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The sciences and mathematics departments of the UMass Lowell Kennedy College of Sciences offer undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. Students who matriculate for the degree of Bachelor of Science may pursue majors in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physics and Applied Physics.
Students should consult the graduate catalog for information concerning master's programs in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Applied Physics, Polymer Science, Radiological Sciences and Protection, and doctoral programs in Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics and Applied Physics.
In addition to satisfying general university requirements for bachelor's degrees as are defined elsewhere in this publication under the heading Academic Policies: Baccalaureate Degrees, students who matriculate for degrees in the Kennedy College of Sciences also must complete a specific minimum number of courses and credits in the Kennedy College of Sciences. These college requirements are described below. Except as specified by the college and program restrictions, students are permitted to elect any course for which they can satisfy prerequisite requirements in fulfilling an unrestricted elective requirement. However, in order to designate courses from other colleges of the university as science or mathematics courses, students must petition the chairperson of the department in which they are enrolled as majors.
Minor areas of study are offered by all science departments. College majors may also wish to consider minors offered by the social sciences, humanities, and fine arts departments, and specialized course sequences of the Francis College of Engineering. All minor programs of the university require 18-24 credits, six of which must be at the 3000 course level or above.
The Bachelor of Science degree is designed to provide a specialized education in one or more of the basic sciences. Specialized Bachelor of Science curricula, which are offered in areas of science and mathematics, provide opportunities for major and minor program options but afford greater opportunities for major specialization than are permitted in comparable Bachelor of Arts curricula.
All Bachelor of Science programs require, as a minimum, 74 credits and 20 courses from the offerings of the science and mathematics departments. At least two courses are required in mathematics beyond pre-calculus mathematics and must include one calculus course and one additional mathematics elective. Individual programs may have additional mathematics requirements.
Four science lecture courses with co-requisite laboratories are required. These are selected from approved courses from departments within the College and must include two science lecture/laboratory courses from outside the student's major.
For university policies concerning majors presented for the Bachelor of Science degree, see policies under the heading Academic Policies: Major Field Requirements.
In order to qualify for a bachelor's degree offered by the science and mathematics departments of the Kennedy College of Sciences, undergraduates must comply with the university Core Curriculum requirements, must conform to the rules of the Kennedy College of Sciences that govern degree and major studies for such degrees, and must earn 2.000 averages in their major fields by the end of their senior year.
Below is a list of major fields for the B.S. degree currently offered in the Kennedy College of Sciences. Students need not choose an option or concentration.


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Friday, March 8, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, responding to action taken by the Joint Finance Committee, voted to suspend undergraduate admissions at all of its 26 campuses, including UW-Marathon County. The suspension may remain in effect until there is assurance that UW System will be able to have financial resources needed to accommodate enrollments.
In taking this action, Regent President Jay Smith noted that the suspension was temporary and that he hoped it would be lifted. I concur with this sentiment. I sympathize with the hundreds of students and parents in Marathon County who are eager to see the admissions process move forward.
I have instructed our Student Services staff to continue to review pending applications and to expedite as quickly as possible action on those applications once the suspension is lifted. In the meantime, I would urge students who aim for a UW degree, to proceed with their applications – whether to UWMC or elsewhere. I would also encourage them to enroll in UWMC's summer session, since that will not be affected by this moratorium.
This is a year when students need to submit their applications as early as possible. UWMC's target enrollment for this year is the same as last year – a headcount of approximately 1,300 and a FTE (full-time equivalent) of 966 – yet applications as of last Friday were running about 12 percent ahead of last year at this time.
When the governor introduced his budget repair bill with a $50 million reduction in funding for UW System, the regents acted responsibly and with restraint, offering to absorb this cut. The Joint Finance Committee's action to cut even deeper – an additional $20 million – undermines the ability of all UW institutions to fulfill their mission and accommodate enrollments as planned. We simply will not have the financial resources for needed classes and student support services.
The most recent action by Assembly Republicans, cutting advertising, travel and study abroad programs by an additional $22 million, only exacerbates the problem, and would bring the total cuts to the UW System to $92 million.
I would urge students and parents to contact area lawmakers to voice their concern and to urge a quick and satisfactory resolution to this budget crisis.
UW System has acted responsibly in its willingness to absorb a very large cut. We can't go beyond this without limiting enrollments statewide and without long-term damage to all campuses. That's the bottom line.
Higher education is part of the solution to our current economic problems. Sound public policy for higher education cannot be set through partisan politics and political infighting. It is the students who will suffer as a result. We need a common sense approach to the problem, a solution that is based on what is best for students and for Wisconsin.
Jim Veninga
UW-Marathon Campus Dean
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May you find great value in these Butterflies quotes and sayings.
Today is your day to dance lightly with life,
sing wild songs of adventure,
invite rainbows and butterflies out to play,
soar your spirit, and unfurl your joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Our opportunity is to Soar our Spirit.
To see Light and Joy in everything.
To spread our wings and fly boldly.
To give thanks for rainbows and butterflies -
our symbols of renewal and rebirth.
To offer daily Thanksgiving - for ourselves, our family,
our friends, our community, for the whole world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I Invite Rainbows and Butterflies Out To Play.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies,
for all God's creatures - large and small,
for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,
for the tree veiled in the season's first frost,
for the baby's laugh, for the touch of a hand
and the whispered "I love you."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Pay attention to rainbows, and snowflakes,
butterflies and the songs of birds,
the crash of storm-driven waves
and the mirror-surface of a quiet pond.
Let the depths of nature become a part of your innermost being.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Look at this butterfly, so beautiful, so delicate.
I can enjoy this butterfly from a distance,
but if I touched her, she would die.
While not quite as delicate as butterflies,
people also need private space and private time
away from the demands of the world -
even away from the attentions of those
with whom they are most bonded.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I wish you a rainbows and butterflies kind of day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Lighten up, have a rainbows and butterflies kind of day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Know that rainbows and butterflies are God's gift to your joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What's a butterfly garden without butterflies?
- Roy Rogers
Our "Rainbows and Butterflies" are the small miracles of our life -
the little things that are so easy to overlook,
yet so awe inspiring when we take a moment
to notice and to pay attention.
Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies,
for all God's creatures - large and small,
for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,
for the tree veiled in the season's first frost,
for the baby's laugh,
for the touch of a hand and the whispered "I love you."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today is my day to dance lightly with life,
sing wild songs of adventure,
invite rainbows & butterflies out to play,
soar my spirit, and unfurl my joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Our loved ones -
whether by blood, by marriage, or by choice -
are delicate treasures.
If we hold them too close, they break -
as a butterfly would.
By honoring and enjoying
the freedom of our loved ones,
we gain our own freedom.
Have the courage to trust that
the beautiful butterflies of your life
will return - or not - as life intends.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe in the goodness of life.
Believe in the power of time to heal and to renew.
Believe in the power of forgiveness and gratitude.
Believe in the gift of rainbows and butterflies.
Believe in the laughter of children.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rainbows and butterflies are themselves beautiful and highly symbolic,
but they are also representative of
all the small miracles of our life -
the little things that are so easy to overlook,
yet so awe inspiring when we take a moment
to notice and to pay attention.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is always a good day to be grateful for all of life -
grateful for large blessings and small.
Especially to be grateful for the symbolic blessings -
the rainbows and butterflies that come into our lives
when we least expect and most need them.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
My own gratitude list begins with health, family, friends,
and the beauty around me - from the butterflies and rainbows,
to the dolphins, to the birds, to the works produced by the human hand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Butterflies are always following me,
everywhere I go.
- Mariah Carey
I also had this artist friend who'd paint butterflies
and things like that on my head.
- Persis Khambatta
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.
- Vladimir Nabokov
If there is one creature that represents my essence,
it's butterflies.
- Patricia Velasquez
It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders.
But I'm scared of butterflies.
There is something eerie about them.
Something weird!
- Nicole Kidman
Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and
awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.
- Drew Barrymore
Realize what you really want.
It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.
- William Moulton Marston
After 12 years, the old butterflies came back.
Well, I guess at my age you call them moths.
- Franco Harris
First round of the tournament being a Major,
I think the butterflies were a little different than that.
- Karrie Webb
I love that feeling of being in love,
the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning.
That is special.
- Jennifer Aniston
I shall state silences more competently than ever a
better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
- Samuel Beckett
I get terrible butterflies.
Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes.
I scream.
It seems to help!
- Josh Groban
Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments
on the wing like mysterious butterflies,
fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men.
- Giorgio de Chirico
I will try to cram these paragraphs full of facts and
give them a weight and shape no greater than that of
a cloud of blue butterflies.
- Brendan Gill
Musical ideas sprang to my mind like a flight of butterflies,
and all I had to do was to stretch out my hand to catch them.
- Charles Gounod
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies.
Very few people can endure much leisure.
- Gerald Brenan
The least thing upset him on the links.
He missed short putts because of the uproar of the
butterflies in the adjoining meadows.
- P. G. Wodehouse
There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play.
The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were
very focused on playing that game.
- John Starks
Not for a moment, beautiful aged Walt Whitman,
have I failed to see your beard full of butterflies.
- Federico Garcia Lorca
I only ask to be free.
The butterflies are free.
- Charles Dickens
Well, again working strictly to the film,
where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and color.
And everybody is smiling and happy and butterflies
flitting around and it was that kind of image that,
it was like a dream world, really.
- George Martin
Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies,
creatures of a brief season.
We love them; they are brave, proud,
clever; and they die almost at once.
They die so soon that our hearts are continually racked with pain.
- Philip Pullman
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
I do not know whether I was then
a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now
a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
- Zhuangzi
To know God, watch a butterfly return to the same tree -
after a year and a thousand miles.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,
"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
- Hans Christian Andersen
Like a Butterfly, I have been Reborn
with Bold Colors and Strong Wings.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I choose to enjoy people as I enjoy a rainbow or a butterfly -
they are most beautiful when they are free.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
- Muhammad Ali
Love is like a butterfly,
it settles upon you when you least expect it.
- Anonymous
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
the master calls a butterfly.
- Richard Bach
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you
it's going to be a butterfly.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued,
is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly,
may alight upon you.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
My Loved One
You are my ground and you are my rainbow.
You are my butterfly and you are my ecstasy.
You are the start of my journeys and always my destination.
You are my home - the place to which I always return.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Pause to appreciate the beauty around you.
Whether rainbow or butterfly,
mountain or tree, painting or poem -
whether crafted by nature or by a human hand -
beauty adds a magical element to life
that surpasses logic and science.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You are my ground and you are my rainbow.
You are my butterfly and you are my ecstasy.
You are the start of my journeys and always my destination.
You are my home - the place to which I always return.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We did that with people like Chris Rock,
Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill.
- Anthony Kiedis
This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it;
but man will never on his heap of mud keep still.
- Joseph Conrad
Is it sin, which makes the worm a chrysalis,
and the chrysalis a butterfly, and the butterfly dust?
- Max Muller
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness.
I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears
and delights us for one brief moment,
but soon flits away.
- Anna Pavlova
David knew everyone because he's such a social butterfly.
- Stephen Stills
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
- Muhammad Ali
Know thyself.
A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly.
Whoever studies himself arrest his own development.
A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.
- Andre Gide
Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly,
and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground,
working to become a caterpillar.
- Robert Wyatt
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief
in injustice and tragedy.
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
the Master calls the butterfly.
- Richard Bach
The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire
is that they are essentially brash,
noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge
hammer to smash a butterfly.
- Imogene Coca
Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars,
because it is his natural characteristic,
so the artist works.
- Alma Gluck
I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky;
then I awoke.
Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly,
or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?
- Zhuangzi
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made
by the dust on a butterfly's wings.
At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly
did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred.
- Ernest Hemingway
I realized what Led Zeppelin was about around the end of our first U.S.
We started off not even on the bill in Denver,
and by the time we got to New York we were second to Iron Butterfly,
and they didn't want to go on!
- Robert Plant
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Or, just jerky, depending on your point of view.
The movie begins with a woman we'll eventually know as Katie (Julianne Hough) covered in blood and running from a suburban house. When we next see her, she's dyed her brunette hair blond, cut it short and is headed for a bus out of town. As her bus is leaving, a police officer we eventually learn is last-named Tierney (David Lyons) is searching the various buses (but not hers) trying to find her.
Ooo, why is he searching for her? Has she done something terrible? These are questions you might ask yourself if you haven't seen the trailer or any movie on the Lifetime network or any Nicholas Sparks movie ever.
Katie rides the bus until it stops in the small seaside town of Southport, N.C. Though the bus continues on, she decides to make a go of it there, perhaps because of the soul-quieting scenes of peaceful water and seagulls or perhaps because the owner of the local market is Alex (Duhamel), a widower with two small kids, Josh (Noah Lomax) and Lexie (Mimi Kirkland); a sad sad story, and killer abs. They strike up a friendship, but all is not perfect. Josh is, when it's convenient to the plot, concerned that Katie might replace his mom. And then there's Tierney, who gets drunker and crazier and ever more determined to find out where Katie is.
In achingly slow flashbacks, we get more and more of Katie's story until we finally get to what you could have guessed in the first scene — SPOILER ALERT, Tierney is Katie's violent husband from whom she ran in fear for her life.
So long, it takes so long to get to this. Remember the early The Simpsons episode ("Lisa the Greek" if the Internet can be believed) where Homer calls the sports hotline that charges by the minute? "With ...winds... coming... out... of... the... west..." or something like that, while Homer starts to lose his temper. That is exactly how it feels watching this movie. Safe Haven slowly doles out pieces of Katie's story to, I don't know, build tension? Or keep us in suspense about whether this dewy movie is perhaps about a vicious killer on the run from the law? Because it so clearly isn't. In wasting time pretending that we don't know Katie's backstory, the movie misses a chance to flesh the characters out, to give either Katie or Alex some depth. The closest thing we get to storytelling flair is a plotline involving Jo (Cobie Smulders), a local woman who befriends Katie. It adds a very, very minor note of unpredictability to the story, but it's a stupid kind of unpredictability, the plot equivalent of a sudden cream pie in the face.
On the bright side, like so many Nicholas Sparks movies, if your thing is coastal shabby chic, forget the story and look at this as a two-hour HGTV-like tour through fixer-uppers and artfully worn paint jobs. Hough and Duhamel don't have much in the way of chemistry, but the aged wood finishes and the big picture window in Alex's dead wife's office are very romantic.
Fans of weepies deserve more than this soggy romance, but fans of Restoration Hardware's salvaged wood furniture may find something to sigh over. D
Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving threatening behavior, and for violence and for sexuality. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom with a screenplay by Leslie Bohem & Dana Stevens (from a book by Nicholas Sparks), Safe Haven is an hour and 55 minutes long and is distributed by Relativity Media.


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Hemihelp services are now provided by Contact, the charity for families with disabled children.
You can find us at www.contact.org.uk/hemihelp
Hemiplegia is a lifelong condition caused by injury to the brain. It affects movement on one side of the body to a varying degree and can also cause other less visible effects such as epilepsy, specific learning difficulties, anxiety or challenging behaviour. Hemiplegia affects one person in every 1000.
Hemiplegia (sometimes called hemiparesis) is a condition that affects one side of the body (Greek 'hemi' = half). We talk about a right or left hemiplegia, depending on the side affected. It is caused by injury to parts of the brain that control movements of the limbs, trunk, face, etc. This may happen before, during or soon after birth (up to two years of age approximately), when it is known as congenital hemiplegia (or unilateral cerebral palsy), or later in life as a result of injury or illness, in which case it is called acquired hemiplegia. Generally, injury to the left side of the brain will cause a right hemiplegia and injury to the right side a left hemiplegia.
Hemiplegia is a relatively common condition, affecting up to one child in 1,000. About 80% of cases are congenital, and 20% acquired.
You may also be told that hemiplegia is a form of cerebral palsy, a descriptive name for a wider group of conditions in which movement and posture are affected owing to injury to the brain. These conditions are lifelong and non-progressive i.e. they do not get worse, but they may look different over time, partly because the child is growing and developing.
How does hemiplegia occur?
The causes of congenital hemiplegia are mostly unknown, and usually parents only become aware of their child's hemiplegia during infancy or early childhood as the child's difficulty with movement on one side gradually becomes obvious. There is a higher risk in very premature babies and with multiple pregnancies, and it is unclear whether a difficult birth may be an occasional factor. But in most cases, the injury occurs at some point during pregnancy, and researchers have as yet been unable to isolate any contributory factors. However, some studies suggest that there could be an increased risk in communities where marriage between close relatives is common. Parents often worry that they may be somehow to blame, but this is not the case as it would appear to be mostly a matter of chance.
Acquired hemiplegia results from brain injury. The most common cause is a stroke (when a bleed or blood clot damages part of the brain), but it can also result from a head injury or infection.
What are the effects of hemiplegia?
It is difficult to generalise: hemiplegia affects each child differently. The most obvious result is a varying degree of weakness, stiffness (spasticity) and lack of control in the affected side of the body, rather like the effects of a stroke. In one child this may be very obvious (he or she may have little use of one hand, may limp or have poor balance); in another child it will be so slight that it only shows when attempting specific physical activities.
What can be done to help?
Hemiplegia cannot be cured, but a lot can be done to minimise its effects and help children achieve their potential. Your child, once diagnosed, will probably be referred to a Child Development Centre (CDC) or the children's department of your local or regional hospital. A paediatrician and therapists, who work as part of a wider network of professionals including paediatric neurologists and orthopaedic and neurosurgeons, will work in partnership with you to develop his or her abilities.
Understanding hemiplegia and knowing how you can help your child achieve his or her potential is vital.
The immature brain is very flexible, and some of the functions of the damaged area can be taken over by undamaged parts of the brain in a process known as neuroplasticity. An adult, whose brain pathways are already organised, has much less neuroplasticity and so after a stroke may lose very specific functions, depending on which part of the brain was affected. In contrast, which area of the brain was damaged and which side of the body is affected makes relatively little difference in children and young people with hemiplegia.
Your child's management will probably be based on a multidisciplinary approach, involving physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and possibly speech therapy where required. A physiotherapist and often an occupational therapist will work closely with each other and with parents or carers, to agree a programme of management with specific goals that are tailored to the child's development and needs. The aim will be to improve the child's participation in everyday activities e.g. play, feeding, dressing, school life. The therapists will work to develop the child's skills, assessing posture and providing muscle stretching, and possibly strengthening activities. This will help prevent possible secondary consequences of the condition such as pain or the development of contractures (abnormal shortening of the muscles).
Goals could include improving function so that the child can grasp an object with the affected hand, or walk better. They should take into account the child and parents/ carers' views, the time and effort involved in carrying out therapy activities, the impact on the child and his/her family and how effective the activities might be.
A therapy programme will probably include training parents/carers, and later the child him/herself, to carry out exercises or techniques which they should continue to use at home, e.g. during dressing or bathing, so that they become part of the child's everyday life. The child's progress should be reviewed regularly to assess how well the therapy programme is working and consider whether there is a need for other treatments as well. These might include orthoses (devices, such as splints, fitted to the body to improve posture and/or function); drugs such as baclofen; Botulinum Toxin injections or orthopaedic surgery (for more information read our information sheets on therapies).
In general the child with hemiplegia should be treated as normally as possible. It is essential to involve the affected side in play and everyday activities, to make your child as "two-sided" as he or she can be.
As they get older, many children and young people with hemiplegia can be encouraged to develop more use of their affected side through involvement in their chosen sports and hobbies.
Are there other problems associated with hemiplegia ?
Yes, there may be. Because hemiplegia is caused by injury to the brain, it is not just motor pathways and motor development that may be affected. And despite the developing brain's effort to relocate functions to undamaged areas, approximately half the children do have additional diagnoses. Some of these are medical in nature, such as epilepsy, visual impairment or speech difficulties. Many children have less obvious additional challenges, such as perceptual problems, specific learning difficulties or emotional and behavioural problems (for more information read our information sheets on the associated problems of hemiplegia). Each child should be fully assessed and regularly monitored to identify if any of these associated problems are present.
As the child grows these difficulties may become more frustrating and disabling than the more obvious physical ones, but with multidisciplinary management their effects on the child's life can be reduced.
What does the future hold?
In merely defining hemiplegia with its causes and effects we leave out perhaps the most important issue – the shock of diagnosis and the fear of the unknown. When a child is first diagnosed, it is often difficult for a doctor to predict whether problems will be mild or severe later in life. He or she will often adopt a 'wait and see' approach, which parents may find difficult to accept, since they may feel they are not being given all the facts. Understanding hemiplegia and knowing how you can help your child achieve his or her potential is vital. Make good use of the specialists dealing with your child's hemiplegia. Do ask them questions and make sure you understand their replies, if necessary asking them to repeat them using non- specialist terms.
Most children and young people with hemiplegia attend mainstream schools, with or without some extra support. It is essential to give teachers as much information as possible about your child and how best to help him or her. HemiHelp has information materials for teachers in pre-school, primary and secondary education. These are of use not only to your child's teachers, but also to you as parents/carers, to help you support your child through his or her school years.
Life can be difficult for children and young people with hemiplegia who want to do the same things as other children. They tire more easily and the effort involved in simple tasks can be considerable. They need all the help and encouragement you can give them. And you need support in your turn – ideally from other parents and carers who understand how you feel and with whom you can also share ideas and information.
You may find general support groups for disabled children and their families in your own area - your CDC, hospital or library should have information. Your local Sure Start children's centre may also have useful services for you and your child, such as Portage or a toy library. And you may want to join us - we are the national organisation for children and young people with hemiplegia and their families.
For more information about hemiplegia you can read The Hemiplegia Handbook
What is HemiHelp?
HemiHelp was set up in 1990 by a small group of parents, and now has a thriving membership of families and professionals all over Britain. We provide information, support and events for children and adults with hemiplegia, their families and the professionals who support them.
HemiHelp has made me into a fighter for my child, being able now to go anywhere and fight anyone for what I believe are his rights.
How can HemiHelp help you ?
- has a Helpline staffed by trained volunteers who all have personal experience of hemiplegia (0845 123 2372) - email@example.com
- runs a UK-wide home visiting service
- has an extensive website with news and free information downloads has a Facebook group and Twitter feed (@hemihelp)
- puts members in touch with others who have faced similar problems (available upon written request) and is developing a network of local groups
- has over 30 information sheets on various aspects of living with hemiplegia
- provides a resource booklet of useful names and addresses for members
- produces a quarterly magazine where members can share information and experience
- runs regular conferences and workshops around the UK for parents and professionals
- organises sports and activity days for children in different regions
- has a transition support service for young adults including employment workshops, 1:1 support, and work placements
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A relatively new entrant into the wide world of PC's, Vizio's got a new baby it's sending out: a 11.6-inch slate with real, full-featured Windows 8.
The Vizio Tablet PC is a monstrous 11.6-inch device, rocking full-flavored Windows 8, not the RT version. It's got a 1080p display dual-core 1GHz AMD Z60, one of the first Windows 8 tabs out there with AMD guts. It also has a Microsoft Signature install, so it doesn't come with a whole bunch of useless bloatware you've got to wash off with a fire-hose.
As for the rest of its specs, it's got 64 GB SSD, 2GB of RAM, Micro-HDMI and Micro-USB ports, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. There's no word on the price so far, but it stands to reason this could be a pretty wallet-friendly option when it comes to a tablet that's not hampered by an actual tablet OS, if you can hang with its big body. [Engadget]


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|Tutorial Series
|Marble C++ Tutorial
|Tutorial 10 - Searching
|What's Next
|Tutorial 12 - Opening .kml, .gpx... files
|Further Reading
Marble uses so-called runners to calculate routes, do reverse geocoding, parse files and search for placemarks (cities, addresses, points of interest, ...). This tutorial shows how to use the MarbleRunnerManager class to get a textual description of a given coordinate.
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <QtCore/QDebug>
#include <marble/MarbleWidget.h>
#include <marble/MarbleModel.h>
#include <marble/MarbleRunnerManager.h>
#include <marble/GeoDataPlacemark.h>
using namespace Marble;
int main(int argc, char** argv)
QApplication app(argc,argv);
MarbleModel *model = new MarbleModel;
MarbleRunnerManager* manager = new MarbleRunnerManager( model->pluginManager() );
manager->setModel( model );
GeoDataCoordinates position( -0.15845, 51.52380, 0.0, GeoDataCoordinates::Degree );
qDebug() << position.toString() << "is" << manager->searchReverseGeocoding( position );
Copy and paste the code above into a text editor. Then save it as my_marble.cpp and compile it by entering the following command on the command line:
g++ -I /usr/include/qt4/ -o my_marble my_marble.cpp -lmarblewidget -lQtGui -lQtCore
If things go fine, execute ./my_marble and the output looks similar to this:
" 0° 09' 30.4"W, 51° 31' 25.7"N" is "Sherlock Holmes Museum, "221b", Baker Street, Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, NW1 6AX, United Kingdom"
The latest source code of this example can be found here.
|Here's a little checklist to tackle some problems that might arise when compiling the code above:
|If you provide maps in your application please check the Terms of Use of the map material. The map material that is shipped with Marble is licensed in the spirit of Free Software. This usually means at least that the authors should be credited and that the license is mentioned. E.g. for OpenStreetMap the license is CC-BY-SA. Other map data shipped with Marble is either public domain or licensed in the spirit of the BSD license.


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Based on a highly unscientific survey of one London cabby, plus scads of hostility bursting from the front page of nearly ever newspaper on the stands from South Kensington to St. Johns Wood, Blair will get the boot.
I have used a similarly unscientific survey to accurately predict British elections once before--nearly tweny years ago, when Maggie Thatcher won in a landslide shortly after whipping the Argentinians in a battle for a rocky outpost called the Falkland Islands and thereby restoring a measure of British pride.
The week before that election, I asked a London cabby who would win, and he said, over his shoulder and without hesitation, "Maggie."
When I asked why, he turned to look at me and said (and I quote): "She's the only one's got balls now, isn't she?"
So I take discussions with cab drivers seriously, and en route to visit Abbey Road, where the Beatles recorded...well, Abbey Road--the driver and I talked politics.
And he told me "the only side of Tony Blair I'd like to see's his backside."
While much is being made in the rabid British press of how Blair's stance in favor of the Iraq War is hurting him, it seems--according to my highly unscientific London cabby survey--that the disquiet with the longtime PM stems more from his immigration policies, which are supposedly too lax, and a general disquietude with things around the UK.
Which is odd, because things around the UK--if crowded restaurants, busy museums, packed shops, bustling streets and a frenetic Heathrow Airport are any indication--are booming.
This sort of malaise could be a bad sign for Republicans in the 2006 mid-term elections back in the States, where consumer confidence is slipping despite record low interest rates, record high home prices, high stock valuations and decent employment gains.
Whatever happens in 2006, and regardless of the election outcome here on Thursday, there will be no malaise tomorrow night, at least not inside Royal Albert Hall.
First to guess why I'm here in foggy London-town wins precisely nothing of value except your name in the headline of my next blog, which will not be until Tuesday.
If I've recovered from Monday night, that is.
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I Am Not Making This Up


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Ross helped develop a program that lets kids practice everything from check-in to security screenings before flying
The skies have gotten a lot friendlier for kids with autism and their families – thanks to Philadelphia pediatrician Wendy Ross and a newly expanded program she helped create.
It all started in 2009: Ross, 42, was in her office when the mother of a patient, a girl with autism, called frantically from a Florida airport. Rattled by the boarding process, the child had suffered such a terrible meltdown that the family decided to get off the plane.
"These families feel so trapped, it's heartbreaking," Ross tells PEOPLE. "I thought, 'What can I do to make this right?'"
So Ross, a married mom of two boys, worked with clinicians and airlines to develop an air-travel program at Philadelphia International Airport that lets kids with autism practice everything from check-in and security screenings to boarding a mock flight.
In November, United Airlines began rolling it out nationally through Autism Inclusion Resources (AIR), Ross's nonprofit organization, and it's already helping parents in other cities. AIR has landed in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, and will be planning further stops in Houston, Los Angeles and Newark this year.
The flight training was exactly the help that parents Derek Green and Sheila Mitchell-Green needed. Their 11-year-old son Julian struggles with lines, but traveled smoothly thanks to Ross's efforts when they visited Disney World in 2011.
"Being able to go through a dry run and see how he experienced being on a plane put us much more at ease that this was something he could do," says Derek.
If Julian went through the boarding process once, "he would know exactly [what to expect], because he has that kind of memory," Sheila adds.
And that's just what happened. "This made all the difference in the world," says Sheila.
More Heroes Among Us:
• Emily May Empowers Women to End Harassment
• Formerly Conjoined Twins Live with Different Families, But Stay Bonded
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The photoionized emitter can be invoked by typing 'mo photemis'. This model is the `thermal' (i.e. recombination and collisional excitation) emission which comes from the same plasma used in warmabs. Note that this does NOT include the resonant scattered emission associated with the warmabs line emission; the windabs model can be used, with a trick, to model this emission if desired (see below).
The model supplies to xspec the emissivity of the gas, in units of erg cm s, times a factor 10. So the physical meaning of the normalization, , is
where EM is the emission measure of the gas in the source (at the ionization parameter used in the fit) and D is the distance to the source. This same relation applies to the results from the hotabs model.


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In July 2012, EC&M reported that the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics was preparing to resume its national sample survey of energy use in buildings, the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), after a ten-year hiatus. The results provide the only national-level source of data on the characteristics and energy use of the existing stock of commercial buildings in the United States.
Now, energy modeling, which can be instrumental in making decisions regarding design, particularly when performed during the design phase, is in the news. In a new feature available to members of BuildingGreen, Environmental Building News stresses the importance of modeling "early" and "often" for the biggest savings in energy and costs.
Although whole-building energy simulation has become more common over the last two decades, but it's not always accurate to real energy use and hasn't had a big impact on design decisions. The real value of modeling, according to Marcus Sheffer, an energy consultant with 7group, is not predicting energy use but making relative comparisons among design options.


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Cohodas Hall
The tallest building on Northern's campus, Cohodas Hall, houses many academic departments and administrative offices, as well as community outreach centers. These include:
- College of Business
- Graduate Studies
- Academic Affairs
- Office of the President
- Finance and Administration
- Alumni Association
- Communications and Marketing
- Continuing Education
- NMU Foundation
- Northern Center for Lifelong Learning
It is hoped that Cohodas Hall will undergo a major renovation in the near future, which would create classroom space on the lower floors.
Several service departments formerly housed in Cohodas Hall are now located in C.B. Hedgcock, including admissions, financial aid, registration and scheduling, and the registrar's office.
The building is named after Upper Peninsula banker and philanthropist Sam M. Cohodas.Find this building on the campus map.


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Norwegian will make every effort to accommodate you, providing you have not entered the 24th week of pregnancy when the cruise ends. NCL will require a medical certificate establishing your due date prior to your cruise. You can view or print the Pregnancy Policy here.
Infants under six months of age are not eligible for travel on Norwegian ships.
Passengers must be 21 years of age or older to purchase or consume alcohol. Norwegian encourages the responsible use of alcohol and accordingly reserves the right to permanently or temporarily revoke the drinking privileges of any guest who violates Norwegian's Guest Code of Conduct or who is deemed a danger to himself, herself or others by vessel management. Continued abuse of alcohol while sailing and/or violation of Norwegian's alcohol policy may result in immediate disembarkation.
With the exception of Wine and Champagne, all guests are prohibited from bringing alcohol on board. If you purchase any alcohol at one of the ports-of-call or in the onboard shops, NCL will safely store your purchase(s) and either on the final night of the cruise or the morning of debarkation it will be available for pick up in a designated area. Wine & Champagne Policy Guests may bring bottles of wine and champagne on board. When bottles are brought on board and served or consumed in any restaurant, public room area or in their stateroom, a corkage fee will be charged according to bottle sizes noted below. 750 ml Bottle: $15.00 1,000 ml Bottle: $ 20.00 1,500 ml Magnum: $30.00 Box wines are not allowed on board.
For the Pearl is using reverse osmosis desalinization for their tap water and is probably purer and more chemical free than any water that comes out of your tap at home.
Yes, the Pearl has wheelchair accessible rooms in most all stateroom types. These rooms are limited and based on their availability at the time of booking. If you are in need of a disabled room please note this on your booking form and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Freestyle Dining is where Freestyle Cruising® begins. Sit down to a four-course meal and a fine wine. Or grab a burger hot off the grill. Dress up. Dress down. Sit with your friends or make new ones. You'll find more dining options than days of your cruise, and you're free to enjoy them all on your own schedule. Complimentary Dining - Every cruise fare includes beautifully crafted menus in the two main dining rooms, a help-yourself buffet and a variety of casual cafés, grills and on-the-go choices. From fresh-baked breads, desserts and pastries to the chefs' original dishes made with the freshest ingredients, your dining can be as fine or fun as you want. Speciality Dining- When you want an even more memorable experience, NCL ships' specialty restaurants provide refined choices for a cover charge ($10 to $30 per person). Experience a Brazilian Churrascaria, dine on expertly prepared sushi, or savor traditional French bistro, Italian trattoria or Chicago steakhouse fare — it's all on board. And it's all delicious.
There is a 24 hour Internet Café. Give your friends and family back home your personalized email address (printed on your cruise ticket) and stay in touch throughout your cruise. Wireless internet (WI-Fi) is also available.
Special meals are available including low-calorie, vegetarian, no MSG, low/no sodium and low/no cholesterol meals, as well as sugar-free and fat-free desserts. All of the restaurants are non-smoking. Most specialty restaurants require a per person cover charge or offer a` la carte pricing. If you have any food allergy or a dietary requirement that requires Kosher meals or gluten-free food product, please advise us at the time of booking. Obtaining the product for many of these requests requires 60-days notice prior to sailing, and NCL wants to ensure that they are able to fulfill your request
Kid's Crew" is the NCL onboard children's program and it's one of the most comprehensive at sea. The complimentary youth programs give the kids time to explore and meet new friends, while you relax, have fun, grab a bite, go shopping and more – it's all up to you. From the exclusive Nickelodeon™ program to kid's pools, water slides, bowling alleys, sports courts, 2-story Wii® screens and more – NCL has the fun for everyone.
Norwegian offers group sitting for ages 2-12 for a nominal fee with the Kid's Crew" counselors. In addition to the regular sitting hours of 10 pm - 1 am, group sitting is available in port from 9 am - 5 pm. Private babysitting is not available.
A physician and nurse are on the ship to provide medical care and services at customary charges. Commonly used medications are kept on board and may be prescribed by the ship's doctor.
Reservations are never required or taken for the Main Dining Rooms, Buffet, Blue Lagoon, Cadillac Diner or O'Sheehans; however reservations are recommended for the specialty restaurants. Reservations may be made by phone, in person at the designated Restaurant Reservations Desk, or at any specialty restaurant host desk during dinner service.
You may purchase wine, or bon voyage gifts, such as fruit baskets, champagne, birthday cakes, canapés, flowers or other gifts for your stateroom. Just ask TravelOnly for details. Please do this at least four weeks before sailing.
Guests should not feel obliged to offer a gratuity for good service. However, all of the staff is encouraged to "go the extra mile," and so they are permitted to accept cash gratuities entirely at the discretion of the guests who wish to acknowledge particular staff members for exceptional or outstanding service. In other words, there is genuinely no need to tip but you should feel free to do so if you have a desire to acknowledge particular individuals. Also, certain staff positions provide service on an individual basis to only some guests. We encourage those guests to acknowledge good service from these staff members with appropriate gratuities. For example, for guests purchasing bar drinks the recommended gratuity is 15 percent. For guests purchasing spa treatments the recommended gratuity is 18 percent. Similarly, for guests using concierge and butler services, we recommend they consider offering a gratuity commensurate with services rendered.
The reason there's a fixed service charge is an important one: The Crew is encouraged to work together as a team. Staff members including restaurant staff, stateroom stewards and behind-the-scenes support staff are compensated by a combination of salary and incentive programs that the service charge supports. The Onboard Service Charge is a $12 per person per day charge that has already been included in your cruise rate.
Guest satisfaction is the highest priority at Norwegian Cruise Line. NCL has a structured guest satisfaction program designed to handle any concerns about service or on-board product quickly and efficiently. However, in the event a service issue should arise during your cruise please let the on-board guest services desk staff know right away, so that they can address it in a timely manner. Should your concerns not be met with satisfaction you can adjust the charges.
Norwegian's Latitudes Program awards repeat guests with benefits and privileges. If you sailed with NCL prior to this cruise and do not have your Latitudes Number call Latitudes Customer Service at 1.866.234.0292 to be sure not to miss out on any benefits you may receive.
Norwegian reserves the right to charge a fuel supplement without prior notice should the closing price of West Texas Intermediate Fuel increase above $65 per barrel on the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange Index). In the event a fuel supplement is charged, Norwegian will have sole discretion to apply the supplementary charge to both existing and new bookings, regardless of whether such bookings have been paid in full. Such supplementary charges are not included in the cruise fare. The fuel supplement charge will not exceed $10.00 per passenger per day.
Each person is allowed up to two pieces of personal luggage on board, with each piece weighing a maximum of 50 pounds. However, if you are traveling by air, you need to check with the airline for specific restrictions.
When it comes to what to wear, you can go resort casual or get decked-out and look your best - it's your call. That's the freedom of Freestyle Cruising. NCL even has special "Dress-Up or Not Night." It's the perfect opportunity to get your portrait taken with your family, that special someone or even with the ship's Captain. Dress cruise casual anytime during the day, in the buffet and in most specialty restaurants. For women, it includes summer and casual dresses, skirts, regular or capri pants, shorts, jeans and tops. Khakis, jeans, shorts and casual shirts are fine for men. Swimwear is acceptable at the buffet and outdoor restaurant, but a shirt or a cover-up and footwear are required. Cruise casual is also allowed day and night on embarkation day. Wear smart casual if you are eating dinner in the aft main dining room (our more formal dining room) and in Le Bistro on cruises longer than five days. For women, it includes slacks or jeans, dresses, skirts and tops. For men, it's jeans or slacks with a collared shirt and closed-toed shoes. We want you to be comfortable, but tank tops for men, flip flops, baseball caps, visors and jeans that are overly faded, with holes or tears and worn below the hips are not permitted in main dining rooms or specialty restaurants. Kids 12 and under are welcome to wear nice shorts in all our restaurants. You may want to pack a sweater too—air conditioning can be chilly. Since your suitcases are collected the night before you return home, don't forget an overnight bag for prescriptions and need-to-have items.
You will be notified in your ticket package what time to board the ship and where to meet your group. We don't want you to miss our first Giggle Dam event! You must, at minimum, follow these instructions: In order to facilitate the embarkation process and the processing of your eDocs, and to comply with new government regulations governing departure manifest, all guests are required to complete Online Check-In and must complete check-in at the cruise terminal and be onboard the ship no later than one hour prior to the departure time noted on their cruise documents or they will not be permitted to sail. Please note guests who have not filled out their Online Check-In must arrive at port two (2) hours prior to sailing. Any late arriving guest may join the ship at an approved port of call in the scheduled itinerary. Such guest will be responsible for all applicable fees and travel expenses to that subsequent port of call.
In all ports of call, it is also the guest's responsibility to be back onboard the ship no later than one (1) hour prior to the ship's scheduled departure time. Please be aware that shipboard time may differ from the port of call and it is the guest's responsibility to follow the shipboard time. In the event a guest misses the ship, it will be the guest's responsibility to pay all expenses incurred to rejoin the ship.
Passengers are not allowed to bring on board the vessel any intoxicating liquors, or beverages, firearms, weapons of any kind, ammunition, explosive substances or any goods of a dangerous nature, nor animals of any kind, except service or guide animals, provided the passenger notifies Carrier prior to the cruise of his intention to bring such animal and agrees to take sole responsibility for any expense, damage, injuries or losses associated with or caused by such animal.
We want you to be comfortable on board, so public areas throughout the ship are smoke-free. If you smoke cigarettes, you can do so on your balcony, in the casino or in the Cigar Bar (where available). If you prefer pipes or cigars, you can smoke in the Cigar Bar or designated smoking lounge. Also, you can smoke cigarettes, pipes and cigars outside on open decks (just not around food venues, sports decks, kids' pool areas and other designated non smoking areas). Smoking inside your stateroom will result in a $250 cleaning charge added to your onboard account. You can view or print the full Smoking Policy effective January 2012 here.
You will receive your DAM Important Passenger badge which will have the Giggle Dam event itinerary on it. Since you need to wear this badge to gain entry to any of the events you will always know what's happening and when!
TravelOnly will provide you with travel options. Whether it is a quick exit to the airport and on the first plane back to Vancouver or a fun trip to Disney, a weekend in LA or maybe even Las Vegas, we can help you complete all of your travel plans. Please click here (link to LA & Beyond page) for more details.
TravelOnly will provide you with options to get from the cruise ship to the Airport or your hotel. Please click here (link to Rates & Rooms page) for more details.
TravelOnly does not require, but STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you purchase Travel Insurance. Because of the nature and uniqueness of "The DAM Cruise to LA, eh? ", there is a strict cancellation policy. You cruise deposit will be non-refundable September 1, 2012 and your final payment, once collected May 1, 2013 will also be non-refundable. TravelOnly will provide you with a quotation/waiver form that will require your signature prior to any portion of your payments becoming non refundable.
If you are a Canadian Citizen you will need to have with you a valid passport that does not expire within 6 months from your travel date.
You will be notified by email where and when to pick up your tickets 21-30 days before sailing.
While onboard all purchases including merchandise, alcoholic and carbonated beverages will be charged to your Onboard Expense Card. You will establish credit for an Onboard Expense Account upon check-in with your credit card (Visa, MasterCard and American Express) or you may put down a cash deposit.
No, under the Passenger Vessel Services Act (Jones Act) this cruise is restricted. Please click here for details.
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Looking at Jeremy Bulloch, you might not instantly recognize him as one of the more popular characters in the "Star Wars" universe, but that's not entirely surprising, given that his face is covered by a mask when he's playing the part of the infamous bounty hunter known as Boba Fett. Interestingly, though, you might well have seen Bulloch's face in the films if you were paying close enough attention, as he's popped up as two other characters during the course of the two trilogies. The "Star Wars" saga finally hits Blu-ray on Sept. 16, which is how we had the opportunity to chat with Bulloch, and since we had him on the phone, we took the opportunity to ask about a few other roles he's played as well, including appearances on "Doctor Who" and "Robin of Sherwood." Alas, our brief conversation – we only had ten minutes with him – meant that we didn't get to touch on his work in the world of James Bond, but we did ask him about his work with another long-running British institution: Cliff Richard.
Jeremy Bulloch: Welcome to the dark side, Will! (Laughs)
Bullz-Eye: Why, thank you very much, sir! So how did you fall into the Lucas camp in the first place?
JB: Well, it's like with anything, you know. As an actor… I've been acting since I was 12, and at the time, I was in a play, working in the theater, and then got a call. And it's funny, because my half-brother, Robert Watts, was associate producer on the early films, and he said, "There's this character, and I can't really push you forward for it, but he's called Boba Fett, and it's two days work, but I think while you're doing the theater it might be quite nice to be able to do this." So I went to the interview with Gary Kurtz and saw George Lucas, but I think it boils down to the fact that I fitted the suit, really. It just fell into my lap. The costume fit perfectly, although it was very uncomfortable. But it was lovely to do. I mean, I certainly didn't know it was going to be such a big thing. Even though the first film, "A New Hope," had come out, I didn't think that it could be any better with "The Empire Strikes Back."
BE: I'm curious: you'd obviously had a fair career as an onscreen actor prior to "Empire," and now here you were stepping behind a costume. Did it feel at all like a step down to hide your face for a role, or was it just an honor to be a part of the film?
JB: Well, that's a good question, but, no, it certainly wasn't a step down. I knew it was going to be enormous fun to do, because at the time, I had two very young sons, and they said, "Oh, wow, what's this? Oh, that's the 'Star Wars'! Well, which one are you playing, then?" They didn't know who Boba Fett was. Most people didn't. But it certainly wasn't a step down. I'd been doing television work, and, yes, this was a small part, but you know what they say: there are no small parts.
(At this point in the conversation, the battery in my recorder suddenly decided to go belly-up. Fortunately, I had another one handy, but as I switched the batteries out, an amused Jeremy remarked, "You really are a victim of the Dark Side!")
BE: You've been to more than a few conventions in your time. Do you have any specific favorite appearances from those?
JB: The conventions are great fun, and what the 501st guys – the stormtroopers – are doing, raising money, every weekend they're out somewhere and doing a fantastic job. Lots of people don't realize what they do. But I think one of the funniest things was last year, when I was given a costume – or the guys from the Dented Helmet made me a costume, an absolute replica of the Boba Fett costume – and I wore it here in England for a function to raise money for charity, and I was walking around in a space centre in Leicester and pushing people out of the way, going… (Growling) "Get out of my way!" And people were just, like, "God, he's rude! That's terrible! He's frightening the children!" So I suddenly thought, "Yes, Boba Fett is working again!" These children were all scared to death. But it was fun to do, to go back to what it had been like when I first put the costume on. There was some menace about him. The costume played the part for me, when you think about it. The ragged tunic, the dents in his helmet, and very few lines. A man of few words. That's all he needed to do.
"It just fell into my lap. The costume fit perfectly, although it was very uncomfortable. But it was lovely to do. I mean, I certainly didn't know it was going to be such a big thing. Even though the first film, 'A New Hope,' had come out, I didn't think that it could be any better with 'The Empire Strikes Back.'"BE: Beyond Boba Fett, you did get to show your face in the "Star Wars" films.
JB: I did. Funnily enough, I played another part in the original trilogy. I'm grabbing Princess Leia into the elevator when she's saying, "It's a trap!" I played Lieutenant Sheckil. (Laughs) They gave me a name! I was just an Imperial officer. But on that morning, I remember I did a shot with the Boba Fett costume on, and suddenly I was called, "Quick, get to wardrobe, they've got no one to play this part! Get into the Imperial Officer's outfit, Jeremy, quickly!" So that's how that happened. I ended up playing three parts in the "Star Wars" films. (Laughs)
BE: So how did you wind up playing Captain Colton in "Revenge of the Sith"?
JB: Well, it was completely out of the blue. As we're doing now, there's not a day that goes by without someone contacting me, either by phone or by email or sending a letter, saying, "Can you please autograph this poster for me?" or what have you. So you're involved with the whole thing, anyway. But then I'm with my wife, visiting my son, and suddenly the phone rings. And I thought, "Oh, God, even way over here…" But it was Rick McCallum, who said, "Hi, Jeremy, we're coming back to England, we've got one or two things to do, and George wants to know whether you'd like to play this character. It's very much a cameo role, but…" And it was lovely to go back and do it. It was very brief and done very quickly, but it still had that wonderful atmosphere of a "Star Wars" film.
BE: Prior to "Star Wars," you were part of another famous sci-fi saga: "Doctor Who."
JB: Oh, yes, "Doctor Who," I have fond memories of… well, I did two stories. The first one was "The Space Museum," and the sets were a little bit wobbly. We were always told, "Please be careful when you're running and chasing after the Doctor. Don't go into the wall, 'cause it might fall down." But I thought, "As long as the story's good, then people aren't going to worry about whether things aren't quite working out in the sets." And we had these guns with flashbulbs in them, and they said, "If the bulbs don't work, just make a noise yourself." So you're doing it, and you'd have to go, "Bzzzzzzt!" (Laughs) And no one at home would know! It was virtually live, you know. Black and white in those days. And then moving on 10 years, I did "The Time Warrior," as a sort of Robin Hood character. That was with Jon Pertwee, and that was… you know, several weeks of giggling an awful lot, and misbehaving and being silly, but Pertwee was such a wonderful Doctor to play with.
BE: And speaking of Robin Hood characters, you actually got to play Edward of Wickham in "Robin of Sherwood."
JB: Yes, I did two seasons of that, and then we thought we were going to go on and do more, but we probably finished at the right time. But, you know, I went in to do one episode, and then they asked me back to do another one, and then another one, and then another one. And then they asked could one of my sons come to play my son on the show, so my youngest son did that. We kept that in the family as well.
BE: Do you enjoy doing the period pieces once in awhile, then?
JB: Yes, I do. I did "Mary, Queen of Scots" as well, and it was lovely, because you spend all day in these regal robes, and I was galloping around on horses. That was terrific to do. My career's been a bit of everything, from comedy series to lots of different plays in the theater, touring the Middle East and Far East to show students around the world. I went to the Far East for seven months to do a program to teach people English, but I felt terrible when I arrived at the airport once and someone said, "Oh, Mr. Burroch! You rearn me Engrish!" I thought, "Oh, my God, I haven't done a very good job." (Laughs) The grammar was all over the place! But, you know, I've had a 54-year career so far, and I'm still working. I've done an episode of "Law & Order UK" not long ago.
BE: To close, I must ask you about your work in "Summer Holiday." What's Cliff Richard really like?
JB: (Laughs) Oh, he's terrific. He's a huge fan of "Star Wars." He brings his nephews along. But he was great, 'cause you sing along with him. Some people still come up to me and start singing, "We're all going on a summer holiday…" It's a bright and breezy, fun thing with guys and girls going down from London in a big bus to Athens, Greece, and they get into trouble. But it's an innocent, fun film. Probably a little bit dated now, but that was an enjoyable time.
BE: Well, it's been very nice talking to you, and I don't know about you, but I can't wait to watch the "Star Wars" saga on Blu-ray.
JB: Oh, it's very much the same for me as well. I can't wait to see myself on Blu-ray! (Laughs)
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
sunday wrap up
11 comments:
- WoolenSails said...
More beautiful projects, wish I could sit down long enough to finish something;) I finally got in our pool, it was freezing, but felt good.
- August 29, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- beth said...
I sure like what you did with those pinwheels. It's amazing what a nice border can do for a quilt!
- August 29, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Mary on Lake Pulaski said...
The pinwheels are great with those borders! Cute little quilt for your granddaughter. We went swimming in the middle of the lake with friends (94 degrees today!).
- August 29, 2010 at 8:22 PM
- Nifty Quilts said...
Grreat! Like the pinwheels flew to Gee's Bend and back. Great little pink one too! Have a good week with your granddaughter! Looks like a lot of fun.
- August 29, 2010 at 9:44 PM
- Kathie said...
love the baby quilt!
oh have fun this week, always fun to have a little one around .
wait to you see what I ordered you are going to love this project I plan on making :)
- August 30, 2010 at 1:37 AM
- Stephanie said...
The pinwheel quilt will be love for sure. What a lovely "swap". Very cute and colorful scrappy quilts. Have fun with your family!
- August 30, 2010 at 4:47 AM
- Trudi said...
LOVE the pinwheels! :) and the minis too! Looks like you had the perfect weekend! Happy late summer!
- August 30, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- thea said...
the swimming looks like fun!! And i LOVE the baby quilts... aw.
- August 30, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- Tonya R said...
the pinwheels are wonderful - love the border you've got going. glad ya'all are having fun and enjoying summer.
- August 31, 2010 at 5:06 AM
- Em said...
Love the idea of the 2 countries being represented and the simplicity of the brick border. What more is there to life then the 3 basics, family/friends/sewing! Happy Tuesday, V!
- August 31, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- amandajean said...
i have some spare white laying around here if you need some. *wink*
- September 9, 2010 at 2:19 PM


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