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It is more about finding out for yourself who you are and what you are capable of, there will always be issues associated with race, class and a laundry list of other things but what matters more than those things is H-E-A-R-T and where you choose to put yours.
This film is very much about realizing that in spite of all things we must find a cause and dig in deeply until we have satisfied our quest.
Life rewards action, make careful decisions and act!
The choices that we make today have a long reaching impact and recognizing that this film should remind people that life is not a spectator sport; It's meant to be interactive.
Whatever it takes, find out who you are and what you are made of in spite of your fears. You'll be surprised who and what you find on the other side of fear.
Akeelah (Palmer) is an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Crenshaw Middle School in South Los Angeles, she's bright - she even aces all the class spelling tests - but she has a bit of an attitude problem, partly caused by the unmotivated feeling of those around her, and the idea that to be intelligent is not considered "cool."
But deep down Akeelah loves words and it's something she shared with her late father. Avella's mom, Tanya (Angela Bassett), is too busy trying to keep her life and family together to pay much attention. She has one young son flirting with being a gangbanger and another son is doing well in the Air Force, so Tanya just doesn't want to be bothered with what she views as the foolishness of spelling competitions.
Spurred on by the school principal (Curtis Armstrong) Akeelah is encouraged to enter the Crenshaw school spelling bee, even though she doesn't really want to do it. She of course wins, and but she's going to need help if she wants to make it through other contests. She finds a mentor in the somber Dr. Larabee (Lawrence Fishburne) who is on sabbatical from his position as chairman of the UCLA English department and has a lot of time on his hands.
From the outset these two very different people are destined to clash. He views her as insolent; and she sees no reason to be interested in the broader cultural education he wants her to master in addition to spelling.Read more ›
This movie shows an extremely nice fatherless young girl overcome a variety of adverse circumstances and push herself to her limit. This is a great film about self-discipline and dedication and taking the risks necessary to achieve personal greatness. Be it spelling, bicycling, piano, ballet or soccer, this film spells out the formula for accomplishment. I think your kids will pick up on the lesson, it penetrates invitingly. It also shows kids being very nice to one another, before biases and social classes have hardened and divided us.
This film was not at all preachy, but it really highlights the tangible nature of some of the disadvantages facing our kids in poorer communities. There are kids in those areas with tremendous academic talent and a willingness to work to accomplish big things. America should be a country where every kid who desires to achieve, and is willing to work hard to do so, receives a fair shot at that on a level playing field. Akeelah got some help from her friends here--and a dedicated school pricipal--but I fear that in real life there may be some Akeelahs falling through the cracks.
An English professor played by Laurence Fishbourne was one of the breaks Akeelah got here. I liked it that he gave her no slack, no "affirmative action" for her hardships.Read more ›
"Akeelah and the Bee" is a great film for everyone in the entire family. I defy you, or anyone you see this film with to not be moved by the story.
Akeelah (Keke Palmer), a student at Crenshaw Middle School, in South Los Angeles, is bored with her school. Her teachers recognize her intelligence; she gets good grades, but her attendance and attitude are lacking. The school hosts its first Spelling Bee and the Principal (Curtis Armstrong) insists Akeelah participate. After she trounces the competition, she attracts the attention of Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), a professor on sabbatical and former contestant in the National Spelling Bee who agrees to coach Akeelah. But her mother (Angela Bassett) is too distracted to notice her daughter is going to the City Spelling Bee and then the Regionals. Soon, Akeelah has the entire community rooting for her and helping her, pushing her to win the National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC.
Yes, the film is predictable and, at times, a little sappy. But the performance of Keke Palmer as Akeelah quickly makes you forget about the few problems the film has. Akeelah is like many middle school students; afraid to show how intelligent she is because she will be teased by other students, she purposely dumbs herself down in public situations. This is unfortunate, but it happens.Read more ›
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NYACK, NY--Nyack College will host the 2013 Rockland County Nurse Recognition Day on Wednesday, May 15 from noon until 3:00 pm in Bowman Gym on the Rockland campus in Nyack, NY. This year's theme is "Nursing: Advancing the Profession through Education." Nurse Recognition Day is a part of the National Nurse Recognition Week, which is held every year to raise public awareness of the value and significance of nursing. Nurse Recognition Week is celebrated May 6-12 nationwide, helps educate communities about the vital role that the nation's 2.9 million nurses play. From bedside nursing in hospitals and long-term care facilities to the halls of research institutions, state legislatures, and Congress, the depth and breadth of the nursing profession is meeting the expanding health care needs of American society.
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Can You Hear, Bird: Poemsby John Ashbery
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In Can You Hear, Bird, John Ashbery's seventeenth collection, language is both a plaything and a sandbox. The poems are arranged not in the order of their composition but alphabetically, by the first letter in their titles, like the neatly/i>/b>
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A 1995 collection of poems that finds John Ashbery at his most conversational, funny, and surprising
In Can You Hear, Bird, John Ashbery's seventeenth collection, language is both a plaything and a sandbox. The poems are arranged not in the order of their composition but alphabetically, by the first letter in their titles, like the neatly arrayed keys of some fabulous Seussical instrument. In line after line, Ashbery demonstrates his alertness to language as it is spoken, heard, broadcast, and dreamed—and sets himself the task of rewriting, redefining, and revising the American idiom we think we know so well. Can You Hear, Bird is a decisive example of the uniquely Ashberyan sensibility his many fans love, revealing a generous and acute chronicler of the everyday bizarre, an observant and humane humorist, and an ear trained on decoding our modern world's beguiling polyphony.
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Can You Hear, Bird
By John Ashbery
OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIACopyright © 1995 John Ashbery
All rights reserved.
A Day at the Gate
A loose and dispiriting
wind took over from the grinding of traffic.
Clouds from the distillery
blotted out the sky. Ocarina sales plummeted.
Believe you me it was a situation
Aladdin's lamp might have ameliorated. And where was I?
Among architecture, magazines, recycled fish,
waiting for the wear and tear
to show up on my chart. Good luck,
bonne chance. Remember me to the zithers
and their friends, the ondes martenot.
Only I say: What comes this way withers
automatically. And the fog, drastically.
As one mercurial teardrop glozes
an empire's classified documents, so
other softnesses decline the angles
of the waiting. Tall, pissed-off,
dressed in this day's clothes,
holding its umbrella, he half turned away
with a shooshing sound. Said he needed us.
Said the sky shall be kelly green tonight.
A New Octagon
Over a cup of flaming tea, the ogre assessed
my chances. Nothing in this blue vault belongs
where you put it; therefore are you the dupe
of its nonchalance. Try to wriggle free, remembering
what the great collector said: Serenity is a mild bridle
lending dignity to any occasion. The best truss
is the severest, but your village
ends where mine begins. Angry little houses litigate;
the roof leaks. Present your wrist for stamping
as you go out into the northwestern territories, otherwise
we'll see whose absence becomes it.
Daughters Tiffany and Brittany concurred. There
isn't much in the way of agony impeding the astral
path you seek. On with the
ways and
the variance sequestered by others.
A Poem of Unrest
Men duly understand the river of life,
misconstruing it, as it widens and its cities grow
dark and denser, always farther away.
And of course that remote denseness suits
us, as lambs and clover might have
if things had been built to order differently.
But since I don't understand myself, only segments
of myself that misunderstand each other, there's no
reason for you to want to, no way you could
even if we both wanted it. Do those towers even exist?
We must look at it that way, along those lines
so the thought can erect itself, like plywood battlements.
A Waking Dream
And the failing panopticon? That happened before,
when my uncle was in his bathrobe, on vacation.
Leastways, folks said it was a vacation ...
Are you referring to your Uncle Obadiah,
the one that spent twenty years in the drunk-tank
and could whistle all the latest hits when sprung?
No one ever cared to talk much about it, it seemed a little too
peculiar, and he, he had forgotten the art
of knowing how far to go too far.
Just so. When driven, he would materialize in a Palm Beach suit
and Panama hat with tiny rainbow holes in it.
That was someone who knew how to keep up appearances
until he had exhausted them. Some of the railroad crew
got to know him at times, and could never figure out how he knew
exactly when a storm would hit. And when its anthracitic orgasm
erupted, we were out in the salley gardens mending coils
from the last big one. Such is my recollection. And vipers
would pause to notice. Meanwhile he was acting more and more
like a candidate. Then the wave of beach chairs crashed over us
and there was nothing more to be said for it. The case was closed,
it was "history," he liked to say, as though that were a topic
he could expand on if he chose, but it was more likely
to be night, and no one could extricate it properly.
Yet I had been told of an estimate.
That's what we don't know! If only I could get my senses
back in the right order, and had time to ponder this old message,
I could have the sluice-gates opened in a jiffy. As it is,
they're probably more than a little rusty, and do we know,
really know, as chasm-dwellers are said
to know, which way is upstream?
Abe's Collision
So much energy deployed
in circumnavigating the seer's collisions!
Don't do it yet,
it hasn't happened.
There is something in it.
And if we were a guidepost,
life would come along one day,
verify its balance, then leave
straight into the flustered ballooning of branches,
hands on the long ramp
leading to the restaurant with its coffee.
Sure, it's time we merged.
There are no others to do it
for us, we think we're nice.
That's why we've got to do it.
It takes balls to do it
and a heavy-duty sucker across the way.
A snake will unplug the drain.
The slate will light up and read itself.
Allotted Spree
How the past filled its designated space
with every kind of drollery, so there
were not just the things one knew about.
It's the secret of my gospel, it can never
be gone for too long or get too fancy.
Everybody wants to own a share in it!
This, too, is impossible.
I saw a woman in red move, come out from behind the brush.
I saw ten milky-white puppy dogs who chanted at me:
"You're a handful." I saw the spire of St. Diana's
prick and light up the sky. Those were gnashed doldrums.
Down where the last coitus happened,
another, a new madman in a cloak and hat,
was rising with the moon. They don't let you off
for these little things. Try imagining it.
Yes but against the sofa of your captivating lens
your appetites are wizard, dear. Let's give them all
a chance. On to the starboard
list of the apartment, to the gemstone-crusted tankard.
Andante Misterioso
The perfume climbs into my tree.
It is given to red-haired sprites:
words that music expresses
almost amply.
The symphony at the station
then, and all over people trying to hear it
and others trying to get away. A "trying"
situation, perhaps, yet no one is worse off than before.
Horses slog through dirt—hell,
it's normal for 'em.
And that summer cottage we rented once—remember
how the bugs came in through the screens, and
all was not as it was supposed to be?
Nowadays people have cars for things like that,
to carry them away, I mean,
I suppose.
And wherever man sets his giant foot
petals spring up, and artificial torsos,
dressmakers' dummies. And an ancient photograph
and an ancient phonograph, that carols
in mist. Pardon. The landlord locked us out.
Angels (you
know who you are), come back
when you've aged a little, when the outdoors
is an attractive curiosity no longer.
Don't get me wrong, I like your waving
turquoise mittens extantly. I must polish
my speech, having spent a life
watching old Steffi Duna movies, and being warned
about the consequences. It seems I should pass;
there's only one essay question, and it can be about anything
you like. Yet I hesitate, like a spermatozoid
that's lost its way and doesn't dare ask directions—
they'd club it if it did. Once you're en route
it doesn't matter if you know, besides, anyway.
Conversely the winter circuit closes down
until some time in spring, but more likely forever.
Signs of rot and corruption are everywhere
and are even copied by the fashion-conscious.
I must sugar my hair. And my factotum?
You said there was one more in your party.
No one is in a hurry.
Suddenly the day is crocus-sweet.
Anxiety and Hardwood Floors
Only a breath of this region
spindles me off and growing, yes, again.
How fine to be late in the season
where the hopeless hide their fetters
in chains of golden hair. Its air
wants nothing to do with any of us. Yet if I am
the strong man at the post office, as the clock's nine
o'clock tells me I am, why it will go better for the all
of us in here. This living
room he taunts me with. But everybody can see the
sun, abashed and unashamed, pummeling through the rusted
curtains. Pass me that box of gin,
will you?
At First I Thought I Wouldn't
Say Anything About It
but then I thought keeping quiet about it might appear even ruder.
At first I thought I had died and gone to heaven
but that scapegrace the unruly sun informed me otherwise.
I am in my heavyset pants and find this occupation of beekeeper charming
though I have yet to meet my first bee.
We don't know if I get to keep the hat and veil.
"Too hot," he said. "Too hot for everything!"
He so caring, so mundane. " ... to have you on board."
Bulgarian choirs everywhere stood up and sang the song of the rent.
It was lovely. Now I shall take a short vacation,
proof that I am needed here. Nobody wants my two cents
anymore, I believe. To some it was like skating in summer.
A small turret perched over the lake. It exploded.
That's the way I feel about people taking me out
to some nice repast, and afterwards you go home and
go over everything that was stated. I prefer flowers and breathing.
At Liberty and Cranberry
The car bounds forward eagerly, and for a moment
it's like Madrid: a taste of cinnamon and something
almost too unimportant to mention. A sense of morning
without any of the particulars that morning is,
that it inhabits, all of them, individually.
And yes we invited the fish
over again to tell about high school and yes
he came apologetically and mentioned sodomy parenthetically
until we all played cards and it was time to go.
Everybody realized
there had been such a beautiful evening.
Yet if I want to take you on my lap
and be romantic—well, or use the word "romantic"
several times and bring up the faded question
of sentiment and sentimentality, like faded lips
on a post, I'm allowed to be only monastic and neat,
while the cute are always with us,
are all around us, out on the bay, the river,
like a miniature armada
with an ad on every sail.
Go back through here, it says,
you didn't come up this way, but through here
you'll find it's very nice.
And, unruffled, we do.
Atonal Music
The hamlet stroked its reflection in a
plum—it wasn't crooning now, not for generic
supplies, anyway. They are lowering hoops
from houses, the whole thing's very much up in the air.
I twiddle my thumbs in a doorway, look
out from time to time. It's fine to reminisce,
but no one really cares about your childhood,
not even you. It's not even that, or a past,
but an aesthetic remoteness blossoming profusely
but vaguely around what does
stand out here and there: a window square, a bone
left by an intrepid dog. You own
them but may not appreciate them—they're
too mortal for that, for you.
I woke in the night to hear a runnel
coursing down my mansard—damn!
I'd left the trapdoor ratcheted. It all
smears me, like scenery. I can
only be ambient.
They observed me once, you know.
Awful Effects of Two Comets
There will not always be a step
to the undoing of the rightness you now so justly feel
in the edge of Hong Kong where it's all right to buy spirits. The
canal crowd threw fetters at him.
Then there will not always be a stair
to punish the unborn and the boy who said he'd rather
do it on another day. There is a chair,
its arms rubbed almost bare from excess living.
There is a fan I think over there.
Otherwise we make no money off them.
They're not worth importing, only to smoke
the tips of and then the whole magazine
goes up, to some surprise and cheers
on the part of petite nudist pedestrians
who can make nothing rise,
not even your eyes, which, seriously, I love
staring at and making love to:
I, a merchant from over the hill
with hunger and a big cow to fill.
... by an Earthquake
A hears by chance a familiar name, and the name involves a riddle of the past.
B, in love with A, receives an unsigned letter in which the writer states that she is the mistress of A and begs B not to take him away from her.
B, compelled by circumstances to be a companion of A in an isolated place, alters her rosy views of love and marriage when she discovers, through A, the selfishness of men.
A, an intruder in a strange house, is discovered; he flees through the nearest door into a windowless closet and is trapped by a spring lock.
A is so content with what he has that any impulse toward enterprise is throttled.
A solves an important mystery when falling plaster reveals the place where some old love letters are concealed.
A-4, missing food from his larder, half believes it was taken by a "ghost."
A, a crook, seeks unlawful gain by selling A-8 an object, X, which A-8 already owns.
A sees a stranger, A-5, stealthily remove papers, X, from the pocket of another stranger, A-8, who is asleep. A follows A-5.
A sends an infernal machine, X, to his enemy, A-3, and it falls into the hands of A's friend, A-2.
Angela tells Philip of her husband's enlarged prostate, and asks for money.
Philip, ignorant of her request, has the money placed in an escrow account.
A discovers that his pal, W, is a girl masquerading as a boy.
A, discovering that W is a girl masquerading as a boy, keeps the knowledge to himself and does his utmost to save the masquerader from annoying experiences.
A, giving ten years of his life to a miserly uncle, U, in exchange for a college education, loses his ambition and enterprise.
A, undergoing a strange experience among a people weirdly deluded, discovers the secret of the delusion from Herschel, one of the victims who has died. By means of information obtained from the notebook, A succeeds in rescuing the other victims of the delusion.
A dies of psychic shock.
Albert has a dream, or an unusual experience, psychic or otherwise, which enables him to conquer a serious character weakness and become successful in his new narrative, "Boris Karloff."
Silver coins from the Mojave Desert turn up in the possession of a sinister jeweler.
Three musicians wager that one will win the affections of the local kapellmeister's wife; the losers must drown themselves in a nearby stream.
Ardis, caught in a trap and held powerless under a huge burning glass, is saved by an eclipse of the sun.
Kent has a dream so vivid that it seems a part of his waking experience.
A and A-2 meet with a tragic adventure, and A-2 is killed.
Elvira, seeking to unravel the mystery of a strange house in the hills, is caught in an electrical storm. During the storm the house vanishes and the site on which it stood becomes a lake.
Alphonse has a wound, a terrible psychic wound, an invisible psychic wound, which causes pain in flesh and tissue which, otherwise, are perfectly healthy and normal.
A has a dream which he conceives to be an actual experience.
Jenny, homeward bound, drives and drives, and is still driving, no nearer to her home than she was when she first started.
Petronius B. Furlong's friend, Morgan Windhover, receives a wound from which he dies.
Thirteen guests, unknown to one another, gather in a spooky house to hear Toe reading Buster's will.
Buster has left everything to Lydia, a beautiful Siamese girl poet of whom no one has heard.
Lassie and Rex tussle together politely; Lassie, wounded, is forced to limp home.
In the Mexican gold rush a city planner is found imprisoned by outlaws in a crude cage of sticks.
More people flow over the dam and more is learned about the missing electric cactus.
Too many passengers have piled onto a cable car in San Francisco; the conductor is obliged to push some of them off.
Maddalena, because of certain revelations she has received, firmly resolves that she will not carry out an enterprise that had formerly been dear to her heart.
Excerpted from Can You Hear, Bird by John Ashbery. Copyright © 1995 John Ashbery. Excerpted by permission of OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA.
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Meet the Author
John Ashbery was born in 1927 in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm near Lake Ontario. He has authored more than thirty books of poetry, fiction, drama, and criticism, his work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and he has won numerous American literary awards for his poetry, including a MacArthur Fellowship, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and a National Humanities Medal. His book Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award. For many years, Ashbery taught graduate and undergraduate poetry courses at Brooklyn College and Bard College, and his most recent book of poems is Quick Question, published in 2012. He lives in New York.
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In Alabama, Fairways To Paradise
By PAULA DiPERNA
Published: September 29, 1996
AFTER a long, snowy winter, I decided the time had come to realize one of my golfing dreams: to play the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama. Scattered across the state from the Appalachian foothills to the Gulf of Mexico, the trail consists of seven separate golf complexes, each offering either 27 or 36 championship holes, plus a so-called ''short'' course of either 9 or 18 holes.
In all, the trail, opened in 1992, comprises 24 different public golf courses, all designed by the renowned Robert Trent Jones Sr., and operated at affordable prices.
My starting point -- a friend's house in Atlanta -- put me within two hours' drive of the trail's Silver Lakes complex, just outside Anniston, Ala. The others are, from north to south, Hampton Cove at Huntsville, Oxmoor Valley at Birmingham, Grand National in Auburn-Opelika, Cambrian Ridge at Greenville, Highland Oaks at Dothan and Magnolia Grove at Mobile. All are relatively close to Interstate highways, with no more than three hours' drive between any site and its nearest neighbor. I was able to play at five out of the seven complexes in under a week -- a true golf binge, exhausting but fully satisfying. Because it was shoulder season in late March, I could often get tee times at the last minute, either by telephone the day before or just walking on spontaneously. Sometimes I even played alone, though as is customary, I was often placed with one to three other players.
The trail encompasses the full topographical range of Alabama and the salient landscape features. Silver Lakes, for example, is edged by the Talladega National Forest, endowing the voluptuous terrain with a stately wooded feeling. The three championship nine-hole sets at Silver Lakes, which can be variously combined for 18 holes, are Mindbreaker, Heartbreaker and Backbreaker. The names were the only inelegance.
Winter had been unseasonably harsh and the fairways were still a buffy green-brown, but the fluid, flowing design for which Trent Jones is famous was unmistakable. The layout molds into the landscape like clay around corners, and the sun glinted on water visible in nearly every direction, as seductive as any private courses I had ever seen.
I chose Heartbreaker, where the fairway on the first hole rolls in and out of itself, like the hands of a hula dancer describing an oncoming sea. An island of trees divided the fairway (an amazing par 5: 568 yards from the longest tee, 431 from the shortest) and shielded the green. I hit my drive to the center, but only when I got to my ball did I wish I hadn't. I now saw the pin placed at the far right of the green. I realized that this was two fairways in one -- a stunning golf riddle dependent on making the correct choice of how best to play around the trees. I now had to position two shots to redeem a feasible approach, and then barely made it over the raised edge of the putting surface.
The printed course guide called the greens here ''pedestal'' -- and they were certainly up there. Elevated and undulating as if alive, the first green dared me to rush through my putts. I didn't take enough time to read them, and walked off one over par. I went on, grateful for the fresh start golf gives with each new hole.
The trail is owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama, whose chief executive officer, Dr. David Bronner, is an avid golfer and ceaseless champion of Alabama. Bronner conceived of the trail to run the length and breadth of the state, a new backbone for tourism in Alabama, as well as a way to generate income for the state's pension funds. He secured land from the state and private owners cost-free, and lured Trent Jones out of retirement with the unprecedented scope of the project.
He has created some of the best public golf on earth, with upscale clubhouses and amenities to boot. The trail seems to boldly flout the trend toward private clubs and gated golf communities.
With four different tee options at every course, the trail can offer exacting challenges for even the most skilled players. I was easily able to orient myself to the choice of tees by the suggested handicap level of each tee set: purple, 5 or lower; orange, 6 to 12; white, 13 to 19; and teal, 20 or higher. There were no ladies', men's or seniors' tees, nor the condescending overtones often implied.
At Silver Lakes, the combined length of Heartbreaker and Mindbreaker is an astounding 7,407 yards from the purple tees, which are intended for professionals, though I came to think of them as the ''bionics'' and never saw anyone using them anywhere on the trail.
I finished at Silver Lakes just respectably. It had been unforgiving, but never really mean. Rather than frustrate, each hole seemed calculated to coax out the player's best golf, like Mame coaxing the blues from the horn. It was a mental joust with terrain, and the measure of my skill, the essence of world-class golf.
After my game, I moved on to Oxmoor Valley, outside of Birmingham, about a 90-minute drive from Silver Lake. At the end of the Appalachians, the courses are set majestically among its peaks and valleys.


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Van Halen is in the Super Bowl! Sort of.
It's hard to believe that the biggest story before the Super Bowl is about the amount of air in some footballs, but Deflategate continues to be the scandal that won't go away. With that in mind, the New York Times decided to do some investigative reporting to show fans just what goes on in a Wilson football factory.
Looking to enjoy some Super Bowl mixed drinks at your party? Try making one of these Super Bowl cocktails for New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.
The biggest sporting event in America will be the venue for the biggest surprise.
Snickers has really outdone themselves in the WTF department with their ad for this Sunday's Super Bowl. In their latest commercial featuring the "you're not yourself when you're hungry" concept, Danny Trejo takes on the role of Marcia Brady, while Steve Buscemi plays the role of Jan, which is rather timely, given the currently popular 'Brady Bunch' meme that's been taking over Tumblr.
Do you remember the FedEx Super Bowl commercial that did a spoof on the Wizard Of OZ from 2000? It's pretty funny, and may be one you'll remember for trips to OZ and beyond.
Conan hosts a pre-Super Bowl brawl between Rob Gronkowski, tight end for the New England Patriots, and Marshawn Lynch, running back for the Seattle Seahawks.
Sure, the Super Bowl will feature the best the NFL has to offer on the field, but, come on, let's be honest: you're going to watch for the commercials.
Football fans are no doubt excited for the 2015 Super Bowl. Heck, Marvel superheroes Chris Pratt and Chris Evans have a bet riding on it. But, even non-sports fans can find something to enjoy. No, we're not talking about Katy Perry's décolletage, we're talking about the Super Bowl movie trailers that will be airing during the commercial breaks. With the 2015 Super Bowl set to air on NBC this weekend, we thought now would be the perfect time to run through what we know is going to debut during the big game and what surprises could still be in store. We'll continue to update with any last minute surprises, and you can watch all the 2015 Super Bowl trailers in our video hub.
Super Bowl XLIX pits the unstoppable offense of the New England Patriots against the impenetrable defense of the Seattle Seahawks. The 49th edition of the NFL's big game could be one of its most memorable contests. Here's a preview of Sunday's game:
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The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
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The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be available as a snap package
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text: Leisure Hair Beauty and Holistic Golf Entertainment Childrens Entertainment Golfing In Devon At The Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren Just 800 metres from the hotel is the Dawlish Warren Golf Club, founded in 1892, and located in a renowned wildlife conservation area on a promontory between the sea and the Exe Estuary. It has 18 of the finest greens in the South West and breathtaking views to make your day memorable. We feel very privileged to play golf in such special surroundings and invite you to experience the course for yourself.The course is 5965 Yards, Par 69, off white tees, it is a challenging course with narrow fairways and plenty of gorse and heather. Reduced Green Fees at Dawlish Warren Golf ClubThe Langstone Cliff Hotel has negotiated special rates for residents at the hotel. Please Contact reception for details. Duncan Arnold, the new head professional, brings 20 years knowledge and experience to the Warren so, whatever level of golfer you are, he can help you make the most of your game. Duncan is an expert teacher and equipment specialist. More information on Head Professional Duncan Arnold and the golf tuition he offers. Lessons are available from Duncan on the Hotel's own practise area or on the course, he can be contacted on 01626 862255, ext. Equipment is not essential. Out of shop hours call Duncan Arnold on 07813096447 Duncan has a fully stocked pro shop on the course with all the leading brands including Mizuno, Titleist, Cobra, Callaway, Wilson, Nike and many more. Should you wish for any assistance in setting up a golfing holiday for a society or a group of friends or colleagues, utilising the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish, please call us and we will be pleased to assist in arranging games at any of the local courses listed below. Golf Courses in Devon Nearby Courses: Course Distance Holes Telephone Dawlish Warren Golf Club 800 Metres 18 (01626) 862255 Oak Meadow (Starcross) 2 miles 9 (01626) 891918 Teignmouth Golf Club 5 miles 18 (01626) 777070 Shaldon approach Golf Course 5 miles 12 (01626) 872484 Exminster Golf CentreTwin Tees 7 Miles 9 (01392) 833838 Newton Abbot (Stover) 12 Miles 18 (01626) 352460 Dainton Park, Newton Abbot 12 Miles 18 (01803) 815000 Northbrook Approach Golf Course (Exeter) 12 Miles 9 (01392) 667010 Exeter Golf and Country Club 12 Miles 18 (01392) 874139 Woodbury Park 14 miles 9 & 18 (01395) 233382 Torquay Golf Club 14 miles 18 (01803) 314591 Hele Park Golf Centre (Ipplepen) 14 miles 18 (01626) 336060 Newton St. Cyres Golf CourseTwin Tees 17 Miles 9 (01392) 851999 Downes Crediton Golf Club 18 Miles 18 (01363) 773025 Teign Valley (Christow) 18 Miles 18 (01647) 253026 Fingle Glen (Tedburn St. Mary) 18 Miles 18 (01647) 61817 East Devon Golf Club 21 Miles 18 (01395) 443370 Padbrook Park (Cullompton)Twin Tees 23 miles 9 (01884) 38286 Sidmouth Golf Club 23 miles 18 (01395) 513451 Dartmouth Golf and Country Club 25 miles 18 (01803) 712686


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The Peralta Community College District's (PCCD) Office of International Education was selected to receive $7,500 to support new study abroad scholarships as part of its commitment to the Institute of International Education's (IIE) Generation Study Abroad initiative to increase the number and diversity of students who study abroad by the end of the decade. Laney College's Department of Dance will match this funding, to make a total of six student scholarship awards of $2,500 each. These scholarships will be used by students toward the cost of tuition, books, and travel related to Dance Study Abroad between Fall 2016 and Summer 2017.
PCCD will use the IIE Generation Study Abroad Scholarships to help students who otherwise would not be able to participate in a study abroad program. The Department of Dance at Laney College has done a fantastic job of raising funds and is actively working to assist students who wouldn't typically go abroad be able to do so. The Department of Dance will be nominating the students to participate in one of their programs from Fall 2016-Summer 2017. Eligible students must be from low-income families (Financial Aid eligible) and have never studied abroad before.
Students may apply for the scholarship by clicking here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IIEScholarshipDance
PCCD is one of 14 colleges and universities selected based on its notable progress toward meeting its Generation Study Abroad commitment. IIE Generation Study Abroad grants are made possible through IIE's Study Abroad Fund, with the support of IIE, STA Travel and individual donors, to award scholarships for study in any destination that the college approves. IIE will award a total of approximately $200,000 in scholarships for campuses to provide as scholarships to their students. This is IIE's second round of grants to support campuses' efforts to provide scholarships to expand study abroad participation among American college students.
Less than 10 percent of American college students study abroad and few of those students come from underrepresented groups. PCCD's Office of International Education joined the Institute of International Education's Generation Study Abroad initiative to take action to make it possible for more U.S. students from a broad range of backgrounds to participate in an academic, internship, or service-learning experience abroad.
"All college students need international educational and work experience in order to compete and thrive in a global workforce," said Allan E. Goodman, IIE's President and CEO. "But students need financial resources to go abroad. That's why IIE is dedicated to supporting its Generation Study Abroad commitment partners' goals to provide more students with international education opportunities."
This year's IIE Generation Study Abroad Scholarship grants will go to Appalachian State University; Case Western Reserve University; Central Piedmont Community College; Elmhurst College; Hawaii Pacific University; Johnson & Wales University; Lamar University; Missouri University of Science and Tech; Peralta Community College District; Rochester Institute of Technology; Salve Regina University; University of South Carolina, Upstate; Utah State University; and Washington and Jefferson College.
Some of the actions that winning campuses are taking include: providing funding for first-generation college students to study abroad, developing student ambassador programs to promote study abroad on campus, increasing freshman study abroad programs, and creating targeted advising programs specifically for veterans, minority students, and STEM students.
Launched in March 2014, the Generation Study Abroad network continues to gain momentum and now has over 600 partners from the U.S. and abroad. As part of their commitments, Generation Study Abroad partner campuses have pledged to raise money and give scholarships, and a number of study abroad program providers and host campuses outside of the United States have pledged to award scholarships toward the cost of their programs.
Peralta District Taxpayers will receive a significant savings benefit from the refinancing, totaling $24.7 million over the life of the bonds, through a reduction in their annual property tax assessments. The refinancing lowered total interest cost by a present value savings equal to 16.8% of the principal amount of the prior bonds. The refunding bonds carry a true interest cost of 2.9%, which is substantially lower than the 5.0% average interest rate of the prior bonds.
"We are pleased to be able to find ways to reduce the cost of our bonds that ultimately benefit our voters," said Peralta Colleges Chancellor Jowel C. Laguerre, Ph.D. "We appreciate the work the bonds team has done to support our efforts on behalf of our citizens. We are grateful to our taxpayers for what they do to make Peralta a successful district in educating our citizens," he added.
The 2016 general obligation bonds are rated "AAA" by Fitch Ratings and "Aa3" by Moody's Investors Service.
Several firms comprised the District's bond finance team. KNN Public Finance, LLC, served as Municipal Advisor for the transaction. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP served as Bond and Disclosure Counsel. The bonds were sold via negotiated sale, led by Citi as senior manager. RBC Capital Markets served as co-senior manager. Siebert Branford Shank and Backstrom McCarly Berry served as co-managers. Peralta's Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Ron Little, led the District's efforts.]]>
At its regular meeting on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Peralta Community College District appointed Rowena M. Tomaneng to serve as the next president of Berkeley City College. Tomaneng's appointment comes following the departure of the previous president, Deborah Budd, who accepted the position of Chancellor of the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District earlier this year. Tomaneng will assume her post on August 1, 2016.
"I am extremely happy that the Trustees have appointed Ms. Tomaneng and look forward to working with her on some of the key issues facing Berkeley City College, in particular, and the Peralta Colleges in general," said District Chancellor Jowel C. Laguerre, Ph.D.
"Ms. Tomaneng has the background, leadership skills and the temperament to lead BCC at this time," he added. "We are happy to have her join the dynamic faculty, staff and administrators at BCC to continue and amplify the quality education and services they provide."
Rowena Tomaneng has been the Associate Vice President of Instruction at De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif., for six years. She has overseen the Academic Services Division (including the Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education), the Office of Professional Development and Pathways programs, such as the Learning Communities of Umoja, Puente, and First Year Experience, as well as the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action, formerly the Institute for Community and Civic Engagement, where, in 2006, she was a founding co-director and developed a range of community and educational partnerships.
Tomaneng has also overseen collaborative units at the De Anza, including the Learning Resources Division, consisting of Online Education, the Library and the Student Success Center. She holds leadership roles in state initiatives, including both the Student Equity and Student Success and Support Programs. She has obtained and administered state and federal grants, including the Basic Skills Initiative, Asian American/Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions and Title III: Strengthening Institutions. Tomaneng has worked on faculty and district-wide administrative teams for many years, leading and developing program reviews and accreditation documents. In 2013, she won the statewide Association of California Community College Administrators' Administrative Leadership Excellence Award, nominated by faculty in Academic Services.
Previously, Tomaneng served for over two years as Interim Dean of De Anza's Language Arts Division, which includes 50 full-time and 140 adjunct faculty members, and offers 85 courses in the English Department, ranging from basic skills to multicultural literatures, as well as the departments of ESL, Journalism, Reading and Speech. She was English Department chair for the preceding three years and led initiatives to foster equity in faculty hiring and cultural competency. Tomaneng was a full-time English instructor at De Anza College from 1996-2010, teaching all levels of composition and literature. She has participated extensively in curriculum development and developed various community and educational partnerships.
Tomaneng is actively engaged in culturally focused local, regional and national organizations and has led advocacy campaigns. She has written and contributed to a variety of publications and currently serves on the advisory board to the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Upon completion of her dissertation on the educational dimensions of Filipina migrant workers' activist identities, Tomaneng is scheduled to receive her doctorate in International/Multicultural Education, with a concentration in Human Rights Education from the University of San Francisco in December. She holds a master's degree in English from UC Santa Barbara and a bachelor's degree in English from UC Irvine.
Get the classes you need this summer at the Peralta Colleges.
Summer school classes start on Monday, June 20. You can enroll online or in person.
All Admissions and Records (A&R) offices at the four Peralta Colleges — Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College and Merritt College — will be open this Friday, June 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to help you register.
Don't miss summer school at the Peralta Colleges!
In 2014, Carmen M. Solis decided she wanted to return to school to complete her studies; however, due to an unpredictable and inflexible work schedule, her progress was hindered. It had been nearly 10 years since she last enrolled in classes, but that did not deter Carmen from making finishing her associate in arts degree a top priority. To achieve her goal, Carmen embarked on a significant career change which enabled her to have a steady work schedule and allowed her to enroll at Laney College.
Even though she knew it would be a challenge to work full-time during the day and continue her studies in the evening, Carmen made a commitment to herself to obtain her AA. Close to achieving her goal, she decided to further challenge herself by enrolling in the Management and Supervision (M/SVN) Certificate Program that Laney College offers in partnership with Alameda County. While busy with work and school, she faced a difficult personal situation when her mother passed away due to a battle with breast cancer. This situation only furthered her commitment to work hard and complete her studies.
The M/SVN program at Laney College has transformed and enhanced her skills as an employee with Alameda County and she has persevered in obtaining her AA. Carmen is now looking forward to a brighter and more confident future as she contemplates her next challenge
Introducing Liming Jiang, Salutatorian
Education is the most important thing to me because it makes me understand the real meaning of life. I was born in Hunan, China in 1985, in a patriarchal family. My sex and gender doomed me to be looked down upon. When I was a child, I had to take care of my two younger brothers. I often was bullied and beaten up by the adults in the village. I was not doing very good at school, and I was labeled as a stupid student. After my parents' businesses closed down, I supported my two younger brothers while they earned their college degrees. After that, I told my parents about my plan to earn a college degree as my two brothers did, but they told me that women did not get higher education. I thought my life was unfair and meaningless. After I arrived in the United States, my life changed because of the education Laney College offered to me and the love my husband gave to me. Laney College opened the door for me, and my husband supported me to get higher education at Laney College. In order to build my solid foundation, I started with english as a second language classes, then general education classes, and finally to my major courses. My experience at Laney College completely changed me, and my negative mindset about the meaning of life. I learned how to think. Life is a process of pursuing dreams. They offered many opportunities and lessons to me. What I suffered from life is what I was given from it. The experience at Laney College also opened my mind, and I realized what my perspectives and ideas were, and I started to focus on my community. Right now, my dream is achieved at Laney College, and I have finished my double majors in social science and business administration with a 4.0 GPA. However, I know I am not finished. I am majoring in nursing at Peralta Colleges and preparing myself to serve my community in the future. All things I experienced enriched my life with color. Life can be a painful and frustrating process of growth, but in the end, life is a beautiful, magical, and a wonderful journey.]]>
While living in South Vietnam, the youngest of six children, Kim Pham wasn't able to achieve her dream of furthering her education. And when she came to the United States with her husband in 2000, she needed to work to help support her family, which now includes two young sons. So five years ago, when she finally had the opportunity, she was thrilled to begin attending Laney College, which was close to her home, to take ESL classes to learn English.
She then completed her General Ed requirements and started taking classes at Merritt College with a goal of becoming a teacher and fulfilling her passion of working with children. She quickly headed to the top of the class in her studies and also worked as a preschool teacher at Headstart in Oakland. She graduated in May with a 4.0 GPA and was proud to be named valedictorian.
She will continue her studies at Cal State East Bay. "I faced many challenges with cultural differences, language barriers, and understanding a new environment," says Kim. "However all of my hard work has paid off today, and I am so happy to say thank you to all my professors who helped me so much to be successful at pursuing my dream. I hope someday to open my own childcare center for immigrant children and those in need."
And her teachers couldn't be more proud of her and her accomplishments as they watch her move on to continue her studies. "Both as a college student and as a student teacher, Kim understood and embraced the role of a learner," says Christine Olsen, chair of the Childhood Development Program and one of Kim's instructors. "She was curious and open to new ideas and would apply them to her work with the children as a student teacher. She came to class and to the lab school well prepared and was a committed member of the student teacher team. We are so excited for her success and wish her all the best!
Introducing Tania Horne, Salutatorian
Tania Horne, born in Hobart, Tasmania, came to the United States in 2012. With over 15 years experience serving people of disadvantaged and marginalized backgrounds in the field of criminal justice in Australia, she returned to school with a goal of bringing best management practices from her home country to make positive contributions in the United States.
Although going back to school after such a long time presented significant challenges, Tania worked hard to gain an understanding of U.S. history, political science, and justice. She graduated as the 2016 Salutatorian of Merritt College with Associate degrees in both Justice Administration and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
With a passion for restorative justice, Tania has accepted a position with the University of California, San Francisco for the next year to support the re-entry population in successfully securing gainful employment and transitioning back into the community. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, yoga, and sailing around the San Francisco Bay. She plans to resume her studies in fall of 2017 and hopes to ultimately earn a master's degree in Criminal Justice.]]>
Valedictorian Gabriel Thomas Tramble has been an exemplary student during his time at College of Alameda, earning a 4.0 average. This fall he will be attending UC Berkeley, where he received the Regents Scholarship. This is the most prestigious scholarship that UC Berkeley offers. He was also accepted to UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Alabama State University, and Tuskegee University. Gabriel will be majoring in Media Studies with an emphasis in business. Gabriel has a website, stockbaby.org, which focuses on stocks and investment strategies. In his free time, Gabriel says he uses his website as a tool to teach others while researching and trading stocks.
Introducing Gabriela Martinez Garcia, Salutatorian
Through hard work and perseverance, Gabriela Martinez Garcia has become the 2016 Graduating Class Salutatorian. Gabriela is a first generation college student and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society. She spends a significant amount of time working with underserved youth in Oakland through non-profit organizations like the Reading Partners and AVID. She also volunteers her time at schools like Brookfield Elementary, John Muir Middle School and Roosevelt Elementary School. She is transferring to UC Davis as a major in Native American Studies with minor in education. She aspires to go into the education field to help her community.]]>
Selina V. Gonzalez, Valedictorian of Berkeley City College's Class of 2016, arrived in the United States at age 16, a native of a town in the mountainous Hidalgo, Mexico region. "Berkeley City College challenged my way of thinking and provided me with opportunities to improve and exercise my leadership skills by helping undocumented students," she said. "One of my goals is to advocate for underrepresented peoples and empower them to follow their dreams."
Gonzalez is a founding member of the Peralta Community College District's first Undocumented Community Resources Center. A member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, she is a Peralta Foundation Scholarship recipient. Her activities include membership in BCC's Latin American Club, the Dreamers Task Force and the Political Science Association. As a former ESL student, she continues to provide math and English tutoring for others in BCC's ESL classes. She also has helped to organize events and has volunteered at Ashby Village, a resource and support center for elders, and at Berkeley's Chaparral House, a nursing home facility. She was accepted to UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Los Angeles.
Introducing Nicole Rodgers, Salutatorian
Nicole Rodgers, Salutatorian for Berkeley City College's Class of 2016, is at once motivated and is a motivational mentor to others. She is passionate about political activity, having served at state, regional and local levels in a variety of advocacy roles for both disabled and able-bodied students. "I am hearing impaired and am an advocate for Deaf and hard of hearing students' rights, both in the community and at the local level," she asserted. "I am so pleased to be graduating from Berkeley City College; it has been my pleasure to reach out and help students to not only be the best versions of themselves but an empowering resource for other students."
Rodgers's many community activities include roles as chief justice of the Associated Students of Berkeley City College. Statewide, she serves as one of 30 student senators for the California Community Colleges Student Senate. That body represents 2.3 million students. Rodgers also was president of BCC's Global Studies Club and founded the college's Disaster Preparedness Club. Working with the City of Berkeley, she helps to deliver disaster preparedness resources to under served communities.]]>
The Chancellor's Trophy Award winner and recipient of the College of Alameda President's Medallion for Spring 2016 is Weixing Ou.
Weixing is a biochemistry major with an earned grade point average of 4.0. According to Weixing her dream is to "improve people's life using my professional skills to focus on HIV and cancer." Weixing will be attending University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2016, where she will maintain her goal of pursing a BS degree in Biochemistry.
According to Weixing, "the scholarship gives me a chance to continue chasing my dreams. I am a student who not only persistently works hard and makes efforts to overcome every obstacle; but also gets involved in different activities to develop various skills and contributes to the community by volunteering."
Weixing is an ASCOA Senator, Vice President of College of Alameda's International Students Club and is an active volunteer who tutors. In addition, she joined the Berkeley City College Lions Club where she attended their community events such as "Street Etiquette" for promoting how to assist the visually impaired person; and volunteers at CoA in support of the annual Red Cross blood drive.]]>
Cyntheria Owens is Merritt College President's Medallion Award winner for 2016. She is very proud that she was accepted to so many universities and in her own words, says, "I applied to 4 states and 3 UC's and got accepted to 4 states and 3 UCs, the schools are Northridge, Cal Poly, San Francisco, East Bay, UC Riverside, UC Davis, and UC Berkeley."
Here are some of her other accomplishments: My discipline(s) are African American Studies. Social Science and Behavior, and Health Science. I will do a study abroad in Accra Ghana in the summer of 2016. I am a PTK (Phi Theta Kappa honor society) member
I will attend UC Berkeley in the fall of 2016. My current G.P.A is 3.7. My major is Social Work and Ethnic Studies. I feel I can […] assist people of all walks of life with [an] emphasis in black and brown communities. Strengthen[ing] relations are apparently needed in this area.
I originally came from Redondo Beach, moved to Sacramento and [have] been a bay area [resident] since 2012, [living] in Oakland for 4 1/2 years. I have an X-ray license that I use when volunteering at the West Oakland Health Center in the Radiology Department. I participated in the Oakland Project, which is a community awareness [project concerning] the impact of Gentrification [on] black and brown people of Oakland.]]>