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Industry Profile: Okemo Snowboard Clinician K.C. Gandee - (USA)
Industry Profile: Okemo Snowboard Clinician K.C. Gandee Photographer Erica Marciniec Photo courtesy of KC Gandee Shay: So tell us about yourself? KC: I'm a 30 year old snowboarder from the suburbs of Washington, DC. I spent 8 years teaching people to ride at Massanutten, VA and moved to Vermont in 2003 at my wife's, Courtney, suggestion. Winter is longer in Vermont! I spent 4 years on the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI) Snowboard Team working with members, sponsors and oth
http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/07/industry-profile-okemo-snowboard.html
Tale of the Tape: Patrick Willis vs. Adrian Wilson - (USA)
Competitor (seed): Patrick Willis (7) Nickname: The Rolling Ball of Butcher Knives Height: 6'1? Weight: 242 lbs. Reach: That nickname (bestowed upon him by Brad Childress) Sponsor: Under Armor Ring Music: Boom Hometown: Bruceton, Tennessee, the home of literally dozens of other people. Pedigree: Patrick had the kind of tragic childhood that we’ve seen from countless boxers over the years. The Peterson brothers are a great example of how boxing can help young men learn proper focus and
http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2008/08/tale-of-the-tape-patrick-willis-vs-adrian-wilson.html
ExtenZe and Top Chef - (USA)
I have mentioned here before that I do not watch much television. I watch The Office. And, really, that’s about it except when I’m stuck in a hotel room watching a hysterical and creepy ExtenZe commercial*, or when I get that rare and beautiful fall-asleep-while-watching-golf Sunday. *OK, you have seen these ExtenZe Infomercial-Style Commercials, right? I have put the YouTube of it below. The commercial is not nearly as brilliantly goofy as the Snuggies commercials (four million Snuggies
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/02/13/extenze-and-top-chef/
Boone and Crockett Club to Offer Antler Scoring at Elk Camp - (USA)
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release MISSOULA, MT.-Official measurers from the Boone and Crockett Club will be scoring elk and deer antlers as a service to paid attendees of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 25th Annual Elk Camp & Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Expo, March 7-8. Scorers will be on hand at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center on Saturday, March 7, from 9:00 to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There is no charge for the service. The Elk C
http://skinnymoose.com/stabley/2009/02/17/boone-and-crockett-club-to-offer-antler-scoring-at-elk-camp/
Mansa Musa Muhammed - (USA)
You ever catch that show about the Duggar family? You know, that show about the family with the eighteen children? I must say although I am no proponent of having that many children, mostly for fiscal reasons, Mom and Dad seem to provide a loving and nurturing environment for their children. They genuinely seem to enjoy each and every chaotic moment which is associated with having such a large family. It is fascinating to see the clever ways they work together to organize and efficiently tackle
http://pysih.com/2009/03/21/mansa-musa-muhammed/
Walking Boudica's Way; unraveling the myths of East Anglia's warrior queen - (USA)
Walking Boudica's Way in Norfolk. Photograph: Will Bowden Secret Britain: walking Boudica's Way Dixe Wills unravels the myth of East Anglia's warrior queen as he follows in the footsteps of her rebel army Dixe Wills guardian.co.uk , Thursday 23 April 2009 13.38 BST Article history Everything we know about Boadicea is wrong. Those knives coming out of the side of her chariot wheels? A romantic fiction. That she lies
http://blog.luciolepress.com/2009/04/22/walking-boudicas-way-unraveling-the-myths-of-east-anglias-warrior-queen.aspx?ref=rss
HOUSEKEEPING in a TRAILER (Jun, 1937) - (USA)
view additional pages HOUSEKEEPING in a TRAILER by Esther Hall Furnishing your home- on-wheels properly is the best way of insuring a care-free trip. IN PLANNING a trailer trip, what you leave at home is apt to be fully as important as what you take with you. In other words, you will soon learn the value of traveling light. The personal wants and desires of those making the trip must, of course, be taken into consideration and the quantity of essential supplies, such as food, will d
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/26/housekeeping-in-a-trailer/
The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Boogey Man - (USA)
By Eddie Griffin This series is written for at-risk children and not necessarily for popular human consumption Monday, June 30, 2008 The road to hell is not paved with gold. It’s paved with eggshells. Crack one eggshell. Crack another. Then you’ll find yourself in the belly of the beast. Like never before, a man’s eyes are suddenly pried open to his own mortality. The curtains goes up on life in super-maximum security with the unceremonious introduction the “shank”, the makeshift knife every
http://eddiegriffinbasg.blogspot.com/2008/06/most-dangerous-man-in-america-boogey.html
World Elk Calling Championships Crown Six Winners - (USA)
World Elk Calling Championships Crown Six Winners FORT WORTH, Texas — -(AmmoLand.com)- Amateur and professional elk callers from four states—Arizona, California, Oregon and Utah—have been crowned new world champions. The Leupold/Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation World Elk Calling Championships concluded March 7 in Fort Worth, Texas. The event was held as part of the Elk Foundation’s 25th Annual Elk Camp & Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Expo. Results: Professional Division 1. Al Morris, Payso
http://www.ammoland.com/2009/03/10/world-elk-calling-championships-crown-six-winners/
GREAT (?) MOMENTS IN COMICS HISTORY: "MAD'S PUNK ROCK GROUP OF THE YEAR" (1978) - (USA)
NOTE: click on the images to see them in all their large, vile glory!For far too long the American humor institution that is MAD magazine wallowed in periods of resting on its laurels and coasting through issue after issue of bland (though usually well-drawn) movie and TV parodies, tired SPY VS. SPY gags and the bottomlessly dull and unfunny "Lighter Side of..." by Dave Berg. But when it had one of its surges of brilliance, MAD was indeed a force to be reckoned with and if you were of the right
http://buncheness.blogspot.com/2008/10/great-moments-in-comics-history-mads.html
Stop It Before It Starts: Part 2 - (USA)
Wednesday of last week I attended the seminar Stop It Before It Starts: Preventing Sexual and Domestic Violence presented by: Minnesota Men's Action Network: Alliance to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence . In part 1 , I gave my thoughts on the first session which was about the dynamics of domestic violence. This post is a recap of the second session, Introduction to Sexual Violence, given by Lindsay Gullingsrud of Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA). I'll begin with the
http://abyss2hope.blogspot.com/2009/05/stop-it-before-it-starts-part-2.html
The right to keep and bear knives - (USA)
Congress is fighting over an administrative proposal to expand the definition of switchblades so as to ban certain currently-legal pocketknives: Opponents of the Obama administration’s plan to expand the definition of “switchblades” and block the importing of many common pocketknives suffered an early setback in Congress this week, but they vow the Capitol Hill knife fight isn’t over. “Everyone from our first responders, law enforcement officials, Boy Scouts and hunters will be affected b
http://www.geneveith.com/the-right-to-keep-and-bear-knives/_2647/
Found: My Anthrax Posts from 10/14/01 to 10/27/01 - (USA)
I just had my main backup hard drive crash and I lost years of stuff: my pictures from Europe, Music, etc. While looking through CDs for scraps of what I lost, I found something interesting. Seven (7) years ago on what was then my “blog”, I asked ( 10/25/2001:) “Anthrax made in USA by people with access to American secrets?” In another entry the same day, I pointed out that the FBI confirmed the attacker used the Ames strain and included that the source was the US Army Medical Research Inst
http://xenophilius.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/my-anthrax-posts-from-101401-to-102701/
Caravan Accessories - How It Can Help You on a Trip - (USA)
by Theodore Cartman In the ancient time trade routes prevailing in places with civilization and society were referred to as caravans. Trade routes that existed in Arabia, North and West Africa and the Middle East have found a place in historical books. Some trade routes were long and others short. They were used by men to get to another place to sell their goods and buy what they did not possess. The nomads of North and West Africa still traverse through these trading routes along with camels,
http://sciencehorizons.com/caravan-accessories-how-it-can-help-you-on-a-trip/
Knives | Pocket Knives | Hunting Knives - (USA)
Quality brand name knives for you, the serious knife enthusiast. Check out our complete line of pocket knives and hunting knives at prices that won't make your jaw drop!
http://www.razorsharpknives.com/
Escape From Death Row: The Briley Brothers - (USA)
Mecklenburg Correctional Center, a twenty-million dollar institution built in 1977, was once touted as an escape-proof prison. But double fencing topped with miles of looping razor wire, heightened security measures, highly trained staff, and all the electronic bells and whistles, didn’t stop two of the most dangerous killers in America, James and Linwood Briley, from finding a way to beat the system. How’d they do it? Did they use James Bond-like electronic gadgets to override the secur
http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/?p=3828
From Florida to Michigan - (USA)
First day in the RV Photo taken on 5 Jul 2008 At a rest stop in Georgia Photo taken on 5 Jul 2008 KOA Kampground, Georgia Photo taken on 5 Jul 2008 Kentucky Artisan Center Photo taken on 6 Jul 2008 Kentucky Artisan Center Photo taken on 6 Jul 2008 At the Cabela's Photo taken on 7 Jul 2008 [Click here to view more photos.] Our vacation continues… We have always planned to go to Michigan. Michigan is dear hubby’s birthplace. His grandmother and most relatives are st
http://charmedlife.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/from-florida-to-michigan/
Wormtown on the cutting edge with proposed knife ban - (USA)
Politicians in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts -- Wormtown, to those of us who attended college there and ruined our hearing listening to punk bands at Ralph's -- propose to ban the possession in public of knives with blades longer than 1.5 inches. The ban follows a rise in after-hours stabbings among the city's bar- and club-goers from 85 in 2006 to a projected 148 this year. (Strange but true: a popular New England regional band of the 1980s was called Rash of Stabbings.) The idea seems t
http://www.tuccille.com/blog/2008/10/wormtown-on-cutting-edge-with-proposed.html
Police museum - (USA)
The first exhibit is enough to put even the most gung ho off driving. A gallery of collisions, chassis concertinaed, heads thrust through windscreens wearing shattered glass ruffs. Then a displays of weapons: knives, bludgeons, saws, guns, in the centre a powder pink iron, its cord innocently tucked. Round a corner the electric chair waits, leather toffee-coloured, plump, manacles empty, the cap like a desk lamp without a bulb. Her brother tries to climb up but is pulled back fast, warned not to
http://florescence.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/police-museum/
Forks Galore - (USA)
Forks Galore Posted by Herbert Reich (0) Comment by Herbert Reich Though for most of their history, forks have been available only in Europe and America. Though forks have not been popularly used in Asia, there is evidence that in fact they were used in China long before the use of chopsticks. Evidence of this seems to come from recent finds in Qijia Dynasty tombs. However, forks are readily becoming more popular in East Asia. The word itself is derived from the Latin term for pitchfo
http://www.verysimplearticles.com/2008/shopping-gifts-jewelry/11/forks-galore/
The White Rose - (USA)
July 13th, 2009JenniferLeave a commentGo to comments I’m having a bit of fun on my blog “overthrowing the government.”What I have in mind is an old fashioned military coup in conjunction with a rising of the militias designed to floor the opposition with a metaphorical “one-two” punch and K.O. him in the first round.The main protagonists are Ronbo, Jack Idema, Mr. Big (Mark Alexander) and General Conway.The character of Ronbo is a latter day Sam Adams – Father of the Revolution.Jack Idema repre
http://humantrend.freetzi.com/the-white-rose/
This Day in Geek History: May 13 - (USA)
1637 The table knife is invented by Cardinal Richelieu in France. Previously, daggers were used to cut meat at a meal and to pick one’s teeth. Richelieu becomes the first person of note to provide his dinner guests with knives so that there would be no need for them to bring their own along and to further round the points off all of his knives to remove their usefulness as personal weapons. 1821 Samuel Rust of New York City patents the Washington Press, the first practical and succe
http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-may-13-2009
THE DAILY BLADE: The First Earth Day - (USA)
An unintentionally hilarious piece in The New Yorker casts a nostalgic eye on the origins of Earth Day: The first celebration of Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, was a raucously exuberant affair. In New York, Fifth Avenue was closed to traffic. People picnicked on the sidewalk; dead fish were dragged through midtown; and Governor Nelson Rockefeller rode a bicycle across Prospect Park. Students in Richmond, Virginia, handed out bags of dirt (to represent the “good earth”); demonstr
http://thestilettoblog.com/2009/04/22/the-daily-blade--the-first-earth-day.aspx?ref=rss
Mine's A Paul Temple! - (USA)
Crime novelist and detective Paul Temple made his first appearance on BBC Radio in 1938 and went on to appear in novels, film, television and a daily newspaper strip. Now, there's even a cocktail named after him...Created by Francis Durbridge, Paul Temple inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats – a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard usually needed Temple’s help with his latest tricky case.The Paul Templ
http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2008/11/mines-paul-temple.html
Mounting America - (USA)
Last week I was in South Dakota in the Mount Rushmore area with CHNW(crazy half-nekked wife, left) and her CFCF (crazy fully-clothed family, not pictured). Here's why the trip was particularly meaningful for me. When I was a teen, I found an old snapshot in a drawer at my grandparents' house. It was taken by my grandfather in 1930, when he was traveling around the country looking for work. He was a bricklayer, so he'd go from job to job, wherever he could find them, and send money home to his w
http://bizarrocomic.blogspot.com/2008/07/mounting-america.html
Dispiriting - (USA)
There's a flavor of Fulci in Lionsgate'sTHE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT (2009), the feature film debut of Australian animator Peter Cornwell. A moldy old house in the country, the arrival of new tenants, secrets in the cellar, trouble in the graveyard, maggots, the restless undead and the sins of the past preserved in an aspic of occultism - all reminiscent of Lucio Fulci's Gothic trilogy CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980), THE BEYOND (1981) and THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981). And that's the bad news
http://arbogastonfilm.blogspot.com/2009/07/haunting-in-canadicut.html
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