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Veterans Day 2014 - THANK YOU
Grace Ministries and teamGRACE would like to THANK all of our veterans who serve or have served. What sacrifice and how grateful we are.
Simply...Thank You.
Grace Ministries and teamGRACE would like to THANK all of our veterans who serve or have served. What sacrifice and how grateful we are.
Simply...Thank You.
Animal prints. Minis. Maxis. Pumps. Flats. The wedge.
Halter top. Midriff crop. Portrait collar. Tees.
Boyfriend jeans. Mommy jeans. Skinny jeans. Holes.
Wrap dress. Black dress. Sequin gown. Shift.
Uptown. Downtown. Boho. Grunge.
Sometimes, there really are too many choices in life. Decisions can be challenging to make: The restaurant menu that reads like a novel; bra selections --women need an appointment with a fitter; the right pants for your body – pear shape, boy shape, shapely; carwashes – regular, upgrade, premium, wax, rinse, no rinse: dating sites – Match, Don't Match, Cupid, Phishing4Real, MisMatch, etc. As marketing, sales, and the push for profit drive retailers to seduce our purchasing power, the volume of choices can be overwhelming.
This is certainly true in the fashion industry.
For this reason, discovering and landing on your own personal style can be a colossal challenge. Some women know exactly who they are and what they want. Others are just frustrated. When it's confusing, it's also expensive. Blowing precious cash on clothes not worn produces added angst. Not fun.
Adorning ourselves should be fun. How can we make it a joy?
Our wardrobe should communicate who we are. How do we achieve that goal?
Our clothing choices should be appropriate for the day, the night, the venue. How?
Let's break it down:
InStyle, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar are filled with great ideas for how to say what you mean. A drug store magazine purchase can cost $5 to $10 an issue, depending on the fashion mag. An annual subscription can save big money. Another option is to order catalogues from your favorite stores – Anthropologie, Eddie Bauer, or J Crew, just to name a few. Online guides can help define your true preferences. Online is free :-)
Work Wear
At work is where some women get in to some serious trouble. If you work for a bank, wearing your Hooter's uniform can cost you a promotion. If you work for Hooter's, sporting a suit will cost you big tips. Sometimes you just can't win.
Pay attention to the standards at your place of work. Suits required? Jeans allowed? Professional, corporate standard rules, or laid-back casual? Often, women truly do not notice the standards of their office. When in doubt, ask a colleague or supervisor. It matters. It costs. Ultimately, dressing inappropriately can cost a promotion or stunt an ascending career. You may not need to wear a berka (?), but, generally, showing too much skin at work is a bad idea. Again, pay attention. A nun habit just doesn't work at The Tilted Kilt, and the Katy Perry bra garners way too much attention at the 4Q sales review. Also, if you want to lose the respect of men and women at work, play the skin card. We all make choices. Choices have consequences. Gather data.
Date Night Dressing
This is easy. A lob. Fun night. A blend of comfortable and flirty is allowed. Enjoy yourself. This is the time and place to try trends, play with heel height, and slip into some painted-on jeans. One caution: If you do not want to draw the attention of sex addicts, perverts, and weirdo's set healthy boundaries and limits on how far is too far in the flirt department. Remember, you're flirting with him (or her), not the whole restaurant, bar, or venue. This is the time to be the modern, Audrey Hepburn version of Angelina Jolie, not the old, Billy Bob Thornton/blood vial-drinking Angelina Jolie. Your good taste actually protects you from uninvited harm. Your date or boyfriend will thank you.
Formal Events
Formal events can bring out the best or the beast in us. When did flashing cleavage become a wedding trend? Ministers have to focus way too hard on the text, the program, and the groom. Poor grooms got nothin'. The term P.C. does not stand for Public Cleavage. Or does it? A rule of thumb for weddings, a sacred ceremony for most, is to cover up. Fabric is your friend. If a bride intends to communicate, "Boobs for sale," okay. Better may be, "Breasts . . . later unveiled." In just a short while, you will be with your honey, behind closed doors. Again, it's a choice. A bridal gown selection is usually not a swift buy. If you intend to show it, just know that others know it.
Most-Admired Women
People Magazine recently reported that Kate Middleton was voted #1 fashion icon to watch. Why? She dresses spot-on per the occasion. Sure, sometimes she plays field hockey in kitten heels, but she's flexible. Even in jeans with kitten heels, if you toss her a stick, she's game. Her wedding dress was a little bit Kate Middleton and a lot Grace Kelly. Smart girl. This is a girl who effectively communicates WHO SHE IS via what WHAT SHE WEARS. Pure class, great taste. We can watch and learn. Kate avoids big trend swings. We don't see her in Goth, space age neon, tube tops or leopard print leggings. Thanks, Kate.
In addition to our modern royal Kate, we can take some tips from the classic beauties who wore timeless attire – Jackie O, Grace Kelly, and Audrey Hepburn. Two icons who are still living and still splashing in the fashion industry include Diane von Furstenburg, the creator of the timeless wrap dress and Diane Keaton, the original Annie Hall actress who made wearing men's clothing appealing, sexy, and timeless. A quick Google search for images can take you there. If you're under 20, Pinterest.
Couture Quick List
If you're not sure who you are, and how you want to express yourself with fashion, here are some categories to explore:
Low Maintenance Classic
High Maintenance Trendy
Coiffed, including the hair Wildly Elegant
Relaxed, including the hair Colorblock Classic
Dripping with Daddy's money Western (like John Wayne)
Dripping with your own money Western (like Sundance)
Dripping with Sugar Daddy's money Metrosexual (David Bowie)
Sporty Girl (you can toss her the keys or a fastball) Overtly Sexual (Katy Perry)
Indoorsy Girl (don't throw anything at her) Whatever Sells (Madonna)
Corporate Christmas Party Date Conservative (Pastor's wife)
Lulu Lemon Yogi Conservative (you are pastor)
Urban Street, Gangsta Lady Gaga (meat,fish,an egg)
Literary Chic (yes, this is a look J) Menswear (Annie Hall)
Cocktail Party Chic Menswear (Chas Bono)
Hot Mommy (yes, this is a look J) Menswear (you're a guy)
Label conscious Scholar (eyewear is so hip)
Label could not care less Expensive (no knock-offs)
Slutty-and-I-know-it, clap your hands! Thrifty (as in thrift stores)
Slutty-and-I'm-clueless, is that true? Bold = "Look at me!"
Have fun. Enjoy discovering your true self. Get in alignment. Say what you mean to say with your fun fashionable self. Thankfully, you can change clothes!
Sporting the whole range of attire (except Gaga), Dr. Jane N. Geiger and the staff at Chattanooga Counseling are available to help you find and express your true self. Grace for you if your inner hottie is also a tired mommy. We will help you get in touch with your inner self to match your outer expression. If you've already bought that boob-boasting bridal gown, no worries. Grace for ALL at grace4thenoog.com -- seriously.
**originally published in BLUSH Magazine Couture Issue - September, 2014 - article by Dr. Jane N. Geiger
It's SummerTime, and the Pool is Open . . .
Memorial Day brought pool openings, linen tops, wearing white, flags raised . . . dreams
Summer fun -- a break from school and schedules
For some, SummerTime brings a dive into the deep end of the pool . . .
The pool of pain
One couple cheered their daughter's hopeful opportunities as they drove their
Fresh-faced FreshmanGirl to college . . . to learn, grow, mature, and to have fun
She was having fun
Until he raped her
Now, SummerTime . . . a time to heal from the sophomore attack at the hands of
The "Southern Gentleman on campus" with the right suit, pocket square, breeding, legacy
Shattered trust
First formal, First gown
Now, Legitimate Fear, Lasting Shame . . . even though she said, "No!"
Seven times, at least, she said, "No!" --"No!" means "No."
But, God
SummerTime brings healing, insight, wisdom, courage, and a BeautifulHeadHeldHigh
A head held high again, triumphant over one traumatic night
Several, hard fought-for victories trump one costly night . . . Priceless
SummerTime . . . a time to recover from an office affair
One woman's neglect of the marriage, her own admission
One husband's attention straying to the listening ear of an attentive girl
Two culpable parties, confessing and scheduling their marital counseling appointments
Afraid and courageous, Nervous and hopeful
Honestly Healing
We need you, Lord
The Deep End of the Pool is crowded at Grace Ministries, AL/TN/AZ, now, in 3 cities
The Shallow End of the Pool entertains the usual --
GardenVarietyCodependents, are still running for "Class Favorite," unable to say, "No."
People-pleasers who enter the Sanctuary of Grace, exhausted . . . it can't be done
We cannot please everyone, God will not allow it
"I will have no other gods before me"
Not your spouse. Not your boss. Not your pastor. Not your children. Not yourself.
No means, "No."
Thank you, Lord, for SummerTime which brings deep healing to the entire pool
Healing help in the deep end, the place of deep pain
Deliverance in the shallow end, the place of chronic idolatry . . .
Less traumatic than the deep end, but just as tragic . . . maybe more deadly
by dr. jane n geiger -- June 2014 – grace4ALTNAZ&Beyond
You see it. Here it comes. Moving quickly.
Yellow. Swerving through traffic.
Traffic is heavy.
It's noisy.
Wait for it.
Wait for it.
Ooooooh no . . . there it goes . . . again!
Another cab gone.
One more cab gone.
"New York sucks," you say. Does it? Does it, really?
You spotted it.
You stood there, waiting.
Did it go by, or did you fully hail that cab of joy?
Get ready. This endeavor is not for sissies.
Ironically, finding joy, discovering delight, and living your bliss takes some serious effort. Grabbing joy is serious business. We need stronger verbs. In this case, we really DO need more cowbell. It's time for some serious substitutions, vital verbs . . .
Fight for
Go after it
CHASE it DOWN!
Then, HOLD ON TIGHTLY to it like a mad woman, crazed with tenacity . . .
We don't sit on the curb and wait for the cab to stop for us. Well, we could, but that would make for a frustrating day, at a minimum. What do we do?
We HAIL that thing!
Then, we get in it for a RIDE!
Life is like this. We have to hail that cab of joy. Being intentional about grasping for a speeding cab of joy is not for the faint of heart. You gotta dig in, get it done, and hold on. And, watch the heck out for the armies of people who will try to rob you of it!
We all have good days and bad days, great moments and sour times. What separates the girls from the generals is the tenacity of the pursuit of happiness. Again, another powerful verb -- the PURSUIT of happiness. Even happiness won't land on us like a bug.
Some things to ponder . . .
** Are you Results-Driven or Process-Driven? Both?
** Do you operate with an Internal or External Locus of Control?
** Meditate on the Good or Dwell on the Negative?
** Hold on to JOY, or is there a Break in the Cup? (David Wilcox)
** Catalyst for Change and Growth or Pouting Passive Player?
** Great Gratitude or Bad Attitude?
Let's take these one at a time . . .
Results v. Process
We are most happy when we take joy in the journey AND feel satisfied with good results. Life is much sweeter when we maximize both, paying attention to the process in the moment while also becoming satisfied with the final outcome. This falls under "Along the way, take time to smell the roses."
Internal Locus of Control v. External Locus of Control
This is easier than it sounds. If you can go to the family reunion and savor the heck out of laughs with Uncle Jerry, make memories with cousins WHILE minimizing the impact of the obnoxious date your sister brought, then you have an internal locus of control. Way to go. Yes, it's this simple. We really can make our own fun and savor the sweetness of life, but not without laser-focused intention and a flexible spirit. If everyone else's behavior determines your joy, then your external locus of control is driving your cab of joy in the opposite direction. Take over. Lift your arm, and hail that cab. No one is going to do it for you, nor should they.
Holding on to JOY, or is there a Break in the Cup?
See David Wilcox's lyrics to A Break in the Cup. A quick Google search, and you're there. Take action right now. GOOGLE it!
Catalyst for Change and Growth or Pouting Passive Player?
Again, ACTION VERBS win out here . . . REACH for, GRAB it, SEE the possibilities, and, Lord, there must be something stronger in this verb than we truly appreciate . . . DAYDREAM! #DreamBig&GoAfterYourDreamsUntilYouSoar!
Great Gratitude or Bad Attitude?
After you have hailed your cab, you get in it. Right? Do you savor the sights, soak up the experience? Or, does the demon of dread get in your head? More action verbs . . . KICK that negative attitude OUT of your head! Kick it out! Sure, you can be aware that the cab driver smells like a RestaurantGymComboGross, but you can savor the sights. LordJesusOprahZen&ChaiTea, could we all learn to SAVOR the GOOD? Let's do it!
Yep, more action verb encouragement from Nike . . . JUST DO IT!
Dr. Jane N. Geiger and her staff hope to hail the cab with you. Take action any time of day or night to schedule ActionVerbs at www.chattanoogacounselingandmediation.com We're doing all we can to hold tightly to joy, too. We'll hail the cab, and ride alongside.
Cup of Sorrow,
Cup of Joy
I'm a mess
A mixed cocktail
I want to be straight up, one form, served in a solid, heavy Baccarat high ball
The bottom-heavy, no-spill, feels-good-in-your-hand kind of glass
I'm overwhelmed with financial stress
I am thankful for ramen noodles, frozen peas, my son's baseball game, Jay Leno & TV
My cup runneth over
Some days that's good, some days not
It depends on the contents of the cup
I can downsize
I can reduce my expenses
I can get a 2nd and 3rd job
I can divorce my mortgage and marry the notion of being a renter
Just how much humility do I possess?
As I lose my possessions, or what I thought I possessed on paper
I am finding out how much humility I truly possess
I'm a mess
I feel good about myself
I feel terrible about myself
I'm sick and tired of thinking about myself and money
Lord, Abba, Jesus, Yahweh, Great Spirit, Higher Power, the Universe...
Will you please deliver me from myself?
Please teach me, wise Source of my Worship
To balance carrying a cup of sorrow and a cup of joy
I think if I can master that balance of emotion, those two tipping cups
I can be FREE from this mess I feel that I am
Surely, when carrying a cup of sorrow and a cup of joy
A trickle of liquid spills out
The contents of the cups are good, honest, and valuable
God, please help me carry this shaking tray with a more steady hand
p. 64-65 from Moving Past Money Pain: The Gracious Path to Overcoming Financial Distress and Loss by Dr. Jane N. Geiger


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The celebrities, the professional skaters and the judges may have changed faces throughout show's run, but along with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Phillip has remained a constant figure during the Sunday night entertainment programme.
And he has admitted that former EastEnders star Todd Carty's unstoppable skate down through the studio's ice tunnel was one of his funniest moments.
Phillip said: "I could go for Todd Carty because that's been one of our most favourite moments ever and it was the fact that (former Dancing On Ice commentator) Tony Gubba, bless him, it made him laugh.
"And he was such a professional commentator, that he would never laugh and the fact that he started to laugh was what got me."
It's a hard job being a presenter on a live television programme, but Phillip explained how he thrives off the drama of it all.
He said: "(I love) the unpredictability, the fact that you've got to start papering over fairly big cracks.
"So the fun part and the drama part is what is Dancing On Ice."
This week sees the last ever final of Dancing On Ice, with actor Ray Quinn, Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle and Coronation Street actress Hayley Tamaddon all vying for the 'champion of champions' title.
And while the final is sure to provide some memorable moments of its own, Philip has his own particular favourite.
"A memorable final was watching Suzanne (Shaw) who was so beautiful," he said. "I'm gutted we lost her so early (this year) - but she was such a beautiful skater.
"She was so elegant and gorgeous."
The Dancing On Ice final airs on UTV on Sunday from 7pm.
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50 years of Australian domestic jet services
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Australia's domestic jet age. On October 16, 1964, Ansett's B727-77 VH-RME and TAA's B727-76 VH-TJA which had tailed each other across the Pacific operating Seattle – San Francisco – Honolulu – Canton Island – Nadi, arrived at Melbourne Essendon Airport. Having won a coin toss Ansett-ANA's 727 had the honour of landing first. On November 2, 1964 the first commercial services began with Ansett's B727 VH-RME operating Melbourne to Sydney in a record time of 47 mins, 55 secs.
Aeroplane derivative design era begins
"We have every justification for taking an optimistic view on the mid- and long-term prospects for this program," Franz-Josef Strauss, the chairman of Airbus Industrie on the A320 programme in 1987.
It was a grand declaration. Just over 27 years and 7 months after Airbus' first A320-100 MSN001 took to the sky Airbus' A320neo flew for the first time yesterday commencing the type's certification campaign.
The original A320-100 was the first fully fly-by-wire aircraft, and the beginning of Airbus' now conventional side stick in replacement of the traditional yoke. At the time of the first flight there was significant psychological aversion of pilots and certifiers to full electronic control with the belief that hardware was still more reliable that electronics. On this note, it's worth reading a flight test report written during the original A320 test campaign.
Innovation and willingness to take industry leading chances made and broke both Airbus and Boeing. It was this mentality also drove both to greatness. But the wounds of the last few years still raw, appetite for risk is minimal. The neo's first flight is significant in this respect because it marks the embodiment of the derivative era. Re-engined efficiency has begun.
Featured images via Airbus SAS.
A320neo's maiden flight
Subject to favourable weather, Airbus has set the date for the maiden sortie of its A320neo for Thursday, 25 September. Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G the F-WNEO is expected to depart Toulouse at 10:30 local. Eventually eight aircraft will be part of the A320neo family's flight test campaign with certification on track for late 2015.
Feature image Airbus SAS.
Amazing footage from Swiss' accompanied A330 flyover of Air14 at Payerne in celebration of the Swiss Air Force's centenary.
Onboard the A350 during 'Airline 1′
Over the last two weeks A350 MSN5 F-WWYV has been undertaking Airline 1. The 110,000 kilometre route proving campaign mirrors airline service, testing and hopefully accelerating the maturity of the aircraft by measuring its performance against KPIs such as dispatch reliability.
With major testing already complete, Airline 1 is the last major milestone before the Airbus applies for certification. Following certification the first four A350-900s will be delivered, in order, to Qatar Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Finnair and TAM.
"The concept is simple: to operate and test the aircraft as much as possible in an operational environment, use the maintenance and support systems that our customers would have, capture their findings as soon as possible, and fix small issues quickly," says Didier Evrard, Head of the A350XWB Programme.
While MSN5 arrived in Perth from Doha today on the final leg of Airline 1, over the last two weeks the campaign has already brought the aircraft to Sydney and Hong Kong where av journalist Will Horton and I were lucky enough to take a look ground and in the sky. Enjoy the tour.
A350 arrives in Australia, Airbus confirms 420-minute ETOPS
Airbus A350 world tour landed in Sydney this morning at 06:36. The fifth test aircraft MSN5 which is undertaking the three week long route proving campaign touched down after flying direct from Johannesburg in a little over 12 hours. MSN5 was unrestricted by ETOPS operations as they were test flights carrying only crew and Airbus technical staff.
After approximately seven hours on the ground where it was shown off to Qantas, Virgin Australia and local media it rotated off Sydney's runway 16R for Auckland at 14:21. It will continue to Chile on Wednesday evening.
While on the ground A350 project test pilot Frank Chapman confirmed a long unconfirmed rumour that Airbus was indeed pursuing 420 minute ETOPS approval for all members of the A350 family. 420 minute approval – 7 hours flying time from a suitable diversion – would deliver the A350 the ability to operate virtually anywhere in the world unrestricted, except over the south pole.
Feature image by Jaryd Stock, other images by Carry-on. Original post updated 10 August, 22:00.
Thai Retires the A300
Almost 37 years after the love affair began Thai Airways marked the end of A300 operations last week with the retirement of its final three A300s HS-TAT, -TAW and -TAZ.
Thai took its first A300B4-2C in October 1977, eventually operating 33 of the type. This later included the A300-600 and A300-600R which entered the fleet in 1985 and 1988 respectively. It took one of the last -600R passenger models off the production line in December 1998.
Images courtesy of Thai Airways, and hspit and panuwutp on Instagram.
75 years and a new PC-24
What better way to celebrate your 75th anniversary than rolling out your first jet aircraft. Yesterday in celebration of the milestone anniversary and Swiss National Day, Pilatus rolled out its new Williams International FJ-44-4A powered PC-24 line CN: P01 at Buochs airfield.
The slightly delayed rollout kicks off a two-year type certification campaign with first flight tentatively scheduled for March 2015.
Three aircraft will eventually be involved in the certification campaign. The first prototype, pictured, registered HB-VXA will be used to develop the flight envelope. Of the design process to date Pilatus Chairman, Oscar Schwenk says "the design is OK as far as we can tell, but you only find out for sure when you are airborne. We want to open all corners of the envelope and see what happens."
"When you are building an aircraft, every day is a compromise. Either you are too heavy, or not fast enough or you are not innovative enough on the avionics" – Oscar Schwenk, Pilatus Chairman.
A second aircraft to be used in avionics and system testing will roll out in February, while a third will follow in Summer 2015. The aircraft remains too heavy, within the never exceed weight, but outside the specs initially promised, with work on weight reduction continuing.
Certification is expected in 2017 with production spots sold out for next three years. Locally, the RFDS has ordered 3 PC-24s with an option on one additional aircraft for its Western Australian division.
All images courtesy of Pilatus.


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Hewlett Packard
"Copyrighting competition"
Smaller manufacturers of printer supplies trying to break into the federal market have had limited success when competing with bigger, more established companies, such as Hewlett-Packard.
Although the government spends approximately $2 billion a year on printer supplies — with laser and inkjet cartridges accounting for the second largest amount of money, next to paper — only a few developers have emerged as major suppliers of the government.
Government reseller CDW Government (CDW-G) Inc., for instance, has contracts with 25 to 27 printer supply vendors. Yet more than 50 percent of their federal clients buy printer cartridges from HP, according to Todd Jung, category manager for peripheral management at CDW-G. Lexmark International Inc., Xerox Corp. and Canon Inc. are the next most popular sellers, but there are few others who come close to matching the sales of these big names, Jung added.
"Some customers have tried other brands, but they usually stick with the OEM," he said. "Mostly it's just that they think cartridges are built to be compatible with the printer brands. Or, if something went wrong with the replacement cartridge, there is no warranty to cover it."
HP controls a little more than half of the printer market in the United States, and the company's printer supplies also dominate the market.
Pradeep Jotwani, senior vice president of HP Supplies, says the company's continual success is a result of its reputation for having quality printers.
"People are buying printers because they want good output, and they want it reliably," Jotwani said.
Part of keeping up a printer's quality involves maintaining it with the proper materials. "We have to develop a printer and its supplies to work together," he said. "All toner is not created equal." HP organically grows toner, he added.
Jotwani added that HP "ink is just not any ink" and the company ensures that its ink will work through high temperatures and the printing process and archive well. "People buy our cartridges because they get better imaging print quality that lasts longer than if they used cartridges that weren't designed for our printers."
Smaller supply manufacturers, however, claim they make cartridges that rival HP's quality, are compatible with HP printers and are less expensive.
International Laser Group (ILG) is a Woodland Hills, Calif.-based manufacturer that has made inkjet cartridges since 1989. The company guarantees that its cartridges will work as well as or better than those of any other brand.
The company has experienced "tremendous growth year after year," according to Gary Michaels, chief executive officer at ILG. Michaels credited the company's success to the fact that in 14 years it has had only a 15 percent employee turnover rate in its manufacturing division.
"I've tried very, very hard to build a company of 200-plus independent- minded decision-makers," Michaels said.
ILG has a General Services Administration schedule contract and government customers that include the White House, he said. Company officials boast of having only a 2 percent customer turnover rate.
So why haven't companies such as ILG matched the sales numbers of larger companies such as HP?
"Many of the companies are small [and are] often local rather than regional or national, and not strategic in their business development," said Jennifer Thorwart, a research analyst at IDC, an information technology consulting firm. Thorwart added, however, that superstores such as Staples Inc. are now branding third-party-compatible cartridges at prices about 12 percent lower than those of larger manufacturers.
She also said that not all compatibles are alike. "Either quality deteriorates as cartridge capacity gets lower, or they don't last as many pages."
Jung said small manufacturers will continue to have a hard time entering the supplies market.
"It's going to be harder and harder for third parties to compete because they don't have the new technology," he said. "The bigger names are beginning to build the technology specifically into the cartridge. For example, some cartridges have a certain technology that sends out an e-mail to the user saying, 'I'm low. Get a new one of me.' They're building these features and smaller companies just won't be able to keep up."
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Contributions of active and dynamic self-regulation to learning
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Most modern cognitive theories postulate that active executive control is the only internal source of self-regulation of learning processes. To account for incidental and other categories of unintentional learning, this study explored the hypothesis that two independent sources of internal control regulate academic learning: (a) active (or executive) and (b) dynamic (or nonexecutive). College undergraduates completed an inventory of active and dynamic learning processes. The findings supported the twosource hypothesis. Moreover, when the contribution of dynamic self-regulation was removed, the correlation between active self-regulation and learning was no longer significant. When active self-regulation was removed, the correlation between dynamic self-regulation and learning remained basically the same.
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Congressional lawmakers on Thursday announced legislation to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," the military's ban on openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual personnel.
The Military Readiness Enhancement Act is scheduled to be introduced in the House of Representatives by Democrat Marty Meehan of Massachusetts on March 2. The proposal is already supported by a bipartisan coalition of congressional representatives, including Michigan's John Conyers and New York's Jerrold Nadler.
Announcement of the bill follows release of a new Government Accounting Office report analyzing "don't ask, don't tell."
The GAO report conservatively estimates that the gay ban has cost at least $191 million since its inception in 1993. The report's financial estimate, however, includes only costs associated with recruiting and training enlistees to replace those discharged under the ban. The GAO analysis does not include costs associated with discharging officers or the nearly 800 specialists with critical skills who have been fired because of their sexual orientation. Administrative costs associated with discharges are also not included in the GAO analysis.
"Our homeland is more secure when every qualified, capable American who wants to serve is allowed to do so," said C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, an advocacy group for gay military personnel. "The choice we now face is clear: Spend $191 million on firing patriotic Americans, or spend the same amount on a dozen Blackhawk helicopters or 800 sidewinder missiles. Our priority should always be defense and security. The Military Readiness Enhancement Act is the best proposal to do just that."
According to GAO, the Pentagon has fired 322 language specialists who "had skills in a foreign language that DoD had considered to be especially important."
SLDN reported in 2004 that at least three dozen of those linguists spoke Arabic, Farsi, or Korean, languages the Pentagon acknowledges are underrepresented. Nearly 800 specialists, including intelligence analysts, divers, and combat controllers, were fired despite having "some training in an occupation identified as 'critical.'" Since 1993, more than 10,000 service members have been fired under the ban. During that same time period, many of the United States' closest military allies, including the United Kingdom and Canada, repealed their prohibitions on gay service personnel.
"Congress and the American people now have the benefit of more than a decade of evidence indicting 'don't ask, don't tell,'" said Osburn. "Every American in every community benefits from the talents and skills of the more than 65,000 lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members on duty in our armed forces."
The "don't ask, don't tell" policy was adopted by Congress in 1993. Under the law, military personnel cannot reveal their sexual orientation to anyone, including family members, without risking expulsion from the armed forces.
The GAO analysis was requested in 2004 by a bipartisan group of 22 members of Congress.
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GO THE COMEDY OF ERRORS A strongman, a ventriloquist, three showgirls and a mimic with 1,000 voices make up just half of the Burlesque on Brand troupe, which enters, grandstands and immediately plunges into Shakespeare's shortest and most slapstick comedy about two pairs of long-lost twins crisscrossing in Ephesus. Here, servant Dromio (Jerry Kernion) wears a plaid toga, argyle socks and saddle shoes. (The four credited costumers have done fantastic work.) When Dromio vents to hero Antipholous (Bruce Turk) that the chubby kitchen wench (Gibby Brand) who claims she's his betrothed "is spherical, like a globe — I could find out countries in her," their banter smacks of Abbott and Costello. Director Michael Michetti's dynamite ensemble is held together by Turk's leading man, who, like his Errol Flynn mustache and the production itself, is playful and self-mocking, but never ironic. Michetti inventively turns bereft father Egeon's (Michael Stone Forrest) tale of how he lost his four sons — the longest speech in Shakespeare's canon — into a silent black-and-white film, but the director's not above showing a pie in the face. And he even gets laughs for Adriana (Abby Craden) and Luciana (Annie Abrams) in their usually thankless roles. In the first few scenes, the play threatens to become a musical, but once past the momentary misstep of two musical numbers, the production settles into the most droll and deft staging of The Comedy of Errors I've seen in a decade. A Noise Within, 234 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale; in rep, check website for schedule. (818) 240-0910, anoisewithin.org (Amy Nicholson)
GO THE BIRTHDAY BOYS Stop me if you've heard this one: Three U.S. Marines walk into an Iraqi storage room. OK, they don't walk. They get dragged into it. Point being, there are three of them, and they're together in this room. "Seems a bit dark and serious a scenario for a punch line," you think to yourself, but you would be wrong, because Aaron Kozak, who won the "Fringe First" award at last year's Hollywood Fringe Festival for this play, makes it much funnier than you would expect. Without being disrespectful to the gravity of military service or the war in Iraq, Kozak finds dark humor in the humanity of three Marines —privates Chester Gullette (Gregory Crafts), Lance Tyler (Sean Fitzgerald) and Colin Carney (Jim Martyka) — who have been captured from Al Asad air base by members of the Mahdi Militia. All three are bound hand and foot with duct tape and blindfolded, which limits their interactions but generates some solid physical comedy, such as when Lance tries to fight Colin and they end up writhing around like angry inchworms. Director Jacob Smith's spot-on timing effectively modulates transitions from lighter discussions of women and home lives to darker topics such as war and impending doom. Fitzgerald, as the most intense and combative of the three, genuinely makes us dislike him at times; Martyka, though quiet for long spells, believably exudes shame for attempting to abandon his brothers; Crafts, as the most mature and levelheaded of the men, pleasantly subverts the stereotypical Marine. And to top it all off, there's an unexpected twist that takes the comedy to a whole new level. A Theatre Unleashed production. NoHo Stages, 4934 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hlywd.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., thru March 27. (818) 849-4039, theatreunleashed.com. (Mayank Keshaviah)
BRENDAN O'LENIHAN LEAVES THREE DAUGHTERS After novelist Brendan O'Lenihan's massively successful literary career spawns "the greatest novel in history" (as one of O'Lenihan's daughters puts it), the writer becomes a recluse, delves into alternative spirituality and cuts off contact with his three daughters. They've congregated for his funeral, and the family dynamic that playwright William Norrett has constructed has the potential to be much more interesting than standard sister fare. Socially speaking, he's hit the dramatic jackpot: Kathleen (Jonica Patella) is a ghostwriter for rappers, Annebeth (Jana Wimer) is an Oscar-winning producer who shrinks behind her filmmaker husband, and Maureen (Bethany Orr) is a teacher in South Africa, with a Ph.D. in physics. Yet while the disparate paths the sisters have taken could more than satisfy the need for conflict required in such a play, Norrett's confidence seems to have faltered, leading him to build on a silly, ultimately irrelevant inheritance premise, the climax of which defies the very term. Though the male ensemble generally succeeds in its supporting roles, it's difficult to decide if the sisters' brittle, forced emotion and general disconnect from the material are the result of being miscast or under-rehearsed. Underground Annex Theater, 1308 N. Wilton Place, Hlywd.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 3 p.m., thru March 27. (818) 688-1219. (Rebecca Haithcoat)
I GET KNOCKED DOWN When writer-performer Evan McNamara first appears in this one-man show, he's wearing a T-shirt that reads "ARISE" and pointy elf ears. He is, he tells us, a member of an elf clan, and his sister, Raven, is a vampire who for years drained him of vitality. He then assumes the role of a Guardian Angel who revels in his own self-esteem. "God loves me," he claims, "because I make heaven look so cool." The elf tells about the woman he loved, hard-hearted Hannah, who married him and bore him two children, but then announced she'd been unfaithful from the start. We then meet Evan's other suffering alter egos: a prisoner shackled till he frees himself through an act of will, a martyr who embraces his pain, a scholar who alternates between raging against his fate and philosophic acceptance, a clown who wraps himself in a cloak of protective humor, and a hipster in stylish shades who doesn't contribute much to the story. McNamara is an appealing and energetic actor, but his bromidic ending is announced (self-knowledge is the key) rather than dramatized, so the show, though pleasant, seems both short (40 minutes) and slight. Director John Coppola might have been wise to insist on more substance. Studio C Artists, 6448 Santa Monica Blvd., Hlywd.; variable schedule, thru April 24. igetknockeddown.eventbrite.com. (Neal Weaver)


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Louisa's Walk -is Strolling Theatre taking you down into the World Heritage listed Cascades Female Factory.
Witness Louisa's arrest and follow her story on the transportation ship The Rajah to the grim walls of the women's prison. If you enjoy History, Drama and good storytelling Louisa's Walk will both challenge and entertain you.
A gentle stroll, walking through beautiful parkland, we follow the Hobart Rivulet and along South Hobart streets, enacting scenes as we go.
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Some Big And (Hopefully) Exciting Changes!
You may have noticed that I haven't written anything for the past two weeks. There's a reason for that.
I've spent the past year blogging. And what I've discovered over that year is that I don't enjoy blogging. Part of it is that I've never enjoyed writing. I think I'm a good writer, I just don't enjoy it.
But there's another reason, one that has slowly dawned on me over the past year.
Here's how blogging generally works. I write something. About half of the people who are subscribed to this blog open the email. And one or two people post a comment. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.
For me, there are a couple of problems with this way of operating. I write what interests me, what I feel inspired to write about in that moment. But I have no idea what YOU want or need.
Secondly, blogs don't lead themselves to interaction. Ultimately, I'm a coach, I'm not a blogger. As a coach, I need interaction. Without interaction, how can I help you with whatever your challenges are, with whatever difficulties you may be facing?
So as of today, I'm declaring….I am not a blogger!!!
Which leads me to what I hope is some exciting news. I know it is for me and I hope it is for you as well. After investigating my options, I've decided to introduce two new things:
I've created a Facebook Group called Live Fully: With Purpose + Meaning + Joy. My hope with this group is to create a community, a community where we can support each other in the quest to build lives of meaning and purpose. You can check out the group here at this link.
I certainly hope you'll consider joining the group. Facebook groups are designed to be interactive and my hope with this group is that I can support you on your journey through life, wherever you're headed.
We'll talk about all the things that truly matter in life: meaning, purpose, joy, gratitude, happiness, values, spirituality, careers, relationships, and much, much more.
(BTW, this new Facebook Group is different than my facebook fan page. The fan page, as I've discovered, isn't particularly interactive either – what normally happens is that I post something, a few people click "like" and that's it).
I'm going to be creating a series of free webinars. The first one will focus on how to create a meaningful life. The second one will focus on the science of positive psychology and how to apply it to daily life. After that, I'll create one on building relationships through authentic, heartfelt communication. And more will follow after that!
I hope to have the first webinar done in early January, with a new one to follow every one to two months. Each webinar will also tie into a specific coaching program that will be offered in both group and individual format.
What excites me about the webinars is that they're focused on a specific topic. In that way, I hope I can bring more value to your life, rather than just randomly writing about whatever I want on my blog.
So how do you find out about the webinars? That would be one more reason for joining my Facebook group since I plan on announcing their availability in the group.
Now, that leaves one unanswered question…what becomes of this blog?
Despite my misgivings about blogging, I do plan on continuing this blog. My plan is to write one new post every month, a longer and more in-depth post than what I've been writing in the past. And rather than writing whatever I want to write about, I plan on using the discussions from the Facebook group to inform what I blog about.
So that's it! I hope you're as excited about these changes as I am! And I hope to see you over on the new Facebook group. Feel free to share the new group info with others who may be interested in joining.


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JCB has announced the JS20MH is now available. The JS20M weighs 20 tons and is designed for public and private waste management companies handling municipal solid waste (MSW) in civic amenity sites, transfer stations, materials recycling facilities (MRFs) and specialist material recycling companies.
It is powered by the 97kW (130hp) JCB Dieselmax engine and fitted with a 5.7 meters straight boom, the JS20MH will be tailor-made for material handling performance. The options are a 4.0 meters gooseneck dipper for scrap applications or a shorter 3.0 meters straight dipper for waste applications. The maximum achievable pin reach is approximately 9.5 meters.
It also includes a reversible fan for cooling purposes and a Turbo II air pre-cleaner, which provides additional engine filtration. Cab guarding, front and rear light guarding and red and white chevrons on the excavator's rear end combine for machine protection and on-site safety while operator comfort is enhanced by an air-conditioned cab. All of these features will be included as part of the standard JS20MH specification.
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The much anticipated reopening of the Washington Monument on the National Mall is this Monday. It's been closed for 2 and a half years after damage from an earthquake.
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On Monday, President Obama is expected to name five new national monuments, including one on Maryland's Eastern Shore. A monument paying tribute to Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway will be built in Maryland.
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The park service announced Wednesday that Perini Management Services, Inc. of Framingham, Mass., has been chosen for the multi-million project.
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Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has proposed setting up a new independent board to accredit free online courses, in addition to announcing his support for a proposal by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) permitting states and companies to accredit academic courses. The White House has also floated the idea of creating a new system of accreditation aimed at measuring both the cost and value of higher education, with those measurements linked in some way to federal financial aid.
Rubio explained in a February 10 speech: "Action on this issue can and should be swift... Members of both parties are beginning to realize that for every day we delay bold accreditation reform, our education system leaves more Americans behind to languish in a dwindling market."
Rubio suggested prioritizing two other notable higher education proposals: setting the default payment plan for federal student loans as income-based, and creating an alternative to student loans known as "Student Investment Plans" to be used to pay for college tuition. These plans would be run by an "approved and certified private investment group" that would finance a student's tuition in exchange for taking a fixed percentage of that student's income for a set period of time after the student graduates. The Student Investment Plan would consider a student's major of study, matriculating institution and academic record to develop a repayment formula.
On January 17, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, H.R. 3547. The bill provides $1.012 trillion for domestic discretionary programs in FY14. The bill includes amounts to offset the effects of the FY13 budget cuts known as the sequester. Overall, the appropriation includes increases over FY13 funding for most of the programs of concern to academic dentistry.
Colleges and organizations participating in a recent White House summit meeting on higher education committed to a range of actions to help low-income students, including providing more scholarships to those pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields.
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced the release of a template, which institutions that offer "gainful employment" programs must use to meet their disclosure responsibilities under regulation 34 CFR 668.6(b). Use of the template will ensure that prospective students have a complete set of information that they can use to compare programs.
Gainful employment regulations apply to allied or advanced dental education programs that terminate with the awarding of a certificate but not a degree. Negotiators in December failed to reach a consensus on proposed gainful employment standards for vocational programs at for-profit institutions and community colleges.
The disclosure template produces an output document that includes all of the required gainful employment disclosures. It also provides compliance with a requirement that disclosures be done in an open manner and ensures that the information will be accessible to individuals with disabilities. The department also released new guidance on how institutions should display links to their disclosures from various pages on their websites.
Institutions were required to use the template to meet their Jan. 31, 2014 disclosure requirements. Additional information and a Quick Start Guide are available here.
The Higher Education Act (HEA) requires career education programs at for-profit schools and community colleges to "prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation" in order to participate in federal student aid programs. As a reminder, gainful employment regulations apply to allied or advanced dental education programs that terminate with the awarding of a certificate but not a degree. Last month, negotiators failed to reach consensus during the last of three rulemaking sessions.
Inside Higher Ed reports that representatives of both for-profit and public institutions took issue with the draft proposed regulations. The publication reported that representatives of for-profit programs praised the most recent revisions but criticized the rules overall. According to the article, groups representing for-profit and public institutions also disagreed on how the rules should handle borrowing for expenses other than tuition and fees, such as the cost of books and other academic supplies. Also at issue is whether low-cost programs at community colleges should be exempt from the regulations since few students incur any debt to attend low-cost programs.
New regulatory language released in November 2013 reintroduced a standard for loan repayment that would have measured the amount of all outstanding principal owed on federal student loans at the end of each year and penalized schools if their principal balances rose over time. This elicited complaints from the for-profit sector, and this more stringent formula was eventually dropped from the standards, provoking harsh criticism from consumer advocates.
Data prepared by the U.S. Department of Education estimated that under the most recent version of the proposed rules, 13% of the existing 11,735 programs would fail to meet the standards. Next steps, it will be up to the U.S. Department of Education to draft final regulations and submit those for public comment.
As part of a wide-ranging plan to curb rising college tuition and make college affordable to more Americans, this summer the Obama administration laid out a series of steps it wants to take, including a controversial proposal to develop a ratings system that would assess the "value" of each college. According to a fact sheet released by the White House in August, the ratings would be based on three broad categories: affordability, accessibility to low-income students and student outcomes.
The Obama administration wants to publish the ratings by the 2015 academic year and eventually convince Congress to tie student financial aid to each college's rating results. Many higher education professionals, however, say that "value" is a subjective term that defies a metric categorization.
Advocates for community colleges are particularly skeptical of the utility of a ratings system, even for informational purposes. They have noted that most community college students picked a school based on its geographic location, not on published metrics.
It has been reported that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has acknowledged that a ratings plan has "potential pitfalls" but emphasized that the ratings system will compare only similar institutions and take differences in student populations into account. He has called criticism of a rating system that does not yet exist premature.
The U.S. Department of Education has launched a new site, FinancialAidToolkit.ed.gov that provides one-stop shopping for all financial aid questions. The "Financial Aid Toolkit" is a searchable, online database that consolidates financial aid resources and content in one spot on the web. It is designed to help school guidance counselors and other professionals more easily navigate the complicated area of financial aid and provide better support to students.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan unveiled the new website on December 4 before more than 6,000 people at the 2013 Federal Student Aid Training Conference for Financial Aid Professionals. "This toolkit builds on the administration's ongoing efforts to improve college access and affordability, and it is an important step toward meeting the President's 2020 goal of having the most college graduates in the world," said Duncan.
The database has four subsections that cover the basics of financial aid; these include a primer on financial aid, advice on conducting financial aid outreach, information on training to becoming a financial aid counselor and a database searchable by topic, audience type and type of media—from social media to infographics.
The staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has advised the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) that proposed accreditation standards for dental therapy education could impede rather than promote the development of a nationwide dental therapy profession.
The FTC staff, in an advisory letter, said CODA's Accreditation Standards for Dental Therapy Education Programs include unnecessary statements on supervision, evaluation and treatment planning, language that could have the effect of limiting competition in the supply of dental care services. "We respectfully suggest that CODA consider dropping such statements," the FTC wrote.
Among the statements singled out by the FTC is one saying that supervising dentists "will be responsible for assessment of the implications of the patient's medical condition, diagnosis, risk assessment, prognosis and treatment planning." The FTC letter notes that "such statements ordinarily are not found in the accreditation standards of education programs for other allied dental professionals who are also supervised by dentists" and could "constrain states' discretion … to define broadly dental therapists' scope of practice to include oral evaluation and treatment planning."
The FTC recommended that CODA consider omitting categorical statements on topics that are typically addressed through state licensure and scope-of-practice laws, and that CODA consider developing accreditation standards for graduate-level dental therapy programs.
A Senate-sponsored task force of 14 college and university experts has been formed to make recommendations to "reduce and streamline confusing or costly regulations." The task force was announced on November 18 by four members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), which oversees higher education and education-related federal regulatory requirements.
"The stack of federal regulations on colleges and universities today is not the result of evil doers, it is simply the piling up of well-intentioned laws and regulations without anyone spending an equal amount of time weeding the garden first," said committee member Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), a former Secretary of Education, in a statement. "Let's face it: the federal government has become one of the greatest obstacles to innovation in higher education…. This task force will help Congress weed the garden."
The task force is co-chaired by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos and University System of Maryland Chancellor William Kirwan, and includes 12 other college and university presidents and higher education experts. The American Council on Education will provide organizational assistance. A press release from American University, whose president, Cornelius Kerwin, will also serve on the task force, said the group would come up with specific recommendations to streamline confusing "regulations, legislation and reporting requirements" and "review in detail the extent of all federal reporting and regulatory requirements placed on institutions, including estimates of time and costs associated with that reporting."
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With the first GNOME 3.12 development release (v3.11.1) due to occur this week, many of the first very early GNOME 3.12 packages are being checked in for early testing ahead of the desktop's full debut in March of 2014.
The latest GNOME package releases can be found via this month's
gnome-announce-list archive
. For the GNOME 3.11.1 packages available at the time of writing, there isn't anything too groundbreaking but some of the work includes:
- WebKitGTK+ 2.3.1 adds the WebKit2 API for TLS errors, respects image orientation by default, support for blob URLs to the GStreamer media back-end, support for sub-titles, and other development changes.
- GNOME Logs, one of the newest GNOME applications that is a log viewer for the systemd journal, has a fair amount of work. GNOME Logs 3.11.1 now supports case-insensitive searching, user-interface changes, new translations, and much more.
- PyGObject 3.11.1 has been released and takes care of lots of memory leaks, among other fixes.
- The Cheese 3.11.1 web-cam software has some API work, a new CheeseAvatarWidget, and user-interface alterations.
- AT-SPI 2.11.1 and ATK 2.11.1 were also released ahead of this first GNOME 3.12 development snapshot and their changes mostly just come down to bug-fixes.
Expect the GNOME 3.12 package changes to be much more exciting in the weeks and months ahead, given that GNOME 3.10 was only released last month. The ongoing Wayland enablement should be particularly exciting during the GNOME 3.12 cycle among other work to be covered on Phoronix.
The official GNOME 3.12.0 release is scheduled to happen on 26 March 2014 but until then will be the frequent GNOME 3.11 development releases.
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LOS ANGELES — Sophomore David Berg set the UCLA school record with his 16th save of the season and pushed his scoreless streak to 34 2/3 innings pitched on Sunday.
The scoreless 1 1/3 innings he pitched in the series finale at Dedeaux Field was also his third save of the weekend as UCLA (37-15, 20-7) swept rival USC.
The Trojans (19-33, 10-17) were in all three games, but couldn't get over the hump, losing back-to-back one-run contests before Sunday's 5-2 defeat. They dropped Friday night's game when the turf monster bit them on a flukey play where the "earth moved and sod came up" as USC head coach Dan Hubbs described it. Continue reading


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- Studio: TriStar Pictures
- Release Date: Apr 5, 2013
- Starring: Elizabeth Blackmore, Jane Levy, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci, Shiloh Fernandez
- Summary: Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with her brother and a group of friends, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads to danger and horror.
- Director: Fede Alvarez
- Genre(s): Thriller, Horror
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 18 out of 38
Mixed: 17 out of 38
Negative: 3 out of 38
Alvarez triumphs because he made one crucial decision: Avoid digital animation and use only practical in-camera special effects. He uses every trick from classic Hollywood and invents a few of his own.
Though it never channels the raw DIY energy of the original Evil Dead series — what big-budget version could? — this polished, clever remake remains true to the spirit of the original, which was at once viscerally terrifying and weirdly lighthearted.
There is nothing about Evil Dead as groundbreaking as Raimi's films (particularly the first two). But it's smarter and better done than a lot of what's come since those movies were made, which is to say there is at least some thought behind the killings.
It is nowhere near as creepy as the recent indie horror "V/H/S," but it is a full-bloodedly grisly and macabre film that zaps over a few scares.
Are we really looking to Evil Dead for gnarly possessions played straight? That's what Alvarez gives us for an overlong stretch, until his reinterpretation of the malevolent-hand gag kicks off a last act that's more freewheelingly, twistedly grisly. (Don't skip the credits, because the fan-energizing momentum peaks at the very end.)
This isn't a strict remake of Sam Raimi's hugely influential 1981 horror classic, but it does include the basic framework and some visual nods to the original. On its own, it's an irredeemable, sadistic torture chamber reveling in the bloody, cringe-inducing deaths of some of the stupidest people ever to spend a rainy night in a remote cabin in the woods.
Score distribution:
Positive: 124 out of 166
Mixed: 20 out of 166
Negative: 22 out of 166
Apr 5, 2013What can I say about this other than it's amazing? It's everything you want in a horror film. It's bloody, gory, and disgusting all in a good way. It never fails to keep a creepy time to it throughout the film. It all looks just so realistic too. There's no CGI. Only practical effects which makes it 10 times better. I'll probably see this movie 3 more times while it's in theaters… Expand
Apr 26, 2013i find this movie amazing. i think my friends and i enjoyed it much more after watching the entire trilogy before hand, so i recommend you do that before hand. i also recommend staying till after the credits ;3.… Expand
Apr 8, 2013A fantastic new vision on an already great franchise make this a must see for an die hard horror fan. A great ride from start to finish that features tons of thrills and tons and tons of blood.… Expand
May 18, 2013Well Sam Raimi is a genius!
He succeeds to provide every horror movie with the right portions and horror with humor. The Remake is not better than the original, but not worse.… Expand
Apr 6, 2013Really a big letdown it's not really scary lot of blood .i would say its was more gory than scary You know what don't waste your time and money on this reboot.Had real bad experience watching it .In the whole movie there was not an single moment that kept me engaged in the whole movie … Expand


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Looking across the Loch Eishort from Ord towards The Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye, Scotland, at sunset.
Canon EOS 30D, Efs 10-22 lens @11mm, CP, ND filters, 25 secs @ F/16 ISO 100,
Lovely capture
Thank you Larry :)
– Jeanie
a wonderful image – Tina
Thanks Martina :)
– Jeanie
Many thanks for the feature Martina :D
– Jeanie
Thank you Jenny :)
– Jeanie
Beautiful work.
Thank you Rebecca :)
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Great work!
Thank you Þórdis :)
– Jeanie
WOW! superb! i knew it was Scotland, just by looking at the thumbnail, lol X
Thank you Sally :)
– Jeanie
Wonderfully subtle colours. Lovely scene!
Thanks Kevin :)
– Jeanie
absolutely stunning such beautiful tones
Thanks Stuart :)
– Jeanie
Another great shot Jeanie, I like the two rocks that create a small leading line into the photo.
Thanks Nick.. admittedly thats a fluke.. lol :D
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lovely work…..
splendid composition
dreamy too
I do like the dynamics of this shot Tony. Great shot.
This is great. I love the net in the foreground as the focus.
wow.. i like the effecst with the focus.. nice one
oops.. that meant effects but i guess you know what i mean!! sorry i just got up!
yeah i got it :) glad u like it thank u so much
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Oh this is awesome Tony, very cool and creative use of shutter speed!
Great shot.
An interesting combination of movement and details. The landscape is sharp and the long exposure intended for the waves and the fishermen create a human abstract. A creative photography with excellent DOF and perspective. Thanks for sharing with the Art of the Middle East group.


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November 28, 2014
TORONTO (CNN) -- A shooting at a house party in Toronto late Monday killed two people and left 23 others wounded, included a 3-year-old child, authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators don't know why one man shot another, precipitating more gunshots, Toronto Police said in a news release Tuesday. Police arrived on the scene just before 11:00 last night, to find many of the 100 people at the party running and diving for cover, police said.
The two people killed by gunfire were Shyanne Charles, 14, and Joshua Yasay, 23, police said.
"The level of violence is something that we have never experienced and right now we're working very hard to ensure that we provide all the assistance that we can to the people who have been injured," Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said. "We're working fully to identify the people responsible to get them off the street, to get their guns off the streets and bring them before the courts."
A joint statement by three conservative ministers in Canada's government condemned the "brazen shooting" and called for tougher penalties for serious firearm offenses. The incident comes six weeks after a mall shooting in the city killed one and injured seven others.
Of the eight casualties in the June shooting at Eaton Centre, seven suffered gunshot wounds. An additional woman was knocked down in the melee and suffered minor injuries.
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Infographic: B2B content marketing trends for 2014
Over 90 per cent of B2B marketers use content marketing, according to new research, which found more than 70 per cent of those questioned are producing more content than they did last year.
B2B content marketing: key trends
Brightcove, the online video platform, in partnership with the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs, surveyed more than 1,200 B2B marketers in the US.
The survey asked marketers what had been important to them in 2013 and what would be the focus for their marketing strategies in the New Year.
It found content marketing is becoming more and more important to marketers, with 93 per cent of respondents using it and 73 per cent producing more content than last year.
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2014 Reunion Homecoming
Come reconnect with friends and classmates during Stanford's Reunion Homecoming, October 23-25, 2014. This year we're excited to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the 1989 Takeover and student activism. Whether or not it's your reunion year, the Asian American Activities Center (A3C) hopes you'll make plans to attend and join the community!
25 Years: Honoring Student Activism and the Legacy of the 1989 Takeover
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This page contains Tales Of Vesperia Unlockables for Xbox 360 called "Secret Achievements" and has been posted or updated on Sep 1, 2008 by sephirosuy. Let us know what you think of this Unlockable by thumbs voting.
- Developer: Bandai Namco Games
- Publisher: Namco Bandai Games America
- Genre: Role-Playing Console-style RPG
- Release Date: Aug 26, 2008
- ESRB: Teen
Secret Achievements
Complete the following achievements to unlock Xbox Live Gamerscore points.
|How to Unlock:
|Big Game Greenhorn (20 GP)
|Giganto Monsters are... special. Big. Strong. Nasty. Have fun.
|Eureka! (10 GP)
|You used Synthesis to create new equipment and items.
|First Strike (20 GP)
|Took out your enemy in a single shot. Master this technique to gain advantage in battles.
|Recovered the Aque Blastia (100 GP)
|You took back the aque blastia core from Barbos. This should fix the lower quarter's fountain.
|Secret Mission 1 (5 GP)
|Defeated Zagi while protecting Estellise from Zagi's attacks.
|Secret Mission 2 (5 GP)
|Downed Goliath by attacking its Achilles' heel while it charged X Buster.
|Secret Mission 3 (5 GP)
|Learning from Karol's experience, you used the billybally plants to stun Gattuso.
|Secret Mission 4 (5 GP)
|Lured Zagi to the side of the ship and knocked him overboard to cool him off.
|Secret Mission 5 (5 GP)
|Downed the Dreaded Giant when it reared back and left itself wide open.
|Secret Mission 6 (5 GP)
|Raven used Serpent to set a trap for the Gigalarva and prevented it from healing itself.
|Secret Mission 7 (5 GP)
|Against Barbos, you took out the bridge supports, keeping him from calling out more of his thugs.
|Secret Mission 8 (5 GP)
|Let him absorb too much magic, destroying his Bohdi Blastia.
|Secret Mission 9 (5 GP)
|You defeated the Leader Bat and prevented Pteropus from recombining.
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