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2003 Board of Regents' Excellence Awards Presented
Atlanta — March 7, 2003
Six University System of Georgia faculty members and two academic programs have been selected to receive the 2003 Regents Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Research in Undergraduate Education. The winners will be recognized at the Board of Regents' May meeting.
The awards program recognizes and rewards both individual faculty members and academic programs at the University System's 34 institutions. It honors outstanding teaching that significantly improves student achievement, as well as commitment to student-focused research on effective teaching.
"Academic excellence is highly valued in the University System," said Dr. Daniel S. Papp, senior vice chancellor for academics and fiscal affairs with the Board of Regents. "Such recognition strengthens the commitment to student learning and achievement, and we are pleased to salute the USG faculty members and programs that serve as superb role models."
The following USG faculty received the Board of Regents' 2003 Teaching Excellence Awards:
Representing Two-Year and State Colleges:
- Dr. Kristie Kemper, professor of English, Floyd College: Kemper, a member of the Floyd College faculty since 1979, impressed the review panel with her commitment to student success in English and journalism, her work in mentoring non-traditional students, and her sustained efforts to develop the potential of all her students. Her teaching abilities also have included her leadership of the college newspaper, The Six Mile Post, which has won numerous state and national awards.
Representing Regional and State Universities:
- Dr. Chellu S. Chetty, professor of biology, Savannah State University: A member of the SSU faculty since 1993, Chetty has won several awards for teaching excellence, including the 2003 National Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Award from the Society for College Science Teachers and the 2003 Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology from the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. In addition to securing more than $3.5 million in external funding for research on teaching, Chetty has developed 11 new courses and a state-of-the-art biomedical research laboratory where students hone their research skills.
Representing Research Universities:
- Dr. John T. Benjamin, professor of pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia: Benjamin joined the faculty of MCG in 1994 and has been named the college's Educator of the Year twice and Teacher of the Year once. He also has won MCG's Outstanding Teacher and Excellence in Teaching awards. In addition, the Pediatric Continuity Clinic and the Pediatric Outpatient Laboratory that he supervises have received national recognition for innovative teaching and applied learning.
The following USG programs received the Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Awards:
Representing Two-Year and State Colleges:
- Dental Hygiene Program, Floyd College: This professional program is known for having a strong, student-focused curriculum. In the three years since its establishment as an independent program, its students have had a 100 percent pass rate on the dental hygiene licensure exam, and all have found employment. Program faculty use a wide variety of instructional methods that include a pre-clinic laboratory, computerized instruction, audio/visual aids for clinical cases, and a closely supervised clinical practice. The program also operates a number of community outreach programs, including dental screening at regional health fairs and for students participating in the college's summer youth camp.
Representing Regional and State Universities:
- Education Specialist Program in Teacher Leadership, North Georgia College and State University: Implemented in 2001, this program features close collaboration between the university and the public school community. The curriculum is grounded in best practice and theoretical research and is anchored on three sets of standards: those of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium, and the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. The faculty continue to mentor students after they have completed the program.
The following USG faculty received the Board of Regents' Research in Undergraduate Education Awards:
Representing Two-Year and State Colleges:
- Dr. Joseph Mayo, professor of psychology, Gordon College: On the faculty at GC since1989, Mayo is firmly committed to studying the effectiveness of teaching practices. He has achieved national recognition for his work, serving as a reviewer for the Journal of Constructivist Psychology, publishing in national journals, and presenting his research at major conferences. Mayo actively involves students in his research, which is fairly unique for faculty teaching lower division courses.
Representing Regional and State Universities:
- Dr. Gail B. Schiffer, professor of biology, Kennesaw State University: Schiffer, on the KSU faculty since1989, demonstrates a knack for bringing varied constituencies together for projects and serving as a highly effective collaborator. Colleagues say her leadership has enhanced teamwork in her department and campuswide. Schiffer has stimulated faculty interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning and in assessment strategies. She received the 2002 Association of General and Liberal Studies Faculty Award and a National Science Foundation grant for an interdisciplinary laboratory program.
Representing Research Universities:
- Dr. Marie Chisholm, associate professor of clinical and administrative pharmacy, University of Georgia: Chisholm is described by colleagues as "an exemplary model of the scholar teacher." On the UGA faculty since 1994, she received a Regents' Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1999 and also has received national awards for teaching. Chisholm is a strong national leader in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and has had her work published in national journals numerous times.


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With the demise of the Shadowcliffs waterslides I wrote of last week and this horrible news today, I began to ponder where has the fun gone? When I was growing up in the South Bay, I was able to feed my fun diet a steady stream of drive-in movies, bowling, indoor ice and roller skating, Farrell's ice cream pig trough birthday parties, endless rounds of put-put, or as I called it, Goofy Golf, and dancing at clubs that allowed under 18 patrons. There were four bowling alleys within 5 miles of my home. We had two Goofy Golf courses close by with Malibu Grand Prix an adventurous drive up 101. A roller rink and ice rink were side-by-side so you get your skate on both Tanya Harding style and Rollergirl Heather Graham style (but with more clothes on). We even had under-18 dance clubs where you could wear your best Member's Only jacket and AirFlight pants and groove to Depeche Mode, the Smiths, and Psychedelic Furs. We could stuff three friends into the trunk and four more in the back seat of Dad's 69 Pontiac Firebird and only pay $5 to get into the Shoreline Drive-in and that was for a double feature. Birthday parties were celebrated at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor or Swensen's Ice Cream. Farrell's offered the Pig Trough, a riot of ice cream, nuts, cherries, fudge topping, chocolate and strawberry sauces, and mounds of whipped cream goodness. It was brought to the table on top of a stretcher by two waiters to the wailing of an ambulance siren. Even 10 pre-teen boys were often not up to the challenge of the trough. Needless to say, we never wanted for fun diversions growing up. We met up with our friends and ventured forth to partake in all the aforementioned pursuits, laughing and making memories I still hold dear to this day.
What choices are offered our children today? We have mega-cineplexes, and the odd Rock & Jump or indoor go-cart racing establishment. Going to an indoor movie theater with your friends is not a very interactive experience let alone an inexpensive one. Going to the drive-in allowed us to bring our own food and drinks and talk and laugh throughout the movie. We interacted with each other. The bowling alleys in the area all seem to be struggling with many opting to play Wii or Xbox Bowling. Are we becoming more insular, closing ourselves off from the outside world, afraid of contact, and content to only interact with our friends and family via electronic means? We are the places where our children can gather to socialize, interact, and have fun. We have downtown landlords forcing out businesses that cater to children and opening new businesses not necessarily hostile to kids and teens, but certainly not particularly attractive to them. We wonder why our children seem to be lost in their social networks living their lives in a virtual realm. Maybe it is due to there not being many venues for them to live and experience life and have fun outside of the digital domain.
The realities of running a business today whether it is a Malibu Grand Prix, an ice cream parlor, or a put-put golf course must be daunting as you watch your customer base choose to stay home, eat Costco ice cream, and play Wii Bowling. Have we lost the desire to meet our friends in a physical space outside of our homes possibly surrounded by diverse peoples or have the opportunities and locations for those meetings disappeared into the dust bin of history? Let's challenge ourselves to push back against the loss of these fun diversions. Take a drive up to the Concord Drive-in, stuff the kids in the trunk (not for the entire drive, just for the entrance), go play Goofy Golf at Boomers in Livermore or Golfland in Castro Valley, roll a few balls down the alleys in Dublin or Livermore, or enjoy an ice cream at Coldstone in Dublin or Loards in Livermore. Electronics from smartphones, tablets, and game consoles all have their place, but there are plenty of pastimes worthy of exploration where you can leave the wall charger at home and have some good old fashioned fun playing in 3D.

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A dministrator privileges … or you know the IT peeps … or you have created a cloned environment.
Pick one.
My installation path : C:\arc_pro ….. everything beyond this point is the same
Your installation path : C:\........... ….. got it?
Table of contents
Download and install tips
ArcGIS Pro system requirements—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop
Download, install, and authorize—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop
2 Go back to step 1.
Really, it is good and should be read, especially the part about your computer being able to run the software
3 My Esri, My Organization, Downloads
If it is there, it will look like the following:
4 Installation steps for retentives
Now, don't hit the Run option! It is tempting, but there is Save and Save As. Save As will be used.
To prepare for this, you should have done the following (not!, I am guessing)
- Make a folder to download your software ....
- C:\users\you\whatever\downloads ... is no good, just because
- C:\Computer\ArcGISPro_2x is good... simple, obvious and you own it
- Download the *.exe to that folder using Save As
- Right-click on the *.exe file and run it as administrator, specifying the above folder as the destination
- Do the same for the *.msi file and you will automagically get a bunch of stuff in that folder AFTER the installation is complete... just follow that, but your folder should look like the following
Where step 1 is the main installation folder you created and downloaded the *.exe (2), when you run the *.exe, you will get the folder in step 3, and run the *.msi and you get the rest of the stuff.
Why do I do this?
Because if things go really really bad, you will know where the ArcGISPro.msi file is, so when you have to do a complete uninstall, you can reinstall within a minute.
Simple... no remembering or letting Microsoft Parent decide where things should go
What I did next
I do the conda thing... some legacy but relevant reading
ArcGIS Pro 2... Creating Desktop Shortcuts
Spyder.... for coding with Python
ArcGIS PRO .... your conda environments and script editor
Crank up conda through whatever means to run ...proenv.bat which sets everything up. What is show below is what happens when I created a shortcut (Dolly) and messed around with the python ide so it isn't as dark and gloomy as yours will be.
I needed the following to do the programming I need and I did it in the following order.
1 Update numpy
- (arcgispro-py3) C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3> conda update numpy
2 Downgrade sphinx to 1.8.5 (needed IF you document your scripts, otherwise the documentation will look horrible)
- (arcgispro-py3) C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3> conda install sphinx==1.8.5
3 installed sphinx_rtd_theme Getting Started with Sphinx — Read the Docs 3.5.3 documentation
You can skip this step if you don't do documentation or produce reports, or use Markdown or reStructured Text (or know what I am talking about )
- (arcgispro-py3) C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3>conda install sphinx_rtd_theme --no-pin
4 Install spyder
- (arcgispro-py3) C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3>conda install spyder
Never, never install without doing a test run first!
(arcgispro-py3) ….snip …. >conda install some_package --dry-run
Then examine what it is going to do. Sometimes, nothing 'bad' will happen, but you should at least make a copy what you are about to install. If things go bad, you can roll back through the 'revisions' to a previous state.
Revision History from this install
(arcgispro-py3) C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3>conda list --revisions
2019-06-27 20:36:30 (rev 0) Fresh install of ArcGIS Pro 2.4 in this example
+arcgis-1.6.1 (esri)
+arcgispro-2.4 (esri)
... huge snip ....
ca-certificates {2019.1.23 -> 2019.5.15}
certifi {2019.3.9 -> 2019.6.16}
cffi {1.12.2 -> 1.12.3}
.... snip ...
numpy {1.16.2 -> 1.16.4}
numpy-base {1.16.2 -> 1.16.4}
.... snip ....
.... snip ....
Now if anything goes wrong, (Assuming I want to go back to revision 1)
(arcgispro-py3) C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3>conda install --revision 1 (change 1 to your revision)
A little conda in spyder anyone?
Just remember to change directory into your conda environment (ie cd c:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3 in my example.
There are load of IPython line and cell magics that can be used with Spyder.
Summary of magic functions (from %lsmagic):
Available line magics:
%aimport %alias %alias_magic %autoawait %autocall %automagic %autoreload
%autosave %bookmark %cd %clear %cls %colors %conda %config %connect_info
%copy %ddir %debug %dhist %dirs %doctest_mode %echo %ed %edit %env %gui
%hist %history %killbgscripts %ldir %less %load %load_ext %loadpy %logoff
%logon %logstart %logstate %logstop %ls %lsmagic %macro %magic %matplotlib
%mkdir %more %notebook %page %pastebin %pdb %pdef %pdoc %pfile %pinfo
%pinfo2 %pip %popd %pprint %precision %prun %psearch %psource %pushd
%pwd %pycat %pylab %qtconsole %quickref %recall %rehashx %reload_ext %ren
%rep %rerun %reset %reset_selective %rmdir %run %save %sc %set_env %store
%sx %system %tb %time %timeit %unalias %unload_ext %varexp %who %who_ls
%whos %xdel %xmode
Available cell magics:
%%! %%HTML %%SVG %%bash %%capture %%cmd %%debug %%file %%html %%javascript
%%js %%latex %%markdown %%perl %%prun %%pypy %%python %%python2 %%python3
%%ruby %%script %%sh %%svg %%sx %%system %%time %%timeit %%writefile
Certainly enough command line stuff to reminisce about the days of 40 character displays and green crts
Good luck


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Hey Guys, Bear with me. I know I took the logos on the side away but I am trying to get them to another page, So everyone can see the logos from there. It just might take a bit. Hope y'all understand :) So just Slight Issue is all. LOL
But I shall not leave this Blog Pictureless, So here are some fun Pictures for you to look at. LOL
David Venter and I Cross Skinning as I say. LOL Don't i look lovely!! We went around in these skins just to show off how beautiful we looked. lol Lots of fun!!
Picture I took a long While back, Spooky But I love how it Turned out!!
My Friend Daηι Tнιяdвoяη (danicasaerwen) and I bored on this very interesting sim. Sadly I have not found it again, so I'm assumeing its been takeing down.
Of course Me in an outfit I put together. LOL One of my fave looks when i feel like being silly!!


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Get Office 365 for FREE!
Bunker Hill Community College is pleased to announce the availability of Office 365 for all currently enrolled students! Students can Install Office on up to 5 PCs or Macs or other mobile devices, including Windows tablets and iPads.
Click here to obtain your free Office 365 download: http://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education
What's included?
- Full, installed applications: Create reports and presentations with the latest versions of the applications you know and trust. Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access.
- Easy, real-time collaboration: Work with your classmates online and see each other's changes in real-time with Office Online and OneDrive. No more emailing outdated versions back and forth.
- Optimized note-taking tools: Type or handwrite notes, capture webpages, record audio/video, embed spreadsheets, and more with OneNote, available on all your devices.
How to Download Office 365
Follow these easy steps:
- Go to the Office 365 website for Students: http://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education
- Enter your BHCC student email address and click Get Started.
- Log into your BHCC student Web Mail account and simply follow the remaining steps to start the download and to create your Office ID.


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Not well placed
Requires further development
Well placed
Very well placed
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
William Booth Educare is one of four early learning services in the North Island, owned and operated by The Salvation Army. It is situated on the campus of The Salvation Army Booth College of Mission in Upper Hutt and licensed to cater for 25 children, including a maximum of five aged under two years. Almost all children enrolled are aged over two. Five identify as Māori.
Christian values, respect for children and relationships with families are emphasised in the philosophy.
Governance is provided through a management committee of The Salvation Army personnel, including a director with responsibility for oversight and support of centre administration. An early childhood education consultant is employed by The Salvation Army to professionally support supervisors and their teaching teams. Day-to-day management is delegated to a centre supervisor. Since the previous ERO review, there have been some staff and leadership changes.
The June 2014 ERO report identified areas requiring development. These included leadership, teacher practice, the bicultural curriculum, and transition-to-school processes. Progress is evident.
Children freely access resources to lead their own learning. There are extensive opportunities for construction, creativity and imaginative exploration. Teachers warmly engage with children and support them in their play. The recently redeveloped outdoor area effectively promotes physical activity and challenge. A useful focus on health, wellbeing and environmental sustainability is evident. Teachers support children with diverse learning needs, liaising with parents and external agencies as appropriate. Cultural and community events as well as Christian celebrations enrich the curriculum.
The mixed-age setting is well managed. Children up to two years explore alongside their older peers. Teachers promote tuakana teina (older supporting younger) learning opportunities between children. Infants and toddlers are offered spaces where they can safely play while retaining connections with the wider group. Designated 'guardian teachers' liaise closely with parents, to support children's wellbeing by retaining their routines from home. Positive relationships between teachers and parents are evident.
Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori are valued by teaching staff. Recent work in this area facilitated through a Ministry of Education initiative, Strengthening Early Learning Opportunities, has effectively increased the visibility of te reo in the environment and documentation. A next step is for leaders and teachers to explore current research and strategies around actively promoting the educational success of Māori children.
Learning stories provide an account of children's activities and friendships. Teachers observe children and get to know them and their families well. However, the cycle of assessment, planning and evaluation requires significant development. Teachers should be supported to:
consider the purpose and use of learning portfolios
use assessment information to plan and implement appropriate next learning steps to extend and challenge children
show how purposeful teaching strategies directly impact on children's progress
gather, use and regularly revisit parents' aspirations for their children's learning, including cultural aspirations.
Teachers provide well-considered resources to parents to build their understanding of children's school readiness. A next step is to develop processes and resources to deliberately support children's confidence and wellbeing as they approach their transition to school.
Teachers collaborate on self reviews that result in improvements for children. They engage with relevant stakeholders and best-practice research to inform decisions about change. Leaders agree that the evaluative aspect of reviews requires strengthening. Robust internal evaluations of practice should involve a narrowed focus and measureable indicators of success. Indicators will support teachers to revisit and clearly measure the impact of changes made.
Appraisal processes need attention. Leaders should develop and implement explicit guidelines for meaningful appraisal. To meet requirements and develop the professional practice of staff, the approach should include:
the setting of SMART goals and targeted observations of teacher practice related to these
the collection of evidence to show how teaching standards are met
constructive feedback and feed forward.
ERO and leaders agree that the centre would benefit from increased support from The Salvation Army. This should include regular, formalised visits from the National Consultant, Early Childhood Education, focused on the progression of the priorities for improvement:
assessment, planning and evaluation
internal evaluation
transition-to-school processes
promotion of educational success of Māori children
Before the review, the staff and management of The Salvation Army William Booth Educare completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
During the review, ERO looked at the service's systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher registration; ratios)
evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
The next ERO review of The Salvation Army William Booth Educare will be in three years.
Patricia Davey
Deputy Chief Review Officer Central (Acting)
Te Tai Pokapū - Central Region
1 November 2017
The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO's reports provide information for parents and communities about each service's strengths and next steps for development. ERO's bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.
Upper Hutt
Ministry of Education profile number
Licence type
Education & Care Service
Licensed under
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Number licensed for
25 children, including up to 5 aged under 2
Service roll
Gender composition
Boys 20, Girls 19
Ethnic composition
Percentage of qualified teachers
0-49% 50-79% 80%
Based on funding rates
Reported ratios of staff to children
Under 2
Meets minimum requirements
Over 2
Better than minimum requirements
Review team on site
September 2017
Date of this report
1 November 2017
Most recent ERO report(s)
Education Review
June 2014
Education Review
November 2011
Education Review
August 2008
ERO's overarching question for an early childhood education review is 'How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?' ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:
Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.
ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.
A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.
For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to ERO's Approach to Review in Early Childhood Services.
The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO's website.
ERO reviews are tailored to each service's context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.


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People are receiving the Quail board with great delight these days.
The well respected Italian MVP on embedded systems guru Paolo Patierno https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/paolo%20patierno has taken the Quail into a closer investigation at his blog. Take a look here: http://www.embedded101.com/Blogs/PaoloPatierno/entryid/611/quail-a-new-net-micro-framework-board-is-in-town.
Thanks Paolo for supporting our work.
And as a side-note. Mikrobus.Net is a team coming from the US, Denmark, New Zealand/UK, and France.


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PUPPY BOWL, the cutest competition in sports, returns to Animal Planet on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT for an epic matchup between adoptable puppy players from #TeamRuff and #TeamFluff. Featuring the most puppies and shelters in PUPPY BOWL history, the adorable teams go paw-to-paw in their quest to win the "Lombarky" trophy, competing in two fun-filled hours of fuzzy faces, sloppy kisses, and puppy penalties. After the pup-tastic game of ear pulls and tail tugs is over, all the adoptable puppies end up as winners when they find forever homes through adoption.
This year's furry face-off will be played at the all-new, bone-shaped GEICO Stadium, featuring more than a dozen cameras, including those embedded in the end zone pylons, bringing audiences closer to the PUPPY BOWL action than ever before.
The annual event kicks off with Jokgu the piano-playing chicken from Season 12 of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT pecking out "The Star-Spangled Banner" on the keyboard as an adorable blended bunch of baby barnyard cheerleaders, including ducklings, piglets, and baby bunnies, excite fans on the sidelines throughout the game.
On game day, Animal Planet's annual adoption extravaganza kicks off with the "tail" gate party – the PUPPY BOWL PRE-GAME SHOW – at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, featuring "aww-nalysis" and cuddly commentary from sports anchor James Hound, while Rodt Weiler and Sheena Inu serve up the pre-game breakdown. The competitive canines will conduct their pre-game rituals from the PUPPY BOWL locker room, which includes an all-new locker room webcam.
For the seventh consecutive year, fan-favourite "Rufferee" Dan Schachner returns to call the pooch penalties, furry fumbles, and terrier touchdowns. Shirley the Rescue Sloth joins Schachner on the field this year as his assistant.
Award-winning animal advocate and television correspondent Jill Rappaport introduces "Pup Close and Personal" segments, highlighting heartwarming stories of the adorable athletes. The in-depth "Pup Close and Personal" profiles this season include puppy adoption advocate Wells Adams (THE BACHELORETTE; BACHELOR IN PARADISE) and his continuing effort to promote puppy adoption, a loveable pup player rescued from the flood waters of Houston during Hurricane Harvey, a sight-impaired and deaf Cocker Spaniel, and much more!
While the puppy players take a break for a cat nap, the "Kitty Half-Time Show" gets underway with viral video sensation Prince Michael and Phil the Cat from Aaron's Animals. These popular "purr-formers" take to the stage as Kitt-ENSYNC sings "Meow, Meow, Meow" to the tune of NSYNC's 2000 hit "Bye, Bye, Bye".
As always, viewers can follow @MeepTheBird on Twitter and Instagram as he returns to his perch to talk sports and live tweet updates throughout the game from his iPhone and iPad.
And if that wasn't enough adorable for one weekend, Animal Planet is also set to premiere the first-ever PUPPY BOWL PRESENTS: THE DOG BOWL (Saturday, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. ET), a newly added fury football competition for adult dogs living in rescues and shelters, frequently passed over for their younger counterparts.
For PUPPY BOWL XIV, Animal Planet worked with 48 animal shelters and rescue organizations to fill the #TeamRuff and #TeamFluff rosters with 90 adoptable players for the annual puppy pileup – the most puppies and shelters in PUPPY BOWL history. PUPPY BOWL XIV features pups rescued from areas that were devastated by natural disasters in 2017, including Houston, Puerto Rico, and Florida. A pit bull puppy player from Villalobos Rescue Center – the largest pit bull rescue in the U.S. – is also featured in PUPPY BOWL XIV alongside fellow pooch Marcel from Animal Planet's PIT BULLS AND PAROLEES.
All of the precious puppies featured in Animal Planet's PUPPY BOWL XIV come from SPCAs, shelters, and pet rescue centres from across the U.S. Canadian viewers interested in adopting from a shelter in their area can visit a local SPCA for more information.


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Mexico's "second" winter circuit, the Veracruz Winter League, played a short regular season that involved the LIV's six teams playing 30-game schedules in December before embarking on January's playoffs. The Paso de Ovejas Campesino won the season title with a 19-10-1 record, two games up on the Acayucan Tobis at 15-10-1. The Tobis went on to win the pennant by beating Xalapa in five games in the championship series, breaking the Los Tuxtlas Brujos' string of four consecutive flags.
After winning their first title in ten LIV winters, Acayucan represented Mexico at the Latin American Series in Managua against champions from Panama, Colombia and host Nicaragua. The Tobis posted a strong 9-3 opening day win over Colombia's Barranquilla Caimanes on January 26 before dropping their final two round-robin stages games and losing a 1-0 semifinal play-in game against Barranquilla despite tournament rules clearly stating than in the event of a tie, the nod would go to whoever had won their first-round matchup.
Veteran baseballist Cristhian Presichi, a longtime Mexican Leaguer, led the loop's batters with a .407 average for Paso de Ovejas, Tuxtla Gutierrez' Carlos Rodriguez was tops with 7 homers and 32 ribbies. Campesinos hurler Angel Araiza and the Tobis' Juan Grijalva topped the loop with 4 wins each, Los Tuxtlas' Joel Payamps turned in an 0.82 ERA and Raul Carrillo of Palenque posted 39 strikeouts.
There are two other winter pro leagues in Mexico. While the Mexican Pacific League may be considered AAA in quality and the Veracruz Winter League regarded a AA circuit, the Mexican Winter League is the country's Class A vernal loop while the Mexican League-operated Academy League goes from being an A league in summer to a Rookie league for the winter.
The Mexican Winter League, or LIM, rose from the ashes of the now-defunct Northwest Baseball League, a Nayarit-based confederation that folded last year after eight seasons. The LIM, also overseen by the Liga (as is every play-for-pay league in Mexico outside the LMP), moved its six-team operation eastward toward Mexico CIty, mainly in the central Mexican states of Guanajuato and Aguascalientes.
The first winter of LIM competition saw the Mexico City Diablos Rojos (augmented by players contracted to the Oaxaca Guerreros) defeat the Salamanca Petroleros, 4 games to 3, in the playoff final. Former Diablos outfielder VIctor Bojorquez managed Mexico City to a 40-22 record and a first-place finish during the regular season before longtime Red Devils shortstop Jose Luis Sandoval piloted the squad through the playoffs, culminating in Mexico City's 9-5 Game Seven win over the Petroleros on January 20 in front of 4,669 at Estadio Fray Nano in the nation's capital.
Guanajuato's Manuel Cruz led the LIM with a .414 and 12 homers while Mexico City's Jose Martinez drove in 47 runs. Diablos hurlers Filiberto Baez and Jesus Anguamea tied for the league lead with 7 wins apiece, teammate Ariel Gracia was tops with 67 strikeouts and a 2.85 ERA.
Finally, there's the Academy Rookie League, consisting of Mexican League prospects housed together at the LMB's training facility near Monterrey. The Academy League runs a more ambitious "Class A" schedule from late March through July, but the LIA, which consists of four shared teams and one solely stocked with youngsters under contract with Saltillo, runs a shorter eight-week slate of doubleheaders between October and December, with teams playing about 27 games each. As in the LIM, a team shared by the Diablos Rojos and Oaxaca won the LIA crown by going 21-4-2.
Now that the dust has settled on a full plate of winter leagues and games, we can all allow ourselves a breath, but only a short one because spring training is getting underway and Mexico's five summer pro leagues will be warming up before you know it. That's one of the beauties of Mexican baseball: There is no such thing as an offseason.


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Sunday, August 15, 2010
What a Summer House means to me
I grew up spending summers on Lake Charlevoix in Michigan. I loved everything about being there - catching tadpoles, reading bedraggled Archie comic books, riding bikes to the Dairy Queen. I and a gaggle of cousins (and siblings of course) were so carefree, and without a television, we entertained each other.
That house inspired my design aesthetic. The feeling of summer - casual, comfortable, safe and breezy. Unfortunately we don't go out to Michigan that much anymore. It's an expensive trip by plane, and a lengthy one by car with a 3 year old who hates traveling. Oh that it were closer...
This is the coveted bedroom in Charlevoix... chenille bedspreads and diamond panes. One of my favorite dealers at Brimfield is a great source for pairs of bedspreads.
And of course beadboard everywhere. The ceiling, the walls... in Charlevoix it's just varnished and everything is warm and cozy. Even in the summer we light the fire in this gorgeous fieldstone fireplace and wait for the cuckoo clock to chirp and let us know it's time to do... anything.
This summer we spent 3 weeks in Little Compton, Rhode Island with my in-laws in two different houses. It has a similar feel to that spot in Michigan - big, shingled houses with comfortable wicker and beadboard. And a huge plus - the breathtaking ocean and its salty, sticky breeze. I wish I could live here all year. We stayed in two different houses this year... the one above on Warren's Point and the one below at Round Pond. While the Warren's Point house was gorgeous from the outside and had a beautiful view of the ocean, this sweet Round Pond cottage was at the end of a private lane and was lovingly decorated with all things summer.
So what did I love about the house here?
The driftwood framed nautical map... the Little Compton trophy and sweet vintage wooden boats.
The gorgeous teal painted floors and tongue and groove paneled walls...
Open shelving for ironstone, old and new...
A collection of heart-shaped rocks...
The antique decoupaged dresser and ubiquitous fans (although the ocean breeze means we didn't need them much)...
If you're interested in renting a house in Little Compton, ask for Lisa at Little Compton Real Estate - she's amazing. And hopefully we'll be back next summer for longer!
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Labels: chenille, little compton, summer house
2 comments:
- Sarah said...
love these LC pics!
the decorating is so spot-o for a new england beach house... i love when you end up i a rental with real personality!
my in-laws have a home in Little Compton and i am obsessed. such a relaxed vibe there!
- September 24, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Zane Wooder said...
I love how the stairs are painted blue. Very nice. I want to do that to my stairs now.
- January 13, 2013 at 6:37 PM
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REVIEW: The Last Song April 29, 2010Posted by Patrick in Cinematics.
Tags: Liam Hemsworth, miley cyrus, Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
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Love her or hate her, Miley Cyrus looks like she's here to stay. The teen star who shot to fame in her role as Hannah Montana has finally escaped from the bindings of her blonde alter ego by headlining this 'serious' attempt as an actress.
The Last Song is a film that doesn't ask too much from the viewer. Considering the fact that it's been conceived in the head of romance novelist Nicholas Sparks, there are certain expectations here. Two people from different 'sides of the tracks' will meet, probably one summer, fall in love, hit a few speed bumps along the way, and of course someone will have kicked the bucket by the time the credits roll.
This is fine by me. I accept the Nicholas Sparks tried and tested formula and even enjoy it a little bit sometimes. This could either be a reflection on my own pathetic love life, or perhaps I just enjoy seeing people fall in love and have terrible things happen to them.
The real question being posed by every critic, and indeed viewer, is whether Miley Cyrus can cut the mustard as a quote/unquote 'serious' actress. I'm inclined not to go too hard on the girl. Firstly, as I've said countless times, I like the girl. Secondly, she's not actually too bad in Hannah Montana. Of course, the programme is a frothy teenage sitcom, but Miley has achieved fame all over the world not for her amazing acting chops, but for her likeability.
In The Last Song, there's no question that she has some serious potential. Perhaps it's not pure acting, and there really is a moping teen inside Miley just dying to get out, but she takes anything thrown at her in the film and plays it to the best of her ability. For her role as child prodigy Ronnie, Miley even learned classical piano. Although I was at times a bit dubious as to whether it was her hands that were actually playing the notes, if it was her, then she gets my praise.
Initially, there's not much to like about her character Ronnie. She traipses into the island town of Tybee, Savannah, where she has been condemned to live with her father for the summer, wearing some ridiculous semi-emo gittup and giant black boots on a beach full of beautiful blondes and ripped hunks. From the moment Miley steps on the screen, it's as if we're being told THIS IS NOT HANNAH MONTANA. She's edgy now, don'tcha know.
After a predictable run-in with her love-to-be, Will, played by her real life boyfriend Liam Hemsworth, the two fall in love, bonding over…turtle eggs. What could have been a ridiculous plot device (and it is, as Nicholas Sparks unashamedly admits, a plot device) actually becomes something semi-believable and will leave a few tears in the eyes of many.
As the two fall in love, it becomes clear that all is not well with Ronnie's father, played by the amiable and funny Greg Kinnear, and things start to get complicated. Unlike the other big Sparks adaptation of the year, Dear John, things actually build to a nice conclusion that packs an emotional, if somewhat predictable punch.
Any guy who is dragged along with a girlfriend to see this is not going to have many positive things to say about it, but it's undeniably an agreeable film. You'll smile when the sea turtle eggs hatch, you'll laugh at the antics of Ronnie's father and brother, and you may even shed a tear towards the end.
If you hate yourself for it, that's your problem, not Miley's.
Sue Sylvester, We Love You April 14, 2010Posted by Patrick in Muzak, Televisual.
Tags: Glee, jane lynch, madonna, sue sylvester, Vogue
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If you do one thing today, make sure it's watching the hilarious Jane Lynch as Glee's Sue Sylvester doing her best Madonna impression (above) in her shot-for-shot remake of Madonna's Vogue, which aired last night in the US. Next week's Madonna-themed episode of Glee airs here next Wednesday on TV3 at 8pm, and will likely include a hefty chunk of this music video. Also featured are Amber Riley and Chris Colfer, Glee's Mercedes and Kurt, playing the role of Sue's backing singers.
My personal highlight has to be Sue's take on Madonna's 'rap' near the end of the song, inserting her own name and a jibe at her nemesis from the show, Mr. Schuester.
What mood is my stereo in today? April 10, 2010Posted by Paula in Muzak, Webshite.
Tags: Sade, Stereomood, The Hype Machine
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Every time I've used the Shuffle setting on my iPod lately, every third song has either been a) awful or b) a track from the Leaving Cert French Oral CD that I stupidly added to my iTunes in sixth year. An iTunes library spring clean will commence shortly but until then, I will be letting Stereomood choose my songs for me.
Stereomood is a free online radio site with hundreds of playlists, categorised by emotions and activities. The playlist titles range from broad categories like 'Optimistic', 'Sexy' and 'Melancholy', to more specific ones like 'Traffic Jam', 'Dinner With Friends', 'Driving Route 66', 'Foreplay', and even 'Feel Like Crying'. Hopefully you won't be needing those last two playlists in quick succession, but you never know.
The playlists are regularly updated (the songs are taken from a large list of music blogs and tagged by mood), so that today's 'It's Raining' songs won't be the same as tomorrow's. The list of blogs checked is much smaller than on Hype Machine or similar, meaning some songs do crop up on more than one playlist (Sade seems to feature a bit more than is normal), but it's still a great way of finding something new to listen to.
REVIEW: Remember Me March 31, 2010Posted by Patrick in Cinematics.
Tags: Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Robert Pattinson, ruby jerins, Twilight
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If there's one thing that put me off Remember Me initially, it was that it starred Robert Pattinson in what seemed to be a run of the mill romantic drama – not exactly a million miles away from Twilight. But thanks to a multi-layered story and likeable characters, Remember Me shines as a character study that you won't soon forget.
Robert Pattinson stars (and executive produces, you'll note) as Tyler Hawkins, a 21 year old auditing classes and working in the book shop of NYU. Lost's Emilie de Ravin plays Ally Craig, a student at the same university. After Tyler is arrested by Ally's father, Tyler's roommate Aidan (Tate Ellington) encourages him to pursue Ally and dump her in revenge.
Rather predictably, the two hit it off after a series of dates. De Ravin and Pattinson are very convincing as a couple, and Pattinson seems a lot more comfortable here than when he plays his vampire alter-ego Edward Cullen. If you doubted his acting ability post-Twilight, his turn as chain-smoking, troubled Tyler should prove you wrong.
It's nice, too, to see Emilie de Ravin in a role where she isn't constantly screaming about her "baaaybee" or "Chaaahlie". Her character's quirks, like eating dessert before her main course or stopping herself in a 'water fight' scene from letting the whole thing become a cliché are likeable rather than irritating.
From the harrowing opening scene, it becomes clear that the film's focus is not just on the couple's relationship, but why they are the way they are. They both have daddy issues, Ally living with her overprotective, alcoholic single father (played by Chris Cooper), and Tyler with his father, a divorced distant and uncaring businessman (played by Pierce Brosnan). They've both also suffered major losses in their life, with Ally losing her mother as a child and Tyler's brother having committed suicide years earlier.
Pierce Brosnan is a revelation here, with a Manhattan accent and doing everything in his power to make the audience hate him. At the same time, however, he lets us see some vulnerability in the character, and by the closing credits he's completely three-dimensional. The showdown between Brosnan and Pattinson in a crowded boardroom is a particularly well-acted, memorable and extremely excruciating scene.
The rest of the cast are all more than capable in their roles, with Lena Olin as the Hawkins family matriarch, and Ruby Jerins, an Abigail-Breslin-in-the-making as Tyler's younger sister Caroline. Tate Ellington perhaps is the one weak link, playing an annoying character with an extremely grating voice. The subplots of the Hawkins family dealing with the death of their oldest child six years earlier and Caroline's exclusion from her peers at school get ample screen time and are extrmely compelling in themselves.
The final twist of the story will be seen by many as offensive and unnecessary, and on paper it definitely sounds like it. But in the context of the rest of the film, where characters deal with tragedy after tragedy, the ending underscores the theme of grief quite plainly and undeniably – memorably.
Remember Me hits cinemas this Friday
REVIEW: Dear John March 30, 2010Posted by Patrick in Cinematics.
Tags: amanda seyfried, Channing Tatum, Dear John, Nicholas Sparks, Richard Jenkins
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There's a metaphor that runs through Dear John about how soldiers in the US military are like coins. (Bear with me) They are churned out every day, and expected to be perfectly minted. The ones with imperfections are thrown away, but some, known as 'mules', get through and are circulated. While there's lots to like about Dear John, you can't help but feel that if The Notebook is a shiny penny, Dear John is a bit of a mule.
Tragic Nicholas Sparks love stories are ten-a-penny these days, so if you're not a hopelessly romantic teenage girl who loved The Notebook, you can forgive yourself for not wetting yourself with excitement about the author's latest adaptation, Dear John.
Of course, Dear John tells the story of two star-cross'd lovers, this time two teenagers who meet by the beach and, in the course of two weeks, fall in love. But, he's only on leave from the military for those two weeks, so there's tearful goodbyes and the end of their fortnight together. That's all fine, as he's only going for a year and they plan to write letters to each other the whole time. Unsurprisingly, this doesn't all go to plan, and after 9/11, the couple face a much longer separation.
The two leads, the always-charming Amanda Seyfried as Savannah Curtis and Channing Tatum as the eponymous John Tyree, have good chemistry and a believable connection in the film. Seyfried even picks up a guitar and sings at one point, recalling her turn in musical Mamma Mia! Tatum on the other hand, is someone I've always thought had quite a limited range, and playing the military guy doesn't seem like much of a stretch for him. His scenes with his father, played by Richard Jenkins, however show that he can handle heavier material at a push.
There's a few heavy-handed subplots going on through the film, such as Savannah's interest in helping those with Autism, which results in a scene early on where Savannah suggests that John's dad is suffering from Asperger's Syndrome. Despite this cringe-inducing scene, there are some heartbreaking moments in the film relating to John's dad's Asperger's, and the backstory of how he and his father grew apart is well-played by Tatum and Richard Jenkins, who plays Mr. Tyree.
There are some typically sappy moments, like when John tells Savannah the moon is never bigger than her thumb no matter where she is, and where Savannah shows John a house she's building for a family whose house got destroyed. Of course, the next day they're working together on the site. Awww.
Ultimately, the film loses steam in the third act and things get a bit messy as unexpected relationships develop and everything gets a bit depressing. There's a few war scenes thrown in that may keep any guys who are being dragged along by their girlfriends happy, but in the end, you won't love this one unless you're a die-hard Notebook fan.
Dear John hits cinemas on 16th April
iDreamed a Dream March 4, 2010Posted by Patrick in Televisual, Webshite.
Tags: if i can dream, justin gaston, miley cyrus
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For anyone not content with watching television on television, Hulu have launched their first exclusively-online series. The series, If I Can Dream, follows 5 people trying to break into the entertainment industry, and basically we get to watch them do it.
From this description, the series doesn't sound too ground-breaking or even majorly interesting. The first episode of series introduces us to the five wannabes – Kara, Justin, Ben, Amanda and Giglianne. Kara, Ben and Amanda are aspiring actors, while Justin aims to be a musician and Giglianne a model. They're all going to live together in a house in the Hollywood Hills in the hope of achieving some form of success.
As well as a weekly 25 minute programme broadcast exclusively on Hulu (notably it's the first thing I've ever been able to watch on Hulu, with the rest of its content blocked for viewing in Ireland), you can watch the contestants live on IfICanDream.com. Predictably, this isn't actually very interesting, like Big Brother Live only with even less engaging people involved. On the plus side, the production values are well up to broadcast television standard, and some form of television broadcast is expected at a future date.
The Justin of the show is none other than Miley Cyrus's ex-boyfriend, a fact which is largely ignored bar one brief "I want to be known for my music and not because of Miley".
Former Pop Idol judge Nicki Chapman even pops up for a bit, coordinating the contestants' publicity trip around the world.
The first episode is only semi-interesting, with contestants that have less personality than you could possibly fathom. They're all way too friendly to each other in the beginning, so hopefully things will heat up a bit in future instalments. Even worse, we can't vote out the ones we hate. The producers claim, however, that if a contestant achieves significant success, they may leave the show and be replaced.
Watch the full first episode below, if only to see what web TV is really like.
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King of Minimalism March 2, 2010Posted by Patrick in Cinematics.
Tags: Carrie, Misery, Nick Tassone, Stand by Me, Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption
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There seems to have been thousands of these popping up lately, but that doesn't make them any less impressive. The latest batch of film posters to get a nifty minimalist artsy makeover is ten from Stephen King's back catalogue of adaptations.
My favourite has to be the Carrie poster, featuring only the famous bucket, fresh after tipping a load of pig's blood on the protagonist. For a minute I thought that the Shawshank Redemption poster had some sort of PC desktop icon on it, until I realised that it was actually the Rita Hayworth poster from the film with a hole behind it. A poster on a poster. How clever.
Click below to see some of the posters, created by Nick Tassone.
Through the Looking Glass March 2, 2010Posted by Paula in Cinematics, Lit.
Tags: Alice in Wonderland review, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Lewis Carroll, Mia Wasikowska
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Make and Deux were lucky enough to get preview tickets to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in 3D last week. Sadly, Patrick arrived too late to actually attend the screening, and was left stranded and extremely hungover on O'Connell St. But that is another story. I was there and lived to tell the tale. And what a tale it is.
Even before we reach Wonderland (or Underland, which we learn is the correct name for the land that lies down the rabbit hole), Burton indulges his delight in all things skewed and technicolor, and creates a whole host of mad and maddening friends, neighbours and relations. Alice (Mia Wasikowska) has aged 13 years since her first trip to Wonderland, and is now in danger of being married off to a snooty Lord of the Manor with a "delicate digestive system". That is, of course, before she starts to chase after a certain white rabbit at her own engagement party.
The completely satirical version of a stiff-upper-lip English society in which Alice lives probably the closest Burton gets to staying faithful to Lewis Carroll's original book and the inspriration behind it. The entire Wonderland story has been completely revamped, Burton-ised and loaded with CGI.
Will Sparks Fly? February 23, 2010Posted by Patrick in Cinematics, Lit.
Tags: amanda seyfried, Channing Tatum, Dear John, Liam Hemsworth, miley cyrus, Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
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Curiously, in the next few months there are not one but two Nicholas Sparks book adaptations on the way and inevitably, everyone's going to be debating which was better.
The first, Dear John, stars Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum as a war-torn couple, separated by his decision to go fight for his country. Throughout his time abroad as a soldier, they exchange letters, which keep him going through his "increasingly dangerous missions" and blah blah blah while she sits at home and waits for him to return.
The other film is Sparks' Miley Cyrus vehicle The Last Song. This film has a more chequered past, originally scheduled for release in January, but subsequently postponed until March 31st (at least in the US). The storyline even seems a bit less stimulating – Cyrus plays a mopey teen who goes to live with her dad for the summer, and falls in love with a guy on the beach.
Although Miley's name attached to anything would normally seem like a safe bet, the film seems a to be skewing a little older than her usual demographic. The problem is, however, the type of people who loved The Notebook are likely to be put off by the presence of Miley Cyrus in the film. It doesn't help either that Liam Hemsworth is a complete unknown, famous only for his real life attachment to the Hannah Montana star.
Although I'm never one to completely write Miley off, I'm going to wager that Dear John will fare much better at the box office (judging by its ticket sales to date, The Last Song has a lot to live up to), given that it panders almost shamelessly to The Notebook fans.
And if they had come out the same weekend, Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum of course would have had some sort of sabotage mission planned.
"If The Last Song was coming out the same weekend as Dear John, we'd have to collaborate on some sort of sabotage mission," Seyfried told MTV.
"I'd burn it," Tatum added. "I'd sabotage it somehow."
Once they're better than the god-awful Nights in Rodanthe, I'll be happy.
Check out the trailers below and let the battle commence.
Dear John (out 16th April in Ireland)
The Last Song (out 30th April in Ireland)
Fairtrade Freebies February 23, 2010Posted by Paula in Muzak.
Tags: Big Swap Songs, Cadbury's, Fairtrade, Paolo Nutini, Pencil Full of Lead, The Big Ghana Band
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An old manager of mine, in one of the many part-time jobs I've had in this lifetime, claimed that reggae music increased customers' desire to purchase. She piped it out constantly over the shop's speakers. Since then, I've had an aversion to any kind of…shall we say…afro-beats.
Cadbury's Big Swap Songs album, released as part of their 2010 Fairtrade campaign, is a collection of covers by Ghanian group The Big Ghana Band. And it's definitely grown on me.
Paolo Nutini collaborated with The Big Ghana Band for the album's opening song, a reggae'd up version of his new single, A Pencil Full of Lead. I think I like it better than the original. The album also features covers (some dodgy, but most quite good) of Girls Aloud, Goldfrapp and Elbow to name but a few. Big Swap Songs is available for download on the Cadbury's site. It's free (and legal…), so why wouldn't you?


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Goucher College has a long, rich civic history, and has been dedicated to engaging in thoughtful curricular and co-curricular community-based work for many years, including social justice and activism on local, national, and international issues. This has particularly been true for students of color, as the national conversation around racism and its structural role in higher education has become an important exchange for all college campuses. Student activism has pushed institutions to be more reflective on their structures, and to increase the commitment to social justice and equity. Yet, students of color continue to experience greater emotional and psychological turmoil than their majority group counterparts. How do we help students develop a more nuanced understanding of themselves, especially in terms of their psycho-social well-being, during these times of great emotional stress? How do we help students achieve the right balance between their academic work and their rich co-curricular life, particularly as student activists?
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The Longhorn Center for Community Engagement (LCCE) in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) is planning an April seminar to showcase the community collaborations of students, faculty, community partners, and city staff in a single neighborhood, Rundberg, of Austin, a city that is experiencing simultaneous rapid growth and gentrification. We seek funding to provide space and time for stakeholders of community engagement projects in Rundberg to dialogue among themselves and with other instructors, students, partners, and city officials about best practices for building mutually beneficial partnerships and to discuss possible further community collaborations in Austin that promote the well-being of students and of community. The tentative title for this seminar is Collaborating for Well-Being: Successes in Rundberg and Beyond.
The purpose of this seminar is to create a Community of Inclusive Excellence Instruction that is focused on practicing inclusive excellence in the classroom. It brings together instructors from our three teaching groups on campus – faculty instructors, graduate student lecturers, and undergraduate teaching assistants – to learn from each other's institutional experience of excellence; to develop each other's professional practice on how to make excellence inclusive; and to rededicate themselves as practitioners of inclusivity on a predominantly white and affluent campus. By connecting them to each other and to campus resources, the seminar will prepare our instructors to model inclusive excellence as the people who practice it for personal well-being; to evidence inclusive excellence in the courses that implement it as a strategy of student success; and to prioritize inclusive excellence in the institution that acknowledges it as the foundation of its mission.
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Down n Dirty Tribe – Inna Cipher
October 14, 2011
There isn't much info to be to found on New Jersey's Down n Dirty Tribe except they put out this and another 12″ in the mid 90's. I am generally not a big collector of this 90's indie Hip Hop as its generally extremely expensive, though this one takes me we back to the hazey days when I feel in love with the music. The local Hip Hop radio show used to spin this one and until recently the hook came back into my head (I never knew the track or group name) . The joys of the internet made it relatively easy to track down and a friendly seller down in Vienna hooked me up with a NM copy. Inna Cipher is the joint…..


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Michael Doane is the founder of Solstice House Media. He has worked with software startups, growing businesses, fiction and non-fiction authors, associations and non-profits to bring their products to market and ideas to life.
Michael began his career as a web developer, copywriter, and blogger in the events industry. He has had the unique opportunity to develop marketing strategies from the ground up for growing software startups, businesses & brands, fiction & non-fiction authors, and major trade associations.


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Last February, I had the honor of speaking at the NAPFA Advanced Planners conference, sitting on a panel about developing career tracks for employees of financial planning firms. During the question and answer portion that followed, one practice owner asked me about employees themselves showing leadership, seemingly inferring that their responsibilities in the matter were intentionally being left out. The question went something like this; "During your discussion, you never once mentioned the responsibility young planners have in leading their own careers and paving those paths within the firms that employ them."
This is not the first time I have been asked this question. In the past year, I've received heaps of e-mails from next-generation employees looking for advice and wanting to hear about the skills needed to be a "leader" of career track implementation for the firms that employed them. In fact, many of these entry-level planners have contacted me expressing excitement about being asked by their boss to lead in the creation of these paths and seeking direction on how best to go about doing it.
Initially, this seemed like a great idea–next-generation planners being charged with creating career paths, not only for themselves but for other employees in the firm. Inclusion by their bosses in this vital process means progress, right? After all, young planners have been "complaining" about their lack of meaningful opportunities and career advancement for years. So why not let them do something about it? From an owner's perspective, this could be a great way to open the door for talented, business-minded, young professionals and allow them to showcase their management skills.
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. I have counseled numerous owners who have been down this road, and studied the results in other firms as well. Responding to requests for career track development, owners inadvertently believe the best way to grow their firms and provide employees with upward career mobility is to delegate the creative responsibility to those who requested the tracks in the first place. Unfortunately, more often than not they ended up with business structures they didn't like and never wanted in the first place–unhealthy firm cultures, staffing issues (turnover, morale, productivity, motivational), and extremely disappointed employees who often left the company as a result.
The sad truth is that the owners and the employees both wanted the same thing–long-term viable success for themselves and the firm. Owners wanted to grow their firms and provide growth opportunities to their next-generation employees. Their employees were thrilled about having been given these management duties and more control over the future of their careers.
So where did these well-intentioned plans go wrong? The root of the problem emerged at the point of delegation. These young planners are well trained in the technical aspects of financial planning. However, they do not yet possess a fully developed palette of managerial skills. These skills need to be nurtured through mentoring and training provided by the firm, in addition to self-motivated learning by the young planners from their own experiences. Asking young planners to develop career tracks without these honed management skills is like requiring a student to take the final exam on the first day of class. They are being unintentionally set up for failure, no matter how much effort they exert. As a result, the business suffers the same fate.
I've determined that many business owners have struggled with the meaning of leadership. Even the word seems subjective, and in fact that's is as it should be. It's your business. You're the leader, creating the company that you ultimately envision, and your employees are, by nature of the relationship, followers of your lead.
Leadership's Building Blocks
So when deciding to implement a career track or to improve the one you have, it's your job to ultimately determine what that path is and then find the time and the courage to lead your employees down it. You'll benefit from following the three building blocks of leadership as you design and deliver a successful career track in your firm.
1. Know your destination. Much of what you read about the process of leadership would tell you that the first step is "integrity." As it applies to building a career track in your firm, it really means "honesty," i.e., to yourself. Leadership must always be secured in a foundation of mutual trust, openness, sound decision-making, and credibility. Before you can lead a group of people down a path, you need to know what path you are taking in your business. Do you want to grow this company? Why? Either you know that you want to grow your firm and you need a career track, or your employees are asking for it. Before you make any promises about developing one, you need to first tell your employees your business strategy. To do that, you need to know yourself.
2. Ask for advice from your employees. I have yet to meet a financial planner who wasn't relationship oriented. For the most part, planners care about the welfare of people, including employees. Before you sit down to design a career track for your firm, ask your employees to put together a list of items that they feel are important to them in the process. Remember, they're not creating the track for themselves, but are simply expressing to you what they think should be included in it. I find this step the hardest for planners to complete. Many owners think that asking for their employees' advice means admitting that they "don't know." In fact, it does just the opposite. Understanding the expectations of your employees is the first step in managing those expectations. Good leadership includes admitting that you don't know all the answers.
3. Focus on results. The common misconception in this industry about career tracks is that you can design and implement one with ease. Successful career tracks are hard to develop, which is probably why the industry as a whole hasn't done so and one of the reasons why employees can become disillusioned when asked to create one. What's effective today may not be effective five years from now, due to changes in the career landscape or growth and change in your firm. However, rarely does the reason why you are implementing a career track change. Career tracks should be viewed as working documents that create a basis for growth and progress over time in your firm. It's your job to design something today, but don't get caught up in it being perfect right away. It will change as you, your employees, and your company evolve over time. As the leader of your company, the first step is communicating the result you want to achieve and letting your employees know that you are both committed to and capable of taking them along with you on that path.
Expecting young planners to take sole responsibility for creating career tracks at this point in their development may create excitement now, but undoubtedly "lead" to disappointment in the future. Employee-created career tracks are simply short-term Band-Aids for a serious issue that needs a long-term solution. The role of the young planner in this process is to provide meaningful input within the context of the entire business, while developing and understanding the skills needed to be a successful manager and leader in the future. How you proceed will give insight about where the firm is going and make them powerful allies on helping you get there.
Angela Herbers is a virtual business manager and consultant for independent financial planning firms. She can be reached at [email protected].


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This past week, the world got the heavy news that Chester Bennington died. Most of the millennial generation has related to at least one Linkin Park song, even if it was just the collab with Jay-Z. It was almost like the shot heard around the world. Celebrities and common folk around the world felt the world lose this soul. It got my heart starting to think about what leads someone to make the choice to end it. It's a hard topic for me to talk about because I have struggled with suicidal thoughts since I was a young child. But I think it needs to be talked about. Mental illness is a silent killer, like Carbon Monoxide. It kills you before you realize what is actually poisoning you.
Last year for World Suicide prevention week, I was journaling about why I kept living, even when I felt I couldn't possibly go on. I ended up writing about all of the reasons I wanted to leave, but still decided somehow to talk myself out of it. I needed something to hear my pain. I needed to stop ignoring the parts of my story that I hide. Mental illness and past abuse shapes a human. Both things are taboo to talk about. But why? Why should people have to struggle silently because it makes others uncomfortable? The abuse was not any form of comfortable but society still shames people who speak up after being abused. Having a chemical imbalance or different personalities (most likely from your brain coping with abuse) isn't comfortable. But society still makes people feel like they can't reach out. I say that to say this: The jokes about Chester Bennington are not funny. They are heartless, thoughtless, and the exact reason what happened to Chester is happening at an alarming rate.
I'm not going to come at you with stats because, honestly, my heart is broken. Chester was abused as a kid. He struggled with addiction. He was lost. It breaks my heart because I wish there was someone speaking life into his broken places. Abuse and addiction is something that my family carries on their crests. They only know that. It has shaped generations. How many others of you are in that boat? Are you so numb that you wish to erase yourself completely? What gets you there? I know what got me there. For years I kept those skeletons a secret. I pushed them down and "kept going". Eventually they pile up and weigh you down. Nobody spoke life into my dead places until my teenage years, and at that point I was convinced God loved every single human that ever lived, except Marissa Kay Hall-Burkhart.
Can I speak life into you? Can I tell you how LOVELY you are? Can I tell you that the world NEEDS you? Can I tell you that you are LOVED? Because you are LOVELY, the world NEEDS you, every part of you, and most importantly you are LOVED. Dearly loved by so many. Including God.
I believe that the bible is the living word, I believe I find my worth and identity in a beautiful God. When I found Him, I slowly started understanding that my story meant something. I started learning that it didn't matter what anyone else said, I had worth. No words spoke over me had power. No matter how many times I got ignored, what happened to me still happened. And even though it happened, I was still going to be okay. There is still good all around me.
Suicide may seem like a good idea. Trust me, I know. But it isn't. You can over come what has happened to you. You can change the course. It's okay to work to get to better.
So if you need therapy, schedule that session. If you need medicine, fill that bottle. If you need prayer, reach out. Take care of yourself. Your heart, your mind, your body, your spirit, your soul. Overcome this. You are never alone in your struggles.
You are so loved and so needed. Please stay.


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One of the greatest college traditions in America, the UCLA Undie Run takes place in the middle of the school's quarterly finals. Thousands of Bruins bare (almost) all and run through campus in a moment of organized rebellion. The event, which was held Wednesday night, is intended to alleviate the pressure that comes with big exams.
Student bodies want to look their best, so underwear sales in Westwood Village spike in the run-up. American Apparel is a popular pick, but it is not the blue-and-gold standard. Victoria's Secret doubles its business on the big day, and it has better sales figures than on Black Friday (or "Pink Friday," as they like to call it).
This year, the UCLA Undie Run underwent some changes as administrators tried to make the route safer for students and library windows (which have been broken in the past). By diverting participants to the intramural field instead of climbing toward Powell Library, there was considerable less panty-ing uphill.
An estimated 1,000 people ran this week, slightly less than previous runs. It was a chilly night, after all. As the crowd dispersed, UCLA Dean of Students Robert Naples indicated that things appeared to have gone smoothly.


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Document: Army Preparing To Use Lethal Force Against "Unarmed Civilians" During "Full Scale Riots" In U.S.
" A document released by the U.S. Army details preparations for "full scale riots" within the United States during which troops may be forced to engage in a "lethal response" to deal with unruly crowds of demonstrators.
The appearance of the document amidst growing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, with the National Guard now being called in to deal with the disorder, is an ominous coincidence.
The 132-page document, titled U.S. Army Techniques Publication 3-39.33: Civil Disturbances (PDF), was written in April 2014 and recently obtained by Public Intelligence.
The document makes it clear that the techniques detailed therein are to be applied both outside and inside the "continental United States (CONUS)" in the event of "unruly and violent crowds" where it is "necessary to quell riots and restore public order."
The training manual outlines scenarios under which, "Civil unrest may range from simple, nonviolent protests that address specific issues, to events that turn into full-scale riots."
The most shocking aspect of the document is the fact that it describes the deployment of a "lethal response" directed against "unarmed civilians," including "sniper response" and "small arms direct fire."
Under the heading "sniper response," the document states, "Ensure that target leaders or troublemakers are targeted," in addition to a passage which states, "Exploit the psychological effect of an attack." "
This is exactly why the Founder's feared the creation of a standing army . Download and save the entire PDF document here …
" Whenever people…entrust the defense of their country to a regular, standing army, composed of mercenaries, the power of that country will remain under the direction of the most wealthy citizens…" – "A Framer" in the independent gazetteer, 1791″


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Is your pet healthy? Take part in our survey
A new report by the Pet Food Manufacturers Association has revealed that 51% of dogs, 44% of cats and 29% of small mammals are overweight or obese.
In response, today we're launching a survey in partnership with Burgess Pet Care, to find out how often pets are weighed, where they are weighed and how frequently pets are fed.
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Ant.home – the modular open DC nanogrid
The Ant.nanogrid integrates any low-power DC device, be it solar panels, batteries or appliances like LED lights, smartphones, laptops up to small refridgerators or water pumps. All of these devices can be plugged into the nanogrid using the Ant.socket as a gateway, which consists basically of an digitally controlled DC/DC-converter with certain control features to stabilize the nanogrid. The nanogrid established through the interconnection of these sockets can be modularly upgraded whenever the user needs to, for example by adding more PV panels to power more appliances.
The target audience for this are on the one hand makers who are keen to experiement with solar energy and build their own solar-powered home nanogrid, for whom the Ant.socket becomes something of "the Arduino for nanogrids".
On the other hand, the target audience is based in developing economies, where the Ant.socket enables local initiatives to offer modularly growing solar-home-systems where upgrades are over-the-counter-affordable for the user with the energy demand usually growing over time.
A simple, open, integrative platform for modern energy access
- Create your first Ant.home network with the starter kit
- Expand your network with any type of solar panel or battery
- Plug in all your existing DC appliances from any supplier
If you want to have a look at the actual hardware design, check out our Gitlab repository.


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You need a permit to build a private swimming pool anywhere in Tennessee. Plus, towns and cities may have their own rules about zoning, barriers, gates and alarms. Get to know Tennessee laws for private swimming pools before work starts on your pool, but make sure you're familiar with any local pool laws for your town or city, as well.
What Is a Private Swimming Pool?
According to Tennessee law, a residential swimming pool is any structure intended for swimming, recreational bathing or wading that contains water over 24 inches deep, including in-ground, above-ground and on-ground pools.
Read More: Codes & Regulations for Swimming Pools
Swimming Pool Permits
A building permit is required to build a private swimming pool containing water over 24 inches deep. Permits can be obtained from the local building inspector upon production of a site plan describing the proposed construction work and electrical and septic requirements of the pool, and showing that the pool will be located entirely on the owner's property. A permit fee is required and varies by location.
Swimming Pool Zoning
Information about the location of septic tanks must be included in the permit application. Rules can vary by location. For example, in Rutherford County, there must be at least a 25-foot setback between an in-ground pool and a septic tank. An in-ground pool must be built at least 5 feet from the edge of the owner's property line. For above-ground pools, the applicant must create a 10-foot setback from all septic tanks. However, above-ground pools do not have to be set back from the edge of the property line.
Swimming Pool Barriers
Every residential swimming pool in Tennessee is subject to the BOCA Pool Barrier Code and must have a barrier – a fence or wall – around it to prevent drownings and injuries. The top of the barrier must be at least 48 inches above the finished ground level on the side of the barrier that faces away from the swimming pool. Maximum vertical clearance between finished ground level and the barrier must be 2 inches, measured on the side of the barrier that faces away from the swimming pool. The barrier must not have any footholds or handholds that a child could use to climb over it. Some cities, like Mt. Juliet, provide detailed rules for swimming pool barriers.
Swimming Pool Gates
In Tennessee, barriers around private swimming pools must have access gates at least 48 inches tall and equipped with locking devices. Pedestrian access gates must be self-closing, have a self-latching device at least 54 inches above the ground and open outwards from the pool. Gates other than pedestrian access gates must have a self-latching device at least 54 inches above the ground. Any drive-through gates must be secured with padlocks.
Swimming Pool Alarms
All private swimming pools built in Tennessee on or after January 1, 2011 are required to have an alarm. This applies to any residential swimming pool containing water that is more than 36 inches deep, including in-ground pools, above-ground pools and non-portable spas and hot tubs. The alarm must be fixed to the pool and be able to detect when an object or person heavier than 15 pounds enters the water, and the alarm sound must be 50 decibels or stronger so that it can be heard from inside a home.


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Lahore (Staff Report): Most beloved attraction of Lahore Zoo female elephant named 'Suzi' died today (Saturday) due to illness, zoo administeration reported.
According to Zoo authorities, Suzi was around 35 years old, and reached to her natural life span limit, however, she was suffering from legs pain since three days.
Several years ago after realising that she could not support the weight on her back therefore the zoo administration had discontinued rides on the elephant.
The female elephant 'Suzi' was brought to Lahore Zoo in late 80's, she was the most attractive feature at the zoo and would captivate visitors, especially children, for hours.


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The Albertus Magnus softball team lost by international tiebreaker rules in the eighth inning by a score of 4-3 to Mt. St. Vincent on Tuesday afternoon in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The score of the ballgame after seven complete innings was 3-3 before international tiebreaker rules put a runner on second base to begin the extra frame. Mt. St. Vincent was able to capitalize on the extra runner and took the 4-3 victory.
In the contest, Melissa Manning (Milford, Conn.) recorded a double, her first of the season, while both Rebecca Slivinsky (Plainville, Conn.) and Brittney Urciuoli (Newington, Conn.) added base hits for the Falcons.
Danielle Thuerling (Wallingford, Conn.) made her first collegiate start for the Falcons but took the loss as Albertus evens its record to 1-1 on the year.
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The very best 10 Disney Princesses
Over the years Disney has created plenty of princesses, although not all of the princesses are what you should consider popular. Something you will notice in exploring the top Disney princesses that were created in the past is the fact that Disney could be the oldest princesses continue to be some of the most popular princesses, despite the improvements that Disney is making to each and every new princess which they create.
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1. Bright white could be the oldest in the Disney princesses, but she actually is still probably the most favorite princesses around. A Disney Snow White Dress is a very popular item inside Disneyland, but you also can find a Disney Snow White Dress inside all kinds of other shops. Girls love the Disney Bright white Dress given it lets them transform in to the princess who despite being cursed by an evil stepmother ends up having her dreams come true.
2. Cinderella is another one of the classic Disney princesses, just one who remains well liked today. Inside Disneyland, you will observe quite a few little girls put on a Disney Cinderella dress as a consequence of just how much she actually is adored. A Disney Cinderella dress inside the park will likely be pricey with how popular it really is, so you be more effective off buying a Disney Cinderella dress from an outside retailer.
3. Sleeping Beauty is the one other classic princess who may never have faded in popularity, although she isn't as fashionable as Cinderella and White many ladies love dressing up in a Disney Sleeping Beauty Dress. However, the Disney Sleeping Beauty Dress is one of the hardest dresses to discover, especially at retail stores. Your better chance of finding a Disney Sleeping Beauty dress would be to go online or get one inside park.
4. Ariel in the little Mermaid is another popular Disney princess, while she is not a classic princess she isn't one of the newest ones either. Ariel is different from other Disney princesses because she's a mermaid throughout almost all of the movie, but she also has more character to her as opposed to classic princesses do.
5. Bell from Beauty along with the Beast is another princess just like Ariel. She is not a vintage princess, but she gets existed for a long time. One of the better reasons for Belle is that she isn't just another style; she also enjoys reading, and then she is pictured at the start in the movie as being a rather plain girl, although still very pretty.
6. Jasmine is the first Disney princess to feature inside a story that did not feature the princess because main character. Another unique benefit with Jasmine is she was the very first Disney princess that wasn't Caucasian, which helps her jump out in addition to her beauty.
7. Pocahontas is among the most favored Disney princesses because she is with different real person. Something different that makes Pocahontas stay ahead of another princesses is the fact that she doesn't wind up living happily ever after along with her prince.
8. Princess Giselle from the Disney film Enchanted is another popular princess in the making. The best part concerning this princess is she finds true love in both of her worlds, and somehow manages to make everything come out right in order that everybody gets their happily ever after.
9. Tiana may be the newest from the Disney princesses and he or she could be the first Dark-colored princess to get featured within a Disney movie. Tiana is among the greatest Disney princesses as a consequence of her love and compassion persons, which is shown through her willingness to help the frog in the beginning of the movie.
10. Mulan must function as the last princess included for this list, despite the fact that she isn't a genuine princess. However, inside the story of Mulan she does arrive at live her happily ever after despite the fact that she does fight inside a war. Jane is also a great heroine to find information on to as a result of how brave and loyal jane is.