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Sunday, December 20, 2009

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Gets a Character Score of 75 from Discovery Journey

Discovery Journey allows parents to ascertain books and movies that adjust with their family’s values. Combined with accompanying activities, Discovery Journey makes administration ancestors ethics with accouchement fun.

Austin, TX -- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is now accessible on DVD and video and although it carries an MPAA: PG appraisement for “battle sequences and alarming moments,” parents may still admiration if it is adapted to hire or acquirement for their children’s viewing. Discovery Journey takes the assumption plan out of these ratings by account the agreeable of children’s books and movies for absolute and abrogating examples of the afterward ten traits: self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty, and faith. The added acerb a book or cine presents these values-oriented messages, the college it scores. Points are deducted for abrogating behavioral influences, such as violence, bad language, nudity, animal content, alarming elements, and the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The aftereffect is a Character Score, alignment from aught to 100 that parents can use to baddest media that accept basic ethics messages.

The aftereffect of the contempo cine analysis generated a Character Score of 75 as follows:

Character Traits
Self-Discipline: 4 Stars   
Compassion:    5 Stars   
Responsibility:    5 Stars   
Friendship:    5 Stars   
Work:            6 stars   
Courage:    5 stars   
Perseverance:    6 stars   
Honesty:    4 stars       
Loyalty:    4 stars       
Faith:            4 stars

Absence of Influence   
Violence:     0 stars
Language:     6 stars
Nudity:         4 stars
Sexual:         6 stars
Drugs/Alcohol:    5 stars
Scary:            1 star
Bad Behavior:    4 stars
   
Suggested Ages: Discovery Journey recommends this cine for admirers who are of age 10 and up.

Messages: The cine absolutely furthers the book's Christ apologue with a beauteous beheld cede and acceleration of Aslan accouterment the absolute admonition of Christ’s cede and rise. The cine aswell teaches accouchement to accept in yourself and you can accomplish abundant things.

Discovery Journey's Opinion: The affair of assertive in yourself and attention your ancestors is actual prevalent. The action scenes and some of the Narnia creatures (wolves for example) may be alarming for adolescent children. The action scenes are actual clear and the White Witch kills Aslan. Otherwise the affair and action of the adventure was wonderful.

Subscribers to www.discoveryjourney.com accompany a association of anxious parents, administration their angle and adventures apropos the books, movies, and activities with anniversary other.

Susan Sitton co-founded Discovery Journey with her husband, Brent. Today, Susan Sitton helps advance the Discovery Journey aggregation of 12 caring, committed "guides" with a accumulated absolute of 172 years of classroom acquaintance and 18 academy degrees a allotment of them. Discovery Journey previews new books, reviews new movies, provides absorbing activities and account for a array of situations, and offers accepted tips for above ancestors activity – at the blow of a button day or night through www.discoveryjourney.com. Susan is a magna cum laude alum of Texas Christian University. Her antecedent able acquaintance was as business and associates administrator for several barter associations. Susan is the mother of triplets and a toddler.

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Discovery Journey Helps Parents Answer Question: ‘Should My Teenager See United 93?’

Discovery Journey offers a different aggregate of capacity creating the “recipes” for architecture appearance and ethics in families, schools, neighborhoods and more. In one site, Discovery Journey includes children’s book reviews, cine reviews, and account for alleviation time with ancestors and friends.

Austin, TX -- United 93, the cine account the ballsy accomplishments of Americans aboard the third aeroplane hi-jacked by terrorists on September 11th, 2001 is appear today and parents may admiration if it is adapted for their teenagers to appearance this movie. Because the cine deals with such a contempo actual event, parents may ambition their teenagers to appearance the cine so that they can acknowledge the cede that some Americans accept fabricated for the abandon that all Americans enjoy. However, these aforementioned parents may be anxious about whether their teenagers are emotionally able for such a movie. Discovery Journey helps crop the assumption plan out of such questions by evaluating the agreeable of children’s books and movies for absolute and abrogating examples of the afterward ten traits: self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty, and faith. The added acerb a book or cine presents these values-oriented messages, the college it scores. Points are deducted for abrogating behavioral influences, such as violence, bad language, nudity, animal content, alarming elements, and the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The aftereffect is a Character Score, alignment from aught to 100 that parents can use to baddest media that accept basic ethics messages.

The aftereffect of the contempo cine analysis for United 93 generated a Character Score of 77 as follows:

Character Traits
Self-Discipline: 3 Stars   
Compassion: 5 Stars   
Responsibility: 5 Stars   
Friendship: 3 Stars   
Work: 5 stars   
Courage: 4 stars   
Perseverance: 3 stars   
Honesty: 3 stars       
Loyalty: 6 stars       
Faith: 4 stars

Absence of Influence   
Violence: 4 stars
Language: 4 stars
Nudity: 6 stars
Sexual: 6 stars
Drugs/Alcohol: 6 stars
Scary: 4 stars
Bad Behavior: 6 stars   

Suggested Ages: Discovery Journey recommends this cine for 17 year old complete adolescence and adults.

Messages: Never accord up.

Reviewer: Pat Guth
Reviewer's Opinion: Well, let me alpha by adage that I absent my abutting academy acquaintance (Mary Yolanda Dowling) in the south belfry of the World Trade Center, so the accommodation as to whether or not to see blur this was a difficult one. I chose to appearance it so that I could - in some way - account those who absent their lives that day by audition their story. I have to say that I've never been so close while watching a movie. Though we all apperceive the outcome, the depictions of the abandon central the even and the heart-wrenching buzz calls from cartage to their admired ones were actual difficult to watch and hear, yet all of us in the cine amphitheater begin ourselves acclaim for these adventurous passengers. I awful watching footage of the 2nd even aerial into the building again, admitting I accept we'll just never escape that - acknowledgment to avant-garde technology. I'm animated I saw the movie, but if you don't ambition to bethink that abominable day, I would abstain seeing the film. If you just ambition to pay admiration to the cartage of United 93 and can handle a abstinent aggregate of claret and violence, again it's account seeing. Be able to cry. Nearly the accomplished admirers was bawl by the end of the movie.

If I were the ancestor of an earlier teen, I would absolutely accede demography my adolescent to see this film. Five years ago, it may accept been difficult for the adolescent to absolutely butt the adventuresomeness of the humans on this airplane. I accept that by re-living the contest of that day at an earlier age, the blur will blow the hearts of these youth, advise them about the backbone of "ordinary" humans placed in amazing circumstances, and aswell accomplish them apprehend how advantageous they are to be Americans.

Full Review of United 93: http://www.discoveryjourney.com/contentsummary.asp?ContentID=525

Subscribers to www.discoveryjourney.com accompany a association of anxious parents, administration their angle and adventures apropos the books, movies, and activities with anniversary other.

Susan Sitton co-founded Discovery Journey with her husband, Brent. Today, Susan Sitton helps advance the Discovery Journey aggregation of 12 caring, committed "guides" with a accumulated absolute of 172 years of classroom acquaintance and 18 academy degrees a allotment of them. Discovery Journey previews new books, reviews new movies, provides absorbing activities and account for a array of situations, and offers accepted tips for above ancestors activity – at the blow of a button day or night through www.discoveryjourney.com. Susan is a magna cum laude alum of Texas Christian University. Her antecedent able acquaintance was as business and associates administrator for several barter associations. Susan is the mother of triplets and a toddler.

Contact information:
Susan Sitton
Discovery Journey
Phone: 512.809.2983
Fax: 262-779-4832

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Discovery Journey Helps Parents Answer the Question ‘Should My Teenager See the DaVinci Code?’

Discovery Journey offers a different aggregate of capacity creating the “recipes” for architecture appearance and ethics in families, schools, neighborhoods and more. In one site, Discovery Journey includes children’s book reviews, cine reviews, and account for alleviation time with ancestors and friends.

Austin, TX -- The DaVinci Code, the cine based on the delinquent atypical of the aforementioned name is appear today and parents may admiration if it is adapted for their teenagers to appearance this movie. Because so abounding begin the book to be agreeable and acquisition the questions about adoration and history to be absorbing and non-threatening, parents may ambition their adolescence to see the movie. However, these aforementioned parents may be anxious about whether some of the added arguable elements of the cine are adapted for their teens. Discovery Journey takes the assumption plan out of such questions by evaluating the agreeable of kid’s and teen’s movies and books for absolute and abrogating examples of the afterward ten traits: self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty, and faith. The added acerb a book or cine presents these values-oriented messages, the college it scores. Points are deducted for abrogating behavioral influences, such as violence, bad language, nudity, animal content, alarming elements, and the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The aftereffect is a Character Score, alignment from aught to 100 that parents can use to baddest media that accept basic ethics messages.

The aftereffect of the contempo cine analysis for The DaVinci Code generated a Character Score of 64 as follows:

Character Traits:
Self-Discipline: 3 Stars   
Compassion: 4 Stars   
Responsibility: 5 Stars   
Friendship: 2 Stars   
Work: 5 stars   
Courage: 3 stars   
Perseverance: 5 stars   
Honesty: 2 stars       
Loyalty: 5 stars       
Faith: 2 stars

Absence of Influence:   
Violence: 0 stars
Language: 5 stars
Nudity: 2 stars
Sexual content: 5 stars
Drugs/Alcohol: 5 stars
Scary: 5 stars
Bad Behavior: 6 stars   

Suggested Ages: Discovery Journey recommends this cine for 17 year old adolescence and adults.

Messages: Everyone has their own alone beliefs.

Reviewer: Patricia Guth
Reviewer's Opinion: Personally, I admired this cine though, at 2 1/2 hours, it gets a bit annoying at times. I saw the blur with two friends. Two of us had apprehend the book, one had not. The acquaintance who hadn't apprehend the book begin the adventure ambagious and the storyline a bit difficult to follow. If, however, you were one of the millions who apprehend Dan Brown's novel, you'll be afflicted by how able-bodied the cine follows the book and I anticipate you'll absolutely adore this film.

Due to the aggregate of abandon in the movie, I accept (as did my friends) that it should be rated R. I would not accede demography a 13-year-old to see The DaVinci Code. I anticipate some of the abandon (in accurate the absolution by Silas) could accept been adumbrated rather than acted out on the screen. It was rather disturbing.

As a Christian, I was not affronted by the cine or the book and I didn't airing abroad cerebration that aggregate I've believed all these years may be inaccurate. I anticipate the admirers is added than able to abstracted actuality from fiction.

Full Review of The DaVinci Code: http://www.discoveryjourney.com/contentsummary.asp?ContentID=540

Subscribers to www.discoveryjourney.com accompany a association of anxious parents, administration their angle and adventures apropos the books, movies, and activities with anniversary other.

Susan Sitton co-founded Discovery Journey with her husband, Brent. Today, Susan Sitton helps advance the Discovery Journey aggregation of 12 caring, committed "guides" with a accumulated absolute of 172 years of classroom acquaintance and 18 academy degrees a allotment of them. Discovery Journey previews new books, reviews new movies, provides absorbing activities and account for a array of situations, and offers accepted tips for above ancestors activity – at the blow of a button day or night through www.discoveryjourney.com. Susan is a magna cum laude alum of Texas Christian University. Her antecedent able acquaintance was as business and associates administrator for several barter associations. Susan is the mother of triplets and a toddler.

Contact information:
Susan Sitton
Discovery Journey
Phone: 512.809.2983
Fax: 262-779-4832

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Earth's Journey -- Call to Eco-Artists and Crafters

Call to Environmental/Eco-Friendly Artists and Crafters -- United States

USA -- Earth's Journey (www.earths-journey.com) is about to barrage their website committed to environmentally affable artisans and crafters. Artists application abstracts that are eco-friendly, recycled and/or up-cycled will accept an befalling to appearance their own "exhibit" online, 24 hours a day, 7 canicule a week.

Earth's Journey

We are actual assured that Earth's Journey will do for eco-art what Ebay has done for auctions. Our mission is to accommodate an online ambiance area eco-artists can affectation their plan after the limitations of a acceptable gallery. Tina Santillo, President of Earth's Journey, stated, "We are actual assured that Earth's Journey will do for eco-art what Ebay has done for auctions. Our mission is to accommodate an online ambiance area eco-artists can affectation their plan after the limitations of a acceptable gallery."

All artists signing up with Earth's Journey in the ages of June, 2008, will accept the accustomed "set-up" fee waived. Launch date is set for July, 2008.

Earth's Journey ... Inspired by GREEN

If you would like added advice on Earth's Journey, or to agenda an account with Tina Santillo, amuse email earthsjourneyts@yahoo.com .