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Sep 25, '08Quote from MyBSNHi there! I cannot figure out how to send a private message (email)!!!
Thank you for your information. It is different issues like this that concern me. It is so difficult to find concrete answers!
Are you at Platt now? Did you go?
I am really wanting to know, and I have read other posts... hypothetically, after graduating Platt can I endorse my license in CA? Will I still have a BA in CA? Do you know where I can find out? This is my primary concern...
Thank you so much for you info... I am looking into it and am quite sure I will have more questions for you!!
You're welcome. As far as endorsement issues, you will need to call the California Board of Nursing. If you can pass NCLEX here in CO you shouldn't have any problems but again, check for yourself.
You will not have a BA but a BSN if you attend Platt. Whether or not it is recognized by the grad school you want to attend will be up to that grad school. Again, you will need to call the grad programs yourself for accurate information.
Just to remind you though -- Platt can still provide you with an RN whether or not their BSN will translate into a grad school situation for you.
Once you know whether or not the grad school you wish to attend accepts Platt as a university, your decision should be much easier.
And in answer to your question: no, I chose not to attend Platt and am in another BSN program.
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Good luck to you!
Sep 25, '08A few points:
Wildchipmunk raises good issues, but I'd like to make a small correction to this item:
Another thing to consider is that the credits at Platt are non-transferable. This is because they created their program with a different time line than other schools, NOT necessarily because it's less of an education. This would make an unforeseen forced move to another state a disaster.
This is not quite correct, and is a little misleading. A more correct way to say it is this: Platt credits are transferable at the discretion of the accepting school. This is true for my credits from Red Rocks as well. Once you leave the state of Colorado, schools decide to grant credit based on a review of the course description and (or so it seems to me) a quick check of what phase the moon is in. One current Platt student had their credits evaluated at a state school in PA when they applied for admission and received credit for them. They have since chosen to finish at Platt before they make the move, but not because their credits were not accepted.
Also, Platt currently has transfer agreements with several MSN programs, including the University of California at San Francisco--arguably the finest school of nursing in the country. The goal, as explained to me, is to make sure that every nursing specialty is available to us as graduates. This is, in fact, a requirement of the Colorado Board of Nursing--Platt students must be able to further their education.
Graduates of a state-approved nursing program in Colorado are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN and be granted a license to practice nursing in the state, which is a member of the Nursing Compact, a group of more than 20 states that recognize nursing licenses from member states.
California is not a member of the Nursing Compact, meaning that you must apply for a license in the state, but are not required to sit for the NCLEX again. As Wildchipmunk said, the best information on California will come from the state board of nursing. Information on the Nursing Compact can be found at: https://www.ncsbn.org/158.htm
In answer to your question about 35 months or 4 years--you attend school for 35 months, which is divided into 4 academic periods (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) that we call academic years. Each academic year lasts about 36 weeks.
Hope this helps.
Sep 26, '08My apologies, I misspoke in my last post!
Platt is working on an agreement with UCSF (and others), and currently has articulation agreements with University of Phoenix and Grand Canyon (both regionally accredited universities offering in-residence and online MSN degrees.)
Sep 27, '08You seem to have an abundance of knowledge that I wish I had!!
Do you mind if I clarify? Several states (20+) will recognize a regional RN license. Is this received after one completes the RN program and passes the NCLEX Exam? And if the state does not recognize it that is when a licensed needs to be endorsed? Have you ever heard of a license being denied? ...Or generally speaking... if a current license is possessed (for example-a current license is held in CO) the individual must "simply" follow the states guidelines to have the current license endorsed?
Out of curiosity do you know why all states would not be a part of the compact?
I think that I understand the rest of the information... Thank you SOO much for all of it!
Sep 29, '08I went to a information session right when Platt opened up and they takled about the cost but it wasnt really 1on1. I guess my big fear is that they are similar to DSN where it is about 1800 a month and if that is about "right" I need to just plan on starting my ADN Aug 09' at a community college and transfering over because there is really NO WAY I could afford it. I am trying to not take out any loans other then Stanford loans/PELL.
I just wish that people in finiancial aid would TALK to you without making you jump through a MILLION HOOPS at some of these schools
Oct 8, '08Anyone willing to share about what the monthly payments were? I know Platt is expensive and everyone one is different but I was wondering if it was close to what DSN is.....$1800 or so
Oct 13, '08Quote from ColoradogrlI'm afraid that I cannot be of help, as I've gone through the program on loans or scholarships. I suspect that you could get an answer from someone in the office.Anyone willing to share about what the monthly payments were? I know Platt is expensive and everyone one is different but I was wondering if it was close to what DSN is.....$1800 or so
Oct 24, '08Hi all,
Sorry I have been MIA for a while; I have been doing my Senior practicum (Capstone) and working my other job as well as classes so life has been crazy. I will try to answer a few questions first and then tell you about my recent experiences.
Financial Aid: The financial aid office is one of the best things about Platt. They are EXTREMELY flexible, very helpful and will go out of their way to help you when you are about to miss a deadline, etc., even if they are on vacation. Yes, I have had personal experience with this. It all depends on how many classes you need to take. Basically every quarter 2-3 nursing classes are offered with 2-3 gen-ed/pre or co-req classes. For those people who had no science/gen-ed or pre-reqs coming in, you will probably have a full load of classes (and the charges to go with it) every quarter (this was me as my prior degree was a BA and the only science I took was Geology). However, if you have some prior classes, you will not pay as much and will have a lighter load. I decided to pay monthly, as I go, and there is no interest charged. In addition, if I was a bit late, it was not a big deal as long as I made them aware of that. Very much came in handy. So it is really hard to let you know how much it is going to cost as each individual is different. I would suggest you ask to speak to the financial aid office and they can give you many more specifics. Also, I have 3 alternative education loans, in addition to the Federal loans; Platt partners with almost every bank so that shouldn't be an issue.
NCLEX: Last I heard, could be slightly off, but last I heard, the first class had 8 out of 9 pass on their first try and 1 passed on her 2nd try. My class should be taking the NCLEX around January, maybe late December, so there should be reportable numbers at that time. We all just recently took a predictor test and everyone did very well on it.
Graduate School: I plan on going to graduate school very soon. However, I have no intention of leaving a job and going to a proper campus so will probably end up doing it online. There are many schools that do have agreements with Platt, including the ones mentioned above and due to the fact that only 10% of nurses have an advanced degree these days, I have no worries about someone saying OMG, you went to University of Phoenix?? Noone cares as long as you have that Masters degree. Of the first class, I know of at least 1 person who has applied for Graduate School and has been accepted pending completion of a full year of nursing.
JOBS: There are many hospitals, including Children's and Craig, that say, on their website (mainly due to their Magnet Status), that they will only accept (although the fine print actually says "preferred") those students from an accredited school and sometimes the accreditation body is named. I have spoken with people there, and am in the process of applying at Craig, while I have a friend who is applying at Children's, and the word is that they are very impressed with what they have seen of Platt students and want us to apply. In addition, Children's has already hired many people from DSN which is also not accredited and has actually had some "issues" with the Colorado State Board of Nursing.
CLINICALS: I have done Clinicals at Denver Health, Skyridge, Porter Hospital, Triumph (Long Term Acute Care-great wound experience), Parker Adventist (Health Fairs/Clinics, etc.), Spaulding (rehab) and some other random places. Some of my classmates have also been to St. Joe's, St. Anthony's, Swedish, and I am trying to remember the rest, but can't, sorry. Do remember that Children's had a freeze on students for the year before they moved and a significant period after they moved; plus they charge an enormous amount to take students so a lot of schools do not do Clinicals there. BTW, the minimum amount of Clinical hours required nationally for schools of nursing is 720? I might be a few hours off. Colorado Board of Nursing uses that as their requirement as well. Once graduated from Platt, I will have done over 900 hours of Clinicals including a High Acuity Clinical in the ICU and a Leadership Clinical where I actually acted as Charge Nurse. In addition, I am now BLS and ACLS certified.
MY EXPERIENCES: I am doing my Senior Practicum, what we call our Capstone at Craig Hospital and am loving it. I feel like I was very well prepared by Platt and I am getting very positive feedback from all the people I have come into contact with, including the physicians and administrators.
OK, this was way long, so sorry about that, feel free to ask more questions and I will try to answer in a more timely manner.
Nov 20, '08BTW, Denver School of Nursing just announce that they are now nationally accredited by "The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology which is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency." This is the organization that Platt has been accredited by for the last 25 years and is why Platt does offer Federal Financial Aid.
On a different note, I can't seem to figure out how to reply to private e-mails so I will just do so here. When I graduate from Platt, which will be in about 3 days (Friday is my last day of classes), or 2 weeks (we have our Pinning Ceremony on Dec. 6), depending on how you look at it, I will have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I will be a BSN, and will title myself accordingly. Once I pass the NCLEX, I can add RN to my name. At that poing, if I start to work at a facility that adds titles after names on the name badges, I will have both RN and BSN.
Platt isn't like getting ordained on the internet; you don't just say you want it, answer a few questions, pay a fee and then you have it. This was a rigorous, accelerated 32 month Bachelor of Science program...and I am SOOOO glad I am just about done!!!
Feel free to follow up and ask more questions.
Nov 20, '08Again, can't figure out how to reply to a message...
I forgot to add; I am applying for a job at Craig Hospital here in Denver. It is 1 of the top 2 Rehab hospitals in the country and a MAGNET HOSPITAL. Their website says they "prefer" graduates from accredited schools, but I have already had my 2nd interview and was told that I have met all of their minimum requirements; now it is just a matter of "do they like me" and "will I be a good fit".
Platt has agreements with University of Phoenix plus Grand Canyon University, just to name a few off the top of my head, so when I recover from this last 2.8 years, I plan on getting my MSN from 1 of them. I think there are about 4-5 others curently, and the list is getting bigger. No one cares where you went to school or how you did. There are so few nurses with BSNs and even less with MSNs, that it is not an issue. Seeing as how I don't plan on doing my Masters fulltime at a definite location, an online program, like those mentioned above will suit me perfectly.
Hope this helps, I'm off to my 2nd to last class of this BSN journey...
Nov 20, '08Quote from ColoradogrlI can't say for sure because I haven't been there, but someone told me that Platt is about $20,000 more total than DSON (Denver School of Nursing). For a BSN through DSON, it is around $40,000, and Platt is $60,000. Not sure what payments would be, but for me, that isn't worth it. That is way too much money when I still owe money on my previous degree.I went to a information session right when Platt opened up and they takled about the cost but it wasnt really 1on1. I guess my big fear is that they are similar to DSN where it is about 1800 a month and if that is about "right" I need to just plan on starting my ADN Aug 09' at a community college and transfering over because there is really NO WAY I could afford it. I am trying to not take out any loans other then Stanford loans/PELL.
I just wish that people in finiancial aid would TALK to you without making you jump through a MILLION HOOPS at some of these schools


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"So, what do you do?" he asks, taking a sip of his drink.
"Oh," I said, hesitating. "Well, right now I manage a company. But I used to be a teacher."
I used to teach high school. I don't know if this is the case for everyone who teaches, but for me, being a teacher was an essential part of my identity. I felt like it made me who I was. What am I? I am a teacher. What else?
This is the story of how I stopped being a teacher.
I am standing in the lobby of the high school with two other teachers. We are standing in front of the police office, which is empty -- unbeknownst to us, there is a meeting upstairs in the principal's office regarding a potential fight between two students -- and student traffic is moving through as usual. Not a big deal.
Then suddenly, it is a big deal. Two students face off and start swinging.
I look at one of the women and say, "Get help."
The teacher's handbook -- and teacher training, at least in my experience -- doesn't tell you what to do when two teenage boys, who are bigger than you, are fully engaged in battle. However, it is often stressed that student safety is vital and important. In the small section regarding fights, it does tell you to clearly identify yourself as a teacher.
I think I did that. I knew both of the students, so I knew it was a moot point, but I think I remember saying "You need to stop! I'm a teacher!" before I stepped in.
When I step into the fray, the student in front of me looks me full in the face and smiles. And then he swings. I take the blow in the side of my head. At the same time, the student behind me also swings. I take that punch in the kidneys. The pain is unbelievable. I am knocked to the ground.
I reach out and catch the legs of the boy in front of me. I am being dragged across the floor. I get kicked, mid-body and again, in the side of the head. Somehow, my glasses don't fall off.
The principals and police officer are meeting upstairs about THIS fight. They had advance warning of it, but we weren't notified.
The students involved had a grudge against each other, but they planned out where they would fight. They chose the lobby for exposure, I found out after. They WANTED to be seen. They wanted to be talked about.
I knew that to be the case the instant that the student who first punched me smiled at me, though.
One of my students is built like a wall. He wades in and catches the student in front of me, locking his arms behind his back. "That's enough!" he says, and it gets quiet in the lobby.
I manage to get up. The student who was behind me is corralled into an office. Brandon -- my current hero -- marches the other student into the police office.
I go into the cafeteria -- keeping an eye on the door of the police office -- to get more help. One of my co-workers sees me and says, "What happened?" I tell him and ask for assistance.
Then I start to cry.
The administration made me go to the nurse's office and then sent me home. I was a teacher who got sent home for being in a fight. It was very, very odd. The principal called to see how I was, but had to leave me a message.
I press charges, but am told that it is unlikely that anything will come of it. Two days later, I am in the dean's office, talking to the secretary. One of the deans -- a woman I considered a friend, who had been in my wedding -- comes to me and says, "Who have you been talking to?"
"What happened the other day is all over the community." She looks angry.
I have a moment of speechlessness. "It was in the LOBBY," I finally say slowly. "There were a lot of people there."
"You need to protect the school," she says, and walks away.
For the record, this is what happened when two students kicked my ass:
They were both suspended for five days, for fighting with each other. They would be back to school in a week.
No one told me.
I am walking up the stairs when the student who first punched me in the head appears. It is my prep period, and the corridors are mostly empty. He leans in -- way in -- and corners me at the landing. I have nowhere to go.
"You pressed charges," he says, "and it's jacking up my probation. And now I'm not going to graduate on time." He is in my space. I am leaning back against the railing and then I notice one of my students -- William -- standing watch from near the learning center. He is not doing anything but standing, and I know it's because he's worried.
I might say something to the student who is trying -- and succeeding -- to intimidate me, but I don't know what it is. I do call out to William, casually, conversationally, and then push away, careful not to touch the student who is in my face, so as not to be accused of anything later -- and walk over to where he is standing.
"I wouldn't let him hurt you," Will says.
That moment -- where a young man stood up for me when he didn't have to, because he wanted to make sure I was OK -- will always be one of the things I remember when I think about my teaching career. When a teenager took the time to make sure that I was safe.
And when the school that I worked for did not.
In the next few weeks, the student who smiled before he struck me, who cornered me at the top of the stairs, began hanging out in our classroom area, cutting through it between classes, always making sure that I saw him there. I reported it, and was told that he would be spoken to.
They might have spoken with him. I don't know. It didn't stop.
The other student didn't appear in my classroom, but instead sent his sister and his friends to complain to me that I was lying, that he hadn't struck me, that he had nothing to do with it. His sister told me that I should know better.
Better than what?
I am walking to my car after school when I see the student who's been stalking me in the teacher parking lot, just hanging out. He waves to me and says, "So THAT'S your car."
I have finally had enough.
I turned in my resignation. I would not be finishing the year, but would leave permanently at April break. The principal asked me if this had anything to do with the fight.
I should have told the truth, but I lied. I lied because I thought I might want to teach somewhere else, and didn't want to be labeled a troublemaker. I lied because I was done. I was tired of being scared, I was tired, period, and I was worn down and wanted it to go away.
I'm not proud of it.
"No," I said. "I'm just looking for other opportunities."
He sat back in his chair. "Well, I'm glad," he said. As though it was perfectly normal for a teacher suddenly to quit mid-year. As though neither of us knew that I was lying through my teeth and that I would be looking over my shoulder every time I walked out of my classroom between that moment and my final day there.
It is my last day. My students and co-workers have thrown me a party. The kids know why I am leaving even though I have told them the same lie I told the principal, and have made me a book with kind, brilliant notes and well wishes. It is beautiful.
Walking away is one of the loneliest feelings I will ever have.
I still have the book. I look through it at the beginning of every September when I feel amiss, like there is something that I should be doing, when school supplies go on sale and my friends who are still in the classroom talk about prepping for the academic year.
It makes me proud -- of who I was, of who my students were and who they've become. It also makes me sad, because I feel like something was stolen from me, something I loved and that I can't get back.
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Do you think bikes outsell cars in most European countries?
By how much? Which countries are most bike-crazy?It's pretty well known that Europeans in some cities just love bicycles. Copenhagen and Amsterdam are the poster boys (or are these cities girls?) for bike culture, and for good reason. But if we zoom out and look at Europe as a whole, does that hold? Do Europeans love bikes as much as we might think by looking at their 'halo' bike cities?
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Above are the top 5 countries in the EU where the most bikes are sold, with those numbers compared to car sales.
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It's the first end of the month for the new year of 2017. As the phrase goes, "better late than never." We saw a 2016 pass us by that was turbulent with much loss. Loss of loved ones, loss of jobs, loss of pretty much everything in between... even our sanity. The souls we've lost could never be replaced, however, 2017 is going to bring promise because I always love to think that when we loose, we always have something better to gain in order to replace it. Whenever there is a sunset, there will also be a sunrise.
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Objective: In addition to the objectives from parts one and two, by the end of the thir part of the Food CAPSTONE experience, student will be able to 1) give and receive feedback that improves prototypes through iteration and 2) present a final solution idea to an outside panel of students, teachers, and community professionals.
Big Idea: The human population will approach 9 billion by 2050, but our current food system was not designed to sustainably feed so many. How might we apply our understanding of agricultural methods to feed 9 billion people in an environmentally sustainable manner?
In Stage Two of the Food CAPSTONE students learned about the design challenge that they would undertake to develop solution ideas to the problem statements developed during Stage One. How might we design a sustainable farm that, if adopted at large scale, would sustainably meet the food needs of the global human population? During the prototyping stage, students actively collaborated with each and utilized a sustainability calculator to meet defined constraints.
By the end of Stage Two, students had met the following objectives:
explain constraints impacting potential solutions to problems posed by the global food system and ideate solutions
design a prototype sustainable farm as a solution to specific problems
This third lesson is "Stage Three" (Approximate time is three class periods)
During Stage Three, students will present design ideas to peers in a baby shark tank. Baby sharks (student audience) will first read a presenting team's design proposal and examine the created visual. Then teams will present design ideas and facilitate a feedback session with baby sharks. Baby sharks complete a paper feedback form and then provide verbal comments. Students will use this feedback to iterate presented sustainable farm solutions. Teams will then present work to the Jaws panel (sharks consisting of other students, teachers, and available community professionals). The Jaws panel will evaluate student work against rubrics and provide final feedback. The presenting groups synthesizes feedback and then targets one community-based organization that they want to meet with to get feedback on their farm plan.
By the end of Stage Three, students will have met these objectives:
- give and receive feedback that improves prototypes through iteration
- present a final solution idea to an outside panel of students, teachers, and community professionals
By the end of Stage Two, students should have an iterated prototype of a sustainable farm that solves the problems articulated in Stage One. Students should be able to articulate the logic of the choices made in the farm design and solicit feedback for these choices from community stakeholders.
- The first is a prototype activity guide that might be modified by teachers for classroom use. It contains a number of resources used to support students with this CAPSTONE.
- The second is a prototypes rubric used to evaluate this project.
COLLABORATION NOTE: I owe a special thanks to my colleagues Scott Larsen (here he is in Wall Street Journal article about blended learning) and Katie McCarthy for collaboration on this work.
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TESTING: Baby shark tank
What is the purpose of this section?
Student groups present prototype sustainable farm designs and receive feedback from the class. Presenting groups take this feedback and incorporate it into iterations of the presented farm design. Iterated farm design will be presented to an audience of outside stakeholders in the ITERATION activity.
What will students do?
All students will sit with their teams. Presentations will take approximately 20 minutes and follow a different format than previous presentations in this unit. Here are the steps for these Baby Shark Tank presentations:
- The presenting group emails the teacher links to both the visual and the written documents developed for the presentation. These documents must be Google documents and both should be set so that anybody with the link can make edits in a "suggesting" mode.
- The teacher sends these links to all students within a class via Edmodo. Here is what this looks like for students.
- Audience students have seven minutes to read the document and examine the visual. During this time, students are actively "suggesting" edits. Here is what this will look like for students. And here is an example of considered feedback.
- Students teams present their work for THREE minutes.
- Audience members rate the presentation using the rubric. Group members discuss ratings with each other. Only one rating per category is allowed.
- The presenting feedback facilitates a feedback discussion. The protocol for this feedback discussion is the same one used for previous "flash publications":
- The class first asks clarifying questions. These are questions of fact that clarify confusing aspects of presentation.
- The class then offers warm feedback. This feedback consists of positive aspects of the presentation.
- The class next offers cool feedback. This feedback consists of suggestions, new ideas, alternative takes, and wonderings. Cool feedback is not necessarily negative; rather it is feedback that pushes the thinking of the presenting group.
- The presenting group offers a final summary of its response to feedback.
What will the teacher do?
The teacher manages the logistics of the presentations. This means that the teacher communicates and models the format, ensures that all digital submissions are shared with all students in a class, and helps to facilitate the feedback debrief if necessary.
What is the ideal learning outcome for this section?
At the end of these presentations presenting students should have a range of feedback ideas for improving the sustainable farm prototypes. Students providing feedback should have accurately assessed presenting students against the rubric and noted at least one concrete change that a presenting team could make. Teachers may want to stop after the first presentation to norm the use of the rubric, especially if there is a wide range of student scoring. About half of all scores for each category should be the same, and the remaining scores should be only one point above or below. If there is no majority score, or if scores are more than a point above or below, norming is essential. In other words, if most students think that a presenting team deserved a "2" but the remaining students think the presenting team deserves a "4" there is a problem.
RESOURCES NOTES: Attached are five presentation proposals and the accompanying visuals for groups that created digital visuals. These cover a range of competencies and elicited a range of feedback suggestions. How would you suggest each group iterates?
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ITERATION: Jaws is here!
What is the purpose of this activity?
Students present the next iteration of their farm design to outside stakeholders, including other teacher, school staff, parents, and local community leaders when possible. This audience provides feedback through the RUBRIC and nominates one group from each class as the "MPP" or "Most Promising Prototype." As a final reflection, the MPP group investigates local community groups that work with food justice or farming issues and request a presentation and feedback session with that group. This activity is exactly the same as the BABY SHARK TANK activity except that the sharks will not give verbal feedback to each group. This is simply because of time limitations.
Overall, this unit was a success! Students enjoyed the material, gained experience with mathematical tools used in Environmental science, developed presentations skills, used engineering design thinking to solve problems, engaged with the community, and connected STEM content to the choices they make in their daily lives. And students were able to do this while meeting the majority of lesson objectives at a proficient level. This debrief consists of a short "keep, change, add" protocol that I will use with student to debrief lessons.
- Students gave these lessons the highest ratings:
- Have Food, Will Travel
- community food survey
- farm tour
- DESIGN CHALLENGE: food labels
- DESIGN LAB: Nitrogen
- Too many presentations-diversify assessments
- Too many content strands-either build out agriculture unit or focus on sustainability in the second half of the unit
- Progress trackers for students: an example is attached as a resource
- Field experience with soil


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Cleopatra Selene II (Greek:η Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη, 25 December 40 BC-6), also known as Cleopatra VIII of Egypt or Cleopatra VIII was a Ptolemaic Princess and was the only daughter to Greek Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony. She was the fraternal twin of Ptolemaic prince Alexander Helios. Her second name in ancient Greek means "moon", being the counterpart of her twin brother's second name Helios, meaning "sun". She was of Greek and Roman heritage. Cleopatra was born, raised and educated in Alexandria, Egypt. In late 34 BC, during the Donations of Alexandria, she was made ruler of Cyrenaica and Libya.
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I like that scripture a lot, and I think it was very thoughtful of God to include that for us, so we don't have to worry about what we don't understand, God will reveal it to us when the time is right.
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You sound fearful of your God?
Are you frightened to explore new thoughts and ways and beliefs through a fear of being punished by your God?
God is within you. God is love.
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You sound fearful of your God?
Are you frightened to explore new thoughts and ways and beliefs through a fear of being punished by your God?
God is within you. God is love.


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Well, I only got to two shelves this week. BUT - that is two shelves more than last week! I think they look pretty good! I need to go back an inventory what is on them, but that will be easier because I can see what I have!
I feel really good about what I got done! I was hoping to get some more done, but had a dentist visit to get to. I'm hoping to do some more this coming week. I like the inventory sheet - so I need to print it and USE it! Need to remember to bring the tape measure on Monday too! Not sure if I will need containers for these two shelves - they are mostly box activities. I'll see what the recommendations are. Can't wait for Sunday's post at http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/ This is fun!


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Monday, 20 May 2013
Suzy's blog makeover hop
If you've hopped here from Donna's blog, Yorkshire Tea Jenny, you are in the right place :o). If you came straight here that's fine, too, just pop to the start on Suzy's blog, Sea, Glass and Sand where she is celebrating her blog makeover. There are prizes to be won on your way around the blog hop and on here, too. My page is made from the May Littlegreen kit. I'd like you use my sketch as your starter and when you've done your layout (or card) leave me a comment with a link to your blog post. One lucky commenter will win the May kit.
Your next hop is on to Jen's blog, Scrappy Jen.
Happy hopping,
Sue x
PS Please link your sketch entries by June 20th. :o)
33 comments:
- Suzy said...
Fab sketch Sue and I love your layout, such a bright and cheerful one and is that the elusive studio calico wood veneer stars I spy
Thanks so much for joining in with my wee blog hop
- 20 May 2013 at 00:23
- Frea Konings said...
Beautiful layout! Love the ochre yellowish colours in the background. Hugs Frea
- 20 May 2013 at 00:32
- Donna Irwin said...
Fabulous sketch, Sue - will definitely be having a go!
- 20 May 2013 at 07:00
- Effie said...
Great sketch... It's on the list!... Project 864!
- 20 May 2013 at 09:48
- Maggie said...
Love this sketch, the photo placement is so different and I have just the photo to scrap.
Great challenge, happy hopping!
- 20 May 2013 at 10:14
- Julie Kirk said...
Nice sketch - I often like to push my photo way up / down / over to one edge like that. I like how much space it gives the rest of the page.
Making my way along saying 'Hi' to fellow hoppers.
Julie :-)
- 20 May 2013 at 10:47
- Jimjams said...
LOL @ Effie's "to do" list ... a bit like mine!
Lovely page (sketch) though :-)
- 20 May 2013 at 11:17
- Lelly said...
Oh I do love a sketch challenge. Like Maggie I love the photo placement
- 20 May 2013 at 13:42
- Kelly Neis said...
Adorable kid in your photo! Fun and simple page. I love the colors and it enhances the image perfectly.
Hugs Kelly
- 20 May 2013 at 15:08
- BEX said...
That is a great dynamic layout. Love it!
- 20 May 2013 at 19:24
- Dee Morrison said...
Great sketch Sue. Your page is so adorable, the title fits so well to that photograph x
- 20 May 2013 at 19:47
- scrappyjen said...
lovely layout... nice sketch! hopping along.... jenx
- 20 May 2013 at 20:42
- Claireliz said...
Lovely page Sue, great sketch too.
C xx
- 20 May 2013 at 20:44
- sue jones said...
aww thats Gorgeous :)
- 20 May 2013 at 21:11
- Gill said...
I like your version!
- 20 May 2013 at 21:52
- Chell said...
A fun sketch for me to kick start my scrapping (been lost in the world of mini albums and art journaling) will def be having a go with this sketch...
thanks for sharing
- 21 May 2013 at 08:58
- new2this said...
Great sketch .. my version is on my blog [url=http://www.snoophere.blogspot.co.uk/]here.[/URL]
- 21 May 2013 at 11:43
- Wendy said...
fabulous sketch
- 21 May 2013 at 12:50
- KraftyKaren said...
Great layout with a perfect title LOL!! Thanks for the sketch - hopefully I will get time to do it
- 21 May 2013 at 13:31
- Woobear said...
I had a perfect photo in mind and here's my version.http://scrambledeggy.blogspot.co.uk/ Thank You Julieann X
- 21 May 2013 at 18:08
- susibee said...
What a super sketch and I love your page.
- 21 May 2013 at 19:37
- Heidi said...
Will be having a go really like the simplity of the layout
- 21 May 2013 at 21:54
- Julie Telford said...
Lovely LO,like the sketch, I'm having trouble scrapping at the moment with the loss of my mojo but will keep a copy of the sketch for when it returns.
- 22 May 2013 at 16:10
- Glen said...
Love the title Sue Ü... and great sketch. TFS. ~Glen~
- 23 May 2013 at 19:38
- Maggie said...
Hi Sue,
loved doing your challenge, you can see my take on that fab sketch here:
- 27 May 2013 at 13:51
- Maria said...
I found this a really super sketch and I am pretty pleased with this, thank you.
Mine is here
- 30 May 2013 at 11:42
- susibee said...
Here is mine, thanks for a great sketch Sue:)
- 30 May 2013 at 20:09
- Lindsay Coleman said...
Love this, thanks, I love a sketch. xx
Here is mine.
- 12 June 2013 at 17:49
- Rita said...
thanks for this sketch... I love it!
- 12 June 2013 at 17:55
- janet said...
A great sketch, here is my LO
- 12 June 2013 at 19:31
- Karen said...
Fab sketch Sue, I loved the way this turned out :)
It's on my blog here
- 13 June 2013 at 18:58
- kicka said...
A great sketch, here is my LO
kiss kiss
- 16 June 2013 at 12:31
- Christine said...
Thanks for a fab sketch Sue :)
Here's my take on it...
- 19 June 2013 at 15:19


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The motion was defeated by the ruling coalition, which enjoys a comfortable majority, but the move exposes growing dissent over the austerity policies imposed on Portugal since it received a €78bn international bailout agreed in May 2011.
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"Countries that can afford it should spend more," he said, a code he has used in the past to call on Germany, the only big European country with spending capacity, to implement more expansive fiscal policies.
"Europe is the only region in the world in recession. To overcome this situation we need three things: every country needs to do its homework, we need more [European] integration and we need growth policies," he added.
While Spain is hoping that its economy will grow next year, Italy indicated on Wednesday that its economy is likely to shrink more severely than thought this year.
Treasury undersecretary Gianfranco Pollilo said that Italy's economy could contract by 1.5pc or 1.6pc, more than the government forecast just two weeks ago.
As recession-plagued eurozone nations struggle to kick-start their economies, the European Commission's president said on Wednesday that the European economies had got through the worst of the debt crisis; but, he added that the situation remained delicate.
Jose Manuel Barroso said during a visit to Prague: "I believe that the EU has come through the worst of the crisis but the situation is still fragile."


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See the World Through These Amazing Swimming Pools
Marieke van der Velden's photography has taken her all over the world. In 2008, she started an unusual sort of travel diary, when she began taking images of swimming pools in the places she visited. "I found out that in every place I go, there is a swimming pool," van der Velden said via email. "Being in the neighborhood of a swimming pool always gives me a good feeling, a feeling of rest, like I'm on holiday. That's a good reason to start a series."
When on assignment in a new country, van der Velden likes to ask her driver or translator where she can find an interesting pool in the neighborhood. "They always look surprised because they think I want to swim or something. But I don't have time to swim," van der Velden said. "Then I explain that I'm doing a project about swimming pools around the world. They start smiling and try to help me with a good spot."
Van der Velden's pools may look different from one another, but she said they are similar in that they all tell stories. Sometimes, she said, the pools can be symbolic of a country's history or character. But she also recognizes her own hand in shaping that narrative. "Each location has so many layers, and I'm aware of that," she said. "For example, in Colombia, I chose to photograph an empty, old pool, but 500 meters away there was a new one. That's the power of photography. You can show whatever you want."
For van der Velden, the pools had various personal meanings. In Iraq, the calm and fun of the swimming pool presented a great contrast to the dangerous area surrounding it. "In a city where you always feel the threat of unexpected bomb attacks, this felt like a safe area," van der Velden said. "In Baghdad, I saw so many young boys who were so playful when they got the chance to enjoy a swimming pool."
Watching construction workers on a small ledge near a pool in Bangladesh, meanwhile, drew van der Velden's attention to the great differences in human experiences. "These construction workers were there on their bare feet working on the 10th floor of a building in the hot sun. One mistake and they'd fall 10 floors down. They earn $1 to $2 a day. And I'm one of the people allowed to do everything, like swimming in this pool, having dinner in this hotel, and so on."
For the most part, van der Velden said, she doesn't swim in the pools she photographs, mostly for practical reasons. "When I swim, I can't make photographs," she said. "So I'm walking around the swimming pool and don't even feel the need to swim. I like photography much more."


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... from Menton to Mandelieu and miles into the mountains ...
We have three different levels:
Advanced – players with a handicap up to 30.
Contact Maud or Christine.
We meet every Thursday to play 18 holes on the courses in our region. You have to book before Tuesday as we must reserve two days in advance. Starting time at 11.00 during the winter months.
Intermediate – players with a handicap of 30+ or no handicap.
Contact Anne or Vera.
We meet every Tuesday to play locally, generally at the Opio Valbonne Club (La Bégude) where it is Ladies Day, with two green fees offered for the price of one. If there is an odd number of players, the total cost of the green fees is split amongst the players. Members wishing to play should inform Anne by Sunday at the latest. On Thursdays a group lesson with Philippe Larvaron is available at the St Donat Golf Club, Plan de Grasse, just outside Mouans-Sartoux.
A French Fédération de Golf card or Green Card is essential to participate in the above two groups
Beginners – Group lessons are available on Thursdays at 10.00 and 11.00 with Philippe Larvaron at St Donat Golf Club. The cost of the lesson entitles one to play on the pitch and putt (compact course) and put into practice what one has learnt during the lesson! Anybody interested in taking lessons should contact either Maud or Vera.
We look forward to welcoming newcomers who wish to try the game of golf.
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From what we have seen in last sequel of the Batman, we could surely expect that Batman is going to be pretty crazy grandpa, if Joker or Riddler doesn't kill him before he gets old. Italian cartoonist Donald Soffritti has made some illustrations where he showed us how superheroes and their inevitable 'friends', supervillains, could look and act when they get old.
In Donald's imagination, Superman is naive old guy which acts like a baby and spends the most of his time picking his nose and eating candies, Spiderman is wearing diapers and Batman is freaky grandpa in wheelchair and it seems that he is having a lot of fun with his best friend Robin, like in good old times.


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The Trix Rabbit is one of General Mills' few remaining cereal mascots, and every now and again, the hare's fruitless (no pun intended) quest for his namesake cereal required some special help. In this 1985 ad campaign, that help comes in the form of another famous rabbit----none other than Bugs Bunny!
Peetoons uploaded this introductory ad:
As we all know, 26 years later, the Trix Rabbit still can't savor the taste of Trix cereal, or even Trix yogurt, which came out a few years ago after General Mills acquired Yoplait. This once-in-a-lifetime meeting, however, needs to be preserved in our archives, and so it is.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Toonfomercial: Two iconic hares get together (1985)
2 comments:
- magicdog said...
Having watched so many Trix commercials growing up, I never understood why the kids would never let him have any!
I used to think they were so selfish! I used to wish he would be allowed some; I think there was one commercial in which kids were asked to vote to whether or not to allow him to have some Trix.
- Friday, 02 December, 2011
- hobbyfan said...
Yes, there was a promotion that allowed the kids to vote, but of course that was slanted, too.....
- Friday, 02 December, 2011
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Catholic Press Group Silent on Resignation
Catholic Press Association members voted 48 to 28 on May 26 against a statement expressing concern about the resignation of Thomas J. Reese, S.J., as editor in chief of America magazine and emphasizing the importance of Catholic journalists' exercising our mission with editorial freedom and responsibility. A majority of the 80 or so members in attendance approved a recommendation that the C.P.A. president appoint a committee to discuss the issue further. The vote came during the annual C.P.A. business meeting at the Catholic Media Convocation in Orlando, Fla., on May 25-27. Meinrad Scherer-Emunds, executive editor of U.S. Catholic magazine, introduced the statement, which was not a formal resolution, because C.P.A. bylaws require those be submitted to the board at least 30 days before the business meeting. As an association we owe it to ourselves to respond, he said. It's a question of the credibility of the Catholic press. But during floor debate, some members said they felt any action by the C.P.A. would send the wrong message. Father Reese announced on May 6 that at the end of the month he would leave America. He also resigned from the C.P.A. board.
House Lifts Limits on Funding of Stem Cell Research
Rejecting the advice of Catholic leaders and the threat of a veto by President George W. Bush, the House approved legislation on May 24 to lift the president's restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research involving the destruction of human embryos. But immediately after its 238-to-194 vote in favor of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, the House gave nearly unanimous approval to a bill promoting increased stem cell research using umbilical cord blood, an area that Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore called indisputably acceptable on moral grounds and remarkably promising in terms of clinical benefits. The cardinal, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said in a letter to House members before the votes that unlike the false expectations raised by embryonic stem cell research, studies using umbilical cord blood retrieved immediately after live births had already shown results in treating more than 60 diseases.
Chicago Leaders Oppose Landmark Changes
Religious leaders of various denominations have joined in a campaign to oppose changes to Chicago's law on landmarks that would allow the city to designate houses of worship as landmarks without the consent of their owners. We feel it's an inappropriate intrusion into religious decision-making, said the Rev. Paul Rutgers, executive director of the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago. It basically puts a control on both the present and future of any property so designated. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, a bill giving the city significant control over the property of the former St. Brigid Churchcountermanding state and federal court rulingshas passed the California Senate and awaits action in the state Assembly. The church, owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was closed 11 years ago.
CELAM Calls for Better Formation for Mission
The 30th general assembly of the Latin American Bishops Council (CELAM) ended with a call for the formation of disciples and missionaries. In the closing statement of the council on May 20, the bishops noted that they had celebrated the council's 50th anniversary and the providential action of God, which has helped it grow in episcopal fraternity and find responses to the many challenges that our churches have faced during these years. Much of the discussion at the 30th general assembly, which began on May 17, focused on the need to form disciples and make the Latin American church more missionary, topics that will also be on the agenda of the fifth general conference. The phrase that our peoples may have life' is key, given the situation in our countries, said Archbishop Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Merida, Venezuela, president of the CELAM communications department. Among the problems he cited were increasing poverty, marginalization, violence with all its different characteristics and political and economic instability.
Mandatory Service Leads to Death of Recruits
Catholic officials said Chile's policy of mandatory military service should be changed in the wake of the deaths of 45 soldiers during a blizzard in the Andes Mountains of southern Chile. Those who froze to death on the Antuco volcano in mid-May were mostly new recruits who lacked the experience and equipment to survive the harsh conditions, observers said. The group was forced to march in the blizzard at the orders of an army major, despite the objections of mid-level officers. Public opinion on obligatory recruitment has changed after Antuco. Now is the time for a more profound discussion of the issue, which, hopefully, will lead to the elimination of the obligatory draft altogether. A modern army cannot be based on recruits who must be trained year after year, and in poor conditions, said Alvaro Ramis Olivos, a Catholic theologian who is president of the Chilean Network of Conscientious Objectors, an alliance of religious and human rights groups that advocate the elimination of mandatory service and the establishment of conscientious objection.
Path to Peace Award Given Knight of Malta
Fra Andrew W. N. Bertie, grand master of the Knights of Malta, has been chosen to receive this year's Path to Peace Award. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican nuncio to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, said on May 23 that Bertie was chosen because of his leadership in promoting the extensive humanitarian work of the knights. They have been active in areas like Congo, where their contribution of food and medicine aided United Nations peacekeeping efforts, the nuncio said. Born in London in 1929, Bertie was elected grand master of the Sovereign Military Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta in 1988.
Martino Calls for Health Aid for Africa
Working to ensure that babies of H.I.V.-positive women are born healthy and stay healthy and that their mothers survive to raise them is an important part of promoting a culture of life, said Cardinal Renato Martino. The cardinal, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, spoke on May 27 at an international conference on preventing AIDS among children in Africa. The conference was sponsored by the Rome-based lay Community of Sant'Egidio. The conference was attended by health ministers from 19 African countries as well as European and North American government officials and representatives of pharmaceutical companies, donor agencies and H.I.V.-positive African women with their healthy babies and toddlers. Cardinal Martino told the conference, It is a moral obligation to give a future of hope to Africa, which in turn will give hope to the world.
New Fund-Raising for Catholics in U.S. Military
The U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has launched an $8 million fund-raising campaign to support and enrich the lives of Catholics in the armed forces and patients in Veterans Affairs medical centers. With a $1 million pledge from the Knights of Columbus and a large six-figure gift from retired Gen. Alexander Haig, who served as secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan, the capital campaign already has received more than $3.5 million in cash and pledges, according to a news release from the military archdiocese on May 24. In addition, the Constantinian Order of St. George has donated services valued at $550,000, the archdiocese said. More than half the fund-raising goal is designated to start a new program called Catholics Seeking Christ, a peer-to-peer ministry program for young Catholics in the armed forces, both in the United States and abroad.
Donations for Tsunami Relief Set New Record
Donations to Catholic Relief Services to aid victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on Dec. 26 topped $150 million, believed to be a record for a single appeal by the Catholic Church. A press release from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said the church's overseas relief and development agency collected $71 million from dioceses and the rest from parish collections and individuals and through the C.R.S. Web site. Some dioceses are still expected to send in their donations. The release said the funds will support the recovery and rebuilding process for five to seven years in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Thailand. The money will be used to rebuild schools, education systems, homes and sanitation systems; to distribute food and medicine; to re-establish agricultural and fishing industries; and to provide vocational training and long-term trauma counseling.
McCarrick Encourages Abbas in Peace Efforts
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, D.C., encouraged President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority to continue working with Israeli leaders to achieve peace and security in the Holy Land. We share the aspirations and hopes of the Palestinian people who long for the day when they, and their Israeli neighbors, will enjoy peace and prosperity, said Cardinal McCarrick. We have, and we will, support United States funding to build the capacity of Palestinians to establish the institutions you need for a viable state, said the cardinal. We will continue to call on our government to exercise balance and concerted leadership to pursue a peace process for all the peoples of the land we call holy, Cardinal McCarrick said. The cardinal gave a short talk at a meeting in Washington on May 26 of Abbas with 20 Christian leaders, including the Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of Churches and a United Methodist minister.
New President Named for Bethlehem University
As Vincent Malham, a U.S. member of the Christian Brothers, approached the end of his nine-year tenure as the president and vice chancellor of Bethlehem University, he remained busy with various administrative duties. "I am so involved in Bethlehem University I will be [working] until my last day," he told Catholic News Service between trips to international fund-raising engagements. "I haven't had the time or the energy to think about the future yet." He will be replaced at Bethlehem University on July 1 by Daniel Casey, F.S.C., also from the United States. After a three-month sabbatical, Brother Malham will take up a new post as president of Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn.
Benedictines Now in Charge at Roman Basilica
Pope Benedict XVI has named the first archpriest for Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and, at the same time, confirmed the responsibility of Benedictine monks to provide pastoral care at the basilica and to promote ecumenical activities. In an official document published on May 31, Pope Benedict said it was time to clarify the relationships among the Benedictine community at the basilica, the Diocese of Rome and the Vatican, which owns the church and its surrounding property. Separately on May 31, he named Italian Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, a longtime Vatican diplomat who had served in Israel and in Italy, to be archpriest of the basilica. St. Paul's, unlike the three other patriarchal basilicas of RomeSt. Peter, St. Mary Major and St. John Lateranpreviously did not have an archpriest.
Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps Comes to Newark
The Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps has come to the Archdiocese of Newark, tapping into the wisdom and experience of retirees. According to its mission statement, the volunteer corps provides retired men and women, age 50 and over, the opportunity to serve the needs of people who are poor, to work for a more just society and to grow deeper in Christian faith by reflecting and praying in the Ignatian tradition.
We follow the Jesuit philosophy and send you where you're needed, and you adapt your skills, said Edmund J. Stankiewicz, coordinator for the corps' northern/central New Jersey chapter, which was established last November. Volunteers work two days a week at a nonprofit organization in their area. The Baltimore-based corps was founded by James Conroy, S.J., and Charles Costello, S.J., in 1995 and has spread to several major U.S. cities and metropolitan areas.
In what could be the largest settlement by a U.S. diocese in a case of sexual abuse of children, the Diocese of Covington, Ky., has agreed to establish a $120 million fund for victims. The agreement requires the diocese to provide $40 million of the settlement fund, with the remaining $80 million coming from insurance companies. The diocese has threatened litigation against diocesan insurers who fail to comply. The agreement, which requires court approval, was announced in a joint statement on June 3 by the diocese and Stan Chesley, lead attorney in a class action suit filed against the diocese in 2003 on behalf of all individuals who were sexually abused by priests or others employed by the Covington Diocese. It establishes a compensation range of $5,000 to $450,000 per victim with the sumbased on the nature and severity of the abuseto be decided by a settlement administrator selected by the diocese and class action attorneys.