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wow even more to choose from! hmmm i will choose the....smaller font one!!! ^__^ THANX wow i will have to make a roter.....
today and part of 2morrow i will use Outlaws!! and then 2morrow and the next day use chibidusks....then flash squirrels and then sakuras....and then just keep switching and stuff P.S THANX EVERYONE |
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Is it possible to make a sig out of this pic http://server3.uploadit.org/files/141103-op82.jpg
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where can i get hypersnap DX? edit: or BS player? where can i get them? please. |
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Ohhhhhhhh, im sorry, i forgot this
This is a picture of my arch-nemesis, "Coke-JOb". ALso goes by "Coke-belly" and "Coke-Bastard". Anyways, i need this to go with my matching oroxsas ava. Maybe add "Get IN mY bellY!" at the bottom would be nice. But, i can do that later, when im awake enough to think of something funny. THank YOu flash Squirrel, you're the flashiest squirrel I know! Last edited by p3psi; 2003-11-16 at 12:47. |
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19.02.2015 Erasmus+ day - 24th February
IUC and IUC Erasmus+ Team would like to invite all of you to attend and participate in the Erasmus+ day where you can get information, ask questions or share Erasmus experience. More info at: email@example.com
05.02.2015 IUC organizes Career fair for young people
International University College organizes Career Fair, attended by companies in the field of tourism and business services from Bulgaria and abroad.
23.01.2015 IUC Career Fair on February 9! Meet companies from USA, Germany, Spain, Bulgaria and Greece
All IUC Students & Alumni are invited to attend the IUC Career Fair - Dobrich, February 9, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. All employer details will be provided on the FB page of IUC Career Center. The IUC Career Fair will be attended by a number of international companies. The event will be held differently than in previous years. Employer representatives will have separate desks, displaying information about their companies and vacancies, where you can sit for an interview only if you are interested. We would not like to waste your time, or that of the participating employers.
23.09.2013 Start of the new academic year at IUC
The opening of the new academic year at International University College was held on September 23rd at 10:30 am. In honor of the new students was held a ceremony to welcome them, which took place in the building of IUC in Dobrich. Among the official guests were Mr. Daniel Yordanov, Deputy Governor of Dobrich and Ms. Kamelia Koycheva, Vice Mayor of the humanitarian activities. The chancellor of International University College – associate prof. Todor Radev delivered a welcome speech in which he shared that this month the Standing Committee of the National Accreditation Agency (NEAA) has sent a positive report on the project to convert the statute of IUC to specialized university - "University of Management."
27.08.2012 September 24th - The Opening Ceremonies of the New Academic Year
International university College (IUC) will start the New Academic Year on the 24th of September (Monday) from 10:30 with an official ceremony in the main housing of the higher education school in Dobrich (3 Bulgaria st.)
30.11.2011 Delegation from Cardiff Metropolitan University had visited IUC
Delegation from the British Cardiff Metropolitan University had visited our campuses Varna and Dobrich in order to meet the students, which study in the programs of the UK's University.
08.04.2011 "Mister and Miss IUC" Contest
The students at International University College organize "Miss and Mister IUC" contest for a first time at International University College.
30.12.2010 Important and interesting facts and events that occurred in 2010.
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26.10.2010 AIESEC at International University College
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Finally, it's here! The moment we've all been waiting for. And while it's been a long time coming, I feel safe declaring that it did not disappoint.
Last week's episodes were a bit more serious, setting the stage for the inevitable body-swap… but now that we're here, I can't WAIT for all the wacky hijinks to begin. Characters have met and clashed, stakes have been set (and raised a couple times), and now all that's left is for the insanity to unravel. Yeehaw!
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At the posh Jeju resort, Activity #1 in Ra-im's "Romantic Date with Oska" — lunch — is crashed by Joo-won, who anticipates their arrival.
Joo-won, feeling secure in having established the upper hand, points out, "Your guest can't take her eyes off me." Oska returns, "It seems more like she's glaring to me." Unfazed, Joo-won answers, "That's right, since I told her she's prettier when she's mad."
The waiter regretfully turns Oska away because all of the tables have been reserved by Joo-won — so the only option is for all three to dine together. What, you're not even going to pretend you want to get away from Joo-won by trying a different restaurant?
Joo-won goads Ra-im during the meal, but the joke's on him because he has to put up with their cheesy exchange as Oska compliments Ra-im's beautiful eyes. Joo-won's expression grows increasingly incredulous as she says bashfully that it's because a blinding star sits in front of her. Oska gallantly offers to turn away from her, but Ra-im volunteers to go blind instead.
Joo-won barely holds onto his lunch at the sickly-sweet banter. And that's before she ups the ante by asking to call Oska oppa. Oh, no she di'n't just resort to the Oppa-Pout-Wiggle! Joo-won stews in his petty jealousy, which is just what he deserves.
A singer — Tae-sun — performs, which momentarily sends our two bickering not-yet-lovers into flashback.
Joo-won remembers watching Ra-im wrapping her bandana around her safety-pinned bag after he'd insulted her for it. Another flashback takes us back to their fight at the department store, after which he'd returned to the pile of fancy clothes he'd thrown on the floor and told his employees to have them wrapped.
Ra-im's flashback takes her back to the moment she first received Joo-won's text message to meet her at the bar, resulting in an uncharacteristic display of girlish insecurity as she'd rooted through her roommie's wardrobe for something pretty to wear.
Oska excuses himself to confront Tae-sun, who is under the misconception that Oska reserved the whole restaurant so that he could sit in it alone. He's insulted as a performer, that his stage was so belittled (since he'd robbed him of an audience) by the very person who supposedly wants to help him. Oska feels wrongly accused, and wrist-grabs him to hold him back. He clarifies that he didn't rent the place, and that he's never once belittled Tae-sun's musical skills — because Tae-sun's better than him. (Aw, is this the romance we should really be cheering?)
And then, just as I make that quip, Tae-sun warns Oska to let him go and tells him that he's gay. Oska thinks he's joking at first, then stammers that it's no big deal, that he doesn't care, that there are lots of gay people who are out these days.
Back at the table, Joo-won mocks Ra-im's fawning over Oska, which is such a contrast to the stiff way she deals with him. She answers that oppa treats her like a young woman and not a poor charity case, unlike some other people. Touché.
Joo-won warns her that Oska's a player, but the conversation is interrupted by the appearance of Seul, who covers up her jealousy at seeing another woman sitting with her future husband. Is it strange that supreme confidence and delusion are so difficult to tell apart?
Ra-im snorts in amusement while listening to this amusingly stilted exchange; Seul feigns surprise to see him in such a "fateful" meeting, just "like magic." Sure, if magic can be acquired through massive amounts of money, bribery, and manipulation.
Joo-won curtly dismisses her, but as Seul leaves, Ra-im recognizes her and chases her down. It takes some prodding, but Ra-im reminds her of their earlier encounter, determined to wrest an apology or at least acknowledgement from the woman who almost got her friend fired.
Joo-won steps in and tells Ra-im to apologize, because she was the one who upset the VIPs who pay 100 million won a year for the privilege of that exclusive, plebeian-free lounge. Seul smirks to herself and feigns a demure, damsel-in-distress-y attitude — until Joo-won turns to her and tells her to apologize, too, for not honoring her promise to let the incident slide. Way to piss off both ladies, dude.
And then, Oska steps in and asks for a moment alone with Seul, face grim.
Joo-won makes sure to tell Ra-im that he wasn't taking Seul's side; he was just on the side of rules. Well, okay then — that'll make her like you. Ra-im asks what's so different between her and those snooty people who think they're so great, and he boils it down to one thing: money, with which they buy inequality and discrimination.
Ra-im asks if he's the same way. He answers, "There's no reason I shouldn't be."
Another budding argument is interrupted by the appearance of Jong-soo, who registers Ra-im's presence with displeasure. She explains that she managed to score a free plane ticket, which elicits a smile from Joo-won (ah, so she's NOT just here to see Oska?). Asked about lodging, she assures him that she's found a jimjilbang (sauna) nearby — which, if you're familiar with Korean dramas, is something of a last resort. (They're not meant to be cheap hotels, but since you're allowed to hang out at your leisure after paying an entry fee, they're often used in place of that former standby, the all-night PC room.)
Holding back his temper, Jong-soo gives her his room key and tells her to wait for him — they're gonna have a talk after he's done with work.
Ra-im skips off happily, figuring she can take a shower, ignoring Joo-won's incredulity at the idea of her lounging around a man's hotel room.
Joo-won orders Secretary Kim to secure another room, but with Oska's music video being shot here, there are none to be had. Even Joo-won's own usual suite has been usurped… by Oska.
Seul announces that she'd like to be on good terms with Oska now, since they're "about to become family." In her delusions. They hadn't parted amicably, but she says they should be able to get along since they weren't in love — a declaration that Oska doesn't agree with.
So when she asks about that woman Joo-won was with, he answers that he's dating her. For all Seul's nonchalance about their past, she looks pretty upset to hear it.
The breakup is shown in flashback: Oska had prepared a romantic scene and gotten down on one knee, reciting a speech and presenting a monstrous diamond. But Seul had called him a has-been star, laughing at his naivete for taking it seriously when she was just playing around.
Back at the resort, Oska heads to see… Joo-won, of course! In my mind, he's seeking out a buddy for some companionship, but he gives Joo-won a different reason, proposing a bike race and accompanying wager.
Joo-won's not interested until Oska offers to move out of their villa if he loses. But if he wins… he wants Gil Ra-im, a person he suddenly "desperately needs." Given the timing of his realization, something tells me this is more about pride and revenge than emotional fulfillment.
Oska does have a shred more understanding about women than Cousin Crazy, though, and he points out that Joo-won isn't capable of giving up everything for a woman. He, on the other hand, can: "Women can sense that instinctually. Especially poor women."
Ra-im sees the men preparing to head out and, since she enjoys dirt biking herself, asks to be included. She doesn't mind being in the middle of a bet, and offers up her own conditions — if she wins, she'll be cast in Oska's MV.
And off they go.
At a fork in the road, the men's close jostling flips a sign and points it to the opposite path. I find it highly improbable that the kickass stuntwoman with a head start would find herself in last place, but I understand that the story needs this point, so… Yeah, she takes the other road.
When the men emerge from the forest and speed toward the finish line, Joo-won constantly looks behind him, wondering where Ra-im went.
Joo-won's in the lead, but he hears a scream through the walkie-talkie and halts — twenty feet in front of the finish line — giving Oska the victory. More worried about Ra-im than the bet, he yells back in the walkie-talkie, but gets no response.
He and Oska separate to search different parts of the biking route, calling emergency service in case medical attention is needed. (A hilarious bit: A paramedic asks Secretary Kim to describe Ra-im's clothing so they know what to look for. He hasn't seen her today, so he can only say, "Well, if the president chose it… pretty clothing?")
At the forked road, Joo-won sees the sign pointing the wrong way and heads down the road less taken.
He's imagining all sorts of horrible possibilities, but to his surprise he finds Ra-im safe and sound. However, there's something strange about this forest — the walkie-talkie doesn't work here, and neither do cell phones. Oddly, Ra-im hadn't heard the scream that sent Joo-won on the search in the first place — and she certainly didn't do any screaming.
Unaware of the search party that's looking for her, she's most bummed that her chance to do the car stunt has been ruined. She's calm and matter-of-fact about this all — in contrast to Joo-won's nervous worry — and points them to a remote restaurant, where they can call a taxi.
They follow the sign to the isolated shack, called "Mysterious Garden," which is located deep in the woods and amidst lots of fog.
The building itself looks rather familiar, although Joo-won doesn't connect it to the strange house in the painting he'd almost bought.
The Mysterious Garden turns out to be a bizarre place decorated with strange talismans and owned by an even stranger proprietress. Ra-im looks around at the many colorful bottles while Joo-won tries to call out.
The woman serves them a chicken dinner while asking Joo-won closely if he's sick — maybe he's got that pesky cancer, or some other illness? Her strange intensity is unnerving, and he scoots away. To Ra-im she says, "Nice to see you" — which is a greeting that is often used to mean "Nice to see you again."
Ra-im sees that the woman is making liquor, which her father also liked to do. The woman retorts, "He liked drinking it more than making it."
It's a medicinal type of liquor, which she is making "to save my daughter." But when Ra-im asks if her daughter is sick, the woman says in her curious way, "That is apparently her fate."
They make it back to the hotel safely after dinner, and Joo-won chides her for accepting a gift of two bottles of liquor from the woman. It's an odd thing to give, and he jokes that she's got an (old-fashioned, quirky) ajusshi living inside her. Ra-im returns, "I've got several."
She adds with a little smile, "One of the shy ajusshis among them has something he'd like me to tell you. Back there, thanks for coming to get me."
To cover up his pleasure, Joo-won balks that the ajusshi should've said so earlier, so Ra-im counters, "If you keep this up, the ajusshi who likes to fight is going to make an appearance."
She holds out one of the bottles to Joo-won, which he rejects. Until she clarifies that it's for Oska. Then he grabs it, naturally.
They find Jong-soo waiting for Ra-im with arms akimbo, anger simmering that she disobeyed his instructions to wait for him. Ra-im apologizes, assuring him that she's here to work and not play, even if it looks like the opposite is true.
As they walk off together, Joo-won balks at the idea that the stunt team will be using the same hotel room, but Jong-soo answers evenly that his team doesn't discriminate between gender. Maybe that's why you're not gonna get the girl, dude.
With exasperation, Jong-soo explains that he's keeping her off the shoot because she's not ready. She insists that she's not afraid of injury, and doesn't want to always be pushed behind just because she's female. To which he tells her that she had better find another team, then, "Because I'll always make you stand behind, till I die." O…kay. That's another reason you won't be getting the girl, not that we're counting because really, the only important reason is: You're not Hyun Bin.
Joo-won enters at this point to press his point about Rai-im sharing their room, or rather, Ra-im NOT sharing their room. Therefore, he'll vacate his own room so she can use it, while he'll share with his cousin.
Mention of the LOEL store event makes Jong-soo wonder if Ra-im is here as prizewinner, muttering to himself that he'd done something stupid, which answers the question of how her name was in the raffle in the first place. Ra-im accepts Joo-won's room offer, explaining it to her boss as preferring to make him uncomfortable over her teammates.
Joo-won follows her back to his room, peppering her with questions about her relationship to her boss. She asks why he's bugging her and following her around as though the truth weren't as obvious as a pink elephant in the room holding flowers and candy and a sign reading "I LURVE YOU." He answers that she already knows the answer.
He says that he possesses too many things to give up all for a woman, but then he opens his arms to her: "So, let's try a hug." In his worldview, women fall into two neat categories: women to marry, or women to play around with. (Aren't you a prince! In your fairy tale, I bet people call you Charming just to be ironic.) "But you keep hanging around someplace in between the two. So let's hug just once."
She challenges him, "And if you like it? Then what?" He smiles: "Then I'll make sure you live a life that's different from your life now."
Ah, so she becomes Cinderella. Ra-im is not impressed at this prospect — but even less so at his correction: "No, the Little Mermaid." Which is to say that she can hang around as a nonentity, "Then disappear, like bubbles."
Ohhh. You. ASS. And here I thought you'd already scraped the bottom of the barrel in the last episode. Even Hyun Bin's general awesomeness isn't doing much to elevate you now, Joo-won. Ra-im's eyes fill with tears as though even she's surprised at how cruel he could be, like she hadn't expect him to go this low.
At least she has the good sense to slap him for his assery this time. But he just says, calm as you please, to think it over.
Meanwhile, one of her sunbaes pulls some strings to get Ra-im a meeting with the MV director… which goes about as well as you'd imagine. Seul enjoys this reversal, while Ra-im bows her head meekly.
Oska flips out when he joins the MV team, only to realize who the new director is. He flatly refuses to work with Seul, and storms out. His manager arrives just in time to get the brunt of Oska's anger, but he retorts the this is all a situation of Oska's making anyway — nobody else would work with him.
Oska fires back that he won't do the MV — and they may as well cancel the album while they're at it! He kicks everyone out and gets ready for a long sulk.
Joo-won joins him, and settles down for a brooding session of his own. Oh, are you lonely, baby? POOR WIDDLE RICH BASTARD.
When Joo-won wonders at his cousin's relationship to Seul, Oska merely answers that she's his anti-fan. Ha. I guess that's not a lie, technically.
Ra-im spends the night at that sauna after all, which I'm vastly relieved to see, since staying at Joo-won's place after his ever-so-gallant speech would have been tantamount to accepting his terms.
Both Ra-im and Joo-won sit contemplating their bottles of liquor for a while before uncorking and drinking. To signal the enormity of the mojo they're tapping into, as they drink, lightning flashes and a storm brews outside.
And in the morning….
Joo-won wakes up in bed and sees Oska lying beside him…
Only it's Ra-im's voice that thinks, "Am I dreaming? What a sweet dream." S/he looks at Oska with adorable giddiness, pleased with her subconscious for conjuring such a delightful dream.
On the other hand, Ra-im's body wakes up in the sauna, in a room of sleeping ajummas — where Joo-won's voice wonders at his own strange dream.
Slowly, it starts to dawn on Ra-im… and Joo-won… that their dreams are too vivid.
Ra-im (in Joo-won's body, or as I might have to call her, Ra-Him) stumbles out of bed, looks down at her strange hands… and registers a strange presence, um, below.
Meanwhile, Joo-won-in-Ra-im's-body (what shall we call her/him? Joo-won-ita? Lady Joo-won?) puts a hand to his/her chest, and realizes that there's more there than there used to be…
I know that Joo-won is written as the world's most supreme dickwad specifically because he's going to get served in the coming episodes. And the more egregious the offenses now, the more satisfying the downfall later. I get that, and I look forward to it.
Even so, I think they pushed him just a wee bit too far for my liking in this episode. If the body-switch hadn't happened at the end of this episode, I may have hated him too much for even the promise of turnaround to mollify. There's a line between making the hero a misunderstood, or maybe stunted, or maybe socially inept blunderer who just doesn't know how to be a nice guy, and making the hero a hateful asshat. Unfortunately, I don't think Joo-won is aware such a line exists, nor does he care, because lines are for common people. Back it up a bit there, buddy.
That said, props to Hyun Bin for going for it and portraying the character's privileged, arrogant, offensively superior attitude. And if the last few seconds of this episode are any indication, he's going to be amazing to watch as the girly Ra-im.
By the way, feel free to throw out suggestions for what to call these two when they're body-switched. I found that when doing Who Are You, it was necessary to call the main character by different names to make it clear who was in whose body at any given point. (There, it was Seung-hyo when he was normal, and SeungHyoDad when he was possessed by the spirit of Dad.) I have a sneaking suspicion that referring to these characters might get a wee bit confusing without clear monikers to establish who we're talking about.
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Commentary: Let sacrifice be your safe word
Everyone who knew Gershon Burd knew he was "a nice guy." He would purposely sit by an entrance to his yeshiva study group so that he could smile at people as they walked in — but they really had no idea the depths of his goodness until he died last year, on his 40th birthday, in an accident. Testimonies poured in to his wife of 10 years about how he made lives better — including through the charity he had quietly established to give money away. By only spending the minimum on yourself, you may find that you have much more than you would ever need. This was his discovery, and it was how, on a modest income, he gave away so much to so many.
I was introduced to Burd from the new preface to Wendy Shalit's contemporary classic, "A Return to Modesty." Her book, first published 15 years ago, incited many a debate — and even outrage — all having to do with sex. So what does Burd, who paid school tuition for poor students and made sure that local children got balloons on their birthdays — all anonymously — have to do with it? About Burd, Shalit writes: "Really, is there anything more extraordinary than a life lived with such sublime modesty?"
She first wrote the book shortly after college, in no small part as a reaction to the hook-up culture on campus.
Now she sees the bigger picture. Shalit writes: "Today, after being married for 10 years and becoming a mother of three, I have a different perspective on modesty. I now see modesty not just as a part of successful relationships, but as part of a large understanding of what makes a life successful. We can't control what we get in life, so long-term happiness depends largely on how much we train ourselves to get satisfaction from giving."
Modesty helps us see the big picture — that our lives should be integrated wholes, lived in communion with others. It's about escaping the tyranny of an isolated something that seems increasingly difficult and outre with each passing year and technology upgrade.
Or we could talk about Jell-O. That's the BDSM "safe word" a Planned Parenthood worker shares with a minor trying to keep sex from being "boring," as seen in a video from Live Action, a group that uncovers what's going on inside abortion clinics in the United States.
"Man hungers for beauty," Dana Gioia, a poet who has served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts said in a speech at the Napa Institute. "There is a void."
That void can be seen when the best advice an adult can think to give a child is a "safe word." Why would we ever encourage the young to settle for something so demeaning? It's not the whips in a culture where "50 Shades of Grey" is a "love story" that are the problem, but the chains of such low expectations.
We let ourselves fall victim to lame substitutes for love and happiness when, if we'd just move away from the screens, we might just discover the real thing. We become blind and deaf, dismissive of the simple beauty and sincere truth that is all around us.
We become indifferent to the alternatives and angry at the challenges. We surrender our freedom, even as we talk about self-liberation.
In Shalit's book, she recounts a father confessing that he didn't want to interfere with his twin daughters' "budding sexuality" by stepping in when they were wearing inappropriate clothes, a mother refusing to get her daughter to brush her hair for fear of treading on the girls' dominion, and a teenager ending her life after explicit photos of her became public. These are all poison fruits of a culture that has lost sight of its greatest treasure: the human person and its inherent dignity and beauty.
Gershon Burd made a choice to sacrifice for others, including people he never met and didn't know. He knew he had something he could give that would better the lives of others in both small and dramatic ways. By doing so, he demonstrated the power of gratitude and generosity. He could have done otherwise, but there is something quite right about what he did. What his life proposes might be exactly what we most desire.
"(T)o me, the biggest virtue of modesty is the way it enables us to be our best selves in private," Shalit writes. Burd's life offers us a beautiful portrait of freedom, of stewardship of the gifts we have been given. Our modest imitation might just fill that void.


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Saturday, March 14, 2009
The Falls Remain the Same
Fernando Emmanuel Laverde Bohórquez of Columbia has traveled to some of the same places that Frederic Church painted, including Tequendama Falls, 1854. In spite of the human damage (and natural erosion), he has discovered that the landscape is almost the same as it was. Thanks, Fernando.
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2 comments:
- Rebecca said...
Huh. I live near Taughannock Falls in New York, and I know that the top of the falls haves changed over the last century based on pictures. It's one reason they tell people to not get any closer to the base of the falls than the observation area -- falling rocks are a hazard. Then again, the falls freeze every winter, so erosion is pretty fierce.
(Really pretty waterfall, though, in a region full of pretty waterfalls.) - March 14, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Paul Allan Ballard said...
What a fascinating project. Would love to see the volcano paintings today....
Well while writing this comment, I decided to google this and here is a comparison.
http://www.inkas.com/tours/ecuador/cotopaxi.html - March 15, 2009 at 10:22 AM
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Orlando Hudson
Orlando Hudson | |||
Hudson in 2017
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Batting average | .273 | ||
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Orlando Thill Hudson (born December 12, 1977) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 2002-2012 with the Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox.
Early life and high school career[edit]
Hudson was born on December 12, 1977 in Darlington, South Carolina. He attended Darlington High School, where he was a three-sport standout in baseball, football, and basketball. In baseball, he was the Player of the Year and an All-State selection.
Hudson was the quarterback of Darlington High School's first-ever football team, and also served as the team's punter.
After high school, Hudson went on to play baseball at Spartanburg Methodist College.
Professional career[edit]
Toronto Blue Jays[edit]
Hudson was drafted in the 43rd round by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft. He began his professional career with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays in the rookie leagues in 1998, hitting .298. He continued through the minors with the Hagerstown Suns (1999), Dunedin Blue Jays (2000), Tennessee Smokies (2000–01) and Syracuse Sky Chiefs (2001–02). In 2001 he was a Southern League All-Star and a Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star at second base.
He made his major league debut on July 24, 2002 for the Blue Jays against the Baltimore Orioles. He was hitless in four at-bats in that game. Hudson recorded his first Major League hit in the second inning on July 26 against the Minnesota Twins when he slapped an RBI single to center field off pitcher Joe Mays. His first home run was hit on August 5 against Baltimore's Rodrigo López. He played for the Blue Jays from 2002 to 2005.
Hudson is known for his fielding abilities, and for making spectacular lunging catches and diving stabs at grounders. His defensive talents were recognized in 2005, when he won his first American League Gold Glove Award while with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Arizona Diamondbacks[edit]
In 2005, Hudson was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks along with pitcher Miguel Batista for third baseman Troy Glaus and shortstop prospect Sergio Santos.
In the 2006 season, his first full season with Arizona, Hudson set career-highs in batting average with a .287, in home runs with 15, in RBI with 67, and runs scored with 87.
After the 2006 season, Hudson became the recipient of his second career Gold Glove Award, as announced on November 3. Hudson became only the sixth infielder in major league history to win a Gold Glove award in both the American and National Leagues.[1] He was also honored with a Fielding Bible Award as the best fielding second baseman in MLB.[2]
Hudson was selected to his first All-Star Game in 2007, and won his third Gold Glove that season. He also raised his batting average from his previous career-high of .287 set the year before to a .294 clip.
In 2008 Hudson raised his average for the third straight year. While hitting over .300 for the first time in his career. With a career-best .305 batting average. Hudson missed the last month of the 2008 season, with a dislocated left wrist he suffered against the Atlanta Braves[3] and became a free agent at the end of the season.
Los Angeles Dodgers[edit]
On February 21, 2009, Hudson signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, reportedly worth $3.4 million (with an additional $4.6 million more in performance bonuses).[4]
On Monday April 13, 2009, Hudson became the 8th Dodger to hit for the cycle, in the 2009 home opener against the San Francisco Giants before a record crowd of 57,099. Hudson was the second Los Angeles Dodger to accomplish this, since Wes Parker in 1970, and the only Los Angeles Dodger to do it at Dodger Stadium.[5] Hudson singled in the first inning, hit a home run in the third inning, doubled in the fourth inning and tripled in the sixth inning. All of Hudson's hits came off of Randy Johnson except for his triple, which was off middle reliever Merkin Valdez.[6]
He was selected to his second all-star game and won his fourth Gold Glove Award at the conclusion of the season.
Minnesota Twins[edit]
On February 4, 2010, Hudson signed a 1-year, $5 Million deal with the Minnesota Twins. He became the Twins second baseman, replacing Nick Punto and Alexi Casilla.[7]
San Diego Padres[edit]
On December 20, 2010, Hudson signed a 2-year contract with the San Diego Padres worth $11.5 million.[8]
On July 21, 2011, Orlando hit his head against the wall when he caught the ball in foul territory. He found himself unconscious after he hit the wall. Orlando also avoided a disabled list stint. Through 2011, he had the second-highest career range factor per game of all active major league second basemen, behind Ian Kinsler.[9] He was released by the Padres on May 17, 2012.
Chicago White Sox[edit]
On May 19, 2012, the White Sox agreed to sign Hudson.[10] Hudson hit a grand slam against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 29, breaking the Rays shutout.
Hudson sat out the entire 2013 season due to little interest from MLB teams. Hudson stated that he is "not ready to retire." [11]
On April 13, 2010, Hudson hinted that there is racism toward blacks in free agency. He said, "You see guys like Jermaine Dye without a job. Guy with 27 home runs and 81 RBIs and can't get a job. Pretty much sums it up right there, no? You've got some guys who miss a year who can come back and get $5, $6 million and a guy like Jermaine Dye can't get a job. A guy like Gary Sheffield, a first-ballot Hall of Famer, can't get a job."[12]
Community involvement[edit]
Hudson founded the C.A.T.C.H. Foundation, a 501c3 organization that seeks to provide resources and a support system for youth coping with autism.
Hudson married Keisa Carr in the 2008 offseason. He has two daughters and one son.[citation needed]
- ^ "Orlando Hudson earns second career Rawlings Gold Glove Award". MLB.com. November 3, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ^ "The 2006 Fielding Bible Awards". The Fielding Bible. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ Ritter, Mike (August 10, 2008). "Hudson done for season after surgery". MLB.com. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ^ Gurnick, Ken (February 21, 2009). "Hudson passes Dodgers physical". MLB.com. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ^ Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com. "Hudson notches cycle for Dodgers". Losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
- ^ "Boxscore: San Francisco vs. LA Dodgers – April 13, 2009". Sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com. April 13, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
- ^ "Rockies sign Hudson to one-year deal".
- ^ "Orlando Hudson, Padres make two-year contract official". Sandiego.padres.mlb.com. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
- ^ "Active Leaders & Records for Range Factor/Game as 2B". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "White sign 2B Orlando Hudson". Chicago Sun Times. 20 May 2012.
- ^ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/01/orlando-hudson-not-ready-to-retire-but-job-prospects-for-2013-look-bleak/
- ^ Passan, Jeff (April 13, 2010). "Hudson hints at racism for blacks in free agency". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
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I look forward to making this recipe whenever asparagus season rolls around. It's been a family favorite for years. —Debbie Konietzki, Neenah, Wisconsin
23 Classic Recipes for Your Passover Seder
- 4 small red potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch wedges
- 1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons minced chives
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Dash pepper
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil; cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, bring 1/2 in. of water to a boil. Add asparagus; cover and boil for 3 minutes. Drain and immediately place asparagus in ice water. Drain and pat dry. Cut into 1-in. pieces.
- Drain potatoes and place in a large bowl; add asparagus. In a small bowl, combine the mustard and lemon juice; whisk in oil until combined. Add the chives, salt and pepper. Pour over vegetables and toss to coat. Serve warm or at room temperature. Yield: 4 servings.
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It surpasses the previous record of $3.64 a gallon set a week ago, and is the third record high in as many weeks.
The auto club says Monday the average is 47 cents higher than last year at this time.
Of the cities AAA Michigan surveyed, the cheapest price is in the Flint area, where a gallon costs $3.61. The highest average can be found in Marquette at $3.73 per gallon.
Drivers in the Detroit area are paying $3.61 a gallon.
The statewide average for biodiesel is $4.33 and $3.15 for ethanol.
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How To Make Contributions
Posted 21 December 2002 - 22:45
When a new contribution is made available, a package is created that holds the description and file. This file can be seen as v1.0 of the contribution made.
When an updated contribution is made available, it should be added to the original package. This allows different versions of the contribution to exist in an easy to find package.
Clicking on "Contribute A New Package" will enter a new package into the contributions list. Clicking on "Add A File To This Package" will add a file to an existing package.
Both methods will show the package on the Newest Contributions list as it has been the latest package to be modified.
Since a package can hold multiple files, it is a good idea to enter a clear title for new packages without the version number. For example, if an updated categories box is to be contributed, the ideal package name would be Different Style Categories Box instead of My Categories Box v1.0.
Additional files to this package should include the version number in their title, as the title to the files are shown when viewing the package.
, osCommerce
Posted 12 January 2003 - 07:50
Contributions that obey these conventions will not only be more robust and therefore valuable to a larger subset of osC installations, they stand a greater chance of being maintained and updated for the moving target which is osC, and for being incorporated in future milestones and releases.
Many of us who are eager to make contributions that follow "tep standards" have sometimes had to infer what these standards are, by studying the developers' code and then imitating it. To understand and operate within the database design, we guess at it by reviewing the table definitions and the SQL queries embedded in the code. The community would benefit by bringing these rules out of committee and into the public, so to speak. It took me months of daily review of coding, and browsing the forums, to learn the essentials that could be more readily available. I encourage others (and the core developers) to extend this thread regarding other reliable sources besides what I identify in this post -- not a discussion of their details or merits, but just how to find them.
Coding Standards
The team released a significant revision to the standards document just a couple of days ago:
It is an excellent starting point for would-be contributors, and its availability is hereby applauded.
Naming and hierarchy conventions
If there is a more definitive source for the script naming and folder hierarchy conventions than familiarity with the CVS itself, I'd like to know where it is. But you can study the code and see that catalog/ and admin/ have similar but distinct folder hierarchies. For instance, while there is an immediately apparent similar hierarchy in admin and catalog, closer inspection reveals that admin/includes/functions/ has different contents than catalog/includes/functions/, and admin/includes/configure.php is not identical to catalog/includes/configure.php. These hierarchies are important to the modular design of osC, and fitting contributions properly into them requires learning them. Operating scripts' language-specific displays in both admin and catalog should be declared by define statements with the same name as the script, but placed in /includes/languages/<language>/. Classes should be defined in scripts with the name of the class and placed in /includes/classes/. Some of these conventions are in the standards document referred to above. There are many more such conventions that are unpublished but necessary to the modularity of osC, and unless we know them we cannot conform to them; without conforming to them, our contributions are inherently less valuable.
Use of tep_ (osc_ when 2.2 is final) standard functions
As far as I can tell, there is no better way to learn what functions have been standardized across osC than by studying the code in the admin and catalog functions directories, especially general.php, database.php, and html_output.php. Contributions should use these functions exclusively for their intended purposes, to maintain modularity, portability, and longevity, and thereby serve a wider user population. A handy index of these functions, their parameter options, and their behavior, would be a significant boost for the coding community.
Database structure and entry description
We review install/oscommerce.sql, and everything about the tables is there. But the intended purpose and control of each table entry can only be inferred from the interpreting the way the tables and entries are used by the existing code. Contributions may misuse or damage database contents, and interfere with other store features, if the entries are not well understood.
It is exciting to see open source development really working on such a scale, and a privilege to be a part of the contributing community. Let's continue to improve the quality of our contributions by learning and applying the conventions and standards which have been wisely adopted by the core developers.
Posted 22 January 2003 - 07:52
I certainly appreciate your concerns about modularity, stability and the upkeep of conventions. It would in deed leed to a better system.
On the other hand, the emphasis on the 'perfect' coding standard might encourage less experienced developers and, most of all, users to make their spontaneous ideas available to the community.
I, for this matter, can hardly write php, never mind fully understand the tep-methods. But I'm a user with a clear idea of how certainl shop functions will have to work. If I ever make a proper contribution, it probably won't be spotless. Should I not make it available?
Perhaps, there could be sort of a 'mentoring group' where beginners can post their contributions for polishing up. More experienced developers can then comment or contribute some corrections. Then, the code will be fantastic and the community still benefits from the maximum base of ideas.
In the end, I'd rather have a sloppy solution to an urgent problem, than none at all.
But, again I am NOT IN TOTAL disagreement.
Posted 26 January 2003 - 02:37
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Posted 20 February 2003 - 07:40
Of course all contributions should be accompanied by a readme.txt or install.txt, which clearly describes the function, content and structure of the contribution, then lists steps for its installation. The contributor should also note the compatibility constraints (e.g., works only with checkout system post 20021101) or certification (e.g., tested with MS1).
Let me take this opportunity to stimulate some discussion on conventions (or at least suggestions) for packaging contributions.
Posted 03 May 2003 - 05:43
it's very nice to see the changes made and also helps understand it more cause whatever wasn't explained in the readme.txt file, was asked there or can be asked there and get an answer... but I do prefer the way contributions are indexed here, cause they're in order, not by most-recent-replied-to-order
a nice solution would be the contributions section that's here now, but with the possibility of replying to it like in a forum topic... I've seen some pages have a "comments" system at the bottom that lets the reader contribute
another nice feature for the contributions area would be "search" (in name or description) and "sort by" (date, contributor...)
Posted 03 May 2003 - 11:07
*Sort By
*Creator Options (Update, Correct etc..)
*Creator Download Count
*User Comments
Posted 10 June 2003 - 20:30
I made buttons in greek language and i want to store them in contributions section.
Can anybody tell me the way that i can do this :?:
I didn't saw any link on OsCommere page that say's (for example) submit your contribution
Please let me know if is a special section that i can do this :idea:
(forgive my english. I know arent the best :wink: )
Posted 10 June 2003 - 20:55
The correct Package Category for a button image contribution would be "Images".
Posted 11 June 2003 - 22:33
On this page there is a great big link to "Contribute a new package" on the right side under the list of newest contributions:
The correct Package Category for a button image contribution would be "Images".
You have apsulutely right.
I must be blind :shock: I din't saw this man.
Thanks for given me the lights :!:
Posted 11 June 2003 - 22:35
Sorry for my english
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Posted 10 July 2003 - 22:49
able to keep track of how many people have downloaded a contrib.
i agree - i have received responses on my contribs, but hard data would help guage its acceptance.
Posted 29 July 2003 - 12:55
is add-ons for CVS.
any help appreciated
Posted 18 September 2003 - 12:49
Its possible I misunderstand the versioning system, but I see some inherent problems with the way some contributions are labelled.
I see osCommerce as a platform with differing versions, reliant on dates with regards to version numbers. For example, the CVS tree, being the most up to date. Now, I have seen various contributions explain that their contributions work with CVS 2.2, although will you may have difficulties with later versions after the next update (not to 2.3, maybe just a few weeks if the CVS tree is altered slightly).
Now, this is an inherent problem I believe in writing contributions. If a module is being written, that relies on no other files outside of the standard module/ and languages/ directories, I imagine there should be no difficulties.
But since contributions frequently make changes to pieces of code, they also become reliant on the same variable names the same files etc.
These contributions should still work, but they don't.
Now maybe I'm biased because I installed MS2, but I've looked at other projects and they do not seem affected in the same way, largely because they used a Milestone edition to make adaptations and add-ons for.
One thing is clear, a lot of contributions are not clearly labelled as being for use for MS2 or MS1. At the moment all contributions seem to be labelled as CVS2.2 which is not helpful (since sometimes a date is needed to indicate whether it is certain to work or not even if you are using the CVS version), also the date in some projects, seems to alternate between american date format mm/dd/yyyy and dd/mm/yyyy which would make it confusing other than the fact the new items are at the top. Consistancy is the key!
Anyway, thats my five pounds worth. If I'm wrong about any of this I apologise, but I won't be slighted if you point out any innaccuracy on my point. As well, this is not meant to be critical of those who have written contributions. Contributions are (IMHO) the most important thing about osCommerce. Tailoring the application to a persons individual needs.
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Posted 21 February 2004 - 17:51
Just from my experience it would make finding the correct forum to post and/or get help for a contribution much easier
Posted 22 April 2004 - 13:32
What would be cool is if the submission of a contribution automatically created the announcement topic and support topic, and inserted appropriate links to each.
I would also like to see a way to clean up contributions - removing buggy versions, for example.
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Posted 24 April 2004 - 23:10
To All: take caution and even seek advice when choosing the Category into which you make your contribution. There are some notable mis-categorized contributions that have not gotten the attention they deserved when people didn't find them in the expected place. Take for instance: AuthorizeNet Consolidated, which should be in Payment Modules, is in Credit Modules; and Discount for Payment Type, whose description even acknowledges it creates an order total class, is in Credit Modules but should be in Order Total Modules.
Unfortunately, there is no present means for transferring contributions to their correct category.


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Do my eyes deceive me?
Okay, so it may not look quite this bad but…….Holy cow, is that siding being replaced at the infamous eyesore on Chili Avenue that used to be Mike's Bar?
Did somebody buy the property? Is a new business going in?
Who knows something? Who's got dish? Chili blog devotees knew the story when it came to the Village Pub mystery so I'm guessing one or more of you has details about this.
Speaking of pubs, I am hearing that there can be some pretty rough crowds over at Knuckles and that several people got arrested there for fighting again on Wednesday night. I haven't been there but if you have, what's your take on the place?
Thanks to Pete for the siding tip….I hadn't seen it yet when he shot me a message about it!


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Men's BBall Unranked in AP - Arizona #1
The new AP Poll has us leaving the top 25 (deservedly) and our next opponent, Arizona, taking the top spot. If Arizona can handle their business on Wed night, we'll have a shot at the number 1 team in the land on our home floor. Hopefully, we can figure out our Trey-less half court offense. Great time for a signature win. Go Blue!
Beilein vs. 2-3 Zone
Randomly putzing around on the YouTubes, I came across this. This is awesome material, not just for the video breakdown but also because the guy drew up all the play diagrams as well (link below). Must see stuff for those that like to breakdown basketball the way many breakdown football on this site (Also, for those who, in your weakest moments, say "OMG BEELINE DOESN'T RUN AN OFFENSE, THEY JUST PASS THE BALL AROUND." I keed, I keed.)
PDF of the play diagrams:
Very cool stuff and some of it gets kinda complicated. And, note this is just stuff JB has run against the 2-3, which is probably the least common defense you see at the college level. I'd be interested in seeing which of this stuff they also try to implement against the 1-3-1. Makes me want to go back and watch some of the games against Matta's 1-3-1.
Edited to make comment meant to be in jest more in jest.
"Rome wasn't built in a day," - Mitch McGary.
"We're soft," McGary said following the 79-69 loss that wasn't quite as close as the score indicated. "We're soft right now. That's it."
One such player is talented 6-foot-6 sophomore Glenn Robinson III, who some consider a possible lottery pick. Instead, GR3 went for eight points and looked like a deer in headlights, tentative and even disinterested at times. Count me as a huge fan of Robinson's talent and character, but he needs to be more aggressive, especially when Stauskas is attracting as much defensive attention as he received Tuesday night.
"We were rattled and didn't have the same poise we had last year," McGary said. "Derrick's going to grow."
The Wolverines are a work in progress, and that was evident Tuesday night in one of the most hostile environments in the country.
"Rome wasn't built in a day," McGary said.
It's a fairly long article, but those are some key quotes from it. This team has a ton of potential, so lets try and hold judgment until February or March.
Another Good Game for Trey Burke
13 points, 9 assists, 2 rebounds & only 1 TO against the excellent defense of the Pacers
Early Thoughts On Michigan Basketball?
Now that you've seen Michigan in 8 games, plus exhibition...what are your thoughts?
IMO, we're exactly where I thought we'd be. Still searching for our identity, but starting to find roles for guys.


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The Southern Metropolis Daily is a Guangdong-based newspaper with a circulation of several hundred thousand print copies in its home province, and a wide national audience online. The front page today features a cartoon of Confucius next to an American flag. The headline: "Is the U.S. causing trouble for Confucius?"
According to the article, the U.S. State Department announced on May 17 that many of the Chinese teachers at Confucius Institutes across the country who currently hold J-1 visas, will have to leave by June 30. The Confucian Institutes themselves will also have to apply for accreditation.
Confucius Institutes are language and culture-promotion organizations sponsored by the Chinese government. They have been set up on university campuses across the globe in an effort to build national 'soft power.' There are currently 81 of them operating in joint-partnerships with American universities. The J-1 visa is a non-immigration visa for individuals who wish to undertake work-and-study-based cultural exchange programs to the US. The Southern Metropolis Daily reports that the US has refused to renew J-1 visas for teachers at the Confucius Institutes, and will require them to return to China by June 30 to apply for a new visa. The Confucius Institutes themselves will have to apply for accreditation, despite the facts that they do not grant degrees; and other cultural organizations, like the Goethe Institute for Germany and France's Alliance Française, operate without official certification.
Meanwhile, the China Daily reports that this is not quite the case: the US State Department has clarified its directives in response to strong reactions by both U.S. host universities, and the Confucius Institute headquarters in Beijing. They now say that not all Confucius Institute teachers will have to leave the US by June 30. It is only faculty who are teaching students at the elementary- or secondary-school level that are violating J-1 exchange program visa rules, and will have to return to China to reapply for an appropriate visa program. This would force about 51 teachers to return home to China.
Notably, this controversy comes at the same time as Beijing's new campaign to rid the capital of so-called "three illegal" ( 三非) foreigners: foreigners who either entered the city illegally or are living or working in the city without the proper visas. As the Wall Street Journal points out, although the U.S. State Department denies the directive was intended to target Confucius Institutes specifically and says that this was "simply a regulatory matter," it's hard to ignore the coincidence of timing.
Also on the front page: the verdict has been reached in the case of a boy who sexually assaulted and then killed a female classmate in the bathroom of the Dongguan Polytechnic Institute, where they were both students. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve. The girl's parents, who were awarded more than half a million yuan in compensation, are not satisfied. They are appealing to have him sentenced to death immediately.
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The Southern Metropolis Daily: 美国突然发难孔子学院? ; 莞理工教学楼女厕命案 凶手判死缓
The China Daily: Chinese teachers in visa mess
The People's Daily: 美国要求孔子学院部分中国教师离境
Wall Street Journal: US rule puts Confucius schools under spotlight
Wikipedia: Confucius Institute


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Gaining CyberConfidence
Every year it seems there is a new wave of cyberattacks. And whether the targets are government agencies, retailers, critical infrastructure or financial services, it seems no industry is immune. It's not surprising that cybersecurity is often thought to thwart attacks and block bad things from happening. This is, of course, a critical part of any implementation.
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The value of cybersecurity is in its enablement. Cybersecurity provides the trust organizations need to open their business technology systems and to share data and infrastructure with their customers, suppliers and other members of their extended value chain.
The Cybersecurity Challenge and Opportunity
Cybersecurity is as big a challenge as it is an opportunity. According to some estimates, cybercrime costs companies in the United States about $114 billion a year. That number is more like $338 billion when the costs of the downtime caused by cybercrime are factored in, according to Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command.
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- Control access to systems and information. The majority of data breaches occur immediately after employees leave the company. Maintaining strong control over access rights is critical to enterprise security.
- Be prepared for incidents that result in loss of data or create denial-of-service attacks. Responding to incidents quickly will minimize business disruption.
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The Elizabeth Forward school board has in May approved a $39.2 million final budget for the 2014-15 school year that will not raise the property tax rate.
The tax rate will remain 20.6052 mills, and the tax bill on a home with an assessed value of $100,000 value will be $1,837.94, according to a written statement from superintendent Bart Rocco and business manager Richard Fantauzzi.
Mr. Fantauzzi said last week that expenses will increase by 1.04 percent from the 2013-14 school year to the 2014-15 school year.
According to the release, the district will receive $1.29 million in gaming revenue. The release said the district has 5,694 approved homesteads whose owners will receive up to $229 off their school real estate property tax bills from gambling revenue.
That will be $7.21 more than the $222.58 savings off the 2013-2014 school tax bill, the release said.
The biggest increase in the 2014-15 school year budget, $829,000 in increased pension costs for employees, will go to the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System.
Mr. Fantauzzi said the district will receive a $60,000 Safe Schools Grant to pay for a one-year contract with Forward Township Police Department for a school resource officer, a policeman present during school hours.
The grant will pay for the period until June, 2015, he said.
"It will improve public safety to have presence in the school district of a police officer," Mr. Fantauzzi said.
Elizabeth Forward will also receive a $20,000 grant from the Allegheny Intermediate Unit to upgrade high school industrial arts equipment.
The industrial arts equipment upgrade will improve curriculum, he said.
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Although I don't use it very much at ALL, I think all that glitters would be a nice, practical choice 🙂
Came here to say exactly that 😀 It's the most beautiful color ever and I always get compliments on it. So versatile too. 🙂
Satin Taupe:)
All That Glitters is probably my all time favorite as well. Even if you just wear it on it's own without a crease shade, it gives a very finished look. Love it!
probably all that glitters
Half Baked. 🙂
Urban Decay MUSHROOM.. been trying to find a dupe for this little pewtery taupey-ish guy for a LONGGG time. Nothing compares. I keep begging them to make this a single! LOVE LOVE IT! I know they still make it, but I don't want to waste money on all the other colors in the mariposa or alice kits.
Actually very close dupe is to apply cream eyeshadow from ELF in Pewter and on it put Bloom eyeshadow in Slate.Hope it helps:-)
I've still been looking for a permanent dupe for MUSHROOM as well as I love it as a crease colour.
I did read somewhere it was close to theBalm's Insane Jane: http://www.temptalia.com/thebalm-shady-lady-vol-2-eyeshadow-palette-review-photos-swatches
Anyway, same problem here: it's limited edition and it only comes in a pallette 🙁 (too bad, since it's my favorite shadow ever!)
Cork e/s. While its not the most exciting color, I could use it all over the lid and blend it out to the crease plus as an eyebrow filler and soft contour shade.
MAC Satin Taupe, please & thank you! 🙂
MUFE aquacream #2!
Too Faced Heaven
Goldilux or Buttercupcake 🙂
MAC Trax no doubt about it. It's not terribly unique but I have a special love for this eyeshadow.
Plum dressing by M.A.C
Probably a color like MAC's Hocus Pocus.
Poison Plum
Definitely MAC Satin Taupe.
Not my absolute favorite color but still love: a shimmery and somewhat sparkly (Think eyeshadows from YSL palettes) light but bright green apple color (like the one from Laneige's 2011 Spring palette)
I chose this cuz this only says eyeshadows and I've thought about it and all the other colors I want are available as other forms of makeup and this was the only color I could think of that isn't made in other forms of makeup. >=D loophole YAY!
Cranberry or Humid C:
MAC Bare Study Paint Pot 😀
Some sort of brownish color (for a natural nude look) as well.
oh wow, a hard one.. I guess electric purple or pearly taupe.


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An introduction to the fundamentals of marketing. Product distribution, promotion, and price are studied with emphasis on the marketing aspects of managerial decision making in a dynamic society. This course is normally offered every semester.
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The study of consumer motivations and values in the light of social and psychological theory. This background provides standards of the social and human evaluation of marketing activities, with emphasis on consumer motivation and consumer psychological makeup. The course develops the relationship between social and psychological factors in marketing activities. This course is normally offered in the spring semester.
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An in-depth study of the structure of online markets, online buyer behavior, business to business online, virtual product offerings, web-based promotion, logistics and fulfillment, and web-based pricing. Students are required to create a web-based business, design their own web page, and market a product online. This course is normally offered in summer.
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An introduction to the various communication channels available for the spread of promotional information about goods, services and ideas to prospects. The course gives special attention to behavioral considerations and places particular emphasis upon the duties of marketing managers in planning, implementing, and controlling a program of promotional communication. This course is normally offered in the spring semester.
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The study of marketing research theory and technique with special emphasis on the use of the scientific method. The course seeks to develop the student-s analytical ability, to familiarize the student with the basic marketing research tools, and to develop the student-s proficiency in the art of writing research reports. This course is normally offered in the fall semester.
MKTG-4613 Marketing Management
A study of managerial aspects of the marketing function, emphasizing the qualitative criteria utilized in evaluating marketing alternatives. The course includes topics related to the decision-making process such as marketing research, product development, advertising and promotion, sales management, cost and demand analysis, competition, pricing, packaging, and forecasting. This course is normally offered in the spring semester.
MKTG-4723 Global Marketing
This course discusses the marketing of goods, services, and ideas in the context of a multinational environment. Same as INTL-4723. This course is normally offered in the spring semester.
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Assigned readings, reports, and research projects based on the needs of the student. (1-3 hours). A maximum of 3 hours may be counted toward major. This course Is offered as needed.
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Supervised marketing internship with approved firm or organization; written and oral reports are required. (Variable credit, 1-3 semester hours; 30 hours work required for each hour of credit with a maximum of 3 credit hours.) This course is offered as needed.
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Coachella '09 highlights now on AT&T U-verse
While randomly browsing through my AT&T U-verse cable system's Free on Demand selections the other day, I stumbled upon a listing that really caught my attention: 2009 Coachella Music Festival.
With more than 100 performers at the event, this 107-minute program, featuring a mere 13 acts, barely scratches the surface. Still, those of us who were there probably would agree on at least one of the highlights found here.
The Cure receives the most airtime, with Robert Smith (right) & Co.'s marathon closing-night set represented by "In Between Days," "Just Like Heaven," "The Perfect Boy," "Wrong Number" and "Hungry Ghost." I'd forgotten how menacing guitarist Porl Thompson's shaved head and hand tattoos looked on the big screens at Coachella until seeing closeups again.
Among Day 1 bands, Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band score a pair of tunes ("Cape Canaveral," "Big Black Nothing"); the Courteeners, Beirut and the Aggrolites each get a single song. I recall Bob Mould Band totally rocking out at the Gobi Tent on Day 2; fortunately, they were shot tearing through "See a Little Light" and "Good Idea."
Michael Franti + Spearhead are spirited as usual during "Everybody on a Move" and "Yell Fire." Calexico and Dr. Dog round out that day's sets. Finally, Public Enemy, who you'll recall performed its seminal 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in full (there's Flavor Flav to the left), gets three tunes (notably "Don't Believe the Hype") alongside Peter Bjorn & John ("Young Folks," "Living Thing"), the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Okkervil River.
An incomplete but decent overview, the program runs on AT&T U-verse through Oct. 27.
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Oak Harbor Club
The Boys & Girls Club of Oak Harbor became a member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America on May 21, 2003 and in 2011 become part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County. All of our before and after school Club activities take place in a 99 year-old dairy barn which was converted into a roller skating rink in 1950. Our facility was recently added to the list of Historic Barns in Washington State. From our Roller rink on the top floor to our annual 22-room Frightville Haunted House in the basement – our facility is one of a kind! (And we wouldn't trade it for anything)
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No company today can be without a web site. Whether or not your product or service is conducive to online sales, the internet has become far too valuable a marketing tool for any company to ignore.
The internet has replaced the phone book in my own home, so if I can't find you online, I can't find you at all. True, there are services like canada411.com and superpages.ca, but not everyone knows that they exist - and not every business is even in them.
You can think of your web site like a billboard, only better, because instead of counting on people driving by it you can get people driving TO it.
Unlike a billboard though, once you have designed your website and gotten it on the internet, the expenses can be minimal. Web hosting can be arranged for at a very low cost, so if your message is not changing often, it is an easily affordable medium.
Advertisements in magazines, newspapers and billboards all come with a hefty price tag and a limited shelf life.
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Fiat Gives Chrysler Workers an Ultimatum
Fiat (FIA,MI) Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said in an interview published on Apr. 15 that unless the labor unions representing workers employed by Chrysler in the U.S. and Canada agreed to wage and work-rule concessions in the next two weeks, he will walk away from a proposed alliance between his company and the struggling U.S. automaker.
In remarks reported in the Toronto Globe & Mail Wednesday, Marchionne said he is demanding wages and work rules at parity with workers employed by Toyota and Honda in Canada and the U.S. "Absolutely, we are prepared to walk," Marchionne said.
Chrysler is facing an Apr. 30 deadline to reach agreements with the United Auto Workers and Canadian Auto Workers, as well as banks and hedge funds holding $6.9 billion of the automaker's secured debt. It must also strike a deal with Fiat. If Chrysler's majority owner, Cerberus Capital Management, can't line up the agreements it needs, the White House, which has lent Chrysler $4 billion to keep it from insolvency, will not lend any more. The result is expected to be a Chapter 11 filing for the storied automaker.
If Cerberus can satisfy the White House with a raft of concessions from all parties, then it will get a $6 billion loan, enabling an alliance with Fiat to go forward.
Chrysler Needs Small Cars
Marchione's words were his toughest yet for the union. "The minute you talk to me about historical entitlement in an organization that is technically bankrupt, it's a nonsensical discussion," he told The Globe & Mail.
Fiat is hoping to use Chrysler's distribution network in the U.S. and Canada to sell Fiat and Alfa-Romeo vehicles. In addition, Chrysler wants vehicles developed by Fiat on which it can slap Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep nameplates. Chrysler also wants to develop distinctly new vehicles using vehicle engineering shared with Fiat.
Each party has its own motivations to get the deal done and satisfy the White House:
• The unions do not want to match the foreign-owned transplant factory wages, rules, and benefits. In the U.S., though, the UAW is willing to take equity in Chrysler in exchange for about $4 billion of the $8 billion that Chrysler owes the union's health-care trust fund.
• Banks that hold $6.9 billion of Chrysler's debt—secured by factories, Chrysler's brands, and real estate—are being asked to take just $1 billion instead. But the banks also want equity in the company to try to recoup their investments if the Fiat alliance works.
• Fiat, in exchange for sharing technology, engines, and vehicle engineering valued at around $10 billion, wants 20% of Chrysler with an option to boost its stake to than 50% later, on top of the concessions from banks and the unions.
It all adds up to a tense game of poker between all parties, with the White House's deadline looming over the negotiating table. It is also a situation that labor unions have seen before: being told to take the deal on the table or the company will go away and take all the jobs and future health-care payments with it.
Unions in a Bind
"The union faces a very tense and difficult outcome here," says Gary N. Chaison, professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. "They risk being blamed for driving the company into bankruptcy—and then losing the jobs and benefits on top of that."
But Chaison argues that by giving in to the demands, the union will be validating the arguments of its fiercest critics in Congress. Those critics have been saying for months that wages and benefits demanded by the union are what put General Motors (GM) and Chrysler into the situation of needing government bailout funds or facing bankruptcy in the first place.
UAW officals could not be reached at press time. But Ken Lewenza, president of the CAW, said the union was taken aback by Marchionne's comments. "I woke up this morning to find yet another spokesperson speaking for Chrysler, and someone whom we have not been dealing with at all in these negotiations," said Lewenza. The union chief said he was surprised to hear that the CAW was such a big obstacle to completing Fiat's alliance with Chrysler, since U.S. banks holding the automaker's debt and the UAW had yet to come to terms.
Lewenza said the CAW was against total parity of labor costs with foreign-owned auto plants, but added that the agreement the union struck with GM on salary and benefits for "active workers" was "in the ballpark" compared with non-union plants. "But to compare the costs of maintaining agreements with retirees to the costs at these plants, which basically have no retirees, is comparing apples to oranges," said Lewenza.
In 2007, the UAW agreed to lower sharply the starting wages and benefits for newly hired autoworkers at the Detroit companies, as well as for workers in jobs away from the assembly line, such as janitors and maintenance employees.
But the cuts did not affect most longtime union members, whose hourly pay and other compensation adds up to about $55 an hour. The figure ranges above $70 an hour when the automakers' costs for health care for retired workers and retirement benefits are factored in. By contrast, workers in U.S. plants run by foreign companies, such as Toyota and Nissan, earn about $45 an hour, and the nonunion companies do not have the hefty burdens of future "legacy costs" for pensions and retiree health care that the Detroit companies face.
Chrysler has demanded that CAW workers trim labor costs by 25.7%, to match what it pays at its U.S. plants. So far, the union is offering a concession of only a $7 to $7.25 per hour, a deal it has already given GM.
Puzzle for Union Members
If the unions in the U.S. and Canada agree to total parity with their nonunion peers, it raises a more fundamental question for union members: What exactly am I paying union dues for anyway?
An agreement to total-parity wages and benefits, says Chaison, would greatly affect the union's ability to organize those foreign-owned assembly plants in the future. It would also hit workers in other industries the UAW represents, such as casino and child-care workers—two groups that have been making up, in part, for lost auto-worker members.
Says Chaison: "Workers will be asking themselves what the point of the union is if so much of the outcome is out of their control."
Even if Fiat gets the worker concessions it's seeking, it faces more challenges ahead. "These companies face a huge marketing problem.… It isn't as if people are going to start buying GM and Chrysler cars again because the union is at total parity with nonunion workers at Toyota," says Chaison.


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