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Figure Girl Allison Moyer -- Coming Soon!

By rrrrrrr at 05:09 No comments

Alli Moyer flexes with a hint of mischief at the 2008 Olympia. All new footage of Figure’s Badass is coming soon!

It’s getting cold outside but count on defrosting those windows thanks to the heat of superstar talent rolling into the studio this winter. The latest name guaranteed to bring temperatures up is fiery Allison Moyer, the highly popular 25-year-old figure lass out of Pennsylvania.

Not shy about giving opinions, Alli’s witty and insightful, engaging and often hilariously sarcastic blog mingles foxy with moxie. Among reviews of recent posts on the eponymous page, Alli railed on peevish, disingenuous fans (smart, scathing and riotously funny); revealed a move to the lighter side with a hairstyle change involving a platinum blonde coiffure (nice, but I think medium-length strawberry-blonde would be cute); and discusses switching to bodybuilding next year if figure doesn’t pan out (thoughtful, intimate and emotionally charged).

Competitively, Alli plans on taking the stage at the Arnold for her initial stop in 2010. She’ll be in the figure ranks, where her heart remains, hoping to successfully navigate the slippery too muscular for figure but not quite big enough for bodybuilding slope that has flummoxed her — and many others — in the past.

Stay tuned for footage from her shoot at the most recent Olympia coming up soon. Meanwhile, check out this quick highlight from the ‘08 show, where Alli sent camera flashes popping and pulses racing with a baseball-sized biceps exhibition during the expo. With a physique as impressive as that, there’s no question Figure’s Badass is really pretty darn good.

[Via http://krivstudiosblog.wordpress.com]

London Stag Parties

By Rohat Fatih at 03:47 stag do, stag nights, stag parties, stag weekends No comments

If you had ever been to stag parties, you probably won’t forget those experiences. Though stag nights vary from places to places, some of the mischievous activities are often happening in every stag nights. Among the world famous stag parties comes from London Stag Weekends.

Stag nights are known for the way people celebrate, and some stag parties are having some specialties as well. London Stag weekends are known for the luxurious and glamorous programs which are often filled up by the richest guys from around the country. When it is time for stag parties, here there won’t be any limits- yes, life to its fullest!

As the name stag parties have become a genuine reason for many to enjoy a weekend without limits, some are making something that would be useful in future life as well. Some sorts of games and training programs which often happen only in finishing schools are happening in some stag parties. One of the leading clubs which is on top list of London stag weekends had offered some team building games and personal effectiveness programs while having full fun on the run. Having a chance to check luck may also be interesting to some- Yes, bingo is also a part of it.

Another important factor to be mentioned about London stag weekends is that the rate for organizing stag nights is getting lower and lower as the competition is getting tougher in the great city. As new players are entering the game with some exclusive ideas to set a trend among the people who are having a great time at stag parties, veterans are trying their best to lower the price as well as to come up with some new ideas- which in turn will help the customers or the people who enjoy such things a lot.

Once, when stag parties were not accepted widely, there weren’t enough people to take part but as the time is changed, most of the stag parties are nothing more than a festival.

If you are planning to do a stag party, having a clear understanding of the offers from different institutions as well as having your own exclusive ideas to make the day memorable shall be the perfect solution. Yes, it’s time for everyone to be a part of this revolution. If you never had a chance to or if you are about to have a stag party, make sure that you are having the best!

CraseFit Tri 121209

By rrrrrrr at 05:46 No comments

I bombed the run this morning, but overall my distance improved. What hurt about the run is that I had been running 8:34 min/miles this week, but maybe that was earlier in the week and this morning was coming off a fluff 2 days of little more than a few weighted Burpees yesterday afternoon.

Well, here are my distances: (again, I stuck with the rowing machine in place of the swim)

Rowing Machine– 2300 meters (1.4 miles)
Stationary Bike– 3.8 miles
Treadmill Run– .9 miles (ouch!)

That’s a distance of 6.1 miles in 30 minutes. (Again, minimal transition periods= less than 1 minute)

I think the lesson I’ll take from this is to spread my workouts consistently through the week. Also, I won’t try to increase miles on the Row or Bike since I’m already stronger there than I am on my run. I should have easily had 1.25 miles this week, but my lungs felt a little unstable by the time I started the run, so I slowed down. Better to finish and gain something than to blow myself out and miss the next few days due to illness. (I have a recent history of beating my lungs to a pulp through overtraining– not this year, baby!)

Stay tuned for next weeks stats!

(On a side note, I’ll be posting other articles this week. Check back for those, too!)

~Lee

[Via http://crasefit.wordpress.com]

Neutral Netherlands (Holland) during WW1

By Tarihçi at 04:53 holland, Netherlands, WW1 No comments

Argentina, Chile, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Venezuela, Sweden and Switzerland.

Only these countries were neutral during the Great War 1914-1918. The rest of the world conducted war with each other.

Following the adage that he who wants peace prepares for war, the small Dutch army exercised continuously. In the East Holland bordered to Germany and in the south to German-occupied Belgium. The heavy gunfire in Flanders was heard in Holland every day. The Belgian battlefields were no more than 40 km's away (about 26 miles).

The Dutch mobile artillery corps crosses a brook in the southern province of Brabant. 1914

When the war broke out more than one million Belgian refugees fled to Holland. Thousands of soldiers, from both sides, followed them. They crossed the border because the enemy had them encircled, like it happened to 2,000 British marines at Antwerp.

Disarmement of German infantry troops who fled across the border to the Netherlands

All foreign soldiers arriving in The Netherlands were disarmed and interned in camps where they were to stay during rest of the war. The German soldiers called this place the graveyard, because of the bayonets that were put into the ground.

The Dutch government had mobilized 500.000 man to reinforce the regular army. They guarded the borders and filled their days with exercising and polishing...

Mobile pigeon station

There were many incidents in which war-countries were involved. England for instance, bombed - by accident - the Dutch port of Zierikzee.

And German U-boats torpedoed and sank many Dutch ships - even one that transported German prisoners-of-war from England to the Netherlands.

In spring 1915 the Germans erected an dreadful electric fence between occupied Belgium and the Netherlands. The 2,000 Volts wire ran almost 200 Km (125 Miles) long through villages, orchards, meadows, woodland, over brooks - even over the river Meuse. The height of the construction was over 3 meters. How many people the fence killed is unknown. Estimates vary from 2,000 to 3,000.

The word neutral comes from ne uter (=none of both), but in the Netherlands making a choice was a near thing: commander-in-chief General C.J. Snijders had a strong liking for the 'invincible' Germany.

Dutch queen Wilhelmina on horseback, observing a military exercise

Because of his attitude the government several times tried to get rid of the general, but Queen Wilhelmina kept on backing her CIC. The queen was fond of the army and often visited the troops and observed exercises.

Dutch navy men defuse mines washed ashore

To maintain neutrality the Netherlands laid mines in coastal waters, to prevent hostile landings.

Three times (in 1916, 1917 and 1918) Germany considered occupying the Netherlands. In that case the allied countries without doubt would have invaded the country from the seaside.

Germany eventually refrained from invading Holland, also because of the food supplies that continuously flowed from this country. This trade made some merchants in Holland very rich. They were called OW'ers, meaning 'oorlogswinst-makers': war-profiteers. Until this very day OW'er is considered a harsh term of abuse in Holland.

In the Netherlands there are some cemeteries where victims of the Great War are buried. Many were sailors who fell at sea. Others are civilians or navy-personnel who died at the beaches where countless mines washed ashore.

Many people still bore a grudge to England because of the Boer War, fifteen years earlier, when thousands of Boers (Dutch descendants) in South-Africa had been killed by British soldiers.

American (US) soldiers during WW1

By Tarihçi at 04:10 america, military, WW1 No comments

An American soldier who lost his leg in France, being welcomed on his return home to New York.

American troops cross the river Moselle and move into Germany.

American tanks advancing towards the river Meuse.

A 340 mm gun, manned by US Coast Artillery Corps, firing in the vicinity of Nixeville, France. September 1918

Soldiers of the 33rd Division in a German trench, drinking from captured beer cans

A German POW with an American soldier

American intelligence troops search German Prisoners Of War in the Menil la Tour prison camp.

Masked American soldiers at the front line

The Supply Train of the US 129th Infantry, 33rd Division, on the road at Bethincourt.

America entered the war on April 2, 1917, but it took the country a year to get an army ready to fight in Europe.

An American tank trundles on to Argonne in France

This area, where the 1st Army was to be deployed, was a difficult one. West of the unfordable river Meuse the landscape is hilly and the dense Argonne-woods were almost impenetrable. The Americans were assigned to this mission only because the other allied armies were too exhausted to do the job. No other army was supposed to have the vitality and morale that was needed to attack the heavy German lines of defence that were built in these woods.

US Colored Troops of the 92nd Division marching to the front in the Argonne-woods in France.

Almost 400,000 black American soldiers served in Europe - a fact that is stashed away in American history