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73Waterfall Jumper Sam Patch: Early American Daredevil
Sam Patch, a mill worker from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, captivated the American public in the 1820s with his spectacular, death-defying leaps off waterfalls and other high, dangerous places. Patch became known as the "Jersey Jumper" and the "Yankee Leaper," as he conquered the Great Falls in Paterson, New Jersey, Niagara Falls, and the Upper Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester, New York. He died making his second jump at the Genesee falls, but he became an American folk hero.
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76Waterfalls at Letchworth State Park
If you like waterfalls then read this to see why you really need to check out Letchworth State Park!
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75Friday the Thirteenth and the Knights Templar
Why are some of us superstitious about Friday the thirteenth? It all goes back to Friday, October 13, 1307, when all the Knights Templar were imprisoned at once.
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66White Rappers Taking Over Hip Hop (and college)!
These are the best college aged white rappers right now. Completely changing the art of rap would be an understatement. Follow the Links below to listen and be amazed! This kid is a White college Rapper with the soul of a Criminal. He reps TMNT...
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67Family Divided-King Lear
have often wondered of the mind set of the Greats;play-writes, poets, painter and composers of times past, now and yet to come. Shakespeare, has always kept me wondering has he has so many others throughout...
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76Take Your Next Kid Friendly Michigan Vacation
Planning a day trip or vacation when you have children can be stressful and tough. Not many places cater to "families" (ie. Daytona Beach, Beach and Las Vegas to name a few). These places tend to attract the "wild" bunch. So, where do you go and how much will it cost?
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75Do You Memorize Telephone Numbers?
A while back, while scanning through the summaries of IT blogs that I receive in my daily email at work, I came upon a little item about a new problem with cell phones. It seems that, thanks to the speed dial...
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63Where Can You Find a Real Hero These Days? I Discovered One!
In our celebrity- and sports-obsessed society, true heroes are hard to come by. Let me introduce you to one I just discovered: William Pryor Letchworth. He has my highest admiration and respect for his pure love of others and his tireless work to...
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68Taking a stand for what you think is right
I have, in the recent past, taken a stand for something I think is right and worth fighting for. I live in Flint, Michigan which, as anybody who reads a newspaper or watches a news brodcast is aware, is in...
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68Life Beside the Genesee River: my boyhood home in Rochester, New York
Just past a muddy bend in the River sits a grey shotgun cottage; my boyhood home. It was a tiny house... a cottage, really. My room was a screened-in porch with windows on three sides.
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