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Designated as Utah's masters university with full accreditation, Southern Utah University provides experiential education in a variety of disciplines. With 140 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs, SUU professors help students explore, engage, and excel inside and outside the classroom.
Located in Cedar City, Utah, SUU has a safe, residential campus with approximately 8,800 students. Because of an educational partnership with the National Park Service, students can work and play in the awe-inspiring wonderlands of southern Utah. Due to the proximity and educational opportunities, SUU is branded the University of the Parks. Students cheer on the athletic teams who play in the Big Sky Conference, join (or launch) any of the 160 clubs and organizations, and take advantage of the outdoor adventures that surround campus.
With graduation rates 10 points higher than the national average, SUU's graduates go on to top companies, start their own businesses, or attend the best graduate schools in the country.
As part of its mission, SUU engages students in experiential education leading to personal growth, civic responsibility, and professional excellence.
Student Profile
Fall 2016 Enrollment
6,523 undergraduate students
88% of undergrad students are full time
46% male — 54% female
21% of students are from out of state
Faculty Profile
2016-2017 Academic Year
308 full-time faculty
194 part-time faculty
18 to 1 student/faculty ratio
Residence Life
Fall 2016
30% of first year students live on campus
10% of all students live on campus
School Location
With adventure around every corner, Southern Utah University stands within a five-hour drive of 20 national parks, monuments, and recreation areas. Nestled in the red rocks of Cedar City, Utah, SUU is a tree-lined campus surrounded by mountains, lakes and trails. Students travel to Las Vegas and Salt Lake City in less than a three-hour drive or catch one of the daily flights from the Cedar City airport.
The 100-acre university is an eco-friendly, safe, residential campus keeping nearly 90 percent of the student body within walking distance. SUU is home to the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Southern Utah Museum of Art, and the Utah Summer Games.
High-Impact Practices
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64% of students began in Fall 2014 and returned in Fall 2015 (full time, first time freshmen)
39% of students graduated in 6 years
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Southern Utah University's Athletic Department offers 17 Division 1 sports, including six men's sports (basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and track & field) and nine women's sports (basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball). The athletic program adheres to the policies and procedures of the NCAA and competes in the Big Sky Conference.
The school colors are red and white with Thor the Thunderbird as the school mascot.
Founded in 1897, Southern Utah University is a public, coeducational, nonsectarian university with full accreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. SUU offers more than 100 acclaimed associate, bachelor's, and master's degree programs with six academic colleges.
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Southern Utah University is the 'University of the Parks' due to its close proximity to more than 20 national parks, monuments, and recreation areas and the unique partnership with the National Park Service which offers over 100 internships and job opportunities yearly.
SUU is ranked among the top 100 of the more than 8,000 accredited four-year colleges and universities in the US. SUU is one of America's 100 Best College Buys, providing experiential education at an affordable price.
For additional accolades visit https://www.suu.edu/general/accolades.html.
EDGE Program
Every SUU student plans, executes, and analyzes a long-term comprehensive project, supplementing their undergraduate education. Refining soft skills and preparing viable portfolio content, the EDGE (Education Designed to Give Experience) Program is student centered and faculty mentored. With five centers, students focus their projects on global, community, leadership, creative, or outdoor engagement.
With fellowships and grants available to undergraduate students, opportunities abound for in-depth research projects across all disciplines. Professors act as mentors outside of the classroom to provide project-based learning to passionate students. During annual symposiums, students and faculty showcase their extracurricular research and prepare for future presentations at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, the Festival of Excellence, and the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.
Learning Abroad
The Office of Learning Abroad follows SUU's core themes of explore, engage, and excel. Students have opportunities to travel during a full semester, a summer session, or winter and/or spring break. SUU boasts an International Affairs office, welcoming students from more than 30 different countries on campus. With more than 44 partnerships with universities around the world, classrooms are rich with diversity and global perspectives.
Bachelor's to Master's Segue
In the Graduate Bridge Program, undergraduate students get a headstart on their graduate courses while working toward their bachelor's. Saving time and money are only two of the many educational benefits that come to students who pursue this curriculum track.
Student Association
The Southern Utah University Student Association (SUUSA) enriches each student's overall college experience. With the idea of finding and pursuing passions in mind, SUUSA offers a student-run council of elected cabinet members who coordinate finances, academic decisions, activities, and events.
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|International Student Organization
|Jazz band
|Literary magazine
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|Model UN
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|Musical theater
|Pep band
|Radio station
|Student government
|Student newspaper
|Student-run film society
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At Southern Utah University, learning takes place beyond the walls of a classroom. With focus on experiential education, students learn valuable critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Students receive a quality education with personalized attention with an 18:1 student to faculty ratio. From the time students enroll to the university to the day they graduate, SUU is committed to great teaching every credit completed.
FYE and Orientation
The First Year Experience and Orientation program at SUU provides personal attention to each incoming student. Support is provided by student ACES (Assistant Coaches for Excellence) who help new students with their class schedule, find clubs to participate in, and become acquainted with campus.
School of Business
The School of Business consists of five bachelor's and two master's programs. The accounting, finance, management, marketing, Masters in Accountancy, and Masters in Business Administration are all AACSB accredited. Students who graduate with a degree in business have a 94% job placement rate. Students have access to the Small Business Development Center and the Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. SUU broke ground on a state-of-the-art business building in spring 2017.
SUU's Professional Pilot Aviation Program offers rotor wing (helicopter) and fixed wing (airplane) pilot training in a partnership with SkyWest Airlines. The Professional Pilot Program offers licenses and ratings in areas ranging from Private Pilot to Certified Flight Instructor. This partnership creates industry-leading career options for prospective pilots. Resources to students include tuition reimbursement, access to pilot mentors, and advanced company seniority.
School of Integrative and Engaged Learning
The School of Integrative and Engaged Learning teaches outside of traditional academia. The school helps students find their skills and master them with integrative learning. Students may earn a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree or an Associate of Arts or Science degree.
College of Science and Engineering
The College of Science and Engineering is a customized and stimulating science learning environment. With resources such as the Utah STEM Action Center and the Intercollegiate Rocketry Club, students may supplement in-class education with extracurricular learning projects. From agriculture science to nursing, students are given opportunities throughout the community to learn in and out of the classroom. Located in a highly desirable natural resource environment, the geology program is world class.
College of Education and Human Development
The Beverley Taylor Sorenson College of Education and Human Development's mission is to develop the mind, body, family, and community. The college houses teacher education, physical education, outdoor recreation, and family life departments. The college has local partnerships with schools, outdoor centers, and art councils, which provide students with internships, work opportunities, and experiential learning.
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Professional graphic design, visual and performing artists teach in the College of Performing and Visual Arts using their expertise to teach and transform students. Departments within the college are art and design, music, theatre arts, dance, and arts administration. Students in the college have opportunities to work with the Utah Shakespeare Festival and the Southern Utah Museum of Art.
College of Humanities and Social Science
The College of Humanities and Social Science develops everyday leaders and lifelong learners. The college consists of the undergraduate communication, English, languages and philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, political science, criminal justice, psychology, and legal studies departments.
School of Graduate and Continuing Studies
Offering master's degrees, certificates, and educator endorsements, the School of Graduate and Continuing Studies provides cutting edge curriculum and a competitive tuition to students. From Cyber Security & Information Assurance to Public Administration to Sports Conditioning & Performance, students further their education and increase their earning potential with a graduate degree.
Writing Center
The Writing Center helps students with writing across all disciplines. Staffed with student tutors, the center has resources available to assist students with grant proposals, persuasive essays, research papers, and class writing assignments. Tutors walk students through each step of the writing process, from brainstorming to sentence construction to practicing grammar concepts.
Speech and Presentation Center
The Speech and Presentation Center offers personalized help and feedback on all verbal, nonverbal, and visual aspects of a presentation. From class projects to interview skills, the staff of graduate students and interns help students, faculty, staff, and community members strengthen delivery strategies and reduce speech anxiety.
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|English (including composition)
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Other: EEP (Experiential Education)
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SUU Convocations is a program that gives students the opportunity to learn from and engage with today's leaders, thinkers, and innovators. Each week a different speaker comes to campus to give a presentation to raise awareness, inspire, and expose students to a wide variety of topics. Most convocations are recorded and can be watched online.
Outdoor Center
The Outdoor Center on campus rents discounted outdoor equipment, runs the climbing wall, and plans trips and adventures. These adventures are geared to students of all skill level and include rock climbing, hiking, canyoneering, kayaking, snowshoeing, caving, and more. The center's goal is to ignite a passion for recreation.
Film Festivals
Every year the Spanish Program hosts a free film series in March. At each screening, a faculty member introduces the featured film, offering insights and context. After the film, faculty lead discussions to further learning. The goal of the film series is to provide exposure to the art, culture, and history of the Spanish language.
The French Film Festival has been a yearly event since 2007. The festival is free and open to the public to serve as an opportunity for cross-cultural discussion across campus. There are six screenings, which are shown in French with English subtitles.
Southern Utah Museum of Art
The Southern Utah Museum of Art on SUU's campus contains five moveable gallery spaces, administration offices, an education classroom, and a storage and support area. Student and faculty art is displayed in some of the galleries throughout the year. The museum plans and hosts plein air festivals to offer community members and students the opportunity to display and sell their art.
Utah Shakespeare Festival
The Utah Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company that has been housed on SUU's campus for over 50 years. It offers 11 summer camps for youth, teachers, directors, and community members. Playmakers is the Festival's youth training program, a two-week course for students ages 6–17. There is also a yearly Shakespeare Competition for high schools, which includes various workshops for students. Professional plays are performed from late June to the end of October, including the free Greenshow, an outdoor show featuring dance and music from around the world.
Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative
SUU believes in working with the community to prepare students for a successful career. The Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative is a partnership between SUU and 19 federal and state land agencies and the Paiute Tribe. It offers 250-300 internships in regional and public lands. Partners mentor students and provide them with real-world experiences.
Leavitt Center
The Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics and Public Service is the political hub for Southern Utah University. The center is run by a student Executive Council and focuses on leadership, research, and service. The Leavitt Center provides free weekly events with a focus on educating students in the world of politics.
Veterans Center
The Veterans Resource and Support Center retains and graduates veterans by helping them pursue educational goals. Services provided include: assistance in gaining and processing documentation necessary to attain veteran benefits, assistance connecting with mental health counselors, aid in preparing for and finding appropriate medical attention, academic advisement, free tutoring, free textbooks, moral support, and fellowship. The center staff is dedicated to helping fellow veterans succeed in their academic endeavors.
Center for Diversity and Inclusion
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) provides a space for students to stop by between classes, meet new people, and hang out. The CDI provides advising, counseling, and access to financial aid and scholarships to ethnic minority and LGBTQ students. The center also supports diversity clubs, such as the Black Student Union and the Polynesian Club.
Health and Wellness
SUU focuses on the mental, physical, and emotional health of students, faculty, staff, and the community. Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is a resource for students who need help with stress and other conflicts that may distract them from achieving their full potential. CAPS is staffed with psychologists, counselors, and social workers who are all experienced and licensed mental health professionals.
The SUU Care and Support Team (CAST) focuses on helping students who may be experiencing emotional distress or mental health issues. The team of supporters consists of trained faculty and staff who are committed to creating and maintaining a comfortable environment.
The HOPE (Helping Our People Eat) Pantry is a resource for students who may be struggling to make ends meet. The pantry provides students with non-perishable foods and some hygiene items for no cost. Students are able to receive meals, or give meals, through donations of nonperishable goods.
The J.L. Sorenson PE Building provides a place for students to focus on their physical wellbeing. Students can access an aquatic center, open recreation areas, and a climbing wall for free. They can also sign up for a class, or purchase a pass, to use the fitness center.
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Southern Utah University offers students an opportunity to obtain one of the top educations in Utah, enriched with hands on learning, extensive internships and projects that display their educational endeavors. SUU educates students to become leaders in their field.
Service Learning, Community Based Learning
SUU strives to be a leading university in service and community based learning. SUU's Community Engagement Center provides students with alternative breaks immersed in service, community service opportunities, various SUU EDGE (Education Designed to Give Experience) projects, and more. The school's Community Engagement Center has maintained its Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, and was recognized in the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for five years.
Hands-on experiences has helped SUU graduates not only learn in their field, but work there too. SUU's Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics and Public Service provides students with internships on a local, state and national level. These students can obtain both financial support while in school, as well as, three to 12 credits depending on their internship. SUU also offers internship programs for students through the Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative, a program that allows students to utilize their interests to work professionally.
On top of internship experiences SUU students are able to participate in practicums in their field. Students have real-world work experiences in areas of media, advertising, and psychology across every college. Along with practicums, students work in offices throughout campus. Examples of programs of student employees at SUU include jobs in outdoor education, finance, management, graphic design, and marketing.
Capstone Courses and Projects/Senior Experience
Regardless of a Thunderbird's major, they are encouraged to enhance their senior year with a capstone or senior project. The senior capstones gives the students a hands on project that they can then display to future employers. Department heads and faculty help students develop and execute their capstone courses and senior experiences. Science majors may spend time on research based projects that can be displayed at an annual symposium, while visual arts majors will spend more time on a BFA exhibition.
Tutoring Center
The Learning Center tutoring lab offers free peer tutoring in many subjects. There are opportunities to facilitate study groups in the center.
Career Center
The Career & Professional Development Center helps students and alumni set post-graduation goals, find jobs, and network with potential employers. Students land permanent positions or internships, explore majors, check resumes and cover letters, and receive advice about careers. The center helps students in their career development process and helps them learn to enhance their potential.
Notable Alumni
David Tyler
When David Tyler first enrolled at Southern Utah University, he was skeptical of the little community, but soon realized that living in a small town doesn't mean small opportunities. After he utilized SUU's professional faculty and hands on project experiences, David moved to New York City and works for a top agency in advertisement.
AshLee Winterrose
AshLee Winterrose realized teaching was more than a profession, it was her purpose. After graduation, AshLee began her career in the classroom, where she saw many parents struggling to connect with their children. Thus she created Hide-A-Boo, an interactive toy company with teachables for parents.
Cameron Levins
Now olympic athlete Cameron (Cam) Levins, always knew running was his passion, but didn't know Southern Utah University would be the place to discover how far he could go. His dedicated coach, Eric Houle, saw his potential. After devoting his time to SUU's track and field team; Cam went from a Thunderbird all star, to London 2012 Olympic athlete.
Crystal Sekaquaptewa
With a love for her heritage, Crystal Sekaquaptewa always knew that she wanted to help her Navajo community. Crystal began her path at Southern Utah University in the hopes of becoming a dentist. On the day of graduation Crystal had an acceptance letter from Creighton University School of Dentistry in hand. After passing her boards at Creighton she was hired at the Monument Valley Community Health Center as a dentist, becoming the first Native American woman to be hired within the Utah Navajo Health System.
8,387 Total Applicants
6,050 Total Admissions
1,427 Total Freshmen Enrollment
72.14% of applicants admitted
Admissions Deadlines for 2016-17 Admission
Rolling admission? No
Closing date: May 1
Priority date: Dec 1
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Standardized test scores
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The SUU Admissions Office tailors the process of enrollment to each individual. From high school student to transfers to graduate or non-traditional, all are welcomed into the Thunderbird family.
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Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
The SUU Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships helps navigate the sometimes complicated process of paying for school, including grant and loan program information, FAFSA forms and deadlines, and accepting financial aid awards. With scholarships available to freshman, transfer, graduate, and all other current students, SUU scholarships are made possible through donor gifts to the university.
Average Financial Aid Packages 2014-2015 final
$8,873 First year students
$4,468 All undergrads
Financial Aid Breakdown 2014-2015 final
59% on average, the percentage of need that was met
7% of financial need students that had need fully met
$4,468 Average need-based scholarship or grant award
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Oscar Night 2011 is the grand finale to Award Show Season and the last chance to get it right.
First off, congratulations to all the teams working Oscar Night. I've done my share of red carpet in Holland which is by no means as glamorous as Oscar Night, but still.. It's crazy, it's insane, it's madness so to all who worked it: HATS off to you!
Now for my favorites and not so favorites:
Mila Kunis: much has been said about that gorgeous lavender Elie Saab dress although I had to look twice to make sure she actually had her breasts covered by those see-through lace panel inserts.
Gorgeous eyemakeup and the lip colour was the right side of neutral. The hair: what can I say.. I do like my updo's a little more polished and less "textured" than this. To me it just looks a bit unkempt for red carpet, but I do appreciate there is a fine line between polished & effortless and prom queen and that it's hard to get it right. Good thing team Kunis didn't go for the latter. I did catch her continually trying to sweep the lock out of her left eye, and it kinda bothered me too.
Oh well. I do love Mila so she can't do much wrong really.
Jennifer Lawrence: one word about that red Calvin Klein.. WOW! it takes a brave woman and a good body to wear a dress like that when the whole world is watching, and she does it so expertly from ALL angles. It's minimalist in shape, bold in colour and as unforgiving as a dress can come. Again.. WOW.
This is the kind of red carpet hair I love to see. Beautifully conditioned, wavy, polished but not so polished it doesn't move. Effortless and GORGEOUS.
Makeup: Love the eyemakeup, but in the pictures it looks like her face is a tad darker than her body. Shame. I would have liked a lighter skin tone with a tad more blush.
The lips could have benefitted from slightly more colour too. I realize red lips with a gown like that would have been overkill, but this a wee bit too neutral.
As much as I love a neutral lip, this washes her out.
Jennifer Hudson: Loved the tangerine colour of the dress on her, the taffeta and the cleavage, not so much. Nuff said.
The hair is nice and polished but also for some reason a bit, well, dated? Maybe it's that wave going up in the front. I do appreciate the effort and the not going for "texture". Ugh.
I feel her face could have used a bit more blush.
Eyemakeup: nice and clean but with this kind of minimal look Iwould have picked an eyeliner that reads deep-dark-blacker-than-black on camera. This one looks kinda greyish..
Love the lips with just the right amount of colour and a touch of glitz.
PERFECT brows btw. Well done!
Scarlett Johansson: what can I say, I'm speechless at this one. Well almost anyway.
SJ rarely gets it wrong in my book but when she does.. wow.. trainwreck imo.
From the weird two-tone and not matching colours in the Dolce & Gabbana dress to the unflattering ashy hair colour to the clashing eyeshadow.. I really don't know what to address first.
Ok.. I'll try:
Orange/earthtone eyeshadow with a burgundy dress.. not so hot. I do get that it brings out her eyes, but it also brings out the redness in them.
Lips look like she had some colour on but it wore off, and it reveals some patchiness underneath.
Combined with the hair that is textured-but-not-in-a-good way, it looks like she had a quicky in the limo on the way over. Although I don't see how that could have happened in a dress THAT tight, so we will have to assume this was what team Johansson was going for.
SJ is probably letting out her wild child after the break up from her husband, and I can appreciate that, so I will stop now because I do love her lots.
Good luck to you girl.
Michelle Williams: do love the dress, but no so much on her. The light colour and the minimalist shape is lovely, but it kinda made her look a little eeh.. big?
And I don't think she is. Or is she? eehh...
I do appreciate the elfin look with the short (LOVE) blond hair and the pale silvery/blue eyemakeup. Such a nice change from the obvious dark smokey eye. Glad she kept the look fresh.
Lovely pale porcelain skin although again, with a dress that pale she could have used a bit more blush.
The lips on the other hand were lovely and pink which is good on her.
Again good brows. Kudos!
Reese Witherspoon: I did like the 60's/Duffy/Adele inspired updo but again, not on her. It only accentuates her most prominent feature and not in a good way. Chinny, anyone?
I do like that she looks well groomed but not too prom queen (but she always does) and the makeup is lovely.
Would have liked to see a little more colour on the lips with all that paleness going on, and her upper lip needs lining in a big way, but I'm really just splitting hairs here, pardon the pun.
Anne Hathaway: the hostess of the night, and I thought all of her gowns were forces of fashion nature, except for the entrance dress, the red Valentino (ill fitting on top and too much bustle going on in the back) and the Lanvin tuxedo (it seemed a bit too large on her, would have liked to have seen it more fitting).
I didn't see the makeup up close in print until later and I thought it worked really well for the telecast, but looking at it right now, hmm I dunnoooo...
The new highlights seem somewhat contrived on her, I like her way better with her signature dark locks.They are just too light and ashy and make her look older.
I do applaud the hair team behind the scenes at the telecast for their quick and wonderful changes. I know how stressfull that can get with wardrobe changes going on at the same time. And those dresses are not the easiest to get in and out off.
Great job!
Makeup: I like the eyes, but the eyebrows are too harsh on her. Don't know if it's just me but it looks like a ton of foundation and powder on her. Does she really need that much?
Again, aging.
Love the matte red lip, not easy to pull off on lips like hers.
Halle Berry: this girl can do no wrong in my book. She's not very daring and sometimes (dare I say it) even on the safe side with her choice of dresses, but she just does red carpet very very well and consistently so.
And anyone who can sport hair that short and spunky/punky with a red carpet gown and get away with it has my vote.
Beautiful makeup, glowing skin. What can I say. Lovely.
Saving the best for last, the lovely and only 14-year old
Hailee Steinfeld, ingénue personified.
I don't know, if this is what she can do at 14, heaven help us when she's 18.
Team Steinfeld just got it ALL right. Not an easy job on a girl this young. Or as we say in Holland, between napkin and table cloth.
This could have easily gone SO wrong.
Lovely, lovely lovely innocently pale dress. That tea length full skirt is soo good on her, appropriate for her age (a floor length dress would have been way over the top)
Those heels make her look just grown up enough without looking like she's playing dress up in the attic.
The hair is just gorgeous, not too done, yet not too textured either and the slim tiara is just right and keeps it young.
Good makeup (and LASHES haha), not too much gloss and how wonderful they left her beautiful brows alone.
She just looks like an Oscar princess. Period.
Good job Team Steinfeld!
So, I hope you enjoyed my take on the looks of the Night of Nights, and I hope you'll stop by again soon!
Thanks for reading and don't forget to comment!
Just enough colour to prevent her looking washed out. Bit more concealer under the eyes would have worked for me.

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Now that most of the expansion is complete, the governing Board of Mid-Way Regional is ready to move forward with its new Airport Development Plan. Completed in August, 2012, the new Plan addresses the airport's existing facilities, airspace and air traffic activity as well as local planning and land use. The Plan then looks forward by examining the airport's future airside and landside needs.
The Cities of Waxahachie and Midlothian have each established an Airport Overlay Zone and Airport District which provide for appropriate and compatible uses of land surrounding the airport.
With all of the renovation, expansions, and planning accomplished, Mid-Way Regional Airport is now better able to support local business and industry. Mid-Way has become an excellent location for aviation related companies looking for a cost effective airport that is centrally located within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. For more information regarding office space availability or land and business development opportunities, contact Judy Demoney, Airport Manager, at 972-923-0080.
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Saving The Best For Last
Five years has come and gone in a blink of an eye.
Headed into Hitmen training camp, Nick Schneider knew that he would be entering his last junior training camp, and it just so happened to be with a new team.
After being acquired earlier on in the off-season from the Medicine Hat Tigers, the Flames prospect was anxious to get out on the ice with his new teammates and fully enjoy the last training camp experience.
"Coming to a new team you want to meet the guys as soon as possible and mesh in with them and so far it's been awesome, they've all been really welcoming," Schneider said.
"It's the perfect way to meet everyone, when you're on the ice together and competing it's a lot of fun."
The move to Calgary is a fresh start for the 20-year-old netminder and he's already looking forward to everything that Calgary has to offer, whether it be playing at the Scotiabank Saddledome or enjoying the city life.
"The city of Calgary is great, you can't complain about living here and there's a lot to look forward to in general," Schneider said.
One of many perks for him he said was the fact that he won't have to travel very far to take part in the Flames training camp in early September.
The goaltender is focused on leaving an impression during it now that Hitmen camp has come to a close, and hoping that the junior camp has helped him be more prepared for it and ready to show the Flames staff how much work he has put during the off-season.
"It's going to be a nicer transition being in Calgary already," Schneider said. "I won't have to do any driving or flying. Camp with the Hitmen was good for many reasons for me and one of them is making sure I'm ready for Flames camp and I want to have my best showing there."
And, as the regular season inches closer, Schneider is hopeful that he can show Hitmen fans what he brings and ready to take his game to another level, in the ultimate goal of winning the Ed Chynoweth Cup, making one last run at the league trophy.
"I wanted to get a little more consistency in my game and have been working on it," Schneider said. "I was good down the stretches but I want to be more consistent and bring that on a nightly basis.
"Five years goes by really quick and I know I'm going into my last one but it's an exciting time and we're all ready to get the year going."


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Studying for any exam can be a little "taxing," but the Federal Income Tax Exam is almost as difficult as doing the IRS 1040 form. Everything can be a little easier if you break it down and write it out.
Break down the tax into smaller categories. This is done for you at the IRS website. The link address is in the Resources section below. Begin with the Individuals category, starting with publication 17, and follow the same procedure, outlined below, for all in the category.
Take notes on each publication as you read it.
Highlight portions you think may be important or that you don't totally understand.
Create ten to twenty questions with the answers on the back for each publication and then set them aside for later.
Once you have completed all the publications in that category, give yourself the exam that you created. If you have 90 percent of them correct, you should feel confident. Remember, you created the exam so the percentage correct should be pretty high. Review the questions that you missed and mark them for later review.
Take all the tests that you have created once you have finished all categories: Part 1--Individuals, Part 2--Businesses and Part 3--Representation, Practice and Procedures.
Review all highlighted material and the notes that you have taken. Additionally you may want to review some of the questions that were on the exam prior years. Go to the IRS link and follow the steps outlined in the Tips section below.
- The IRS website has all the publications listed. To find out where, go to the website and click on the tab marked "Tax Professionals." Next click on "enrolled agents," which will bring up another group of listings. Put your cursor on "Special Enrollment Examination." That will take you to a page that has two links. Click on the one that says, "Download IRS forms, instructions and publications to study for the 2007 Special Enrollment Examination." This will take you to a page where you will click on the link "forms and pubs," and the listing of relevant publications will pop up.
- To find the prior year's exams, click on the tab marked "Tax Professionals." Next click on "enrolled agents," which will bring up another group of listings. Put your cursor on "Special Enrollment Examination". That will take you to a page that has two links. Click on the one that says, "view and download" just under the words, "Prior years Special Enrollment Examination."


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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Scatter the squash and onions on a rimmed baking sheet, drizzle with the olive oil and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Toss well to coat evenly.
Roast until the squash is tender all the way through and the onions are soft and turning golden brown, 28 to 30 minutes. Let cool slightly.
Unroll the pie crust onto a nonstick baking sheet. Crumble half of the cheese over the crust, leaving a 2-inch border. Top with the roasted onions and then shingle with the squash in circles. Fold the crust borders up and over the filling, crimping every 2 inches or so. Sprinkle the exposed squash with the pistachios and the remaining cheese.
Bake until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes, then sprinkle with the arugula and pomegranate seeds.
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Mets 3 – Nationals 1
Last night, the Washington Nationals were a new team in name only. To Tom Glavine, they were the same old Expos.
The Expos are now the Nationals, they play in Washington instead of Montreal and wear different uniforms, but Glavine treated them exactly the same as when they played in Canada. In a 3-1 win last night at a chilly and wet Shea Stadium, Glavine won his first game of the season and in the process made the Washington bats look silly.
Glavine, who was 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA last year against the Expos, surrendered only two hits and reaffirmed his place as the all-time wins leader against the Montreal-Washington franchise with his 28th. A double in the first inning and a solo home run in the sixth were the only hits against Glavine, who turned in his finest outing of the young season in going seven innings with seven strikeouts.
"I don't know what it is," Glavine (1-2) said of his dominance of the Expos and Nationals. "It's funny like that."
The win was the Mets' ninth in the last 12 games and Glavine's first in four starts this year. It was also the Mets sixth win in seven home games, as opposed to a 3-7 mark on the road.
Despite the inclement weather, Glavine's 61 strikes on 97 pitches was a marked improvement from the 52 strikes on 96 pitches he threw Sunday in a loss against Florida.
"I like pitching in that stuff," Glavine, who fooled opposing batters with a dizzying array of off-speed stuff on both sides of the plate, said of the weather. "It's cool but it's not so cold you can't feel the ball. I know guys don't like hitting in it."
One guy that did like to hit in last night's weather was Cliff Floyd, who extended his hitting streak to nine games with a home run in the fifth inning off Esteban Loaiza.
But it was not all pretty for Glavine. The first inning was rather adventurous, as he loaded the bases on a walk, double and another walk before getting out of the frame unscathed.
Roberto Hernandez took over in the eighth with a light mist blowing through the Shea lights and ended the inning with a pair of strikeouts with men on second and third. Braden Looper finished off the Nationals for his second save.
Kaz Matsui and Carlos Beltran scored on thirdinning groundouts for an early 2-0 lead and Floyd led off the fifth with a solo home run of Loaiza, a pitcher he's owned his whole career. Floyd, who came into the game batting .364 (4-for-11) against him, turned on a 1-2 pitch and blasted it over the rightfield fence for a 3-0 Met lead.
Game changer
Tom Glavine left memories of his rough start to the season behind last night, throwing a gem to notch his first win. Here's his line:
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FSX/P3D. Finally after 5 years of development, the Majestic Simulations Bombardier Q400 Professional Edition will be released on the 18th of November provided no issues between now and then. Regarding Shared Cockpit functionality: be sure to get up to speed on being proficient and able to properly handle the aircraft so that your CA or FO is not doing all the work by themselves. Some of the other features to be expected are :
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- 7. 2D Panels
- 8. Panel State Options
- 9. Flight Control Optimization
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How to Make It
Step 1
Combine egg yolks, sugar, and butter in a 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, about 20 minutes or until thickened.
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Remove from heat, and stir in remaining ingredients. Let cool before spreading on cake.
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Great movie isn't it? I think it's bloody brilliant! Oh well, that's not what this is about. Let's pretend, just for one moment, that I am Big Sam. What will be on my to do list come January?
January 1st, 2011 - 00:00.01. Make new year resolution to lose 20 pounds... again.
Oh well jokes aside. We all know that we are desperately lacking players in two thirds of the field - midfield and attack. After all the papers and fans alike have been telling us for months/years, that we need someone with a touch of class in midfield and someone lethal in attack. I admit, I too was one of those fans, until very very recently.
While at work tonight, playing Football Manager 2011, enjoying massive success with MY Rovers team, I started wondering who could get that fits the so called bill. In midfield there are some players I would gladly welcome. Milijas at Wolves, Kranjcar and Bentley at Spurs to name a few. In attack I think should go abroad. Pavel Pogrebnyak or maybe Jelle Vossen from Belgium, although Vossen is young and upcoming. These are all affordable targets, although Wolves probably won't sell one of their better players to a rival team.
But then I thought, who do we have among our own players that has that touch of class? We have Dunn, Gamst, Emo, Diouf, Hoilett and Olsson. So is that really what we need? I say no. What we need is someone who can play all across the midfield and can actually stay fit. Just an average player, although a world class player is preferable. Our team is by no means short of creative players. It is however a bit short of fit players at the moment.
What I think we desperately need is a left back (don't think I have to explain that one) and that lethal striker. Who knows, maybe Robbie Keane is that striker, but somehow I doubt that he would make a big difference.
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Burn Season Perfect Acoustic Cover
Tony: "Please stand" Making the gesture for everyone to rise.
Tony: "Please be seated"
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Tony: Who gives this woman to be married today?
Amanda's Father: "Her Father" he will then place Amanda hands into Jeremy's and takes his seat.
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"Ishnu-dal-dieb." (Ish-new Dal-deb This is an Elvish greeting in Darnassian meaning "Good fortune to your family") Facing towards the Alliance side
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OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators knew Alex Burrows was facing a suspension, but 10 games caught them by surprise.
The NHL department of Player Safety handed Burrows a 10-game suspension Wednesday night for kneeing New Jersey's Taylor Hall during a game Tuesday.
"We disagree, but we respect the league's process and decision," said Senators coach Guy Boucher.
Hall caught Burrows with a hard check and Burrows replied by chasing down the Devils forward before punching and kneeing him in the helmet. He will forfeit $134,408.60 of his salary during his suspension.
"For the sole purpose of retribution, Burrows drags an unwilling opponent to the ice. Punches him several times, then uses his knee pad to violently inflict more punishment on his opponent's head. This is a dangerous and unjustifiable attack," said a statement from Player Safety.
Senators teammate Mark Stone called the suspension "a bit harsh."
"Obviously it's a suspendable play, but 10 games seems a bit harsh especially considering he doesn't really have as much of a history as people may think," Stone said
Burrows has been suspended once and fined five times over 893 career games.
Hall, speaking to reporters in New Jersey Thursday, wasn't surprised by the length of Burrows' suspension.
"I think in instances like that where it's not really a hockey play, you like to see the league standing up for you there," said Hall. "The reason it's so high is they just want to exterminate it. They don't want to see it again."
Burrows did not speak to media after Ottawa's morning skate on Thursday. He has 48 hours to appeal the ruling.
"We're going to miss (Burrows), he's a great leader in this locker-room, good veteran guy and a guy that everyone really likes," said Matt Duchene. "He's a guy that we rely on for his character and his grit so we're going to miss him while he's out."
Burrows' suspension leaves an already under-manned Senators lineup thinner. They will be without six of their regulars against Nashville Thursday night.
Stone, who had hoped to return Thursday, will miss his ninth straight game due to a knee injury. He hopes to return Saturday.
Derick Brassard will miss his second straight game as will Nate Thompson. Bobby Ryan (hand) and Gabriel Dumont (lower body) are out indefinitely.
Mike Blunden was recalled from AHL Belleville and the Senators will go with 11 forwards and seven defencemen.
Thursday's game marks the return of Kyle Turris, who was traded to Nashville in November.
Ottawa captain Erik Karlsson said "it will be weird" to play against Turris.
"He was someone who I thought was going to be here for a much longer time, someone that I was hoping I was going to get the chance to play with longer than I did even though we had a lot of years together, but again that's part of the business," Karlsson said.
"It's going to feel a little bit different to have him on the other side wearing a yellow jersey, it's going to be strange, but it's going to be exciting at the same time."
Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press
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When you turn on the thermostat, it doesn't turn on the furnace.
Your utility bills are higher than usual.
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Red meat may help overweight men reduce tummy fatDecember 7th, 2007 - 3:48 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, December 7 (ANI): Eating red meat may help overweight men shed layers of dangerous tummy fat, say researchers.
According to findings from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), high protein intake effectively reduces abdominal weight.
During the study, a diet high in protein, red meat and fibre was compared with one high in carbohydrate and fibre. More than 100 overweight and obese men participated in the study.
Both diets were found to cause similar losses among the subjects, but the high protein diet was more effective at reducing abdominal fat levels.
"Abdominal fat is a key risk factor for men for a range of diseases including colorectal and other cancers," news.com.au quoted CSIRO dietitian Dr Manny Noakes as saying.
"The results also show that a range of indicators of bowel, kidney and bone health showed no difference between the high protein diet and the high carbohydrate diet," the researcher added.
Independent nutritionist Rosemary Stanton, however, has warned that eating extra meat comes with its own risk, cancelling out the benefits.
She corroborated her proposition with released by the World Cancer Research Fund last month, which showed a higher incidence of many cancers, including colorectal cancer, with a high meat diet.
"You need to balance any short term effects on abdominal fat with the long term risk of increasing the risk of cancer. When you do that you have to wonder whether it's worth the risk," she said. (ANI)
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SCI FI Channel announced today at the Television Critics Association press tour that the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica would debut in January 2009. January had been rumored as a possibility, but all fans had heard until now was a vague "early 2009", which made an already difficult wait for the long-awaited conclusion of the series even more frustrating. An exact date was not given as yet.
In addition, an official announcement was made that another group of Battlestar Galactica webisodes will premiere before the final episodes of the series. There have been two previous group of web or "mini"sodes for the series before – The Resistance webisodes, which debuted before Season 3 and another group of shorts that ran on SCI FI Channel itself and on the web in conjunction with last fall's Battlestar Galactica: Razor TV-Movie.
SCI FI says the new webisodes will premiere in the weeks leading up to the final 10 episodes of the series. SCIFI.COM and Universal Cable Production will produce ten 2-3 minute serialized webisode chapters that SCI FI says will, "complement and enhance the action broadcast on SCI FI. The storyline will give viewers more insight into characters and events from the 4th season."


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Every three years, the International Federation of Translators FIT (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs) holds its flagship industry event choosing a different international host each time. Following successful events in Shanghai in 2008, San Francisco in 2011, and the hugely successful XX FIT World Congress 2014 in Berlin, FIT is pleased to have the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators as its hosts for 2017.
The XXI FIT World Congress will take place in Brisbane, Australia from 3 – 5 August 2017.
The world is welcome to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, where interpreters, translators and terminologists, their clients, Industry Stakeholders, representatives of governmental authorities, university teachers and students will explore industry themes, hone their craft and network with international colleagues at the beautiful Brisbane Riverside Cultural Precinct.
FIT World Congresses are for everyone in the industry, whether members of a FIT association or not.
Disruption and Diversification
The theme will address the dizzying rate of technological change within the industry and the current challenges it provides for practitioners, service providers and clients alike, through presentations, panel discussions, workshops, tool
demonstrations and exhibition, with experts from across the globe. It will take trends and developments in the profession and put them into sharp focus for forging a pathway to the future.
The working language of the congress is English. All Keynote and Plenary addresses will be interpreted into French and the Australian Sign Language (AUSLAN). A few of the other presentations will be interpreted as well.
Professional Networks
An accompanying trade exhibition and a job exchange round off the programme and provide additional opportunities to establish professional networks across the globe.
Event organizer AUSIT, The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators is excited to present a Trade Exhibition and a Stakeholder Networking Forum for attendees and industry stakeholders to connect.
The venue for the XXI FIT World Congress is the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre at Brisbane's Southbank. Further information can be found at the FIT World Congress venue tab.
FIT is the association of associations, the professional body representing associations of Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters worldwide. Representing over 100 professional associations in 55 countries, FIT actively promotes professionalism, communication, advancement and recognition within the profession.
Its International profile and visibility, give FIT adviser status with UNESCO, Liaison status on ISO standards, and have led to international initiatives such as the Resolution in support of our colleagues working in Conflict Zones in partnership with Red T and the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC), and the FIT ID Card for TTIs working in conflict zones.
Aiming to provide an avenue for these associations to communicate and work together and to foster best practice and high standards, it produces position papers and press releases on issues of interest to the profession, provides Forums of communication such as its member E-group and Publishes its academic journal, Babel.
Founded in Paris n 1953, it has regional centres in Europe, Latin America, and North America, which inform FIT Mundus on regional specific concerns and promote regional cooperation and inter-communication.
The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) is the national association for the translating and interpreting profession. AUSIT bid for and won the 2017 World Congress of the International Federation of Translators with the city of Brisbane, Australia.
AUSIT is committed to providing a forum for exchange, fostering the development of professional relationships with fellow translators and interpreters, agencies and language service users, government departments, tertiary institutions and other industry stake holders, and promoting ethics and quality standards through the industry.
AUSIT is experienced in managing events and training workshops throughout the year to provide members the best opportunities to grow as translators and interpreters. This includes two signature events – the AUSIT Biennial National Conference and the AUSIT Excellence Awards.
The Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association (ASLIA) is a non-profit body and is the national peak organisation representing the needs and interests of Auslan/English interpreters and Deaf Interpreters in Australia. The Association is comprised of a national Executive Committee, a Representative Council and branches in most states/territories.
ASLIA was established in April 1991 and was initially known as the Association of Australian Sign Language Interpreters (AASLI). State Associations were developed prior to the creation of ASLIA.
ASLIA's vision is to seek to lead and promote best practice in sign language interpreting across Australia. To achieve this, ASLIA provides policies and a platform for the views of sign language interpreters throughout the nation on a variety of issues, including: training, on-going professional development, recruitment, working conditions, remuneration, and the provision of services within the sign language interpreting sector. In addition, ASLIA is a member the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI) and one key aspect of this membership is to support sign language interpreting practitioners in developing countries within the Australasian & Oceania region.


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About Me
My name is Serina Jones, and I am the working artisan / sole proprietor / artist of Pooch Tags. I live in the very small, rural town of Saltville, VA tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains. I am the owner of or should say "owned by" five pooches, three of which are Rescued Pit Bulls (one is a mix), Blaze, Star, and Zeus. My other two, Slinky and Dox, are smooth coat Dachshunds and they rule the roost! These guys and gal are my life and are of course spoiled rotten.
I have always loved dog accessories, clothing, etc. and am one of those owners who will buy all sorts of accessories to spoil my pooches. I am also guilty of having a "tag fetish". I love buying pet tags / charms for any and all occasions but after a while they all seemed to be the same styles or shapes and I could not find any real unique tags. So one day I sat down and tried to make my own tags. After extensive experimenting, searching and finding materials to use, and finding the right tools, I was able to come up with Pooch Tags. To this very day I still learn more ways of assembling and tooling them and adapt to make different shapes, sizes, etc. My tags are handmade with "old school" tools and they do take quite some time to create. Some of the tools I use are not even classified as a "tool" and are merely common household items. Although I classify them as tags, they have a wide range of uses such as key-chains, zipper pulls, pendants, purse charms, or can be clipped to pretty much anything!
Before I started Pooch Tags my job was that of a self taught graphic designer. Having this background is what lead me to be able to create many different designs, breeds, and custom tags. The design aspect is the backbone of a tag. The design process is very lengthy, especially when creating custom likeness tags, my best seller. These tags are created to look exactly like the customer's pooch—color, markings, etc. I am not limited to just pooches, I can/have also made pigs, horses, birds, rabbits, cats, etc. As long as the customer has a clear, crisp picture, I can transform it into a tag These tags can take hours to create both design and physical wise based on the colors, markings, etc. Some tags can end up being 10 or more layers. The concept of my tags is to make a tag that will appear 3D or lifelike in its shape and form.
After several months of making and selling my tags, I began getting inquiries from customers to add or offer new products. I began ordering the necessary supplies and materials and now I not only offer tags but have expanded my product line to include the following: bracelets, necklaces, cuff links, magnets, lapel pins, badge/id holders, wine charms, wall art, rear view mirror hangers, and Christmas ornaments. I hope to continually grow and add new and fun products for both the pets and pet lovers!
I also wholeheartedly support and donate products for raffles and events to Rescue organizations, both in the US and International, throughout the year to help them with funding. Rescue Organizations are so important and without them to help, rescue, adopt, transport, and save lives, so many animals would suffer or not get the love they deserve. In 2013, I was able to donate over $2,000 worth of products.
I have learned that running your own business takes a lot of effort and is very time consuming. From being the artist, the assembler, the shipping department, customer service, ordering materials, and everything in between, I usually work 10+ hours per day and most weekends. Although, at my previous job I was not only a graphic designer, I had a multitude of duties and responsibilities to manage, so this has helped me to adept and juggle these tasks on a day to day basis. I absolutely love making tags, especially custom likeness tags, and would not change a thing!
Being a designer I have the upper hand in the advertising department. I am able to design my own business cards, flyers, or any other materials I may need to help promote my business. I also have a background as a computer tech, so this also helps me design and manage my own website, shops, and social media and not have to rely or pay someone else to do it. I hold weekly giveaways on my Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pooch-Tags/238860682836878) as a way to give back to my customers but I also tend to attract new customers by word of mouth or by customers tagging and sharing the giveaway to their friends and family.
When I am not working, I am an avid Kayaker and my Dachshunds come along and have their own life jackets! I also do a lot of walking dogs since I have 5, so hiking is a big activity for me on a daily basis. I am also a bit of a gearhead and am currently working on my project car when I can get a little bit of spare time—although I have not had much time to tinker with it in the past year or so.


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Butterfly Garden – Disney EPCOT Park
Butterfly Garden – Disney EPCOT park; into frame from Orlando FL, US
Butterfly Garden – A tiny garden with small collection of butterflies. This is small spot in big EPCOT park. Might be a good spot of kids, but suggestion is to go and have fun around other shows/ event when time permits or when you may need some rest (tried of walking! :)) come here.
Hibiscus – Rosemallow
Hibiscus flower
There are number of health benefits in hibiscus flower. This flower is used to a large extend in indian traditional medicine systems (Siddha, Ayurveda and Unani).
And, these medicine features was also universally accepted. Refer BBC saying that hibiscus may reduce cholestrol >>
Health benefits >>
Use in ayurveda medicine (Tamil) >>
A flower on focus; into frame from Valley Forge National Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Valley Forge >>
Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden; into frame from Bronx Zoo, New York, USA
Butterfly Garden at Bronx Zoo, Interested?? >>


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Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California, and is a subsidiary of the American company Activision Blizzard. The company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles:[2] Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham. The company originally concentrated on the creation of game ports for other studios' games before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with games like Rock n' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. In 1994 the company became Chaos Studios, Inc., then Blizzard Entertainment after being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates.
Shortly thereafter, Blizzard released Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. Blizzard created several other video games, including Warcraft sequels, the Diablo series, the StarCraft series, and in 2004 the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft. Their most recent projects include the first expansion for Diablo III, Reaper of Souls, the online collectible card game Hearthstone, the sixth expansion for World of Warcraft, Legion, the multiplayer online battle arena Heroes of the Storm, the third and final expansion for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Legacy of the Void, and the multiplayer first-person hero shooter Overwatch.
On July 9, 2008, Activision merged with Vivendi Games, culminating in the inclusion of the Blizzard brand name in the title of the resulting holding company.[3] On July 25, 2013, Activision Blizzard announced the purchase of 429 million shares from majority owner Vivendi. As a result, Activision Blizzard became a completely independent company.[4]
Blizzard Entertainment hosts conventions for fans to meet and to promote their games: the BlizzCon in California, United States, and the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in other countries, including South Korea and France.
|Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
|Video game industry
|February 8, 1991
|Irvine, California, U.S.
Number of locations
|9 studios and offices
Key people
Number of employees
|4,700 (2012)[1]
Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse on February 8, 1991, a year after all three had received their bachelor's degrees from UCLA.[5][2] To found the company, each of them contributed about $10,000, which in the case of Morhaime, he got as part of an interest-free loan from his grandmother.[6] During the first two years, the company focused on creating game ports for other studios. Ports include titles such as J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I and Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess.[7][8] In 1993, the company developed games such as Rock n' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings (published by Interplay Productions).
In early 1994, they were acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates for $6.75 million ($11.1 million today).[9] That same year the company briefly changed its name to Chaos Studios, before finally settling on Blizzard Entertainment (after it was discovered that another company with the Chaos name already existed).[10] Shortly thereafter, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.
Blizzard has changed hands several times since then. Davidson was acquired along with Sierra On-Line by a company called CUC International in 1996. CUC then merged with a hotel, real-estate, and car-rental franchiser called HFS Corporation to form Cendant in 1997. In 1998 it became apparent that CUC had engaged in accounting fraud for years before the merger. Cendant's stock lost 80% of its value over the next six months in the ensuing widely discussed accounting scandal. The company sold its consumer software operations, Sierra On-line (which included Blizzard) to French publisher Havas in 1998, the same year Havas was purchased by Vivendi. Blizzard was part of the Vivendi Games group of Vivendi. In July 2008 Vivendi Games merged with Activision, using Blizzard's name in the resulting company, Activision Blizzard.
In 1996, Blizzard acquired Condor Games, which had been working on the game Diablo for Blizzard at the time. Condor was renamed Blizzard North, and has since developed the games Diablo, Diablo II, and its expansion pack Lord of Destruction. Blizzard North was located in San Mateo, California. The company originated in Redwood City, California.
Blizzard launched their online gaming service Battle.net in January 1997 with the release of their action role-playing game Diablo. In 2002, Blizzard was able to reacquire rights for three of its earlier Silicon & Synapse titles, The Lost Vikings, Rock n' Roll Racing and Blackthorne, from Interplay Entertainment and re-release them for Game Boy Advance, a handheld console.[11] In 2004, Blizzard opened European offices in the Paris suburb of Vélizy, Yvelines, France. On May 16, 2005, Blizzard announced the acquisition of Swingin' Ape Studios, a video game developer which had been developing StarCraft: Ghost. The company was then merged into Blizzard's other teams after StarCraft: Ghost was "postponed indefinitely". On August 1, 2005, Blizzard announced the consolidation of Blizzard North into the headquarters at 131 Theory in UC Irvine's University Research Park in Irvine, California. In 2007, Blizzard moved their headquarters to 16215 Alton Parkway in Irvine, California.
On November 23, 2004, Blizzard released World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. World of Warcraft is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994.[12] Blizzard announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001.[13] The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise.
Having peaked at 12 million monthly subscriptions in 2010, World of Warcraft subscriptions sunk to 6.8 million in 2014, the lowest number since the end of 2006, prior to The Burning Crusade expansion.[14][15][16] However, World of Warcraft is still the world's most-subscribed MMORPG,[17][18][19] and holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.[20][21][22][23] In April 2008, World of Warcraft was estimated to hold 62 percent of the MMORPG subscription market.[24] In 2008, Blizzard was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for the creation of World of Warcraft. Mike Morhaime accepted the award.[25][26]
In 2012 Blizzard had 4,700 employees,[1] with offices across 11 cities including Austin, Texas, and countries around the globe. As of June 2015, the company's headquarters in Irvine, California had 2,622 employees.[27]
Blizzard announced in September 2017 that it had acquired a studio at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, that will convert into the Blizzard Arena Los Angeles, featuring multiple sound stages, control rooms, practice facilities, a merchandise store, and seating for up to 450 spectators. Blizzard will use the venue to support its various eSports, starting with the Overwatch Contenders Season One in October 2017. Blizzard presently plans to use this only for their events but may allow other eSports leagues to use it in the future.[28]
|as Silicon & Synapse
|RPM Racing[7]
|Super NES
|Racing video game
|The Lost Vikings[29]
|Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS
|Side-scrolling video game
|Rock n' Roll Racing[29]
|Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis
|Racing video game
|as Blizzard Entertainment
|Super NES, MS-DOS, Sega 32X, Mac OS
|Platform game
|The Death and Return of Superman[29]
|Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis
|Side-scrolling video game
|Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
|MS-DOS, Mac OS
|Real-time strategy game
|Justice League Task Force[30]
|Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis
|Versus fighting game
|Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
|MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
|Real-time strategy game
|Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
|Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation
|Action role-playing game
|The Lost Vikings 2
|Super NES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows
|Side-scrolling video game
|Windows, Mac OS, Nintendo 64
|Real-time strategy game
|StarCraft: Brood War
|Windows, Mac OS
|Expansion pack
|Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition
|Real-time strategy game
|Diablo II
|Windows, Mac OS, OS X
|Action role-playing game
|Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
|Expansion pack
|Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
|Real-time strategy game
|Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
|Expansion pack
|World of Warcraft
|Windows, OS X
|World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
|Expansion pack
|World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
|StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
|Real-time strategy game
|World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
|Expansion pack
|Diablo III
|Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
|Action role-playing game
|World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
|Windows, OS X
|Expansion pack
|StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
|Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
|Windows, OS X, iOS, Android
|Digital CCG
|Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
|Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|Expansion pack
|World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
|Windows, OS X
|Heroes of the Storm
|Multiplayer online battle arena
|StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
|Expansion pack
|Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|First person shooter
|World of Warcraft: Legion
|Windows, macOS
|Expansion pack
|StarCraft: Remastered
|Real-time strategy
|World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
|Expansion pack
These games were ported while the company was known as Silicon & Synapse.
|Battle Chess
|Windows 3.x and Commodore 64 ports[31]
|Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess
|Amiga port[31]
|J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
|Role-playing video game
|Strategy video game
|MicroLeague Baseball
|Sports video game
|Macintosh port[7]
|Puzzle video game
|Dvorak on Typing
|Educational game
|Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye[31]
|Windows 3.x port
|Mahjong Solitaire
Currently, Blizzard has four main franchises: Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. Each franchise is supported by other media based around its intellectual property such as novels, collectible card games, comics and video shorts. Blizzard Entertainment announced in 2006 that they would be producing a Warcraft live-action movie. The movie was directed by Duncan Jones, financed and produced by Legendary Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, and others, and distributed by Universal Pictures.[32] It was released in June 2016.
Notable unreleased titles include Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, which was canceled on May 22, 1998, Shattered Nations, and StarCraft: Ghost, which was "Postponed indefinitely" on March 24, 2006 after being in development hell for much of its lifespan. After seven years of development, Blizzard revealed the cancellation of an unannounced MMO codenamed "Titan" on September 23, 2014.[33] The company also has a history of declining to set release dates, choosing to instead take as much time as needed, generally saying a given product is "done when it's done."[34]
Pax Imperia II was originally announced as a title to be published by Blizzard. Blizzard eventually dropped Pax Imperia II, though, when it decided it might be in conflict with their other space strategy project, which became known as StarCraft. THQ eventually contracted with Heliotrope and released the game in 1997 as Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain.
Blizzard has made use of a special form of software known as the 'Warden Client'. The Warden client is known to be used with Blizzard's online games such as Diablo and World of Warcraft, and the Terms of Service contain a clause consenting to the Warden software's RAM scans while a Blizzard game is running.[35]
The Warden client scans a small portion of the code segment of running processes in order to determine whether any third-party programs are running. The goal of this is to detect and address players who may be attempting to run unsigned code or third party programs in the game. This determination of third party programs is made by hashing the scanned strings and comparing the hashed value to a list of hashes assumed to correspond to banned third party programs.[36] The Warden's reliability in correctly discerning legitimate versus illegitimate actions was called into question when a large scale incident happened. This incident banned many Linux users after an update to Warden caused it to incorrectly detect Cedega as a cheat program.[37] Blizzard issued a statement claiming they had correctly identified and restored all accounts and credited them with 20 days play.[38] Warden scans all processes running on a computer, not just the game, and could possibly run across what would be considered private information and other personally identifiable information. It is because of these peripheral scans that Warden has been accused of being spyware and has run afoul of controversy among privacy advocates.[39][40][41]
Blizzard released its revamped Battle.net service in 2009. This service allows people who have purchased Blizzard products (StarCraft, StarCraft II, Diablo II, and Warcraft III, as well as their expansions) to download digital copies of games they have purchased, without needing any physical media.
On November 11, 2009, Blizzard required all World of Warcraft accounts to switch over to Battle.net accounts. This transition means that all current Blizzard titles can be accessed, downloaded, and played with a singular Battle.net login.[42]
Battle.net 2.0 is the platform for matchmaking service for Blizzard games, which offers players a host of additional features. Players are able to track their friend's achievements, view match history, avatars, etc. Players are able to unlock a wide range of achievements (rewards for completing game content) for Blizzard games.
The service allows players to chat simultaneously with players from other Blizzard games. For example, players no longer need to create multiple user names or accounts for most Blizzard products. To enable cross game communication, players need to become either Battletag or Real ID friends.
On July 6, 2010, Blizzard announced that they were changing the way their forums worked to require that users identify themselves with their real name.[43][44] The reaction from the community was overwhelmingly negative with multiple game magazines calling the change "foolhardy"[45] and an "epic fail".[46] It resulted in a significant user response on the Blizzard forums, including one thread on the issue reaching over 11,000 replies.[47][48][49][50][51] This included personal details of a Blizzard employee who gave his real name "to show it wasn't a big deal".[52] Shortly after revealing his real name, forum users posted personal information including his phone number, picture, age, and home address.[47]
Some technology media outlets suggested that displaying real names through Real ID is a good idea and would benefit both Battle.net and the Blizzard community.[53] But others were worried that Blizzard was opening their fans up to real-life dangers such as stalking, harassment, and employment issues, since a simple Internet search by someone's employer can reveal their online activities.[47][54][55][56]
Blizzard initially responded to some of the concerns by saying that the changes would not be retroactive to previous posts, that parents could set up the system so that minors cannot post, and that posting to the forums is optional.[57] However, due to the huge negative response, Blizzard President Michael Morhaime issued a statement rescinding the plan to use real names on Blizzard's forums for the time being.[58]
Apart from the negative side effects of Real ID relating to privacy, the addition boasts features for current Blizzard titles. For instance, real names for friends, cross-realm and cross-game chat, rich presence and broadcasts are included with the Real ID system.[59]
In 1998, Donald P. Driscoll, an Albany, California attorney filed a suit on behalf of Intervention, Inc., a California consumer group against Blizzard Entertainment for "unlawful business practices" for the action of collecting data from a user's computer without their permission.[60][61]
On June 20, 2003, Blizzard issued a cease and desist letter to the developers of an open source clone of the Warcraft engine called FreeCraft, claiming trademark infringement. This hobby project had the same gameplay and characters as Warcraft II, but came with different graphics and music.
As well as a similar name, FreeCraft enabled gamers to use Warcraft II graphics, provided they had the Warcraft II CD. The programmers of the clone shut down their site without challenge. Soon after that the developers regrouped to continue the work by the name of Stratagus.[62]
On December 5, 2008, Blizzard issued a cease and desist letter to many administrators of high population World of Warcraft private servers (essentially slightly altered hosting servers of the actual World of Warcraft game, that players do not have to pay for). Blizzard used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to influence many private servers to fully shut down and cease to exist.[63]
On August 14, 2007, Beijing University Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. sued Blizzard Entertainment Limited for copyright infringement claiming 100 million yuan in damages. The lawsuit alleged the Chinese edition of World of Warcraft reproduced a number of Chinese typefaces made by Founder Electronics without permission.[64]
On July 14, 2008, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona ruled on the case MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.. The Court found that MDY was liable for copyright infringement since users of its Glider bot program were breaking the End User License Agreement and Terms of Use for World of Warcraft. MDY Industries appealed the judgment of the district court, and a judgment was delivered by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on December 14, 2010, in which the summary judgment against MDY for contributory copyright infringement was reversed.[65][66] Nevertheless, they ruled that the bot violated the DMCA and the case was sent back to the district court for review in light of this decision.[67][68]
Shortly after Valve Corporation filed its trademark for "Dota" to secure the franchising rights for Dota 2, DotA-Allstars, LLC, run by former contributors to the games's predecessor, Defense of the Ancients, filed an opposing trademark in August 2010.[69] DotA All-Stars, LLC was sold to Blizzard Entertainment in 2011. After the opposition was over-ruled in Valve's favor, Blizzard filed an opposition against Valve in November 2011, citing their license agreement with developers, as well as their ownership of DotA-Allstars, LLC.[70] Blizzard conceded their case in May 2012, however, giving Valve undisputed commercial rights to Dota, while Blizzard would rename their StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm mod "Blizzard All-Stars", which would become the stand-alone game, Heroes of the Storm.[71]
Over the years, some former Blizzard employees have moved on and established gaming companies of their own:
Most popular MMORPG game(sic) In terms of the number of online subscribers, World of Warcraft is the most popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), with 10 million subscribers as of January 2008.
Set in the fantasy world of Azeroth it currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG, which probably accounts for why Blizzard is the most bankable games publisher in the world.
Blizzard's Mike Morhaime and Paul Sams were handed awards for World Of Warcraft and Starcraft, which won Most Popular MMORPG and Best Selling PC Strategy Game respectively.
World of Warcraft is the most popular MMORPG in the world with nearly 12 million subscribers around the world.
Prior to the release of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Blizzard served as a third-party developer, creating entertainment software for various platforms, including DOS, Macintosh, Genesis, and Super NES. The company's best-known titles from this era include Rock 'n Roll Racing, The Lost Vikings, Blackthorne, and The Death and Return of Superman.
Commodore 64 Battle Chess, Windows Battle Chess, Amiga Battle Chess II, Amiga Lord of the Rings, and Windows Shanghai were some of our early projects.
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text: Fun with Fondant is an Intermediate Cake Decorating Course where students will learn the basics of: making your own fondant; how to prepare a cake and cover it in fondant; how to decorate cakes with fondant; basic fondant flowers. This is a 2-hour, 2-day course which will meet once a week for two weeks. Registration must be completed 1 week prior to the first class. A full refund can be obtained up to 4 days before the first class, after which only a partial refund can be obtained. After the first class a refund cannot be obtained. A credit towards another class of equal or lesser value can be obtained before the beginning of the first class. Students will be required to bring a basic set of fondant decorating tools or can rent a basic set of fondant tools for the duration of the course. Students can also choose to bring their own cakes and icing or can purchase a premade cake and icing from the instructor. All purchases or rentals of equipment must be made upon registration for the class. Upon registration students will be sent an email confirmation and a list of supplies and a course description. Any questions can be emailed to [email protected]