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May 25, 2013
Turner enjoys chance to shine
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The first day of the Under Armour Invitational was short, lasting just a few hours, but the bevy of talent was noticeable nonetheless. Led by 7-footer Myles Turner and a few other talented big men, the UA Invitational got off on the right foot Friday evening.
Turner breaks out
Last year around this time, four-star center Turner wasn't able to compete on the AAU circuit. Nursing a broken ankle, the big man couldn't do much but cheer on his teammates.
This year, Turner's AAU life is a much different story.
Attracting nearly every top scout in the area, Turner took center stage on Friday night, healthy and dripping with potential. Showing off a nearly 7-foot frame with good athleticism, an ability to run the floor well and a not-in-my-paint defensive mentality, Turner put on a show of sorts and staked his claim as one of the top big men in the nation.
"It's just been great," Turner said of his evolution. "I didn't play last summer because I broke my ankle. So it's just great to be back on the scene and showcase everything I've been working hard on. It's lots of fun."
Turner logged double-digit blocks in his only game of the evening, and he added double-digit points too. While he's raw on the offensive end in terms of post moves, he said schools from all over the nation are lining up to recruit him.
"It's pretty much every major DI school has either offered or shown interest," Turner said.
Turner's not in a rush to narrow anything down, either. He knows he's on the verge of a big summer and offers are going to start coming in daily.
"I would say it wasn't unexpected," Turner said of his rise to a top recruit. "I've been preparing for this all my life, really. It's been great."
Turner said he will visit UCLA next weekend and he is looking to get to Arizona for an unofficial visit soon. Outside of those, he's letting everything else come to him.
"I'm just taking my time with it and cutting my list down to about 10 schools this summer," Turner said. "I'm not ready to commit any time soon; I just want to focus on basketball."
Thompson talks commitment
On Thursday afternoon, 6-foot-9 power forward Trey Thompson committed to Arkansas.
A little more than 24 hours later, the big man was on the floor in Texas feeling as free as ever.
"I feel like you can play much better if you don't have to worry about the recruiting process," Thompson said. "If you're committed and you know where you're going, I feel like you can play much better and you don't have to worry about it."
That's why Thompson called Razorbacks head coach Mike Anderson this week and told him he was ready to end his recruiting process.
"I was just thinking about it Wednesday night, and it just clicked," Thompson said. "Me and my mom were talking, and I just came to the conclusion Thursday morning. I was feeling it, so I just called Coach A and told him, 'Hey, I want to be a Razorback.' "
Thompson picked Arkansas over Memphis, Florida and Mississippi State, he said.
A hint at a leader?
Four-star power forward Brekkott Chapman's UCLA offer is in a state of limbo right now as the program transitions from Ben Howland's staff to Steve Alford's, but once it becomes official, the Utah product may be ready to name a leader.
"They've talked to me most outside of the state (of Utah)," Chapman said of the Bruins. "I really like it down there. I've only been there two times for tournaments over the past few years, and it's probably one of my favorite places to go."
Chapman should see his UCLA offer solidified next week. The forward said he'll take an unofficial visit to Westwood on May 31. If the offer does come, the Bruins could be the team to beat for the Rivals150 prospect.
Friday tip-ins
Three-star Rivals150 wing Malek Harris said he believes Missouri is close to coming with an offer. The 6-foot-7 forward also said he's looking to take an unofficial visit to Marquette at the end of this month.
Three-star point guard Kahron Ross said Tulsa is the latest school to offer him. He's also hearing more from Arkansas, Tennessee and Memphis.
One of the most intriguing 2016 prospects from Friday night was 6-foot-9 center Sedee Keita. He said he hasn't heard from any schools, but as a big man with his skill set in his grade, that will change soon.
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A You Tube video which suggests the attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was faked has become an overnight sensation. Berlusconi, 73, was hit in the face with a souvenir marble and metal replica of Milan's famous Gothic cathedral following a political rally and suffered a fractured nose and two broken teeth. TV footage of the politician showing him bleeding profusely from cuts to his lips and gums went around the world in a matter of seconds and were seen by millions. However, today a video posted on You Tube suggesting the attack in Milan was faked had received almost 500,000 hits in just a matter of hours...
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An attacker hurled a statuette at Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally Sunday and leaving the stunned 73-year-old media mogul with a broken nose and bloodied mouth.
Berlusconi had just finished delivering a long, vigorous speech at the rally to thousands of applauding supporters from his Freedom People party in the square outside the cathedral at about 6:30 p.m.
The attack occurred at a time when Berlusconi, one of Italy's wealthiest men, is embroiled in a sex scandal, a divorce case with his wife and public protests demanding his resignation.
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Lord help us, they really know not what they do. ;-(
President Jimmy Carter did the same thing: He published names of overseas covert CIA operatives in a major newspaper. They were all dead men walking the next day at their foreign posts.
They could have gone with a fourth recommendation of firing the idiot who included the Chief of Station's title and made certain everyone knew who the idiot was and why they were fired. Knowing that punishment for a bone-headed move was swift and certain might do wonders to encourage the rest of the staff to pay more attention when doing their jobs and help eliminate mistakes.
Obama strikes again. Just like the Bill Clinton bunch, these punks are an embarrassment. Obama can't run a lemonade stand, much less the military/intelligence of the USA.
As Valerie Plame said this was colossal stupidity. There is no cure for stupidity>
This WH is not deliberately obtuse, they just cant help it. But shouldn't we have gotten Patrick Fitzgerald to make sure we got the whole story? How do we know leaking the station chiefs name wasn't part of the POW release deal along with the five retired terrorists?
Hear, hear ! You are spot on about the Clinton-Obama pajama party approach to "governing", let alone leading by example.
Especially at this late date and all he's done to this country, what possible basis could there be to believe anything Obama says? Frankly, I have no idea.
Of course, everyone in this White House is so well meaning that any mistake can be overlooked. Plus every buck stocks at the instant before it reaches the very top.
conservatives are more comfortable outing CIA officials for political purposes
more evidence that tea baggers are delusional conspiracy mongers
Richard Armitage leaked Plame's name to columnist Robet Novak and reporter Bob Woodward. At the time of the leak he was Colin Powell's Deputy Secretary of State. Both Powell and Armitage were considered politically moderate, not conservative.
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CHICAGO (September 16, 2013)--Almost 1 in 10 U.S. high school seniors has engaged in recent extreme binge drinking, which means downing at least 10 drinks in a row, and the rate barely budged over six years, a new report says.
Binge drinking at least five in a row has mostly declined in recent years among teens, but researchers say the trend for more extreme drinking is worrisome.
The most extreme level is 15 or more drinks in a row.
That rate was almost 6 percent and it didn't change from 2005 to 2011.
The report is an analysis of survey results that the University of Michigan does for the National Institute on Drug Abuse and is based on classroom questionnaires given to more than 16,000 high school seniors.
The report was published online Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Bad Breeders vs Good Breeders
There are so many breeders around, even though the shelters are filled with kitties that need a loving home. But if we're talking about breeders, there are two different types of breeders. The good ones, and the bad ones. Here's a little guideline to help you out.
Bad Breeders
- By paying more, you can get a pedigree with the cat.
- You will get your kitten on the most strange places. (think: parking lot).
- Kittens end up scared of people and not socialized.
- You have a choice out of many breeds and cats.
- The breeder doesn't ask about you and your backgrounds with cats or other information.
- There are no legitimate papers about their parents and tests.
- You can get the kitten when it's younger than 12 weeks.
- You won't see the mother.
- Kittens are not or only for a part vaccinated.
- Not a member of a specified breeders-club. (like maine coons breeders are often a member of the Maine Coon club for example).
Good Breeders
- There will be a pedigree with the cat, for no extra costs.
- You can go and visit the breeder to pick up the kitten.
- Kittens have grown up in a friendly home and are used to people.
- The breeder (often) focusses on one breed and doesn't have too much cats in the house.
- The breeder will ask you a lot of things before you selling you his cats.
- The breeder will show you their papers of the kittens parents and more.
- They will only give you the kitten when they are about 12 to 16 weeks old.
- The mother is always around.
- Member of a breeders-club.
- Kittens are always vaccinated and microchipped.
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Great post xxx
Little Binky was a lone ranger, she was found on a parking place. My other cats were kittens from friends :)
Your points are relevant to all breeders of cats or dogs. The longer you have to wait for your kitten/puppy the less likely it's coming from a mill. Great post!
Lokii came from a good one – she ticked all the boxes except microchip, as it was discussed in advance (we visited when he was tiny, to pick the one we wanted) and we said it would be easier for us to have it done (we got him in Northern Ireland, so a different country). But he still had worms! I rang and told her, she was mortified.
Good post. All my cats are rescues.
Great Post! Nellie came from a bad breeder. And sold to people who did not understand cats. She was abused, had no socialization skills and was a thoroughly nasty cat. It took a long time and lots of patience to get her to be the cat she is today. Kozmo, on the other hand, was dumped in a plastic bag, along with his litter mates at the Humane Society when they were 6 weeks old. They were socialized with people and other cats and he has been a great cat since day one.
Bad breeders should be put out of business.
Nellie's Mom
If your heart is set on a particular breed, then it's important to do your homework with a breeder. However, there are plenty of cats out there that need loving homes. Jen has never bought a cat, or even adopted one for that matter. Ours all just kinda showed up.
Very interesting! The Human has never had a fancy kitty before ;-) She has always had strays and pound cats, but some purebred kitties are really beautiful.
Alfie turned up a stray on our window sill years ago.He is actually a color point, so the vet said, no one claimed him..So we got him chipped and neutered and he's been here ever since :) xx00xx
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Among the cuts announced at an Aug. 9 news conference by Defense Secretary Robert Gates was the elimination of the Business Transformation Agency, founded in 2006. (Thomas Brown / Staff)
A Defense Department agency created four years ago to foster efficiency is now on the chopping block as part of an efficiency drive.
At a Pentagon news conference on Monday afternoon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Business Transformation Agency has become duplicative. Formally established in 2006 "to foster the reform and modernization of this department's business practices," BTA since then, "has shifted more of its focus to day-to-day oversight of individual acquisition programs, a function that can be performed by a number of other organizations," Gates said.
In addition, he said, BTA's mission has largely been assigned legislatively to other parts of DoD. As a result, the agency, which he said employs about 360 people with a $340 million annual budget, will be eliminated and the bulk of its responsibilities shifted to the department's deputy chief management officer.
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Gates said he also planned to ax the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration and recommend the closure of U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. Those two moves were urged last month by the Defense Business Board, an independent advisory panel in response to Gates' charge to find about $101 billion in waste and overhead over five years that could be spent on other things.
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Fiona Mitchell's backyard composting operation will be one of nine stops on the Nov. 4 compost tour. Here she is with the mulch pile at her Bedford Hills home.
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Don't like all those chemical dusting to put on flowers to keep the bugs away? Use plain flour instead. Just dust it on roses and etc., and it works well to rid plants of bugs. Flour makes it almost impossible for the insects to breath. Happy Gardening!
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Thanks a bunch for that tip! I sent it on to all of my friends and relatives. Thanks for sharing and God bless you.
Every year I have a major problem with aphids on my tomatoes. Do you think this would work for them?
Same question--would a fine dusting of flour help ANY flowering plant? Or vegetables?
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Frank X Walker, a professor and alumni of UK, who coined the term "Affrilachia", has been named Kentucky's 2013-14 poet laureate.
Walker, director of the African-American and Africana Studies program at UK and associate professor in the Department of English, is the state's first African-American poet laureate as well as the youngest at age 51. The poet laureate is selected by the state to compose poems for special events and occasions.
"I'm honored to be both the youngest and the first African American poet laureate. I've gotten a lot of congratulatory comments from people who really like what it says about Kentucky's progress and how it challenges some of the caricatures about our state," Walker said.
Walker coined the term Affrilachia when he noticed Webster's dictionary defined an Appalachian as "a white resident from the mountains."
Through his literature, Walker teaches that, contrary to popular belief, African-Americans contribute in many ways to Appalachian culture.
He says that when the significance of oral traditions, music, food, family and front porches in both the white and African-American Appalachian cultures are considered, there is not much separating the two.
Affrilachia is therefore "a way of thinking about the region with people of color in a way that challenges the definition that says you have to be white to be Appalachian," Walker said.
Walker said he is always looking for ways to promote the celebration of Kentucky writers who historically have produced some amazing talent, such as William Wells Brown. Brown, who is a Lexington native, authored Clotel, the first novel written by an African-American.
"The reality is that a true definition of the region makes room for Pittsburgh and Birmingham and Harlan, Ky. and all the African-American history and culture in between. Bill Withers, Nina Simone, August Wilson and Nikki Giovanni and other important names should be spoken within the same breath as the litany of others that are always associated with the region," Walker said.
Walker hopes that through his literature, college students will learn a lot of history they didn't know, especially Kentucky history.
"It would be great if poetry taught them some of the bluegrass is black," he said.
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The designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh are known for
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For the last ten years, Sagmeister has researched the nature of
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The mask hides as much as it reveals, "denies as much as it affirms", as Claude Lévi-Strauss asserted. Very often the holder of a secret, the mask conceals that which only the initiated should know.
The mask's power also lies in its capacity to incarnate spirits, a link between man and his ancestors, between the visible and the invisible world. It is inseparable from a mythical context which structures the mode of existence and thought of the majority of traditional societies.
Central to the life of a group or a community, the mask, an indispensable intercessor, is always active.
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Chubwan mask, Vanuatu, northern Ambrym Island or southern Pentecost Island, end 19th century, Wood, 36.5 x 12.3cm, 72.1999.7.3
This hardwood mask portrays a face with a rounded forehead and a pronounced nose. The eyes, nose and mouth are hollow. The mask finishes at the chin with a handle for holding it in front of the face. The wood has a dark red coating. Chubwan masks play an important role in ceremonies linked to yam tubers (from planting to harvest). The yam holds a central place in Melanesian societies. The first shoots and then harvests are often celebrated by rituals dedicated to the protection of the group's fertility. The Chubwan masks are used during dances set to chants. They mark the symbolic link between man and the tubers. These rituals disappeared during colonisation and little information has been collected about them. In the south of the Pentecost Island, this mask tradition has regained vitality since 1991 due to the transfer of intellectual and artistic property rights. The same wooden mask tradition existed in the north of the Ambrym Island, but their use seems to have disappeared.


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Oracle Introduces Open Office to the Cloud
Oracle Cloud Office and Open Office 3.3 are now available.
In a press release this week, Oracle announced the release of it's Cloud Office 1.0, and Open Office 3.3.
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ALBANY -- Two recently re-elected Albany City Commissioners publicly endorsed former Ward II Commissioner Dorothy Hubbard in her bid to become Albany's next mayor.
The endorsements came during a press conference Tuesday morning at Hubbard's headquarters on West Broad Avenue.
"Sitting on the commission with her, I've seen her work in pushing the gang unit and getting behind 311 and the code red system and think she'll bring her knowledge of the city with her to the office if elected," Ward IV Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tem Roger Marietta said.
Marietta, who won re-election to his Ward IV seat Nov. 8, said Hubbard showed during her time as mayor pro-tem -- the commissioner who runs commission meetings in the absence of the mayor -- that she's prepared to take charge of the board and can keep the meetings under control.
Hubbard is locked in a runoff with local restaurateur B.J. Fletcher after neither of the two managed to get the 50 percent plus one vote necessary to win the seat in the Nov. 8 general election.
Fletcher took the majority of the 13,000 ballots cast in the race, roughly 40 percent of the vote, with Hubbard pulling in roughly 36 percent.
Howard and Marietta join outgoing Mayor Willie Adams in endorsing Hubbard for the city's top spot.
"She's a consensus-builder who has the personality and character to work with any group or person in the community," Adams said in an interview before the Nov. 8 general election. "And, during her time on the commission, she's proven that on various issues ... we're making positive traction in this community. I believe she can grow and build on that."
whattheheck 4 years ago
Did you get too many comments to list or did the comments not agree with your position?
truthsayer 4 years ago
Some more back scratching, gotta love it. Some people don't want a change, they'll have to get their hand out of the tax payers pocket, and get a real job.
waltspecht 4 years ago
Now if she was incapable of straightening things out when she was a Commisioner, incapable of getting folks to work for the common good, and just incapable as to any leadership. What makes you think she will make a Mayor that can provide the leadership this City so despirately needs?
BJ Fletcher is a breath of fresh air in an overused restroom. Give her a chance to show what she can do for Government. Hopefully at least as well as she has done for the Restayrant.
chinaberry25 4 years ago
Hubbard is just more of the same old, same old. One thing you can be sure of it that Albany will continue its demise and 25 years from now it will be a ghost town. I will quote Bill Cosby, I am glad that I am at the end of my life, not at the beginning. It is heartbreaking to see what Albany has become. It is a good example of the Peter Principal. Under qualified folks trying to govern a town.
truthsayer 4 years ago
Ten Four.
KaosinAlbany 4 years ago
The commissioners that are staying in office really should not endorse anyone. It is just plain tacky. It really makes them look bad and what if the other person wins. That is not going to help get things off on the right foot if BJ is elected.
supersquawker 4 years ago
These endorsements are extremely disappointing. I think the commissioners what somebody they know will be "nice" but in reality will be a pushover for all the bigshot "entities" that want to control how the money gets disbursed in this town. BJ will do what's right no matter who you are. And there's a lot of cleaning house that's needed and BJ is the right person for the job!!
VSU 4 years ago
Slick Willie endorsed Hubbard, Enough said. We know he did nothing in his years as mayor.
chinaberry25 4 years ago
I had never looked it that way, but endorsements should not be done in a small scale elections. It influences and kinda like buying votes. Of course that has been done too in Albany. Henry Something Mathis went to prison for it. If Obama or another big politician will not influence the votes like small town Albany where you can only win by a few votes.
KaosinAlbany 4 years ago
I'm sorry, but I feel I need to come to Mr. Mathis' defense. He was not caught buying votes. He was convicted of trying to extort money from businesses in his ward. That is totally different than buying votes. Besides, the hearsay is he was set up by political enemies and that very well could be the case, but if he is guilty at least he served his time whereas other political criminals in this town have never been caught and tried by a jury to this day. Please don't throw Mr. Mathis into this subject and start accusing him of things he never did.
Moe 4 years ago
No suprise here, Marietta also endorsed the Phoebe-owned, Ken Hodges filth.
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public class CalculateArray { public static void main(String[] args) { int [] numbers = new int[]{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}; int sum = 0; int max = 0; int min = numbers[0]; double sd = 0; for(int i=0; i<numbers.length; i++) { sum = sum + numbers[i]; } double average = sum / numbers.length; System.out.println("Average value is : " + average); for(int i=0; i<numbers.length; i++) { if(numbers[i] > max) { max = numbers[i]; } } System.out.println("max number is : " + max); for(int i=0; i<numbers.length; i++) { if(numbers[i] < min) { min = numbers[i]; } } System.out.println("min number is : " + min); for (int i=0; i<numbers.length;i++) { //this is where im having problems sd = ??? } double standardDeviation = math.sqrt(sd/(numbers.length-1)); System.out.println("The standard deviation is : " + standardDeviation); } }
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Is your problem that you don't know what is meant by "how far it is away from the mean"? You'd take the number and subtract the mean, that's how. (Calling the variable which stores the mean value "average" wasn't a good choice, by the way.)
And yes, you do have to do that for each data point in the sample. So putting it inside the loop like you did, you're on the right track.
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There is probably a package you can download that would have everything you need in it, but I'm guessing you are supposed to do this yourself.
The first steps when writing a program should always be to think through how you'd do it yourself, with pencil and paper. In order to figure out how far a number is from the mean, you need two things: the number, and the mean.
And you can't get the mean until you have looked at every number.
So yes, you do need to loop through your array (at least) twice. Once to get the mean, and once to get the difference between each number and the mean. There is no way to do it in one pass.
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Patti Rasmussen is a freelance journalist who has resided in Newhall since the mid-70s. She has a great respect for the arts – performing and visual – and has focused her philanthropic efforts on cultural arts and youth programs. Several local groups have benefited from her donations of time and talent, as well as the fundraisers she has hosted at her home.
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District both were very active in Santa Clarita before passing away.
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education at Pepperdine University, Cal State Northridge and received
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1983 were milestones for Gary as he not only opened his business;
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of The Historical Society, Family & Child Development Center and
continues to grow his local ties serving on the current board of Family
Promise of Santa Clarita
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established industry veterans to help his clients grow. Today Gary
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client's locally in Southern California and as far away as Costa Rica.
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looking forward to promoting the Arts in Santa Clarita, along with his
fellow Commissions, City Staff and Council.
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Prior to starting his own company, John was a senior executive in Accenture's Financial Services Strategy & Business Architecture practice, where he planned and delivered major initiatives throughout North America.
John has a passion for art and music. "It is my fundamental belief that Art has the power to make a community better. Art has the power to create awareness within the City of Santa Clarita, as well as beyond its four borders. It has the power to connect the community by presenting ideas that everyone can relate to in a universal way. Pragmatically, Art can be a tool to help market and sell Santa Clarita and drive economic growth."
John is very active in the community. In addition to being the Board President and Director of Marketing for the Santa Clarita Symphony, John serves on the Boards of the SCV Boys & Girls Club, Repertory East Playhouse (Advisory) and actively participates in numerous local charities.
John earned his degree in Finance and Economics from USC. John lives in Newhall, where he has been a resident since 1992, with his wife Michelle and son Jackson, age 7.
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Susan came to Santa Clarita in 1993 to manage the local public television channel, SCVTV. Susan designed and equipped the SCVTV Media Center in Newhall, developing it into a communications venue showcasing the talents and activities of the City, local schools, and a variety of nonprofit arts, music, and community service organizations.
After graduating from Stanford University in the 1980s with a degree in English literature with an interdisciplinary emphasis on art, Susan earned a teaching credential from Arizona State University. She taught video production, broadcast television, mass media, and film aesthetics to high school students in Phoenix, developed educational programs for television networks (Bravo, NBC Universal) and worked in production and post-production for Tri-Star Pictures, ABC International, and others.
As the cable company's Community Television Manager in Santa Clarita from 1993 to 2007, Susan developed and provided support for hundreds of individual programs and series related to the visual and performing arts. Early on, she fostered relationships with video production instructors in the William S. Hart Union High School District and COC, turning SCVTV into a classroom laboratory for students.
Today Susan lives in Santa Clarita and produces a live daily television program for Time Warner Cable's Southern California viewers. Local public service positions include the Santa Clarita Repertory Theatre board (2003-04), Newhall Redevelopment Committee (2002-09), City of Santa Clarita Citizens Public Library Advisory Committee (2010-11) and William S. Hart Union High School District ROP Advisory Committee (2000-present).
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New Policy Accommodating Sikh Kirpan at Canadian Missions Abroad
April 14, 2014 - On behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, the Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State (Multiculturalism), today announced a new policy on accommodating the Sikh kirpan at Canadian missions abroad.
"Canada's diversity is one of our greatest strengths, and freedom of religion is a fundamental Canadian value," said Minister of State Uppal. "Our government's new kirpan policy will serve as an example and promote Canadian values around the world."
"The accommodation of the kirpan at Canadian diplomatic missions around the world is a deeply significant move that shows that the Government of Canada understands and respects the significance of the kirpan to Sikhs," said Amritpal Singh Shergill, President of the World Sikh Organization of Canada. "Most importantly, this policy reflects the importance Canada places on human rights, including freedom of religion, and sets an example for the rest of world."
The new policy provides clear guidance to missions on accommodating the Sikh kirpan, a stylized representation of a sword or dagger, while fulfilling the government's responsibility for ensuring the physical security of employees at missions.
Visitors to Canadian missions who declare themselves to be Sikhs will be permitted to retain their kirpans when entering the missions, provided their kirpans are secured within a sheath, attached to a fabric belt and worn under clothing across the torso. They should also be in possession of the four other Sikh articles of faith.
This new policy is part of the government's efforts to promote human rights, encourage protection of religious minorities around the world and promote the values of pluralism and tolerance.
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced the names of five vessels Thursday two littoral combat ships and three joint high speed vessels, all named after cities.
LCS 15, a Freedom-class variant, will be the USS Billings, the first Navy ship named after the largest city in Montana, according to the release announcing the names. LCS 16, an Independence-class ship, will be the USS Tulsa, sharing its name with a World War II-era gunboat, according to Naval History and Heritage Commands website.
JHSV 8, 9 and 10 will be named the USNS Yuma, Bismarck and Burlington, respectively. Itll be the first time a Navy vessel has been named for Bismarck, N.D., or Burlington, Vt., according to the release.
The release says JHSV 8 will be the fleets fourth Yuma, honoring a city in Arizona, but the history commands website references three tugboats that bore the name and a fourth Yuma, a river monitor launched in 1865, that was never in active service.
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This newly refurbished 2 bedroom apartment is in the traditional Cretan style. Nestled against the hillside overlooking lovely views from the balcony and windows to the sea, the town of Sitia, the mountains and the countryside of olive groves.
Open plan lounge and kitchen area leads to the lovely balcony with wonderful views of the mountains, the sea, the olive grove hillside and across the water to Sitia. The main bedroom has a double bed and has views of the hillside. The apartment is simply furnished. ideal to relax and use as a base to explore this unspoilt part of Eastern Crete.
|Sleeps up to 5, 2 bedrooms
|2 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms
|Nearest beach
|Sitia 100 m
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|1 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Heraklion 120 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
|Sea view
|CD player
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Cooker, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|1 Sofa beds, Double beds (1), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 4
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Balcony or terrace, BBQ
|Parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
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Open plan lounge and kitchen area leads to the lovely balcony with wonderful views of the mountains, the sea, the olive grove hillside and across the water to Sitia. The main bedroom has a double bed and has views of the hillside. The apartment is simply furnished. ideal to relax and use as a base to explore this unspoilt part of Eastern Crete.
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In the small garden there is a large purpose built BBQ ideal for those lovely evenings relaxing. The apartment is in a quiet peaceful location which includes the ancient ruins of town of Tripitos. In the nearby village of Agia Fotia are several simple yet delightful tavernas with sea views. In the town of Sitia there's a wealth of restaurants, tavernas and bars around the pretty and bustling harbour. There are plenty of shops and several supermarkets. Discover the villages and unspoilt beaches with tavernas serving fresh fish caught everyday.
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50% payment secures booking
balance 8 weeks prior to departure.
10% discount on Week 2.
price includes the use of bath towels and sheets. Please bring your own beach towels.
£30/week cleaning and laundry cost.
£200 good housekeeping deposit returnable assuming no breakages or damage.
Sitia is an old Venetian town. it has a long mainly sandy Blue Flag beach. It has a small domestic airport harbour and ferry port. Lovely restaurants are around the harbour and within and around the town. It is a working town and is open all year round. The area is ideal for beach holidays with a wide range of additional lovely beaches available within a 20 mins drive. A quiet and unspoilt area.
The taverna across the road serves traditional Greek and Cretan food and is conveniently located. There are several local tavernas nearby, some are a very short drive by car - some having live Greek music. This is an unspoilt part of Crete, 1 km to the main town of Sitia. A short 80m walk to the beach and a 5-10 minute walk to the unspoilt 'Blue Flag' stony/sandy beach. Discover at least 10 lovely beaches within a 20 minute drive of our apartment - ideal for lunch in a beach side taverna or picnic on the beach. In the nearby town of Sitia there is a lovely harbour with waterside restaurants - very pretty at night.
Watersports and fishing. Good for walking holidays, winter sun, good nightlife.


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Have a chance to go to Valmorel next season without paying for lodging. I know it's no Courchevel, and doesn't offer much in a way of steep or challenging terrain. Does anyone know the place? Recommend a local guide maybe?
I would not plan the trip until January. there was no snow when we drove through there on Dec 18 or so.... It's all beautiful area though. You will be close to 3 valles so you might as well go for a couple days! Love meribel, meribel moteret, courchevel and Val thorens.
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HARTS CAMP, TEXAS. Harts (Hart) Camp is at the intersection of Farm roads 37 and 168, north of Blackwater Draw, twelve miles south of Olton, and seven miles north of Spade in east central Lamb County. R. C. Hopping established the town in 1927 as a speculative venture, and by 1930 it had a school, a gin, a blacksmith shop, and two stores. Several businesses and a church were reported there in 1964, but by 1968 the school building was being used to store grain. The community was shown on county highway maps in the 1980s. The 2000 census reported a population of eight.
Evalyn Parrott Scott, A History of Lamb County (Sudan, Texas: Lamb County Historical Commission, 1968).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Charles G. Davis, "HARTS CAMP, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrh15), accessed November 27, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Update - Monday February 11
Please note that this function is now booked out.
Celebrate this Valentine's Day with your loved one in the exclusive grandeur of the MCC Committee Room.
Enjoy a special four-course menu featuring the very best local fresh produce and glass of sparkling wine on arrival. The Committee Room dining and EPICURE chefs have been awarded with numerous culinary awards during 2012 and we invite you to experience this wonderful dining experience with your loved one.
Spaces are limited so members are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment.
Valentine's Day Dinner
MCC Committee Room
Thursday February 14 from 6.30pm
$85 per head inclusive of four-course dinner, glass of sparkling on arrival and tea and coffee to finish.
To make a booking contact Epicure on 9284 2365.
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Smokers aren't only air quality polluters
There are a lot of people who have allergies, and perfumes are one of the biggest irritants. Cosmetic dermatologist say fragrance is the most common cause of allergies, according to the newspaper the Daily Mail. There are more than 5,000 synthetic fragrances compounds used in the beauty industry. Fragrance is often used in skincare products and can irritate or induce allergic reactions such as contact dermatitis, causing redness, burning, itching and swelling.
The smell of some perfumes can be offensive and cause immediate breathing difficulties. Indeed, many doctors realize the dangers of perfumes and post signs in their offices telling patients not to come wearing perfume or cologne. Also, some businesses have banned workers from wearing fragrance products.
Scientist who investigated the association between allergies and perfumes have found it not to be just a trivial problem, either. They have proposed a list of a 100 allergens they say should be outlined on perfume packaging; they also called for the use of 12 common fragrance ingredients to be reduced to just 0.01 percent .
A lot of smokers have taken it upon themselves to show common courtesy to others and not smoke around them. I think that people who wear fragrances should show similar courtesy.
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She deserves more than 5 stars. We are very thankful that we found and get to know her during the entire home searching. It took us forever to find our own house and she was there giving her time,patience and effort everytime we need her. She's very reliable and you will never go wrong when you deal with her.
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Melody was very patient and understanding of my needs as a first time home buyer. She helped me understand all the in's and out's of the home buying process without getting frustrated. She was fast and prompt when it came to closing and many of my family and friends were surprised that we found a home and closed as fast as we did. I would recommend Melody to anybody and everybody that is seriously considering home ownership.
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Me & my wife was so THANKFUL to have MELODY as our agent . For more than 3yrs. her patience & professionalism was tested big time. She passed it w/ flying colors. She takes pride in her work w/ personal touch and treats her clients( us ) like family. She's so helpful & responsive to all our requests. She always does an extra mile to accommodate us every w/c way possible. MELODY is highly recommendable . As a 33 yr. old worker in the hospitality business, I know a great service when I see one. MELODY is your model consistency & dedication . Client-friendly w/ a wonderful personality. Keep up the good job MS. PEREZ. YOU'RE GREAT ! THANKS A MILLION. American Dream come true because of you . Keep in touch.
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Melody was very professional and "guided" me to my purchase of a new home versus a house resell. This new home is exactly what I wanted and she understood this after listening to my needs. She also negotiated with the builder and was very responsive to my many questions.
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I have know Melody for some time and felt that she would be a good choice as a realtor. She understood what I wanted. Showed me what was out there for me. By her understanding it was not a waste of my time. I'm a very picky person and she had great patience. I always felt at ease. Jessica
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Melody was a delight to work with. She seemed to always be available for my 101 questions of first-time home buying. She made the home buying process as painless as possible. I would recommend her.
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As a retirees, my wife Lolita and I were definitely not newbies when it came to purchasing a property. It came therefore, as an extremely pleasant experience to meet and deal with Melody Perez. Melody ticked ALL the boxes in her dealings with us. She made every aspect of our purchase smooth and non-traumatic. Nothing was ever too much trouble for Melody and we think so highly of her that we would most definitely want to have her represent us again in the future.
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This is the second property I have purchased with Melody Perez, and she is wonderful to work with. I trust her, and know she is concerned with my best interests. I would definitely work with Melody again. Regards, Sara Behiel
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Ms. Melody is the best real estate agent that I know. next time I buy property, I will contact Melody again.
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Melody was there every step of the way. She made home buying less stressfull. She was there when I needed answers. She guided me throughout the whole time. I would highly recommend her to my family and friends. She's amazing!
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- An aggressive type of termites has been found in St. Augustine.
Smith Brothers Pest Control found nests of Formosan termites on a boat in a boatyard near downtown St. Augustine.
"I was shocked. I was thinking this is unbelievable because these guys were so bad. They're mean," Mike Smith, owner of Smith Brothers Pest Control.
Last week, Smith and his son were told about a swarm of insects around a boat which is dry docked at a boatyard.
Upon inspection, Smith and his son found several of their nests on a 60 foot trawler from Miami. His description of the incident sounded like something from a science fiction movie.
"They started rattling their heads, sounded like Rice Krispies. Then the secretion of the stuff coming out of their heads it's like a deterrent for the ants and stuff. We got the sticky stuff all over us."
Smith's son, Mike Smith Jr., said it takes four times more gas to kill the Formosan termite than your run of the mill drywood termite. They also can devour a one foot piece of 2X4 wood in three weeks. Smith said it would take your average termite about four months.
It is characterized by large colonies and the rapid rate that it can eat wood.
"The territory of a single colony can be up to 300 feet...It infests a wide variety of structures (including boats and high-rise condominiums), according to the IFAS.
Smith tented the boat over the weekend. However, because they had already swarmed, Smith said there's no work where the tiny terrors are eating now.
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Don't eat the FIRST potato chip!!
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One measure that you've made it in the big, bad world of show business requires getting one's hands dirty -- really dirty.
Gravity star Sandra Bullock was up for the challenge Wednesday in Hollywood, where she participated in a hand-and-footprint ceremony like many other stars before her.
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Archive for Thursday, April 13, 2006
Kindergarten round-up
Nottingham Elementary School will have its kindergarten round-up April 27 and 28 by appointment only, at the school, 1428 Elm St.
A parent meeting to schedule appointment times and gather information will be at 7 p.m. April 24 at Nottingham.
The school district has created a brochure to educate parents on what their children should know before they start kindergarten. The information is divided into sections including pre-academics, social skills, adaptive skills, language skills and motor skills.
The brochures are available in the office at Nottingham Elementary School and at the district office.
Prior to the round-up sessions, parents are asked to acquire a certified birth certificate and gather health information including a Kansas Certificate of Immunization record and physical exam/personal health history. A dental examination is optional.
Children must have been born on or before Aug. 31, 2001 to enter kindergarten in fall 2006.
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World Bank Firm Backs Honduran Corporation Associated With Forced Evictions, Multiple Killings
According to Human Rights Watch, the World Bank's private investment firm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), lent $15 million to Corporacion Dinant, a Honduran food company, despite indications that it was forcing people off their own land and controlled security forces that engaged in multiple killings.
"The IFC loaned millions of dollars to a project, even though it was known that its operations were already enmeshed in killings and other violence," said Jessica Evans, senior international financial institutions researcher and advocate at Human Rights Watch. "As President Kim urges World Bank staff to take on riskier investments, the Dinant case should serve as a warning about the pitfalls of investing without proper oversight."
The CAO found that IFC staff had underestimated risks related to security and land conflicts, and that they did not undertake adequate due diligence even though the situation around the project and the risks had been raised publicly. Nor did IFC project staff inform other IFC specialists on such environmental and social risks about the problems that they knew were occurring.
The investigation stemmed from allegations that Dinant conducted, facilitated, or supported forced evictions of farmers in Bajo Aguán, Honduras, and that violence against farmers on and around Dinant plantations in the Bajo Aguán, including multiple killings, occurred because of inappropriate use of private and public security forces under Dinant's control or influence.
The CAO found that the IFC did not, as its policy requires, adequately oversee Dinant's obligations to investigate credible allegations of abusive acts committed by the company's security personnel or to sanction the use of force that goes beyond "preventative and defensive purposes in proportion to the nature and extent of the threat."
Read the whole report here. See here, here, and here to read about detrimental U.S. policies towards Honduras that contribute to the kind of atmosphere in which government-allied corporations abuse the people and security forces engage in killings with impunity.
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If you were wondering why Obama backed the coup in 2009 that overthrew Honduras's democracy and installed a right-wing fascist dictatorship into power, above is your answer.
More of Obama's record of depravities:
The USA has a long history of installing and supporting fascist dictatorships in Honduras for the benefit of US and multinational corporations that benefit from the Honduras dictatorship destroying social gains like minimum wages and limits on working hours.
Honduras was making gains in these areas until the 2009 Obama-backed fascist coup.
Fascism: the welding of private corporations and state power.
Once again, things like this explain why there are so many illegal immigrants. Now, humans should have the freedom of movement, and almost everyone wins with immigration, and legalizing immigration maximizes those wins… but still, nobody should be *forced* to migrate because powerful outside forces are making life impossible locally.
Wrong. Unrestricted and illegal immigration form the third world into White nations causing the demographic genocide of Whites is a very bad thing.
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These problems arise and all these things we can not anticipate, calmly consider and resolve the issue.
How often can one discover America?
Oscar Wilde said "America has been discovered in the past, but was always hushed up."
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IFC, World Bank and the IMF report to the US Treasury.
Name me one – I repeat: one – country that has benefited from the policies and financial management of the IFC, WB and the IMF!
Incompetence rewarded. I heard the World Bank promoted the manager of this project to become the head of risk management globally.
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Matt Fraser to make NHL debut on Tuesday against Anaheim
Matt Fraser is having a pretty hectic week.
The 21-year-old Stars prospect already was expected to be busy this weekend, as he was named to participate in the AHL All-Star Game Jan. 30 in Atlantic City, N.J.. Then, on Sunday, he got the news that he was being called up and will make his NHL debut Tuesday night against Anaheim.
"You dream of something like this when you're growing up. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous coming here," Fraser beamed on Monday. "I'm going to enjoy the experience, and once the game comes, I am probably going to be a little bit nervous, but I'm happy to be here."
Fraser is used to the pace, he's kind of been on a rocket ride the past two seasons. Fraser was born and grew up in Red Deer, Alberta, He started his junior career there and eventually moved on to Kootenay, where he was pretty much a role player. Fraser had just 9 goals in 63 games in his draft year (200-7-08) and followed that up with 10 goals and a minus-31 in his 18-year-old season (2008-09).
That left Fraser undrafted and with really very little chance of even having an NHL dream, but then he put together a very good season for the Ice with 32 goals in 65 games in 2009-10. The Stars scouts liked what they saw, and Dallas decided to sign Fraser as a free agent. He was still a long shot, because many reports said he was simply a guy who knew how to score goals. But he followed up that 2009-10 season with a campaign that proved he can be very consistent.
Last season, Fraser had 74 points (36G, 38A) in 66 games and was plus-20 for the Ice. He then scored 17 goals in 19 playoff games to help Kootenay win the Western Hockey League championship. It was the kind of season that had people believing there was even more to his game.
"He's a young player who has had a very nice development surge, and you like what you see with him," Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk said. "He's still learning, obviously, but he has shown a real intensity about wanting to work on every part of his game, and that's been very encouraging."
The scouting report on Fraser is that he is a fantastic goal scorer, but has holes in other parts of his game. He has 21 goals in 40 games to lead the Texas Stars this season and is fourth in AHL goal-scoring. However, he's also minus-12. Fraser said he's working to improve.
"I don't even think of myself as a goal scorer," he said. "The guys who are so good at this level can do so many things well. It's usually the small things like attention to detail in the defensive zone. Being a young guy that's been thrown into it, that's something I try to improve on everyday, and so far I feel I've gotten better at it."
The Stars believe the 6-2, 207-pound left wing has tons of potential.
"He's a real attentive kid, he's got a great shot, and he's 21 there in the minors and he's in the All-Star game," Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said. "He's doing real well for himself, and he deserves this opportunity."
Fraser has a real knack for scoring. The young forward scored four goals in four games when he went to the Traverse City prospects tournament in September. He then scored two goals in three pre-season games with the Stars, including looking very good on a line with Mike Ribeiro and Michael Ryder at times.
"Getting a little taste of that was a big spur for my confidence, just to get a little familiarity with being out there," Fraser said of those pre-season games. "It doesn't count for points, but it was nice to get that first goal out of the way.
"But this is a different animal," he added. "They're in a tight playoff race, and I want to be a guy who contributes."
The problem with Fraser's hectic week is there is a very good chance this is his one big shot at the NHL for a little while. He was called up only because of injuries to Brenden Morrow (neck) and Jamie Benn (appendectomy), and Gulutzan said he would probably play Fraser on the fourth line and not give him power play time. Morrow and Benn are both expected to be healthy after the All-Star break.
That said, you never know what Fraser can do _ he has exceeded expectations for the last two years and he seems to be guy who is easy to cheer for.
"He's a good kid, a hard-working kid, so you feel good about him getting a chance," Nieuwendyk said.
Fraser was named the WHL Humanitarian of the Year for his work with charities. Here's a story on him winning that award that gives a little more insight into what kind of person he is.