Articles for tag: Birmingham Alabama, Science Center, Vulcan

Karla News

What to Do and See in Birmingham, Alabama

First time visitors to Birmingham, Alabama are usually surprised at how beautiful it is here. The opinion of Birmingham, and the South in general, is not always good. While I believe this is completely unfounded, if you share in this opinion, there is not much I will be able to do to change your mind. ...

Karla News

Exploring Extreme Sports – Land Windsurfing

Land surfing is similar to windsurfing on the water. It is also called street sailing, grass sailing, or land boarding. Basically, you have a board with 4 wheels. The board has a place in the center for a mast with a sail. Usually mountain boards are used for practice. A mountain board is a board ...

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The Vulcan Statue in Birmingham, Alabama: Man of Iron

Towering over us all he has stood high upon Red Mountain for lo these many years. A great monolith of a man, cast in iron, his arm outstretch to the sky over his city. Stoic, unmoving he stands, the pinnacle of a man’s work. He is a symbol and epitaph for an age of industry ...

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How to Perform a Vulcan Nerve Pinch

Anyone who has ever seen Star Trek should be familiar with the famous Vulcan nerve pinch, which mr Spock and his Vulcan compatriots use to render their enemies instantly unconscious simply by squeezing the nerves in the correct place. I have always loved Star Trek and as a child the Vulcan nerver pinch was always ...

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The 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Classic

Aside from some notable American custom motorcycles, A British motorcycle, and Honda’s now-defunct six-cylinder bike, the 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Classic is one of the meanest, rangiest, torquiest motorcycle cruisers available today. Once reality sets in, the pulsing thrum of the 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Classic gives you an idea of just what the engineers ...