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Michael Dobson (author)
Michael S. Dobson (born September 9, 1952 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American author in the fields of business (particularly office politics and project management), alternate history novels (relating to World War II) and role-playing game adventures (''Dungeons & Dragons'', '' Indiana Jones'', and '' Buck Rogers XXVC''). Early life Dobson's family moved from North Carolina to Germany when he was a child; his father had spent the latter part of World War II in a POW camp and had grown adjusted to German hospitality. The Dobson family returned to the United States five years later in 1960. Dobson later lived in Decatur, Alabama, but he felt that he did not fit in well in the South. "I still can't play a Civil War game to this day." Having trouble in school, and having had enough of the Deep South, he moved back to Charlotte for college. During college, he was employed as a faculty member teaching freshman composition and science fiction. Dobson graduated from the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colleges: the College of Arts + Architecture, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the Belk College of Business, the College of Computing and Informatics, the Cato College of Education, the William States Lee College of Engineering, the College of Health and Human Services, the Honors College, and the University College. UNC Charlotte is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte region. The university has experienced rapid enrollment growth of 33% over the past 10 years, making it the fastest-growing institution in the UNC System and contributing to more than 50% of the system's growth since 2009. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". In 2020, it surpassed the University of North Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Online (magazine)
''Online'' was a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. The magazine was headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2001, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of ''Online Inc''. The first issue under Information Today, Inc. was published in January/February 2002. The magazine merged in 2013 with the magazine '' Searcher'' to form '' Online Searcher''. Marydee Ojala served as the editor of ''Online''. The website contained selected full-text articles and news from each issue. See also * Online magazine An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to being online only was the computer mag ... References External links * History Defunct computer magazines published in the United States Magazines disestablished in 2013 Magazines e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox On The Rhine
''Fox on the Rhine'' is a 2000 alternate history novel written by Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson. It details a course of events over late 1944 that resulted from Adolf Hitler's death in the July 20 plot and from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's survival of the crackdown. Plot summary The book begins on July 20, 1944, when Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg successfully bombs the ''Wolfsschanze'' during a military conference and later executes Operation ''Valkyrie'' in Berlin. However, his decision to signal Adolf Hitler's death to other conspirators by code buys enough time for SS '' Reichsführer'' Heinrich Himmler to launch his own countercoup, Operation ''Reichssturm''. While the Allies work to break out of Normandy through Operation Cobra, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel recovers from the injuries that he suffered during a real-life strafing run three days before the Stauffenberg coup. Himmler appoints him as commander of all German forces in Western Europe, under the watch from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Resources
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include manpower, labor, personnel, associates or simply: people. The Human Resources department (HR department) of an organization performs human resource management, overseeing various aspects of employment, such as compliance with labor law and employment standards, interviewing and selection, performance management, administration of Employee benefits, organizing of employee files with the required documents for future reference, and some aspects of recruitment (also known as talent acquisition) and employee offboarding. They serve as the link between an organization's management and its employees. The duties include planning, recruitment and selection process, posting job ads, evaluating the performance of employees, organizing resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Arrow, Black Shield
''Red Arrow, Black Shield'' is an adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. It was published by TSR in 1985, and designed by Michael S. Dobson. Its cover art is by Jeff Easley, and cartography by Dennis Kauth. The module's associated code is X10 and its TSR product code is TSR 9160. This module was developed and intended for use with the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' '' Expert Set'' and '' Companion Set'' rules. Plot summary ''Red Arrow, Black Shield'' is an adventure in which the player characters must defend Darokin, which is the next invasion target after the Desert Nomads conquer Akesoli. The player characters lead diplomatic missions and armies against the Desert Nomads and their evil leader, The Master. With the Nomadic invasion of Akesoli, the Republic of Darokin prepares for war. This module is billed as "A BATTLESYSTEM™ Game/War Machine Spectacular!" It uses the mass combat "War Machine" rules from the '' Companion Set'', and the ''Battlesy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Niles
Douglas Niles (born December 1, 1954, in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, the ''Star Frontiers'' space opera setting and the '' Top Secret S/I'' espionage role-playing game. Early life and education Niles was born in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and his family moved to Nashotah, a small town to the north, when he was twelve years old. Niles developed an interest in heroic fantasy, as well as wargaming, and began writing short stories and making short films in high school. Niles attended the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, where he majored in speech and minored in English. While there, he met Chris Schroeder, whom he married three years later. After graduation, Niles began teaching Speech and English at Clinton (Wis.) High School, about 30 miles away from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. “One day, one of my students came up a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodstone Pass
H1 ''Bloodstone Pass'' is an adventure module for the first edition of the '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. It was written by Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson and published by TSR, Inc., in 1985. While it contained some traditional ''D&D'' elements, the main portion of the module was a series of mass battles using the ''D&D'' Battlesystem. Plot summary ''Bloodstone Pass'' is an adventure with both a role-playing scenario and Battlesystem combat, in which the town of Bloodstone Pass hires the player characters to organize a defense against an army of evil humanoid monsters. The army also included human renegades led by a powerful assassin. The module's action focuses on leading the armies rather than having the battle occur in the background while the players adventure to find a MacGuffin. Publication history ''Bloodstone Pass'' was originally the working name of what became the first edition of Battlesystem. However, it was felt that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Origins Game Fair
Origins Game Fair is an annual gaming convention that was first held in 1975. Since 1996, it has been held in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Origins is run by The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Origins was chartered to serve gaming in general, including wargaming and miniatures gaming. Origins is the site of the annual Origins Awards ceremony. For many years, the Charles S. Roberts Awards for historical boardgames were presented at Origins, but these are now presented at the World Boardgaming Championships. Board games, trading card games, LARPs and role-playing games are also popular at Origins. Origins Game Fair was formerly known as the Origins International Game Expo. The name was changed in the summer of 2007. Origins typically has a theme each year, which affects some of the events and decorations like banners or art, and the Origins mascot will be depicted wearing an outfit related to the theme as well. The theme in 2012 was T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlesystem
''Battlesystem'' is a tabletop miniature wargame designed as a supplement for use with the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. The original ''Battlesystem'' was printed as a boxed set in 1985 for use with the first edition ''AD&D'' rules. For the second edition of ''AD&D'', a new version of ''Battesystem'' was printed as a softcover book in 1989. First edition Contents ''Battlesystem'' was first released in 1985, compatible with either ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' or the Basic / Expert ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (see editions of Dungeons & Dragons). The game was promoted as a successor to ''Chainmail''. In a ''Battlesystem'' game, each miniature represents a hero, a commander, or multiple troops, depending on the troops' level or hit dice. There are no statistics in the game for any troops or characters, but, instead, all are derived from the relevant ''Dungeons & Dragons'' publications. For instance, to add any creature from the '' Monster Manual'' or similar publicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonlance
''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job interview. Tracy Hickman met his future writing partner Margaret Weis at TSR, and they gathered a group of associates to play the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. The adventures during that game inspired a series of gaming modules, a series of novels, licensed products such as board games, and lead miniature figures. In 1984, TSR published the first ''Dragonlance'' game module, '' Dragons of Despair'', and the first novel, '' Dragons of Autumn Twilight''. The novel began the '' Chronicles'' trilogy, a core element of the ''Dragonlance'' world. While the authoring team of Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis wrote the setting's central books, numerous other authors contributed novels, short sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America. The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared that the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress voted to approve independence by passing the Lee Resolution on July 2 and adopted the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches, and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
