Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Pyramid Poems By Josh B

Monsters
Big, Scary
Eatting,Sneaking, Growling
I Get Very Scared At Night


Darkness
Scary, Wicked
Cloaking, Dominating, Worrying
It Is As Black As Midnight


Universe
Infinite, Dark
Expanding, Accelerating, Floating
It Moves Faster Than The Speed Of Light


Magic
Mysterious, Special
Casting, Purifying, Assisting
I Wish I Could A Wizard


Light
Pure, White
Glimmering, Refreshing, Restoring
It Shines As Bright As The Sun


Ruins
Historic, Mystical
Mystifying, Wondering, Searching
I Look For The Ancient Relics


Future
Unknown, Strange
Worrying, Reassuring, Hoping
What Is Going To Happen Tomarrow?


Guardians
Defensive, Evasive
Protcting, Guarding, Defending
I Shall Attack The Enemy With My Power

Pyramid Poems Written By Josh B

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I am Ray

I am fun and pleasant

I wonder why the sky is blue

I hear a train horn

I see pretty clouds in the sky

I want a nice girl friend

I am a father and grandfather and love it

I feel sad when I see someone crying

I touch other peoples hearts

I worry about my daughter

I cry when I think about when my mom died

I am fun and pleasant

I understand that I have memory problems

I say people should treat each other the way they like to be treated

I dream wonderful dreams that I don't want them to end

I try to be nice to other people

I hope that I meet a nice lady and always treat her great

I am fun and pleasant


-Ray

I am

I am kind and creative
I wonder if I am imaginative
I hear the sound of the wind
I see the gusts of the winds
I want to be the best I can be
I am kind and creative

I pretend to battle dark beings
I feel the presence of evil beings
I touch the aura of living things
I worry I will lose it all
I cry because I think I will fall
I am kind and creative

I understand the Universe is ever-expanding
I say "Let's go on forever"
I dream about my own future
I try to do my best
I hope I can do my best
I am kind and creative

-Josh

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Summer Movies 2012 Pre-view


I'm honestly stumped for topics to write about this week because I don't want to write another sports article and I haven't seen any new movies. Still, I like the idea of looking ahead to some upcoming movies as I'm watching the baseball season unfold. Therefore, I'm going to use this space to preview summer movie season 2012. These are some movies I plan to watch this summer, and also films I think may deserve a look from the general public:

The Avengers: Release date May 4. This will be the first Marvel film distributed by Disney (with the exception of the Spider-Man films, all the others were distributed by Fox). I personally see this as a good thing. If there's one thing Disney does best, it’s marketing and creating high expectations (hype). This movie is what 4 years and five films (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, and Captain America) have been leading up to, and you can expect Disney to build it up like no one's business. The Avengers will be the film that officially kicks off the summer season, and it will do so in grand fashion. I have hopes for this movie, especially since it's being directed by Joss Whedon (creator of nerd-friendly shows like Buffy and Firefly), but I don't know much more about it besides who the characters are. The one thing that I am sure of, with this movie, is that it's going to be big.



Brave: Release date June 22. Pixar’s Brave is another film with which I’m mainly basing my opinion on hype. I don’t know a lot about the creative team or voice actors, because none of them are Pixar regulars that I recognize, but the trailers for the film (Pixar’s first try at fantasy) look really good. I plan to see this movie. Pixar has earned my trust.

The Amazing Spider Man: Release date June 22.The second Marvel movie this summer, Amazing is a reboot of the Spider-Man films, previously directed by Sam Raimi and staring Tobey McGuire. This film will star Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and will be closer to the original comic book, in that Peter’s first love interest will be Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), instead of his eventual wife Mary Jane Watson. I will watch this film out of a sense of nerdy obligation, but I have my reservations about this executive-driven reboot. I loved Andrew Garfield in The Social Network, and I wish him and director Mark Webb the best in these films, but I’d rather keep Spider-man as far away from Sony as possible

The Dark Knight Rises: Release date: July 20. Another superhero film released this year. The Dark Knight (2008) was one of the greatest superhero movies ever made, and this film, it’s sequel, is probably the most anticipated blockbuster this summer.  This is the movie I am most looking forward to this year.

Other summer blockbusters that I will wait and see on, but may be worth checking out (if the reviews are good):

Men in Black III. Release date May 25.The first MIB movie was the perfect Will Smith action comedy - the second one, not so much. I don't particularly have high hopes for this third installment, but it certainly looks like their trying to bring some level of dignity to it with the casting (Smith and co-star Tommy Lee Jones are back, with the addition of Emma Thompson as another MIB operative).

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Release date June 8, Yet another three-quel to an unnecessary sequel to a good movie. Are you starting to sense a pattern too? If I were you, I'd save my money and watch the Penguins of Madagascar TV show instead of this cash-in.

Mirror, Mirror: Release date March 30.  This is the only movie on my “wait and see” list that I may actually check out. This is a spoof of the Snow White story, and from the ads, it looks pretty funny.  Like the other movies on my wait and see list,  I’m still going to wait for positive reviews on it before I check it out.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Final Oscar Post: Academy Commentary

After much discussion and review of this year's Oscar nominees, the Oscars are over, so I've decided to give my opinion of the 84th Academy Awards. My reaction to this year’s Oscars is very lukewarm. To be frank, I think the Academy is getting a little out of touch (warning: rant imminent.). The one decision they made this year to appeal to a wider audience was to bring back Billy Chrystal as the host, who was hilarious as usual. Other than that, the Academy still seemed to ignore the larger public.  Modern movie going demographics are all over the place in terms of age, gender, nationality and ethnicity. In contrast to that, a Los Angeles Times study found that that the Academy voters are 77% male, nearly 94% white/Caucasian, and 84% over 50 years old (\latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/academy/la-et-unmasking-oscar-academy-project-html,0,7473284.htmlstory ). This helps explain why the Academy continues to vote for movies that mostly appeal to just a small, select group of people (old-fashioned movie buffs). The age gap is what matters most to me. This year, The Artist, a silent , independent film , won 5 Oscars, including best Picture and best original score (someone please explain to me how a silent film wins for best music score) . Who saw The Artist before the Oscars? Apparently, just the critics and people who live in big cities, because before The Oscars, I hadn’t heard from anyone who’d seen it unless they specifically went to New York or Philly to see it. I’m sorry to anyone who had seen The Artist during its limited release and loved it ; but, it seems to me that the system is rigged so that limited release movies like that can be made specifically to win awards. Slumdog Millionaire did almost the exact same thing a few years ago.

          I want to be clear that I am less upset about The Artist winning than I am about what other deserving movies it beat out. Believe me, I’m sure The Artist was great (I intend to see it during its wide release), but Hugo and Moneyball were also nominated for best picture. Both were deserving movies that I already reviewed. If Hugo had won, it would have been the first 3D film to win Best Picture. If Moneyball had won, it would have been the first baseball movie to win. I bring this up because Hugo and Moneyball were accessible, enjoyable films. They were also really good and dramatic. Why didn’t they win? Were they not traditional enough? Hugo did win in several other categories,(cinematography, sound nixing, sound editing, visual effects) but Moneyball didn’t win in any. I call foul. A similar thing happened last year when the excellent but very modern The Social Network lost to the also great but more traditional film, The King’s Speech.

Again, I want to stress that I am not against good films winning awards. What bugs me is the accessibility gap. In an earlier review, I voiced concerns that The Adventures of Tintin, an excellent and accessible film, wasn't even nominated for best animated feature. While the eventual winner of the category, Rango, was pretty good film, I have my own issues with it in terms of accessibility. Personally, I found that Tintin was easier to follow, had more likable characters, and relied less on old cinema in-jokes. For proof, I point you to both films' world-wide grosses: Tintin grossed $373,567,516 and Rango grossed $244, 57,58 1(boxofficie.com).

I have other issues with the Oscars, Like Harry Potter not winning a single award, even for makeup, but this article is long enough. Thanks for reading it.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

St. Patrick's Day

                                            
    The Irish are popping in green for their holiday. There is green EVERYWHERE!! The people usually always dress in that color for work and school days also. Some times you see little leprechauns hopping around, LOOK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you won't get to scared if some foot prints are the yard, please don't call Erlick.


                                 JUST LOOK OUT FOR THE GREEN GUYS 

Post created by:  Robyn and Gary

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Summer Olympics 2012 London England

       The Summer Olympics, which is always an event which bring many tourist too the host city will be hosted by London England during the 2012 games.  This is good news for the people of London who are surviveing through one of the worst economic crashes ever.  It is estameted that the 2012 Olympic Games will bring in about 1.6 billion dollars for British busnieses which as the prime minister David Cameroon said. The games will bring investors too London if they have never been there before.  But with the outside investments the games bring several problems with it too the host city.  Owners of London's movie theater's are ecpecting the theaters to be filled tith empty seats.  Also the London form of public transportaion, the tube, which is like the subway had its contuctors therten to strike. But with the games comes the growth of the construction insustry. This will also help England's economy since the construction companies will need to buy building matterial and also hire prople to design sporting complexes, which England will be able to turn into housing complexes, because the foundation had already been layed, once the 2012 Olympic games have been cimpleted. As the former wastlands of East End have been completly remaid so that they will comply with the olympic building standards.  This formula worked in 1992 when Barcelona hosted the summer olympics and again in 2010 when Vancouver hosted the winter olympics they were forced to sell some of there assets.  But for every eucess story there is one that ends up with the opposite end result. There is an Athens story of despair, who hosted the 2004 and ended up in dept with millions of dollers still to pay of after they hosted the Olympic games. For every tale of debt and depair, there is the angle Vancouver choice to take and sell off some of its own assets to help pay for the total cost of the games.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Ncaa men's basketball champinship

         Min's basketball in the NCAA (national Collete athletic association) national championship is determined by a national tournament in which every team that qualifies is invited. Every team in the tournament is given a seed number. That number is how the experts predict that team will finish. Before the first ball is tipped every expert decides which of the four regions each team will play in. East, west, south east, and south west, the regions depend on the location of the school. There are a few ways in which a team may earn an invitation to the tournament. When a team wins their conference tournament they automatically earn a spot in the national tournament. There is also what is called an at large bid, which means if a team beats other teams that are bigger and more have a higher rank that team will also earn an a bid. The first round starts with 64 teams, but the national tournament is a win or go home tournament, so half of the teams are cut every round. The second round starts with 32 teams, then down to 16, 8, 4, finally the national championship game is played. Although the teams with a number one seed have the best chance to win but, there are some surprises every year. One of the biggest surprises of last years tournament was the small college of Vcu and Butler, Butler who played Uconn in the national title game. Vcu which made it all the way to the elite 8, before losing to 2011 champion Uconn (41-53). Although Butler made it further than anyone expected they were defeated by another power house school University of Connecticut. The fact that the small college of Butler made it to the final forces the public to wonder should more small schools be given the opportunity to show the country that they can play competitively with the powerhouse universities. Although it will not happen mostly because the major powerhouse schools bring in a larger audience to their games and also donate the more money, than a small school can.
 The final outcome of the national championship would have been different had Butler been able to shoot the basketball a little better.  But the fact is the game was taken over by the Connecticut big men, Kemba walker and Jeremy Lamb.  Butler had only one player who could score as much as the Uconn big men and that was Shelvin Mack, who led his team in points, (13) and rebounds (9).  But that is compared to Uconn's Kemba walker's (16) points and Alex Oriakhi (11) rebounds.
     Had Butler had a big man that could score and play defense they might not have needed so, much from their star Shelvin Mack who must have been extra tired having too lead Butler in Scoring and rebounding.  The fact is though that Butler did better than anyone had expected them too.  But the fans of the University of Connecticut would say the biggest story of the tournament was the fact that for the first time a school,Uconn, who did not receive an invitation too the NCAA tournament the year before, came back as an at large bid and won the entire tournament. Never before has a school been able too accomplish that goal.
    

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Quote of the Day

Jumping for joy is good exercise.  ~Author Unknown


Posted by Ben

Monday, February 20, 2012

Moneyball Review

The Oscars are this Sunday, so this will be my last review of an Oscar nominated film before the show itself. In my Hugo review, I mentioned Moneyball being one of the films competing with Hugo that I am rooting for.  Moneyball was nominated for Best Picture, Actor in a leading role, Actor in a Supporting role, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, and Adapted screenplay. I really hope Moneyball wins one of those six awards, because it’s an outstanding, worthy film, and not just for baseball fans like me.
Moneyball is an adaptation of the 2003 book which covered several subjects, most importantly the true story of Oakland Athletics General Manager and former player Billy Beane, who shook up his team and consequently the world of baseball around 2002. In The film, Beane is played by Brad Pitt, whose nomination for best actor is well deserved. Pitt steals every scene in this movie, when he’s not sharing the spotlight with fellow nominee Jonah Hill, who plays Beane’s assistant GM Peter Brand. All of their scenes together are delightfully fun to watch, even when they’re just sitting behind a computer talking strategy and statistics.
The film goes to great lengths to appeal to those in the audience who are not baseball fans. For one thing, all scenes dealing with the intricacies of how and why Billy is rebuilding the Athletics are easy to understand, and in most cases, are enjoyable to watch.        For another thing, the film is foremost a character study of Beane. According to the film, much of Beane’s motivation for rebuilding the Athletics by disregarding conventional wisdom comes from his past as a failed #1 prospect. The scenes of young Billy (Reed Thompson) choosing to sign with the Mets and subsequently  struggling on the field before finally giving up playing are powerfully dramatic and I would go so far as to call them the glue that holds the film together.
As  I said, I will be rooting for Moneyball in The Oscars, but it’s long shot since it’s competing against Hugo  in 4 categories and other Oscar favorite The Artist  in 3. Still, Moneyball is definitely worthy of it s nominations and absolutely worth watching.
By Colin V


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Romance this evening at Acadia

I think we're in love
I'm falling head over heels
With you this evening

By: Robyn and Ben

A Stray


                                   LOVE IS A LONG WALK:                            
                                                           WAS IT LONGER THEN WE THOUGHT ;
                                                                  CAN WE SIT AND TALK ;

Acadia News

Monday, February 13, 2012

Hugo Review

When I was seeing Tintin with my mom and little brother, my dad and sister went to see Hugo. While I loved Tintin, eventually I decided to see Hugo myself because of the rave reviews. To put it simply, Hugo amazed me. Apparently, it also amazed the Academy, being nominated for Best Picture, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Directing, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, and Adapted Screenplay. That makes 11 nominations, the most since Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004). What made LOTR  so special is that it swept all 11 categories, and while I’m not really rooting for Hugo to also sweep because it’s competing in some categories against films I saw and liked this year (Harry Potter, Tintin, and Moneyball), I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it does. Hugo is a nearly perfect film.  

The two things that stand out most about Hugo are the beautifully simple and captivating story and the intricate, out of sequence way in which it’s told. Throughout the film, the audience follows the tale of orphan boy Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield), who lives and works in a Paris Train Station after WWI. All he wants to do is fix an automaton, the last relic of his late father. This leads to him “fixing” much more: The life and dreams of a retired filmmaker he didn’t even know. It’s a simple and beautiful tale. What makes it unique is that all the details of the story--How Hugo became an orphan, why he lives in the station, what led him to the filmmaker—aren’t made clear until the end of the film. In two incredibly well written, well acted, and beautifully directed scenes at the end of the movie, the plot comes together and all the character’s actions begin to make sense.  Until then, we get snippets of plot, like the scenes  detailing Hugo’s back-story, and him meeting and befriending Isabelle ( Chloë Grace Moretz) , the filmmaker’ s niece , trying to uncover the mystery  of the automaton,  but we don’t know what it means yet.  By the time it all comes together at the end, everyone is smiling—the characters and the audience. Hugo deserves all 11 of its nominations, and it definitely deserves a look.

By Colin V.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Here are some Valentine quotes that I found,I thought you might like.


It is estimated that 15% of the women in the United States who receive flowers for Valentine’s day send them to themselves. There are no figures that tell how many of these women are married, single or in a relationship.

Teachers receive more valentine cards than anyone else, even children.

More than 650 million valentine cards are exchanged by children from ages 6-10 each year. Most of these cards are bought in the last 6 days leading up to Valentine’s day.
Each year the city of Verona Italy receives more than 1000 valentine’s addressed to Shakespeare’s Juliet. It really is amazing how much affection a dead fictional character can attract.

It was once believed that if a woman saw a flying robin on Valentine’s day she would end up getting married to a sailor. If a sparrow was the bird she saw she would end up marrying a man that was poor and live a happy life, if she saw a goldfinch then she was to marry a man that was a millionaire. One can only wonder who she would marry if she saw a crow.


Posted by Jackie.

Veggie Valentine

Below is aValentine's Day poem that I found and thought you might enjoy!

You may not 'Carrot' all for me,
The way I care for you,
You may 'Turnip' your nose at me,
When I plead with you.

But if your 'Heart' should 'Beet' with mine,
Forever 'Lettuce' hope,
There is no reason in the world,
 why we two 'Cantaloupe'.
AUTHOR ANONYMOUS


Poem retrieved from http://www.brownielocks.com/valentinepoems.html


Post created by Ben.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Tintin Review

It’s Oscar season. For me, that means it’s time to talk about good movies. The full list of the nominees was released Jan. 24, and because this is the sort of thing that gets me thinking and writing, my next several posts will probably be related to the Oscars. Personally, the only category that I really pay attention to besides the big 5 (best movie, director, actor, actress, original screenplay) and the ones pertaining to movies I watched that year is Best Animated Film. In recent years, that category has been dominated y the excellent Pixar animation studio. Unfortunately, even though Cars 2 was a good movie, it wasn’t up to Pixar’s usual standards of excellence, and it didn’t even get nominated. Instead The Academy chose a couple of DreamWorks films (Kung fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots) and Rango, completely ignoring the Golden Globes’ pick and mine, the Adventures of Tintin.

Unlike recent movies that were adaptations of ongoing comic books, Tintin requires no prior knowledge of the source material to understand or appreciate. Like any good film, all you need to know about the plot or characters is shown through the actions and dialogue of the characters themselves. The rest of the story is told by the stellar motion-capture animation, which beautifully depicts all the action, adventure, comedy, and drama this movie has to offer. The film begins when Tintin, (Jamie Bell) buys a rare model ship from a market stall, just looking for a story for his newspaper. What he finds is wild, captivating adventure well worth writing about.  Go watch The Adventures of Tintin, and see for yourself what The Academy missed.

Colin V.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Murder Mayhem at Acadia


By Bill B, Ben, Jonathan, Dan, Kathy, Robyn, Gary, and Maggie
Written in a Cognitive Skills Group on January 10, 2012 
Three days passed before they found the body.  Detective Bill B, who was in charge of the investigation, was resultantly fired.  “But the leads they gave me were gnarly.  They sent me every wrong direction,” he protested, as he packed up his office in shame.

Bill’s assistant, Laura, suddenly saw a snake on the ground where the body was found.  “Oh my gosh, guys, get over here and take a look at this!”

 Ben, Jonathan, Dan, Kathy, Robyn, Gary, and Maggie rushed to the scene.  There was a gut-wrenching stench.  Kathy yelled, “this is doing wonders for my appetite and I had a gourmet pizza for lunch.  I think I’m going to hurl.”  She proceeded to puke. 

Everyone leapt back due to the pungent smell.  While hopping back, Dan stumbled and fell over something fleshy.  “Are you okay?” Laura yelled. 

“I’m okay, but why am I covered in blood?”

Gary peered at Dan and asked, “is it because you’re so blood-thirsty?”

“Forget that,” yelled Robyn, “what the heck is that body doing there?”

Ben acclaimed, “Oh my gosh, that’s Donald Duck!”

Jonathan looked down at the corpse, threw himself on top of the duck and exclaimed while bawling, “that’s my brother!”




Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Muppets Review

It’s hard to mess up a concept as simple, engaging, and fun as the Muppets. Unfortunately, the American public seems to have forgotten that fact a little in the few decades since the Muppets were at the height of their popularity, choosing instead since the ‘90s to focus on less wholesome aspects of pop culture such as MTV, Comedy Central, and juicy celebrity gossip. The latest Muppet movie is aware of this, and the majority of the film is the juxtaposition of the more family friendly Muppets with modern day cynicism, with wildly entertaining results.

The movie begins with a montage showing the lives of brothers Gary and Walter. The fact that Gary, played by Jason Segal, is a man and his brother Walter is a Muppet is not ignored by the movie. That Gary and Walter can be brothers raises more questions than it answers, but the movie has little time to wax philosophical about the existence of Muppets in a world of humans, because soon we are introduced to Gary’s girlfriend, Mary (Amy  Adams) which leads us to our first musical number. Yes, The Muppets is a musical, which shouldn’t be surprising since music has been a major part of The Muppets since the ‘70s, and almost every Muppet movie since The Muppet Movie has been a musical. What surprised me was the scope and scale of the musical numbers in The Muppets. Every song is big, fun, and very well performed. They pulled out all the stops to make this movie big.  

After our first number explains in grand fashion how content the characters are with their lives, the movie finally gets a around to having a plot. Gary, Mary, and Walter are taking a trip to Hollywood to meet the Muppets. They finally meet Kermit, but not before Walter discovers a plot to tear down the Muppet studio and drill for oil. The plan is to save the studio by putting on one more show.   Hilarity ensues. The Muppets is definitely worth seeing.

By Colin V.


Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Meteor Shower Tonight!

For those night owls, there is a scheduled Meteor Shower at 2:00 AM on January 3, 2012. What exactly is a meteor shower? A meteor shower is magnificiant dazzling display from a neighboring constellation. This occurs when there are a large number of meteors at a particular time. Meteor showers are created by debris that fall from comets.


Examples of meteor showers are given below. 




Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Painting by Jonathan Whitock


Self-portrait III, 2002
Oil on Canvas
20" x 16"
Collection of Deb Good-Zeiner
 
 
This was painted at SUCCESS Rehabilitation, in Milford, PA.
I was living there soon after my car wreck...
I enrolled in a painting class at Bucks County Community College (BCCC).  It was years later that it was bought at a show I had, at Red Raven Galleries, in Lancaster.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Mr. Holland's Opus


"Mr. Holland's Opus" is my favorite movie because he struggles with so many different obstacles in his life. He becomes a teacher because he seems to have nowhere else to turn to. Then he learns that his son Cole has a 90% hearing deficiency which is ironic because he is a music teacher. He works for 30 years (until 1995) when the entire music department at his high school is cut. Over those 30 years he's been working on his "American Symphony" and some of his former students perform the piece much to his surprise at his "encore" appearance. I believe that the title has a double meaning: 1. his symphonic masterpiece which at the movies end finally becomes a reality. 2. the positive legacy he left with so many of his present and past students! I think that students, fellow teachers and others were influenced positively just by knowing him as a teacher, a composer and an overall person!
Daniel

Mr. Holland's Opus

Tender was the Night

            Tender was the night this past Sunday night when I had the privelege of seeing Mr. Jackson Browne in concert in York.  He came out and opened with the rememberable "Barracades of Heaven" and a hearty round of applause.  Later in the show he sang a classic hidden favorite "These Days" where he says, "today I sit on cobblestones, and count the tones in quartertones".  His last three songs were in this order: "Doctor My Eyes", "The Pretender" and the expected "Running on Empty".  Of all the concerts I have seen, this was one of the most memorable.  Now I can finally say, Jackson, my eyes have seen the years, and the slow parade of tears."
            Daniel

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

October Birthday's

October 3rd:  Lydias's Birthday
October 14th:  Dale's and Teresa's Birthdays
October 19th:  Ray's Birthday
October 21st: Josh's, Duane's, and Andy's Birthdays
October 23rd:  Stew's Birthday




October Birthdays are shared by both Libra and Scorpio. Libra in the first half of the month, and Scorpio in the second half.
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Libra (September 23 - October 22)

Libra is the only zodiac symbol that's neither animal nor human -- but surely that doesn't make you any less human. In fact, Libra is among the most sociable of the signs. As scales of old were really "balances," so to do you seek balance in all that Libra does. You respond to situations with grace as Libra attempts to put others at ease. Artistically, Libra tries to balance form, content, colors and elements, and for this reason can be drawn toward creative endeavors.

Scorpio (October 22 - November 21)
Scorpio is the only sign that has three animal totems. First, there is the well-known Scorpion with its active tail. Second, as the Scorpio learns to master its passion and hold its instincts at bay, it changes into the Eagle. The Eagle has more perspective, for it flies high above the surface of circumstances, swooping down with its power only to kill prey for food. In its third form, the Scorpion becomes the always-peaceful dove. The real meaning of Scorpio is thus shown. Scorpio is about metamorphosis. Scorpios transform the painful poisons of possessive passion into a higher consciousness based on universal love.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/horoscopes/astrology/libra/

Cut Footloose!

           As a devout music lover, I have had the opportunity to listen to and analyze many albums.  That being said, I think that one of the best soundtrack albums of the early 1980s is  "Footloose."  There is a very wide array of similar yet different songs on it;  everything from the almost gleefully thematic-like "Let's Hear it For the Boy," to Ariel Moore's desire for her "Hero," to the reality-checking "Somebody's Baby" to the movies' love theme song done in duet-form harmony, "Almost Paradise."   The extended version of the soundtrack also includes John "Cougar" Mellencamp's "Hurts so Good" and Foreigner's love song, "Waiting For a Girl Like You."  I am a fan of both the movie and the soundtrack so next time you have a "Footloose" experience; cut loose!

To Kill a Mockingbird

            When I was in 8th grade, the book we read for English class was "To Kill a Mockingbird."  The story is about a lawyer, Atticus Finch, his two children, Jem and Scout (Jean Louise), their friend Dill, and other selected townspeople such as creepy Arthur "Boo" Radley.  In the story, Mayella Ewell is murdered and negro Tom Robinson is arrested for it.  Atticus Finch does his best to defend Tom, but in early 20th century Alabama, the somewhat prejudicial people of the town find Tom guilty despite Atticus' valiant effort not only to clear Tom, but also to almost undeniably point the guilty finger at Mayella's father, Bob Ewell.  This should be, I believe, required reading for all American students.  I, for one, very much enjoyed the classic American novel and highly recommend it to all.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

10 Ways To Destroy The Earth Answers

10) Smack Down From Space

  9) The Big Burn

  8) The Big Freeze

  7) Stopping The Spin

  6) Turn Off The Gravity

  5) Torn Between 2 Black Holes

  4) Devoured From Within

  3) Anti-Matter Annialation

  2) Transformed Through Strange Matter

  1) When Parallel Worlds Collide

  0) You Decide On This One


By Dimentions

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Acadia Annual Summer Picnic 2011


As the summer comes to an end, we are reminded of the good times we had. Specifically, we can't believe we never posted pictures from our annual Acadia Summer picnic. The picnic was a much needed break from our normal routine. It was great to be around good friends, playing games, having good conversation, enjoying the weather, and eating great food.  We selected some of our favorite photos for you to enjoy.



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Top 10 Ways To Destroy The Earth!

10)____________________________ Clue: This came from Space!

  9)____________________________ Clue: Global Warming doesn't begin to describe this!

  8)____________________________ Clue: Man, its cold on the surface!

  7)____________________________ Clue: There would be 2 Seasons if we did this: Bad and Worse!

  6)____________________________ Clue: This may cease to exist in the future!

  5)____________________________ Clue: Lets stretch the Earth to the breaking point!

  4)____________________________ Clue: Or better yet lets drop one through the North Pole!

  3)____________________________ Clue: Lets blow up the Earth with something you can get from the Sun!

  2)____________________________ Clue: This is perhaps the most weird way to destroy the Earth!

  1)____________________________ Clue: This involves other realms!

  0)____________________________ Clue: How about you think of your own way to destroy the Earth!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Change in seasons quotes

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. 
So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
-  Nathaniel Hawthorne

"A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made.  The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air."-   Eric Sloane


"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting
and autumn a mosaic of them all."
-   Stanley Horowitz


"The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly
changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools."
-   Henry Beston, Northern Farm



These are Quotes I found about the upcoming change in seasons.

Ben

Last Week's Puzzle's Answers


1) Ancient


2) Ruins


3) Temple


4) Relics


5) Hieroglyphics


Secret Answer: Ruins Of Alph(A place in Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal!  The Pokemon known as The UNOWN are found in the Ruin's Temple!  The UNOWN are the Special Symbols on the walls of the Ruin's!  In those games there were 26 different UNOWN(One for each Letter of the Alphabet!)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

September birthday's

Septembers Birthdays are just as good as any other months.  Those born in September are lucky enough to be born the same month as the following celbs!

Acadia September Birthdays:
9-9 Julia
9-21Jacob
9-22 Tamara
9-23 Val
9-27 Karima
9-27 Kristy



The following celebraties were born in September on the following days
 1:  Conway Twitty
 2: Terry Bradshaw
 3: Shawn White, Mr. Charlie Sheen
 4:  Henry Ford
 5.  John Cage, Jesse James
 6.  Jeff Foxworthy
 7.  Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Buddy Holly
 8. Pink, Jonathon Taylor Thomas
 9.Adam Sandler, Hugh Grant
 10.  Arnold Palmer
 11. Ludacris, Moby, Micky Hart
 12. Yao Ming, Jennifer Hudson, Jesse Owens, Paul Walker
 13. Milton Hershey, Fiona Apple
 14. Clayton Moore, Tyler Perry, Amy Whinehouse
 15.Prince Harry
 16. B.B. King
 17. Jimmie Johnson
 18. Robert Blake
 19.Twiggy
 20. Joyce Brothers
 21. Bill Murray, Faith Hill
 22. Joan Jett, Nick Cave
 23. Bruce Springsteen
 24.  Linda McCartney
 25:  Will Smith, Heather Locklear, Michael Douglas
 26. John Chapman
 27. William Conrad
 28. Niomi Watts, Al Cap
 29.  Jerry Lee Lewis
 30.  Buddy Rich

Happy Birthday to those who were born in September!


Designed by Gary

Synonym Word Puzzle

1) Another word for OLD!    __ __ __ __ __ __ __

2) A Place where old buildings, treasure, and symbol can be found!    __ __ __ __ __

3) A sacred building that can be found in an OLD PLACE!    __ __ __ __ __ __

4) Treasures that can be found in an OLD PLACE'S SACRED BUILDING!      __ __ __ __ __ __

5) Special Symbols on the walls of an OLD PLACE'S SACRED BUILDINGS!

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

6) To Search for something!   __ __ __ __



A place in a certain Video Game:   __ __ __ __ __     __ __     __ __ __ __




Answer To Last Puzzle:

ASTEROIDS COME FROM THE ASTEROID BELT, BUT WHERE DO COMETS COME FROM?

THE KUIPER BELT!

WHAT IS THE KUIPER BELT'S LARGEST OBJECT?   PLUTO!

The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt


Knock knock!
Who's there?
Me!
Me who?
That's right!
What's right?
Meehoo!
That's what I want to know!
What's what you want to know?
Me, who?
Yes, exactly!
Exactly what?
Yes, I have an Exactlywatt on a chain!
Exactly what on a chain?
Yes!
Yes what?
No, Exactlywatt!
That's what I want to know!
I told you - Exactlywatt!
Exactly what?
Yes!
Yes what?
Yes, it's with me!
What's with you?
Exactlywatt - that's what's with me.
Me who?
Yes!
Go away!
Knock knock...


from the book "A Light in the Attic" (1981)

Hello, My name is Ben and I chose to share this poem because it is funny and it brings me great joy. I hope it will bring you some joy today as well.


Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Acadia News Puzzle No. 1

A Cryptoquip is a puzzle that replaces one letter with another letter.  For example, if in a puzzle a clue says "Clue: X equals N", a person would replace all the X's with the letter N.  Working with all the clues, a person would try to complete the puzzle.  Since most of the Cryptoquips will be questions, there will be an answer to the puzzle.  After solving the Cryptoquip, a person would try to solve the question.

 GEFRTPUZE VPNR DTPN FWR GEFRTPUZ XRQF


XRFMRRB NGTE GBZ LYCUFRT, 1)XYF MWRTR ZP

VPNRFE VPNR DTPN? _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _

2)MWGF UE FWR QGTSREF PXLRVF UB FWUE

TRSUPB PD ECGVR? _ _ _ _ _


Clue #1: F equals T Clue #2: E equals S Clue #3: Y equals U

(Hint: Think Outer Solar System)
Original puzzle by Josh

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Dan's TV Favs

            When I was growing up, I had a few favorite actors/actresses and movies/shows.  My first favorite movie(s) were "Back to the Future I, II, & III."  That being said, my first favorite actor was, of course, Marty McFly; I mean Michael J. Fox.  I remember saying to myself, I wanna be super cool, highly respected and have a sweetheart girlfriend just like him!  At that time I also enjoyed watching the  prime-time television shows "Who's the Boss" and when I could, "Beverly Hills 90210."  On the a fore mentioned shows, I liked watching Shannen Doherty of "90210" and I swear, for a while, I had the biggest crush on Alyssa Milano's character, Samantha, on "Who's the Boss."  I figured,"look, all of my classmates try to be like them and they are really,really awesome!"  You may notice that most of my favorite actors and actresses appeared on my favorite programs and no offense, they just don't write them like they used to back in the later 80's and early 90's!  Ready? 1,2,3, Action!!!

by: Daniel

The Colosseum Fun Center Bowling Review

Written by Stephen
The Colosseum Fun Center Is a very neat and modern Family Entertainment Center, Located in Camp Hill, PA. They twelve lanes with State of the art AMF, Qubica and Qubica-AMF equipment in the basement with an ajacent sports-pub style bar-lounge, and a large arcade and a main bar and grill style restaurant on the main level. They have the Bowler Entertainment System, scoring system, and a neat glow-bowling lighting system The guy who worked in the bowling area, Michael, was very friendly, he switched us to a different lane when the pinsetter broke-down, and after we were done bowling, he showed me the machine room were the pinsetters were and demonstrated how they operate. Overall the experience was fun, and like some neat, modern bowling alley in Europe.

My Journey

            People attend musical concerts for many different reasons.  My parents, knowing what a huge Journey fan I am, purchased Foreigner & Journey tickets for my birthday a few years back.  When they gave them to me, I was in almost a mild state of shock and disbelief.  On the car ride over to the show in Hershey I kept telling myself, "as a loyal,die-hard Journey fan, you have to man up and not cry!" I was doing great until Foreigner started to perform "Waiting For a Girl Like You" and I just completely lost it.  I tried to pull myself together, but it was no use; my emotion card had been played.  I choked back the tears all the way through Journey's encore song, "Faithfully."  Looking back, I am not ashamed with myself.  Sometimes a persons emotions override  society's stereotypes!  Never be afraid to start a Journey.

Written by Dan

Fun in the Sun



Acadia Neuro Rehab would like to thank the Brain injury association of New Jersey for hosting their annual Fun in the Sun day.  We had a great time swimming in the ocean, catching rays, relaxing in the sand and enjoying the great lunch provided.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Fun With Words, by Jonathan W.

It's not just that everybody loves words, everybody needs words.   

  Vocabulary is a tool we use to convey thoughts, ideas, emotions and truths, as well as lies.  It's fun! no one denies that. 

  Another benefit of conversing is the tactic of impressing our correspondents.  Everyone is impressed by someone with a good vocabulary.  To understand this, consider this phrase- "Hello!  How are you doing?"  Consider that compared with, "I offer you my genuine salutations, and convey my sincerest attempt to empathize with your individual strides!"

  Now you should be asking yourself, 'Which greeting is more likely to promote the individual to a more intelligent response, or increase one's chances for a raise?'  Or similar reactions, of course.

  Well, the secret to increasing growth in life is start from the basics; a good place to start with is increasing the very building blocks with which a conversation is constructed— the vocabulary. 

  We can do that by learning longer, more intelligent words.  Wowing your audience will be no sweat, then.

  As it is good to learn the words, it is imperative that you understand the context upon which each is to be used.

  Let's start from a few simple words that are easy to remember, and are easy to insert into everyday conversation.

  Hippopotomonsrosesquippedalian  is simply a term pertaining to a very  long word.  first you need to sound it out, and then find a way to use it in common conversation.  For example, when you are introducing yourself to anyone, a good way to describe yourself is,  "I am a hippopotomonsrosesquipedalianist!" Or, "I enjoy long words!"  And then, you can add, "I was once a hippopotomonsosequippedaliophobiac, myself," which means, "I had a fear of long words."

  There.  That's a good starting point.  The next word is easily used in everyday conversation.  We can use floccinaucihilipilification.  This is the act of perceiving something as worthless.  We're all privy to this habit.  If ever you're asked to undertake a task you're not altogether enthused about, you can simply express your enthusiasm using that word.  "I feel pressed upon by the floccinaucihilipilification of that task," and your corespondent will inevitably be less inclined to offer that request, in the future.

  So we see that vocabulary is a good tool used to influence the way we relate to others.

  Finally, The last word we'll look at can be used when you're around smokers.  After expressing an amount of disconcertion at the irritation of the thoughtlessness of the smoker, calmly express that you're especially given to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis." You then point out that this is a "Lung disease caused by the inhalation of volcanic silica dust, or "cigarette smoke," which in itself is  half-truth, as silica dust is actually what is used in both glass and toothpaste.  But chances are, the smoker won't know that, and will feel somewhat impelled to extinguish the cigarette.

  Hopefully you can see the amount of persuasion that can be caused by long words!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Hampton Lanes Bowling Review


Hampton Lanes Bowling Review
Written by Stephen

Hampton Lanes is a neat bowling alley in Northampton, PA. It is neat because it has an old school European-style feel. It has 24 AMF wooden lanes, Qubica Bowlland scoring, 1970's era ball returns and new Qubica-AMF pinsetters and masking units. The furnishings in front of the lanes are a mixture of circa – 1950's AMF curved corner sectional bench seats and modern Qubica seating systems with three different types of induvidual seats. This bowling alley is a fun place to visit on a Saturday afternoon when they offer family friendly glow-bowling. They have a very neat disco lighting system. The arcade is pretty good too. They have a scaled-down mini bowling game, with all of the general feauturies of a full size bowling alley, such as lanes with automatic bumpers, a pinsetter, automatic scoring and a ball elevator ball return system. This is one of my favorite bowling alleys to go to when I visit my Nani.

B3 Atlantic City Beach Trip

Beautiful Breaking Waves on the Board Walk


Ahh, the Beach

Friends at the Beach

Who says men don't like to shop!


Skee Ball, Anyone?

It was one hot day!

Relief from the heat and dinner. What a great day!!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Play Ball 2011!

           Well, it's finally baseball season again and I, for one, am thrilled!  I would like to make my 2011 postseason predictions to see how well I fare.  In the American League East, the Boston Red Sox look promising.  In the Central division, the somewhat surprising Cleveland Indians are likely candidates, and out in the Western division, the Texas Rangers look to repeat as pennant winners.  Over in the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies appear strong, the perenially dismal Pittsburgh Pirates are tearing up their division, and out West the Giants appear likely to repeat as division leaders.  When all is said & done, I actually am inclined to select this year's World Series champion as ... the Pittsburgh Pirates!!!!!  Crazy? Maybe!

                                                                                 by:   Daniel

Suburban Bowlerama Bowling Review

Suburban Bowlerama Bowling Review

Written by Stephen
Suburban Bowlerama is a bowling alley located on Queen Street, in York, Pa. It is neat because it has a neat somewhat retro feel yet at feels at the same time like a bowling alley in Europe. This is because it has styling elements, such as, chrome, neon, and glass block and at the same time it has a modern European-style scoring system called Brunswick classic, which is probably pretty rare in this country. My bowling Expirence was good here, except that I went there during the family friendly glow bowling time the staff woudn't allow you to set up the bowling scoring system yourself.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Midsummer Morn by: Clara Marcelle Farrar Greene (1840-????)

A wondrous blue of summerous  sky,
Adream of fair, sweet weather,
A floating cloud-band airlly,
joined hand-in-hand together.

A rippling sea, of upland-grass,
by the daisy-foam fecked over,
A fleet of butterflies,sailing past
to anchor in the clover;
A gay flotilla on fairy wing,
by the summer-breeze,
tossed brightly for the butterfly will
is a fickle thing, and his fancy changeth lightly.
An oriole, with happy wing,
above her nested-darlings,
in Mother-Pride, all quivering,
to tell her neighbor Starlings.
A leaning wall of Willow Green, a glimpse of shining river,
a wild rose hedge, all has been, and will again, forever,
O summer vision flushed anew!
O morn of fair-sweet weather,
 life is still young, and love is true,
and both, divine Together!

This poem was picked by Gary and Ben because it remind's us both of summer. We hope you enjoy.
Photos retreived from:http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com/?cat=5,