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Yep…I did this. Yep…I was too tired to even attempt the after party. But hey! At least I have this video to remind me of what I missed =) Thinking about doing a Disney Marathon? Read my review here.
Yep…I did this. Yep…I was too tired to even attempt the after party. But hey! At least I have this video to remind me of what I missed =) Thinking about doing a Disney Marathon? Read my review here.
Yesterday I posted a picture titled "Yeah, That Just Happened". It was a photo of me and my friend Sarah Donahue crossing the finish line of the Epcot Wine & Dine Half Marathon at Walt Disney World on October 1st, 2011. This was a "first" for both of us. Sarah had run the relay in 2010 and I had never attempted anything more than a 5K (3.1 miles).
I had registered for the marathon months ago thinking that I would follow a training plan during the weeks leading up to the race. That never happened and then I found myself 14 days away from the event with no training under my belt. It's September. It's Central Florida. It's HOT! No body wants to run outside in that. Well, two weeks prior to race night I set out on a 4 mile jog. I did it! I was totally spent afterwards but I got the 4 miles in. One week later I set out with the goal of doubling that run to 8 miles. That didn't happen and I was spent again after 4. This was not looking good.
The day of the marathon was spent taking it easy for the most part. I slept in and then I carb loaded for breakfast at Whispering Canyon Cafe at Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort. Three mickey waffles with butter, syrup and whipped cream, a slice of bacon and a ton of skillet potatoes. After breakfast we headed to the Expo to take a walk around.
Then it was back to the hotel for some RnR. I caught up on some TV I had missed and tried to drink as much water as possible. It was creeping up around 5pm. We had to be at Epcot and on a bus around 7pm so that we could get to the ESPN Wide World of Sports and in our Corrals by 9pm. The race started at 10pm. I was extremely nervous about what to have for dinner. I didn't want something that wouldn't agree with me so it would have to be something tried and true. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken Sandwich with extra pickles and cheese and an unsweet iced tea fit the bill. Sarah and I ate and threw on our running gear and headed down to the car. It was the start of an epic evening!
We finally made it into the Epcot parking lot around 6:45pm and could see the mass of buses waiting there to pick up all of the athletes (I love using this word…never thought of myself as one…more on that in a minute) and transport them to WWofSports. We met up with another running buddy Marc Bigbie and boarded the bus. At this point, there was no turning back. Intimidation crept in as I looked around me at all of the 'hard-body' folks sitting on that Disney bus. This was definitely a different crowd than was present at the 5K's I had attended. There were no walkers here. These were runners! The bus ride was quick, much like the pace that the evening was about to take. We arrived at the ESPN WWofSports field around 7:00pm and decided to pose for some pictures.
Mickey and Minnie were both set up to take photos with runners at their own individual booths. The lines were relatively short so we got our photos with both of them. There was a DJ spinning tunes and hoards of marathoners doing the electric slide, cupid shuffle, etc. Were they NUTS!? Why expend all that energy pre-race? We found a nice cushy spot in the grass in a fort of port-o-potties and just waited….
The sun was starting to set and I was trying to keep my mind distracted from the task which was shortly going to be at hand by responding to all of the outpouring of support from my Facebook and Twitter friends. (I love you ALL!) Via social media we were able to hook up with some more Disney runners. =)
This group of friends was scheduled to start in different corrals. The corrals were scheduled A-E and each had a start time 5 minutes apart. The fast runners like Marc were starting in A at 10pm. Nicole was in B. Tim, Jim and I were in C and surprisingly the gal who actually RAN in this race last year was in E! wth Disney? Well…Sarah and I were bound and determined that she was going to get up to Corral C with me. The announcer called runners to their corrals. The Nazi VoluntEARS were not going to let ANYONE into another corral and Sarah…my coach who promised to stay by my side…was forced to go back to corral E. Panic set in! I still had Jim and Tim but both these guys had already run in half marathons before and I was sure I would not be able to keep up.
As I looked around at all the runners surrounding me in that sea of spandex and iPods I was reminded of my thought on the bus ride over. What was I doing standing here with all these athletes? I felt totally out of place! It reminded me of when I first had my daughter. I was a young mom and an only child. I had NEVER been around babies before and I was learning as I went along. I recalled the very first time I took my infant daughter to the mall to go shopping. I put her in the baby stroller and as I was pushing her through the mall entrance I felt like I was just pretending. Like she wasn't mine. Like at any moment I was going to be figured out. The fact of the matter is, that was all in my head. None of the people in that mall were looking at me thinking I was pretending. Just like none of the people in that half marathon corral were looking at me wondering what I was doing there. They were all too busy thinking about themselves and getting through the monumental 13.1 mile task at hand. You see…the run is 90% mental. If you're in good health, you can power walk a 16 minute mile (the minimum race pace) the rest of it is dependent on your mental toughness as I was about to find out.
10 pm and the fireworks have sounded…wheelchair racers are off! Corral A is off! Corral B is off! Corral C slowly moves to the start. The MC announces that over 65% of the runners in this race are women and the average age is 36. I can totally relate. There is a 70-something-year-old running and a hand full of 14-year-olds (the minimum age to runDisney). I got this! The fireworks sound and we are OFF! Everyone is polite and courteous and I am at a slow jog just moving right along. I tell myself that I will run to the turn onto Osceola Parkway and then I will walk for a bit. I'm feeling good as I round the curve onto Osceola Parkway. I'm going at a good "run-walk-run" as I watch streams of Corral D and E runners pass me up. It's OK…I'm going at my own pace. I start to see Corral A runners on the other side of the road, they have already run through Animal Kingdom and are headed back down the other side of Osceola Parkway. I am rubbernecking looking to see if I can spot my buddy Marc. Nope. Trying to concentrate on the task at hand. Looking around periodically to see if Sarah has caught up with me from Corral E.
As we head into the Animal Kingdom parking lot I am looking for a port-o-let. Finally…this is going to add some time to my run but I have to go. To much fluid intake. Drats! That was the longest pee of my life. I could hear the seconds rushing by as I struggled to get my sweaty clothes situated and fuel belts adjusted in that tiny dark cell so that I could reappear outside. I was kind of looking forward to the Animal Kingdom portion of the run. I had run it before when I completed the Expedition Everest 5K a few months prior.
I was almost to Mile 4 and the Tree of Life when I heard a familiar voice from behind! It was Sarah! She had kicked ass and caught up with me. Boy was I relieved! She was quite a bit faster than me and that's when the pace picked up. I now had to try and keep up with her. She had been training and was lighter in the feet and was always 10 steps ahead of me for the remainder of the race. Kind of like a beacon of light in the distance that I was always aiming to reach. We sailed through Animal Kingdom and came out on the other side of the parking lot which was the relay exchange station. This was the point where the 5 milers switched out with the 8 milers. WHY HADN'T I DONE THAT?! It was at this point that I just wanted to quit. I was done. I had run farther than I had ever run before and was finding it extremely difficult to keep pace with Sarah. I kept telling her to run faster but she refused to leave my side. My brain was saying no even though my body was still going. Hunger and fatigue were starting to set in and I needed a boost of something. From here on out I stopped at every water station and downed two cups of Powerade. It was now time to head back out onto Osceola Parkway and to Disney's Hollywood Studios. if I could just make it off the main roads and to "the Studios" I was less likely to be swept.
At one point Sarah pointed out the Sweep Vans positioned on the side of the roads. BIG MISTAKE! Now every time I passed one of those vans on the course I had to stop myself from crawling into one and surrendering. Around mile 7 I felt like I was at a rave! Music pumping through the air outside, people sweaty and gyrating to the music. People talking out of their heads from exhaustion. Hearts pounding…the sound of an ambulance in the distance. It was so bizarre! Closer to mile 8 I could hear the sound of Kevin from Disney's movie "UP". It was that horrible call that she made when she was looking for her babies. It was disturbing to me and made me feel desperate, like she had been when she was captured. I just wanted to get past that point and I was also starting to get a cramp in my right leg just above the knee. Great! What the hell do you do for a cramp? I'd never had one….I had never gone this far! I just had to work it out.
We finally got past Kevin and headed up yet another hill for the stretch down World Drive. There was a green army man hollering at us to "Get Up that Hill!" I was walking anticipating a run down the other side of the hill. This was when I saw my first race related injury. On the side of the road…a man being strapped to a board by paramedics. Eep! Glad it wasn't me. I could see the turn onto Buena Vista Drive! WooHoo! I was almost off the main roads and into the clear!
It was at this point that I got a text from my husband. "15 minute mile keep it up!" I was at Mile 9. I used to work at DHS so I knew this park like the back of my hand. By this point my body was full of adrenaline. If I slowed down to a power walk my body's cardiovascular and nervous systems felt sick and wanted to go faster but my muscular system was telling me to slow it down. Also at this point my second toenail on my left foot was starting to hurt…bad. I could hear runners around me talking about their feet going numb. Been there! My leg was cramping up again and I was STARVING! I could see the marker for Mile 10. Holy shit! I got this! Only a 5K left to do. We ran across the set of Lights Motors Action and there was a camera capturing all of the runners and projecting it up on the big screen. There we were! Running a half marathon and almost done with it too! We headed down the Streets of America to the sights of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights and Christmas music. What a treat!
The rest of DHS and the Boardwalk area were muddled with "Will this ever end?" Lots of runners were walking at this point feeling safe from being swept. When we got up to the Yacht and Beach Club we saw runners who had already finished heading back to their hotel rooms. "You're SO CLOSE!" they would each say to us. Finally…backstage at Epcot and Mile 13. There was a big hot air balloon a cast member was deflating. What?! Keep that stuff UP! It's the runners in the back that need the motivation! I saw a sign that said "Congratulations…You just burnt 1300 calories!". I was frantically looking for the finish. Mentally I had been telling myself for the past three miles…"I'm never going to do this again!" and I believed it! Sarah said, "Come on! The finish line is just around the corner!" I picked it up to a slow trot and then it happened. I crossed over the Finish Line and heard my name called "AMANDA TINNEY"! I raised my arms in victory and fought back the tears. I was taking in what I had just accomplished and finally feeling the pain from three hours and 29 minutes of physical exertion. I hugged the neck of my friend and fellow VoluntEAR Rora as she draped that medal around my neck. Choking back tears, I whimpered in her her ear that "I never wanted to do that again". Then I joined my "COACH" Sarah who had so loyally stuck beside me the entire time. WE DID IT MY DEAR FRIEND….WE DID IT!
Much LOVE and respect to the loves of our life Sarah and Barry for waiting until almost 2am to watch us cross the finish line and document this momentous event on film. And words can not express the gratitude and love that I felt from all of you that cheered me on via Twitter and Facebook. Proud to call myself a runner and can't wait for my next race! #GetOffthe Couch


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Museum & Gallery Visits: An open day provides the opportunity to tour the nearby Philadelphia Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, and Philadelphia's other outstanding cultural institutions.
Optional Evening Sessions: Choices include: Extended Studio Time, Life Drawing Workshop, and Printmaking Workshop.
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Laura Lee Sheehan was severely burned when her home in Harrison blew up from a propane explosion in September. Now, there's some good news.
Tonight is Laura Lee's last night in Salt Lake City and MTN reporters Judy Slate and Erin Yekel are tagging along.
Laura Lee is celebrating with a family dinner and a George Strait concert. She will even have an opportunity to meet the country singer.
Our reporters snapped the above photo of Laura Lee, preparing for the concert and later joined Laura Lee and her family for dinner.
Tune in Sunday night for an exclusive story on Laura Lee Sheehan's road to recovery.


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Video Game refers to the adaptation of The Walking Dead into three major video games.
- The Walking Dead Video Game - A game by Telltale Games which follows the story of Lee Everett and other survivors of the apocalypse.
- The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct - A First-Person Shooter by Terminal Reality which will follow the story of Daryl and Merle Dixon on their way to Atlanta.
- The Walking Dead Social Game - An online Facebook interactive game that follows the TV series characters during the beginning of the apocalypse.
- The Walking Dead: Dead Reckoning - An online interactive game that follows Shane Walsh during the beginning of the apocalypse.
- The Walking Dead: Assault - Is a Apple mobile game for downloadable on iTunes.
- The Walking Dead: Left Behind - Is a Facebook game that draws information from the Facebook player's account and incorporates it into a first-person viewing experience. (No longer available)
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BOZEMAN - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Gallatin County has announced its Big Sister, Big Brother and Board Member of the year.
Big Sister of the Year
Sharon Lohss has been chosen as Big Sister of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Gallatin County. Sharon and her Little Sister, Rajeeyah, have been matched for three and a half years. They have done a huge variety of activities together from simply playing in the park, skiing, going boating, floating the river with the Outdoor Explorers program, out to eat, walking Sharon's dog. Sharon is self-employed as an interior designer. She decided to become a Big Sister because she wanted to be involved in a community organization and loves kids. She said hers is "the perfect fit; the best match ever. " She has also loved getting to know her Little Sister's family. Her Little Sister says that their match is so fun because they have "many, many, many of the same likes such as music, animals, holidays." The best part of the match has just been getting to know Sharon.
Big Brother of the Year
PJ Kolnik has been selected as the Big Brother of the Year. He and his Little Brother Brian have been matched for almost three years. PJ originally got involved in the program because a friend of his was already a Big and encouraged him to give it a shot. Being a mentor has been an extremely rewarding and enjoyable experience. He is very busy working as an Ambassador for the MSU Alumni Foundation, but always finds time to meet with Brian on a regular basis. PJ says "the several hours a week he spends with Brian mean so much to him. This has been such a valuable investment of his time." Brian's grandma says "Brian has greatly benefited from being matched with a Big Brother. He has been able to get out into the community and try so many different things that he would otherwise never have the opportunity to do". She couldn't think of a better mentor for her grandson. PJ has been there for Brian from day one. They will be best buddies for years to come!
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When Cassie MacLeod has stepped to the free-throw line this season for the Chaminade girls basketball team, she's been nearly automatic.
Unfortunately for MacLeod, the same hasn't always been the case for the Eagles in the postseason during her career, resulting in several heartbreaking setbacks in the Southern Section and state playoffs.
Although MacLeod's free-throw efficiency has her in position to challenge the state record, she's more focused on making the biggest statement of her career today in Chaminade's debut in the Div. III-A final.
Along with fellow seniors Robyn Brown and Mi'Chael Wright, MacLeod is looking to end the top-seeded Eagles' championship drought when they face No. 7 St. Joseph of Lakewood at 6:30 p.m. at Anaheim Convention Center.
"We've put in a lot of hard work the last few years with this moment in mind," said MacLeod, who is shooting 95.3 percent (61 of 64) from the free-throw line.
"Robyn and Mikki and I have been together forever. We want to go out with a bang."
Following the graduation of Annie Tarakchian, the program's all-time leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer who is now at Princeton, it was uncertain if Chaminade would be able to take the next step this season under veteran coach Kelli DiMuro.
But the experience of Brown, MacLeod and Wright, combined with the arrival of transfers Paige Fecske and Devin Stanback along with freshman standout Valerie Higgins, has the Eagles (26-3) -- ranked No.11 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports -- boasting their deepest roster in DiMuro's tenure, including Natalie Valenzuela and fellow juniors Christa and Kaylie Fandino.
"Losing Annie, that was a big turning point. From having this ultimate rebounder and passer and shooter who pretty much was the core to our team leave, we had to almost create a new game plan," Brown said. "It's my senior year and Cassie's and Mi'Chael's, and we know what we want to accomplish people come to Chaminade because they see the atmosphere we're surrounded by and that we've created, and it's a complete togetherness and a family bond."
That unity has helped forge a common goal and purpose for the Eagles, especially after they were moved during the offseason from Div. IV-AA to Div. III-A.
Chaminade was aware of its window of opportunity and has capitalized by winning multiple tournaments and a third consecutive Mission League title, with losses only against state-ranked opponents Alemany, Oaks Christian and Windward, the latter by three points Nov. 29 against the No. 4 team in the country, according to USA Today, at the Palisades tournament.
"We've done all those things, but this is the ultimate goal, the final goal. We can say we finally made it here and that's the first in school history," said Brown, who has signed with Mount Union in Ohio.
"But to say that I won and to have that banner just live in the gym forever, no one can take that away from you.
"It's cliche to say have that fairy-tale ending, but that's exactly what we want. I truly believe that we've earned it, we deserve it, we're going to play for it. It's those last 32 minutes. I keep telling the girls just live in the moment. It's our last moment. We can't shy away from this greatness. We've worked hard and we're here and there's nothing more you can do. We've made it to this spot, so why not just take advantage of it right now. It's in reach, we just have to grab it."
Chaminade has learned not to take any opportunities for granted, not only because of past playoff disappointments but especially in the aftermath of a 57-50 setback Feb. 5 at Alemany in which the Warriors scored the final 14 points.
It served as a humbling reminder to Brown, MacLeod and Wright that they couldn't afford a similar scenario to unfold again in the postseason.
"This one and done, we need to come out and perform every game. If you're not here to perform, it's going to be rough," said Wright, a UC Santa Barbara signee with more than 1,200 points and 1,000 rebounds in her career.
"We've put a lot into this, that's why we get so passionate about the little things. If we don't work on us, we can't expect to win a game."
Chaminade cleared an important psychological hurdle with Saturday's semifinal victory at San Luis Obispo. It was only fitting that the Eagles needed to make such a long bus ride to finally reach their desired destination during a career journey that has included 93 victories for Brown and MacLeod, with Wright contributing to 76 of them.
"There's a little bit of a weight that has been lifted, but not completely," MacLeod said. "I have a lot of belief in this team. I've been confident the whole time that we'll win CIF."
Chaminade's performance tonight could set off a championship chain reaction, with the Eagles also playing in the girls soccer and boys basketball finals this weekend. Brown, MacLeod and Wright want to be the first, not only on the Eagles' finals schedule, but also in program history.
"We've been close, but this is close. This is so close for us. I want this ring as much as everyone else does, I know that for a fact, there's no doubt about it, so that pushes us all," Wright said. "For Robyn, Cassie and I, this is our chance. We can walk away and go to college and move on to the next step in our lives with the one goal that we've had since we got here."


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Despite the state sixteen billion dollar deficit yes billion with a B one California town is making the tough choices and tough cuts.
To claw its way out of bankruptcy.
Marty brown is -- host city councilwoman -- so thank you be -- for us -- tell us what you did.
Your bankruptcy -- on -- way to bankruptcy -- a five year plan tell us how worked out.
What we filed for bankruptcy in May of 2008.
And we spent three half years in bankruptcy.
Renegotiating our labor contracts and negotiating with our creditors we filed a five year plan in bankruptcy court last summer.
And came out of bankruptcy in the fall of 2011.
And since then we've been working hard to continue to rebuild our reserves and rebuild our relationships with our.
Employees and with the citizens and continuing to make the tough choices and tough cuts but also looking for creative and innovative ways to improve the city's situation.
So Marty or councilman is if that -- is they're the only way you were able to renegotiate the labor contracts.
That was because you went into bankruptcy.
Well -- -- having some challenges early on we we tried for about two and a half years before we entered into bankruptcy.
And we were able to come to an agreement so when your.
Bankruptcy attorney tells -- -- 45 days left to pay your bills or you're gonna have to close.
The doors of City Hall you don't have many choices to OK but you can you also did one thing else one other thing I'm sorry you increase the sales tax right.
We actually yes last year the City Council put a 1% sales tax measure on the November ballot.
And that passed by at 52%.
The citizens of -- -- it -- past that sales tax measure and.
We're using some of those funds now to improve the city and -- the city forward so where are you are you in -- review -- -- a war chest she the boot rainy day fund -- idea if -- series and it's important question if the economy turns down.
Again are you okay.
I'm for the time being we have stable revenues and we're not making any more cuts we didn't make any cuts last year in our budget we won't make any more this year.
We are looking at like I said -- stable.
Revenue we actually have exceeded our expectations for our reserve we were trying to get a minimum of 5%.
This first year we've got a seven point 1% reserve.
And were continuing to improve the environment -- it in this city -- Looking for innovative ways to improve our public safety we have a public safety committee that's looking for.
Best practices in the city and throughout the country and -- how we can improve the public safety services that we provide for the citizens of the layout.
Our -- here's the question now if you deal the go ahead and have enough money to pay your bills and all of a sudden there's a surplus -- your -- begun -- bigger.
What's the first thing you do you renegotiate those contracts that you -- did -- negotiated in bankruptcy or you cut that sales tax back off take take it out.
-- -- -- Well I think what we're gonna do is continue to do what we've been doing controlling spending and controlling our increases and and unfunded pension liabilities continue to build our reserves.
The sales tax has a ten year expiration date we -- intend to continue use those funds four.
Improving the city and improving the environment for the citizens of the -- Now we we -- word that the city of Stockton California was having some problems maybe even needing to file some bankruptcy have they contacted you to ask you what you did right.
They may have contacted.
The city manager I I've spoken to -- council member there a couple of months ago.
Just discussing options that that they may have -- situation seems to be.
Considerably different they they had quite a bit larger general fund -- we did.
And so the percentage of the loss in the deficit that they're experiencing isn't quite the same.
As this evil -- -- we've we lost twenty million dollars out of about -- 83 million dollar budget in about eighteen months.
Due to plummeting property taxes and sales tax in 20072008.
So that was a huge -- for us.
So Marty -- is it safe to say -- Greece.
Austerity works just sensible and help.
Well I wish it was that simple it isn't just that austerity works it's that it's got to be a combination of working -- Everybody that's involved from your employees to politicians to the public to make.
The tough choices the -- cuts but also look for great opportunities.
For being innovative and creative in -- way you deliver your services and increasing revenue -- adamantly.
You do you also need more revenue current Marty -- C councilman -- California thank you.
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The daughter of British actor
John Mills
and playwright
Mary Hayley Bell
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills
made her first screen appearance as an infant in 1947's
So Well Remembered
. It wasn't until a decade later, however, that
Hayley Mills
made her formal film debut, portraying the preteen murder witness who is nearly destroyed by her connection to the criminal in 1959's
Tiger Bay
. Playing many scenes alongside her own father,
gave an uncannily affecting performance that won her the British Film Academy's Most Promising Newcomer Award. The movie also brought her to the attention of
Walt Disney
, ever on the lookout for talented child actors. In 1959,
's orbit, and the producer placed her into the most meticulous and artistic live-action film in his studio's history up to that time:
(1960). The movie transformed
from a precociously talented juvenile player into a full-fledged star, and earned her a special Academy Award for her performance. Ironically,
was somewhat mis-marketed at the time as a film intended principally for younger girls and their mothers -- in actuality, it is a sentimental film whose dramatic content and visual craftsmanship place it closer in spirit to pictures like
The Music Man
, or even
, perfectly suitable for general audiences; as a result, it was never as big a hit in theaters as it should have been, and
' biggest success for
turned out to be her next feature,
The Parent Trap
(1961). This movie, about a set of estranged identical twin sisters who conspire to get their divorced parents back together, gave the 15-year-old actress the chance to play two separate characters, with two distinctly different personalities. She was able to convince a major part of the audience that she was two different people (a gambit later picked up by the creators of
The Patty Duke Show
), and she also hit the pop music charts with a song from the film, called "Let's Get Together." In the years that followed,
' output for
proved somewhat uneven,
The Moon-Spinners
(1964) failing to impress critics, while the more dramatically demanding
The Chalk Garden
(1964), in which she played an emotionally crippled adolescent, was some of her best work, and reunited her onscreen with her father; and she excelled in the drama
Whistle Down the Wind
(1962), directed by
Bryan Forbes
and made for Rank, playing a girl who shelters an escaped criminal, who thinks he's Jesus.
The advent of the British Invasion in popular music, which imparted an appeal to all things British in America for about two years, helped sustain
' popularity, and her final
That Darn Cat
(1965), was a hit and one of her best comedies, though she was outshone (as she might well have been) by old hands like
William Demarest
. Her first film after leaving the
fold was
Gypsy Girl
(1966), which marked a break from the American producer's tendency toward light comedy -- directed by her father and written by her mother, it presented
in the role of a retarded teenager. She was engaged by
Roy Boulting
to star in
The Family Way
(1966), a comedy about close-quarter familiar relations (best remembered today because of its score, written by
Paul McCartney
) -- that picture exploded her lingering goody-two-shoes image by offering
in a well-publicized nude scene, and what the scene itself didn't accomplish in changing her image, her romance and marriage to director
Roy Boulting
, some 33 years her senior, did, and the two had a daughter before their divorce in 1976. Mills would also have a lengthy relationship and eventually a son with actor Leigh Lawson.
Curtailing her film appearances in the early '70s,
devoted most of her time to television productions; in 1986, she came back to the Disney fold with a
Parent Trap
TV-movie sequel, and she earned a place in the hearts of a new generation with the title role on 1987's Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the TV precursor to Saved by the Bell. Mills would take a break during the 90's, but returned to TV full force in 2007 with a starring role on the series Wild at Heart. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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Frank (Adam Trese of Laws of Gravity) is in trouble. His dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online, essentially bankrupting him and his partner, Josh (Andrew McCarthy). Frank is forced to leave his fancy Manhattan apartment and move back in with his parents (Robert Vaughn and Hayley Mills), and he can't even bring himself to tell them he's failed. His kooky friend Sal (John Turturro) warns Frank that his priorities are wrong, and sends him to Gina (Aida Turturro), a cheerful psychic. Then Frank comes up with a new idea tailor-made for the dot-com bust, but the first potential investor he meets with, Abrams (Mark Margolis), seems more interested in Frank's diet than his idea, and the second guy (Michael Badalucco) he meets with threatens to steal the idea, causing Frank to collapse in a sweaty panic. Then Abrams calls again. While Frank's project is too small for him to handle, he knows a couple of guys. Soon Frank and Josh are working again, with a new office and a new CFO, Peter (Bruce MacVittie). Things are going swimmingly, until Frank takes a closer look at the books, and begins to suspect that his investors are using the company to launder money. 2BPerfectlyHonest marks the feature debut of writer/director Randel Cole. The movie had its world premiere at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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This animated feature from Don Bluth is aimed toward very young children. It follows the exploits of Stanley, the nicest troll in Troll Land. Unfortunately, the other trolls do not like too much niceness, and Stanley is banished from his homeland by the nasty Gnorga. He is sent to live in New York City with the hope that the banishment will cure him of his sweetness. Stanley lands in Central, where he puts his special talent for growing pretty flowers to good use. There he meets two sad youngsters whose parents are too busy working to pay attention to them. Stanley becomes their friend. He teaches them to believe in themselves. Stanley is happy. But then, Gnorga suddenly appears and tries to destroy it all. Will she succeed? ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Produced for the Disney Cable TV service, Back Home stars one of the great names of Disney's golden years, Hayley Mills. Mills plays the mother of a British teenager (Hayley Carr), evacuated to the US during World War II. When hostilities cease, everyone looks forward to a tender reunion with the young girl. But the road back is not a smooth one, and there's many a tearful moment before a happy ending can even be considered. Filmed on location in England, Back Home is an unabashed three-handkerchief production. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
In this entry in the Parent Trap series, the triplets, their newlywed father, his bride, and her twin head for Hawaii where mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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It's triple trouble in this, the third entry in the Parent Trap series. It all begins as teen-age triplets attempt to get their father to dump his fiancee in favor of a lovely interior decorator. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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In this mystery, Peter Ustinov reprises the role of Hercule Poirot, the fussy and flower-tending detective from Belgium created by Agatha Christie. In 1937, Mrs. Emily Boynton (Piper Laurie) is on an archeological dig in Palestine; she inherited the wealth of her recently deceased husband and feels little inclination to share it with her relatives. When she turns up murdered, there are plenty of logical suspects among the people who hated Emily, so which one did the deed? It's up to Poirot to find out. The supporting cast includes Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud, and Carrie Fisher; the film was Ustinov's sixth go-round as Poirot. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Those adorable "twins" from Disney's Parent Trap have grown up and are now encountering similar romantic mix-ups in this made-for-cable-TV sequel. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Murder, She Wrote: Unfinished Business
Retired police lieutenant Barney Kale (Pat Hingle) insists upon reopening a 10-year-old murder case which he had never been able to solve. Heading to the murder scene, a lakeside mountain resort, Kale gathers together all of the likely suspects--including Dr. Seth Hazlitt (William Windom), an old friend of Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). When a new murder occurs, it appears obvious that there is an hidden agenda related to the revived investigation--but whose agenda, and why? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Based on an autobiographical novel by Elspeth Huxley, this 1981 film tells the story of the Grant family -- little Elspeth (Holly Aird) and her parents, Robin (David Robb) and Tilly (Hayley Mills) -- after they arrive in Kenya to start a coffee plantation. The episodic production begins when a lion greets the horse-drawn carriage transporting Tilly and Elspeth to the site of the plantation. Tilly stares the lion down with the help of a poised shotgun, demonstrating her resolve to make a go of it in the rugged new land. After the Grants construct a home with the help of Kikuyu natives, they hold a housewarming attended by neighbors Hereward (Nicholas Jones) and Lettice Palmer (Sharon Maughan), fellow Brits who have also settled in Kenya. Meanwhile, 11-year-old Elspeth revels in the land, the wildlife, and her new Kenyan friends. While her parents are away, Elspeth stays with Mrs. Nimmo (Carol MacReady), a Scotswoman who corrects the little girl's manners and makes her dress formally for dinner. During the day, Elspeth travels back and forth to her home on a pony to feed her pet deer and pet chameleons. On one trip, she meets and makes friends with Englishman Ian Crawfurd (Ben Cross), a newcomer. After her parents return and host the Palmers and Crawfurd at a get-together, Crawfurd and Lettice Palmer, who is bored with her husband, Hereward, and Africa, fall in love and begin an affair. A leopard carries off a dog Lettice cherishes, and everyone joins in a hunt for the animal, including wily Boer huntsman Mr. Roos (William Morgan Sheppard). On the hunt, Lettice and Ian Crawfurd, whose affair has become obvious to all, provoke Hereward. Ian and Hereward brawl. A native whom Hereward insults with a racist remark stabs Hereward, but he survives. When the first World War begins, Robin and Ian both do service. Will they come back? That is the question that gnaws at Elspeth and her mom -- and Lettice -- while life goes on at Thika. ~ Mike Cummings, Rovi
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The Kingfisher Caper
It was difficult in 1976 to regard David McCallum and Hayley Mills as "veteran actors," but in fact they collectively had forty years' experience to their credit. In the South African Kingfisher Caper, McCallum and Mills are but two cogs in a plot wheel involving a decades-old family feud. Both warring families dearly covet a valuable diamond mine, and there are those who'll stop at nothing to get it. As often happens in these things, a star-crossed romance develops. Perhaps so that potential viewers wouldn't think The Kingfisher Caper was an "Amos 'N' Andy" episode, the film was retitled Diamond Lust for its videocassette release. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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What Changed Charley Farthing stars Doug McClure as a wayfaring sailor stopping over in Havana. In the tradition of The African Queen, the sailor becomes a reluctant hero when he is hired to give safe passage out of Cuba to a young woman (Hayley Mills) and her father (Lionel Jeffries). This involves stealing a boat, ducking the authorities, and avoiding bullets. David Pursall and Jack Seddon adapted the screenplay from a novel by Mark Hebdon. What Changed Charley Farthing has been run repeatedly on American television under its alternate title The Bananas Boat. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Only a Scream Away was one of several videotaped chillers to be networkcast on the late-night anthology
ABC's Wide World Mystery
. In her American TV debut, Hayley Mills stars as a deliriously happy newlywed. Gary Collins costars as Hayley's seemingly loving American spouse. But the honeymoon has barely started before a series of mysterious, and potential fatal accidents, befall our blushing bride. Can it be that the future host of Hour Magazine plans to eliminate the onetime Pollyanna? Egad! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Everything appears to be fine when a pair of strangers (Hayley Mills, Simon Ward) meet up and agree to travel together. However, the news that a mental patient has escaped from a nearby institution begins to cause problems between them. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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A great deal of director Al Viola's version of this film was pruned away for its general release. The missing portions are not only the heart of the story, but they are the heart of the novel by Graham Billings which gave rise to the film. The whole story is that Forbush (John Hurt) is going nowhere in his romance of Tara (Hayley Mills) because he is basically an uninteresting, shallow man. In desperation, he decides to go off to Antarctica and study penguins. He hopes that his heroism in doing this will prove his sincerity to Tara. Once there, he grows genuinely enchanted by his project and develops a real interest in penguins. It is this, rather than his courage, which wins him Tara's affections. The truncated version omits most of the film's reputedly spectacular and affecting Antarctic footage (shot by Arne Sucksdorff) in order to concentrate on the love story. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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This mystery, adapted from an Agatha Christie story, tells the tale of an ambitious British chauffeur who marries his American employer, one of the richest women in the US and persuades her to buy a palatial country estate. She literally loves it to death and that is where all the real trouble begins. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Take a Girl Like You
This 1970 British sex farce stars Hayley Mills as Jenny Bunn, a naïve young schoolteacher from the north of England who comes to swinging London to teach. She moves into a suburb and becomes friends with Anna (Geraldine Sherman). Anna is dating Patrick Standish (Oliver Reed), but when Anna introduces them, Patrick becomes smitten with Jenny. Patrick keeps trying to get Jenny to return his affections, but she is prim and resists. At a party at the home of Julian Ormerod (oel Harrison), she meets Patrick again. They talk, and he convinces her that his intentions are honorable. They agree to have a rendezvous a few days later. But in the meantime, Julian tells Jenny that Patrick really isn't sincere and only wants to see if he can be the one to conquer her virginity. The romantic comedy is based on a play by Louis S. Peterson. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
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A Matter of Innocence
Polly (Hayley Mills) is a shy young girl on a world tour with her impossible aunt (Brenda de Banzie). In Singapore, the ladies are entertained by their Eurasian guide (Shashi Kapoor). Polly begins an affair with the seductive guide, and upon the death of her aunt she finally comes out of her shell to blossom into full womanhood. Noel Coward had received some of the worst reviews in his life when he published the uncharacteristically bitter Pretty Polly and Other Stories; the film version of Pretty Polly substitutes sentiment for cynicism, but isn't much of an improvement over the Coward original. The film is better known under its American title A Matter of Innocence. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Twisted Nerve
In a disturbing movie about psychosis, Hayley Mills plays Susan Harper, a young student who tries to help a rich, emotionally ill and sinister young man, Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett). Martin is a schizophrenic who assumes the personality of a six-year-old boy when he is in his "nice" phase. Susan talks a store manager out of pressing charges against Martin after he steals a toy duck. Martin wants to take the toy to his mongoloid brother, who is in an institution. Martin's stepfather, Henry (Frank Finlay), enraged by his shoplifting, evicts Martin despite the pleas of his mother, Enid (Phyllis Calvert). Martin, again acting like a young child, is taken in by Susan's mother, Joan Harper (Billie Whitelaw), who runs a boarding house. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
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Africa - Texas Style!
In this Ivan Tors action adventure (that later served as the basis for the television series Cowboy in Africa, John Mills appears as Wing Commander Howard Hayes, now having hung up his wings for ranching in Kenya. Hayes hatches a solution to alleviate the hunger of Masai villagers with a plan to domesticate wild African game. To do this, he imports from across the sea two authentic ridin' and ropin' American cowboys -- Jim Sinclair (Hugh O'Brien) and his faithful sidekick, John Henry (Tom Nardini). While the two sod busters corral wildlife for Hayes, Sinclair falls hard for an attractive nurse, Fay Carter (Adrienne Corri) and befriends a young native boy (Charles Malinda). But this African idyll is soon torn asunder when rancher Karl Bekker (Nigel Green) -- fearing that Hayes' wild animal domestication will breed disease and the contagion will infect his own prize cattle -- using any means necessary, sets out to sabotage Hayes's plans to feed the hungry. All riled up, Jim Sinclair swings into action to help Hayes. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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The Daydreamer
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Four stories from Hans Christian Andersen appear in The Daydreamer, a feature using the Animagic process that uses live action combined with stop-motion puppets. Included are "The Little Mermaid," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Thumbelina," and "The Garden Of Paradise." Songs and dances compliment an international all-star cast of voices used for the characters. Ray Bolger, Margaret Hamilton, Burl Ives, Hayley Mills, Boris Karloff, Cyril Ritchard, Patty Duke, Terry-Thomas and Victor Borge join Ed Wynn in his second-to-last screen role. This was the last film in which fans would hear the voices of Sessue Hayakawa and Tallulah Bankhead. Director Jules Bass provided the lyrics, with Murray Law providing the music for this entertaining children's fantasy. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
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The Family Way
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This gently farcical British comedy stars Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett as Jenny and Arthur, a young couple who have just gotten married. However, while both of them are filled with anticipation for their honeymoon, a practical joke played by their "friends" causes their bed to collapse just as they're about to consummate their relationship. Through a variety of misfortunes, they end up spending the night at the home of Arthur's parents, where nervousness and a certain lack of privacy make it difficult for them to enjoy their first night together as they'd wish. While a bit of frank language and some fleeting nudity by former child star Hayley Mills generated a certain amount of controversy upon first release, by today's standards The Family Way is more easily seen as the compassionate relationship comedy its creators intended. The Family Way is also of note to Beatles fans as the first film scored by Paul McCartney. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Gypsy Girl
Gypsy Girl was originally released in England as Sky West and Crooked. With this production, John Mills became a one-time film director, guiding his daughter Hayley through a screenplay written by Mills' wife Mary Hayley Bell. Radically cast against type, Hayley plays a mentally traumatized young lady living in a remote North Country rural community. She falls in love with a handsome gypsy (Ian McShane), which stirs up the prejudices of her family and neighbors. In the end, it is the gypsy boy who rescues Hayley from being institutionalized. Less grim than one might expect, Gypsy Girl takes its time telling its story, though the acting makes up for any lulls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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As summer speeds to a close, there's at least one thing the kids are looking forward to already: back-to-school shopping. (They could probably do without the actual "back-to-school" part.) Give your kids something to be excited about with new duds from their favorite brands, including JCPenney, Aeropostale, Gap Kids and more. Read More.
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Doesn't matter. We all know what is hentai, and what is border line hentai, so... Let's be friends and watch some hentai together with fresh napkins.
Right, but you still seem to be missing the point that, in reference to anime, hentai means porn. Hentai in reference to a person means pervert. Context determines it's meaning. Sorry bro, I don't do circle jerks. You're on your own on this one. lol.
This is the first winter anime to air. Albeit the first episode is mainly flash animation and only about 4 minutes long.
I watched that, i also have watched the alternate version of that anime, i love it and im also fascinated by the Cthulu's myth... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptP0OR-e7rI
I'm up to to episode 55 of legend of the galactic heroes so far. It looks like crap and it sounds like crap but by golly is the story good. Oh and sadistic lolis are awesome. Ekaterina FTW.
Dammit....i still cant find if there is any info on a next season of "Historys greatest disciple". I really do like the manga more than bleach and naruto combined.
OK, to stimulate discussion, let's talk about Bill 156 that has been recently been passed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and its effects on Tokyo-based manga publishers, anime studios and producers and game developers. Read up on them in sankaku, ANN, as well as some of the blogs (usually linked in articles and found in the comments).


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LUDLOW Voters approved a new fire truck and infrastructure improvements by comfortable margins at Tuesdays special town meeting.
Article 1 asked voters to pay for a new fire truck with a $180,000 municipal bond over 15 years. The article passed, 72-20.
Article 2 asked voters to pay for infrastructure improvements with a municipal bond of up to $302,000 over 15 years. The article passed, 81-11.
The second bond covers repairs at Bridge No. 17, the Lake Pauline dam, the West Hill culvert, the West Hill storm drain, a culvert at the transfer station and highway garage improvements.
The articles were included in the town budget passed by voters in March, but town officials learned they needed to propose them as separate articles because they involved capital purchases.
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The Twitchell Rowland Homestead Museum will be open for docent-led tours on Sunday, June 3, from 2 - 4 p.m. The newly restored museum features artifacts from Oxford's past, including a collection of milk bottles from the dairies that once dotted the Oxford landscape, an 1880's butter churn and a collection of early maps of the town. Of special interest is a newly donated Currier and Ives print "Hiawatha's Wedding", on display for the first time. Visitors may also tour the museum garden in front of the 1755 saltbox. Admission is free, and the museum store will be open.
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Synopsis: During the Korean War, Frank Fletcher, late husband of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), was forced to bail out of the "Dixie Damsel", a crippled C97 cargo plane. Now, 36 years later, the wreckage of the "Dixie Damsel" has been found--with the remains of a murdered man inside! An Air Force inquiry is established to determine if Fra... Continue Reading
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A Mercedes couple is behind bars after a little girl stepped forward with sexual abuse allegations.
Cristovon Garza is accused of sexually abusing a little girl going back to 2009.
While Jessica Lee Rodriguez is accused of knowing about it and not reporting the crime.
Mercedes Police Chief Olga Maldonado said the child kept the alleged abuse a secret for years but made an outcry on Friday.
"Apparently, these crimes or the alleged perpetrator had been actually touching her for the past several years," Chief Maldonado said.
Garza is accused of indecency with a child while Rodriguez is facing child endangerment and failure to report a felony charges.
During their Tuesday evening arraignment, Garza claimed a previous Child Protective Services investigation ended with no results.
"I barely started coming back around at all because of this past," Garza told a judge. "Utlmostly sir, with all my heart, I am not a child abuser."
But investigators told Action 4 News that the girl turned to Rodriguez back in 2009.
Investigators say she confronted Garza, but took his side.
Rodriguez allegedly told the child, "Walk to the police department and tell them yourself."
Investigators said the little girl walked to the police department this past summer but turned back around and went back home.
Chief Maldonado said that the girl held on to her secret until Friday when she told a friend at school and that's when authorities became involved.
Garza remains in custody under a $100,000 dollar bond while Rodriguez remains in custody under $60,000 dollars in bonds.
Both of them were expected to be transferred to the Hidalgo County Jail late Tuesday night.


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In the enduring spirit of self-improvement, we would like to take this opportunity to address some factual inaccuracies that have appeared on this Web site throughout the week.
Harry Styles did not mistake Zach Braff for his "manager's brother or, like, [his] publicist's dad."
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SEATTLE, Feb. 6, 2013 - in light of the critical nature of the topic, Swedish Vice President of External Affairs Dan Dixon was interviewed by two media outlets this week - The Seattle Times and KOMO TV (Channel 4; ABC) - about local hospitals having to 'board' mental-health patients because of the lack of appropriate beds.
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Eight Swedish Medical Center Nurses Receive The DAISY Award for Delivering Quality and Compassionate Care
SEATTLE, Dec. 5, 2012 – Eight Swedish Medical Center nurses today received The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, a national program established by The DAISY Foundation to recognize nurses who deliver quality and compassionate care. The nurses received their awards during a special ceremony at the Swedish/Cherry Hill campus.
Swedish Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the Ivy Foundation to Advance Brain Cancer Research
SEATTLE, Nov. 29, 2012 - Swedish Medical Center announced today that the Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment (Ivy Center) will receive an additional $2.5 million grant from the Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation (Ivy Foundation). The grant, the second received from the Ivy Foundation in three years, will be used to identify new drugs with potential for clinical use in brain cancer treatment.
Swedish Foundation Raises $100 Million to Help Meet Increasing Demand for Regional Health-Care Services
SEATTLE, Oct. 26, 2012 – Swedish Medical Center's seven-year fund-raising initiative, called The Campaign for Swedish, has raised $103 million, exceeding its initial $100 million fund-raising goal in approximately five-and-a-half years. The Campaign, launched to help improve patient care and treatment options throughout the Swedish system, is the largest fund-raising effort undertaken by the private, non-profit health system to date.
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ISSAQUAH, WASH., Oct. 23, 2012 – The public is invited to 'A Night Out at Swedish: Fall Arts Showcase' on Thursday, Nov. 1 from 6-8 p.m. This free evening event, which will take place in the first-floor lobby of Swedish/Issaquah (751 N.E. Blakely Dr.), will feature a community concert by the Sammamish Symphony String Quartet.
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A Glimpse Into IBM Professional Certification
By Laura Calley and Kate Dawson
The IBM line of offerings spans across all segments of the IT industry: hardware, software, consulting and IT services. The challenge for the IBM Professional Certification Program is to keep pace with the certification needs across the many professions within all of these segments of the IT industry.To make the challenge even more interesting in the fast-paced world of IT, business frequently is re-evaluated and reorganized to meet the needs and demands of the rapidly growing IT marketplace. Business models, product lines, services and organizational structures all change to support business growth and customer demand. As a result, skills requirements continue to evolve at a rapid rate, requiring certification to keep pace.
To meet the challenge, IBM provides 18 certification programs under the umbrella of the Professional Certification Program. Each area includes certifications that cross the various roles of IT, including users, administrators, developers, architects and technical and sales professionals.
The programs include new certification offerings based on technology from the IBM Systems and Technology Group and long-established and popular DB2 certifications from the IBM Software Group.
A New Power Requirement
In January, IBM combined the System i and System p product lines, simplifying them and renaming them Power Systems. At the same time, IBM announced a shift in its sales process from a brand-specific focus, with sales professionals who concentrated on System i, System p and Storage, to a client-centric focus with sales teams focusing on the best solution for the client, regardless of brand.
With all these changes and the emergence of Power Systems, a new certification program was needed. Laura Calley, the Power Systems certification program manager in the IBM Systems and Technology Group, was tasked to evaluate the certification portfolios of the former System i and System p, converge them where appropriate and create the new Power Systems certification program.
Calley had experience in revamping certification programs. In 2007, she resized the portfolio of the System i certification exams. Certifications were evaluated, and exams were updated or retired. In addition, plans were put in place with IBM's Academic Initiative to help college students earn certifications to facilitate them gaining employment in the IT field.
Restructuring for Power
To successfully restructure the new certification program for Power Systems, executives, brand managers and partner-channel management offered input. Test-delivery and tracking methods were evaluated and budgets scrutinized. All of the data was gathered and analyzed.
When the analysis was complete, it was determined that, while the hardware was important, it was the operating system chosen by the customer that reflected the customer's business and dictated how the hardware operates. Calley began plans to implement the new program by preparing new certifications reflective of the new Power6 generation of processors, with focus on the IBM i V6.1, AIX 6.1 and Linux operating systems. With the design of the new program, existing System i and System p certifications were identified for withdrawal.
To develop the exams, the IBM Power Systems certification program used carefully screened subject matter experts from the customer, partner and IBM sales and technical communities. These IT professionals set the standard of each certification, clarifying the job role of the certification candidate, determining common tasks and evaluating which skill level is required to validate that the test-taker has the skills in question. As experienced volunteers, they keep the certifications grounded in the real world of customers and partners.
The team for the first pair of exams was divided into two groups: Power Systems Sales for the IBM i operating system and Power Systems Sales for AIX and Linux. These teams worked both remotely and in face-to-face sessions over several months, developing the tests that were designed to be reliable measurement instruments, relevant to the Power Systems Sales role for the targeted audience.
The result was two new Power certifications:
- IBM Certified Specialist - Power Systems Sales for IBM i Operating System (Test 973): This certification is for those with experience in sales and sales support roles. The successful candidate has 12 to 18 months of strong product experience. He or she also has experience assessing customer business requirements, utilizing sales tools and resources, presenting solution proposals and managing customer relationships.
- IBM Certified Specialist - Power Systems Sales for AIX and Linux (Test 331): The successful candidate for this certification should have a minimum of six months of hands-on experience selling Power Systems servers, related application software, middleware and services.
Details about these certifications, as well as information regarding promotions and special offers for discount testing, can be found on the Power Systems certification Web site at http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/certs/ps_index.shtml.
Preparation: Key to Success
Preparation for certification is essential. The test — preparation information for each certification is available on the Web site, including road maps, training resources and access linking to the online assessment tests. These online tests provide a means of assessing a candidate's readiness for taking the certification exam and are available at www.ibt.prometric.com/ibm. These assessment tests are the only method supported by IBM to determine candidate readiness for certification.
More to Come
The next step was to form the Power Systems technical test teams to design and develop the corresponding technical certifications. The teams are putting the finishing touches on the second pair of exams prior to publication.
Another View of IBM Certification
Meanwhile, on the other side of the IT spectrum, IBM has a variety of software certification programs. One is IBM Information Management: Information management provides a means to represent, access, maintain, manage, analyze and integrate data and content across diverse information sources. At the core of Information Management is DB2, a relational database that allows businesses to organize and transform data into actionable information.
DB2 certification has a strong following and has been well-established for several years. Susan Dykman, the certification program manager for IBM Information Management, has crafted a certification portfolio that allows DB2 professionals to customize their certification paths based on job role, specialty area and level of skills advancement. Each industry-recognized IBM DB2 9 certification is designed to validate the in-demand skills in today's competitive market.
The program begins with an entry-level certification, the IBM Certified Database Associate. After establishing a base knowledge of the fundamentals, the DB2 9 certification portfolio provides a choice of certification paths: On the database administrator (DBA) path, there is a choice between specializing in DB2 9 for Linux, Unix and Windows (LUW), or a specialization in DB2 9 for z/OS. An application developer path also offers a variety of options.
- DB2 9 Associate. Database professionals who have never taken a DB2 9 certification will want to start with the DB2 9 Fundamentals. This certification requires knowledge about areas such as planning, security, database objects, DB2 tables, DB2 data with SQL and data concurrency. The IBM Certified Database Associate for DB2 9 Fundamentals certification is awarded upon successful completion of the single exam (730).
- DB2 Administrator. The next level of skill advancement is database administrator (DBA), and there are a variety of DBA certification opportunities.
- DB2 9 Administrator for LUW. The IBM Certified Database Administrator for DB2 9 for Linux, Unix and Windows certification is recommended for DBAs who have significant experience with DB2 9. The exam for this certification (731) covers areas such as DB2 server management, data placement, database access, DB2 utilities, analyzing DB2 activity, high availability and security.
- Upgrade Exams. DB2 certification offers a fast path for DBAs who already hold certifications for DB2 UDB V8 by passing exams 700 and 701. These DBAs can benefit by taking a short upgrade Exam (736) and bypassing exams 730 and 731 to achieve the IBM Certified Database Administrator for DB2 9 for Linux, Unix and Windows certification. The upgrade exam has 38 questions covering areas such as server management, data placement, XML concepts, analyzing DB2 activity, high availability and security.
- DB2 9 Administrator for z/OS. Successfully completing the exam DB2 9 DBA for z/OS (732) earns the credential of IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 9 for z/OS. This certification is designed to validate z/OS skills, including database design and implementation; operation and recovery; security; auditing; performance; and installation, migration and upgrade.
Additionally, the DB2 certification portfolio provides opportunities for advanced-level certification.
- DB2 9 Advanced DBA for LUW. The IBM Certified Advanced Database Administrator for DB2 9 for LUW requires three exams: DB2 9 Family Fundamentals (730); DB2 9 DBA for Linux UNIX and Windows (731)l DB2 9 Advanced Database Administrator for Linux UNIX and Windows (734). The advanced DBA is the lead for the DB2 products on one or more of the following platforms: Linux, Unix (including AIX, HP-UX and Sun Solaris) and Windows. This individual has extensive experience as a DBA and extensive knowledge of DB2 9.
- DB2 9 Application Developer. There also are different options on the application developer career path. IBM Certified Application Developer – DB2 9 is an intermediate- or advanced-level application developer specializing in creating applications that run on any of the DB2 platforms: Linux, Unix (including AIX, HP-UX and Sun Solaris) and Windows, z/OS, s/390 and iSeries. This application developer should be skilled in the areas of data manipulation, XML manipulation, advanced programming, database objects and programming methods and others.
The IBM Certified Solutions Developer - DB2 9.5 SQL Procedure Developer is new to the DB2 9 portfolio. The certification requires exam 735 and is designed to measure the important knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to design, build, test and deploy SQL Procedures, triggers and functions. The certification exam covers areas such as SQL procedural language, DB2 SQL procedures, functions, triggers, advanced SQL features and more.
The IBM Certified Solutions Developer - DB2 9.5 SQL Procedure Developer is new to the DB2 9 portfolio.
To learn more about IBM's new client-centric solutions approach, visit www.ibm.com/businesssolutions.
Laura Calley has seven years experience in the field of IT certification. She is currently the program manager for IBM Power Systems Certification. Kate Dawson is a marketing product planner for IBM Information Management. Her areas of responsibilities include education and certification. They can be reached at email@example.com.