Summer time when my sister and I were young meant going to our aunt and uncle's house, going to their pool, and meeting with old friends and making new friends. Going to different places like The

zoo, going in to the city to see the liberty bell, and just having fun, also playing tricks on Our aunt , having water gun fights with my dad and sister, and having fun with each other.

Fall meant going back to school when I was young looking forward to trick er treating , having fun with friends sleep over parties and as always my dad teasing my sister and I, and our friends.

Winter meant in December going out and buying a Christmas tree, Helping to wrap Christmas gifts for each other. Playing Christmas music while decorating the tree, making Christmas cookies. Going to church on Christmas eve. Just enjoying the holidays.

Spring time meant planting flowers, running around the back yard with the dog, Taking her for walks around the block and caring her at times when she got scared when she hear a noise she did not like.

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It is fun having fun with my family.

Jackie Serviss

Journey's Escape!

By late 1980, the rock band Journey had taken a few small steps toward stardom when they replaced founding member/keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rolie with Julliard School of Music graduate Jonathan Leonard Cain.

He was an accomplished pianist/guitarist/vocalist and unknown to the band a

very talented songwriter. (He wrote “Open Arms” junior year at Julliard.) Jon along with Journey vocalist Steve Perry co-wrote every song on the bands' up and coming new album “Escape” released in February of 1981. The albums' leadoff single, “Who's Cryin' Now” made #4 and its follow up “Don't Stop Believin'” hit #9. The bands' peak came in December of that year when Jon Cain's slow, spare power ballad “Open Arms” struck radios peak position at #1! Finally, by 1981, Journey had finally earned their place in rock music history.

By: Daniel

I Will Always Remember You!

I Will Remember You

When I was ten/eleven years old, one of the more popular pop music acts out there was Amy Grant.

In 1990-1991 she released what would become her opus album, “Heart in Motion.” It had very catchy melodies and the lyrics just told it like it was. The album opens with the songs “Good for Me,” “Baby, Baby,” “Every Heartbeat,” “That's What Love is For and finally “I Will

Remember You.” Ms. Grant included a song called “Ask Me,” a song about a friend of hers who was sexually abused. It is a very real song. Of my dozens and dozens of albums, this is one of my favorites. Amy, I will always Remember You.

Review for Shiawasa no Iro by Josh Bressler

Just like my last review, I found out about this song through an anime. This anime is called Ah! My Goddess!
When I watched the first episode, I had decided to continue the series. If you ever get the time, try listening to this on YouTube.com.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMJw2M3oIsE

Reason 2 Believe!

When Wilson Phillips first took their spot at the top pf the charts, the year was 1990. The band was comprised of soprano I Chynna Phillips, contralto Carnie Wilson and solid, steady alto II Wendy Wilson to round out their magnificent harmonic sound. The trio sent three singles to the top of the charts: “Hold On,” “Release Me” and “You're in Love.” At the Grammys that year, the girls bagged awards for Album of the Year, Single of the Year (“Hold On,”) and Music Video of the Year (also “Hold On”) to name a few. Long story short, Wilson Phillips began shaping the sound of early 90's pop music. As the last song on that album goes, “The Dream is Still Alive!”

Review for Sakasama no Chou by Josh Bressler

I found out about this song when started watching the anime Hell Girl(producers Aniplex), I took a liking to the show and song. I would say both the anime and song very excellent. If you ever get the time, try going to AnimeRatio.com and look up Hell Girl. Try listening to the song here first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh6ncjlHkU0

Don't Make A Mistake At The Beach

Don't wear dark colors, that would be a major mistake. The sun is attracted to dark colors so that the sun will burn your skin fast. Make sure that you wear a lot of sunscreen so that you won't look like a cherry all summer. It's nice to have something to be comfortable so bring chairs and beverages.

-Robyn

Good Music

What makes music, good?
I like music that tells a story,
In  a special way.
I like music thats got rhythm
to make me move.
I like music that can performed
to entertain many.
I like music that I can relate to
that triggers a memory.
I like music that makes me feel happy inside
and you can tell on the outside.
I love good music.

Bill B.

What the Fourth of July means to me.

The Fourth of July means getting together with famly amd watching the fireworks.

Years ago it ment family reunions with my mom's family. Eatting KFC chicken. Rememoring the fun times in the car when mom wold ask my dad if he wonted some chicken and she was trying to put the piece of chicken in to his mouth in stead it would wind up in his ear, since my mom would be paying to much atenchin to the road instead of puting the piece of chicken in his mouth.They were some funny times and still are.

Being with family is so special to me.

I love the Fourth of July. I look forward to it every year.

Clients are Given a Voice at Brain Injury Rally

Clients Are Given a Voice at Brain Injury RallyBy Jonathan Whitlock

Funding for services is extremely important to individuals with brain injuries.  Early in April, the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania announced their plans for a rally in Harrisburg, supporting continued funding and services for those affected.  Upon hearing about this from Acadia’s COO, Jack Poplar, the Acadia clients organized an outing to participate in the event, which was scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, 2012.

  On the day of the event, ten clients and four staff from Acadia traveled in 2 large vans to the State Capital in Harrisburg to join the rally.  After making our way through the enormous lines at the security check, we joined the crowd in the Rotunda, where there are classic marble floors and walls, and a picturesque mural on the ceiling.  The rotunda was filled with advocates and survivors, many of them holding signs with messages supporting continuance of funding.   

   Four advocates and seven state legislators took turns talking about the matter of funding, each illustrating the issues of limited funding and delays in eligibility for services.  Several family members of those with TBIs shared heart wrenching stories about their individual journeys, and gave specific examples of funding challenges.  These focused on the need for immediate availability of such services as attendant care at the home, as well as community-based programs, such as Acadia and UDS - Adult Enrichment.

  The advocates also endorsed the need to create a brain injury advisory board, to give the survivors an opportunity to influence their own services. Additionally, they advocated for the passage of a law, giving PA citizens the chance to make informed decisions in choosing their insurance coverage. Their last point illustrated the need to take action to prevent brain injury, which includes education in schools and communities. Increasing awareness will hopefully reduce the number of brain injuries. 

  After the speakers were finished, there was a chance for citizens to mingle with the legislators.  We then enjoyed a wonderful lunch downstairs in the café, where many legislators meet to eat.  Upon embarking back to Acadia, we were enthused about at the opportunity to participate in the rally and make ourselves heard to the state representatives.

The Avengers Review

In my last article, I gave a preview of this year's summer blockbusters, the first of which was The Avengers, a film that Marvel studios has been building up to for years. The Avengers was an enormous project and huge gamble on Marvel's part. So many different pieces had to come together—from the writing to the acting to the marketing—for this project to be successful. And it all hinged on this one film. And guess what? It worked - Beautifully! Sure, there were a few bumps along the way (Thor and Iron Man 2 weren’t the blockbuster hits or critical successes as they could have been), but The Avengers was every bit the film it was supposed to be. Not only is The Avengers a worldwide phenomenon, but it's an incredible movie. I realize, of course, that I am only one of millions who have praised this film. Audiences and critics around the world love The Avengers. I say the more the merrier.  As far as I'm concerned, this is the kind of movie that absolutely everyone (who is old enough) should see. The Avengers is one of those rare action comedies where both the action and the comedy are extremely well done, and incredibly well balanced. There’s a huge battle at the end of the movie that takes place in New York, in which Black Widow turns to Hawkeye and says, “This is like Budapest all over again, huh,” to which he replies, “You and I remember Budapest very differently.”

The villain of this movie is Loki, Thor’s stepbrother, who starts out the film by opening a portal into the S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters from his realm of Asgard, so that he can steal an immensely powerful object called the Teseract. Loki threatens to subjugate humanity under his rule believing that subservience is our “natural state.” Eventually, The Avengers are assembled to try and stop him. Samuel L. Jackson plays SHIELD director Nick Fury, who gathers Iron Man/Tony Stark, (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Bruce Banner/The Hulk, (Mark Ruffalo), and SHIELD agents Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Clint Baton/Hawkeye  (Jeremy Renner) on The Avengers own private airship which serves as the primary set piece for the movie and where Loki willing gets taken prisoner (it’s all part of his plan).The Avengers exchange some very funny and well written scenes of dialogue where they try (and fail) to work together as a team. Screenwriter Joss Whedon has a knack for witting ensemble pieces and this film is no exception,. Whedon also directed the movie, and I was very impressed at how well-put together the action scenes are. All the action is clearly shot: you can tell who is doing what. The fights are also well paced and high energy.  One of the best aspects of the film is that while it is a two-and-a-half hour movie, it doesn’t really feel like it’s that long while you’re watching it. The film is so engaging and high-energy t that while there is a lot of movie, the events seem to fly by. On the negative side, the film makes an effort to weave in essential exposition about plot and characters that were first established in the Avengers tie-in films to better make this a stand-alone film. For the most part, I’d say it’s successful at hat. However, I would say the film takes too many elements from Thor to make at least that movie recommended viewing for context. Granted, I was just more confused by having seen that movie because Thor’s powers are supposed to me gone by the end. The film tries to justify Thor’s presence and continued use of his powers in a quick exchange between Thor and Loki, but it comes off as a bit forced. I might also recommend Iron Man 2, since that was the introduction of Nick Fury and Black Widow, and there was a lot of discussion of the Avengers Initiative. With this kind of movies it always helps to at least be familiar with the source material, but I think the Marvel movies have done a great job of condensing 60+ years of continuity and making it comprehendible to a wider audience. The Avengers film didn’t need to delve into the back-story of the Chitauri the alien warrior race that Loki convinces to fight for him. Al that matters to the story is that the Chitauri take part in the invasion-of-New York fight scene at the end of the film. In brief, this is a film for everyone. I saw it twice, and that's really the best possible compliment I can give this film.

Colin V.

No Self Control

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfmgghYiFE

This is the song "No Self Control" by Peter Gabriel. It was filmed lived for his P.O.V. concert video, & if you look closely, you can see Steve Van Zandt & Nils Lofgren of the E Street Band at the beginning of the video. I like how they used the backlight during the bridge.

Creek Mary's Blood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJqWwt6d5-E&feature=related

This is the song "Creek Mary's Blood" by the Finnish heavy metal band Nightwish featuring John Two-Hawks. It was filmed live at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, for their "End Of An Era" concert DVD.  I like it because i have the DVD.

Ray's Poetry

There once was a man named ray 

he likes to play all day 

but some other people said that is not okay 

I don't know what else to say . 

I once met a girl from frystown 

every day shes still bringing me down 

but whenever she comes to town 

she still makes me frow

the mean girl and strange girl from frystown !

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.
    

Quote of the Day

Jumping for joy is good exercise.  ~Author Unknown


Posted by Ben

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

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

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.

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.

Found from http://itthing.com/10-interesting-and-weird-facts-about-valentines-day on 1/30/2012

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.

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.

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!”

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.

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. 

Painting by Jonathan Whitock

Jonathan D. Whitlock

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Post created by Acadia News Group

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!

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!)

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.

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

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.