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-M'Lady

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Eat What?

-Ice Dancer

See What? - Cheating

- Benefits

1. You are getting TWICE the action, (or in some case THREE TIMES the action).
2. You can be with an old rich man and have a lot of money, but be with someone you love secretly.
3. If you get dumped you have a back up.

- Now the down side to cheating

1. (most obvious one) You are cheating on you partner.
2. No one will ever trust again. (maybe some one, but never again will that person trust you)
3. You will feel awful.


~ CaptainCoochie

Eat What? : SCRAPPLE

The horror stories of SPAM can not compare to those of scrapple. Apparently this loaf of mush is made up of a variety of pig parts, "everything but the oink" locals say. This tasty block of delight is most commonly served for breakfast in many Pennsylvania Dutch homes. The pig's heart, liver, head, and many other scraps are made into a broth (often bones are still attached at this point). After the creation is well cooked, bones and fat are taken out of the mix and different seasonings are added. The blob of pig is then pressed into loaves and left to set. Personally, the idea of scrapple terrifies me. I would hope to never be forced to eat such a mysterious combination of pig parts. My heart goes out to all those children in Pennsylvania forced to eat this every morning before school.
-Ice Dancer

Say Where? : North Sentinel Island

This is North Sentinel Island, a 28 square mile land-mass that is located in the Bay of Bengal. The island is considered part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by the Indian government. It is almost completely covered with forest, besides the small beach areas that encircle the island. But what makes this island remarkable are the unique population of indiginous people that reside there, the Sentinelese people. They are among the only groups to have not been influenced by modern civilization, because of their extreme standoffishness when confronted. If helicopters try to land or even just fly over their island, they will attack with many arrows, completely opposed to any sort of contact.

-M'Lady

Do what? Not be pretentious.

Do you find that people dislike you because you think you're superior to everyone else? If you want to come off as a more likeable person, follow these steps.

1. Think before you speak. If you're about to say something that makes it seem like you think you're better or smarter than the other person, don't say it.

2. Avoid preachy mannerisms. Don't talk like every word you say deserves to be cataloged in the archives of mankind for all eternity.

3.Don't hide the master document. It makes you seem like you don't want the 'lesser' members of your group touching it. While this may not be an issue to most pretentious people, the ones who do this tend to be extremely annoying to the people who cannot find the document.

4.Don't approach every idea like its brilliant.

5. Don't act like you're the boss of everyone. It tends to be exhausting for everyone around you.

6. And most important of all: have some humility. As your, for example, magazine layout may be beautiful, you don't have to put down others. Just because you like one particular thing does not mean your opinion and yours alone is right. Keep an open mind because other people can have good ideas too.

~3minuteman

How to Dance at a Rave!

check out this videos, these just get better and better
http://www.glumbert.com/media/ravedance
-CaptainCoochie and 3minuteman

Feature Leads: Jeremy

Feature leads:
“I want to go there” 4 year old Liam Jessin said to his mom while watching a travel program on tv, in his hospital bed. Liam had been diagnosed with leukemia since he was 3 and has been stuck in a hospital bed for three years. "I couldnt tell him, he was too sick to travel" said Lydie (liam's mom) " so I promised him that we will travel everywhere, take a tour around the world."

direct quote:
"One day Liam, One day. We will travel everywhere, take a tour around the world."

Feature Leads

In his hands is a Nikon, with a chipped body and orange wire showing in places. That camera has been with him for 700,000 shots. 700,000 moments that Woody Welch has captured forever in photos.


Even when he was fifteen, Woody Welch knew his dream. He wanted to be a photographer, an adventurer, to capture moments in time.


He's wearing a red bandana on his head, a Cesar Chavez shirt, and ripped jeans and leaning against his Prius. His bright blue eyes stare with optimism at the new studio he's opening, with blank walls, waiting to be filled with his photography.


-M'Lady

Mariah-Leads

Feature Leads:

He zipped his suitcase and stepped back. After a few seconds of scrutinizing the few belongings in front of him, he grabbed as much as he could carry and headed for the door. It had been 40 years since Forrest Novy had first traveled to Brazil, and __________ had driven him back.

Forrest Novy had graduated his high school military academy a private, the lowest rank . It was either go to Vietnam and join the army, or serve in a different way. He knew he was not good soldior material, so he decided to travel to Brazil and join the peace corps.

Feature Leads

Michael Scaccia is welcomed by whistles and applause. He starts playing his bass to the approval of the audience which reminds him so much of the chatter of enthusiastic students.

To Michael Scaccia, the roar of an audience and the roar of a classroom are one and the same.

~3MINUTEMAN

Featuring...

Michael Scaccia, a traveling musician and teacher whom many know as just Mr. Scaccia. He plays bass and plucks the heart strings of fanatic fans in his U2 cover band, Mysterious Ways, by night and teaches grammar and other boring things during the day. In a ten minute interview, 1306 words were swapped about the profound beauty which is being in a band, and in an hour and a half typing session, those words were documented. I (subject) present (predicate) to the world (noun), Michael Scaccia! (Direct object/proper noun)

~3minuteman

More Miles, Less Cancer

My Feature story, More Miles, Less Cancer, is about Lydie Jessin's view about her around the world trip to raise cancer awareness. In 2006 we decided it was time to keep the promise we had made to liam, and travel around the world. After 2 years of preparation we sold our house and bought a 30 ft. motor home. our journey started in 2008, with a complete tour of north america, then headed south to every country in central america and south america except venezuela. After 12 months and 40,000 miles we sold the RV in paraguay and went backpacking in south africa where we cautiously petted lion. After a 15 hour flight to hong kong we backpacked all over china, where we had constant diarrhea for over a month due to eating china's wonderful variety of food, ranging from slugs on a stick to ox testicles. This story really gives the reader an image to picture while reading it, and shows the life you experience while around the world.

-CaptainCoochie

F8 And Be There

My feature article, titled "F8 and Be There" is focused around the photography career of Woody Welch. In the story he talks about his experiences as a photographer (working with a project on a ranch in New Mexico, documenting night sky movement, etc) and why his passion for photography is so important to him. You get to know a lot about his procedures when getting an assignment, his personal view of his photography style, and how his optimism allows him to be successful in an unreliable buisness.

-M'Lady

Back to Brazil

My feature story, Back to Brazil, is about a man named Forest Novy and how going into the peace corp changed his life. After interviewing him I learned that he discovered his love of being a teacher after teaching physical education to the children of a leper colony. He shared many memorable experiences with me, and the time he spent in Brazil was different than anything else he had experienced. He learned about many things he never thought he would.

-Ice Dancer

Do what? Wingsuit!

200 jumps. That's the minimum amount of jumps you have to make to be eligible to finally don a wingsuit and soar through the sky at speeds up to 140mph.
The wingsuit, a collaborative design from hundreds of people was started around 1930 and in 1999, a final standard wingsuit was made by Jari Kuosma of Finland and Robert Pecnik of Czech Republic with the goal to create a suit that is safe and accessible for all skydivers, but the path to the current wingsuit was not a happy trail. Between 1930 and 1961, 72 out of 75 birdmen died attempting to test their designs.

here are some pictures of people in wingsuits doing cool things people in wingsuits do:

~3minuteman

See what? - 6 weird statues

1- Sky Pillar.

The 30ft statue, named Sky Pillar, has been built at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. Builders wrapped more than 6,500ft of straw around the steel structure which stands on an altar atop 1,250ft high Qinlong Hill.

2- Shark Monument

The Shark became the most famous resident of Headington (Oxford, UK) when it landed in the roof of 2 New High Street on August 9, 1986. This ordinary home (built as a semi-detached house in about 1860 but now attached by a link to a second house to the north) suddenly became the centre of world attention, and the headless shark still excites interest today.

3- Upside-down Monument to La Trobe

This contemporary monument to Charles La Trobe in central Melbourne was removed at the end of June 2006 and has been acquired by La Trobe University.

4 - Magic tap

The "Magic tap" (found in "Aqualand" of Cadiz, Spain), appears to float in the sky with an endless supply of water. Actually, there is a pipe hidden in the stream of water that holds the whole structure.

5 - The Fremont troll

The Fremont troll has been lurking under the north end of the Aurora bridge since 1990. He was sculpted by four Seattle area artists — Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter and Ross Whitehead — for the Fremont Arts Council. The head-and-shoulders sculpture is 18-ft. tall.

6 - Melting Cow 

Found in a square in Budapest.


-CaptainCoochie

Say Where? : Heart - Shaped Landforms

Which one looks most like a heart to you?

Island in the middle of Gutierrez Lake in Patagonia.

Mangrove in New Caledonia

Galesnjak, Croatia

Forest in Cantabria, Spain













Comment with your opinions, my personal favorite is the Caledonian mangrove...very interesting how nature can turn out.

- M'Lady

Eat What? : Baby Mouse Wine

Yes, Baby mouse wine, is a common Korean drink said to cure almost any illness from asthma to liver problems. Baby mice only three days old are taken from their mothers and drowned alive in rice moonshine (wine), and set aside to ferment for up to a year. I tend to be ok with different countries traditional foods, but this drink lies more along the lines of animal cruelty; drowning the mice alive? I personally hope I never have the chance to taste this beverage. You may have a different opinion, and if so I would enjoy hearing why you believe this sounds like something you might want to try. If this picture doesn't keep you from gaging at the thought of gulping down one of these babies, I don't know what will.

-Ice Dancer

Say Where? : Caroline Islands

These are the Caroline Islands: a small strain of 500 land masses in the Pacific Ocean, close to better known islands such as the Phillippines and New Guinea. Most of the Caroline Islands are made up of coral structures that rise only slightly above sea level, making them uninhabitable but quite unique and pretty. Throughout history, the Caroline Islands have been controled by a variety of larger countries. They were first named "Islas Carolinas" by the Spanish ships that spotted them, and then later, was changed to the "New Phillippines". Because of their extensive missonary work, the dominant religion is Christianity, though most of the inhabitants would consider themselves indigenous. Mostly, only the natives reside on the islands, and they speak a number of different languages including Yapese, Chuukese, Carolinian, Pohnpeian, and Palauan. However, some Japanese and Filipinos also live there.
- M'Lady

Do What? : How To Take a Bullet

Next level safety apparatus.

If you ever find yourself in a sticky situation whilst traveling, you should know how to take a bullet. The eerie stand off in the abandoned courtyard may be your last as an international spy or an innocent tourist if you don't have this need-to-know skill.
Despite what you may see in movies, catching a bullet is impossible. A bullet travels at about 1400 mph, making the first person makes a catch a very popular fellow. A simple solution is to don a bulletproof vest before leaving your lavish apartment. A bulletproof vest, typically made of laminated or woven fibers will be adequate for stopping most handgun rounds and grenade shrapnel, so it will be fine for the urban mobsters. If you are a wanted man and you're feeling lucky in running from the military, a vest with ceramic plates will be recommended, able to stop most rifle rounds. If you choose this approach, a good cardio program will be necessary due to the 30 pound bulk you have just decided to put on.
For all of your foreign travel needs, a bulletproof vest should come in handy in both showing people not to mess with you and stopping those who try.
 ~3minuteman

See what? : Dog peeing fountain

In a city southern of paris, is the huge Palace of Fontainebleau, located 55 kilometres from the centre of Paris. It is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. The building is arranged around a series of courtyards. In one of these courtyards lies the infamous statue of the peeing dogs. The peeing dogs statue doesn't really need to be explained, for it speaks for itself. this statue was designed to represent the hunters of the royal palace and ther unique ways. After killing an animal, the dogs (were trained) would pee around the animal to mark there animal so the hunters would know which animal they shot, so they could run after the other animals that had been shot. The hunters were a vital peice of the castles life, and they had to be respected, so the royal family had a statue built.

-captaincoochie

Eat What? : Chicken Feet-Blood on a Stick

In Taiwan, a common dish, or snack, is chicken feet. Any night of the week you can venture down to the local supermarket, and buy a tasty bag of chicken feet. Although the thought of chicken feet may repulse most Americans, they are a common thing to eat in Taiwan. The "correct" way to eat a chicken foot: Begin with biting off the toes (I would avoid toenails), and then spitting out the bones. There is not a lot of meat on chicken feet, so if you are very hungry, go for something else--stinky tofu perhaps. Many stands around Taiwan also sell blood on a stick, and duck hearts. You can purchase the blood seasoned, such as "spicy flavor". Boiled animal parts is also a common dish. Dont be fooled by all the "interesting" sounding foods. Taiwan does have rather tasty dishes, and if you are feeling daring, blood on a stick could be good as well.

(Pigs-Blood on a stick)






~Ice Dancer

Say Where? : Christmas Island

This is Christmas Island, a small territory off the northwest coast of Australia, covered almost completely in rainforest. Because of its isolated location, the island only has 1,403 human residents, a lot of them being scientific researchers or photographers interested in the island's endemism. Christmas Island doesn't actually have any native or indigenious people, for when it was discovered on December 25th 1643 (the reason for its name of "Christmas Island"), it was found to be uninhabited by human beings. However, it as long been home to a number of exotic species that can be found no where else in the world, including different kinds of boobies, crabs, flowers, trees, vines and grasses. This makes the area a spot where many endangered species hail from, like some native rats and bats.

But which species is this little island known for you might ask? Well, this might sum it up. 

This is the Christmas Island Crab, a vibrantly red giant crab that gather in the hundreds on the island, and migrate every November. The people there even close of the roads to honor the migration, and to give the crabs safety in moving.

-M'Lady



See what? : Atlantis

Each week I (captaincoochie) will present a new structure or monument. This new structure is not necessarily very famous and it might not even be known. It is time for these unknown or forgotten structures to be acknowledged.

The Underwater City of Atlantis (in Greek, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "island of Atlas") is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias. In Plato's account, Atlantis was a military city perfecting in naval power. It is located in front of the Pillars of Hercules that conquered many parts of Western Europe approximately 9600 BC. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune". Scholars dispute whether and how much Plato's story or account was inspired by older traditions. Some scholars argue Plato drew upon memories of past events such as the Thera eruption or the Trojan War, while others insist that he took inspiration from contemporary events like the destruction of Helike in 373 BC or the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415–413 BC. This ancient forgotten city has had many people go and look for it, but they have all failed, it has also inspired movie directors such as Gary Trousdale, who has made a cartoon version of atlantis who has taught everyone about this great monument.
- CaptainCoochie

Do What? : How To Use Chopsticks

Chopsticks are a traditional way to eat Asian foods such as sticky rice and noodle dishes. Chopsticks originated in ancient China as early as the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BCE). The earliest evidence of a pair of chopsticks was made out of bronze, excavated from the Ruins of Yin near Anyang, Henan, dated roughly at about 1200 BCE.
Southeast Asian countries traditionally ate with their hands, but due to the influence of Chinese missionaries, countries like Indonesia and Thailand started using chopsticks, albeit only with noodle dishes.
Chopsticks are now found everywhere you can find Asian cuisine, so learning how to use them might just be necessary for survival.




How To Use Chopsticks:
1. With the hand of your choice, put one stick in the crook of your thumb, resting it on the top of your ring finger.

2. Put the other chopstick next to the first one in the crook of your thumb, but then hold it between your index and middle fingers, almost like a pencil.

3. When picking something up, the bottom chopstick will remain as a steady base while the top stick applies all of the pressure.

4. This traditional eating method may take some getting used to, but it is good to know when in an Asian restaurant. Enjoy!

~3minuteman

Eat what? : Baby Bees (蜂の仔（はちのこ, 蜂の子)

In Japan a common dish known as hachi no ko, or baby bees, is normally fried or served with rice. Bee larve are a specialty of Nagano, the capital city of Nagano Prefecture located on the Japanese island Honshu. To drive bees out of their nests (this is normally done in august) firecrackers are inserted into them. Once all of the bees are gone the larve are collected. If not freid and served over rice, these bees are canned and distributed across Japan. A similar dish with wasp larve is also common. Wasp larve are roasted and sprinkled with salt before consumption. Personally I would love to try bees, and given the fact I will be traveling to Japan over spring break I might have to opertunity. I can see why the averqage American would be turned off by the idea of eating insects, but they could end up being rather tasty. It will be difficult to get past the crunchy feeling and the constant relization of what I am eating, however if a large bowl of hachi no ko is placed in front of me, I think i'll go for it. I would love your insight on the subject, so if you have an opinion about eating bees please let me know.

This photo and other photos of hachi no ko can be found here.

-Ice Dancer

Viva Las Vegas

I'd just like to point out to 3minuteman and CaptainCoochie that I am indeed the winner of our competition.
That's all.

-M'Lady

Bucket List

Before you die, there should be things you want to do to lead a more "complete" life. Many of these things could come from places you want to go and things you want to do there. Please, while making your own list, make it original. It's never more awkward when you're one of three people going off Niagara Falls in a barrel on the same day.

~3minuteman

Cool Cities

Cartengena, Columbia

Leipzig, Germany

Ruidoso, New Mexico

Tigre, Brazil

Vancouver, Canada









-M'Lady & CaptainCoochie & Ice Dancer

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-Fluffy

Leads

Rhetorical Question: Clowns, mimes, lions, balloons, the circus, whats not to like? Any person in the stands, cheering on the elephant standing on its hind legs and the tiger jumping through the flaming hoop, wouldn't see the pain and suffering all circus animals are being forced to endure. The circus is a neat American family tradition, however if these “fun-loving” circuses are to remain legal in the U.S. they need to become animal friendly.

Twist: Circuses have been an exciting tradition since the ancient Roman times. They became a place to take your family when looking for fun. But there comes a time when you need to wonder, how they trained that elephant to stand on its hind legs, or play that trumpet.

Startling Statement: Across America circus animals are being abused. They are forced to preform various acts, from riding bikes to jumping through flaming hoops. Animals are constantly struck and harmed, the violence must end.


-Fluffy (Mariah)

Surprise For You

The pretty group.

-Snookums (caroline)

Leads

1. Compare/Contrast: The most respected historical artists were considered blasphemous to the name of art in their lifetime, and a similar thing is happening today. Modern artists are being judged for the "junky" medium, despite their extreme talent and creativity.

2. Direct Address: When you see two pieces of art, one a self portrait of Van Gogh, the other a modern sculpture made of torn-up tires, you immediately have more respect for the first. This however, is not the set of mind you should be in. Everyone should become more open to the name of art.

3. Rhetorical Question: Who decides what art is?

-Snookums (Caroline)

Leads

1. Twist: Japanese underground music has been hailed as creative genius due to the sheer insanity of the showmanship, but when you light yourself on fire just to please the audience, you can only claim that as stupidity.

2. Contrast and compare/ Rhetorical Question: Music used to be purely classical and evolved into something even better, but in this decade, will Japanese underground groups change music for the worse?

3. Startling statement: Across the world away, people are lighting themselves on fire, but not in demonstration. They do it for the entertainment of the audience and to make a name for themselves as an authentic Japanese underground band.

-3minuteman (Chris)

Leads

Contrast and compare: The seven wonders of the ancient  world were first acknowledged in the first and second century B.C. out of the seven, only one of them remains. The other six have all been destroyed by human violence and by natural disasters. This is why we need Seven new wonders.

Twist: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) decided to make new seven wonders and electing them by voting over phone and online, but as soon as the riots came up, protesting about this unfair way to decide which seven, UNESCO said they werent involved. suspicious?

Rhetorical Question: What would we be without the seven most wonderful monuments of the world?

-CaptainCoochie (Jeremy)