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If your goal is to become an Honor Graduate when you graduate from the U.S. Marine Corps, you must be well prepared for what lies in front of you during USMC Boot Camp. It means you should have a solid foundation of running, rucking (walking fast with a backpack), and strength/muscle stamina from at least a year’s worth of lifting weights and calisthenics. Graduating with honors requires more than being physically prepared, you must also display a never quit attitude, motivation, be a strong team player, ingenuity, and obviously a very strong work ethic....

Most ancient artifacts, no matter how strange they first appear, can eventually be explained and placed in their historical context by archaeologists and historians. The artifacts below are the exceptions to this rule. From mysterious metals to giant stone balls of amazing spherical precision, these objects remain perplexing to this day. 01 of 16 The Grooved Spheres Science informs us that man is a few million years old, and civilization just tens of thousands of years old....

A “tee time” is a reservation at a golf course to begin your round of golf at the specified time. If your tee time is 10:07 a.m., then at 10:07 a.m. you (or someone within your group) should be hitting the first tee shot of your round. (Hence the term: The tee time is the time at which you tee off.) (In professional golf, a tee time is the designated time that a group of pros — typically playing in groups of two or three — begins its round of golf....

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art based in ground fighting. It is unlike many other ground fighting styles, particularly in the way that it teaches practitioners to fight from their backs. Today, nearly all MMA fighters train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu due to the success that past practitioners have had in the sport. The History of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Over four centuries ago in northern India, Buddhist monks were busy going about the dangerous work of trying to spread the word of Buddha in a world that wasn’t always kind to roaming peoples....

The question always arises: Who invented surfing? Well, that question is pretty much beyond our knowledge since there is no way to accurately trace the first ridden wave to one person, or as it turns out, one specific culture since the art of riding waves predates writing and recorded history. It seems archeologists have settled on two areas to begin official surfing history: Polynesia and Peru. He’e Nalu and the Ancient Hawaiians...

A record label is the brand name for a music release. Record labels are responsible for the manufacture, distribution, and promotion of a particular recording. The major record labels, large mulit-national corporate conglomerations, control a majority of music sales around the world. However, some of the most innovative music is released by independent record labels. Here are the top 10 to know. 4AD 4AD 4AD is a British independent label formed in 1979 as Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, two employees of the legendary Beggars Banquet record store....

How do you boil down all the famous surfers into a list of the very best? It’s hard, but we’ve tried to round up five of the most influential surfers of our time. These surfers are ranked based on their influence on the overall sport and culture of surfing, not just during each surfer’s particular time period. The Duke Born August 24th, 1894 in Honolulu, Duke Kahanamoku went onto become the undisputed father of modern surfing....

Underpinning is a method used to increase foundation depth or repairing faulty foundations. This might be the case if you plan to add stories to an existing structure or when the foundation has been damaged. One visible sign that your building needs underpinning is when cracks are visible. A building needs underpinning its foundation when cracks are wider than ¼ inch and there are some signs of a faulty foundation, especially diagonal cracks....

See Also:• Funniest Obama Quotes Ever• Funny Obama Pictures10. “No, no. I have been practicing…I bowled a 129. It’s like – it was like Special Olympics, or something.” –making an off-hand joke during an appearance on “The Tonight Show”, March 19, 2009 (Obama later called the head of the Special Olympics to apologize)9. “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.” -–after saying he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepared to take office, Washington, D....

Definition Wet-on-wet (also referred to as wet-in-wet) is one of those terms that quite literally means what it says. Painting wet-on-wet is applying fresh (wet) paint onto a wet surface or onto paint that is still wet rather than onto paint that has dried. The result is colors that blend into one another and mix in the painting. Wet-on-wet is a direct painting technique that can be used with all wet paint mediums: watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and oil paints....

When you’re kicking off a new initiative, the project scope document is a critical piece of information for your whole team. It defines the end product to be delivered to the customer, when it must be delivered, and at what cost. Essentially, this document defines the boundaries of the work, so that each team member and the customer all understand what the project entails. Just as importantly, they understand what it does not entail....

The thought of being your own boss, controlling your own destiny, and realizing a slice of the American dream through business ownership is an attractive prospect for many of us. However, many of us aren’t quite sure how or where to start. One path to small business ownership is to invest in a franchise. Acquiring a franchise, the process of purchasing a licensing agreement for a specific product or service from a franchisor can be an inexpensive way to start your own business....

Movie posters are an art, and horror movies have had their fair share of artistic triumphs. Some horror posters, in fact, are more entertaining than the actual films. Here are 60 of the best. 01 of 60 Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) Allied Artists Creepy and mysterious; like the movie, you’re not sure what to expect. 02 of 60 An American Werewolf in London (1981) Universal In this poster for the quintessential werewolf movie, the actors convey the film’s sense of humor, while the use of space and vertical balance draw your eye to the (significant) full moon....

If you were painting a Valentine’s card, you’d want the signs of your love to be clear and noticeable. But if you were painting a portrait, you could also add some hidden symbolism about love that someone looking at the painting may only understand subconsciously. Red: The color associated with love and passion.Heart: From Christianity comes the belief that the heart is the seat of our emotions, particularly love. In Islam, the heart is our spiritual center....

Dubbed the “Ninth Wonder of the World,” Chyna – whose real name was Joan Marie Laurer – changed the role of women in the world of professional wrestling. Her career highlights included being a founding member of the groundbreaking wrestling group D-Generation X, being the only female to win the intercontinental championship, becoming a reality TV star and writing a bestselling autobiography before dying young. Early Life and Career Born on Dec....

Conscious Rap Defined Conscious rap is a subgenre of hip-hop that focuses on creating awareness and imparting knowledge. Conscious rappers traditionally have decried violence, discrimination, and other ailments of society. Conscious rap is propelled by the conviction that radical social change comes through knowledge of self and personal discovery. Most conscious rap songs contain positive, uplifting messages, often delivered over smooth, ear-grabbing beats. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5’s “The Message” and Slick Rick’s “Hey Young World” are grand examples of early conscious hip-hop tracks....

What size building or store do you need? When planning your retail store, the amount of selling space will be one of the most important factors in selecting a location. It can also be one of the most difficult to determine. As with any new business, most of your assumptions will be based on industry research and comparing similar stores operating in similar locations. To get an estimate on how much selling space your store must have, divide the planned sales volume by your industry’s sales per square foot....

Google sites let you create internal websites for your organization or external websites for the whole wide Web without having to know HTML (intranets and extranets, in other words). When you are first creating your Google site, you’ll be asked what kind of website you want to create; company intranet, classroom, club, retail shop, doctor’s or dentist’s office and restaurant are some of the templates you can choose once you’ve made the basic decision of choosing a website or a business website....

“Four ball” is the name of a golf format in which two golfers partner one another, each golfer playing his or her own golf ball throughout, and the lower of the partners’ scores counting as the team score on each hole. Four ball is usually played as match play, with two, 2-person teams facing off. In fact, that is where the name “four ball” comes from: In a four ball match, there are four golf balls in play on each hole....

A pin sheet is something golfers encounter at some, but not all, golf courses. The purpose of the pin sheet is to tell golfers where on the putting green the hole is located. Is it front, middle or back? Left, right or center? Pin sheets can be very basic or can provide a bit more information and be a little bit more complex to interpret. Over the following few pages, we’ll take a look at different types of pin sheets golfers can encounter, from the most basic version to the more informational ones....