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Back-to-school shopping can be stressful — which is why Us Weekly enlisted celeb stylist June Ambrose to assemble first-day outfits! "Kids want to be cool and blend in, but they also want people to see them," the mom of Summer, 12, and Chance, 14, tells Us. Here are picks that will please even the fussiest teen.


For context : A squad hunters has been assigned to capture a Tyrannosaurus Rex for the grand opening of a new amazing zoo. They will be sent to a location in Montana 66 million years ago using a time warp (one-way, and opened for 1 hour) and will have about 1 month to find and capture an adult T. Rex before the time warp re-opens. They have limited funds (most of the money goes in the opening of the time warp) so the cheaper solution, the better.
How many hunters are needed ?
What equipment is needed (vehicle, medicines, food, shelter) ?
How would they find a T. Rex in the jungle ?
How could they capture a T. Rex alive ?
How would they move the T. Rex to the location of the time warp ?
To be clear, my question is about the strategy involved in capturing a T. Rex alive and is NOT about imagining the plot of the capture of the T. Rex by the hunters.
You need to work on the "limited funds" bit. The T-rex capture in 2nd Jurassic Park movie (Lost World, 1997) is entirely plausible, and would cost less than $10M. If that is sizable comparable to cost of time travel, then time travel is cheap enough for tens if not hundreds of countries and billionaires to do it. So you need an explanation. Maybe time-travel organization is almost bankrupt, and T-rex is a last-resort PR stunt. Maybe your dino hunters do not have full support of the organization. Or maybe warp is a natural phenomenon that nobody but your protagonists know of believe.
Shoot tranquilizer guns, with human shooters up in the trees, or via remote-controlled turrets.
With movie-style luck and disregard for safety, a few skilled few people and an SUV-full of mildly expensive gear should handle it.
Keep the whole team alive in a land of dinosaurs, for a month. You will need very hardened shelter (a decommissioned APC?), or 24/7 watchmen (I hope dinosaurs are as afraid of fire as modern animals).
Keep the captured dino alive and contained until the warp day. Maybe chemically induced coma (and a vet to make sure the dino does wakes up), maybe keep him cold (not freezing), maybe bring along a sufficiently strong cage (which requires a full-size truck). You will also have to keep smaller predators away from the sleeping T-Rex.
One radical solution is to implant electrodes into the brain of tranquilized dino, which let humans steer him once he is awake. I assume they will practice doing it on modern lizards, and it works on the TRex. So let him roam free until portal day, then bring him in.
guns & ammo, including tranquilizer gun.
portable solar-powered drones if your budget allows it (solar panels & drones will be much more effective by the time we invent time travel).
Camping supplies if you want to be realistic.
motion detectors if you want to be high-tech. Otherwise, hide in a cave.
If you need to physically move T-rex through the warp portal, you will need a flatbed truck with a TRex-grade cage on it.
Military guy provides security, by shooting anything that is not T-Rex.
Tracker or drones find the T-Rex. This can take a while, but will provide bonding opportunities for tracker and vet.
Military guy shoots some peaceful herbivore and butchers it.
Tracker and vet make a trail of meat leading T-rex to the general area around the warp site. Ideally, stay within earshot of T-rex, and occasionally bang a spoon on a pot. Zoom in on bewildered reaction of military guy.
Once at the warp site, establish a routine. Same time each day, lay out fresh meat, and bang pot with a spoon. T-rex will soon learn to come. It works on lizards, it will work on T-Rex. Hunters are supposed to be smart.
On warp day, put sleeping powder into meat, and shoot T-rex with tranquilizer. Military guy can get killed here.
If you need to physically move T-rex through the warp portal, you will have to condition it to take the meat from inside the cage. On warp day, lock the cage door behind him, still shoot it with tranq, and maybe use sleeping gas (like with King Kong). B/c it might hurt itself trying to get out.
Vet and tracker kiss in front of T-rex's undulating nostrils as the warp's glare conceals them from us.
Sequel: tracker and vet save T-Rex from the cruel zoo where corporate types put it.
The cheapest way is to sell the rights to the hunt. Sure you're capturing it alive but what mega rich trophy hunter wouldn't sell their soul for a chance to bag the world's first T-Rex?
He'd outfit himself with the gun's (tranc of course) and the locator drones plus armoured mobile accommodation. He'd foot the whole bill for the operation.
Ideally you'd use small drones to locate and follow possible candidates. At the point where the warp will open again, you'd bag your prey and transport via large transport drones back to the pick up location. Depending on how far away the T-Rex was, it might only be trancced for a couple of hours.
Throw the flare towards the box.
Do not let Jeff Goldblum anywhere near your T-Rex.
Fortunately, the last point works in our favor. We could not afford his fee anyways.
Disclaimer: This plan may cut a few corners in the name of cost savings. Remember, The Company has your best interests in mind. Trust The Company.
Method: Just dump all the bait onto the teleportation location. When a T-Rex eventually comes by just activate the teleporter which will teleport the T-Rex back into a Cage. The hunter comes back later, or the cage should allow him to slip through, the T-Rex should be focused on the meet and not some strange 2 legged hairless white thing.
Of course waiting for a T-Rex to just show up might be unlikely, but you will want to identify a general area where you knew T-Rex's existed in the first place and place the teleporter and bait there to increase your odds. You have 30 days, so you can be patient.
Hunters needed: One, though it would be safer to take at least three.
Equipment needed: Large mining truck, mobile crane truck and straps, Drones with tranquilizer darts and RFID tracking tags and related tracking equipment, breathing equipment (similar to what divers use), a gas separation and pressurization unit, and a big gun with ammo for protection.
The drones would cover a large area and tag/tranquilize the T-Rex. You probably only want to tranquilize the T-Rex within your last few days of your hunt so you don't have to worry about keeping it alive while unconscious. Additionally killing a large dinosaur near your time warp would be a good strategy because the T-Rex was a scavenger at least as much as it was a predator, making a large dead carcass a good lure.
The T-Rex will be easily captured while unconscious.
The crane will lift the T-Rex onto the truck which will drive through the time warp.
You might be wondering about the breathing equipment and gas system. The truth is that we don't know what the atmosphere was like during the time of the dinosaurs, but it was certainly different than it is now (both in composition and in pressure). You will need this equipment just to survive for more than a few hours in these conditions.
Because of the way the way the scenario is set up, I don't think drones would be effective, as there would be no communications during the month long period the time warp is inactive.
Also, baiting the time portal location will not work, at least because the time warp will not reactivate for another month. T-rex will be long gone. Also, T-rex may not like the smell of "modern" cuisine: he be wary of or disregard the bait.
Get some brave lads to hide up in a tree near the time portal site with a big sack.
Hunter will stalk & lure T-rex along the path under the tree.
Drop sack over T-rex's head & cinch the drawstrings tight.
T-rex now feels safe and cozy and calm.
Activate portal & drag T-rex into it using a pre-arranged winch on the other side.
One very big problem being overlooked here is that no one knows the actual social behaviour of the T-Rex. While the traditional view was it was a solitary predator, there is some opinion that T-Rex actually moved and hunted in family groups or small flocks, with chicks staying in the nest, while adolescents, being proportionally lighter and longer limbed than the adults spread out and acted as "drivers" to flush prey into the ambush positions the adults were waiting in. As terrifying as a single T-Rex would be, being chased by several young agile T-Rex's into a copse of trees where the two adults are waiting would be taking that terror level up to "11"
Oh crap! Where did they all come from!
So our hunters will quickly become the hunted, and unless they are encased in an MRAP class vehicle and packing some heavy firepower to fend off the flock, they will be in a world of trouble. Trying to separate a young T-Rex from the flock will be problematic, they are working as cooperative units to drive you towards the parents, and it is fairly easy to imagine the parents are in that copse of trees because that is also where the nest with the T-Rex chicks are. So you are going to be up against an entire family group of very large, hungry and likely foul tempered examples of the biggest and most powerful carnivore to ever walk the Earth.
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Strange You Never Knew, as the title implies, develops the thematic motif of knowing, the desire to know the mystery of love—touching earth and pushing off, flesh and spirit, life of the senses complementing the spiritual, the dream life of the imagination, desire for the word that speaks light from darkness, the ethereal within the mundane.
This knowing is contained by our daily living, the sensuous world with which we interact, mostly unaware of its spiritual dimension. The book's four-section poem sequence is one of immersion into the paradoxical life, the life we come to know and spend a lifetime comprehending its inexplicable beauty. The poems examine our lives of displacement from family, love, ourselves. Displacement, however, does not necessarily mean despair. Our mundane lives we may discover transpire in an austere and holy place peopled with angels unaware. Faith can exist in a place of stone. Absolution is available daily. Redemption is found in strange places we never knew.
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The roll-call of off-season movers in local football is a register of the serially restless. In the coaches' column it usually starts with A for Anyau, B for Basena… and K for Kisala.
So, once again, former URA coach Kefa Kisala has been appointed as new BUL FC coach on a two-year contract.
The former Uganda Cranes assistant coach has been out of service since his acrimonious departure from URA last season. He returns at the Jinja-based side for the second stint to replace fellow constant mover, Frank 'Video' Anyau.


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How did you end up a planeteer.
The memory is pretty hazy, but it starts out with me walking to my car across a dark, semi-deserted parking lot one night.
I remember hearing some hushed whispering as I approached my car, then as I was opening the door, something hit me from behind & everything went dark.
I don't remember much between that and 2 weeks later... I'm pretty sure I had been in a basement somewhere.... and I think there was something involving a pirate, a goat & a trampoline... but I'm not sure.
Anyhow, when I regained awareness I was back at my home computer desk and The Planet was displayed on my screen & saved to my bookmarks.
and.. well... I've been here ever since.
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with "it puts the lotion on it's skin" echoing through my mind. And since then I've had this thing for clowns that my therapist can't explain.


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They put the world off at a distance
Saturdays "Forever Is Over"
Tom asks over on his Blue Lines tumblr:
People make statements all the time about which music they like and why they like it.
Some of these statements will be false.
Is there any advantage to trying to guess which, or in assuming that certain people or groups are lying? Rather than simply assuming good faith?
I said in response that emphasizing motive has more risks than advantages. Not that - if we're aware of the risks - motive should be off the table; motives can matter, but their relevance is greatly exaggerated.** These were my reasons***:
To complicate your question further, there are two parts to it:
(1) People say they like something.
(2) People say why they like something.
One could tell the truth about the first but not the second - or, I suppose, the second but not the first: "I LOVE this song" (which I actually barely like), but then I give a reason that actually is true to my bare liking.
And also, we don't always know that we're not "telling the truth"; e.g. a woman believes that she somewhat likes her husband's favorite band - until she belatedly realizes that she never did much like it at all. And as for someone's not knowing all about - or even much about - why he or she likes something, well, that's all of us a lot of the time.
But here is my crucial point: we may know very well that what a particular person says may be influenced by a number of motives - he may be trying to impress us, she may be praising her best friend's band, he may be a publicist, she may be trying to shock - but nonetheless, as intellectuals, our speculation about or knowledge of someone's motives absolutely does not give us the right to dismiss what that person says. We ALWAYS have to pay careful attention to the actual words that someone uses, the actual argument that someone is making. For the argument itself may be strong, may illuminate the music, may make us rehear and rethink - whatever the person's motives for making the argument. Also, if we don't attend carefully to someone's arguments, we can find ourselves going, "this is his motive for saying X," when actually the person said Y. And without knowing what the person actually said, we can hardly claim to know the person's motive for saying it.
"There are always two reasons for anything," Michèle Bernstein told Greil Marcus. "There is always the good reason, and there is always the real reason." I'd say, more accurately, there is usually a "good" component, which may well be real, but there are other real components that go beyond the good reasons. But what I'm saying is that, if a thinker is any good, generally that thinker's good reasons matter far more than whatever is left over as motive or "real" reason. It is the good reason that can travel, as it were, can affect people and move people. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't probe into motives, into all reasons; sometimes subterranean "real" reasons can turn out to be better than the merely good ones. But our understanding must begin with close attention to what someone actually says and does, rather than with our speculations as to why the person is doing it.
There are writers like Plato and Nietzsche where you don't always know what ideas they're committed to, what they're just trying out, or when they're playing their own devil's advocate. But we don't get to ignore an idea just because we can't tell if the person who proposes it is serious or not.
Simon Reynolds once suggested to me what my motives for praising the Paris Hilton album were before he'd read a word I'd written about it.* And when Jim DeRogatis reviewed Chuck Eddy's heavy metal book, Stairway To Hell, Jim said that Chuck Eddy's shtick was contrariness, and he later told rockcritics.com that Chuck's including Teena Marie in the book was just an in-joke for rock critics. But Jim never addressed what Chuck actually said about Teena Marie's Emerald City or what Chuck said his reasons were for including it in the book, or what Chuck was saying about heavy metal by including Emerald City (the first side of which rocks like a motherfucker, by the way).
In this way critics like SR and JD seriously cripple themselves. They put the world off at a distance without realizing they're doing so.
*EDIT: Simon originally did this in an email. Checking it, I surmise that he might have read a sentence, maybe even two, though I don't think those sentences were about why I liked Paris's music. Also, looking at the artifacts, it's bizarre to me, given my actual ideas, that Simon and I weren't allies, or at least colleagues.
**EDIT: Actually, I think there's something crucially important - in a lot of my thinking, anyway, which is an attempt to tunnel down to insights and impulses that are half-expressed and half-masked by the actual reasons we give and arguments we make - ...something crucially important that I hesitate to call "motive" but that I might end up placing in the category "real reasons" or "more reasons." That's what I'm trying to suggest in that cryptic sentence, "sometimes subterranean 'real' reasons can turn out to be better than the merely good ones." But most people who focus on motive don't care diddly-squat about tunneling down to insights and impulses. I elaborate on this thought down in the comments.
***The reasons I give in my post hardly encompass all my motives for making the post, however.
Tags: alienation, mutual incomprehension pact
dubdobdee
concur this (indeed have been wrestling with similar ideas all afternoon)^^
except to note in parenthesis that bernstein's important comment to marcus is actually already a quotation, which she knew certainly knew as she said it, whether or not he spotted it -- unfortunately i forget where i quite recently came across the earlier expression of it
Well, I'm still wrestling, in that I've rewritten my top sentence three times in the last five minutes, and may stick an edit in at the end. After all, a lot of what I explore is the social force of ideas that, if you stated them, would be bad... but that the bad ideas, the not fully spoken "bad" reasons, the extraneous "motives," may have potential good ones unborn "beneath" them, as it were, so if we dismiss rather than tunnel through the bad reasons we fail to find our way to good ideas that have yet to come into existence. I'm being vague, and I think "motive" is probably the wrong word when we get to this point. An example would be my friend Nathan's saying, "The Backstreet Boys don't even play their instruments." This seems and is a pretty dumb complaint, but my hope in exploring such complaints is that we work our way down to the not necessarily dumb impulse that pushes such statements up to the surface and out of people's mouths. And then, if we liberate the impulse from the dumb complaint that represents the impulse but suppresses what's potentially intelligent in it, we arrive at good questions that may eventually result in strong ideas to match the strong impulses.
Sort of tangental, but...
katstevens
...your mentioning Nathan's Backstreet Boys comment has made *me* pay careful attention to the exact words he uses in the phrase 'they don't even play their own instruments'. I know this topic has been well-worn over the course of the rockism debate, but rather than saying 'they don't write their own songs', he says 'they don't play their own instruments'. Taken at face value that's such a strange complaint! Leaving aside the 'voice is an instrument' thing, surely this would mean a band like Nirvana that did play their 'own' instruments but then used a cello player or Butch Vig or whomever to beef up their palette are less credible than my old punk band who didn't even use effects pedals? (NB my band were not credible). So by using that phrase Nathan is shooting himself in the foot when all along he really means something else (the 'organic' process he describes the Beatles as having).
Re: Sort of tangental, but...
Er, sorry, my mistake; I was typing fast. He'd actually said, "They don't even write their own songs." But there is that complaint about not playing their instruments in regard to a lot of pop (going back to the Monkees, where it really was a kind of fraud, since you saw them performing the songs on their show, but for the first two albums all the playing was by studio musicians) and about a lot of hip-hop, etc.
No worries! But that exact criticism did get bandied around an awful lot when I was a teenager (often by ME!), esp during the boyband/girlband saturation of the UK charts in the mid to late 90s - hence Busted and McFly often being 'acceptable' where Boyzone and Westlife might not be.
Google isn't helping here. I only get one hit for the quotation (through Google Books, some article called "Concrete, So As To Self-Destruct").
OK, slightly more dexterous searching gets - allegedly - John Pierpont Morgan and Thomas Carlyle, but no sources given.
i think carlyle, yes! -- not sure where the fuck i've been reading abt carlyle, though
if i'm not too busy at work tomorrow, i will write up my thoughts on this
skyecaptain
Just wrote about 2001, the year I Officially Got into Music over on my blog, and some of these anxieties come up, in a way. There is something somewhat dangerous about putting your ideas rather than mere taste (the why rather than just the what) out into the world, and there's often a sense that I have of the inadequate WHY undercutting the simpler WHAT altogether. But this is also in part what makes music worth writing about rather than just listening to with the assumption that you have nothing to say (no one genuinely has nothing to say -- this is impossible -- but many feel "unqualified" to articulate reasons for liking or disliking, certainly, as I did back in 2001): there is a richer process of discovery in being WRONG about liking and disliking; the key is, as you say, to stay in the world of the arguments (when arguing) because more often than not mere speculation on the more visceral moment of taste-making simply isn't very interesting, even when it's not totally off-base. (As when someone essentially claims you're lying about what you like, which has happened to me more than once.)
At the same time, I don't think this is actually a major issue (referring to Tom's original question of whether or not we should "guess at motivations"), if the issue at stake is "is someone being honest or not when they say they like or dislike _____." A better question is, "do the reasons someone gives for liking or disliking this make any sense? Are they interesting? Can I do anything with them myself?" But none of these questions have much to do with the mere assertion of taste, they have to do with the justification of taste. (This is one reason why lots of recent conversations about the "nature of taste" have left me so cold -- it's pretending there's some less messy step before that world of arguments and justifications that we can argue about with any satisfaction, when we're kind of stuck with our words as far as talking about this stuff goes.)
"richer process of discovery in potentially being WRONG about liking or disliking" is what I meant there -- the risk of being argued with in the first place is what makes music worth talking about.
I was talking to an alt-country guy last night (he'd never heard of Taylor Swift!) and I was explaining to him that one of the great benefits of writing about music is that music is hard to describe and impossible to convey and that you can never adequately explain why you like something or adequately justify why you think it's good. So you're always describing the indescribable and understanding the incomprehensible.
petronia
I don't know how this comes across but I don't have "a good instinct for deception" (to quote something else I read recently) - I would never assume someone was lying when they said they liked something, even if the music were awful IMO, or the opinion seemed somehow out of character, or they're transparently trying to impress me. How do you keep up your side of a conversation about "music you like" if you don't assume the other person is telling the truth?
(Though, actual deception is different from not really knowing why you liked or disliked something and therefore rationalizing - IMO that's just how people think.)
Well, the subtext of these posts is that Tom and Dave and I etc. tend to be the accused here, rarely the accusers; that is, people simply can't believe that someone like me can actually consider Britney or Ashlee or Paris to be really really good. A slightly more "subtle" argument (going from the zero percentile of subtlety to maybe the 5th percentile of subtlety) is to tell us that, while we're not exactly lying, we, say, like the idea of liking Paris's music more than we actually like the music itself, and we really need to examine this since we could not possibly have pondered our own motives until questioned about them. As opposed to, say, my having heard this shit for the last 37 years or so: I think the first incredulity I ever encountered in regard to my taste was when I liked Alice Cooper in 1972 and began plumping for old garage bands and bubblegummers like the Troggs and the Ohio Express and Tommy James; and then it was how could I possibly like the Dolls and the Stooges? And after all those performers were OK to like, then it's how, if I like the Sex Pistols, can I also like Donna Summer? And on from there.
Of course we can and are opened up to liking something by our social motives, by wanting to give artist X a chance and wanting to dismiss artist Y out of hand. Wanting to like what our friends like is a motive. Wanting to stand out from the crowd by liking what everyone dislikes is another. But our ears won't necessarily cooperate, if what they hear doesn't match our desire. Our desires can open or close our ears, but they can't counteract our ears.
In any event, people mostly tell the truth - which isn't to say that someone can't be intimidated by you and want to impress you, hence gear what he says to what he thinks you want to hear, or someone can praise your favorite band so as not to hurt your feelings. But you're one hundred percent right that there's no way to carry on the conversation if you're just going to decide that the other person is lying and use that as an excuse to discount or ignore what the other person says.
Looking again, two-and--half years later:
People mostly tell the truth.
No wait. Most people believe, sincerely, what they're saying, most of the time. But to tell the truth you have to know the truth. People who continually express strong opinions on subjects they make no effort to understand are much more deeply dishonest, despite their believing their own opinions, than are people who temper their opinions out of politeness or uncertainty or self-interest but who nonetheless are capable of noticing counter-evidence and of imagining alternative explanations.
my having heard this shit for the last 37 years or so
I.e., people telling me my motives but ignoring my ideas, and making no effort to understand the music I'm plumping for.
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RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A New Jersey woman is lucky to be alive after the car she was driving smashed into a tree, but now her beloved dog is missing after bolting from the scene.
From furry friend to missing pooch, 5-year-old hound terrier mix Akela hasn't been seen since Sally's accident on I-95 near DeGraw Avenue early Saturday.
Sally has since had surgery to repair her broken jaw, but it's her beloved pup she's most concerned about. Rubin says Akela jumped right out of the car and ran away after the crash.
Akela was last seen about ten hours after the crash in the Ridgefield Park area. Flyers have since gone up in nearby towns like Teaneck and Bogota in hopes that she's spotted again.
Rubin says the next step is putting up feeding stations and cameras to try and track her down. They do need the public's help in finding Akela, but warn she may be skittish.
If you see her, Rubin asks you call 201-988-8563.


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Perri's Top Movies 10 of 2012
While the large majority can come to an agreement on whether or not a film is good or bad, or pinpoint a particular element that exemplifies skillful filmmaking, for me, the reviewing process is still very personal. Some moviegoers prefer horror while others go for romance, some don't mind a tearjerker while others would rather keep their emotions to themselves, and then there are the times when you just happen to walk into a movie and it strikes a chord because you just experienced something similar. Well, I certainly can't speak to your big screen preferences, but I'm thrilled to share mine, a top ten that I've populated with quality films that have thrilled, entertained and/or moved me enough to make them some of my best memories of 2012.
10. MOONRISE KINGDOM
Wouldn't it be fun to grow up on New Penzance and run off into the woods with a cute boy and kitten in a bag? Well, I'm a little too old for a Khaki Scout, but at least I can live vicariously through Sam Shakusky and Suzy Bishop's budding young romance in "Moonrise Kingdom." While I do recognize most of Wes Anderson's work as quality filmmaking, I often have trouble adjusting to his wildly unique characters and environments enough to establish a genuine connection to the material. However, in the case of "Moonrise Kingdom," Anderson's bold and beautiful style is as evident as ever, and while he paints a picture of an amusingly heightened reality, Sam and Suzy's relationship is so charming and honest, it grounds the film just enough to offer up the best of both worlds and that left the doors wide open to come in and become wholly immersed in this world.
Great Quote: "Your girlfriend stabbed me in the back with lefty scissors."
9. YOUR SISTER'S SISTER
I love my sister very much, but, of course, we butt heads a bit – quite a bit, really – so the fact that "Your Sister's Sister" had me running home after the credits, eager to tell my sister how much I really care about her leaves an indelible impression. Lynn Shelton presents a simple, well-structured script and keeps a light hand on the camera, letting her immensely talented cast shine big time. The large majority of the film plays out through one-on-one chats and table scenes, so compelling conversation is key and Shelton and co. deliver. Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt have the ideal degree of chemistry, all establishing their own connection with one another while also highlighting the group vibe, giving their relationships an incredible amount of depth, making them enjoyable and moving to see progress. "Your Sister's Sister" will make you smile, laugh, and want to drink a bottle of tequila with a good friend all while melting your heart away.
Great Quote: "I really think your face is gonna annoy me right now."
8. THE IMPOSSIBLE
Emotion is great and all, but there's nothing more frustrating than a movie that makes you cry via manipulation. When "The Impossible" began with that text reminding you it's based on a true story only to fade to black, leaving just the words "true story" glowing on the screen, I was sure it would be 103 minutes of melodrama, however, not only did the film go on to earn each and every tear, but also became one of my favorites of the year. Moviegoers love Hollywood-style disaster films. I know I most certainly do! But rather than give "The Impossible" a boost, that sets it up to fail. Say what you want about Juan Antonio Bayona's choice not to go with a Spanish cast, but, as a viewer, it in no way devalued the experience, letting Bayona's representation of that catastrophic event tell the family's story in the most respectful, exhilarating, and heart wrenching way possible. Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor are fantastic, but this industry needs more Tom Holland!
Great Quote: "Even if it's the last thing we do."
7. MAGIC MIKE
I'm not going to lie; I was thrilled to death to catch "Magic Mike" for the commercial appeal alone – Channing Tatum and his sexy cohorts rocking it out as male strippers – but it's so much more than that. After a dirty dancing and six pack-filled promotional campaign, it was easy to forget that "Magic Mike" is a Steven Soderbergh movie, and Soderbergh doesn't hold back in the least reminding you with the full feature, ultimately making "Magic Mike" a mesmerizing big screen anomaly. It's got the feel of a grand scale charmer, but there are countless nuances that scream deliberate and proficient filmmaking while also being so subtle. It isn't until the credits role that you sit back and realize what a nice surprise the experience was and how deeply connected you were to the characters as people and not just the thrill of their profession.
Great Quote: "The law says you cannot touch, but I think I see a lotta lawbreakers up in this house."
6. LIFE OF PI
It's a movie about a dude trapped on a boat with a tiger! How could this not be one of the great movies of the year? But in all seriousness, Suraj Sharma isn't getting the attention he deserves for "Life of Pi." The CGI Richard Parker is quite the achievement, but Sharma's ability to play off a fake tiger and sell every single moment, basically carrying the entire film, is nothing less than incredible. But, of course, Ang Li deserves a major thumbs up for selling each and every element of the piece, from Pi's wavering relationship with the tiger to the more fantastical portions of the story. Rather than putting the focus on Pi's need to find safety before Richard Parker eats him, Li gives the adventure a noteworthy degree of dimension through Pi's thoughts and emotions. It's not just about survival. This experience means much more to Pi than that and that, in turn, gives the audience much more to think about, letting "Life of Pi" have a long-lasting impression.
Great Quote: "Animals have souls. I have seen it in their eyes."
5. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
If I could be a fly on the wall during any scene of a 2012 movie, it'd undoubtedly be the elevator massacre in "The Cabin in the Woods." Really, is there any horror movie out there that combines genre clichés with originality so well? The movie's the ultimate two-for-one, offering up that good old secluded cabin in the middle of nowhere scenario while spicing it up with a wildly inventive and surprisingly believable reason for it all. (Or perhaps it's more just wanting to believe, which is also fine by me.) You're rooting for poor Dana and her helpless friends to survive, but you also want Hadley and Sitterson to take them out so they can top the Japanese. Then again, Hadley and Sitterson get bonus points for the wonderfully sadistic and entertaining ways they go about killing their victims, so their cause wins out the slightest bit. Is it going too far to call "Cabin in the Woods" horror-lover porn? I'm leaning towards a no.
Great Quote: "Yes, you had Zombies, but this is Zombie Redneck Torture Family. Entirely separate thing. It's like the difference between an elephant and an elephant seal."
4. SINISTER
"Sinister" had me with its sick and twisted way of saying hello, opening with a minute that feels like ten of watching a helpless family dangling from a tree by their necks. The "Sinister" mini movies alone are more than enough to keep you up at night, but then director Scott Derrickson also offers up a disturbing original story, horrifying imagery, and a powerful lead performance from Ethan Hawke to make it all feel real. From beginning to end, we're trapped in that house with Ellison. You know something terrible is going down, but the thought of this murder inspiring Ellison's next big true crime novel makes you want him to dig deeper. But, of course, this is a horror movie so there comes the time when you're itching to yell at the screen and tell Ellison to reconsider his priorities. It makes for a nice surprise when he actually obliges – in the best and worst ways. I've got a "Sinister" poster hanging in my apartment and you know who is on it, so maybe I shouldn't move out anytime soon.
Great Quote: "Don't worry, Daddy. I'll make you famous again."
3. THE HUNGER GAMES
"The Hunger Games" is my most-viewed movie of 2012 and for good reason. Sure, I'm obsessed with Suzanne Collins' books and do a great deal of writing on the material, but my love of the source has nothing to do with the film version making the list. Gary Ross took a mere $80 million (a low number compared to the major's all-too-frequent $200 million+ budgets) and turned it into one of the highest-grossing films of the year, and one of quality at that! Ross and co. just absolutely nail the adaptation process. He never undermines the gravity of the Hunger Games, making the event compelling in and of itself, but also does a superb job of putting the audience in Katniss' shoes, making the experience personal and upping the emotion tenfold. And who can talk "Hunger Games" without gushing over Jennifer Lawrence? Had the studio miscast the role of Katniss Everdeen, it would have been detrimental, but not only did they land the perfect Katniss, they found an actress who would ultimately go on to soar far beyond expectations. Not only is "The Hunger Games" my third best movie of 2012, but it is the most re-watchable movie of the year, hitting the same beats with a notable amount of intensity over and over again.
Great Quote: "I'm here to help you make an impression."
2. ZERO DARK THIRTY
While you don't want to think of the task of killing Osama bin Laden as entertainment, "Zero Dark Thirty" is a movie and a movie's got to be entertaining, especially at a running time of 157 minutes. Clearly not an easy task with an issue that hits homes for many, but Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal handle every element of the process so delicately that they create an enthralling and entertaining experience while also honoring and respecting the facts. Jessica Chastain's Maya is pleasant, but leaves just enough room to let you somewhat pity her for handing her entire life over to her job. Then again, she also manages to establish a firm enough connection between the character and the viewer, compelling you to root for her and go along with anything she says. Tack on the fact that it's impossible to sit through "Zero Dark Thirty" without feeling the effects of the film's true roots and you end up with the ideal adaptation, a piece that takes the true event and amplifies it with a lesser-known side of the story.
Great Quote: "I'm the mother***er who found this place."
1. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Top-notch filmmaking, an endlessly entertaining experience and almost overwhelmingly moving. The second I walked out of "Silver Linings Playbook," I knew it'd be a tough one to beat. Bradley Cooper gives Pat this fantastic push and pull. You're well aware of his diagnosis yet still hope he gets what he wants, so when Jennifer Lawrence's Tiffany steps into the picture, you've still got your fingers crossed Pat's wife will take him back, but are also being increasingly charmed by Tiffany. What results is this wonderful quirky, deep connection between the characters that makes one person's arc totally reliant on the other's, an achievement that can only result from the best of performances. Cooper is excellent, but Lawrence does it again. Even while drowning in "Hunger Games" fame, Lawrence has no trouble embodying another character to the fullest extent. Tiffany is impulsive and a bit too blunt, but Lawrence keeps her likable enough and then infuses her with a degree of vulnerability that just melts your heart and hope she gets what she wants, or, rather, deserves. "Silver Linings Playbook" is part romantic comedy, part drama, part family film and even a little feel-good sports movie, too, and, in the end, it leaves you with only the most satisfying assets of each.
Great Quote: "You say more inappropriate things than appropriate things."
PERRI'S 5 WORST OF 2012
5. SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Stellar production design and visual effects come nowhere close to saving "Snow White and the Huntsman" from its train wreck of a script and unemotional lead. Hands down one of the slowest films of the year, what could have made for a decent 90-minute fantasy action flick turns into a miserable bore drowning in dead air and nonsensical transitions. Making the film even more of a snooze is the fact that Stewart looks just as bored acting in it as the audience feels watching it.
4. CLOUD ATLAS
Yet again, great set design, visual effects, makeup and costume work, but all of it ultimately amounts to no more than a boring gimmick. Rather than use the multi-narrative format in a way to enhance each and every story, it makes "Cloud Atlas" feel disjointed and basically just winds up repeating what the trailer told us six times over – we're all connected. Even worse, it never even makes you believe it. You're better off just watching the trailer and stepping in for the last two minutes of the film when they present a montage revealing which characters each actor plays – further solidifying the whole thing as a gimmick.
3. ANNA KARENINA
Pretty picture with a lame story and poor pacing all over again. "Anna Karenina" might have been my most painful experience at the theater all year. The ultimate watch-checker, I couldn't wait for the credits to role so I didn't have to hear Keira Knightley blather on about her romantic woes for another second more. You get to choose between Jude Law and Aaron Johnson; are you really complaining? Just pick one and get on with your on with your life. Don't drown us all in your self-created sorrows.
2. THIS MEANS WAR
How does a script like this go on to get financed? And how does it go on to attract talent like Chris Pine and Tom Hardy? There's nothing wrong with a run-of-the-mill romance romp for Valentine's Day, but "This Means War" is nonsensical garbage. McG seems to have lost his sense of proper shot composition, Reese Witherspoon continues to carry on acting even without the talent she lost years ago, and Pine manages to create the least likeable leading man of the year. Thank you Tom Hardy for giving "This Mean War" at least one nice thing to look at.
1. TIM & ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE
This movie should not exist, plain and simple. "Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie" isn't just unfunny, poorly made and downright ridiculous; it's so bad it's nearly impossible to watch. There's nothing pleasant, charming or even relatable about Tim and Eric, and their little adventure is so preposterous, it's impossible to get on board even if you tried. Top that of with the fact that it's weird and grotesque to the point of being truly troubling and you've got absolutely no reason whatsoever to even consider allowing yourself to suffer through this atrocity.
Happy and healthy New Year, Shockya readers! Until 2013!
Tagged as 2012 List, Aaron Johnson, Ang Li, Anna Karenina, Best Of 2012, Bradley Cooper, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine, Cloud Atlas, Emily Blunt, Ethan Hawke, Gary Ross, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Juan Antonio Bayona, Jude Law, Kathryn Bigelow, Katniss Everdeen, Keira Knightley, Kristen Stewart, Life Of Pi, Lynn Shelton, Magic Mike, Mark Boal, Mark Duplass, McGregor, Moonrise Kingdom, Naomi Watts, Perri Nemiroff, Reese Witherspoon, Scott Derrickson, Silver Linings Playbook, Sinister, Snow White and the Huntsman, Steven Soderbergh, Suraj Sharma, The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games, The Impossible, This Means War, Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Tom Hardy, Tom Holland, Wes Anderson, Worst Of 2012, Your Sister's Sister, Zero Dark Thirty
Review: Savages
No filmmaker should strive to make a mindless action movie, but if that's what you end up with, at least they work. You may not get a profound story, but you still get an entertaining film. On the other hand, if you've got something in the thriller category veering away from outlandish action and towards gritty realism, you better have the elements necessary to make that work, otherwise you'll end up with something that's noticeably forced and possibly confusing, lifeless and boring, too, just like Savages.
Ben and Chon (Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch) have the life. They're wildly successful pot growers and dealers happily sharing their girlfriend, O (Blake Lively), in their beautiful home in Laguna Beach, California. When the head of the a Mexican drug cartel, Elena La Reina (Salma Hayek), wants in on their profits, the duo attempts to respectfully decline. Too bad for them Elena will not take no for an answer and in attempt to get in on their top-notch goods, she has her ruthless henchman Lado (Benicio del Toro) abduct O. Now, should Ben and Chon refuse to do business with her, Elena will have O killed.
Not a Blake Lively fan? You won't last five minutes into Savages. In it for the action? I give you 30 minutes. Enjoy looking at Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch? You might make it to the midpoint – and that's the midpoint in terms of running time; the Savages' script is nearly devoid of structure.
Tagged as Aaron Johnson, Benicio Del Toro, Blake Lively, Demian Bichir, Don Winslow, John Travolta, Oliver Stone, Review, Salma Hayek, Savages, Taylor Kitsch
Interview: Kristin Scott Thomas
I think it's safe to say that everyone knows The Beatles, but it's probably far less likely that you know what John Lennon's teenage years were like and even more unlikely you know who Mimi Smith. Lucky for you, Nowhere Boy focuses on just that.
John grew up under the care of his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, not because his mother had passed but because she was simply absent from his life. When his uncle George passed away, it was John's mother, Julia, he ran to, not Mimi. Julia had a passion for music and a fun-loving spirit, but it was impossible for John to ignore the fact that she had abandoned him. On top of trying to rekindle that relationship, there's also growing tension between John and Mimi, who's concerned for his welfare and simply misses him.
Had anyone but Kristin Scott Thomas played the role of Mimi, this would have only been Aaron Johnson's film. Scott Thomas portrays Mimi with such powerful reserve and honesty, she turns the character into an ever-present force, almost acting as John's conscience when not on screen. And when she is on screen, wow can she get tough.
Scott Thomas in Nowhere Boy must have had the same effect on me as she did Johnson's character because going into our interview, I felt quite obligated to sit up straight, be on my best behavior and even put on my glasses. Yet in person Scott Thomas is as warm and friendly as they come, and was eager to discuss her experience working on the film. Having known little to nothing about The Beatles, Nowhere Boy turned into an enlightening crash course in Lennon's story. Check out everything Scott Thomas had to say about her connection to Mimi, admiration for Johnson, her other new film, Leaving, and much more in the video interview below.
Tagged as Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, John Lennon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mimi Smith, Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Wood
Review: Nowhere Boy
After The Runaways, the thought of another teen-centric music movie was wildly exciting. However, Nowhere Boy isn't really about the making of The Beatles as The Runaways depicts the assembly of that band. In fact, for the majority of the film, music takes a backseat to family issues. Nowhere Boy may be devoid of the music video element that made The Runaways such a blast, but the drama that's put in its place is just as effective.
Back when John was a little boy, an incident forced his mother, Julia, to give him away and so he fell under the care of his aunt Mimi and uncle George (Kristin Scott Thomas and David Threlfall). The film opens with a teenage Lennon played by Aaron Johnson living happily in Liverpool in 1955. When his uncle passes away, John runs straight into the arms of his mother, Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), which is where his flare for music really ignites. Julia is ecstatic to have her little boy home, welcomes him with open arms, plays him Elvis records and teaches him to strum a banjo.
It's all fun and games until the reality of the situation comes into play. Julia's husband isn't thrilled to have John around the house fearing it'll distract her from their two little girls while John's aunt grows concerned for his sake as well as simply missing him. There's a reason John and his mother were separated and the closer he gets to her, the closer he gets to having to acknowledge his troublesome past. As these tumultuous relationships collide, John still manages to assemble his first band, The Quarrymen, which ultimately grows to include both Paul McCartney and George Harrison (Thomas Sangster and Sam Bell) before setting off for a tour in Hamburg.
Tagged as Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrisey, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy, Ophelia Lovibond, Review, Sam Bell, Sam Taylor-Wood, Thomas Sangster
Interview: Kiss-Ass' Chloe Moretz
Kick-Ass made a decent $96 million worldwide, but when it comes to the caliber of the film it deserves so much more. Lucky for all of you folks who missed it in the theaters, Kick-Ass is set to hit DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 3rd. In honor of the release, star Chloe Moretz took some time to chat about the film that transformed her from an up and coming actress into one of the industry's most sought after young stars.
She plays Mindy Macready, also known as Hit Girl. Her father, Damon, or Big Daddy, raised her to be the ruthless crime fighter she is today. Hit Girl and Big Daddy are as real as anything when it comes to superheroes sans powers, but Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson) is another story and when both he and the father daughter duo end up with a common enemy, they've got to kick some ass together.
Even as her career becomes a whirlwind of success and more and more films, Moretz still had tons to share about her experience on this set. But, of course, now that major offers are coming her way, we had to talk about her upcoming projects. Check out what Moretz had to say about her fond Kick-Ass memories and to get a taste of what she'll have to offer in the coming years.
Click here to read the interview.
Tagged as Aaron Johnson, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hick, Hit Girl, Hugo Cabret, Interview, Kick-Ass, Let Me In, Nicolas, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Rut, Treetop Productions
Review: Kick-Ass
Real superheroes are so overrated. Superman is super fast and strong, Batman's smart and has a serious stash of cash and Spider-Man can scale walls and sling webs, but do any have the geeky innocence of Kick-Ass, a mouth as foul as Hit Girl, an equal affection for firearms and hot chocolate with extra marshmallows like Big Daddy or a Mohawk as out of control as Red Mist's? Kick-Ass creates a connection between fan and hero like never before. There's no supernatural prowess, just one average Joe showing another what he can do with a secret identity and two sticks to whack people with.
Who doesn't walk out of a superhero movie wishing they could don a cape and fight some crime? I'd like to say the large majority, however nobody acts on the impulse. That all changes in Kick-Ass. Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides the time has come for the average teenager to go incognito and kick some ass, or, in his case, get his ass kicked. Clad in a green and yellow scuba suit, Kick-Ass ventures out into public to save someone's day. After a considerable mishap, he returns for another go-around and winds up triumphant. An onlooker videos the entire battle and Kick-Ass becomes the latest YouTube sensation.
Tagged as Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clark Duke, Kick-Ass, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Matthew Vaughn, Nicolas Cage, Review


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William Hill Preview: Broncos v Roosters
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NRL Preview
Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters
Friday 25 September, 7:45pm (AEST), Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Best Bet: Under 36.5 ($1.91)
Other: Brisbane ($2.10)
The Broncos' dream of ending their longest premiership drought starts with their first Preliminary Final since 2011.
Brisbane go in as home underdogs though, with Minor Premiers the Sydney Roosters heading north as they continue their pursuit of their second title in three seasons.
Two of the best defensive teams in the NRL, this match is sure to be as desperate as it is dramatic, as fierce as it is frenetic.
SELECTION NOTES
The Sydney Roosters have declared Mitchell Pearce a certain starter after he missed the first two rounds of the finals. He comes in for Jackson Hastings. Hastings goes to the bench and Matt McIllwrick is out altogether. Brisbane are unchanged from the team that rolled the Cowboys two weeks back.
Brisbane and the Sydney Roosters have met 40 times with the Broncos victorious on 24 occasions and the Roosters claiming victory 16 times.
It has been a relatively even recent battle with the Roosters claiming five of the last eight wins. This year, honours have been split evenly with the Broncos winning 22-18 at Suncorp Stadium in Round 6 and the Roosters grinding out a 12-10 win at the SFS in Round 24.
The Roosters have won three of the four matches played between these sides at Suncorp Stadium since 2005.
The teams have met in four finals – including the 2000 NRL Grand Final – with the Broncos winning that premiership decider as well as finals in 1998 and 2008, while the Roosters eliminated the Broncos in 2002.
This is the Roosters' third straight Preliminary Final while it is the Broncos' first since 2011. This is the first time the Broncos have hosted a Preliminary Final since 1998.
Broncos captain Justin Hodges has won premierships with both clubs. Boyd Cordner has scored in his last three against the Broncos.
The Broncos led the premiership for most of the season (14 weeks) before handing over the lead to the Roosters in Round 24.
The Broncos were tough winners in the first weekend of the finals, beating the North Queensland Cowboys 16-12.
It is one of just three wins in the last seven weeks recorded by Brisbane and they have posted more than 16 points just twice in that period.
Brisbane have the fourth best rated attack and third best rated defence. Brisbane are 10-3 at home this year and are 4-3 against Top 4 opposition this year.
The Broncos have averaged just 11.16 points per game over the last six home matches.
The Sydney Roosters claimed a third straight Minor Premiership - but for the second straight season, they lost their opening final before handing the Bulldogs a walloping last weekend.
The Roosters again finished with the best defence in the NRL while their 24.9 points per game ranks top in attack. The Chooks saw a 12-game winning streak end in the opening week of the finals.
The Roosters are 2-2 interstate this season but have not flown to a game since Round 14. Against fellow Top 4 teams they are 3-3.
The Roosters have scored 28-plus in seven of their last nine matches but have been kept to 18 or less in four of their last five against Top 4 opponents.
Finals Week 3 NRL Odds
It is hard to go past the halfback battle between Ben Hunt and Mitchell Pearce. Both seem to be on the tier below the elite halves, and the two have had outstanding seasons and have both had a taste of rep football.
Hunt is one of just three halves with double digit tries and try-assists this season, and showed what a game breaker he could be with an opportunist's try against the Cowboys to put the Broncos up in Finals Week One, a lead they never conceded.
His kicking game has improved no end and his patience has been telling as the season has worn on.
There is more of a question mark over Mitchell Pearce, who returns from an injury layoff. He has 13 try-assists in 20 games this season but has just one try - a sign of his declining running game.
Match fitness is also a worry. But few can doubt his ability to organise the Roosters and get their big side doing all they need to do.
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STATS THAT MATTER
The Broncos are 17-8 ATS – the best in the NRL – with a 13-12 under record while the Roosters are 14-12 ATS with a 16-10 under record.
Brisbane are 23-14 ATS at home over the last three seasons while their last five at Suncorp Stadium have gone under. As a home underdog over that time, the Broncos are 4-6 with a 7-3 ATS record.
The Roosters are 25-12 on the road under coach Trent Robinson with a 20-17 ATS number. The Roosters go 23-14 over in road games. Over the last three seasons the Roosters are 5-4 with a 3-6 ATS record.
Wayne Bennett coached teams are 16-4 since 2009 when his team has enjoyed a break of 11 or more days.
Teams with the week off in a Preliminary Final are just 7-5 since 2009 with outsiders with a week off 1-2.
The Broncos have won four of their last five under referee Gerard Sutton. The Roosters have covered just one of their last six after scoring 25-plus. The Broncos are 17-11 ATS after conceding 12 or fewer points.
IN-PLAY INSIGHTS
Brisbane are 16-3 when scoring the first try this season, clearly the best record in the NRL.
They are 14-1 when ahead at half-time, 16-1 when ahead at 60 minutes and 15-2 when they get to a lead of seven or more. They are incredible front runners!
The Sydney Roosters are perhaps the best front runners in the NRL with a 15-2 record after leading at 20 minutes and 18-1 when leading by seven or more at any point in a game.
When ahead at half-time the Roosters are 17-4. They are a perfect 15-0 when getting ahead by 13 or more this year.
This season, a lead of 7 or more has been overcome 7.8% of the time, while a half-time deficit has been overcome in 28.7% of matches.
The Roosters have overcome two of three 13-point deficits - the best in the NRL. Brisbane have failed to score the first try on just six occasions this year from 25 matches - the best in the NRL. The Broncos are 1-6 when falling behind by seven points.
William Hill NRL In-Play Insights
The Broncos and the Under look sensational bets in what shapes as a cracking Preliminary Final match.
There is no question the Roosters have been the standard-bearers this year but they enter this with a lot of questions hanging over them.
A so-so interstate record, the health of Mitch Pearce and a physical encounter against the Bulldogs are just three.
Brisbane have been sitting quietly after a brilliant win against the Cowboys and no coach is better with time to prepare than Wayne Bennett.
Brisbane's experienced pack won't be intimidated by the Roosters and the young halves pairing can take advantage of the Chooks' big boppers.
Brisbane to win a grinding, low-scoring, memorable Preliminary Final.
HOW IT'S SHAPING UP
Brisbane Broncos by 4
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A Perth highway to be segmented off for a special 'Highway to Hell' event in tribute to AC/DC
By creammagazine, October 21, 2019
It's definitely a first for Perth Festival – and most likely a first in the world of music: an entire highway is to be segmented off for one day in tribute to Fremantle-born singer Bon Scott, who fronted Australian rock band AC/DC before his death in 1980.
Taking inspiration from the AC/DC song Highway to Hell will be the world's longest stage and Perth's playground for a day as the free event closes the 2020 Perth Festival.
Ten kilometres of open highway will become a closed space for all manner of art, music and entertainment on Sunday 1st March.
Canning Highway will be closed to vehicles from 1pm with roving performers, community choirs, food and market stalls set to operate at Tompkins Park and other key zones from 4pm.
Diverse local and international acts will be performing AC/DC songs from stages on the back of semi-trailers, with artists ranging from Finnish bluegrass band Steve'n'Seagulls and Japanese female trio Shonen Knife, to the WA Police Pipe Band, local rockers Amyl and the Sniffers, the Perth Symphony Orchestra.
'Highway to Hell' marks 40 years since the death of WA-raised rock legend Bon Scott, who grew up around Fremantle and went to gigs along Canning Highway as a youth.
People are invited to walk the route with the trucks, set up a picnic anywhere along the highway, or gather at one of four special activity and entertainment areas: the Canning Bridge Zone in Applecross, the Tompkins Park Zone in Alfred Cove, the Valley Zone in Palmyra, and the Rainbow Zone in East Freo and Freo centre.
Highway to Hell marks 40 years since the death of the WA-raised rock legend, who grew up around Fremantle and went to gigs along Canning Highway as a youth. Scott died in London on 19 February 1980, and his ashes were laid to rest at Fremantle Cemetery on 1 March.
'Highway to Hell' will take place along Canning Highway – from Canning Bridge to Fremantle Traffic Bridge – on Sunday 1st March. Key zones open at 3pm and entertainment starts at 4pm. For more information visit perthfestival.com.au.
Perth Festival runs from 7 February to 1 March. The full program is out on 31 October 2019.
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"The time is not yet," the Spirit of God told me.
He had spoken to my heart about something He wanted me to do. One of my greatest mistakes for some years had been to learn of His will for me and to essentially rush out the door and as quickly as possible try to fulfill whatever He had given me to do. Over and again, I ran out ahead of the Lord. I made mistake after mistake. I fell flat on my face time after time. I went out unprepared. I arrived too early. Or didn't finish what I had to do where I already was. I burned myself out. I hurt people. I hurt myself. I hurt God. For I was right in one respect. And totally wrong in another.
I knew the Lord's will. But I missed the Lord's timing. And herein lies the message. The Lord has a perfect time for His perfect will. He is perfect, and so are His plans for us. So is His timing for His plans. He is the great orchestra-tor – the great conductor – of everything good and everything beautiful. Right down to the very detail of all of His creation. Right down to the very time frame of it all.
And so it is we need to seek the Lord's will. And we need to seek the Lord's timing. The Lord that day wasn't telling me I hadn't correctly understood His will for me. He was simply letting me know I needed to wait for His timing.
The time for you, friend, might be right now. Or it might be in the future. I don't know His will for you. Nor do I know His timing for you. But He knows His will for you, and He knows His timing. Seek the Lord, read the Bible, seek counsel from God's followers, spend time with Jesus listening for His voice, wait for Him to speak to your heart, make sure what you hear lines up with the Bible because His will is always biblical, choose to obey the Lord, and let the time frame not be yours. Let it be His.
If the time is now, follow the Spirit of Christ as He leads you forward. If the time is not yet, as it was not yet for me, wait on the Lord. His Spirit will lead you in His perfect time. Keep your heart and ears open to His leading.
For His glory, friend, follow Him forth in His time! AMEN!


The school year is at an end, which means that it's time for a new class of graduates to walk across the stage, receive their diploma and throw their graduation cap into the air. If your son or daughter is graduating this year, celebrate this huge milestone with a fun party. To help you plan your perfect party, we've collected 100+ grad party ideas below; plus a great video for anyone who is thinking to DIY their grad party.
From creative decoration ideas to tasty graduation cap and diploma-themed desserts, there are ideas here that are great for every graduation party. Use the filters below to help you discover fun graduation party ideas. Whether you're throwing a high school graduation party or a college graduation party, you're sure to find food, decoration and favor ideas here that you'll love.
With the drinks, appetizers and desserts all selected, don't forget to make a matching graduation party invite that will delight your guests and your grad. Say congratulations to your 2019 graduate with these party ideas.
Make floating thank you cards. Get pictures of your graduate out where your guests are, by printing the images on thin, 4×6-sized, lightweight paper, and then attaching those images to festive, helium-filled balloons as thank you cards your guests can take home.
This year sign is easy to make, and it's perfect for a graduation party. Simply glue tissue paper in the color of your choice to foam-board numbers.
A memory jar is a great way to celebrate the good times of high school. All you need is a decorative mason jar, some pens or pencils and enough strips of paper for each guest.
Pay homage to the traditional graduation cap with homemade cupcakes — featuring a chocolate cake base, a chocolate graham cracker top and a licorice tassel. The graduation caps will be as tasty as they are festive.
Contact your graduate's friends and ask for any and all photographs that show the time that they spent together during their school career. Collect the photos and memories beforehand, and use them to create a professionally printed photo book.
For a fun snack, try pretzels twisted into graduation caps. Not only are pretzels a popular snack, they're easy to serve and won't make a mess. Provide dips like mustard and cheese as an extra treat.
Looking for inexpensive graduation gifts? On your dessert table, put out sweet and delicious "class rings" for your guests to enjoy.
For something sweet and savory, chocolate-covered pretzel pops are easy to make and delicious. Dip your pretzel sticks in chocolate and use fondant to create mini graduation-themed shapes.
If you have little guests, hand out fruity roll diploma favors. Tie them up with a black ribbon or a sweet piece of licorice.
Add zest to your table centerpieces by creating striped boxes filled with colorful and glittery pendants. Incorporate school colors or the graduate's favorite hues for a personalized feel.
If you're looking for graduation decoration ideas for your dessert table, check out this adorable graduation cap cupcake stand. Create tiers so you can display layers of delicious cupcakes.
Make your cake just as festive as the rest of your party. Proudly add your child's graduation year using candy, frosting or candles.
Add some school spirit to your graduation party by decorating your desserts with your graduate's school mascot. Personalize the look by pinning photos of the graduate behind the table.
Fill champagne flutes with tasty candy to celebrate your smart graduate. Top them off with traditional graduation caps made of cardboard and string.
Create delicious graduation pretzel pops by first covering pretzel rods in white chocolate. Then, attach your graduation year and give each of your pretzels a little chocolate cap.
Donut forget the sugar! For an easy dessert table, grab some colorful donuts from your favorite shop and arrange them on cute platters and cake stands.
A pink and orange dessert bar will make for a bright and beautiful backdrop for your graduate's party. Add some cotton candy, streamers and macarons to make your setup pop.
Host a taco or nacho bar. Perfect for fiesta- or pool-themed graduation parties, taco and nacho bars are delicious and easy to put together.
These graduation cap cupcake toppers are too cute to toss into the air! You can easily make them by using black cardstock and a painted bottle cap.
Use the outdoors as part of your party's decor. Hang some lanterns or lights on the greenery in your backyard to cast a soft light over your party.
This graduation party cake takes its inspiration from geometry class with its triangles and squares. Opt for vibrant tones like purple and teal for extra personality.
If you're looking for a way to make your balloons more festive, attach the graduation year and some colorful streamers. Use this decor as your centerpieces or place the balloons next to your dessert table.
This Instagram graduation party idea is perfect for every social media lover. You can use Instagram photos in a banner, as part of your centerpieces and on your invitations.
Nothing says graduation like tassels — and a diploma, of course! Make your own tassels in your party's color scheme and use them to add color to any wall or table throughout your event.
Graduation bottle cap toppers are a cute and inexpensive way to add detail to your child's party. All you need are a few colorful foam sheets and a hot glue gun to create these fun shapes.
Share inspirational quotes with your guests by creating a lovely "Words to Live By" wall decoration. Try a simple color scheme, like black and white, to make the words stand out.
Celebrate your child with some money-filled graduation balloons. Cut black and gold vinyl into graduation shapes and roll up a few bills to place in each balloon.
To decorate a large empty space or wall, create this pink and white balloon garland to add color and dimension. Use a silver or holographic fringe to fill the space in between.
Display your graduate's photos on your home's shutters using twine and small clothes pins. Combine the photos with a few inspirational graduation messages for an uplifting display.
Point your graduate in the direction of their dreams with these creative arrow straw toppers. Serve your straws with a fun drink like punch or flavored iced tea.
Everyone loves a taco bar! Set a table with various ingredients like tomatoes, lettuce and avocados. Display a letter board to tell your guests how to build their own taco.
Let all of your guests know that your graduate is a smart cookie with this cute wreath. Bring cohesion to the party by choosing cookies as your main dessert. Offer chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin or coconut macarons for variety.
This bright tag makes for a great addition to a favors bag — filled with anything from candy to a deck of cards. The cheeriness of the yellow tag will make guests smile all the way home.
Create a unique photo collage of your graduation by attaching black and white photos to papier-mâché letters that spell out 'Grad.' Your guests will enjoy looking through the favorite memories — from sports season highlights to hangouts with friends.
Give your guests delicious cake roll diplomas to enjoy by filling the middle with vanilla frosting. To make them look like real diplomas, tie a ribbon around the center.
These delicious graduation cap and diploma sandwiches are perfect for a graduation tea party. Use garnish as tassels and serve on floral dinnerware to tie the theme together.
Celebrate your graduate's new school by using the school's colors in your graduation party desserts. For inspiration, take a look at these sweet blue and white Oreos.
If you're looking for graduation decorations ideas for centerpieces, check out this lovely display that shows the graduate growing up. Select photos of sports seasons, school plays and friendly hangouts.
If your graduate is going to art school, include paint cans as a cute graduation party favor. You can also add a cap and tassel to the top of the can.
A graduation party is the perfect opportunity to gather some valuable advice. Create an advice tree for your guests to write some inspiring words for your graduate.
Celebrate your smart cookie with a dessert table filled with different types of cookies from around the world. Try macarons to represent France and almond cookies to represent China.
Rolled up chocolate cookies are a great addition to a dessert table. With a ribbon tied around them, they look just like diplomas. All your guests will feel accomplished when they eat one of these treats.
On your food table, display the graduation year on clear plastic cans or jars. Then, fill the jars with chips and offer tasty dips like queso and guacamole.
Create delicious diploma roll appetizers by filling wraps with a mixture of salmon, cream cheese and spices. Finish with a chive ribbon for flavor and style.
Get your graduate excited about going out into the real world with this cute "The World Awaits You" banner. Hand make each letter out of cardstock and a pen.
Get pictures of your graduate, guests and other memorabilia from the day to decorate a shadow box. Have guests sign the back of the box with thoughtful messages. Your graduate can take it with them to decorate their dorm room.
If you're looking for grad party ideas for girls, take inspiration from this beautiful dessert table featuring sparkly silver and turquoise decorations. From your garland to your graduation card box, deck everything out in this stunning color combination.
Turn cookies into the perfect graduation party dessert by attaching a cute, edible smiley face with a graduation cap. Balance your dessert spread by offering cupcakes or a fruity dessert like chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Fold up bills into graduation caps for a creative way to give money to a graduate. Your graduate will appreciate a fun gift that also doubles as an investment.
Tip your cap to this creative graduation cake idea. Customize it by including school colors and a message to the graduate.
A graduation wreath is a great way to display fun photos of your child growing up. Be sure to top the wreath with a paper graduation cap.
For a spring or summer celebration, aim for a light and airy color scheme. Blend together yellows and whites for a carefree vibe that delights guests.
Get your graduate excited about their next step with these college-bound cupcakes. Add mini college pennants using toothpicks in your child's school colors.
As your graduate takes the next steps toward their future, invite your guests to look into their own futures with decorated fortune cookies. Fill the cookies with little slips of paper donning favorite quotes and positive messages.
If you're celebrating two graduates who are going to different colleges, create two food tables decorated with each school's colors. Streamers, garland and balloons make for great, easy accents.
Nothing says party like some fun photo props. Get everyone excited to take photos with a balloon frame made of your child's school colors. These snapshots will become memories for a lifetime.
Add brightness to your graduation party dessert table by decorating with cheery yellow sunflowers. Match your treats to the color scheme by offering lemon cookies and yellow-frosted cupcakes.
Add a pop of color to your graduation party by filing number-shaped dishes with bright chocolate candies. Include other vibrant colors in your decor — like yellow flowers — for a truly festive feel.
If you want your graduation party to have a serene vibe, cover some large props in mesmerizing blue. Add smaller accents like frames and table decor in the same color throughout your party.
For a creative cupcake topper, add an accordion-folded dollar bill. To make it graduation-themed, attach a cute sticker with uplifting words or a graduation cap symbol.
Whether it's your child's school colors or a classic black and gold color scheme, easily incorporate your party's colors into your desserts with frosting and edible sugar decorations.
Let your guests know where the party is with cute, custom street signs. Decorate your signs in your party's color scheme and add a few balloons to make it eye-catching.
Put out a spread of chocolate bars in adorable blue and yellow wrappers that feature sun illustrations. These treats will surely brighten your guests' days!
For a rustic outdoor party, all you need are vinyl tablecloths, floral centerpieces and some candle jars. To incorporate your child's school colors, add a pennant to each centerpiece.
Create a fun graduation topper for your straws using black cardstock and construction paper. Finish with a little gold tassel. Whether you're serving sangria or lemonade, these accessories will be a big hit.
College is where the graduation cap plays the biggest role. Incorporate the cap as a symbol in your decor is a great way to recognize the importance of what has been achieved.
Create a sweet keepsake for your graduate by inviting guests to write memories on wooden blocks. Your guests will enjoy helping you build fond memories and a fun, timeless game.
Thank your guests for celebrating your smarty pants with this bright favors tag. Fill the bag with goodies like matching colorful gumballs and candy.
Create a garden on your graduation dessert table by using flower cookies and flower pot decorations. Accent with fresh blooms or fabric flowers.
For a graduation decoration idea, try displaying a memory board with some of your graduate's favorite memories from school. You can include other keepsakes like ribbons, medals and tickets to the school play.
Provide single-serve ice cream sundaes. Fill individual mason jars with a scoop of ice cream, and then add various sundae toppings before securing them with a lid and placing them in a cooler.
Since the weather can unpredictable, throw a semi-outdoor graduation party under a tent or in a garage. Whether it's sunny or drizzling, you'll be prepared to handle both.
Colorful pendants are a great idea for a school-themed centerpiece. You can also combine your pendants with bright flowers and photographs of the graduate.
Burgers are a versatile and delicious addition to a graduation party. You can even make them go with your party's theme by using creative and cute signs.
At the end of your party, give your guests colorful graduation cap cookies to take home. Wrap each cookie in plastic and attach a clever tag.
If your graduating student has some old No. 2 pencils left over from their school days, attach them to a pencil canister. Fill the decorative vase with fresh blooms for a creative centerpiece.
Use rolled wafers and store-bought chocolate to create graduation cap and diploma shapes for your desserts. Use them to top off your cupcakes and place them in a layered pattern on your dessert bar.
For a lovely piece of decor, frame one of your graduation party invitations. You can also have guests sign the frame to create a wonderful keepsake.
Create some fun lanterns as centerpieces for your graduation party. Pick the materials in your chosen color scheme and add a cute graduation cap at the top to tie it all in.
If your child is ready to travel the world after their graduation, use their dreams as inspiration. Incorporate globes, maps and adventurous quotes to nurture their wanderlust.
Hula skirts, flower leis and a variety of island-appropriate food — up to and including a luau-style pig roast — are the staples of a great luau themed party.
For the outgoing graduate, get creative with over-the-top decorations. Blend bright colors, patterns and feathers to make your props stand out. A custom party will be one your graduate never forgets.
To make sweet and delicious graduation cap candies, attach a small chocolate bar to a mini peanut butter cup. Finish with a colorful candy tassel.
Select a sugar cookie or shortbread recipe to make picture-perfect treats. These glittery gold graduation cap cookies are almost too pretty to eat. The white tassel is a lovely finishing touch.
For a sweet and nostalgic decor idea, decorate your walls with photos of your son or daughter growing up. Your photos will bring guests right into the action and make them feel even more connected to the graduate.
To make a lovely graduation decoration, frame a few of your favorite small photos of your graduate. Hang them up on a black cardboard wreath and place the wreath near the dessert or gift table.
Invite your guests to write down some of their favorite memories with the graduate. Have them place the memories in a decorative jar. The graduate will feel the love as they read through these special notes.
Attach a sparkly frame and a classic tassel to a small chalkboard for an adorable graduation decoration idea. Decorate your frame with the graduation year and an encouraging message.
Your graduate's new school is a great theme idea for a graduation party. For inspiration, take a look at how this party incorporated University of Mississippi decor into their dessert table.
There's nothing we love more than cake — unless it's a money cake. Celebrate your graduate with a bang by gifting them some cash for all of their hard work and accomplishments.
Try providing some food items that match your graduate's school colors, like this party that incorporated black and red tortilla chips. Coordinate your signage and other decor with your color scheme.
Give each of your guests their own candy graduation cap to take home by attaching a piece of black paper to a wrapped candy. Finish with a ribbon in your school's colors.
If your graduate is a lover of all things vintage, adding a few old items like some hardcover books and a trunk will do the trick. Use them as decor or as a fun backdrop for your photos.
Add brightness to a graduation year sign by decorating it with white holiday lights. For a lush look, surround the numbers with fresh greenery and flowers.
Break out the confetti for this colorful graduation year sign. For even more festiveness, place gold party horns in front of the sign. The best part? The display creates a beautiful backdrop for photos of the graduate and their friends.
Incorporate special moments you've captured throughout your graduate's childhood as part of your party's decor. Create a table runner or place a few frames on your dessert bar to celebrate your child's journey.
No matter which desserts and decor you choose, the most important aspect is celebrating the graduate. Create a photo book to showcase special memories and commemorate their journey. Display the photo book at their party and give it to them as a keepsake to treasure for years to come.
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