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Slaughter-free day number ten brought about a grim discovery at the Dolphin Base in Taiji, Japan. Since the dolphin fishermen have been spreading their holiday cheer elsewhere, the Cove Guardians have been spending a good portion of time at Dolphin Base observing the captives and their trainers.
Yesterday, Cove Guardian Andy filmed what we thought to be an empty pool with water so still that it was collecting algae. When the footage was reviewed back at the hotel, we were all shocked to learn that there actually was a dolphin in that tank. More footage was taken and it is now clear that this dolphin is floating all alone in a dirty tank. There is no pump in the pool making the water near stagnant, with green algae ringing the waterline.
Dolphins are highly social creatures and their need for interaction in order to survive is incredibly high. When this lone little dolphin noticed Andy's camera being hoisted over the top of the fence, he started to move around and at one point even tried to get the camera, a foreign object in the dolphin's realm, to play with the buoy it was holding in its mouth.
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Initially, I didn't think anything could be more sickeningly heartbreaking then the sight of a depressed dolphin floating on the surface holding a buoy much like a child would cling to a teddy bear. However, when this dolphin tried to interact with the camera and was encouraging playfulness with the buoy, I stood corrected. It was clear that he was desperate for attention and interaction. Perhaps the reason he is in confinement is due to an illness but the trainers should know better than to take a wild dolphin into captivity in the first place.
Has this world learned nothing from history? We all know beyond a doubt that slavery is morally wrong, so why is it considered acceptable to snatch a dolphin out of the wild, tear it away from its family, teach it to entertain, and then sell it into a lifetime of slavery? The fact that we justify this shameful act of humanity by saying that dolphins are of lesser importance than humans makes me question the sensibility of our species. When in reality both man and dolphin are both highly dependent on one another for survival as a whole.
Here is your opportunity to become a Cove Guardian. To join us in Taiji (voluntarily, and completely at your own cost and risk), write to us at email@example.com. We will get back to you, but please be patient. We cannot keep an eye on the Cove and answer e-mails at the same time. Contributions to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to keep our official presence here are needed and welcome. These contributions cover the costs for transport, telephone, equipment, supplies, food, and lodging for the official Sea Shepherd representative. We will remain here through the end of March and will return for the next season in September 2011.
Thank you to the citizens of Japan who are weighing these issues and beginning to take a stand to solve them. Thank you to everyone who is on the frontlines of this war. This is a war to save ourselves from ourselves. Without your calling and writing Japanese embassies and your own governments, there will be no change. Keep it up! Every time dolphins are pushed into the Cove, let them have it. Every time there is blood in the water, let them have it. Make good consumer choices. Inform everyone you know about the tragedy here and how it is linked to the captive dolphin trade. All who patronize a dolphin show have blood on their hands.
For the dolphins,
Libby Katsinis
Nicole, who will be assisting me during the next three months, will share her experiences while in Taiji on her blog.Rupert Imhoff, who is also assisting with this campaign, has started a YouTube channel of video taken during his time in Taiji.
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The original settlement of Rhegion (Latin Rhegium) was founded c. 720 BC by Greek colonists from Chalcis as a daughter city to Zankle (ancient name of Messina, q.v.). Under the tyrant Anaxilas, who also ruled Zankle, it prospered, but in 387 BC it was captured by Dionysius I the Younger, of Syracuse. Later it suffered under the Mamertini (mercenaries from Campania) until it fell in 270 BC to Rome, to which it was faithful throughout the Punic Wars. Occupied successively by the Visigoths, Goths, Byzantines, and Saracens, it was conquered by the Norman leader Robert Guiscard in 1060 and was subsequently included in the kingdoms of Sicily and (after 1282) Naples. Destroyed many times by Saracen invaders and by earthquakes, Reggio has been repeatedly reconstructed, experiencing alternate periods of splendour and decadence. Razed by an earthquake in 1908, it was afterward rebuilt with wide streets and low, reinforced concrete buildings. The transfer of the provincial capital to Catanzaro in 1971 resulted in widespread riots in Reggio di Calabria. Following a compromise, Reggio remained the Regional Assembly's permanent seat.
Reggio is an archiepiscopal and metropolitan see, and its cathedral was reconstructed in Romanesque-Byzantine style. There are Greek and Roman remains, and the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia ; the National Museum has a splendid archaeological collection that includes a pair of bronze warrior statues recovered from the Mediterranean Sea near Riace.
Reggio is linked by steamer and ferry with Messina, by rail with Naples, Rome, and Milan, and by air with Rome, Milan, and PalermoMalta. A tourist resort and seaport, it supplies the perfume and pharmaceuticals industries with essences of bergamot and jasmine. Although its industries are small, they are varied, including fruit canning, silk milling, olive - oil extraction, and the manufacture of furniture and machinery. Pop. (2006 est.) mun., 184,369.

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Tsunami waves generated by the main shock of the Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011, damaged the backup generators at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Although all three of the reactors that were operating were successfully shut down, the loss of power caused cooling systems to fail in each of them within the first few days of the disaster. Residual Rising residual heat within each reactor's core rose and caused the fuel rods to subsequently overheatin reactors 1, 2, and 3 to overheat and partially melt down, leading at times to the release of radiation. Melted material fell to the bottom of the containment vessels in reactors 1 and 2 and bored sizable holes in the floor of each vessel—a fact that emerged in late May. Those holes partially exposed the nuclear material in the cores. Explosions resulting from the buildup of pressurized hydrogen gas occurred in the outer containment buildings enclosing reactors 1 and 3 on March 12 and March 14, respectively, but the inner containment structure around each reactor remained intact. Workers sought to cool and stabilize the three cores by pumping seawater and boric acid into them. Because of concerns over possible radiation exposure, government officials established a 30-km (18-mile) no-fly zone around the facility, and an area of 20 km (12.5 miles) around the plant was evacuated.
A third explosion occurred on March 15 in the building surrounding reactor 2 and . At that time the explosion was thought to have damaged the containment vessel housing the fuel rods, which led government officials to designate . (In actuality, the explosion punched a second hole in the containment vessel; the first hole had been created earlier by melted nuclear material that passed through the bottom of the vessel.) In response, government officials designated a wider zone, extending to a radius of 30 km around the plant, within which residents were asked to remain indoors. That developmentThe explosion, along with a fire touched off by rising temperatures in spent fuel rods stored in reactor 4, led to the release of higher levels of radiation from the plant.
In the days that followed, some 47,000 residents left their homes, and workers at the plant made several attempts to cool the reactors using truck-mounted water cannons and water dropped from helicopters. Those efforts met with some success, which temporarily slowed the release of radiation; however, they were suspended several times after rising steam or smoke signaled an increased risk of radiation exposure.
As workers continued their attempts to cool the reactors, the appearance of increased levels of radiation in some local food and water supplies prompted Japanese and international officials to issue warnings about their consumption. At the end of March, the evacuation zone was expanded to 30 km around the plant, and ocean water near the plant was discovered to have been contaminated with high levels of iodine-131, which resulted from leakage of radioactive water through cracks in trenches and tunnels between the plant and the ocean. On April 6 plant officials announced that those cracks had been sealed, and later that month workers began to pump the irradiated water to an on-site storage building until it could be properly treated.
On April 12 nuclear regulators elevated the severity level of the nuclear emergency from 5 to 7—the highest level on the scale created by the International Atomic Energy Agency—placing it in the same category as the Chernobyl accident, which occurred in the Soviet Union in 1986.
On May 13, plant officials announced that the fuel rods in reactor 1 had been exposed during an early phase of the accident, because water levels in the containment vessel fell below the bottom of the fuel rods. They deduced that the buildup of heat within the containment structure was probably high enough to melt part of the fuel rods. Plant officials suspected that the nuclear fuel, instead of burning through the containment vessel and exacerbating an already serious accident, simply fell off the rods and into the water below before it cooled to manageable levels.


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What takes time for me to build a website is getting the right stuff and I can sit a day infront of the computer not getting the material that I want.
Lets take a look at Ryan Sheckler's website. http://www.ryansheckler.com/
Look at the background, and those details and stuff.
For me when I build my website I find it hard to know exactly what colours and how I want it to look, so I need like a website that has these kind of stuff.
You probably don't understand me right, but if you could share your best website with good background like his, shapes for websites, basically the stuff you need for it to look good.
I'm pretty sure that that's an original image. The designer probably made it himself (and it probably took a long time, too!).
I have brushes in the form of paint splatters for Photoshop...it's a simple matter of coloring the brush and then applying it.
Backgrounds are really hard to make, but keep in mind that not all of them have to be intricate. Simple goes a long way.
You are RIGHT, but it would be great if there were like packs available like that.
Edit: There are, but a site with great of those, I havent found it. :/
I mean, packs would be nice, but background images really have to fit the site. While that background image might be nice for a band, I would never use it for my current project (a church).
Like anything, you have to keep it in context.
This wouldn't be painted - that would be a long and tedious task. It is most probably a photo of grungey concrete texture overlayed onto a dark bg in photoshop. Relatively simple to do the - trick is getting it to tie inconspicuously.
I would use textures you can find on deviant art: http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/textures/?qh=§ion=&q=concrete Some are royalty free but you the amount of altering required is probably significant enough to bypass copyright. Or take a photo yourself.
Also try googling something along the lines of 'tiled textures'. Or download texture packs used for 3d software like 3dsmax - they usually contain tileable jpegs.
No. This would be painted. A concrete texture w/ Photoshop brushes of different colors for the splotches.
[...]the amount of altering required is probably significant enough to bypass copyright.:rofl: Good one! ...........................wait. You weren't joking? No. Don't do this. Most works have protection against altering or changing the work.
Also try googling something along the lines of 'tiled textures'. Or download texture packs used for 3d software like 3dsmax - they usually contain tileable jpegs.
[...]the amount of altering required is probably significant enough to bypass copyright.:rofl: Good one! ...........................wait. You weren't joking? No. Don't do this. Most works have protection against altering or changing the work.
Of course, Ryan also encourages you to make sure that the packs or textures are free - because if it wasn't, that'd, of course, be plagiarism. Which is bad (not to mention illegal). Thanks for promoting good ethics, Ryan.
Ah, didn't notice that bit up the top.
Of coarse.
I was under the impression that if a work was altered to the point of being unrecognisable as the original work than it is perfectly reasonable to use it.
Thanks for the link!
From what I understand, no. It's still illegal and unethical.
A rather radical stance to consider all editing of copyrighted material unethical.
Anyway I looked it up. There are circumstances where the editing of copyrighted material considered 'fair use' and avoids infringement. Some of which are when a new work is formed from the original in which the new work bares no substantial similarities to the original or if the new work does not compete in the market place of the original.
So is it illegal? Not necessarily.
Make your own splatter brushes - it's really easy. http://colorburned.com/2009/11/video-tutorial-learn-how-to-create-a-set-of-splatter-brushes-in-photoshop.html
Heh, thats nice, But i think Ill stick with the free ones.
The thing was that the page i linked was not just that background that i wanted, I more wanted a site that could offer free packs of backgrounds etc.
There are tons of free packs - when I get home, I can find a free pack that I use.
The website where you got the pack from.
Yeah, see....that's kind of the problem. I got it, but I don't remember from where.
HAHA, Well. if it's a good site with good packs, try remember it and write it here.
I mean, a simple Google search. See:
Whoah...what is this magic?
These seem to be good brushes, and the type that you're looking for as well:
Link1Link2Redirection Site 1 (Archives of Brushes)Redirection Site 2Redirection Site 3
Got it?~TehYoyo
Gotcha, I mean. If your not lazy your doing this. Actually I'm not lazy. But i would like to have ready packs cause sometimes i get ideas that way.
Lol I didn't understand any of that. Did it help?
If it's unrecognizable as the original (ignoring potential watermarks) it's just unethical. It's be extremely hard to prove it was taken from the original. The original designer would have to actually be LOOKING to see if it was a fraud, and even then it should be only a guess.
Right. But just because it's only unethical and not illegal doesn't mean that it's good (and this isn't meant as a strike against you).


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By Julie Muhlstein Herald Writer
Q: You're just back from a college-visit trip. What schools did you visit?
A: My mom and I went to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I'm seriously looking at Chapel Hill. I have also visited (University of) Notre Dame. I'm also looking at UW and other schools.
Q: Why North Carolina?
A: They have a really great theater program. I am very passionate about theater.
Q: How long have you been involved in drama?
A: Since grade school. I saw my friend, in fourth grade, in an Archbishop Murphy (High School) production. The next year, I was in "Bye Bye Birdie" at Murphy. I was bitten by the theater bug.
Q: Tell me about your family.
A: I have a younger brother, Jack, he's a freshman here. He's a basketball player. And I have a sister, Kelly, in eighth grade at Valley View (middle school). She plays volleyball.
Q: Where did you go to grade school?
A: I went to St. Brendan's in Bothell for kindergarten through eighth grade.
Q: Was it a big adjustment coming to Glacier Peak?
A: Coming from a smaller private school, I wanted a change. Coming here was definitely scary at first, from a class of 30 to a class of 400. Meeting all these people has been great. You look around the lunch room and think, "I've never seen you before. I'd like to get to know you."
Q: Have you acted with other companies?
A: Yes, I was helped by Marsha Stueckle at Evergreen Family Theatre — it used to be Woodinville Repertory. She is this crazy-fun lady. She encourages kids of all ages. And at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle last March, I was part of a student production of "Oklahoma!" I was going to downtown Seattle every day. It was called the Oklahoma! Project.
Q: What is your favorite class at Glacier Peak?
A: Right now, it's AP literature with Mrs. (Valerie) Browning. We're reading lots of plays, which I like. Mrs. Browning was director of "The Music Man" here, and "The Sound of Music." AP lit is also my hardest class. It's taken a lot of effort.
Q: Will you be a theater major in college?
A: I will explore theater in some way. I'm also interested in education, and maybe teaching at the high school level.
Q: What production have you enjoyed most?
A: Sophomore year I played Liesl in "The Sound of Music." It was a wonderful part, and I got to be a nanny backstage to all the younger kids.
Q: And you enjoy working with kids?
A: I've gone to YMCA's Camp Orkila for three summers. I was a volunteer counselor. I had a blast last summer.
Q: Is there a favorite memory you'll take away from Glacier Peak?
A: It's being in the musicals. Also, this year, when Ali Steenis' friends surprised her. It was such a moment of community. (Herald writer Eric Stevick's Dec. 16 article covered the birthday surprise of Ali's friends helping their legally blind classmate get a chance to drive.)
Brooklyn Dana spearheaded it, but I was in on it, too. We had to get her to school somehow, and I told her something about my brother and basketball. Ali goes through every day with the biggest smile on her face.
Q: Do you have a favorite book?
A: I've always loved "Anne of Green Gables." It's one of those books I can read 100 times.
Q: Tell me about where you live.
A: We live in the Clearview area. We have a barn. At the end of summer we all got together, the whole senior class was invited. We painted the barn "Best in Class" — except the "B" is the number "13" for our class.
Q: You were homecoming queen. What's that like?
A: It is extremely humbling. It's done by a vote. It was more than a title. Freshman year, I didn't know anyone. We were crowned during an assembly. My friend Sam Hinson was the king. We were both floored. At the homecoming football game, we rode out in a convertible. It was cold, and that was the only time during the game that it rained.
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Barack Hussein Obama has gone ahead and appointed William J. Lynn III to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. A man who has served as under secretary of defense and comptroller in the Clinton Administration as well as the Pentagon's CFO (chief Financial Officer).
Lynn has the experience to do the job that he was appointed to, but my problem is that William Lynn III is presently the Senior Vice President of Raytheon Co.
Why is that a problem? The problem is that Raytheon has defense contracts with the United States. In my opinion, that makes it a conflict of interests. How can this be allowed that Obama can go ahead and appoint a person who might not hold the American taxpayer's interest as his main concern.
How can you expect a man to do the right thing with the protection of the American people when he also has responsibilities to the company that he works for to make money? You can't. He makes his bonuses by the amount of money the company makes. If he has to choose between protecting this country the best way possible or making his multi-million dollar bonus, how can you expect him to put himself second?
If he wants to take the position of Deputy Secretary of Defense, he must resign from his position at Raytheon Co. He is human and is bound to make mistakes, but to avoid a defense issue he must do the right thing first, which is to leave Raytheon and all his responsibilities to the company
Another kick in the pants is that the Democrats had a problem with Dick Cheney getting elected to office while he still had interests in Halliburton, but have not problem of William J. Lynn III being given the position. The American people didn't get the right to vote for this man to be put into this office. I know that it's two different position, but isn't the President's job to serve this country? Or is it his duty to go ahead and give positions to people who helped get him into office?
Just as a side note, Goldman Sachs has upgraded the the stock of Raytheon to a buy from a hold. What does that tell you?
I don't know what's to come of this, but I will say that I will be keeping an eye on it and posting about here on this blog.


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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.- The Brevard College softball team handled Winston-Salem State 10-3 in the opener thanks to five RBI's from Casey Whitaker before falling 6-5 in the nightcap at Paul Cloud Field on Wednesday afternoon.
Game 1: Brevard 10, WSSU 3
Whitaker tied a Brevard College record five RBI's on a pair of homers to help the Tornados score a season-high 10 runs in game one. The junior parked a three-run homer in the 1st to help BC to a 3-0 lead and a two-run shot in the 4th.
Whitaker finished 3-for-4 as the Tornados collected ten hits as a team. Alyssa Miller finished 2-for-4 with two RBI's and Emily Boykin added two hits and a RBI.
Jamie Hrobak (W, 6-4) limited the Rams to five hits in the complete game, surrendering three runs (two earned) while fanning a season-high 12 batters.
Game 2: WSSU 6, Brevard 5
Dallas Heaton doubled with two outs in the 7th and moved to third on a Whitaker infield single but BC wasn't able to score the tying run against Yasmin Lee (W, 1-1).
The Rams broke a 3-3 tie with three runs in the 5th inning and held of a BC rally in the 6th to escape with the split.
Brevard got back two runs in the 6th as Whitaker scored on a throwing error and Ally Davenport drove in Lauren Parker with an RBI groundout. Emily Boykin doubled to center with two outs but was stranded.
Jamie Hrobak (L, 6-5) entered in relief of Casey Whitaker in the 1st inning, and didn't allow an earned run over the final 5.2 innings. However, the Rams three-run 5th was the result of a BC throwing error.
The Torandos are back in action on Saturday in a rescheduled doubleheader at USC-Aiken at 1 p.m.. The doubleheader against the Pacers was originally scheduled for Thursday, but moved due to forecasted inclement weather.


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Bread for the Journey
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First let me say,'that picture makes my mouth water'.The verses have even more meaning when looking at this vineyard.Thanks and have a day filled with blessings,ReplyDelete
This is perhaps my favorite Bible Lesson. Thank you for sharing it and all your wonderful recipes.ReplyDelete
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I just recently found your blog and have been blessed by your daily post. This one is especially beautiful! Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
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Should cash-for-gold businesses be considered secondhand stores, jewelry shops or, perhaps, recycling facilities?
Confounded by the newly popular business model, Carson leaders have put a temporary halt on any new such stores while city planners try to define what they are and where they belong.
"Cash-for-gold stores don't fit neatly into any established category," City Attorney Bill Wynder said. "Which is yet another reason why the city ought to study how to best regulate, license and entitle these kinds of business entities. They're not a store in the sense that they have new or used products for sale, and yet they engage in business and trade."
The price of gold has shot up every year since 2008, as the nationwide recession left many without reliable incomes. Entrepreneurs seized the opportunity to make quick money, and cash-for-gold stores have proliferated in the South Bay and across the country.
The possibility for fast cash has attracted more than just people with stashes of old, unworn jewelry. Opportunistic thieves and robbers increasingly snatched necklaces from people walking outside.
In California, cash-for-gold businesses are required to register with the state, undergo background checks and report all of their purchases to law enforcement agencies in case the merchandise was stolen. But cities have grappled with whether they cause an increase in crime, and where these businesses would be most appropriate. In retail strips? Inside malls? On main streets?
Cities that decided to regulate such businesses have differed on what they are, according to a review by the League of California Cities. Colton, San Leandro, Hawaiian Gardens, Glendora and others consider them akin to pawn shops and thrift stores, while Livermore calls them recycling facilities. In Los Gatos, they are considered regular retail stores.
The Carson City Council voted on Nov. 20 to put a moratorium on any new cash-for-gold stores through Jan. 4. A bid to extend that for a full year was shot down this week, as some council members worried about sending a message that the city was not business friendly.
But the city's Planning Commission was asked on Tuesday to craft regulations for buyers of used gold and present them to the council so the Municipal Code can be updated. Currently, nothing in the code addresses such businesses.
"Carson is my Beverly Hills," said Councilwoman Lula Davis-Holmes, who introduced the motion to temporarily put a stop to new cash-for-gold stores. "There are 11 gold shops in this city and we need to come up with new guidelines."
The city actually has six active cash-for-gold stores - down from 12 that have active business licenses but are now closed, according to a staff report.
The city staff and Planning Commission were asked to return to the council with suggested ways to regulate cash-for-gold stores. Though the moratorium was not extended past Jan. 4, the council's three-member majority expressed a strong desire to change city code to restrict the businesses.
Some residents opposed making such changes on Tuesday, as the council discussed an extended moratorium.
"I drove down Hawthorne Boulevard within the fine city of Torrance between Torrance and Lomita boulevards, and saw four cash-for-gold stores that weren't there a year ago," resident Paul Randall said. "Torrance is welcoming them. We're supposed to be a business-friendly city. What are we trying to do - go out of business?"
Mayor Jim Dear and Councilman Elito Santarina also opposed any regulation.
"These businesses are here because of the natural processes of capitalism," Dear said. "I'll be watching this very closely, and when staff comes up with recommendations that really do put people out of business, I'm going to remark back and say, `See, I told you."'
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WATCH: Leaked video shows President Obama working out in hotel gym
President Obama stopped in Poland during his trip around Eastern Europe. While staying at the Holmes Place Hotel Marriott, the President headed down to the gym to lift some weights. A guest at the gym decided to snap some photos, and even record a video of Obama working out.


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Long Beach State has won eight consecutive games in men's basketball and resides alone in first place with a Big West Conference record of 9-1.
The 49ers are doing a lot of things well. Rebounding isn't one of them.
Long Beach (13-8 overall) averages 35 rebounds per game. That ranks fifth out of 10 Big West teams. But the 49ers allow a conference-worst 38 rebounds per game. Their minus-3.0 margin is ninth.
After escaping with a 50-48 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday and being outrebounded 14-2 on the offensive boards, senior James Ennis said, "We don't like rebounding. We're athletic, we just don't like crashing the boards. I guess we're soft."
His teammate, junior forward Tony Freeland, said he didn't see it quite that way.
"I don't think we're soft. I just think we're not really focused on our rebounding like we should be," said Freeland, whose team will play the best rebounding team in the Big West, Hawaii, tonight at 9.
Coach Dan Monson was on his team about rebounding during practice.
"Coach always stresses to us rebounding will get us a long way," Freeland said. "And if we don't rebound, that will make teams set up their defense and make it harder for us to score, and we won't run like we're designed to do."
This is a team at its best when running the floor. When it's not rebounding, it gets bogged down offensively.
Monson was reminded of Ennis' "soft" claim. Monson was asked if he agreed with that or if there was a lack of focus.
Or, perhaps, a desire issue?
"I think it's a combination of all those things," he said. "As coaches, we haven't done a good job of technique and emphasizing it, and as players they haven't done a good job of embracing it and wanting to change, because we do have enough athleticism to be better than we are.
"We might physically get dominated sometimes, but our athleticism needs to be more active when the ball goes up, and there needs to be more urgency for everyone to try to help."
Monson conceded he doesn't have a roster full of true rebounders.
"We don't have a lot of guys who in their careers have defined themselves as rebounders," Monson said, "except for Dan Jennings. He might be the only one who felt like that was his job growing up."
Ennis, who is 6-foot-7, leads the 49ers in rebounding with a 6.6 average. Jennings, who is 6-9, averages 6.0 rebounds in just 24.6 minutes per game.
Scouting the Warriors
Long Beach defeated Hawaii (13-9, 7-4) the first time the teams met, 76-72 on Jan. 12 at Walter Pyramid. The 49ers were outrebounded 37-31. The Warriors are led by Christian Standhardinger and Vander Joaquim. Standhardinger averages 16 points and 7.8 rebounds; Joaquim averages 13.9 points and 8.2 rebounds.
Bracket buster
It was announced this week that Long Beach will play host to Stephen Austin (18-2) in a BracketBuster game on Feb. 22 (on ESPNU). It's the fourth time in the past five years the 49ers will have appeared in a televised BracketBusters game.


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It is nicely designed, the setting and bar area is very relaxing. Nice & quiet location. Room confort was not exactly what I have expected (e.g. in order to switch off the lights, you have to get up from your bed!!). Very limited selection of English speaking TV channels. The language skills of the staff is also not sufficient for such a deluxe rated hotel!!
The large central atrium and general design and style. No
The rooms were very good, comfortable and quiet. I would like to stay there again. My husband suffered from backache just the evening before we had to leave to Paris to catch the plane. At the reception I asked a desk clerk if it was possible to stay a little bit longer than check out time. He offered us to keep the room one hour longer than check out time but he also said he would charge the room if we decided to stay longer than the given time. For us, it would had been a great help to have the room for two hours rather than just for one hour. In a five star hotel, which was definitely not overbooked, it should be all right to keep the room a little bit longer because of illness (because of backache it was very painful to sit in the foyer and wait for the taxi).
The room was smaller than implied on website
A very stylish hotel and a beautiful building. Comfortable beds and Clarins products in the bathroom! Breakfast was a fairly small choice considering its a 5*
we could benifit from an extraordinary promotion from your site...otherwise we find the hotel would on the expensive side even with all what it offers...
Comfortable, well run, helpful professional staff Car parking not the easiest
Great welcome, excellent decor, comfort etc and a great restaurant
Good location and very nice bar. Bistro is a good option if you do not want to walk into the City. Not the cheapest option in Lille (but you do get what you pay for). Traditional room we had was also pretty small.
Interesting decor Delicious lunch Think it would be a good idea to extend the menu, so that lunch and dinner not the same on the same day
Good location - near Lille Europe station and city centre. Good basic rooms and good value buffet breakfast. None
Convenience, very close to ESC Lille, shopping centre, city centre, train stations. The staff was very kind and helpful. the room can get a bit noisy early in the morning, it's too close to a busy avenue. And if you shut the windows the room gets too hot.
Hotel Lille Europe is well located for a stopover related to Lille Europe station. The room was very dark, seriously overlooked by the shopping centre behind the hotel, and rather cramped.
helpful staff. parking no tea or coffe in room. only i meat and i cheese at breakfast
Good location, easy for parking in the hotel car park Room was small, smelt stale, wall paper falling off the wall and plug sockets were loose and dangerous.
The best point of the stay was the breakfast room which has a lovely outlook.
Good location, cheap, free internet. Late check in, at 15.
Clean, comfortable and good value for the price. Excellant location for Eurostar and city centre.
location, close to eurostar and the city shops lack of facilities to make hot drink . very hot had to sleep with window wide open even when it was snowing!
Friendly staff, everybody spoke english and was very helpfull No Wi-fi in rooms.
Great location, easy access to train stations.Modern feel, with well designed rooms.
Room size, facilities None.
The rooms were large and very well laid out with a nice bathroom with both a shower and a bath and a separate WC. Also it was possible to partition the room into two with the partitions suspended from the ceiling. The hotel takes your payment at time of booking. The staff are very average and found it difficult to find the booking. Although there were facilities to make tea and coffee in the room there were not cups/ sachets of coffe/ milk sufficient for the number of guests and this got worse the second day.
clean and comfortable
quite rooms, very close to railway station Lille Europe, internet access, easy to print boarding pass
Clean and comfortable room. Free use of internet en TV facilities The lack of free parking, this should be arranged by the hotel.
helpful desk staff
Size of room, microwave and fridge, free blockbuster movies.
clean, friendly staff, efficient, spacious rooms not in the centre, close to the railway station, expensive breakfast
Location Rate
Room size just right. Having young children we loved being able to divide the room up so that we could watch a movie and drink wine whilst they slept. Staff were friendly and receptionist spoke excellent English. I would have had a go at the french but she made it so easy. Breakfast was basci, laid back and delicious
The location Extremely small room. No parking at all and nearby parking very expensive - would be good for train travellers though.
basic, good location and value for money Inside of windows/woodwork and skirting borad very dirty. Bed cover a bit grubby, but sheets clean. Can't see why these cant be cleaned, it lets the room down
Good situation, helpful staff. Bed was a bit hard - very noisy outside at night - perhaps triple glazing might help?
The rooms, hallways, & elevator all smelled of damp/mould/something awful. We thought it may have just been our room at first but we had several friends who reported similar odour problems and they were staying on different floors/locations within the hotel. Also, only one towel was provided for a double bedroom. A request for a second towel for our second night of accomodation went unfulfilled by housekeeping. Again, friends had the same problem with only one bath towel being provided for a double room. The rooms are small but functional and reasonable for the price but for the reasons above I would not recommend this hotel.
Location Service
Location was fantastic - great for visiting the Christmas markets! Unfortunately you need to pay for lockets to secure your luggage if you're leaving Lille a few hours after check out.
Very conveniently located in town centre
Good location, good breakfast, comfortable room, reasonable soundproofing The smell from the drains was dreadful in the room and generally in the corridors, was only bearable with bathroom door kept closed and windows left open whilst occupied
The location: very near the train station!! quite impressive!!
The building is beautiful and, for the Braderie weekend, quiet. The room was large and well situated within the building. Dining facilities were limited and, being Braderie weekend, overbooked. Perhaps we should have been warned about that. Also,in spite of advance booking through a "value for money" site, we were charged the highest room rate. I was not aware I was booking a suite, since it was called a superior ROOM! We did not need a suite and that was a waste of my money.
Great location, clean comfortable room and helpful staff and the bonus of a really good breakfast Bar closes at 11pm??
Conveinience for Lille Centre
Over priced, very disappointing. No air con in a room charging 150 Euros. not recommended, our room was a good size but very 'tired'. You even had to pay for the internet access in the reception area. I formed the opinion that this hotel wanted every penny from you. I would not recommend and I would not stay again.
The bar with the pianist The view from the room - looked out on to roof. Asked to change but staff unaccommodating and unfriendly
the building. the surroundings.The dinner on Wednesday 1 August. The beds were very hard..Breakfast could have been much better.Dinner on Thursday 2 August was very poor indeed.
Location is very good and own parking a plus. The professional and helpful staff are the hotel's greatest asset. Although the ground floor public spaces are first rate the decor in the rooms and corridors is tired and needs a revamp. Old carpets in the lifts, corridors etc and tired bathroom fittings etc are not up to the price bracket for this hotel.
Very comfortable hotel, relaxing and very appealing.
Polite staff, very clean room Bathroom basic
- most rooms do not have air-con - internet access is very expensive - room service list is short - food is not good - takes forever to get served in the bar
The bathtub was huge and deep. I was in town for sports and it was nice to be able to take a bath after a long day on the field. The bed was also very fluffy and comfortable. The location was perfect and the staff were all incredibly helpful as well. Room service was very limited and not very good quality. The bar downstairs can get very loud which makes it tough to sleep if you're there over the weekend. The climate control in the room was locked and the set temperature was a bit too high for my tastes. The rooms are also quite small.
The front office, specially Mr. Ghanmi (?) and the other lady, sorry cannot remember, were very friendly and helpful. The bartender Luc was outstanding. In a hotel, from my experience, if the staff are warm and friendly , that takes the edge out of everything. The dining is too limited and constrained, menuwise.
The views over Lille from a Privilege room, good location in quietness.
Staff were helpful, room very nice, excellent location
Clean, location to rail and City. Big modern rooms. Air condition.
Service level of the staff
It was a nice big room with a good view. It was also very conveniently located not just for the station but also for the main town. The design inside and out is very nice. The bed was a bit too soft. It felt very much like a business hotel and could be made a bit more welcoming to attract tourists.
large spacious room, very quiet, very good bed, extra clean bathroom
Very pleasant spacious room (903) The airconditioning was not good - temperature in room was too high to sleep comfortable
the location of the hotel was very convenient for the Eurostar and only 10 minutes walk into the city centre. We had two evening meals during our stay in the hotel restaurant. The food was very good and excellent value.
The hotel was very conveniently situated outside the main railway station and a short walk (10 minutes) from the centre of town. The room we had was spacious clean and had a view over the city (with the station in the foreground of course!) It was difficult on arrival to find out where to stop to check in. We had to drive round a couple of times (a very busy road runs in front of the hotel) before we parked on a taxi rank several hundred yards away and walked to the hotel to ask staff. Reception then directed us to the station car park which was 20euros a day with no discount for guests. There were no other parking options. Felt that 200euros a night was a bit steeep but is was in an ideal situation. Entry to the lifts from reception was by use of your room card. Managed to crack the system on day two but it is a little confusing - until you read the instructions!! Also a waste of time as you could always wait for the next lift coming down and enter without using your card.
The location is perfect, near the old and new town, and easy parking at the opera public parking
Central location
position, location cleanliness
Excellent location, quiet room, local flemish touch in interior design, friendly staff. Cant see any.
Very friendly and efficient welcome. Hotel location was excellent for visiting the old town of Lille. There was only one small lift and the wait at times was quite long.
Location The breakfast was expensive. It wasn't clear when booking that tax would be on top of room costs. The rooms are tired and bland..very 80's! Strong smell of cigarettes during the night. We had two rooms both of which weren't ready with beds unmade so we were reallocated new rooms. the lift was very small so difficult to get more than two people with suitcases in. The staff were friendly and helpful though and the location was brilliant.
Good Central location, excellent staff would stay there again
Fabulous location in the heart of Lille. Rooms were excellent, and very clean with attractive decor. Ours had a little balcony to see Lille by night. Hotel staff were friendly and helpful. Good value for money. Bathroom decor was not quite up to the standard of the bedroom, but a small detraction in an otherwise extremely pleasant weekend stay.
It was OK
The location is very good and the staff very kind and helpful. I also appreciated the calm of the hotel. Breakfast is expensive for what you get (no fresh orange juice, poor savoury buffet, etc.). The bathroom was very hot. I think the value for money could be much better.
Asked five times for a tray of coffee making facilities before we actually had one put in our room
great location. large rooms. friendly staff. nice breakfast. assisted with childs additional bed. smelly room and toilet.
It was central for our needs for one overnight stay
Location was excellent, 15 mins walking from Lille Train Station, close to Grand Place, lots of shops and restaurants around. floors and furniture a bit old, it needs renovation works. A bit expensive for what they offer, but I guess you are paying the location.
Proximity to the centre, lots of restaurants, Christmas market. Lovely big room. No information given on restaurant opening times. No wash hand basin in the toilet which was separate and around the corner from the bathroom.
Location, old fashion but comfortable It smells cigarette everywhere...
very nice & comfortable hotel The nearest car park remained closed untill 12 noon on sunday and we were not informed about this
The room was spacious, the bed very comfortable and luxurious. The room was furnished very pleasingly. The staff in the breakfast room were also very warm and charming. The toilet room was not very well ventilated.
Room was fabulous, overlooking the Grand Place. Well worth the supplement. Room large and bathroom very spacious. The bar is a night club and although music stopped at midnight it could be heard throughout the hotel.
Mainly the staff, very welcoming and friendly. Really helped you. Nothing
Friendly staff very good location excellent rooms
The room was comfortable, and good for the price, it is also situated in the old part and very quite area one comment is that only one english channel was available , these could be increased since only french stations were available
Its location: in the centre of the old city No
location, service, breakfast little noisy from other rooms and elevator
It was nice and quiet also the arrangement of the beds and room
Extra charge for basic continental breakfast annoying as room rate high enough to cover
Very convenient location and superb restaurant just down the road.
Hotel staff was very friendly. Hotel is good located in the centre of Vieux Lille.
Location in old town, quiet except for when they had a big late event at the hotel! Rather impersonal
convenient location , formula with parking and breakfast included is good value for money Breakfast was ok, but already 1:30 hrs before end breakfast, eggs, bacon, cheese, ham etc were finished, however, there was plenty of other breakfast items (Danish, flakes, croissants...)
Reasonable value and location Rooms very small, no space to open two sets of luggage in a twin room!
Car Park entrance / exit very tight with a large car
Very little....... the room was clearly only designed to take two beds and would have been cramped at that, it wasvery small. When we booked a 3 bedded room we expected to have a room suitable for such a use The clear misuse use of a 2 bedded room for 3 bed use, this was a mis-representation of what was originally offered, we therefore only stayed one night instead of two. We would not recommend this hotel for these reasons to anyone else
visit the town
City centre location.
Hotel is old and needs to be renovated!!!!
The reception staff as well as the bar staff were friendly & helpful.
Very friendly and helpful staff who went out of their way to provide information. I stayed in room 316. Comfortable. However, the shower was really terrible. The thermostat was so bad that I was either frozen or scalded.
When we discussed our concerns re over the quality of services the staff we dealt with were very u.derstanding but in the absence of the manager on the night and again the next morning ,were unable to confirm a refund for the one night of the stay The quality of the room was extremely poor, bed uncomfortable, bathroom poor, room overlooked a rubbish tip. There was no evidence of the good French cooking one hears of as our food wa still frozen solid when it was served We were booked to stay for 3 nights but checked out after one, sadly we could not get away quick enough
clean rooms, quiet for sleeping but rooms were quiet small the breakfast room had 2 coffee machines but only 1 worked so there was a lineup, then the the working one quit working
very cool spot..... also very small but functional and modern...lovely amenities... most attractive and charming young lady from Lille on the front desk....excellent breakfast...the are is a bit dodgy but is in the process of improving.. if you can acept the small but ultra modern accomodations this is a great spot none
Very quiet room but in a central location. Very comfortable bed.
Great location, excellent staff and modern very well equipped comfortable rooms - highly recommended. Nothing
Excellent location for shops and Eurostar -everything in easy walking distance. Loved the fresh, modern design, a refreshing change from chain hotels. Bed super comfy, lovely huge shower. We had to wait 30mins for our room.
The Hotel is well located in the heart of the City. The Hotel reception staff were excellent. The Hotel is new and very stylish. Access to local information - regarding restaurants and interesting places would have been useful.
Great location, close to train station and centre of town
Excllent hotel withvery goo staff. I won;t hesitate to recommendand stay there again.
Amazing decor, beautifully presented hotel, better than some 4 star hotels I have stayed in. The staff were very helpful, although we had problems with breakfast on Sunday even though we had booked the night before, there were no tables when we arrived. The lady on duty was excellent although very understaffed and accomodated us as soon as possible. Short staffed on Sundays
we have stayed here quite a few times, however the rooms are now looking worse for wear, the skirting boards in the room were dirty and room was so hot it was impossible to sleep without the window open have the traffic noise
Well located for restaurants, etc.
The fresh new approach to furnishings and layout
The location of the hotel, the clean spacious room, the excellent shower room, the tea and coffee making facilities. The efficient, helpful and friendly staff.
very good in all aspects. Buffet breakfast to expensive.
Room size was very nice. I enjoyed the Nepresso coffee in the room.
location. tea/coffee facilities poor
We had a wonderful stay, hotel close to centre, staff friendly, breakfast excellent, room comfortable. A pity that only paper cups are provided for tea/coffee facilities in the room.
Central position Expensive breakfast
The rooms on the lower floor can be noisy
Small, clean hotel in the centre of the city!!!! In tha bathroom there were now hangers to hang on towels etc ...
friendly and helpfull staff, flexibility of timetable no elevator, no hangers for towels
It was very clean and in the very city centre No lift and a lot of stairs, not really practical for heavy luggage.
Very friendly and helpful staff, excellent location. We stayed in the privileged room no 104. As we investigated next day, it was the only room from the Privileged range on the 1st floor that had ridiculously small bathroom. "Small" is actually a massive understatement - the layout was awkward and one needed to do some gimnastics to pass the sink to get to the toilet. Once in place the sink could be used as a head support... Additionally there was a bad smell from drains in the room. This room 104 shouldn't be classed as Privileged. If we were placed in one of the other Privileged rooms with normal bathroom I would give the room high grade.
On arrival the hotel looked strange and when you climbed a set of stairs the reception area was small but the room was very comfortable and quite sizable plus the hotel was well placed for sightseeing, restaurants and shopping
Good location, close to Rail Stations, which was essential to me wasn't really easy to find it from the first time. Numbers of buildings in Lille are rarely seen and hotel is situated a bit aside of the street. So the main thing is to find KOOKAI shop and hotel is just on the right next to it.
Right in the middle of the city. Perfect for a weekend break!
The hotel is newly-renovated - very stylishly - and the superior double room that I had was large and comfortable and overlooked the street leading to Place du Rihour. The hotel's location is fantastic - easy walking distance from the main train and local metro stations and to key sights. Generally, the staff were friendly and helpful, especially the young woman on reception and the housekeeper. The only aspect about my stay that I didn't like was the noise made by the delivery/cleaning trucks that started to arrive in the normally pedestrian-only streets between 6 and 7 am.
central location, nicely renovated, nice "salle de séjour" rooms are rather small, but with modern equipment, air-conditioning is used for heating (which worked fine in the room I had)
Perfect location in the centre of Lille with easy access to shopping car parks, and restauarants. Hotel staff friendly and helpful. Room spacious and light with two french windows giving fantastic views into the Opera House square. Our Privelage Room suffered from lack of coat hanging space and clothes storage. This was acceptable for a short 3 day stay.
The decor of the room Because of the age of the building, one can hear every footstep above and next door; that is disturbing.
Room and building were nice as were the staff. The location is excellent. The bathroom of our room (201) was very poor - the tiles were dirty and many in the shower area were missing grouting. Not 4 star, more like 2 star. A good clean, a new shower head and re-grouting of the tiles would have made all the difference.
location rooms need to be refurbished
very confortable and quiet room. pleasant staff at reception.
the facility and room are clean and gorgeous. The staff was extra helpful with travel issues. The room and bath were great value.
The hotel rooms are beautiful and the service was good
Arriving on a wet evening the hotels car parking service was an excellent idea.
We liked the central position of the hotel, the rooms were well soundproofed and the beds were very comfortable. The provision of tea/coffee making facilities in the room was unusual for Europe but were much appreciated. We were also able to access BBC television. The bathroom was well equipped but very cramped.
frendly staff nice and central for shops no
unfortunately not much No AC, no lift, old instalations, service at Restaurante was poor. The pool looked also pretty scrapted. Urgent need for general renovation. 100 EUR is it not worth at all. Not easy to find through GPS neither.
Press for the breakfast Old novotel type hotel, overpriced for the old rooms
The Free WIfi & the service from the staff
A nice hotel with easy access to the motorways and shopping No air conditioning. We had to go and buy an electric fan. Some guests had their room window open and the room door to try and gain some air.
Typical business class hotel, comfortable room and good location.
Comfortable,good breakfast and proximity to the motorway. Price for an evening meal.We ate at a nearby shopping centre.
The hotel was excellently situated near the Motorway for arrival. It was close to Fromelles and other Great War British Cemeteries that we wished to visit. The room was spacious and the restaurant excellent. The closeness to the Motorway was convenient when after our stay we moved on for a weeks holiday near Mauberge.
It is on good location near motorway
Restaurant was excellent and price reasonable. Staff very helpful and friendly. drinks at bar very overpriced.
Compared to other Novotels this hotel is getting a bit old. Otherwise comfort and location is good and provides the usual Novotel experience.


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Musical Melting Pot
February 22nd, 2012
Are music genres soon to become extinct? Years ago, you could put music styles in a box and stick a label on it. People were quick to say things like "I'm a country fan" or "I don't listen to that rap stuff." But these days, artists blend multiple genres and nothing is as simple as it once seemed. Rockers like Aaron Lewis from Stained and Kid Rock have had hits in the country music scene. Jack White from the rock duo known as The White Stripes has begun collaborating with country legend Loretta Lynn. Country star Allison Krauss worked with Led Zeppelin's iconic front man Robert Plant on the album Raising Sand. Last year, the song "Airplanes Part II," collaboration with rocker Hayley Williams and rap artists B.o.B. and Eminem, topped the pop charts and was nominated for a Grammy.
This newly renovated music landscape has created an environment of experimentation that allows lesser known or forgotten genres to bleed into popular music. Artists are trading styles and incorporating instruments that were previously alien to their genre. For this reason, discovering new music has never been more exciting.
Probably one of the more surprising genres to be brought back into the light of popular music is bluegrass. Traditionally, bluegrass is strictly acoustic, including instruments like the banjo, the stand-up bass, mandolin, and the fiddle. These days, bluegrass style music and bluegrass instruments are showing up in every corner of popular media. "O' Brother Where Art Thou?" brought bluegrass to the big screen and the soundtrack promptly hit the country charts as well as the Billboard top 200 charts. Despite being over a decade old, the album is known as the number one selling soundtrack of the 21st century.
Two of the most popular bluegrass/folk style bands to surface on the charts are the Avett Brothers and Mumford and Sons. Did you catch the Grammy's last year when they played with Bob Dylan? Their refreshing performance was full of the foot-stompin' fun that people love about bluegrass. Scott Avett from the Avett Brothers was quoted in Billboard magazine "We play pop music, maybe just simply pop-rock music. It just happens to have elements of bluegrass in it. And punk? This is a good time for music like ours. Country isn't a dirty word. Neither is pop."
I don't know about you, but I find this type of stripped-down, organic, but not-at-all-boring-style to be just what music has been missing. Thankfully, there is reason to believe that this is more than just a trend. Adele, the recent six time Grammy winning artist, is planning to have her third album be heavily influenced by bluegrass and other American styles she learned about while on tour.
Here are some more artists that have had fun with bluegrass that can be found at your local CCPL branch:
-Yo-Yo Ma's new album "The Goat Rodeo Sessions"
-Actor Steve Martin's album "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo"
What forgotten genres do you want to see more of in popular music? Do you hope bluegrass is here to stay? Or do you wish it would disappear?
Tags: bluegrass, Cecil County, cecil county public library, music genres


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Zac Efron Goes Butt Naked in 'That Awkward Moment' Trailer [WATCH]
Ladies hold your breath and get ready to swoon, Zac Efron strips down butt naked in the preview for his new movie That Awkward Moment! Yes, that's right, the 25-year-old actor strips down to nothing, laying flat across the toilet after what appears to be some trouble with a certain pill called Viagra. The movie follows three friends who vow to stay away from relationships, but according to the trailer, things don't go as planned. Looks like Efron is officially putting his Disney days behind him. Check out the trailer for the new and upcoming comedy which will be released January 31.


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There is a note on the bottle (which is a pretty, deep amber color) that says the sub-region is De Moncao.
The color of the bottle is in stark contrast to the color of the wine, which is a very pale lemon w/ tints of green.
Smells of warm stones before swirling, then some stone fruit, maybe apricot, emerges afterwards, as well as some herbal scents.
Good acidity, limes and mineral, it seemed to pay attention to each part of my palate - slightly fizzy feel on the front and middle/sides, and a smooth mineral exit that hangs around for a while.
Nice wine, would have liked to have tried it w/ seafood. $16.99 at Rodmans, I think you could probably find a comparable wine for a few bucks less.


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Chris Pratt Gossip
Chris Pratt gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Chris Pratt appreciation
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Someone yelled at me over email today about how there's not enough Chris Pratt on the site. Fine. But there aren't always fresh pics either. You people sure know how to conjure your favourite celebrities… Look! New photos of Chris Pratt! EVERYONE loves Chris Pratt right now. Full Story
The Guardians of the Galaxy now own the galaxy
At this point, I'm convinced that the people at Marvel Studios are committing blood sacrifices under a new moon to ensure their success. They've already broken the April box office record with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and now, with Guardians of the Galaxy racking up $94. Full Story
Star-Lord suits up
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Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were on hand at the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy last night to christen Pratt's new career as a movie star. I'm not loving his suit. It's boring, and the tie looks sloppy (needs pressing?), and his douche hair is too much. Chris Pratt is so cute! What is this look? Why is he fighting his hotness? Chris Evans is always fighting his hotness—I need one of the Chrises to just own his sh*t and show up looking great. Full Story
Hooked on a feeling
Guardians of the Galaxy has always been described as Marvel's biggest risk to date, which is really saying something when you consider they bet their studio's future against Iron Man's success back when RDJ was still uninsurable. But making what amounts to the Marvel version of Spaceballs trumps even that risk, which means there are a lot of nerves from a lot of different directions surrounding Guardians. Full Story
Chris Pratt is arriving
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As excited as I was for The Avengers, I'm even more excited for Guardians of the Galaxy. So far, I'm not even this excited for The Avengers 2, and it will star one of my all-time favorite comic book characters. Don't get me wrong, I'm stoked for The Avengers 2. But Guardians is a different beast all together. Full Story
Actor with no personality plays tree
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Remember when I wrote about Vin Diesel maybe making something happen at Marvel, and I was like, Ugh, please just let him be the space tree that barely speaks? Well guess what? He's the tree. Diesel, after weeks of buildup via Facebook and some pretty blatant campaigning, is in talks to portray Groot, the sort-of talking space tree in Guardians of the Galaxy. Full Story
The LEGO Movie actually looks funny (and Chris Pratt IS funny)
A movie based on LEGO is an iffy proposition. On the one hand, it has universal appeal—LEGO has been popular so long that there are kids playing with it today and there are generations of adults who grew up with it, too. Who doesn't love LEGO? It's awesome. But on the other hand, movies based on toys don't have the best track record, either financially or qualitatively (see also: Battlship, Transformers, GI: Joe). Full Story
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Wes Scantlin claims he was arrested for vandalizing his own property
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Puddle of Mudd's Wes Scantlin says the so-called vandalism he's been accused of was, in reality, just some repair work on his own property.
The rocker was arrested last week for allegedly damaging his neighbor's patio with a buzz saw and a sledgehammer. But Scantlin tells "The Hollywood Reporter" he was simply "repairing and remodeling" his own property because the patio encroaches on his land.
He explains that the previous owner built the patio two years ago while he was away on tour, damaging his own patio and a large outdoor staircase. Scantlin adds that he has no hard feelings toward his current neighbor -- electro-pop recording artist Sasha Gradiva -- since he assumes she was likely unaware of the issue when she bought the house a year ago.
He says he tried to have a "neighborly" discussion with Gradiva to solve the problem, but that method apparently didn't work. She's currently trying to get a restraining order against Scantlin, which he calls "outlandish."
Scantlin is due back in court on August 14th, and he doesn't anticipate any problem convincing the judge that he wasn't in the wrong. He says he'll simply show the court the surveys of his property line to prove that it's his property that was vandalized in the first place.
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Subject Application: General
Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including nearly 7,300 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more. Examples of titles offered in Academic Search Premier include: American Historical Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Libraries, American Sociologist, British Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Sociology, Central European History, Contemporary Literature, Early American Literature, Journal of Social Psychology, Library Journal, Social Forces, Sociological Review, Theological Studies, Women's Studies, etc. In addition to journal coverage, Academic Search Premier provides full text information from a variety of source-types such as scholarly monographs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1887.
How to Access: Use the links provided in the library website (see URL below) and enter a current Evangel University ID and Password.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Subject Application: Exegesis; Practical Theology; Theology
Description: One of the online databases that can be accessed through EBSCOhost, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is the full text version of the ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Religion Database, the premier index of journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. This database provides a collection of major religious and theology journals selected by religion scholars in the United States. This includes more than 575,000 article citations from more than 1,679 journals (560 currently indexed), more than 239,000 essay citations from over 16,800 mulit-author works, more than 530,000 book review citations, and a growing number of mulitmedia citations. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials contains full text journals representing all major religious faiths, denominations and language groups. Coverage in this collection begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. Full text is provided for more than 294,000 electronic articles and book reviews, from more than 150 journals selected by leading religion scholars in the United States.
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Subject Application: Exegesis; Greek; Hebrew
Description: Bible Works provides resources and tools for close exegesis of the original Biblical texts. This program includes over 190 Bible translations in 40 languages, 35 original language texts and morphology databases, 29 lexical-grammatical references, plus a number of practical reference works. These databases are tightly integrated with powerful morphology and analysis tools.
Where Located: Available on the following AGTS Student Computer Center machines: #12, 13, 14, 15, 16
How to Access: Double click on the desktop icon labeled "Bible Works."
Subject Application: Exegesis; History-Ancient World; Theology
Description: Built from the Biblical Archaeological Society's 34 years as a leading publisher in the field of Biblical Archaeology, the archive contains information in the areas of religion, archaeology, Bible, history, anthropology, western civilization, Near Eastern Studies, and philosophy. The archive contains all of the editorial material of every issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review, and Archaeology Odyssey. This includes more than 50 issues now out-of-print and not available in paper copies. About 18,000 photos and images are included, as well as 5,500 articles. The BAS Archive also provides access to the following books: Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Ancient Israel, The Rise of Ancient Israel, Aspects of Monotheism, The Search for Jesus, Feminist Interpretations of the Bible.
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online from any machine connected to the EU network or by EU students who have a password.
URL: www.basarchive.org
Subject Application: Counseling
Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, produced by NISC, is today?s source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. This database includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 - 2001 previously published by the Society for Research in Child Development plus new coverage on Child Rights and welfare issues. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. More than 342,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year.
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Description: Published by the Association of Christian Librarians, this database provides access to articles and reviews written from an evangelical perspective or of interest to the evangelical community. A majority of the journals indexed are unique titles to this database. Although religion, theology, biblical studies and pastoral theology are prominent subjects in the journals indexed, Catholic Periodical Index also provides journals in the disciplines of science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology and education which put forth a Christian worldview. Some of the titles indexed include, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Leadership, Journal of Christian Nursing, Hymn, Bible and Spade, Discipleship Journal, Group, Youthworker, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Weavings, Worship Leader, etc. Coverage is representative of the major doctrinal positions within evangelical Christianity.
How to Access: Use the links provided in the library website (see URL below) and enter a current Evangel University ID and Password.
Subject Application: Counseling; Exegesis; General; History-Ancient World; History-Church; Missions; Practical Theology; Theology
Description: This database is the world?s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997.
How to Access: Use the links provided in the library website (see URL below) and enter a current Evangel University ID and Password. Once in the database, be sure you have selected the "Full Text" database option.
URL: Dissertations and Theses Home Page
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Description: EBSCOhost offers a broad range of full text and bibliographic databases designed to meet the reference needs of all library types worldwide. AGTS has subscribed to a number of databases that can help meet the research needs of students in the fields of theology and counseling. Accessing the main page of EBSCOhost provides access to the full range of EBSCO databases available to AGTS patrons and enables patrons to search multiple databases at once.
URL: EBSCO Select Service Screen (Select "EBSCOhost Web", the first option provided)
Subject Application: Missions
Description: eHRAF is a collection of ethnography. It covers selected cultures from around the world and contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. It is a compilation of mostly descriptive documents written by anthropologists, sociologists, other social scientists, travelers, and missionaries. The unique feature of the HRAF system is that every paragraph of every source is marked by subject using over 760 subject categories (OCM-Outline of Cultural Materials), so that information can be rapidly retrieved.
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Subject Application: Counseling; General; Missions
Description: ERIC, the Educational Resources Information Center, provides a guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. ERIC includes information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). ERIC contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966. In addition to education-related journals, sources include research papers, dissertations, conference proceedings, literature reviews, reports, syllabi, and curricula. Topics covered include childhood through higher education, testing and measurement, adult and workplace literacy, math and science, needs of special populations, and more.
Subject Application: Counseling; Exegesis; History - Ancient World; History - Church; Missions; Practical Theology; Theology
Description: The online version of the National Periodical Library's print index Guide to Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature. Every item in the Guide is indexed by subject, and each entry includes the name of the periodical in which it was published, date, volume and issue numbers, page number, author, and the approximate number of words in the article. The full contents of each published index since 1993 is available on the website. This same information is also available through a search engine, which provides users the ability to search by key words and phrases or by subject and subheading.
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Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,300 journals and more than 2.9 million records) plus unique full-text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 1,200 journals. Humanities International Complete provides resources concerning all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
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Subject Application: Exegesis; Theology
Description: A product of a partnership between ATLA and Boston College, this database is an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Each year an additional 2,000 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. In addition, approximately 900 current books are also summarized annually. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985.
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Description: A product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association, this database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the language of the original work. Old Testament Abstracts Online covers an array of subjects including antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology and philology?making it essential for religious or biblical research.
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Description: This database from the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center in Springfield includes a collection of Pentecostal periodicals from the early 1900s to the present in PDF format. Periodicals include the Pentecostal Evangel (1913-1969), Latter Rain Evangel, Leaves of Healing, Word and Work, Word and Witness, and several others. Also included are General Council Minutes and Reports and audio recordings of interviews with significant A/G leaders and missionaries about the early years of the denomination.
Where Located: Available on all AGTS Student Computer Center machines.
How to Access: Double click the folder on the desktop entitled "Historical Pentecostal Archives." This folder will provide a link to the "Directory" for the collection as well as a variety of links to related PDF files that are not included in the "Directory."
Description: Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized full text collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals. Examples of titles offered in Professional Development Collection include: Booklist, Curriculum Administrator, Education, Education Digest, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965.
Subject Application: General
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How to Access: Use the links provided in the library website (see URL below) and enter a current Evangel University ID and Password.
URL: Research Library Search Page
Description: ProQuest Social Sciences includes Pro Quest's psychology indexing resources, providing abstracts and indexing for more than 615 psychology titles, with over 520 titles available in full text. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.
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Description: Updated monthly, this repository for ready-to-use tests and measures from the APA features instruments that are relevant to psychology and related fields, such as psychiatry, education, medicine, business, social work and more. International in scope, this resource provides access to thousands of actual test instruments, most of which are available for immediate download and use in teaching and research. PsycTESTS is an authoritative source of structured information about tests of interest to a variety of fields, and while focused on contemporary instances of test use, has coverage that spans more than a century.
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Description: Provides summaries of articles in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology, including Christian, Jewish, and other World religions in many languages. Coverage begins in 1958. Language used is given at the abstract?s end.
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Subject Application: Doctor of Ministry; Practical Theology
Description: RIM Online is a database from the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) that replaces the print index version (1981-1998) with the same name. RIM indexes and abstracts project reports and theses from over 50 Doctor of Ministry programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and also includes links to records of works from schools that participate in the Theological Research Exchange Network. The database covers the years 1981-present and is updated quarterly.
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online.
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Subject Application: Misc.
Description: Published annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States serves as a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. In the spring of 2011, the Census Bureau announced that the edition that year would be the last one produced at government expense. ProQuest has now taken on responsibility for updating and releasing this publication. The ProQuest online edition includes a number of enhancements including line-item access to tables, monthly updates, and table-specific capabilities for narrowing results by source, data date, subject, or type of data breakdown.
URL: Statistical Abstracts Home
Subject Application: Islam; Missions; Practical Theology
Description: The World Christian Database (WCD) includes detailed information on 9,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as on 5,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. The WCD incorporates the core data from the World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE) and World Christian Trends (WCT). However, statistics in the WCD constitute a significant update of the data published in WCE/WCT in 2001. WCD is an initiative of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
URL: www.worldchristiandatabase.org
Description: World News Digest brings together nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. This archival record of domestic and international news, unrivaled for its depth, breadth, and accuracy, covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940. World News Digest is updated twice weekly and includes a searchable hourly newsfeed. It contains more than 1 million internal hyperlinks and offers handy access features. Researchers will appreciate the streamlined interface and the enhanced search and browse tools?including convenient tabbed search results.
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