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Lunar Magic

2013-01-14T07:18:18Z

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{{Uncategorized|date=January 2013}}
Lunar Magic is a level editor created by FuSoYa for [[Super Mario World]]. It's well known for being the tool that created the famous hacked game: Brutal Mario World1.

=== FuSoYa's Program Description2 ===
"Lunar Magic is a level editor I created for Super Mario World (SNES). During its 12 year span of being the only level editor available for this classic game, it's inspired the creation of countless modifications of SMW by fans and casual players alike. It wasn't originally intended to be a long term project, but things turned out otherwise...

I began looking into making an editor for SMW shortly after releasing the SoM VWF patch, mostly on a whim to see how hard it would be. I started out in February 2000 by figuring out the compression format for the graphics and building the necessary decompression and recompression tools. I went on to decode the level layout data, which required disassembling a fair portion of the ROM's ASM code. Then I reused the old GUI for the unfinished prototype of the Sailor Moon Map Editor to begin constructing the level editor. I implemented the drag/drop support I had originally planned for SMRPG's editor, and rewrote the GFX routines to handle Mario World's format. This was done sometime in mid-summer.

Then came implementing an "Add Object" GUI, without which editing Mario Levels would become an exercise in extreme tediousness. I also created the MWL format, put in layer 2 support, and added a bunch of other dialogs and what-nots that were essential to changing the properties of a level. Which was finished sometime in mid-August.

By then of course I was horrified by the sheer amount of time it had taken to build the silly program, but I was more horrified still to realize that the whole thing would be a waste if I didn't put in the sprite support to finish it off. So I put in sprite support, as well as an "Add Sprites" GUI and a couple small ASM ROM modifications. I quickly wrapped up most of the loose ends by early September.

In late September it was finally released to the public for the first time. At that point I thought my job was pretty much complete, other than perhaps for a few minor revisions that could be added as needed.

Well, there were indeed a few revisions and fixes. And then a few more. And then some extra ASM enhancements to the game. And then a few more of those too. Before I knew it, it was already September 2001, a full year since Lunar Magic had first been released. In that time I had added extra graphics, 4bpp support, custom palettes, clipboard support, extended animated tiles, bypass dialogs, Japanese ROM support, layer 2 editing for the overworld, and all sorts of other minor enhancements.

By the end of 2001, the overworld editor had full layer 1 support, making it possible to redesign the level layout and overworld paths of SMW. In early 2002, text editing for the overworld level names, the castle event sequences, and the message boxes had also been implemented. But by mid-2002, Lunar Magic's development finally began winding down.

After releasing version 1.51 in September 2002, there was a long period where I was busy with other things. Development on the program slowed to a crawl. This was also around the same time that I and Zero-G started working on Demo World TLC, but it also stalled early in 2003. It wasn't until mid-2003 that we started trying to get it done in time for LM's next release. LM was updated to allow for far more ExGFX files, and a new feature was added for level-specific tile and palette animation. The overworld was also finally finished off with animation and a sprite editing mode.

A few days after DW:TLC was released, LM version 1.60 was also released in September of 2003. There were a few minor bug fix releases over the next 2 years, but this was followed by a long 4 year period of inactivity since I figured (once again) that the program was complete and that I could move on to other things.

This lasted up until September of 2009, when version 1.64 was released to address various issues that had been noticed over the years. By this point the SMW community had grown considerably, and I was approached by smkdan about the possibility of including an ASM enhancement in LM for SMW that he was considering making to increase the number of tiles that levels could use. I agreed, and used the time to add several other things like 4x more Map16 and an ExAnimation rewrite, which was released as version 1.70 in April of 2010.

But since there were still some things I had in mind to polish up and update, work on the program has continued and now it's up to version 2.10 in 2012, over 12 years since Lunar Magic was first released.

Looking back, I'd say it's pretty cool that modifying SMW is still going strong after all this time. This has become one of the most popular Mario games to edit out there. So I'd like to express my thanks to Nintendo, for creating a game that so many people have spent untold hours playing, editing and just generally having lots of 16-bit fun with. ^^"

=== Main Uses ===
As a level editor for Super Mario World, Lunar Magic is often used as an assistant tool to hack and create new games, such as the case of Brutal Mario World.

==== Editing the Game ====
There are two ways to edit the game: Level Editor, where you can edit the enemies and items of an especific level, and Overworld editor, where you can edit the land mass, the ways Mario travels and the level's positions in the Overwolrd. Both of them are pretty useful when creating a game, scince you want it to be unique.

== Most Downloaded games ==
Here's the list of the most downloaded games from the SMW Central3

5 "Super" Amazing World ---------- uyuyuy99

4 Brutal Mario [Demo] ------------ Carol

3 Super Demo World: The Legend Continues ---------- FuSoYa

2 The Second Reality Project Reloaded ----------- FPI

1 [Translation] Brutal Mario (English) --------- Carol

=== External Links ===

1 Brutal Mario World Download - http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=showhack&id=1012

2 FuSoYa's Niche -http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lm/index.html

3 SMW Central Your 7 year old SMW hacking source - http://www.smwcentral.net/

Aventis Graduate School

2012-02-15T22:14:32Z

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{{Infobox University
|name = Aventis School of Management
|motto = ''Shaping Global Leaders''
|type = Private
|established = 2006
|city = Berne
|country = [[Switzerland]]
|postgrad = 1,073
|faculty = 38 (Adjunct)
|Europe = www.asm-berne.ch
|Asia = www.aventis.edu.sg
}}

'''Aventis School of Management''' is an international graduate business school. Aventis School of Management (Asia) campus is based in Singapore offers a strong focus on leadership and general management skills. Aventis School of Management is one of the five business schools in Singapore that is registered with [[European Foundation for Management Development]] and the European Council for Business Education (ECBE). Aventis EMBA is also accredited by the [[EMBA council|EMBA Council]], which was formed in 1981 to accredit schools of business offering EMBA worldwide.

== Educational Offerings ==
Aventis offers three main educational offerings

* Executive Masters Programs
* Graduate Diploma Programs
* Executive Education programs.

== Executive Masters Programs ==
Aventis collaborates with [[Zicklin School of Business]] and [[Baruch College]], New York, to bring the Zicklin Executive Masters programs to Singapore for all senior executives across [[ASEAN]]. The programs includes the Executive MBA , Executive Master of Science in Marketing & International Business, Finance, HR & Global leadership, Information Systems and Business Computing Information Systems and Psychology (Industrial and Organizational)and Entreprenuership. In 2010, Aventis announced its partnership with [[Arcadia University]] to offer an International MBA program tailored for working professionals in Singapore. In 2011, Aventis announced 2 new partnership with [[University of Louisville]] and [[California State University]] to offer the Professional MBA and the MBA with specializations in Finance, Information Technology and International Management in Singapore.

== Graduate Diploma Programs ==
Aventis offers[[Graduate Diploma]] programs in Marketing, finance & investment, risk management, service leadership, Human Capital Development, Training & Development, organizational Psychology, social psychology & Counselling, and Financial engineering.

Aventis collaborates with Professional bodies such as the [[Chartered institute of Marketing]] (UK){{flagicon|UK}}, [[American Association of Financial Management]] and the Centre for Behaviorial Science (CBS)<ref>http://www.cbsgroup.com.sg</ref> to offer professional certifications

==Executive Education ==
Aventis conducts leadership and professional development programs through collaboration with partners such as [[Baruch College]], The City University of New York, the largest AACSB Accredited Business School in US and The School of Management, [[University of St Andrews]], oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world.

Aventis conducts senior management training including Advanced Management Program (AMP); Global CEO Program<ref>http://www.cuny.edu.sg/ceo-program-glance.html</ref> and Advanced CFO Program<ref>http://www.cuny.edu.sg/cfo-program-glance.html</ref>. Participants usually are senior or top management, with many years of professional experience or younger high potential executives.

=== Public Lectures ===
Aventis regularly organises public lectures, featuring thought leaders from various disciplines to educate the public of the changing global environment. On April 9, Aventis in collaboration with [[Zicklin School of Business]] hosted the Annual Public Lecture Series-Beyond The Financial Crisis: Ethics & Professional Responsibilities by Professor [[Larry Zicklin]] who endowed the Wharton's Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity (CCI) at Baruch College.<ref>http://www.baruch.sg/event-090402-public-lecture.htm</ref>

===Research Centres of Excellence===

Aventis School of Management has a number of research centres which are based on interdisciplinary and industry networks across different business communities. The centres are:

* Chinese Strategic Leadership: Sun Tzu Art of War Institute
* Behavioral Science & Security: Centre for Behavioral Science
* Financial & Investment: Financial Training Academy
* Corporate Education: Aventis Learning Group
* Service Leadership: Centre for Service Leadership
* MBA Research Centre: MBA Singapore Asia

===Seminars & Workshops ===
Aventis organises Executive Workshops & Seminars in the following areas: finance and investment, accounting, general management, leadership, strategy, presentation skills, soft skills, decision making, people and performance management, marketing, innovations and entrepreneurship<ref>http://www.aventis.edu.sg/seminars-workshops-overview.html/</ref> Aventis- Seminars & Workshops.

Aventis School of Management also invited international speakers including Professor Victoria Dalko from [[Harvard University]] to conduct Masterclass courses in Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Valutions.

Other events include joint collaboration with KhattarWong, a regional law firm to co-sponsor a business conference in "Doing Business in [[ASEAN]]: Managing Your Risks in Today's Business World" Conference. This regional conference is supported by The Singapore Business Federation(SBF) and The Singapore institute of Directors (SID).

===Customized In-house Training===
Aventis works with corporate clients to design and deliver tailor made in house training. Programmes include mentoring and coaching, [[financial statement analysis]], leadership development and market innovations. Post event evaluation will allow corporate clients to assess the effectiveness of the training.

==Achievements==
In 2009, Aventis trained over 1,500 participants. Aventis School of management is the sponsor of the HRM Awards 2009 for Best Graduate Development,<ref>http://www.hrmawards.com</ref> The Singapore HR Awards<ref>http://www.shri.org.sg/hrawards/</ref> organized by the Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI) and the Singapore HR Congress.<ref>http://www.shri.org.sg/_sghrcongress.asp</ref>
Aventis School of Management is listed in the TOP MBA Career Guide 2010 from peer surveys by [[Quacquarelli Symonds]].
In 2009, one of Aventis's graduate students, Ms Anna White, won the [http://www.cim.co.uk/news/pressrelease/newsreleases/2009-11-16b.aspx world best student award] for Professional Postgraduate diploma in marketing award from the Chartered institute of marketing conferred personally by Sir [[Paul Judge]], President of [[CIM]] and benefactor of [[Judge Business School]], Cambridge University.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*http://www.aventis.edu.sg (Asia)
*http://www.asm-berne.ch (Europe)
*http://www.emba.org/about_member_list.html
*http://www.efmd.org/index.php/services-for-business-schools/business-school-members
*http://www.ecbe.eu/what-is-ecbe/list-of-members/
*http://business.louisville.edu/content/view/739/980/
*http://www.arcadia.edu/news/default.aspx?id=34786
*http://www.cba.csus.edu/graduate/imba.html
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[[Category:Business schools]]
[[Category:Business schools in Singapore]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2006]]

Aventis Graduate School

2012-02-15T22:10:39Z

220.255.2.91: /* Executive Masters Programs */

{{Infobox University
|name = Aventis School of Management
|motto = ''Shaping Global Leaders''
|type = Private
|established = 2006
|city = Berne
|country = [[Switzerland]]
|postgrad = 1,073
|faculty = 38 (Adjunct)
|Europe = www.asm-berne.ch
|Asia = www.aventis.edu.sg
}}

'''Aventis School of Management''' is an international graduate business school. Aventis School of Management (Asia) campus is based in Singapore offers a strong focus on leadership and general management skills. Aventis School of Management is one of the five business schools in Singapore that is registered with [[European Foundation for Management Development]] and the European Council for Business Education (ECBE). Aventis EMBA is also accredited by the [[EMBA council|EMBA Council]], which was formed in 1981 to accredit schools of business offering EMBA worldwide.

== Educational Offerings ==
Aventis offers three main educational offerings

* Executive Masters Programs
* Graduate Diploma Programs
* Executive Education programs.

== Executive Masters Programs ==
Aventis collaborates with [[Zicklin School of Business]] and [[Baruch College]], New York, to bring the Zicklin Executive Masters programs to Singapore for all senior executives across [[ASEAN]]. The programs includes the Executive MBA , Executive Master of Science in Marketing & International Business, Finance, HR & Global leadership, Information Systems and Business Computing Information Systems and Psychology (Industrial and Organizational)and Entreprenuership. In 2010, Aventis announced its partnership with [[Arcadia University]] to offer an International MBA program tailored for working professionals in Singapore. In 2011, Aventis announced 2 new partnership with [[University of Louisville]] and [[California State University]] to offer the Professional MBA and the MBA with specializations in Finance, Information Technology and International Management in Singapore.

== Graduate Diploma Programs ==
Aventis offers[[Graduate Diploma]] programs in Marketing, finance & investment, risk management, service leadership, Human Capital Development, Training & Development, organizational Psychology, social psychology & Counselling, and Financial engineering.

Aventis collaborates with Professional bodies such as the [[Chartered institute of Marketing]] (UK){{flagicon|UK}}, [[American Association of Financial Management]] and the Centre for Behaviorial Science (CBS)<ref>http://www.cbsgroup.com.sg</ref> to offer professional certifications

==Executive Education ==
Aventis conducts leadership and professional development programs through collaboration with partners such as [[Baruch College]], The City University of New York, the largest AACSB Accredited Business School in US and The School of Management, [[University of St Andrews]], oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world.

Aventis conducts senior management training including Advanced Management Program (AMP); Global CEO Program<ref>http://www.cuny.edu.sg/ceo-program-glance.html</ref> and Advanced CFO Program<ref>http://www.cuny.edu.sg/cfo-program-glance.html</ref>. Participants usually are senior or top management, with many years of professional experience or younger high potential executives.

=== Public Lectures ===
Aventis regularly organises public lectures, featuring thought leaders from various disciplines to educate the public of the changing global environment. On April 9, Aventis in collaboration with [[Zicklin School of Business]] hosted the Annual Public Lecture Series-Beyond The Financial Crisis: Ethics & Professional Responsibilities by Professor [[Larry Zicklin]] who endowed the Wharton's Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity (CCI) at Baruch College.<ref>http://www.baruch.sg/event-090402-public-lecture.htm</ref>

===Research Centres of Excellence===

Aventis School of Management has a number of research centres which are based on interdisciplinary and industry networks across different business communities. The centres are:

* Chinese Strategic Leadership: Sun Tzu Art of War Institute
* Behavioral Science & Security: Centre for Behavioral Science
* Financial & Investment: Financial Training Academy
* Corporate Education: Aventis Learning Group
* Service Leadership: Centre for Service Leadership
* MBA Research Centre: MBA Singapore Asia

===Seminars & Workshops ===
Aventis organises Executive Workshops & Seminars in the following areas: finance and investment, accounting, general management, leadership, strategy, presentation skills, soft skills, decision making, people and performance management, marketing, innovations and entrepreneurship<ref>http://www.aventis.edu.sg/seminars-workshops-overview.html/</ref> Aventis- Seminars & Workshops.

Aventis School of Management also invited international speakers including Professor Victoria Dalko from [[Harvard University]] to conduct Masterclass courses in Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Valutions.

Other events include joint collaboration with KhattarWong, a regional law firm to co-sponsor a business conference in "Doing Business in [[ASEAN]]: Managing Your Risks in Today's Business World" Conference. This regional conference is supported by The Singapore Business Federation(SBF) and The Singapore institute of Directors (SID).

===Customized In-house Training===
Aventis works with corporate clients to design and deliver tailor made in house training. Programmes include mentoring and coaching, [[financial statement analysis]], leadership development and market innovations. Post event evaluation will allow corporate clients to assess the effectiveness of the training.

==Achievements==
In 2009, Aventis trained over 1,500 participants. Aventis School of management is the sponsor of the HRM Awards 2009 for Best Graduate Development,<ref>http://www.hrmawards.com</ref> The Singapore HR Awards<ref>http://www.shri.org.sg/hrawards/</ref> organized by the Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI) and the Singapore HR Congress.<ref>http://www.shri.org.sg/_sghrcongress.asp</ref>
Aventis School of Management is listed in the TOP MBA Career Guide 2010 from peer surveys by [[Quacquarelli Symonds]].
In 2009, one of Aventis's graduate students, Ms Anna White, won the [http://www.cim.co.uk/news/pressrelease/newsreleases/2009-11-16b.aspx world best student award] for Professional Postgraduate diploma in marketing award from the Chartered institute of marketing conferred personally by Sir [[Paul Judge]], President of [[CIM]] and benefactor of [[Judge Business School]], Cambridge University.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*http://www.aventis.edu.sg (Asia)
*http://www.asm-berne.ch (Europe)
*http://www.emba.org/about_member_list.html
*http://www.efmd.org/index.php/services-for-business-schools/business-school-members
*http://www.ecbe.eu/what-is-ecbe/list-of-members/
{{coord missing|Singapore}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aventis School Of Management}}
[[Category:Business schools]]
[[Category:Business schools in Singapore]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2006]]