Sunday, 4 March 2012

The Rebirth of the Legend?Aqua Lung?s Newest Regulator Series

The girls all showed up for an early morning dive at La Jolla cove. The air temperature that morning was 37 degrees making a water temperature of 58F seem almost inviting. They looked a little hesitant upon exiting their cars and Wendy said, ?this is crazy cold?not sure I want to get my wetsuit on!? [...]

Source: http://scubadivergirls.com/blog/?p=9654

Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah  Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana 

Rousimar Palhares celebrates 32nd birthday with his first cake ever

UFC middleweight Rousimar Palhares is known for his crippling heel hooks and having extremely humble beginnings. As in, once lived in a tent city under a bridge in Brazil kind of humble beginnings. He didn't have the kind of upbringing that would allow for lavish birthday celebrations.

[MMA mailbag: Why the lightweight division is top-notch]

His teammates at Brazilian Top Team changed that last week when they surprised "Toquinho" with a cake.

That was really a big surprise for me. I became a child again because this was the first time in my whole life I celebrated my birthday with a cake. Everybody knows my family always had a very humble life. I thank my BTT partners to have given me this happiness. I hope this is going to be a year of much work and that God can continue giving me the opportunities to represent Brazil and show my talent inside the Octagon.

He turned 32, and this was the first time he ever celebrated his birthday with a cake. He doesn't know the joy of red velvet or angel food or German chocolate or ice cream cake or cupcakes or yellow cake with chocolate frosting. This cake could set up a scenario where the muscle-bound Palhares takes a nosedive into the seedy underbelly of too much cake. When visiting New York for next week's UFC on Fox 3 press conference, he could visit Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, N.J., get a taste of Buddy from "Cake Boss" famous cake, and give up heel hooks forever.

Or, he could be so inspired by his teammates' kindness that he runs a giveaway of autographed shirts on his website.

Thanks, Cage Potato.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/rousimar-palhares-celebrates-32nd-birthday-first-cake-ever-211801213.html

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UFC on FX 2 opener: Costa Philippou hands Court McGee first loss in the UFC

Maybe the best guy from Season 11 of "The Ultimate Fighter" never got his real chance. Costa Philippou lost his qualifier fight that season and missed the chance to face the eventual champion Court McGee. He didn't let the opportunity slip away tonight.

Philippou (9-2, 3-1 UFC) was the bigger, more efficient fighter over the first two rounds helping him score a unanimous decision victory, 29-28 on all three cards in the first fight on the FX portion of the UFC's latest card in Sydney, Australia.

The 32-year-old, who works out of Matt Serra's camp in Long Island, N.Y., has now won three straight in the UFC and took out a guy who was unbeaten with the promotion.

McGee (13-2, 3-1 UFC) is a wrestler/grappler but anytime he got his hands on Philippou, he looked like a midget in the middleweight division. The thickly muscled Philippou would just toss him aside or easily stuff the takedown attempts. McGee only made good on 1-of-11 tries.

When it was standing it was a complete mismatch over the first 10 minutes. McGee turned it up a notch in the final round landing some good shots as part of combinations. Why didn't he do it in the first two rounds? He got rocked so often early that it made him shy away from jumping into the pocket.

UFC on FX 2 undercard:

James Te Huna def. Aaron Rosa via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 2:08.
Anthony Perosh def. Nick Penner via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:59.
Steven Siler def. Cole Miller via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Andrew Craig def. Kyle Noke via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
T.J. Waldburger def. Jake Hecht via submission (armbar) - Round 1, 0:55.
Daniel Pineda def. Mackens Semerzier via submission (armbar) - Round 1, 2:05.
Shawn Jordan def. Oli Thompson via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 3:53.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/costa-philippou-hands-court-mcgee-first-loss-ufc-023625928.html

Gregor Gracie Ralek Gracie Renzo Gracie Rickson Gracie Rodrigo Gracie

Freelance ?Slickwalking? in Snow Canyon, Utah

Snow Canyon, just outside St. George, Utah, is one of our all-time favorite places to camp. We describe it in detail in our guidebook: “Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country.” It’s Trip 1, on page 34. So on our recent migration south, from Canmore, Alberta, to Tucson, Arizona, we camped here and explored [...]

Source: http://www.hikingcamping.com/blog/2012/01/snow-canyon-utah/

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Getting used to the cold

Each session in cold temperatures is teaching me how to get better in keeping my body protected against the cold air. Today, December 30th, a nice breeze was on and I was motivared to test my latest toys: Titanium socks, 1mm thick seamless gloves combined with my drysuit and a 5mm strong Titanium Arctic hood. [...]

Source: http://www.chrispressler.com/?p=1711

Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade 

1 and a half foot - 27 November 2011

Source: http://nedsurfshots.blogspot.com/2011/12/1-and-half-foot-27-november-2011.html

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Salt Cay and Bohio, Grand Turk (Part 1)

The Salt Cay is the southernmost inhabited island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. It is 90 miles north of the Dominican Republic, 650 miles southeast of Miami. It is only a 30-minute flight from Providenciales (or 20 minute by ferry from Grand Turk further north). Yet this island of only 101 [...]

Source: http://scubadivergirls.com/blog/?p=9623

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