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Tag: The Team House The Legend “Mad” Mike Hoare with his son Chris Hoare Ep. 80

Military February 21, 2021

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Military.com: History-Making U-2 Pilot Puts Her Toughness to the Test in CBS Reality Show ‘Tough as Nails’; Strangers Unite to Ensure Veteran who Died Was Not Alone or Forgotten and more ->
 
 
 
 
Task & Purpose: This is the Army video that finally introduced America to the Green Berets The film captures Green Berets with the 10th Special Forces Group conducting field training exercises.; How an army of artists and tricksters conned the Nazis and bluffed their way to victory in World War II It sounds like an idea that was cooked up in a Hollywood writer’s room, but it really happened.; Marine awarded for saving drowning couple from rough waters in California “It’s what Marines are expected to do.” And more ->
 
 
 
 
The Angry Staff Officer: Masked
 
 
The Angry Staff Officer: Good Intentions Do Not a Good Commander Make
 
 
 
 
Just A Car Guy: Marilyn in Korea, 1954
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

  • The Angry Staff Officer, The Team House The Legend "Mad" Mike Hoare with his son Chris Hoare Ep. 80, The Team House Regimental Reconnaissance Company with Mike Edwards Ep. 81, War Stories The Battle For The Rhineland: Germany’s Last Stand | Greatest Tank Battles | War Stories, U.S. Marine Cpl. Jordan Perez, Green Berets, Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal, Just A Car Guy: Marilyn in Korea 1954

RSS Alaskanomics

  • Alaska Economic Update February 2, 2021
    By Mark Edwards, EVP - Chief Credit Officer & Bank Economist 2020 was an unprecedented year in just about every economic measure. Wild swings in unemployment resulting from government mandated business closures were then supported by trillions of dollars in assistance programs in an attempt to counteract the negative economic...
    Mark Edwards

RSS APRN Alaska News

  • Scientists say Alaska has recorded 10 cases of coronavirus strain first found in California February 26, 2021
    The variant, known as B.1.429, was first identified in Alaska in early January and has since been detected nine more times, according to a report released this week by a consortium of scientists assembled by the state to search for new strains.
    Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
  • LISTEN: In Alaska crab boat’s deadly sinking, expert witnesses point to flawed stability calculations February 26, 2021
    So far, expert witnesses have described serious problems with the boat’s stability report, which is a rating of how stable the vessel is and how much equipment it can bear. And those issues might extend to many other fishing boats around Alaska.
    Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

RSS Delanceyplace.com

  • the greatest pitcher in baseball -- 2/26/21 February 26, 2021
    Today's selection -- from Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. Because of racism, arguably the greatest pitcher in baseball wasn't called up to the major leagues until he was 40: "LeRoy 'Satchel' Paige was one of the greatest baseball pitchers ever to step onto a mound. Yet, coming of age in the early twentieth century, […]
  • quinine and africa -- 2/25/21 February 25, 2021
    Today's encore selection -- from The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century by Robert B. Marks. The mad scramble for Africa, during which Western European powers took over essentially the entire continent in a 30-year period: "For centuries, Europeans found penetration of Africa to […]

RSS Bob Mayer

  • Preparing For, What To Do During and Surviving a Power Outage February 20, 2021
    Preparing For and Surviving Power Outage Causes: Power outages can occur at any time for a variety of reasons. It’s not just downed power lines. Rolling blackouts during peak usage or high winds are common in many places. The power grid is vulnerable to a computer virus attack. Electricity is vulnerable to electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) […]
    Bob

RSS Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection (LDICP)

  • Recent Research Spreadsheets November 30, 2016
    Our students have compiled research in three topic areas. Below are the links to their research tables that can be downloaded for searching and viewing.   For a state-by-state review of Mandatory Reporter laws, click here.   For a state-by-state review of Background Check laws, click...
    feigleycommunications
  • 2016 Legislative Drafting Students November 15, 2016
    Our students spent the summer working on the inaugural project of the LDICP. Through their extensive research, massive databases of information on state statutes regarding the abuse of children ave been created and will be posted here as their work is finalized.   Here are...
    feigleycommunications

RSS Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

  • 52 Writing Contests in March 2021 – No entry fees – by Erica Verrillo… February 26, 2021
    on Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity: This March there are more than four dozen writing contests calling for every genre and form, from poetry, to creative nonfiction, to completed novels. Prizes range from $60,000 to publication. None charge entry fees. Some of these contests have age and geographical restrictions, so read the instructions […]
    Chris The Story Reading Ape

RSS I didn’t have my glasses on…

  • wintersleep. February 26, 2021
    almost time to awaken to spring.    — “there is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.” -homer       — image credit:  Wintersleep (giclee print) by Marjolein Caljouw
    beth

RSS Indian Country Media Network

  • #NativeNerd review: 'Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry' February 26, 2021
    Vincent SchillingIndian Country Today“Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry” follows the life and career so far of the multi-Grammy-winning musician followed and appreciated by millions all over the world. I was fortunate to review the film before its release date of February 26 on Apple TV+, ...
    Vincent Schilling

RSS Legends of Windemere

  • Poem for the Stars February 26, 2021
    Sparkles in ink Perhaps ever changing Though we will never see How many have ceased? And we still receive their glow Carving pictures To tell our tales Or using them to guide Helpful to our people Evoking dreams And calm … Continue reading →
    Charles Yallowitz

RSS Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life

RSS Bluebird of Bitterness

  • Frosted flakes February 26, 2021
    bluebird of bitterness

RSS Elle Knowles: Finding Myself Through Writing

  • It’s Too Peopley Out There July 3, 2020
    We live in the most perfect area to have a staycation. The gulf with its white sand beaches are only five minutes away. We have the best restaurants with fresh seafood and seats with the best views. The charter fishing experience is top notch. Evidently, this is not a best kept secret anymore. The only […]
    Elle Knowles

RSS KarmaTube

  • Instituto Terra: Restoring a Forest February 25, 2021
    Brazil, which was once a leader in climate action, is now most often mentioned with worry in discussions about climate change, desertification and deforestation. But there are lights in the darkness. Watch the seemingly miraculous results grounded in the simple acts of planting trees and a desire to improve the lives of both the animal […]

RSS Positively Present

  • The 10th Annual Gratitude Challenge! October 13, 2020
    It's hard to believe, but this is the TENTH year of the Positively Present Gratitude Challenge! I've been doing this for a decade (and I know many of you have too!), and I'm so excited to begin this year's challenge on November 1. There's always something special about celebrating gratitude during the month of November […]
    positively present

RSS The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company, England.

  • I remain pertinacious in my contumacy February 23, 2021
    After all, it was what I was tautology by Mummery and Daddyery. Those who sit in Downing Street are not … More
    Ian Hutson

RSS Joan Reeves: Slingwords

  • Survived the Texas Winter Storm February 26, 2021
    Hello! I survived!I started to entitle this post THE TEXAS WINTER STORM FROM HELL.However, winter from hell is an oxymoron I guess.Here's my winter storm survival story in a part of Texas that has never had a storm like this.From 1am Monday,  Feb. 15 to about noon Saturday, Feb. 20, was been sheer hell! Well, […]
    Joan Reeves

RSS World United Music

  • Prog Rock and Progressive Activism May 24, 2020
    Progressive Rock Through the AgesBy: Stewart BrennanProgressive Rock is one of several experimental genres that evolved out of Rock n Roll in mid 1960’s. It was a purely creative genre that carried at its initial core, reflections of morality, philosophies, political views and the social economic conditions of the times.The genre had a wide range […]
    Stewart

RSS WASP Final Flight

  • Lucile Doll Wise, 43-7 | August 2, 2018 August 17, 2018
    "Jacqueline Cochran was looking for WASP.  They told me I would have to be interviewed and they would contact me when they came to the Wichita area.  But I didn’t wait for that.  I went down to Houston for my interview, to speed things up.  And I think that’s one of the smartest things I […]
    Unknown
  • Jean McCreery, 44-W-10. |. May 10, 2018 July 20, 2018
    "My first flight was with a barnstormer at the age of five.  I loved it!  I also tried to 'fly' out of the barn loft with an umbrella.  This was less than successful..."  WASP Jean Terrell McCreery, 44-10 The indomitable Marguerite Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery has "...slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on […]
    Unknown

RSS The Old Motor

  • Comment on Four Fun Friday Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 290 by David Greenlees February 26, 2021
    In reply to Frank Barrett. Thanks Frank, yes and it getting more expensive as the years pass by. Due to the ad revenue lost because of Covid, I need to add some tasteful Google ads soon.
    David Greenlees
  • Comment on Four Fun Friday Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 290 by wyojon February 26, 2021
    As a novice dump truck driver just getting my CDL back in 1974, I damn near did the same mistake. Until someone yelled at me while I was raising the bed to stop and open my tailgate! I felt like an idiot.
    wyojon

RSS SassyZenGirl

  • Earn $6,000/mo Passive Income with Stock Footage (no prior experience!) May 23, 2020
    Stock footage might not sound too sexy or fun, but this is an easy one to start and doesn’t require any start up funding. In fact, you can start with your smartphone camera. Ready? You Ready Are You Ready GIF from Youready GIFs   What is stock footage and how does it work? Stock footage […]
    Gundi Gabrielle

RSS Stump the Bookseller

  • 353J: Historical Stories for Girls February 25, 2021
    I loved a book as a child (would have been reading it in the early 1990s), an old fashioned one with a hard cover bound in blue linen and fairly thick. I think there might have been a bird cage … Continue reading →
    admin

RSS Ana’s Attic

  • Imperfect Match by Melanie Harlow and Corinne Michaels February 12, 2021
    Imperfect Match by Melanie Harlow and Corinne Michaels | Audiobook Review Narrated by Andi Arndt and Jason Clarke Contemporary Romance/RomCom Standalone I was having such a hard time focusing on books, so I grabbed one by two authors who I know never disappoint. And I was right! Melanie Harlow and Corinne Michaels brought their A-Game […]
    Ana's Attic

RSS Shorpy

  • Ɛɴco: 1971 February 26, 2021
    This Kodachrome dated October 1971 and labeled "Navajo" is the latest dispatch from our peregrinating correspondent Don Cox. Only 400 feet ahead: Baby Rocks! View full size.
    Dave
  • Toledo Union Station: 1905 February 25, 2021
    Circa 1905. "Union Station, Toledo, Ohio." Completed in 1886; replaced by the Central Union Terminal of 1950. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
    Dave

RSS Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s

  • Butler Family Buick: 1957 February 19, 2021
    Edward and Gwen Butler, my grandparents, lived in this trailer in Connecticut. It's rather dwarfed by the massive '55 Buick and the 15-foot TV antenna. They had just returned from a trip to England, hence the luggage at the door. Photo by Edward Butler circa 1957 on a 35mm Kodachrome slide, scanned February 2021. View […]
    Quisling.P.Rotogravure
  • Over the Boardwalk: 1984 February 17, 2021
    Atlantic City isn't the only place with a Boardwalk, ya know. Out here in California we've had the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk since 1907. Its Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster is a National Historic Landmark. In another kind of history, back in 2008 its late, lamented Fun House was the location in one of my […]
    tterrace

RSS Shorpy Reader Comments

  • The financial district grew upward February 26, 2021
    In reply to Market Street: 1947: Here is the intersection today. All pedestrians appear safe.
    Doug Floor Plan
  • Love that Thrεε February 26, 2021
    In reply to Ɛɴco: 1971: Fun with typography! Now we see how Ɛsso/Ɛnco got that "e" ... is there anything that Shorpy can't teach us?
    Vidiot

RSS Kim’s Shopping

  • Buy Fitness Equipment Now, Pay Later February 20, 2021
    Ready to build your own home gym and need help figuring out how to buy the equipment? Buy Fitness Equipment Now, Pay Later We’ve rounded up the best fitness equipment brands and online stores that offer Buy Now Pay Later financing options that allow you to  buy fitness equipment now and make payments over time […]
    Shopping Kim

RSS Thoroughly Reviewed

  • Best Travel Makeup Bag May 23, 2020
    Travel Makeup Bag Comparison habe ROWNYEON HaloVa Relavel Rownyeon Pro MelodySusie Ac.y.c Mossio B & C Chomeiu Material Nylon OxfordFabric Nylon Oxford Fabric PU... The post Best Travel Makeup Bag first appeared on ThoroughlyReviewed.com.
    Linda Krantz

RSS Whimpulsive

  • Wordless Wednesday #539 February 12, 2020
    Signs of Spring For more Wordless Wednesday, Click here.
    suziqoregon

RSS Debra Lynn Dadd

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RSS BloominThyme

  • Sun Hemp Cover Crop August 12, 2020
    Sun hemp is a perfect cover crop for building the quality of your soil. And soil is everything when it comes to the garden. Soil provides nutrients for plants to be absorbed via their roots and retains moisture for the plant. Well-aerated soil is important and can be achieved by adding compost to your soil. […]
    gardenfrisk
  • Successful Pineapple Harvest July 31, 2020
    At last, I have achieved a successful pineapple harvest from my backyard garden. It didn’t require much effort, but it did require patience. Years of patience. Generally pineapples take about two and a half years to harvest. On the advice of a friend, I planted these pineapple four and five years ago. He said it […]
    gardenfrisk

RSS Word of the day

  • megillah February 26, 2021
    Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 26, 2021 is: megillah • \muh-GHIL-uh\  • noun 1 slang : a long involved story or account 2 slang a : an elaborate, complicated production or sequence of events b : everything involved in what is under consideration : ball of wax Examples: "Well, one fine day last spring, I was laying off […]
    Merriam-Webster

RSS AV Club Wiki Wormhole

  • Former Buffy and Angel crew members detail Joss Whedon's toxic work environment February 26, 2021
    On February 10, Charisma Carpenter shared a statement on social media detailing alleged emotional abuse she experienced at the hands of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel showrunner Joss Whedon. Her decision to speak out came after Justice League actor Ray Fisher called out Whedon last year for “gross, abusive,…Read more...
    Tatiana Tenreyro on TV Club, shared by Tatiana Tenreyro to The A.V. Club
  • The problem with making a Tom and Jerry movie is that you can’t make it about Tom and Jerry February 26, 2021
    Note: The writer of this review watched Tom And Jerry on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see it—or any other film—in a movie theater, please consider the health risks involved. Here’s an interview on the matter with scientific experts.Read more...
    Erik Adams on Film, shared by Erik Adams to The A.V. Club
  • Adorable little squirrels experience adorable little horrors in a tiny version of Twin Peaks' red room February 26, 2021
    Twin Peaks Day came and went earlier this week, but the show’s spirit, like an extra-dimensional terror with long grey hair and a jean jacket, never disappears for long. Consider, for instance, the effort that’s gone into The Woodlands Lodge, a tiny, squirrel and bird-friendly version of the red room created in the…Read more...
    Reid McCarter on News, shared by Reid McCarter to The A.V. Club
  • Netflix gives first peek into the Grishaverse with Shadow And Bone trailer February 26, 2021
    Shadow And Bone, Netflix’s adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s “Grishaverse” novels, has become one of the streaming site’s most anticipated upcoming shows. The series doesn’t come out till April 23, but fans of the novels can now have a sneak peek in the newly released teaser.Read more...
    Tatiana Tenreyro on TV Club, shared by Tatiana Tenreyro to The A.V. Club

RSS DamnDelicious

  • Slow Cooker Beef Barbacoa February 25, 2021
    So easy and so flavorful! Cooked low + slow in the crockpot. Perfect for tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and more! Traditionally made in an underground oven (just saw this on 911 Lone Star), barbacoa meat (usually beef, sheep or goat) is a classic Mexican dish left to cook undisturbed overnight until the meat is very tender. […]
    Chungah @ Damn Delicious
  • Garlic Butter Clams with White Wine Cream Sauce February 16, 2021
    The BEST steamed clams ever! So garlicky and buttery, served with a heavenly cream sauce! I have made this so many times I have officially lost count. It first started as a test recipe for Valentine’s Day, but it has now been a favorite for date night! It’s restaurant-quality clams with the most heavenly white […]
    Chungah @ Damn Delicious

RSS The Authors’ Billboard

  • A Challenging Year … Enter “Mattress Mack” by @TaylorLeeWrites February 26, 2021
    To say this has been a challenging year is a massive understatement. But then how do we describe, much less fathom, a year when half a million Americans have died from Covid 19? Add that millions of people have lost their jobs, foodbanks are running out of food, schools are operating at half-mast… the list […]
    Taylor Lee
  • Why Do We Love Bully Romances? February 25, 2021
    I know, I know. Not everyone loves bully romances. But in spite of the evil, un-romantic sound of the genre niche, it’s grown in popularity in the past few years. This niche takes the bad boy hero a step further into the realm of vicious. These days you can find a half a dozen bully […]
    Stephanie Queen

RSS ezvid

  • 10 Best Ski Helmets 2021 February 26, 2021
    Ezvid Wiki

RSS Task & Purpose

RSS wikimedia

  • Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for February 26 February 26, 2021
    Picture of the day Shrine room of the Dhowa rock temple near Ella, Sri Lanka
  • Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for February 25 February 25, 2021
    Picture of the day Tezikov Bridge over Tsna River in Tambov, Russia

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