November 29, 2006 by jameslucas.

The Great Ocean Road: Australia’s Costa Verde
Visitors to the Australian state of Victoria and its capital Melbourne should definitely consider reserving two or three days to explore Victoria’s own Costa Verde, the Great Ocean Road. This magnificent coastal tour combines spectacular Southern Ocean scenery, huge cliffs, towering rock stacks, lush temperate rainforests, tranquil bays, intriguing coastal villages full of history, clean uncrowded beaches, and great surf.

The Enchanting South West of Australia
Australia’s South West offers some of the most diverse travel experiences in Western Australia, ranging from towering forests and whale watching to fine food and wine and world class surfing. Approximately four hours south of the state capital Perth, Margaret River is the popular centre of this fascinating region famous for its world-class wineries, top surfing and fun family holidays.

Australia: A Place I Must Visit Before I Die
I have a few places on my list that I must visit before I die. Most of these places are located next to the ocean and have amazing beaches and ocean wildlife. I love the ocean and I really love surfing as well as swimming with different types of wildlife in the ocean.

Rip Curl Podcast - 88 The Perfect Puerto Escondido Session
Episode 88 of rip curls pocast’s; Searching for the surf and finding the perfect Peuerto Escondido Session.

Nathan Hedge Best Tube Award, 2006 Surfer Poll Awards
Nathan Hog Hedge has won the Best Tube award at the 2006 Surfer Poll Awards in the USA. Hog scored the sick left hand tube ride while on a pro team Search trip through Indonesia. The video highlight featured on Mick Fanning’s new film - Mick, Myself And Eugene.
Shralp Surf! #10
Shralp Surf is a bi-weekly surfing vodcast. You can subscribe to Shralp Surf! via iTunes or check it here: http://www.shralp.com/surf In this 10th episode of Shralp Surf!: Shipstern’s Bluff, Euroforce teaser, Laurie Towner interview.

Shralp Surf! #11
Shralp Surf! is a bi-weekly surfing vodcast. Check out http://www.shralp.com/surf In episode #11: Red Bull Big Wave Africa, DVD teaser: Kelly Slater’s Letting Go, Amateur video: Sylt, Germany.

Shralp Surf! #12
Shralp Surf! is a bi-weekly surfing vodcast. Check it out at http://www.shralp.com/surf or subscribe through iTunes. In this 12th episode: Billabong Junior Series Jeffry’s Bay, Zen and Zero teaser, Quik Pro France teaser

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November 29, 2006 by jameslucas.

Volleyball Skills: Setting Is Simple, Part 1
Here I’ve broken down each part of the setting fundamental by body part so that you can self check and control each part yourself. So even without a coach you can correct or at least reduce your own unforced errors! This is Part 1 of my Setting is Simple Series.

Volleyball Skills: Setting Is Simple, Part 2
Here I’ve broken down each part of the setting fundamental into Upper Body and Lower Body positioning so that you can self check and control each part yourself. So even without a coach you can correct or at least reduce your own unforced errors! This is Part 2 of my Setting is Simple Series.

Volleyball Skills: Become a Serving Sensation!
The volleyball serve is the first form of attack. It’s the first attempt you have to make a Direct point against the opposite team. You should always serve to make a point or put the opposite team in difficulty.

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November 29, 2006 by jameslucas.

Animal Cruelty: The Key to Serial Minds
What makes a common person a Serial Killer? According to research, serial killers exhibit what is known as the Triad of Warning Signs in Childhood.

Read This Article If Animal Abuse Upsets You
Are you upset with animal abuse and cruelty to animals? Are you equally upset with neglect that some people show to their animals?

The Cruel Fool: God’s Payback (Animal Cruelty)
Animals feel pain too. Think again before inflicting more pain on the weakest link. Abusers bullies/cowards you will find their victim/target a lot smaller. What are the chances of an abuser standing up to someone his/her own size…Zilch

Classroom Cut-Ups: A Lesson On Dissection
Every year millions of animals are killed specifically for dissection. What happens to them before they reach the science classroom might shock you.

Alicia Silverstone Says Cut Out Dissection!
More and more students from elementary school to veterinary and medical school—are taking a stand against dissection before it happens in their classes. Cut it out!

Andy Dick Battles Dissection
Andy Dick encourages students to exercise their right to refuse to dissect animals in peta2’s newest anti-dissection ad.

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November 29, 2006 by jameslucas.

Casino Royale Review: The Believable Bond
The new James Bond film, Casino Royale, staring Daniel Craig, is by far the best James Bond film ever made. The best? Not necessarily in terms of special effects, spectacular climax scenes at the end of the film, or even action segments. It is the best, as it’s most believable, both in terms of the character and the story.

Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation examines the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences.

Movie Review: Hollywoodland is a Super Example
Do you know how to be happy with what you have? Hollywoodland shows us the cost of not being happy with the blessings in life. Hollywoodland is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood’s most infamous real-life mysteries. The film is the feature directorial debut for Allen Coulter (Emmy and DGA Award nominee for his work on The Sopranos and Sex and the City). June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV’s Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves (portrayed in Hollywoodland by Academy Award winner Ben Affleck) leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney) - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo (Lois Smith), who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective Louis Simo (Academy Award winner Adrien Brody). Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix (Academy Award nominee Diane Lane), the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix (Academy Award nominee Bob Hoskins), might hold the key to the truth. But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.

Don’t Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock: Lightweight But Convincing Expose of the Fast Food Industry
Don’t Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock is a lot more than just a spin-off of his Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me. It’s a funny, fast-paced, but convincing critique of the fast food industry. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll appreciate the behind the scenes perspectives revealed in Don’t Eat This Book. But the main thrust of the book should appeal to anyone with an interest in the fast food industry and its role in modern society.

Obesity and Fast Foods: The Lethal Link
Obesity and fast foods are killing America. Now this empire of fat is spreading around the world…with grim results. The good news is that there is something you can do to help stop this epidemic.
Dialing M for Mindfulness
Looking for mindfulness? Who are you going to call? Your moment of calm and clarity might be as close as the nearest Golden Arches.

Esai Morales star of Fast Food Nation Interview
Esai Morales delivers another commanding performance in his role as a restaurant manager in Fast Food Nation. When PETA sat down with Esai recently, he said how important it was to him to be in this film, both because of his deep concerns about the way animals are treated in the meat industry and because of the film’s opportunity to highlight the mistreatment, worker rights violations, and starvation wages that so many slaughterhouse workers—many of whom are Latino immigrants—are forced to endure.

Richard Linklater Director of Fast Food Nation Interview
PETA recently sat down with Linklater to talk about his experiences making the movie, his own views on the fast-food industry, and his reasons for going vegetarian. Check out the exclusive interview.

Paul Dano of Fast Food Nation Interview
Paul recently took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to PETA about his experiences behind the scenes of Fast Food Nation in this exclusive interview.

Mr. Skin Minute: 11/24/2006
Mr. Skin’s weekly review of who’s getting naked in movies and on DVD. This week: Give thanks as you spank to Deja vu with Paula Patton, Shadowboxer with Vanessa Ferlito and Six Feet Under! For all the latest Nudes and News.

Scene-Stealers.com Review of For Your Consideration
Eric and J.D. talk mockumentaries, faux-hawks, the likelihood of Catherine O’Hara getting a real Oscar nomination, and Ricky Gervais’ addition to Christopher Guest’s ensemble comedy For Your Consideration in their review of the director’s latest. Three actors learn their respective performances in the film Home for Purim, a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

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November 29, 2006 by jameslucas.

No Defending That Loss
If Sunday night’s 45-21 loss to the Colts in Indy signaled nothing else, it’s that changes better be on the horizon for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Black Sunday
Donovan McNabb’s torn ACL and a 31-13 loss to the previously 2-7 Tennessee Titans at the Linc makes for a pretty dark day for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Donovan McNabb: Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Donovan McNabb was born on November 25, 1976. After attending Syracuse University, McNabb now serves as quarterback for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.

Bears-Patriots NFL Game of the Year
Last year about this time, I wrote an article calling the 2005 Chicago Bears the Modern Day Monsters of the Midway, but an early exit in the playoffs didn’t leave them looking so monstrous. Despite the ups and downs of Rex Grossman, it is apparent that the 2006 Chicago Bears are a better offensive football team and a win at New England against a proven champion this Sunday could be our first sign that the Bears are good enough to get back to the big one. Chicago will be hoping for some of that same magic which handed the New England Patriots a 46-10 loss in Super Bowl 20.

Spike Lee Behind the Scenes Footage on ESPN MNF
ESPN Monday Night Football Opener Behind the Scenes Footage Featuring Spike Lee.

Spike Lee ESPN MNF Opener
ESPN Monday Night Football Opener Featuring Spike Lee

Samuel L. Jackson Behind the Scenes Footage on ESPN MNF
Samuel L. Jackson Behind the Scenes Footage on ESPN MNF.

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