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Here's The Wrong Way To Try To Drive Your 4x4 Down A Steep Slope

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Here's The Wrong Way To Try To Drive Your 4x4 Down A Steep Slope Like the guy in the green, we ended up cringing a little bit at the end. December 13, 2017 at 02:22PM

Picture of the day for December 14, 2017

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Picture of the day on December 14, 2017: First sunbeams sweep over a winter landscape. Path between Put van Nederhorst and Langweerderwielen. Location, Langweerderwielen (Langwarder Wielen) and surroundings, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.

In Unprecedented Result, Roy Moore Loses Alabama Senate Race To Democrat Doug Jones

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In Unprecedented Result, Roy Moore Loses Alabama Senate Race To Democrat Doug Jones Alabama hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate in almost 30 years.

Article of the day for December 14, 2017

The Article of the day for December 14, 2017 is Morihei Ueshiba . Morihei Ueshiba (December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was the founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido. The son of a landowner from Tanabe, he studied martial arts in his youth, and served in the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War. In 1907 he moved to Hokkaidō as the head of a pioneer settlement and studied with Takeda Sōkaku, the founder of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu. In 1919 Ueshiba joined the Ōmoto-kyō movement, a Shinto sect, in Ayabe, and opened his first dojo. He accompanied the head of the group, Onisaburo Deguchi, on an expedition to Mongolia in 1924, where they were captured by Chinese troops and returned to Japan. Moving to Tokyo in 1926, he set up the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. He taught at this dojo and others around Japan, including several military academies. After World War II he retired to Iwama, and continued training at a dojo he had set up there. He continued to promote aikido throughout Japan and a...

Picture of the day for December 14, 2017

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First sunbeams sweep over a winter landscape. Path between Put van Nederhorst and Langweerderwielen. Location, Langweerderwielen (Langwarder Wielen) and surroundings, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands..

In Unprecedented Result, Roy Moore Loses Alabama Senate Race To Democrat Doug Jones

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In Unprecedented Result, Roy Moore Loses Alabama Senate Race To Democrat Doug Jones

retroussé: Word of the day for December 14, 2017

retroussé , adj : Turned up, as in describing the nose.

Article of the day for December 14, 2017

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Article of the day is Morihei Ueshiba. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

retroussé: Word of the day for December 14, 2017

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Word of the day is retroussé : Turned up, as in describing the nose.

Here's The Wrong Way To Try To Drive Your 4x4 Down A Steep Slope

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Here's The Wrong Way To Try To Drive Your 4x4 Down A Steep Slope