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Historically , Cornell 's colleges have operated with great autonomy , each with a separate admissions policy , separate faculty , separate fundraising staff and in many cases , separate tuition structure . However , the University has taken steps to encourage collaboration between related academic fields within the U... |
A " Faculty of Computing and Information Science " was established in 1999 to unify computer science efforts throughout the University . This structure obviates the need for a separate school or college of computer science . For its first ten years , Robert Constable served as its Dean .
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= = Affordability and use of the endowment = =
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Since the 1970s , tuition at Cornell and other Ivy League schools has grown much faster than inflation . This trend coincided with the creation of Federally guaranteed student loan programs . At the same time , the endowments of these schools continue to grow due to gifts and successful investments . Critics called fo... |
= = Portrayal in fiction = =
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Students and faculty have chronicled Cornell in works of fiction . The most notable was The Widening Stain which first appeared anonymously . It was since revealed to have been written by Morris Bishop . Alison Lurie wrote a fictional account of the campus during the Vietnam War protests called The War Between the Tat... |
= Grift of the Magi =
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" Grift of the Magi " is the ninth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 19 , 1999 . In the episode , mafia boss Fat Tony successfully extorts a large sum of money from Springfield Elementary Scho... |
" Grift of the Magi " , which satirizes the commercialization of Christmas , was written by Tom Martin and directed by Matthew Nastuk . The episode features several guest appearances ; Tim Robbins as Jim Hope , Gary Coleman as himself , Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony , and Clarence Clemons as a narrator that tells the viewe... |
Around 7 @.@ 76 million American homes tuned in to watch the episode during its original airing . It was first released on DVD in 2003 in a collection of five Christmas @-@ related Simpsons episodes , titled Christmas With the Simpsons . Critics have given " Grift of the Magi " generally mixed to negative reviews , pa... |
= = Plot = =
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Bart and Milhouse have to remain inside the Simpsons ' house when an ozone hole moves over Springfield . The two dress up as ladies and jump on the bed , singing " Sisters Are Doin ' It for Themselves " . When Homer comes in abruptly , Bart falls off of the bed and lands on one of Homer 's bowling balls and breaks his... |
All pleas for financial help are in vain , including a private school play performed in front of Mr. Burns at his mansion , until Jim Hope , the president of a company named Kid First Industries , buys the school and privatizes it . The school 's staff is replaced , and classes now focus on toys and marketing . Lisa s... |
On Christmas Eve , with Homer 's help , the two steal all the Funzo toys from underneath every Christmas tree in Springfield with the intention of burning them in the town 's long @-@ running tire fire . However , Gary Coleman , who is a security guard at Kid First Industries , comes to stop them . The two parties arg... |
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" Grift of the Magi " was written by Tom Martin and directed by Matthew Nastuk as part of the eleventh season of The Simpsons ( 1999 – 2000 ) . It was the first episode that Martin wrote on his own , having previously co @-@ written the season ten episode " Sunday , Cruddy Sunday " with George Meyer , Brian Scully , a... |
Guest stars in the episode include Tim Robbins as Jim Hope , Gary Coleman as himself , Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony , and Clarence Clemons as a narrator . Scully thought Robbins " did a great job " because the Simpsons staff wanted the character of Jim Hope to be " fun and upbeat and somebody the kids would love . " Clemo... |
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" Grift of the Magi " originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 19 , 1999 . It was viewed in approximately 7 @.@ 76 million households that night . With a Nielsen rating of 7 @.@ 7 , the episode finished 39th in the ratings for the week of December 13 – 19 , 1999 ( tied with an episode of th... |
Since airing , " Grift of the Magi " has received generally mixed to negative reception from critics . While reviewing the eleventh season of The Simpsons , DVD Movie Guide 's Colin Jacobson commented that the episode " feels like an amalgamation of elements from prior holiday programs and never really elicits much hu... |
= Falklands ' 82 =
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Falklands ' 82 ( released as Malvinas ' 82 in Spanish markets ) is a 1986 turn @-@ based strategy video game developed and published by Personal Software Services for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 . It is the fifth instalment of the Strategic Wargames series . The game is set during the 1982 Falklands War and revol... |
A port for the Amstrad CPC was advertised but never released . During development , the developers obtained information and statistics of the war from NATO . The game met with mixed reviews and controversy : critics praised the detailed graphics , but some were divided over the gameplay and authenticity ; others criti... |
= = Gameplay = =
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Falklands ' 82 is a turn @-@ based strategy game focusing on land battles during the Falklands War . The player commands the British Task Force against the Argentine ground forces , who are occupying the islands . The game begins by allocating fifteen Royal Navy ships for the task force ; a proportionate amount must b... |
The main objective of the game is to either defeat all occupying Argentine forces in the archipelago , or to capture and hold all ten settlements of the Falklands simultaneously . Depending on the difficulty setting , the game lasts 25 or 30 turns ; if every settlement has not been occupied or any Argentine forces rem... |
During the course of the game , Argentine airstrikes will frequently sink Royal Navy ships , depending on how many of them were initially allocated to defensive positions . In addition , Argentine air forces will occasionally bomb and destroy British forces on the ground , which are represented as animated sprites on ... |
= = Background and release = =
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Personal Software Services was founded in Coventry , England , by Gary Mays and Richard Cockayne in November 1981 . The company was known for creating games that revolved around historic war battles and conflicts , such as Theatre Europe , Bismarck and Battle of Britain . The company had a partnership with French vide... |
During development of both games , Cockayne and Mays obtained statistics for both the Cold War and Falklands War from NATO and the Soviet embassy in London . In an interview with Your Computer magazine , Richard Cockayne stated that both Theatre Europe and Falklands ' 82 received heavy criticism from the Campaign for ... |
In 1986 , Cockayne decided to alter products for release on 16 @-@ bit consoles , since smaller 8 @-@ bit consoles , such as the ZX Spectrum , lacked the processing power for larger strategy games . The decision was falsely interpreted by video game journalist Phillipa Irving as " pulling out " from the Spectrum marke... |
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The game received mostly positive reviews from critics upon release . Rachael Smith of Your Sinclair praised the overall experience of the gameplay , stating that it was " ideal " for newcomers and plays " smooth " ; however , she criticised it for being " annoyingly slow " at times . Sean Masterson of Crash criticise... |
A reviewer from ZX Computing heralded the graphics and details of the map but suggested that " hardened wargamers " would not be interested in graphical advancements . A reviewer from Computer Gamer praised its simplicity , stating that it was a " simple game " and would prove to be an " excellent " introduction to th... |
= Dive ( Usher song ) =
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" Dive " is a song recorded by American recording artist Usher for his seventh studio album Looking 4 Myself ( 2012 ) . It was written and produced by Rico Love , Jim Jonsin , Danny Morris and Frank Romano . " Dive " is a slow @-@ paced R & B ballad with elements of pop music , with Usher making use of his falsetto ra... |
" Dive " was received well by critics , who praised its production and Usher 's vocals , particularly his falsetto . An accompanying music video directed by Chris Applebaum , portrays Victoria 's Secret Angel model Chanel Iman as Usher 's love interest , showing them being intimate and making love in several scenes . ... |
= = Composition and lyrics = =
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The track is a slow @-@ paced R & B ballad with elements of pop music , that runs for a length of three minutes and 47 seconds . Throughout the song , Usher makes use of his falsetto range , to which Billboard 's Erika Ramirez described as " soulful " . Chuck Arnold of People complimented Usher 's falsetto on both " D... |
= = Critical reception = =
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" Dive " received universally positive acclaim from music critics . DJ Booth described its production as " sultry " and noted the song as a potential hit for Usher . Erika Ramirez of Billboard also saw the song as a success , writing that it is " slower and more sensual " than Jim Jonsin and Rico Love 's " Motivation ... |
= = Music video and live performances = =
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The music video for " Dive " was filmed in July 2012 , directed by Chris Applebaum , and released to VEVO on August 25 , 2012 . In the video , Victoria 's Secret Angel model Chanel Iman plays as Usher 's love interest . Set on a luxury Yacht in the open sea , the video begins with Usher talking , before showing him si... |
= = Credits and personnel = =
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Recording
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Vocal recording – Parkland Playhouse , Parkland , FL ; Circlehouse Studios , Miami , FL
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Mixing – Parkland Playhouse , Parkland , FL
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Personnel
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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Looking 4 Myself , RCA Records .
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= = Charts = =
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Upon the release of Looking 4 Myself , due to digital downloads , " Dive " entered the singles chart in South Korea . It debuted on the South Korea Gaon International Chart at number 50 on June 10 , 2012 , with sales of 6 @,@ 546 digital copies . It debuted at number eight on the US Bubbling Under Hot R & B / Hip @-@ ... |
= = Release history = =
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= Justinian I =
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Justinian I ( / dʒʌˈstɪniən / ; Latin : Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Augustus , Greek : Φλάβιος Πέτρος Σαββάτιος Ἰουστινιανός Flávios Pétros Sabbátios Ioustinianós ) ( c . 482 – 14 November 565 ) , traditionally known as Justinian the Great and also Saint Justinian the Great in the Eastern Orthodox Church , wa... |
Because of his restoration activities , Justinian has sometimes been called the " last Roman " in modern historiography . This ambition was expressed by the partial recovery of the territories of the defunct western Roman empire . His general , Belisarius , swiftly conquered the Vandal kingdom in North Africa . Subseq... |
A still more resonant aspect of his legacy was the uniform rewriting of Roman law , the Corpus Juris Civilis , which is still the basis of civil law in many modern states . His reign also marked a blossoming of Byzantine culture , and his building program yielded such masterpieces as the church of Hagia Sophia . A dev... |
= = Life = =
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