of money is going into the -- from -- We've seen two or three years of almost record issuance -- -- or you.
It does worry me at the end of these cycles.
They take changing no windows to the bottom of the cycle like no one knows it's the top of the cycle we've been a 32 year bull market in bonds in the United States.
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The capital of the great state of North Carolina is also the stage on which some of the world's greats have shone!
Only a few miles down the road in a town called Chapel Hill, a young man named Michael Jordan lifted off from the freethrow line and forever became known as 'Air'. Perhaps ironically, a few miles down the road in the other direction a couple of brothers invented a contraption that was to change the face of the world forever, when they successfully made the first manned flight of an aircraft.
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Nigeria agrees to strengthen disaster resilienceABUJA, June 12 - The Nigerian government has requested the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) to facilitate the development of a comprehensive disaster risk management plan for Africa's most populous country. |
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Green growth vital for reducing disaster riskAfrica's infrastructure is under pressure from increasing disasters but the infrastructure deficit is an opportunity for the continent to take a global lead on sustainable development and to leap-frog environmentally unfriendly technologies, said Mrs. Rhoda Peace, the Africa Union Commissioner for rural economy and agriculture, at a seminar marking the 11th African Day for the Environment hosted by the Tunisian government. |
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Disaster risk is transforming African citiesRisks that have historically played out in rural areas like drought, floods and wildfires "are being transferred and transformed and expressed differently across Africa's fast growing cities and towns," said Dr. Ailsa Holloway in her keynote address to the 4th Africa Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction today. |
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Africa stakes out its position on HFA and the post-2015 development agendaThe 4th Africa Regional Platform concluded today with a detailed set of commitments and recommendations on the complex challenges Africa faces due to surging economic growth, rapid urbanization, climate change and a wide range of natural hazards. |
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UNISDR private sector initiative launched in AfricaA private sector initiative for Africa was launched today by UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, at the 4th Africa Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. |
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Disaster databases essential to reducing risk in AfricaEthiopia is on course to build Africa's most comprehensive risk profile database by 2015 and today urged other countries on the continent to follow its example. |
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Africa seeks united position on disaster risk reductionRepresentatives of 40 African States are gathering today for the 4th Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction to discuss Africa's position on a new global framework for disaster risk reduction amidst continuing concern over the ravages of climate change, drought, floods, heat-waves, wildfires and other natural hazards. |
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HFA: "We have early warning, now we need early action"It's not instantly recognised, in Africa or anywhere else. But there was standing room only today for an intensive round-table discussion hosted by UNISDR, to tease out what this policy instrument has done for Africa over the last seven years and what direction should its successor take two years from now. |
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Climate change causes community conflict says MinisterSpeaking at the opening of the 4th Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, the Tanzanian Minister for the Environment, Dr. Terezya Huvisa Luoga, expressed her fears that climate change could cause community conflict in her country. |
13 Feb 2013 | News briefs |
Reporting why disasters happen in AfricaFor the last three weeks, the Maputo-based weekly newspaper "Domingo" has featured the Mozambique floods on its front page. Domingo editor, Jorge Ernesto Rungo, was today able to give journalists from across Africa an insight into the challenges of covering one of the largest disasters to hit the country since the floods of 2000 when he spoke at the latest media training organized by UNISDR with the support of ECHO. |
12 Feb 2013 | News briefs |
East African backing for Hyogo FrameworkThe East African Community (EAC) today announced that it is renewing its commitment to implement the global disaster risk reduction framework, the Hyogo Framework for Action, and that it had agreed last week on a new plan. |
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Africa to address Post-2015 disaster resilience agendaGovernments from over 50 countries in Africa will meet in Arusha, Tanzania from 13-15 February for the Fourth Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (ARP) to address the challenges of building a disaster resilient society. |
24 Jan 2013 | News briefs |
UNISDR report finds African towns struggling with disaster managementA new report published today by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, lays bare the huge challenges faced by medium-sized African towns struggling to cope with the rising tide of disaster events, rural-urban migration and ecosystem destruction without early warning systems or budgets to reduce risk. |
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Forum on conflict and fragility opens in LiberiaThe global burden of disasters and armed violence which affect over 200 million people and result in over 500,000 deaths each year will be the focus of a forum on conflict and fragility which opens in Liberia tomorrow. |
28 Nov 2012 | Press release |
2nd session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) - Statement by Margareta WahlströmFirst of all let me convey my gratitude to the Government of Zimbabwe for hosting this conference and to the organisers for their work. This event is an important step towards linking climate services to the needs of end users, mainly development actors, disaster risk managers and communities, in order to anticipate disasters and future changing climate. Climate science shall provide evidence and help inform decision makers to adapt to the expected changes and reduce related risks. |
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Africa must prioritize risk reductionThe top UN disaster risk reduction official on Friday urged African governments to acknowledge risk reduction as the first line of defense against the impacts of climate change. |
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14th session of the Africa Ministerial Conference on Environment - Statement by Margareta WahlströmDisaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation are central elements of sustainable development. They share common root causes and goals: reduction of the vulnerability and exposure of communities and nations. Recognizing and building linkages between them is effective and efficient development. |
16 Sep 2012 | Statements & speeches |
UNISDR champion applauds African Union for decision on disaster insuranceUNISDR Parliamentary Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction, Abdou Sané, Member of Parliament from Senegal, recently welcomed the African Union's decision to establish an African Risk Capacity Secretariat - a specialized agency of the African Union which will help elaborate a legal agreement on a pooled risk insurance facility for droughts, floods, earthquakes and cyclones. |
6 Aug 2012 | News briefs |
Writeshops successfully mentor young researchersYuwan Malakar has good reason to be focused and driven these days. The 30-year old environmental management major from Nepal has just had his first paper on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) published in one of the highly respected online journals of the Policy Studies Organization. |
19 Apr 2012 | News briefs |
Uncertain rainy season for Horn of AfricaThe March to May rainfall season in the Greater Horn of Africa is likely to result in "near normal to below normal rainfall" over much of the region, according to a statement today from the 30th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF30). |
29 Feb 2012 | News briefs |
New drought threat in the Horn of AfricaGovernment representatives, climatologists, agricultural experts, disaster risk managers and others gather in Kigali, Rwanda, for three days next week to share information on the possibility of a third consecutive year of drought in the Horn of Africa. |
24 Feb 2012 | Press release |
Cyclone hits as evaluation team visits MadagascarFor the second year in a row, Valentine's Day on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has been marked by the arrival of a tropical cyclone. Cyclone Giovanna made landfall on the east coast shortly after midnight, bringing torrential rain and reported wind speeds of up to 231 km per hour. |
14 Feb 2012 | News briefs |
Horn of Africa crisis results in effort to improve action on early warningsIn advance of critical rainfall forecasts for the Horn of Africa, the UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, today announced a partnership with the WMO-supported African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) to ensure rapid dissemination of weather updates to disaster managers. |
13 Feb 2012 | Press release |
Durban decision imminent on Green Climate FundTen years after the first Funds were established to support adaptation activities in developing countries, the world, and Africa in particular, is waiting to see if a deal can be brokered this weekend at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban which would amount to a quantum leap in the finance available to reduce disaster risk in countries bearing the brunt of climate change. |
9 Dec 2011 | News briefs |
No climate fund, No poverty reduction?The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, told a major forum at the COP17 talks in Durban yesterday that "failing to fund climate change is failing to fund poverty reduction." |
8 Dec 2011 | News briefs |
Mexico City brings some good news to COP17While good news remains in short supply from the main climate change talks here in Durban, there is a growing sense that local government is taking the lead on mitigation and adaptation without waiting for their central governments to direct their efforts. |
8 Dec 2011 | News briefs |
Turn the science into action on climate change says UNISDR ChiefUNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, told an exclusive gathering of 35 eminent scientists and politicians from around the world at the COP 17 in Durban that "there is a huge need to translate the best science on climate change into practical action." |
7 Dec 2011 | News briefs |
Risk reduction must be priority in COP17 talks says IPUParliamentarians from around the world gathered in Durban, South Africa, yesterday to press for progress in the COP17 climate change negotiations and called on the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) "to prioritize disaster risk reduction and capacity building as cross-cutting issues and to give them the utmost attention." |
6 Dec 2011 | News briefs |
Adaptation Charter – good start to the weekThe Durban Climate Change Adaptation Charter for Local Government adopted yesterday was hailed by UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlstrom, as "the best possible start to a critical week in the life of this planet when we so urgently need real leadership on mitigation and adaptation." |
5 Dec 2011 | News briefs |
UNISDR welcomes local government focus on climate adaptationThe Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed the Durban Climate Change Adaptation Charter for Local Government agreed yesterday by Mayors from around the world as "the best possible start to a critical week in the life of this planet when we so urgently need real leadership on mitigation and adaptation. |
5 Dec 2011 | Press release |