27 August 2008

Headmaster Report #14

This report was suppose to be released earlier, but the website attack pushed it back, as it did a lot of things. Anyways, it's just a short update really, so on with it. I saw Star Wars, being faithful, and... well... ugh. You'll love it if you are six years old, otherwise it was just average. The series is definitely geared towards younger generations, that's obvious, but there were cool moments, and it got better towards the end. I can't understand the animation style, but the soundtrack was awesome. Here are some of my favorite lines from the movies, that I can remember:

Pineapple Express: "What's down there? A rancor?"

Tropic Thunder: Tom Cruise's scene, too vulgar to type out

Star Wars: Ziro the Hutt, funniest part of the movie

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News

--I'm sure I don't have to outline the recent attack of the DB website, that apparently occured through the Shadow Academy grading site. Anyways, on the SA side of things, the damage wasn't too bad. Thanks to our wonderful EPs and Dacien, we were able to catch the problem early, and cut off grading. As such, nothing was lost except seven exams, which have already been put back into the database. The EPs have started grading again, though they may have a little bit to catch up on.

--Oberst's summer edition of his in-depth writing course recently concluded with two graduates. Both Taigikori and Zandro both passed the course and earned Dark Sages of Writing, congrats guys!

--September 7th, at 4 PM London time, which is 11 AM EST, Kalak will be hosting a trial version of SA IRC Trivia in #shadowacademy. Legions of Scholars up for grabs, so if you're not busy come on by and try out your trivial skills. Depending on the crowd, we may continue this on a bi-weekly basis. This is basically a test run.

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Projects

--Obviously, the website attack pushed the SA audit back, but we are working on uploading all the changes. Pretty much all of the audits have been submitted, so Dacien and I will get on those soon. This coming weekend is Labor Day weekend, so I'll catch up on a lot of things then.

--Again, we meant to release a new course this weekend, but then fiends decided to ruin our plans. As such, we will push the release of the new course back to early to mid-September, whenever a report falls. Other than that, most things are in the development stages. We're working on a few coding changes and additions to the SA site, but nothing that will debut immediately.

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Featured Course of the Report

Due to all of the attack stuff and how busy I am reading through the clan feud run-ons, there is no featured course this report. Just go take one you haven't, they are all there for a reason.

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Important Links

--SA Website

--SA Degree Requirements

--SA Forums

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Summary

• ATTACKED! The Jac Strikes Back! Reports indicate damage to the Arcanum was limited, and the Academy is already up and running again.

• IRC Trivia September 7th, 11 AM EST

• New course pushed back to mid-September

Sith Warlord Aabsdu di Plagia Dupar

Headmaster of the Brotherhood