Whenever people are forced to work together in a group situation, tension arises. The source of the tension can be due to personality conflicts, personal problems, self-doubt, or the fact that the group members do not know each other. Ice breakers are often use to help acknowledge these tensions while allowing the group to function ...
When you think about Chicago, Illinois, you usually picture Christmas shopping along the Magnificent Mile, the beloved Chicago Bears, lake affect snow and below zero wind chill factors. That’s a pretty good overview of Chicago’s windy winter months, but when the snow melts and temperatures climb, Chicago is all about Lake Michigan. And the city’s ...
The Sidewinder longboard, from Sector 9’s new design lineup, is not a board for beginners. It’s not even really a longboard, coming in at only 33 inches in length – it looks more like a normal skateboard than anything. The board does not look anything like a longboard, but it certainly functions like one. Although ...
Zelda Sayre became the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1920 after a two-year courtship between the southern belle daughter of a prominent judge and the handsome, talented writer who coined the term “The Jazz Age.” With the publication of his first novel “This Side of Paradise,” the Fitzgeralds became the toast of New York ...
I used to be one of those guys who while I swore by using a charcoal grill instead of a gas one would have still be ridiculed by the “grilling community” because I used instant light charcoal. I realized over the years that the instant light charcoal would leave a funny taste at times for ...
Article originally published in Backwoodsman Magazine (Jan/Feb 2012 edition), and is published here by the same author. While cooking with hot stones dates back thousands of years, it is still utilized by many today around the world as a primary or secondary means of heating stews, cooking meats, and baking breads. And why not? The ...
Well spring is here and people are starting to notice their leaking gutters again. Gutters across the course of winter can have multiple problems which lead to new leaks in spring. The gutter leaks over a front door of house is the one type of leak everyone notices. The gutter leaks such as this one, ...
If you’ve ever deleted photos or videos from your memory card and regretted it later, this guide can help. I will introduce you to two programs, one of which is completely free, designed to recover your lost images. All you have to do is pick one, download it, and run it. These programs are both ...
The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, located in Belleville, IL, is well-known for its Mother’s Day buffet, and rightly so. The restaurant offers three separate menus for the day, one for breakfast (8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.), one for the afternoon (11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.), and one for the evening (3:00 ...
Looking to do some hunting in North Carolina? Looking for a place to hunt that isn’t hiding a half crazed novice hunter behind every tree? Here are some places to hunt then. They cost a bit but if you want to hunt safely and where you know you stand a good chance of bringing in ...
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