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This depends on your area and job requirements, and the degree type. A termianal associates (typically called an "Applied Associates") may meet eligiblity standards for a job or make you eligible for certification for a job. A regular assoicates may make you more marketable in general, but also in some areas may make you eligible for some jobs that requires some minimum of schooling (professional proctoring of tests, teachers aide, etc). This is a misperception of people who believe that spending a million dollars somehow makes something worth more. While it obviously differs by state and accredeting body, many community colleges are just as rigerous in their educational requirements as a 4 year school. But this is true for all educational institutions. This isn't more true for community college than any part of the liberal arts program at a university's first two years are (general lit, general history, general science, etc). However as access institutions they do tend to have larger programs and capacity to handle students who need preparatory skills in English or mathematics. Define "proper degree". A lot of it depends on the mission of a the college. A community college with a skill mission may heavily focus on career skills and technical skills (it might be part liberal arts and part technical school). A community college with a transfer focus may focus on providing a general education for students to transfer to traditional four year baccalaureate programs. They don't have "subpar education" unless there is something wrong with the college (or they're not appropriately accredited by a proper regulating authority).

Community Colleges are colleges that 'service the community'. This may mean a wide degree of things, but typically they offer associate level collegiate degrees and various amounts of community/career enrichment courses. They are usually open access - particularly to those within their community. With the proper accreditation, an associates degree from one may serve as the first two years of a baccalaureate degree. The objection to the idea as I understand it is based on how it'll be paid for (federal taxes).

Ah...the memories of the "DEPP!!!! GREICO!!!!" ads for 21 Jump Street on Fox. Heady days, for sure.

Georgia's program isn't free for all and isn't limited to Community College. The Hope Scholarship is for students who graduate high school with a specific GPA target who go to state run (University System of Georgia) colleges and universities. It is easy (very, very easy) to lose for students in their first semester. The Hope Grant is a similar but slightly different program for the state run technical colleges (TCSG). So all this fearmongering about brainwashing by the government is ridiculous. As I've said, there are plenty of legitimate complaints about Common Core, but most of what is being bandied about the media is false. The fearmongering about government brainwashing (and I find it a bit "tin foil hat territory") revolves around the fact that while the Common Core itself is goals and expectations, book companies trying to maximize their profits will pretty much force states to either follow whatever California ("crazy liberals") or Texas ("crazy creationists") goes with.

Did it have romanceable companions?

I make typos on a regular basis - it'll be like shooting fish in a barrel.

I'm rotating Persona Q and Fantasy Life on the DS3 and Person 4 Arena Ultimax on PS3.

I'd rather we have a society that realizes that having a degree in X doesn't automatically mean you are suddenly able to do any job in America, to be honest. Or, if that's what we want, realize that the traditional liberal arts education isn't the way to get there. The reason costs are high is because of the number of people who want to go to college requiring more resources to handle the students. The reason people want to go to college is because we tell them a degree magically tacks on abother ~$50,000 to their future pay. The reason we say that is because technical fields skew the data and a general push since WWII to delay teenagers from going into the workforce.

Do you mean "from colleges" or "for colleges"? Because I'm not aware of any institution that actually makes loans to students. Colleges aren't, after all, financial institutions.

I liked Tomb Raider Reboot. Of the three original games in the TR series I played, I really only liked the first one but it was a fun, fun game. Spent a lot of time climbing trying to find ways to solve puzzles (in fact, I played it so much that I had dreams of climbing). They're not really the same kind of games, TR (original) and TR (remake) so I can't really rate them the same way, personally.

Spirit Monks (Jade Empire) Can't really think of what the group would be in NWN or DAII (I guess technically you're a part of Bartrands Expedition and then part of the Nobility but doesn't seem to fit...)

Your applying real world historical information to a term that without that historical information would be a neutral word (the act of inquiring; examination or a judicial or official inquiry or examination usually before a jury; also the finding of the jury). Even with that the lore gives them a somewhat questionable past, probably so that they can try to mitigate the player's expectation of the word when considered with real world eyes. (No one would probably care though if the Divine had been around to explain why she gave Cassandra the mandate to restart the Inquisition). That said, I imagine at the end of the day the average peasant in Thedas wouldn't care if the group was called "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" if they were saving them from a ****ing big-ass demon about to rip their heads off and **** down their necks.

Telling of what? That people are angry at feminist for infiltrating and subverting online media, they shouldn't be allowed to be angry and criticize. "Inflitrating?" "Subverting?" What those quotes were telling of is that GamerGate is little more than another crackpot conspiracy theory. Such language does little to disabuse me that this is gaming's equivalent of the Red Scare. "We GamerGaters do not avoid women...but we do deny them our essence..." Well, I don't know about those people but I'm sure if I judged huge swathes of people based on internet comment sections of tabloid websites it would make everything seem like a conspiracy theory. There was an article on the local newspaper website about something I was interested in seeing the reaction of the community and the comments quickly descended into political conspiracy theories and blatant racism. Which sounds pretty much like what happened on this "Ralph Report" (except switch racism for sexism). I suspect that people underestimate the number of people with an axe to grind and the number of people who just like **** stirring.

Yeah I dug Agent Carter as well.

I picked the hearts almost all the time. It was funny.

There actually no lore issues with female Thor in the Marvel Universe. Mjolnir has the specific legend of "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." Semantic argument over the lack of gender neutral pronouns in the English language aside, the intent was, and always has been, that whoever was deemed worthy by the enchantment could hold the hammer and be Thor. Hence Beta Ray Bill. Is Thor a title? I thought it was the guy's name. Thor Odinson is the son of Odin. Named Thor. The Hammer Mjolnir has an enchantment that only the people worthy of it can pick it up. And in so doing, they are granted the power of Thor. Back when the title started, Odin had punished Thor by making him human and exiling him to earth (where he had the alias of Dr. Don Blake) and if he proved himself worthy he could unlock his Thor powers. Which he did, regaining powers and memory, but the enchantment to Mjolnir remains. So its a desert topping and a floorwax. I mean its a name and a title. Thor Odinson is Thor whether he has his hammer or not, but anyone who has his hammer and can pick it up ("worthy") is also Thor. So Beta Ray Bill was Thor until Thor took his hammer back and Odin had a similar hammer made for Bill that gave him Thorish powers. Which brings us to our mystery woman who picked up the hammer and has become Thor in the current title after Thor Odinson became unworthy and unable to pick it up again. The only other person besides Thor to go by Thor while wielding Mjolnir was Eric Masterson, and it was because Thor was bound inside his body, and when Thor was split from him and banished, he just kept up the illusion that he was still Thor, only revealing he wasnt to Captain America. Beta Ray Bill was still Beta Ray Bill, Steve Rogers was still Steve Rogers. Having Thor's powers doesn't make you Thor. It doesn't necessarily make you Thor - except when it does. BRB had all the powers of Thor and could have easily went by Thor if he wanted to.

I think its possible. The next Thor film is Ragnarok. I could see them replacing Thor (particularly if Helmsworth is at the end of his contract) and having someone else get the power via the Hammer. Or even just doing a switcharoo for a film as part of the plot.

There actually no lore issues with female Thor in the Marvel Universe. Mjolnir has the specific legend of "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." Semantic argument over the lack of gender neutral pronouns in the English language aside, the intent was, and always has been, that whoever was deemed worthy by the enchantment could hold the hammer and be Thor. Hence Beta Ray Bill. Is Thor a title? I thought it was the guy's name. Thor Odinson is the son of Odin. Named Thor. The Hammer Mjolnir has an enchantment that only the people worthy of it can pick it up. And in so doing, they are granted the power of Thor. Back when the title started, Odin had punished Thor by making him human and exiling him to earth (where he had the alias of Dr. Don Blake) and if he proved himself worthy he could unlock his Thor powers. Which he did, regaining powers and memory, but the enchantment to Mjolnir remains. So its a desert topping and a floorwax. I mean its a name and a title. Thor Odinson is Thor whether he has his hammer or not, but anyone who has his hammer and can pick it up ("worthy") is also Thor. So Beta Ray Bill was Thor until Thor took his hammer back and Odin had a similar hammer made for Bill that gave him Thorish powers. Which brings us to our mystery woman who picked up the hammer and has become Thor in the current title after Thor Odinson became unworthy and unable to pick it up again.

I paced it pretty well - I went back to the keep a lot. The problem is, I tend to be a weekend player. Ie if I don't have anything to do I might rack up six hours on Saturday and 5 on Sunday. So any mission that takes over 5 hours won't complete until the next day. 4 of these means your commanders can't do anything until the next day. So yeah, just by virtue of how I played there was no way I could finish the table missions without starting the game up, setting all the commanders to doing a 5-6 hour mission and then turning the game off until the next day; the story & sidequests were always going to outpace the table.

I still don't see the appeal of Ghost in the Shell (based on the translation of the original manga and a sub of the first movie from 1995). But I also agree with Tale, I don't see the story translating well to a live action western film.

I remember that one. When I was 16 in the mid-80's, it seemed pretty awesome. Not that I thought it was the best even then, but hey, it was sci-fi/fantasy-ish, so I dug it. I have a soft spot for it, I admit. Michael Pare. Nancy Allen. WWII Time travel. Car chases. Explosions.

Indeed, there does seem to be a lot more focus on persons and personalities than on facts and issues that facts raise. If someone's done something that is legally actionable the solution isn't posting it on the internet, but getting the information into the hands of the proper authorities. If its not legally actionable than its just character assasination (denounce the person to denounce their point rather than addressing the point itself). IMO.

Its his earliest credit on Moby Games - http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,13496/ - Under Quality Assurance. One of two games from 1991 (no clue which actually came out first).

Okay... Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) - I liked it but couldn't help but feel that it was a bit of a grab bag. Some things were done very well, others not so much. In particular, I felt that Tauriel and Thranduil's final scene was ultimately clunky; they'd set up this conflict between them and instead of going for understated they go OTT (Tauriel) and on the nose dialogue (Thranduil). Some nice set pieces, but why couldn't they have just resolved the Smaug stuff last film given how little it impacts the story. Pretty sure there are some major cut scenes (at least I hope Beorn just doesn't get relegated to the one scene showing him). Meet Boston Blackie (1941), Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941), & Alias Boston Blackie (1942) - Chester Morris is affiable enough, but how many times can they do "ex-con accused of complicity in crime he didn't commit has to solve the crime to save himself"? Three so far... "Confessions" has a very annoying minor character who seems to exist only to complicate the plot and annoy the audience. The last one has a clever circus disguise angle. The Verdict (1946) - Sydney Greenstreet plays a disgraced prosecuter who was responsible for the conviction and hanging of an innocent man. When another murder happens he and Peter Lorre investigate. Fun mystery film with a good performance by Greenstreet in particular. Three Strangers (1946) Greenstreet and Lorre team up again in a film co-written by John Hughes. Those two are brought together by Geraldine Fitzgerald to make a wish at an idol on Chinese New Year. They legend states if three people who are strangers wish for the same thing then it'll be granted by the goddess of luck. They put their wish on the National race ticket of a down-and-out drunk (Lorre). Greenstreet a prominant lawyer agrees on a lark. Fitzgerald, a true believer, wants her husband back. As each story progresses we see that the initial impression of each character isn't quite what it seems. The conclusion is unexpected and yet satisfying as well. Star of Midnight (1935) - William Powell plays a varation of Nick Charles to Ginger Rogers not quite being Nora. Fun mystery, some surprising twists. Dialogue's not as breezy as the Thin Man series, but Rogers keeps things light while Powell swims through alcohol (glass by glass) to solve the mystery. Fast Company (1938) & Fast and Loose (1939) - Rare book dealer and ameture detective Joel Sloan (Melvyn Douglas, Robert Montgomery) and his wife Garda (Florence Rice, Rosalind Russel) get involved in rare book crimes and murder. Another THIN MAN-type series, fun enough (although I think the second is superior - the chemistry between Montgomery and Russel plays better). Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015) - Not as strong as the first film; this one seems unable to really build the same feeling of creepyness the original had and instead relies on a lot of variable jump scares. A few bits are good, but mostly an average haunted house film. The original or The Awakening would be better alternatives, IMO. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) - Michael Pare is sent from the past (1940-something) to the future (1984) due to an experiment in radar cloaking. Nancy Allen befriends him and tries to help him. But the experiment threatens to destroy the world and the government has to get Pare to go back to save the future. A fun 80s run-around based on the long running conspiracy theory. Not terribly ambitious, but its diverting enough with car chases, explosions and 80s style action. And Pare and Allen are always watchable actors in even the most modest fare.

There actually no lore issues with female Thor in the Marvel Universe. Mjolnir has the specific legend of "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." Semantic argument over the lack of gender neutral pronouns in the English language aside, the intent was, and always has been, that whoever was deemed worthy by the enchantment could hold the hammer and be Thor. Hence Beta Ray Bill. The new Thor is a woman who is worthy, and thus has Thor's powers. Thor Odinson has become "unworthy" for unclear reasons. There are already several other female Thor analogs, including Valkyrie, Thor Girl and Thor himself (transformed into a woman as in one of the original legends as I recall). On a previous thread Malcador said: "Science is gendered?" aluminiumtrioxid said: "How many women do you know working in STEM?" I said "Is that STEM's fault?" To which aluminiumtrioxid said "Does it need to be anyone's fault in order for it to be recognised as a fact?" To which I respond: The inference I took from your statement was that Women not working in STEM when combined with the statement about science being "gendered" was that STEM had a default, gendered male state that actively repelled women. Perhaps this inference was different from the intended implication, I don't know. But I think it fair to point out that if there are a lack of women in technical fields, there's more evidence that shows that the cause involves how students are engaged (or not) in those subjects than an inherent quality within the fields themselves.