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Summer is almost upon us and with the heat of the Central Valley also comes children with way too much free time on their hands. Why not use that time constructively in a way that is fun for your child and teaches them a thing or two, or three?
Camps are generally divided into two categories, the 'away' camps, where you child stays overnight for a few days or even weeks at a time, or 'day camps', which last for a few hours every day and can span a week or a month. Fortunately there are many summer camps offered in or around Fresno, one of which is sure to catch the interest of you and your child.
Whether you pick an 'away' camp or a day camp, involving your children in these opportunities doesn't just keep them busy for the summer, it teaches them valuable skills they will take with them into the future. There are camps that teach about the natural world around us, camps geared to those interested in science. Away camps teach children to be independent and stretch his or her comfort level. This is important, especially for those tween years when children are reaching for independence.
Over the next few weeks, I'll be listing several types of summer camps available for your child.
To start, here are a few camps for the artistically minded:
Children's Art Studio Day Camp
809 E. Lansing Way
Fresno, Ca. 93704
(559) 226-4791
Ages 6 - 13
July 14 to July 16
Children at Children's Art Studio will learn to draw, paint or sculpt in five separate 5 day sessions. Classes are from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a different focus each week. Registration forms can be found on-line.
for more information, contact Suzanne Henderson or visit the Children's Art Studio Website
California Art Academy
4750 N. Blackstone Ave.
Fresno, CA 93726
Ages 3 - 13
Choose from classes in yoga, nutrition, dance, arts and crafts or drama. Classes are from two to four days a week in the morning or afternoon. California Art Academy also has more intensive classes for ballet, instrument instruction and acting in plays and musicals.


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Work began on the Wasserfall missile in 1941, originally as an anti-aircraft version of the A4 surface-to-surface missile. On 25 September 1942 Goering authorized development of four types of surface to air missiles: unguided rockets (Taifun), target-seeking guided rockets (Enzian); operator optically-guided rockets (Rheintochter and Schmetterling); and radar-guided rockets (Wasserfall).
The final specifications of 2 November 1942 called for an interceptor missile with a top speed of Mach 2, able to hit airborne targets flying at up to 900 kph at 5 to 20 km altitude within a radius of 50 km. First versions were to use radio command guidance, to be followed by a self-guiding radar system in later models. The pressure-fed engines used Nitric acid/Tonka propellants. Orders were placed for 5,000 rockets, but production was never even begun due to protracted development. The name translates as 'Waterfall'.
Failures: 1. Success Rate: 50.00%. First Fail Date: 1944-02-29. Last Fail Date: 1944-02-29. Launch data is: incomplete. Standard warhead: 300 kg (660 lb). Maximum range: 26 km (16 mi). Boost Propulsion: Storable liquid rocket, 1850 kg propellant. Maximum speed: 760 kph (470 mph).
Status: Retired 1944.
Gross mass: 3,500 kg (7,700 lb).
Payload: 300 kg (660 lb).
Height: 7.70 m (25.20 ft).
Diameter: 0.89 m (2.90 ft).
Span: 2.34 m (7.67 ft).
Thrust: 78.00 kN (17,535 lbf).
Apogee: 18 km (11 mi).
First Launch: 1944.02.29.
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Ross McKelvey wins FIAP Gold
As well as an active DAPA member, this Practising Barrister-at-Law (specialising in civil litigation), Chairs the Belfast Photo Imaging Club (BPIC), currently the Top Club in Northern Ireland Photographic Association and affiliated to PAGB.
'In September 2011 I got the ARPS for a panel of 15 beauty headshots; and in November 2011 got the DPAGB at Llanberis in North Wales,' Ross tells me. In the current Northern Ireland Photographic Association Annual Exhibition (NIPA members only) Ross was awarded Gold and Silver PAGB Medals in Mono, and a Silver Medal in Colour. The exhibition was judged by Rod Wheelans of PAGB.
'I achieved MY first FIAP acceptance in March in The Bristol Salon – to test the water,' Ross continues, 'I then entered Strakonice in Czech Republic and recieved an Honorable Mention. Since then, I have achieved 32 Acceptances in a total of 6 Salons, in 5 different Countries, with a total of 11 different images.'
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I am the host. I will name a movie. the next will have to name two actors from that movie.(also can name directors, writers, or composers, but that is it,) than I will pick one of those actors and the another person(or the same person) will have to name two movies that actor has done. I pick one of those movies. So on and so forth. The host(me) cannot play the game. Also, only the host can pick the actor or movie you have named. If you want to pick, then host another game on another thread. In fact I encourage it because i want to play too.
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I call him Nano Cuzz (because I call his big sister Mini Cuzz), but you guys can call him Daniel. I took a few shots of my cousin's family hanging out in a rare sunny day in England. Daniel is 9 weeks old, and Mini is 3. Welcome to the family, little man!
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Carspotters' Challenge #8 -- T-Bird at the T-Bird
This week's challenge is the parking lot of the Thunderbird Motel in Lake Tahoe, California, sometime in the middle of the 1960s. It's perfectly appropriate that a Thunderbird (a 1964-66 "Flair Bird," to be precise) would be parked by the motel office.
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Columbia Adventist's big fourth-quarter comeback fell five points short as the Kodiaks lost 52-45 Friday to Christian Faith of Federal Way in a loser-out game at the Class 1B state boys basketball tournament in Spokane.
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Excuse me Ms. Lynn, you are only mentioning it now that you tasted weird meat when you were a child. This sounds to me like some damage control line that you are playing with to cover up the damage you have caused. You are right that you should have made it clear to the press on this situation. But now damage has been done as you have sent the wrong message to readers who are not aware that consuming exotic meat is illegal and damaging. I strongly suggest you come out with a press statement clarifying that you actually consumed these exotic meat when you were a child.
Nature lover,
You are obviously an ignorant bigoted and cynical bloke. You write as if you are someone who is infallible, without blemish and hide behind that pseudonym. Your words are harsh, without any tact and void of wisdom. Judgmental and derogatory. If you truly love nature, love your own kind first and don't shove your "holier-than-thou-animal-loving" believes onto other people's face.
Dear Bangsar Babe and Josh Lee, I commented because I wanted to highlight the sensitivity of the word tiger meat in the interview and nothing personal about it. And I believe, Bangsar Babe have clarified on the quote. Thanks for that.
My intentions were clear but I believe the way I commented was not in the best way possible. And I respect you both for highlighting it to me. I apologize if I have offended Bangsar Babe and for the way I presented my comments. I too am always learning to improve.
I wish you blessed married life Bangsar Babe and all the best. Thank you for making a stand to conserve wildlife. Hope you too can spread the conservation message across to your fans. All the best.
i believe croc meat is not exotic or illegal, are they? you get plenty of it in australia.
as for snakes and tigers, that sounds pretty exotic haha.
Tiger meat is not exotic meat. It is ILLEGAL meat. Be responsible with what you write and stop referring to it as if it's some delicacy.
hahah… count my eyebrows as one of those that were raised by your statement.
glad you clarified the issue XD
Btw, I think only tiger meat is illegal (among the 3 you have tried)
quoted fr the Star article "Another reason why I am passionate about food is because of my family's particularity. Everything has to be very organic when it comes home-cooked food. We eat brown rice and do not eat processed meats."
quoted fr the clarification statement "While it is true that the "The weirdest thing I have tried is snake, tiger and crocodile", I was given these as a child and consumed it without realising the significance then."
Tot that ur family is into health + organic food. Pretty surprise to find out that u were fed with snake, tiger and crocodile when u were a child in ur later statement. Of course, here, I'm assuming that u were fed by ur family with those food. Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm totaly confused with the 2 statements
i don't think these things should be held accountable when it happened 15-20 yrs ago. back then, people didn't think eating sharks' fin was wrong. but with education NOW only people learn. give her a break 🙂
understand her predicament. but she should have the presence of mind of what can or cannot be said NOW in a national newspaper; especially in the context of an interview with a significant member of the society. it's not something she should be proud of!
no worries, tts what that happns when scatterbrainners try to write ANNOYING food reviews where everything is sooooooo 'annoying' and the best of food can be 6.5 and aim for own culinary shows with ANNOYING mumblings and all that ANNOYING batting of eyelids and ANNOYING head creaking and ANNOYING cluelessness of one's shortcomings. Anyway, Happy Wedded Life, perhaps that will be the true calling!
I think this clarification is more than sufficient. Bangsar babe was misquoted and it was a simple mix-up. If Star readers insist on taking what they read wholesale, all I can say is that the quality of our papers, like our leaders, are a reflection of ourselves. Sue Lynn is not lacking in credibility and I see no reason to believe this is merely an exercise in damage control. What I see instead is a case of other people putting words in her mouth, intentional or otherwise.
@tsalokath do you have a point? Besides showing off your extensive vocabulary? 🙂


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The gents from The Inquirer reckon and seem fairly sure that nVidia will launch its NV30 graphics chip at Comdex Fall in Las Vegas around the 18th till the 22nd of November this year.
NOW WE CAN finally confirm that Nvidia is planning to introduce its NV 30 technology, the next big thing in graphics, sometime between 18 and 22 of November. That's the Comdex event in Las Vegas.More information @ The Inquirer


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New Oreo flavors include Marshmallow Crispy and Cookie Dough. The exciting treats are scheduled to hit store shelves on Feb. 3, 2014. That's the good news. The bad news is that the new limited-edition flavors will be available for just 6 to 8 weeks.
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After January's Winter Storm Leon left tens of thousands of Atlantans stuck in traffic, stranded, and some even sleeping in stores and schools, it wasn't long before Mother Nature gave the city a second chance to do things right. Though February's storm wasn't quite as severe, few were taking a chance on the icy roads—which explains the eerily calm feel of this photo, taken during what is usually a jampacked Thursday morning rush hour. "It was quiet for 9am," says photographer Tommy Byrd, who captured this shot with his Canon 60D, "with only the occasional sounds of car tires hoping to get friction on the icy bridge." Byrd spent five-plus hours in his car during Leon, so he walked out to the bridge when the second round of snow began to fall—opting not to chance a repeat performance. "I find winter beautiful," Byrd adds, "but I'm glad it's getting warmer."


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Weekly Poll: For the first time in nine weeks the Wildcats did not maintain, nor improve their ranking in the AVCA/USA Today weekly poll. Despite playing three top 10 teams and beating two of them, the Wildcats fell two spots to fifth in the lastest edition. Volleyball Magazine dropped the Cats three spots to sixth. Undefeated Nebraska and Hawaii continue to lead both polls.
A Look at the Cats: The Wildcats, playing in one of the most brutal weeks in school history, returned to Tucson with the Pac-10 championship clearly in sight. Arizona faced three teams ranked in the top 10, defeating both No. 9 Florida and No. 7 UCLA, while falling to No. 6 USC. The split with the Los Angeles schools allowed the Wildcats to maintain a share of the Pac-10 lead with one match remaining. The Cats will wrap up the conference season the way the started it, a match against intrastate rival ASU.
A Look and the Sun Devils: Arizona State was swept by Southern California and UCLA last week, losing 3-1 to the Women of Troy and 3-0 to the Bruins. The Sun Devils are currently fourth in the Pac-10 race at 9-8, a half-game ahead of Washington State and Stanford. As a team, ASU leads the conference in digs with 18.87 DPG. They are fourth in kills (17.32), fifth in hitting percentage (.239) and assists (15.27), tied for fifth in aces (1.38) and seventh in blocks (2.58). Individually, senior Amanda Burbridge is second in the Pac-10, averaging 5.59 kills per game and ranks third in digs (3.88) and sixth in service aces (0.34). Teammate Jami Coughlin is second in the Pac-10 in digs (3.93), while Julia Leddy and Michelle Mortensen are eighth and ninth in hitting percentage, respectively. Setter Cheryl Anglin is fourth with 13.06 assists per game. The Wildcats defeated the Sun Devils 3-2 in their first encounter this season, a Sept. 13 match in Tempe. ASU holds a 31-27 record in the all-time series that began in 1977.
The Senario: Since Pac-10 volleyball play started in 1986 only two schools have won or shared the Pac-10 title. With a victory over Arizona State on Saturday the Wildcats would change that, becoming the first school other than UCLA (seven titles) or Stanford (eight titles) to win at least a share of the Pac-10 Conference title. The Wildcats are currently a half-game ahead of Southern California in the standings, having played one more match than the Women of Troy. USC travels to Washington on Friday and Washington State on Saturday.
UA-ASU Rivalry: When the Wildcats and Sun Devils meet, anything can happen. In fact, 10 of the last 13 matches played in Tucson between the two schools have gone five games with each school winning five of those matches. The Sun Devils nearly dealt Arizona a Pac-10 Conference opening loss in Tempe earlier in the season, winning the first two games before a school record setting performance brought the Cats back. In the September win, Arizona set a team record for kills in a five-game match (102) and setter Dana Burkholder broke Heather McCormack's school mark in assists, dishing out 84.
All Tied Up: If Arizona and USC win their remaining matches and tie for the conference championship, the Wildcats would receive the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by virtue of the conference tie breaking rules. Since neither team won the season series, splitting it 1-1, the tie-breaker goes to games won between the two schools. Arizona won four games in the head-to-head match-up to USC's three.
West Wins: In a match between two of the top teams in the their respective regions, Arizona and No. 9 Florida battled it out in McKale Center last Tuesday night with East-West bragging rights on the line. The five-game, hard fought match went in favor of the Wildcats, who rallied back from an early 2-0 deficit to quash the upset minded Gators, stopping UF's season-best win streak at 15 matches in the process. The match was Arizona's fourth five-game match of the season and just the first for Florida. Arizona now has victories over eight top 25 teams this season and own a 4-2 record against teams in the top 10, with UA's losses coming to then 10th-ranked UCLA and No. 6 USC.
And The Hits Just Keep on Rolling: Arizona broke a 16-year old school record with its .441 hitting percentage against the Bruins last week. Arizona collected 64 kills on 118 attempts while committing 12 errors against UCLA. The Wildcats markmanship bettered the school record for attack percentage in a four-game match. The previous record, set in 1984, was .421 (63-15-114) against Pittsburgh.
Ranked Opponents: The Wildcats are 8-3 this season against teams ranked in the top 25, including 4-2 against top 10 opponents. UA has picked up victories over No. 4 USC, No.7 UCLA, No. 9 Florida, No. 10 BYU, No. 15 and No. 17 Stanford, No. 18 Utah and No. 19 Baylor (Only UCLA, BYU and Florida went more than three games). UA's win over No.4 USC was the highest ranked opponent the Wildcats had beaten since they upended top-ranked UCLA in 1993. Arizona's three loses this season have come at the hands of No. 6 USC, No. 10 UCLA and No. 14 UC Santa Barbara.
Arizona in the Pac-10: The Wildcats remain atop the conference in a number of statistical categories. With an 18.11 kills per game average and a .324 team hitting percentage, both conference bests, the Wildcats are the top hitting school in the Pac-10. Individually, Arizona holds three of the top four spots in hitting. Marisa DaLee and Jill Talbot rank first and third, respectively, with percentages of .440 and .363. Sophomore Stefani Saragosa is fourth at .352. Senior Allison Napier is seventhwith 3.74 kills per game while DaLee comes in at 3.63 kpg, good enough for ninth. The Cats are second, behind UCLA, with a 16.02 assist per game and are also second with 3.09 blocks per game. Setter Dana Burkholder is second in the Pac-10 with 13.85 APG while Saragosa is top-Cat in blocks, the sophomore is third in the Pac with 1.20 BPG, DaLee is eighth with 1.08.
Match by Match: Previous to this season, the Arizona volleyball team's record had never reached above .500 in the Pac-10. With a sweep over the Oregon schools Nov. 3-4, the 2000 team brought the program's record one match over .500. The split with UCLA and USC leaves the Cats 135-134 all-time in the conference.
On the Mark: Arizona has been deadly accurate so far this season. UA has failed to hit over .300 as a team in just sixof its 25 matches this season. Six players have hit .500 or better in 17 matches thus far, including 11by senior Marisa DaLee alone (See list to the left).
Keep It Down!!:Oregon's 11 total points against Arizona ties for second on the all-time list for the least total points scored against a UA team. The Wildcats held Cal-State Fullerton to a school record 10 total points in a 1983 match.
And Make It Snappy: Arizona's 55-minute victory over Oregon last week was the fifth shortest match in school history. The 3-0 victory trails only UA's matches against College of Sante Fe (1984, 45 minutes), Northern Arizona (1984, 50 minutes), Bowling Green (1988, 50 minutes) and Texas Tech (1993, 52 minutes).
You're in Good Hands: Setter Dana Burkholder is now second on Arizona's all-time assists list. Her ninth assist against California (10/27) gave her 3,518 for her career and moved her past Heather McCormack for second at Arizona. Burkholder, who has 3,780 assists in her three seasons at Arizona, now trails only Laura Bartsch and the 4,024 assists she dished out from 1992-95.
Making a Clean Sweep: For the first time in school history, Arizona swept the season series from the two Pac-10 schools in the Bay Area. The Wildcats downed California 3-0 September 30 and October 27, and also went the minimum against Stanford Septmber 29 and scored a school-first Maples Pavilion win on October 26. As a team, the Wildcats hit .333 with 249 kills against the Bears and Cardinal while limiting the two schools to a .192 kill percentage. Senior Marisa DaLee put an impressive exclamation point on her career against the two, hitting an outstanding .528 in the four matches with 53 kills on 89 swings and only six errors. She also tied with Allison Napier for a team high 11 blocks.
1000 Kill Club: Senior Marisa DaLee's second kill in game two of Arizona's 3-0 win over Stanford (9/29) made her just the ninth player in Arizona history with 1,000 kills.
Arizona's 1000 Kill Club 1. Barb Bell (1993-96) 1,859 2. Terry Lauchner (1987-90) 1,636 3. Melissa Ferris (1991-94) 1,273 4. Melissa McLinden (1982-85) 1,213 5. Marisa DaLee (1997-Current) 1,175 6. Charita Johnson (1991-94) 1,134 7. Kristi Colson (1988-91) 1,044 8. Anita Moss (1980-83) 1,036 9. Kiyomi Morino (1984-87) 1,016
A Full House: The Arizona-USC match brought the largest amount of spectators ever for an Arizona home volleyball match. The 7,298 fans on hand represented the sixth largest crowd nationally for a match this season and the largest group on the mainland. Up to that contest, Hawaii had five matches with a greater attendance. The huge crowd was also a Pac-10 Conference record.
20/20 vision: Allison Napier recorded just the 17th 20 kill-20 dig match in Arizona history against UCLA (10/12). The senior outside hitter had 29 kills against the Bruins and 21 digs. The 20-20 match was the first for an Arizona player since Keisha Johnson Demps tallied 21 kills and 20 digs against Arizona State in 1998.
Making a Case For Deja Vu: Senior Marisa DaLee tied her own school hitting percentage record against Washington Oct. 20. Her 13 kills and one error on 16 attempts, a .750 htting percentage, against the Huksies were the exact same numbers she put up in Arizona's 3-0 win vs. UTEP last November. DaLee shares the record with three other players Beth Grupenhoff (1982), Tamika Denis (1994) and Michelle Fanger (1997).
Making a Case For Deja Vu II: Junior setter Dana Burkholder collected her third career triple-double in Arizona's five-game loss to UCLA Oct. 12. Her 15 kill, 67 assist, 22 dig performance came almost exactly one year to the day that she recorded her first career triple-double. In what appears to be a strange twist of fate, the Bakersfield, Calif., native posted 11 kills, 70 assists and 14 digs Oct. 11, 1999, in a five game loss to..... UCLA. This season's triple-double was the second of the year for Burkholder, having recorded 10 kills, 54 assists and 10 digs Sept. 2, against San Diego.
School Records: The Arizona volleyball team has matched or bettered a number of school records this season. Arizona won a school record 14 matches in-a-row from Sept.1 to Oct.10. After it's opening five-game loss to UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 1, Arizona reeled off 11 three-game wins (including the last seven straight), two four-game victories and a five-game defeat of Arizona State, to break the previous best of 10 in-a-row the 1998 squad started the season with. Impressively, the Cats were able to accomplish much of their success away from the confines of McKale Center, eight of the 12 matches were played on the road and one in a neutral site. Arizona knocked off four nationally ranked schools during the streak (No.10 BYU, No. 15 Stanford, No. 18 Utah and No. 19 Baylor), of which, only one match went more than three games. As a team, Arizona outscored its opponents 676-371 and hit .354 with 879 kills on 1778 attempts, meanwhile Wildcat opponents were limited to a .169 attack percentage. Senior middle blocker Marisa DaLee was impressive during the winning streak, hitting an outstanding .462 with a team-leading 185 kills. She failed to hit over .300 in a match only twice during the streak. Junior setter Dana Burkholder tallied 668 assists, a 14.52 assist per game average.
School Records II: Arizona's 7-0 start to the conference season was the best beginning for the school ever. The 1998 squad held the previous best, winning its seventh match in its ninth conference contest. In Arizona's victory over Arizona State on Sept. 13, the Wildcats had 101 kills, breaking the previous school best for a five game match of 96 set in 1986 against Oklahoma. The 91 assists in that same match tied Arizona's best team effort set in 1987, again, against Oklahoma. Junior Dana Burkholder had 84 of the 91 assists to take over the top spot in the record book, breaking Heather McCormack's 1991 mark of 77. Arizona's team hitting percentage of .483 in its win at San Diego State, Sept. 2, set a school record for accuracy in a three game match. The Cats had 52 kills on 89 attempts while committing only nine errors. The previous mark was held by the 1994 squad who hit .461 against California.
Career Records: Senior Marisa DaLee's ongoing streak of 315 games played is the third-best run in Arizona history. She trails Barb Bell's 383 and current Arizona Associate Head Coach Charita Johnson's 348. Junior Dana Burkholder has started 80 career matches, 14th-best at Arizona and tops among current team members. Her 13.03 career assist per game average is the best all-time at Arizona.
Wildcat Pac-10 Players of the Week: Junior setter Dana Burkholder was named the Sept. 11 Pac-10 Player of the Week by the conference for her performance at the Wildcat Classic Sept. 8-9. The Classic MVP had an impressive tournament, posting 126 assists, 22 digs and seven block assists in the Wildcats' three match sweep of New Mexico State, No. 19 Baylor and Santa Clara. She chipped in with 22 kills, including a career-high 13 against Santa Clara, and hit an impressive .606 for the weekend. It was Burkholder's second Player of the Week honor in her Arizona career, having garnered the award last season for her efforts against the Washington schools in November.
A week later, fifth-year senior Marisa DaLee garnered the award. The Phoenix, Ariz., native had 47 kills on 79 attempts with only 10 errors against Arizona State, 10th-ranked Brigham Young and 18th-ranked Utah. Her .468 hitting percentage helped Arizona go 3-0 for the week and extend its win streak to eight matches. She also led UA with 17 total blocks for the week. She tallied four block solos and 13 block assists. In the Wildcats' five game victory at Arizona State on Sept. 13, she tallied 20 kills on 37 attempts with only five errors. She also collected six blocks and four digs. At 10th-ranked BYU, DaLee hit a game-high .462 with 16 kills on 26 attempts and three errors. She led both teams with six blocks. At Utah, she hit a season-high .625. She rapped home 11 kills on 16 attempts with only a single error.
Allison Napier was the third Arizona player to earn the Player of the Week (Oct. 2) honor this season. The senior from Santa Ana, Calif., led the Wildcats to two, 3-0 sweeps over 15th-ranked Stanford and California Sept. 29-30. She recorded a team-high 37 total kills (6.17 KPG) on 73 attempts with eight errors (a .397 hitting percentage) in the Wildcat wins. Against Stanford she had a match-high 16 kills, a .419 hitting percentage, four digs and four blocks. A night later, she posted a career-high tying 21 kills while hitting .381 against the Golden Bears. She chipped in with four more digs and three more blocks. It is Napier's first conference honor in her career.
In an encore performance, senior middle blocker Marisa DaLee was named the Oct. 30 Pac-10 Player of the Week. Her second weekly honor this season made her just the second Wildcat to earn the honor twice in a season. Barb Bell won the award twice during the 1993 season. DaLee also becomes the first Arizona player to be named four times in a career to the honor (she won the award once in 1998 and 99). The Phoenix, Ariz., native hit .556 in Arizona's first road sweep of Stanford and California. She had 27 kills (4.50 kpg) with only two errors on 45 attempts and three blocks. Against 17th-ranked Stanford on Oct. 26, DaLee had 15 kills on 24 attempts and one error for a team-high .583 hitting percentage. She also added two blocks in the Wildcats' first season sweep over the Cardinal. One night later, DaLee had 12 kills on 21 attempts, again with only one error for a match-high .524 hitting percentage in a victory over California.
Talbot's Tally: Junior Jill Talbot's .737 hitting percentage (15-1-19) against Stanford ranks as the second best single match performance for a Wildcat player ever (five attempts per game min.). Her tally trails only the .750 percentage put up by Beth Grupenhoff (1982), Tamika Denis (1994), Michelle Fanger (1997) and Marisa DaLee (1999 and 2000).
All-Tournament Awards: Arizona's three match sweep through the Wildcat Classic Sept. 8-9, earned four Wildcat players all-tournament honors. Joining Dana Burkholder, who earned top honors as Classic MVP, were all-tournament selections Lisa Rutledge, Jill Talbot and Marisa DaLee. Rutledge knocked home 26 kills for the weekend on 54 attempts while committing just six errors (a .444 hitting percentage). Talbot averaged 2.33 kills and 2.46 digs per game for Arizona, while DaLee rapped out 29 kills on 49 swings and only four errors for a .510 hitting percentage. Burkholder and DaLee were both named to SDSU's Diggin' It 2000 All-Tournament team Sept. 1-2.
Lauren Benward * 6-0 * Jr. * S
Starts: 0 Games: 10
Ranks 10th on the Arizona career assists list with 312 ... Picked up 10 assists in three games at the Wildcat Classic ... Collected eight assists in three games at SDSU Diggin It tournament ... Set a career high in assists in 1999 with 51 against Sacramento State (9/4).
Dana Burkholder * 5-8 * Jr. * S
Starts: 26 Games: 92
Starting setter ... Second in the Pac-10 with a 13.85 assists per game average ... Broke Heather McCormacks nine-year-old school record with an 84 assist performance at Arizona State (9/13) ... Had third career triple-double in Arizonas five-game loss to UCLA (10/12). Finished with a career-high15 kills, 67 assists and 22 digs ... Recorded second career triple-double on Sept. 2 with a 10 kill, 54 assist, 10 dig performance in Arizonas four game win over San Diego (9/2) ... Against No. 9 Florida, No. 6 USC and No. 7 UCLA had 172 assists (13.23 apg) ... Had nine kills, 62 assists and 12 digs vs. No.9 Florida (11/7) ... Narrowly missed third triple-double of the season with 57 assist, 11 dig and nine kill performance at Stanford (10/26) ... Had 194 assists (16.17 apg) over a three match stretch Sept. 13-16 (84 at ASU, 65 at BYU, 45 at Utah) ... September 5-11 Pac-10 Player of the Week ... Named Wildcat Classic MVP for her 126 assist, 22 dig, 22 kill, .606 hitting percentage performance in the three match tournament ... Had a then-career-high 13 kills against Santa Clara (9/9) ... Garnered all-tournament honors at SDSUs Diggin It 2000 Tournament Sept. 1-2 ... Arizonas all-time leader in assists per game, averaging 13.03 ... Third on Arizonas career assist list with 3,608 ... 1999 AVCA All-District 8 and All-Pac-10 honoree ... 1998 and 99 Junior National team member ... Has started 75 career matches, tied for 14th all-time at Arizona and most among current team members.
Elvina Clark * 5-6 * Sr. * DS
Starts: 13 Games: 70
Primary defensive specialist ... Has 147 digs, fifth for Arizona ... Recorded a career-high four aces at UCLA (11/11) ... Had a career high 11 digs at Arizona State (9/13), BYU (9/15) and Washington State (10/21) ... Redshirted in 1998 with a dislocated shoulder.
Marisa DaLee * 6-3 * Sr. * MB
Starts: 19 Games: 92
Starting middle blocker ... Leads the Pac-10 with a .440 hitting percentage ... Is secondon the team with a 3.63 kills per game average, ninth-best in the Pac-10 ... Recorded 1000th career kill against Stanford (9/29) ... Oct. 30 Pac-10 Player of the Week for her perfomrances against Claifornia (12-1-21, .524) and Stanford (15-1-24, .583) ... Tied school hitting percentage record for a single match with 13 kills and one error on 16 attempts (.750) against Washington (10/20) ... Led Arizona with 16 kills at Oregon (10/7) ...Hit .650 (14-1-20) against California (9/30) ... Led Arizona with 13 kills and .632 hitting percentage at Washington (9/23) ... Had a .500 hitting percentage and 11 kills at Washington State ... Hit .462 with 16 kills at BYU (9/15) ... Had 20 kills on 37 attempts and a .405 hitting percentage at Arizona State (9/13) ... Named to all-tournament team at Wildcat Classic Sept. 8-9, with a .510 hitting percentage and 29 kills in three matches ... Had a career high 24 kills while hitting .500 (24-5-38) in Arizonas four game victory over San Diego (9/2) ... Hit .586 (19-2-29) against 14th-ranked UC Santa Barbara (9/1) ... Garnered all-tournament honors at SDSUs Diggin It 2000 Tournament Sept. 1-2, with 52 kills and a .471 hitting percentage in three matches ... Has appeared in 302 consecutive games, third-most in Arizona history ... Has hit .400 or better in a match an Arizona record 42 times ... Holds top two spots on UA single-season hitting percentage list ... Is the only Wildcat player to earn All-Pac-10 honors four times (1998 99, twice in 2000) in a career.
Christina Frost * 5-10 * R-Fr. * OH
Starts: 6 Games: 36
Redshirted in 1999 ... Made first career start at BYU (9/15) ... Recorded first career kill in Arizonas three-game sweep of San Diego State ... Had a career-high two kills against New Mexico State (9/8), UCLA (10/12).
Cathy Garbacz * 6-1 * Fr. * OH
2000 Redshirt
Linda McCullagh * 5-8 * So. * DS
Transferd from Oregon State where she did not particpate in volleyball ... will sit out 2000 season due to transfer rules.
Allison Napier * 6-2 * Sr. * OH
Starts: 26 Games: 86
Ranks seventh in the Pac-10 with team-leading 3.86 kills per game ... Has led the Wildcats in kills in a team-high 13matches ... Against No. 9 Florida, No. 6 USC and No. 7 UCLA she recorded 59 kills on .302 hitting (4.54 KPG) ... Recorded 18 kills vs. Oregon State (11/4) ... Had 21 kills against Washington State (10/21) ... Recorded just the 17th 20-20 match in school history with a career-high 29 kill-22 dig performance against UCLA (10/12) ... Oct. 2 Pac-10 Player of the Week ... Tied a then-career-high with 21 kills against California (9/30) ... Against Stanford and Cal (9/29-30) averaged 6.17 kills per game ... Recorded a career-high .462 hitting percentage with 15 kills on 26 attempts and three errors at No. 10 BYU (9/15) ... Had a team-high 12 kills at No. 18 Utah (9/16) ... Had seven kills on 16 attempts and one error in UAs win over Santa Clara (9/9) ... Hit .444 (5-1-9) against No. 19 Baylor (9/8) ... Hit .409 (11-2-22) against 14th-ranked UC Santa Barbara (9/1) ... 1997 honorable mention Freshman All-Pac-10 selection.
Lindsay Rogers * 6-2 * Fr. * MB
First-team East Valley and second-team all-state her senior year at Mountain Veiw High School in Phoenix.
Lisa Rutledge * 6-2 * So. * OH
Starts: 26 Games: 90
Has 12 matches with double figure kills ... Against No. 9 Florida, No. 6 USC and No. 7 UCLA recorded 45 kills, 28 digs and five blocks ... Had 13 kills on 21 attempts and one error (.571) vs. Oregon State (11/4) ... Hit .471 (10-2-17) against California (10/27) ... Recorded 16 kills on .484 hitting and nine digs vs. Washington State ... Had 10 kills and eight digs against Washington (10/20) ... Recorded double-doubles against UCLA; 13 kills-15 digs (10/12) and USC 11 kills-12digs (10/13) ... Had a team-high 23 kills, 15 digs and hit .352 for her third double-double of the season at Arizona State (9/13) ... Named to all-tournament team at Wildcat Classic Sept. 8-9 with three-game totals of 26 kills and a .444 hitting percentage ... Hit .667 (13-1-18) at San Diego State (9/2), tied for ninth-best on Arizonas single-match list ... Recorded double-doubles vs. San Diego (12 kills-14 digs) and UC Santa Barbara (10 kills-10 digs) ... 1999 Freshman All-Pac-10 and honorable mention All-Pac-10 honoree.
Stefani Saragosa * 6-2 * So. * MB
Starts: 8 Games: 75
Missed three matches due to shoulder tendonitis ... Had a career-high 10 total blocks and 13 kills (on .500 hitting) in Arizonas 3-0 sweep of No.4 USC (10/13) ... Finished with 10 kills on 15 attempts and two errors (.533)at Washington (9/23) ... Had 13 kills and a team-high .429 attack percentage at Arizona State (9/13) ... Led Arizona with a career-high 16 kills and had a .609 hitting percentage in the Wildcats win over New Mexico State (9/8) ... Tied a career high seven block assists against No. 14 UC Santa Barbara (9/1) and No. 19 Baylor (9/8) ... hit .833 (5-0-6) in two games at San Diego State (9/2) ... 1999 honorable mention Freshman All-Pac-10 honoree.
Erin Sebbas * 6-2 * Jr. * MB
Starts: 0 Games: 38
Notched a season-high eight kills on .467 hitting and had a match-high six blocks against Washington State (10/21) ... Had five kills on .300 hitting vs. Washington (10/20) ... Had three kills on five attempts with no errors (.600) against New Mexico State (9/8) ... Hit .500 (3-0-6) and recorded five blocks in one game at San Diego State ... Recorded two kills against UCLA (10/12) ... 1999 honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10 honoree.
Jill Talbot * 6-0 * Jr. * OH
Starts: 26 Games: 92
Against No. 9 Florida, No. 6 USC and No. 7 UCLA tallied 42 kills on .385 hitting (3.23 kpg), 35 digs and 11 total blocks ... Had seven kills and 12 digs vs. Oregon State (11/4) ... Recorded 11 kills, six assists and nine digs at Stanford (10/26) ... Against Washington State (10/21) had 10 kills and 12 digs for her sixth double-double of the season ... Had nine kills vs. Washington (10/20) ... Recorded her fifth double-double of the season with a 14 kill-16 dig effort vs. No. 4 USC (10/13) ... Had a career-high 25 digs and 13 kills vs. UCLA (10/12) ... Had match-high 13 kills on .458 hitting and 10 digs at Oregon State (10/6) ... Recorded Arizonas second-best single-match hitting percentage ever with .737 (15-1-19) against Stanford (9/29) ... Had eight kills and 10 digs at Utah (9/16) ... Chipped in with 10 kills and eight digs at BYU (9/15) ... Recorded her second double-double of the season with a 13 kill-14 dig performance at Arizona State (9/13) ... Named to Wildcat Classic all-tournament team after leading Arizona with 2.22 digs per game ... had 10 kills (.381 hitting) and nine digs against Santa Clara (9/9) ... Hit .556 (11-1-18) with seven digs vs. No. 14 UC Santa Barbara ... recorded a double-double (11 kills-11 digs) vs. San Diego ... hit .417 (6-1-12) in three-game sweep of San Diego State ... leads team with 20 service aces.
Shannon Torregrosa * 6-2 * So. * OH
Starts: 0 Games: 50
Picked up her first double-double of the season with 16 kills and 10 digs at Arizona State (9/13) ... Had 25 kills in three matches at Wildcat Classic Sept. 8-9 ... Had 12 kills on 18 attempts with one error (.611) in UAs win over New Mexico State (9/8) ... Hit .727 (9-1-11) at San Diego State (9/2) ... had 10 kills vs. San Diego (9/2) ... Was just the fifth freshman to start her first career match under head coach David Rubio in 1999.
Rachel Williams * 5-5 * So. * DS
Starts: 4 Games: 85
Tied a season high with 11 digs vs. USC (10/13) ... Picked up a season-high 11 digs at Arizona State (9/13) while playing with a broken thumb ... Third on the team with 15 service aces.


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College Hockey:Spartans, Wolverines Split CCHA Preseason Honors
Archrivals Michigan and Michigan State split the favorite's role in the CCHA's preseason polls, announced Tuesday. League coaches favored the Wolverines, while the media anointed the Spartans as the league's best coming into the year.
In the coaches' poll, Michigan received 10 of 12 first-place votes and 140 points to edge Michigan State, which garnered the other two first-place votes, by nine points.
Northern Michigan was third with 121 points, followed by Notre Dame with 104 and Ohio State with 93 to complete the top half of the conference.
Bowling Green (89), Ferris State (67) and Lake Superior (56) were the coaches' final three playoff picks. Miami (53), Western Michigan (38), first-year member Nebraska-Omaha (25) and Alaska-Fairbanks (19) finished up the poll.
On the media side, MSU received 18 first-place votes and 462 points to finish ahead of Michigan's 454 points and 19 first-place votes. NMU was third with three first-place votes and 389 points, while Ohio State took the remaining first-place ballot to finish fourth with 356 points.
Notre Dame (340) points, Bowling Green (263) points, Ferris State (213) and Lake Superior (201) rounded out the top eight, with Miami (188), Western Michigan (153), Nebraska-Omaha (97) and Alaska-Fairbanks (82) following.
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The Working Percussionist (Pt. 1) "Hit the Streets"
By Dave Gerhart
For the past 13 years, I have been a lecturer at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music @ CSU, Long Beach, and every semester my students ask me what it takes to succeed as a working percussionist. Now that it is April and the semester is coming to an end, I thought I would include some of those thoughts here and ask the DrumChattr community to add their feedback about this topic in the Chattr Section.
I strongly believe we need to create our own opportunities in order to "succeed" as a working musician. Sure, some of us are going to win a Symphony audition or be at the right place at the right time, but more likely, you are going to have to work hard, practice a lot, meet and connect with people and hustle any gig you can get. One of the first things I recommend is to start a private lesson studio and offer your services to school districts and drum lines. Start developing a relationship with the local schools in your area. Offer to do a masterclass (for free) in exchange for passing out your business card or a flyer. Once you have secured some students, make sure you have somewhere to teach. Be sure you have all equipment that is needed as well as handouts, practice pads, metronomes, pencils, a mirror and anything else you need for the lesson. Remember that first impressions are important and if you look unorganized, the student (or their parents who are paying for the lessons) will find someone else. Create a good learning environment at your studio. This space will not only be used for lessons, but it is YOUR practice space too. Make it a place where you want to spend time. Hang your diploma, some photos, banners or inspirational items.
OK, now that you have set-up your private lesson studio, it is time to "hit the streets" and get some gigs. Over the years, the stress has been placed on playing the most incredibly difficult four mallet marimba solo or SD etude. Don't get me wrong, I think it is very important to learn these pieces for listening, developing musicality and stretching your technical ability, but if you can't play V-I (in tune) on a timpani or play a suspended cymbal roll properly, it won't matter how well you can play "Merlin," you will be sitting at home wondering why the phone isn't ringing. If I look back at the last 10 symphonic/chamber/church gigs that I have played, I haven't touched a marimba and I would venture a guess that this is true for most of our members in the community. (Note: I am not counting any University related performance. I am talking about professional, paid gigs).
With that being said, here's my list of a couple suggestions for succeeding on your next gig:
AKA "It is important to know how to…"
1) …play V-I on timpani in all keys
2) …play cymbal rolls in the correct place (from one phrase to another, at a key change or at the climax of a piece)
3) …play steady time with a shaker
4) …play some grooves on congas or djembe
5) …know some basic "Rock and Roll" tambourine technique (especially for a church gig)
Lastly, I think it is important to own good equipment. I know it is difficult to go out and buy the most expensive equipment while you are in college, but I would recommend that you start early and try to accumulate equipment as soon as possible. Remember that birthdays and holidays are good times to ask for equipment. A good "starter" list would include:
1) Tambourine
2) Triangle and Beaters
3) Good Mallets (Showing up on a timpani gig with mallets that look like they are falling apart is not a good idea)
4) Suspended Cymbal (17″ – 19″) and Stand (with felts, washers and plastic sleeve)
5) Djembe or Congas
These lists are in no particular order. Am I forgetting something? What do you recommend to your students? Leave a comment in the Chattr Section.
In Part 2 of this series, I will address how to start building a web presence for your personal brand.


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Sharon & Tony Serriff are building their dream house in Scotland. It all starts out very innocently, however, things do not necessarily go well for them as they become embroiled in a horror beyond imagining. What is so unusual about the meek little sisters in the library? Are they guarding a secret which should remain locked forever, or are they simply nice little old ladies?
Rob Whennan was born in Murray Bridge South Australia & currently lives in the North Eastern suburbs of Adelaide. He is married with 2 children & 2 grandchildren (with more on the way hopefully). He has written various types of books, ranging from children's to horror over the years and is now, finally doing something with them. Re-typing them all from old hard copy printouts is a time consuming yet rewarding job.
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Michael Kogan, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Data and Program Development
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-41
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-3145
Fax: (301) 443-3145
Michael Kogan holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Yale University. He is currently the Director, Office of Data and information Management for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. In this position he is responsible for directing activities of the office with an emphasis on 1) maternal and child health research; 2) building the data capacity of federal, state and local areas in maternal and child health; and 3) building the maternal and child health epidemiology capacity in the United States.
Prior to this position, he worked as a Senior Epidemiologist at the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He serves on the editorial boards of the Maternal and Child Health Journal and the American Journal of Public Health. His research interests include: the effect of prenatal and pediatric care services on maternal and child health, the effect of lack of health care coverage on access and continuity of care, multiple births and determinants of preterm birth.
Jay Kaufman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
University of North Carolina School of Public Health at Chapel Hill
Phone: (919) 966-7435
Jay S. Kaufman holds a doctorate in epidemiologic science from the University of Michigan School of Public Health where he studied under Sherman A. James and held the Angus Cambell Memorial Fellowship at the Institute for Social Research. After a post-doctoral position with Richard Cooper at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago and a position as a Medical Epidemiologist at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, he assumed his current position at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health at Chapel Hill. He is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology, as well as a Research Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and a Fellow at the Carolinas Population Center. Dr. Kaufman is a social epidemiologist who studies the ways in which health status varies by race, class and other socioeconomic quantities. He currently focuses on analytic methodology and on reproductive outcomes, cardiovascular disease, and provision of health care in the United States. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Chile in Santiago (Spring 2007) through a Fulbright Research/Teaching Fellowship, and in 2006-2008 is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Scholar.
Current projects include research on: social and community factors in the etiology of preterm birth in the US and in Chile; social position over the lifecourse in relation to incident coronary disease; racial/ethnic variation in effect of medical therapies, non-parametric methods for covariate control and identification of direct effects for social factors; and racial/ethnic disparities associated with provision of medical care. He serves as an editor of the journal "Epidemiology", an associate editor of the "American Journal of Epidemiology", and an executive editor of "Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations". He also edited, with J. Michael Oakes, the textbook "Methods in Social Epidemiology" (Jossey-Bass, 2006).


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Here is my situation. We are running Edge 3.0 using SQL Server 2005. I have a Webi report that I created with an existing Universe and the report is able to run fine. I didn't create the Universe, but I had to add new tables to the Universe.
For some reason when I went to create a System DSN to connect to the Universe, it didn't save the System DSN, but I was able to save it as a User DSN using the same name as the System DSN created on the BOXI Server. I was able to add the new tables and objects.
I then went to add the new objects to the existing web report and ran the query, I then received the error "A database error occured. The database error text is: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Statement(s) could not be prepared.. (WIS 10901)". If I removed the new objects, I am able to run the Query fine.
When I add the new objects, I can look at the SQL, copy it and run it in MS SQL Server. Once I try to run the query with the new objects, I get the previously stated database error. Then I try to generate the SQL and get the message that Webi can't generate the SQL even though I was able to see the SQL if I hadn't run it.
I am not sure why I am getting this error, because the report is able to run before adding any new objects. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks
It sounds like the userid using the DSN does not have permissions to view the data of the new tables. In your testing, are you able to use the same account running the DSN as you use in testing?
The issue was that I needed to get permission on my computer to create a system DSN and not use a local DSN. My local policy was changed on my computer.
But I am now writing a different report and getting the same error. Let me explain the situation.
The report was created and running fine, but the database was created by someone and it only contained partial data. The database is created in a star schema. I had to add more dimension tables. The fact table already had all the columns for the new dimension tables but had a default value of -1. Once I added the missing dimension tables, I reran the DI job that re-populated the fact table with data from all dimension tables. When I go now and run the report if I only run a query with the old dimensions, then the report runs fine and returns data. If I add a object from the newly created dimension fields then I get the error 'A database error occured. The database text is: ... Statement(s) could not be prepared. (WIS 10901)'.
I am not sure where the problem is. The report is using the same System DSN and the SQL created from the new dimensions works just fine in SQL Server Management Studio. We use Windows AD authentication and use an Windows users as our system account to access the database and it has read permissions.
Any help would be great. Thanks
I think the new object that you are trying to create comes from a new table. you said the query fails when a new object is added. This means that there could be a problem when the new table is joined with the existing tables. In the universe deigner do the following things
1> After adding the new table in the universe, see to it that join between this tables and other tables are proper. To check this you can do a Tools->Check Integrity. Check if there are any parse errors due to the join. Also do a refresh structure so that universe objects and schema is refreshed.
2>If you do not get any errors at step 1, export the universe and try to updateor create a new report. If you get errors at step 1> you will have to execute the sql in some db tools like winsql to see if the sql fails even here.
Please let me know if this solves the issue.
I have done all that before and it parsed correctly and the SQL worked in a db tool. What I had to solve the issues is delete the ODBC and recreate it. For some reason the old ODBC wasn't working correctly with the new data structure. I have no idea why how it happened but it is working now. Thanks for your input.


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Highland girls golfer Rachel Horvath remembers when she figured out how rare left-handers are.
It was 12 years ago, when parents Mike and Patti took Rachel and older sister Stephanie to a clinic. The Horvaths were the only girls in attendance, and Rachel was the only southpaw.
Right away, the instructor noticed Rachel's natural ability. The compliment, which at the time she felt was hard to believe, helped fuel a golf addiction.
It was enough to kick an 11-year commitment to soccer to the side.
"I've always liked the social aspect of (golf)," said Horvath, who has taken lessons since fourth grade. "There's not many sports where you're congratulating your opponent. I can't imagine when I played soccer and scored a goal and an opponent said, 'Good shot.'"
Now Horvath is entering the home stretch of her high school career, as the Hornets compete in the Legends of Massillon Division I District this morning.
The 5-foot-3 defacto team organizer relished the first two years playing alongside her older sister, who is now playing for the University of Cincinnati. On the other hand, the time away from her has allowed Rachel to grow instead of being, as she put it, "Stephanie's little sister."
These are moments the down-to-earth honors student will cherish forever.
"I can't put it into words how lucky we all are to be a part of this," Horvath said. "The people we've met and the girls on my team, I hope I know them the rest of my life. I hope we're playing in a women's league when we're 60."
On top of a standout golf career in which she's been named to two All-Suburban League first teams and competed in as many state tournaments, Horvath carries a 4.3 grade-point average that ranks in the top 5 percent of her class and a 29 ACT score. The 17-year-old is on the yearbook and newspaper staffs and is vice president of the National Honor Society, in student council and a peer leader for third-graders.
Horvath enjoys the off-the-course avenues to such a degree she's decided to give up a potential college golf career to clear time on the schedule. Among her goals is studying in China.
"But I'll still find a way to fit my clubs in my dorm room," quipped Horvath, who is leaning toward attending Ohio State or Miami of Ohio.
College is still a good six months away. For now, Horvath is geared up for what could be another quality run at state. The Hornets are the defending state runner-up and, despite losing state medalist Jessica Porvasnik and fellow All-Ohioan Jessica McRae to graduation, still have big dreams.
"For me, one of the biggest things is this year I don't really have as much pressure," Horvath said. "I don't feel it on myself as much. A lot of the girls I'm playing with are fighting for scholarships, and I took myself out of it. At this point, it's like, 'How much can I improve in the next few months?' After that, we'll see what happens."
Horvath has manned the Nos. 3-5 positions her entire career, as junior Chloe McKinzie and freshman Madison Butler have replaced Porvasnik and McRae at the top. Though Horvath always has wondered what it would be like to be the No. 1 — her 41.0 average would hold that position on 90 percent of the teams in Ohio — the Granger Township resident wouldn't trade her team for the world.
Horvath's driver checks in at around 200 yards due to her diminutive stature, but she smiles when she says she's the tallest woman in the family. What sets her apart on the links are solid accuracy and a short game that ranks with some of the best.
It's taken Horvath years to hone a personal style that involves a lot of scrambling, but the results speak for themselves. She has shot 82 or lower in nine of her 13 tournaments this season and is coming off a brilliant 4-over-par 76 at the Turkeyfoot Lake Sectional.
Like all the great players to come through Highland in recent memory, even a great score motivates Horvath to strive for more.
Attitudes like hers are why the Hornets have been so dominant.
"She's stepping up into that role of not being satisfied with some of the things she's doing out there, even though the result is great," coach Mary Becker said. "She's shooting 76 and she's upset about it. She knew she could have had a 72. That's the mentality they have: We're not going to accept anything but where our goals are."
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SEATTLE - The Washington Huskies (6-1) face their stiffest challenge to date as they face 15th-ranked Georgetown in the Wooden Classic at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday at 11 a.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised by FSN with Steve Physioc and Marques Johnson calling the action. The ISP Sports Radio network will broadcast the game with Bob Rondeau calling play-by-play and Jason Hamilton providing color commentary. Live Gamertracker is available for free and audio is available by paid subscription on the Dawg Channel All-Access on GoHuskies.com.
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Washington And Geogetown History
Saturday will mark the first time that Washington and Georgetown have squared off. UW is 9-17 all-time against teams from the Big East Conference, with the last win coming just over 20 years ago on Dec. 6, 1989 against DePaul. Since that 79-75 victory, the Huskies are 0-9 against the conference. UW last faced a Big East opponent on Dec. 8, 2008 when they lost 75-74 at home to No. 12 Pittsburgh. Justin Dentmon hit a runner at the buzzer that would have given the Dawgs the victory, but the shot came just after the horn. UW also faced Syracuse that season in the consolation bracket of the NIT Season Tip-Off Finals and lost 91-85. The Huskies have had their NCAA Tournament runs ended by Big East teams in three of their last six appearances: 1998 vs. UConn (L, 75-74), 2005 vs. Louisville (L, 93-78) and 2006 vs. UConn (L, 98-92).
Scouting the Hoyas
No. 15 Georgetown remained undefeated at 7-0 after beating 20th-ranked Butler 72-65 in the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday. While the Huskies have their own sensational sophomore in Isaiah Thomas, the Hoyas sport 6-11 lefty second-year player Greg Monroe, who set career highs with 24 points and 15 rebounds against Butler. Georgetown has four players averaging double fi gures on the season, led by Monroe's 15.3 ppg. Chris Wright averages 12.6 ppg, Austin Freeman 12.3 ppg and Jason Clark 12.0 ppg. Monroe also grabs 10.7 rebounds per game. The Hoyas are scoring 72.6 ppg and allowing just 54.9 ppg, while UW is scoring at a clip of 86.3 ppg.
Last Time Out For Washington
Isaiah Thomas scored 21 points - 13 from the foul line - Quincy Pondexter added 20 and No. 12 Washington responded to its fi rst loss of the season with a foul-filled 88-76 victory over Cal State Northridge on Sunday night. The Huskies sputtered at times three nights after a frenetic overtime defeat at Texas Tech. Cal State Northridge (4-4) was up by five early and led 48-47 with 5 minutes gone in the second half before UW went on a 17-2 run to take control. Lenny Daniel scored a career-high 24 points for the Matadors. Leading scorer Kenny Daniels was in foul trouble and had just seven points. There were 31 fouls called in the fi rst 22 minutes as the Huskies built a 12-point lead from some of their 31 free throws - in 40 attempts. The Huskies' game-breaking run started with Pondexter's fi rst 3-point basket of the season. Then UW only senior stole the ball at halfcourt and fed Matthew Bryan-Amaning for an emphatic, right-handed dunk that ignited the worried crowd. When Scott Suggs swished a 3-pointer, Washington was back up 56-47 with 12 minutes left.
Pondexter Earns Second Pac-10 POW
Quincy Pondexter was named the Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season on Dec. 7. Pondexter averaged 25.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.5 blocks and 3.0 steals as UW split their games against Texas Tech and Cal State Northridge. In Washington's 99-92 overtime loss to the Red Raiders, Pondexter scored a careerhigh 31 points, shooting 10-of-17 from the fi eld and 11-of-13 from the free throw line. He also contributed fi ve rebounds and three steals. In Sunday's 88-76 victory over the Matadors, he scored 20 points and added seven rebounds, four assists, two blocks and three steals. For the week, he shot a combined 16-of-31 (51.6%) from the field and 18-of-21 (85.7%) from the free throw line. He also won the award for the week of Nov. 9-15 after earning co-MVP honors with Isaiah Thomas at the Athletes in Action Classic. He averaged 22.0 ppg and 11.0 rpg and shot 63.9 (23-of-36) percent from the fi eld and .952 from the free throw line, including hitting 20-straight from the charity line. These were the fi rst two weekly honor for Pondexter and Washington's 34th and 35th all-time Player of the Week nods.
Record Free Throw Paces
Washington is on pace to better the all-time team records for free throws made and attempted, just one year after setting the high standards. The Huskies are averaging 23.3 free throws made per game and 31.4 attempts. Over a 31 game season, the minimum the UW will play this year, Washington is on pace for 722 makes and 974 attempts. The records established last season were 650 makes and 930 attempts. In addition, Quincy Pondexter and Isaiah Thomas are averaging 7.3 free throws made per game and are on pace for 226 for the season -- well over the season record of 196 set by Bob Houbregs in 1953. The record for free throw attempts in a season is 281 by Dean Parsons in 1951. Thomas is on pace for 279 attempts, while Pondexter is on pace for 257 attempts.
Leaders Of The Pac
Not only is Washington the only Pac-10 team ranked in the latest Associated Press poll, there are several statistical categories in which the Huskies lead the conference in the rankings released Dec. 7. The Dawgs are No. 1 in scoring offense per game (86.3), rebounds (42.1) and offensive rebounds (17.4). In addition, they are second in free throw percentage (74.1%), rebounding margin (+11.7), turnover margin (+4.3) and 3-point field goal defense (.283).
Huskies In The National Ranks
According to ESPN.com's stats, through Tuesday's action, Quincy Pondexter is tied for 13th nationally in scoring average (22.0 ppg), 41st in rebounds (9.6 rpg) and 16th in free throw percentage (87.9%, 51-58). Isaiah Thomas is 20th in the nation with 63 free throw attempts and 26th in scoring (20.3 ppg). Washington is 6th nationally averaging 86.3 points per game.
Quincy's Chance To Dance
Quincy Pondexter will make his stage debut on Wednesday, Dec. 23 in the 7:30 pm showing of the Nutcracker put on annually by the Pacifi c Northwest Ballet. Pondexter will play the role of Grandfather in the party scene during Act I. For the role, Pondexter will undergo a make up process that will age him 40 years. He is the fi rst Husky to ever be asked to play the role. The show will take place at McCaw Hall in the Seattle Center. Tickets for the show may be purchased by contacting the PNB Box Offi ce at 206.441.2424, online at www.pnb.org or in person at the PNB Box Offi ce, 301 Mercer Street at Seattle Center.
Closing In On 1,600
The Huskies are 4 wins shy of 1,600 in their 107- year history. UW is trying to to become the 19th team in NCAA Division I history to reach the 1,600- win plateau.


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Alva Dee Posey, 96, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Jeff Conway, senior pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.
Mrs. Posey was born on June 18, 1905, in Bowling Green, Mo., the youngest of three daughters born to Boyd E. and Clara M. Morthland. In 1910 the family moved to a ranch near Artesia, N.M. They came to Amarillo in 1923 where she graduated from St. Mary's Academy.
Mrs. Posey married Russel L. Posey at Amarillo in 1924. He preceded her in death in 1957. She retired in 1974 from Cornell and Company where she worked as an accountant for many years.
She was an active charter member of the Pilot Club of Amarillo and was also a member of the American Business Women's Association. She enjoyed playing bridge and line dancing with her friends at the Amarillo Senior Citizens Center. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include a son, Donald R. Posey and his wife, Jean, of Midland; a daughter, Doris M. Ellis of Cupertino, Calif.; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family is deeply appreciative of the long and caring friendship of her niece, June Graves of Amarillo, and also the support of the Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice caregivers.
The family suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176.
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ok... so what does everyone think of Dr Sears 'alternative vaccine schedule'? i want to vaccinate my child due in march, but i just think they give too many shots at once. I think we expose their little new bodies to way to many diseases at once. Plus if there's something that my baby doesnt necessarily need, like in my opinion chicken pox vaccine, then i'd rather opt out of it. I've been trying to find non-biased pros and cons to vaccines, and the best I can find so far is Dr Sears. Everyone else acts like its politics and get all nasty, like you gotta be all in or all out! any learned unbiased advice would be great!!
not sure what to do...
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I was just like you, I didnt like that the same amount of vaccine went into a 8 lb baby that a 280 pound man would get. I had all intentions of doing the Dr. Sears delayed schedule and spread them out a bit. But..... the more I read (it became pretty consuming!!! I would read and investigate pretty much everynight!) the less and less I wanted to vaccinate. My son is now 20 months and he has not had anything. I was going to wait until he was 2, but to be honest, it wont be happening at 2 either. I still may get one or two vax's by the time he starts school but once you start to read into stuff, there are SO many unneccesary shots. I agree with the Chicken Pox vaccine... its crazy they give that! Tooooooo much into a babies system! I have a TON of links and information if you are interested. I have then saved to an email, if you want, pm me and I will email them to you.
It has to be what YOU are comfortable with, but I just kept thinking, I can ALWAYS catch up with the vaccine schedule if I want, but you can NEVER unvaccinate. Do some reading, and go from there :) Good luck! Dont let anyone make you feel bad for your choice, either way. Its one of the joys of being a Mom. YOU are in charge. :)
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I totally agree with Stacey. Do your research before the baby is born, once he's here you'll have a lot less time.
The best advice I can give (without being against or for vaccines) is to NOT do anything until you are COMPLETELY sure in your decision. Start reading books, watch videos, read studies, etc. GL!
Educate before you Vaccinate..
There are some very valid reasons for vaccines - you simply have to decide which of those reasons apply to you and to what extent.
Are you in CA? Did you know that there has been a whooping cough epidemic and there are still widespread outbreaks? There is no maternal immunity conferred for whooping cough, and if you child is going to be in public AT ALL for the first year+, then it's a very valid reason to get that vaccine.
First thing you need to do is evaluate your lifestyle (do you WOH? SAH? have older kids in school? work with the public? Does your huband?) and decide what the risk factors are (are you exposed/potentially exposed to Hep B or other comminicable diseases on a regular basis? Is your husband or other family members? Will your child be in daycare?). Once you've established those parameters, then you can start addressing your child's risk for specific vaccines.
Find a doctor who will spend some time TALKING to you about your risk factors and who will answer your questions with something other than "It's standard healthcare - that's why we do it!"
Yes, I vaccinate my children - I worked in healthcare for over 20 years in both inpatient and outpatient settings and my risk for passive transmission was higher than someone who sits in an office all day. No, I don't feel bad about it, nor do I think I 'overwhelmed' anything or caused any damage by vaccinating them.
Do some 'honest' evaluation of your situation - then make some decisions.
America isn't officially open for business until M. Bachmann stands on the House floor and summons the Anti-Christ by shouting "Benghazi!" 3 times.
I started at Dr Sear's book (the most unbiased one I could find on the library shelf) and went on from there. I went on Dr Sear's message board (no longer there) and found that he was a lot more anti-vax personally than was conveyed in his book. One of the members here pointed me to this site and (especially when Dr Sear's message board disappeared) came here and continue to learn.
I have a DD who will be 3yo in March and a DS that was born in Oct. I am a Stay at home mom, no daycare, church nursery weekly, my husband works with kids, no Hep B in any caretakers. This is the schedule that I followed for DD and will follow for DS:
Pentacel (combo vax, had no problems) - 2, 4, 6, 18 months
Prevnar (first the 7 now the 13) - 3, 5, 7, 15 months
MMR - 2yo
I declined Rotavirus and my Dr agreed that it was not all that necessary.
I delayed the MMR for two reasons: 1) I wanted to finish the Pentacel and Prevnar series first 2) there is a slight history of autoimmune disease on my husband's side (including my husband) and MMR has a higher than usual risk of autoimmune affects. I felt that putting it off would give DD's system more time to strengthen. I am planning to get the second MMR right before puberty becasue I want the immunity to last as long as possible into the adult years, and, after puberty the rate of side affects goes up.
I am currently on the fence about Hep B. We are in an endemic state, but I'm not sure that my kids' chances of picking it up are all that high. I will discuss it with my Ped at DD's 3yo appointment.
I don't feel that Hep A or varicella are necessary until teen years. Hep A is very mild in children and I'm not sure that country-wide vaxing for Varicella is a great idea.
All that said, I would advise you to look at the product inserts (google for them or go to the CDC website). Ask your Ped what brands they use, and be prepared to search for a Ped that will even let you deviate from the schedule. Look at each vax as it will come up, Hep B now (it will come up at the hospital), then DTaP, Hib, Polio, Pc, Rotavirus. Ask questions here, there are a bunch of very knowledgable people here and you will often spark a lively debate. A good debate lets you know the aguments for and against each vax. Always ask for proof: studies, areas of the product insert, etc.
Good luck and ask away!! (my 2yo calls)