Nolan North-An Inspiration

A person that I admire right now is a guy named Nolan North. Nolan North played as my favorite game character during my childhood which was Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series. Growing up with all the Uncharted series which started when I was 7 changed my life completely. Knowing that Nolan North was actually playing Nathan Drake in the games blew my mind that all the cut scenes and movements were mostly motion capture which at the time didn’t exist for most games. Also just growing up with Drake and Nolan and seeing them change in real life and also in game really kind of connected me in a way with them. I bet Nolan is an amazing person to hangout with and work with as well, though it sad just seeing him leave with the final game in the franchise(Uncharted 4). I hope Nolan gets cast to do more amazing things so he can keep inspiring me and also surprising me. Also huge thanks to Naughty Dog for putting the time and effort into making incredible games for us gamers and I can’t wait for more.

Lover Days

Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14. It originated as a Western Christian liturgical feast day honoring one or more early saints named Valentinus, and is recognized as a significant cultural and commercial celebration in many regions around the world, although it is not a public holiday in any country.

Several martyrdom stories associated with the various Valentines that were connected to February 14 were added to later martyrologies,including a popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome which indicated he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire.According to legend, during his imprisonment, Saint Valentine healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius,and before his execution, he wrote her a letter signed “Your Valentine” as a farewell.

The day first became associated with romantic love within the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines“). In Europe, Saint Valentine’s Keys are given to lovers “as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver’s heart”, as well as to children, in order to ward off epilepsy (called Saint Valentine’s Malady).Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

Some Artist

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born 16 February 1990), known professionally as The Weekend (pronounced “the weekend”), is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. In late 2010, Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name “The Weekned”. He released three nine-track mixtapes throughout 2011: House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, which were critically acclaimed.The following year, he released a compilation album Trilogy, thirty tracks consisting of the remastered mixtapes and three additional songs. It was released under Republic Records and his own label XO.

In 2013, he released his debut studio album Kiss Land, which was supported by the singles “Kiss Land” and “Live For”. His second album, Beauty Behind the Madness, which became his first number one album on the US Billboard 200, included the top-three single “Earned It” and produced the number-one singles “The Hills” and “Can’t Feel My Face”. The songs have simultaneously held the top three spots on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, making him the first artist in history to achieve this. The Weekend has won two Grammy Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award.In September 2016, the release of the third album, Starboy was announced, along with the release of the single “Starboy” which subsequently reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Current Event

Trump signs executive order to keep out ‘radical Islamic terrorists’

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that indefinitely suspends admissions for Syrian refugees and limits the flow of other refugees into the United States by instituting what the President has called “extreme vetting” of immigrants.

Titled “Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States,” the executive order would start to make good on Trump’s promise to tighten borders and halt certain refugees from entering the United States.

The text of the order — in a break from drafts that had been circulating earlier this week — drops a longtime Trump campaign pledge to establish safe zones in Syria to give Syrian nationals displaced by the ongoing civil war in the country a place to relocate.

The order bars all persons from certain “terror-prone” countries from entering the United States for 90 days and suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days until it is reinstated “only for nationals of countries for whom” members of Trump’s Cabinet deem can be properly vetted.

The countries impacted are Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, according to a White House official.

CNN Article

The total number of refugees admitted into the United States would also be capped during the 2017 fiscal year at 50,000, down more than half from the current level of 110,000.

“I am establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America,” Trump said during the signing at the Pentagon after the swearing-in of Defense Secretary James Mattis. “We don’t want them here.”

He added, “We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people.”

8 Tips for interviews

8 Tips for Choosing What to Wear to an Interview

1.  Dress better than the guy next to you.
   The appropriate interview attire depends on the industry in which you’ll be interviewing, as well as the geographic location and time of year.

2.  Dress the part. Spend time on the Internet researching the company, industry and competitors to determine suitable interview outfits.

3.Still not sure? Call the company’s HR department and ask what they recommend you wear.

4. When in doubt, err on the side of being slightly over dressed, rather than show up looking too casual.

5. Don’t have an appropriate outfit? Go to a large department store like Nordstrom or Macy’s and ask for help from a personal shopper or hire a personal stylist.

6. Ensure that your clothes are cleaned and pressed.

7. Avoid wearing perfume or cologne.

8. Wear makeup and jewelry that are appropriate to the job/company/industry.

Healthy snacks

6 Healthy Snack to delicious to Ignore

1.  Fresh cut pineapples, apples, mango, kiwi and peaches

My favorite healthy snack is fresh fruit. It may sound simple, but fresh cut pineapples, apples, mango, kiwi, peaches and more are my faves

2. Protein shake and fruit

Combine that with a piece of fruit and you not only get some quality protein (that you are in probably need of anyways) but also an energy boost.

5.  MATCHA LATTE

Ever since we started selling matcha lattes at the deli I’ve become totally obsessed.

6. CHEWY SULTANA COOKIES

These are my new favorite snack – I really cannot get enough of them.

How to delete Uber!

1. Visit this page on Uber’s support site.
2. Log in to your Uber account.
3. Type “yes” into the top field.
4. In the body of the message, fill in why you are deleting your account. Or not. It’s up to you.
5. Click Submit.

10 ways to relive stress

1.    LISTEN TO MUSIC.  Playing calm music has a positive effect on the brain and body, can lower blood pressure.  Here is VIDEO.

2. WALKING MY DOG. I have a dog that I walk regularly. It helps the dog and me both by exercising and improve our health. Here is VIDEO.

3. CALL A FRIEND. When you’re feeling stressed, take a break to call a friend and talk about your problems. Here is a VIDEO.

4.  SLEEP BETTER. Make sure to get the doctor-recommended seven to eight hours of sleep. Turn the TV off earlier. Here is a VIDEO.

5.  WATCH A MOVIE. Go to a movie or watch a tv show will help improve your help and reduce your stress. Here is a VIDEO.

6.  EAT RIGHT. When we’re overwhelmed, we often forget to eat well and resort to using sugary, fatty snack foods as a pick-me-up. Here is a VIDEO.

7.  LAUGH IT OFF. Laughter releases endorphins that improve mood and decrease levels. Here is a VIDEO.

8.  DRINK TEA.  Instead of coffee or energy drinks, try green tea. It has less than half the caffeine of coffee. Here is VIDEO.

9. MEDITATION OR YOGA.  From yoga and tai chi to meditation, these systems of mindfulness incorporate physical and mental exercises that prevent stress from becoming a problem. Here is a VIDEO.

10.   READ A BOOK. Reading a good novel can help improve you physically and mentally. Here is a VIDEO.

Review

Overwatch puts players into two teams of six, with each player selecting one of several pre-defined hero characters with unique movement, attributes, and abilities; these heroes are divided into four classes: Offense, Defense, Tank and Support. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map and/or escort a payload across the map in a limited amount of time. Players gain cosmetic rewards that do not affect gameplay, such as character skins and victory poses, as they continue to play in matches. The game was launched with casual play, while Blizzard added competitive ranked play about a month after launch. Additionally, Blizzard has developed and added new characters, maps, and game modes post-release, while stating that all Overwatch updates will remain free, with the only additional cost to players being microtransactions to earn additional cosmetic rewards.

Overwatch is a first-person shooter that features squad-based combat with two opposing teams of six players each. Players choose one of several hero characters, each with their own unique abilities and role classes. The four character roles include: offense characters with high speed and attack but low defense, defense characters meant to form choke points for enemies, support characters that provide buffs and debuffs for their allies and enemies respectively (such as healing or speed alterations), and tank characters that have a large amount of armor and hit points to withstand enemy attacks and draw fire away from teammates. During the pre-match setup, players on a team will be given advice from the game if their team is unbalanced, such as if they are lacking defensive heroes, encouraging players to switch to other heroes pre-match and balance the starting team.^[2] Within a match, players can switch between characters in-game following deaths or by returning to their home base. The game is designed to encourage players to adapt to the opposing team during a match by switching to characters that better “counter” their abilities.^[3][4]

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School Dance

POSTED ON JANUARY 18, 2017 UPDATED ON JANUARY 18, 2017

Where: Del Goodyear Gym, 4401 Elenda St. Culver City, CA 90230

Date: Saturday, February 4, 2017

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.;

Tickets go on Sale With ASB Without ASB Time Room

1/11/17 – 1/13/17 $5 $5

1/17/17 – 1/27/17 $10 $15

1/30/17 – 2/2/17 $15 $20

No admittance after 8:00 p.m. Students may not leave the Dance before 9:45 p.m

Price includes: Admission, dance, and refreshments.

PICTURE I.D. IS REQUIRED to gain admission.

All students must have a current I.D. card from their high school.

Guests that have finished school must have a driver’s license or other picture I.D.

FAILURE TO BRING A PICTURE I.D. THE LIGHT’S OUT DANCE will result in not being admitted

My School

Culver City High School

Culver City High School- is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) in Culver City, California. It was opened in 1951. The school’s colors are blue and silver, and the mascot is the centaur. As of 2014, the enrollment was roughly 2000. Culver City High School is recognized as a California Distinguished School, earning the honor in 2005.^[3]

CCHS also hosts several events. Since 2004, it has held an annual peace concert called Peace of Music. Every year on July 4, CCHS hosts a fireworks show, sponsored by the Culver City Exchange Club. In addition, Rigoberta Menchú has visited and spoken on peace.

The school’s newspaper is The Centaurian, which is part of the High School National Ad Network. CCHS also offers a variety of academic extracurricular activities such as speech and debate, math club, and mock trial.