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We Bought a Zoo

This has got to be one of the very best family movies made. Matt Damon plays Benjamin Mee, a widowed man raising two children. Benjamin decides to give up a successful newspaper career and move his family to the country. They decide to buy a run-down zoo for their new start! The zoo becomes a labor of Love. The Mee family, along with a truly dedicated staff and Benjamin’s reluctant brother, struggle to return the zoo and facilities to their former splendor.

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Bridgend

Not so fun but I need to do this one. Thank you for your understanding.

Bridgend, South Wales has had a huge number of deaths by apparent suicide. There were 79 hangings from January 2007 to February 2012 alone. That’s just hanging there were other methods too, and the suicides have not stopped. Strange is the lack of suicide notes and how quickly people seem to go from apparently fine to dead by their own hand. Read more of this post

Undercover Boss

Undercover Boss is just what it says it is big bosses go undercover as a low level employee in his or her own company. In doing so they learn what it is like as a ground level employee. They learn how decisions they make effect their employees. They see first hand how managers handle employees. They find out how upper management is perceived from lower levels. They learn to respect the all-important foundation of their companies. Sometimes they identify especially deserving employees or employees with special needs or that are going above and beyond the call of duty and respond accordingly. Read more of this post