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Friday, February 7, 2014

Outdoor Thrill-Seekers Flocking To Lake Superior Ice Caves « CBS Minnesota: "MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Along the shore of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, the ugly winter has created something truly beautiful.
Ice caves, some as high as two-story homes, are drawing thousands some driving hours to see the carvings by nature. During a time of year that can be so dark, winter is being celebrated along the Apostle Islands State Park near Bayfield, Wis.."

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Volkswagen’s Beastly Pickup Breaks Off-Roading Record on the Way to the Olympics | Video | TheBlaze.com

Volkswagen’s Beastly Pickup Breaks Off-Roading Record on the Way to the Olympics | Video | TheBlaze.com: "The Amarok — which means ‘arctic wolf’ in the Inuit languages — is an appropriate name for these automobiles, that look more like monster trucks than road-worthy vehicles.

The Volkswagen team set a new Guinness World Record with the outrageous trucks by traveling 16,000 kilometers (just under 10,000 miles) over 60 days between the Russian capitol of Moscow and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – one of the worlds largest cities that sits on the Bering Sea and has no road leading into it, Wired reported."

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Shelby celebrates with 50th Anniversary FIA Cobra

Shelby celebrates with 50th Anniversary FIA Cobra: "Serious car collectors never needed an excuse to add a Shelby Cobra to their garage, but Shelby has provided some extra incentive by celebrating the 50th anniversary of its FIA Cobra small block race car with the limited-edition Shelby Cobra 289 FIA."

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Scientists create an inexpensive self-healing polymer

Scientists create an inexpensive self-healing polymer: "Stretchy, self-healing paints and other coatings recently took a step closer to common use, thanks to research being conducted at the University of Illinois. Scientists there have used "off-the-shelf" components to create a polymer that melds back together after being cut in half, without the addition of catalysts or other chemicals."

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This Washing Machine Could Be the Next Game-Changing Appliance | Innovation | Smithsonian

This Washing Machine Could Be the Next Game-Changing Appliance | Innovation | Smithsonian: "en it comes to revolutionary inventions of the 20th century, electric washing machines are right up there with automobiles and personal computers. With the press of a button, a load of laundry that had once taken in excess of four hours to clean was reduced to a 40-minute automated process. Some economists have even credited the time-saving appliance with precipitating the rise of women in the workforce during the 1950s, as homemakers were suddenly freed up to take up other pursuits."

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Winter Survival Tips For The Homestead - Online Survival Blog & Survival News

Winter Survival Tips For The Homestead - Online Survival Blog & Survival News: "Word on the street is that winter 2013-14 is going to the coldest in decades for the eastern and central US.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I am already thinking ahead to spring and how I plan to plant the garden, and I have my favorite heirloom seed catalogs laid out, deciding what to order to fill in the gaps in my seed bank."

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10 terrifying highways for brave road-trippers - MSN Living - Life Unleashed

10 terrifying highways for brave road-trippers - MSN Living - Life Unleashed:

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Turner: "We're Trying To Add A Young Quarterback"

Turner: "We're Trying To Add A Young Quarterback":

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Your Host Heard in Episode of "Justified" - The Rush Limbaugh Show

Your Host Heard in Episode of "Justified" - The Rush Limbaugh Show: " So Tuesday night's episode of "Justified" featured me. Well, I can't say it featured me, but I was in it, and what a great episode it was. This episode was so good that I had to go back to last season and watch a couple of episodes from the prior season to bring myself back up to speed on some of the characters being referenced and some of the things that Raylan Givens had supposedly done that I had forgotten."

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Captain Lou Albano

Captain Lou Albano: "There are probably a lot of people like me that got a flashback of old memories from the news of Captain Lou passing. When I heard he died, it brought back memories of growing up. From the time I first heard of Professional wrestling, until I was an adult, I knew who Captain Lou Albano the former WWE wrestling superstar was."

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Build model Rockets you can fly

Build model Rockets you can fly: "When I was a kid, building and flying model rockets was one of my favorite things to do. My friends and I spent many hours building the model rockets, then taking them to the park and flying them. The best thing about model rockets then and now, the cost."

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