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09/07/2008
Tiny bug takes large toll on Europe's forests (Los Angeles Times)
Portuguese officials struggle to halt the spread of pine wilt disease, which is a menace from Scandinavia to Greece. Manuel Coimbra watches in silence, his hands on his hips, as a lumberjack saws down one of his pine trees to stop a killer bug that experts say could wipe out large belts of European woodland.
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09/07/2008
Fair time Bethlehem (Republican-American)
The Bethlehem Fair returns to the Bethlehem Fairgrounds Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The fair includes agricultural displays and animal shows, a pony draw, antique tractor parade, lumberjack competition, a hollerin' contest and agri-olympics. Friday is Cruise Night and bracelet night at the fair. Entertainment includes a performances by The Glamour Girls on Friday night; Larry Hunt, "The Masque ...
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09/07/2008
HSU claims women’s and men’s wins (The Eureka Reporter)
Category: Sports Topics: HSU Cross Country Depth proved essential in Saturday’s Humboldt Invitational, allowing both the Lumberjack men’s and women’s teams to claim victories in a three-way competition at Patrick’s Point State Park.
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09/06/2008
Kicking off competition in the Lumberjack Arena with a bang (Eureka Times-Standard)
ARCATA -- What's better than playing inside a brand-new gym? Obliterating your first opponent inside it. Obviously comfortable with their new surroundings, Humboldt State's volleyball team claimed a 3-0 win over Simpson University on Friday in
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09/08/2008
Leader of the Pack? Shadow of Favre looms large for Rodgers (USA Today)
He is the new face of the franchise, a buoyant kid with the humongous task of succeeding Brett Favre as the Green Bay Packers' quarterback. Yet given the chameleonic strain undoubtedly flowing through the DNA of Aaron Rodgers, people at Lambeau Field are never sure exactly how that face will appear.
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09/07/2008
Chinese Characters (New York Times)
In these oral histories, Liao Yiwu records conversations with a feng shui master, a professional mourner, a safecracker and other denizens of Sichuan.
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09/06/2008
Smackdown: Triple H suffers a Twist of Fate (Slam! Sports)
Unforgiven is this Sunday and the WWE Championship Scramble is a big focus for this evening. A massive lumberjack match featuring Triple H and The Great Khali is in the main event slot tonight, and four other scramble competitors are in action as well.
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09/06/2008
WWE Smackdown! Results - September 5th, 2008 (Wrestling News)
The SmackDown opening video and a pyro display kick off the show. Jim Ross welcomes us to the show. Where tonight; Triple H will face The Great Khali in a Lumberjack Match with The Game’s opponents on Sunday as the Lumberjacks.
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09/07/2008
Book Reviews: 'The Corpse Walker' and 'Fine Just The Way It Is' (International Herald Tribune)
"The Corpse Walkers," is an industrious, well-crafted recording of oral histories, almost all from the southwestern province of Sichuan.
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09/07/2008
Open fire (Boston Globe)
Kansas City Chiefs (0-0) at New England Patriots (0-0 ) 1 p.m., Ch. 4; Line: Patriots by 16
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  • American Birling Association - Provides information and how to articles on log rolling, boom running, making log rolling spikes, carpeting logs, and organizing a log rolling or boom running contest.
  • American Lumberjack Association (A.L.A.) - A body which sets up rules governing sanctioned shows and competitors, maintains equipment, keeps records, mails regular newsletters to members and holds annual meetings.
  • Canadian Intercollegiate Lumberjacking Association - Provides a venue for colleges to participate in a series of lumberjacking competitions. Includes general rules, events, teams, forms, past results, upcoming competitions.
  • Canadian Logger Sports Association - Sets rules and regulations for Festival of Forestry at the Pacific National Exhibition and the Squamish Logger Sports summer month competitions.
  • Federation of New South Wales Axemen's Associations, Inc. - Provides an introduction to wood chopping, programs and results, training and instruction, articles, and schedules of meetings.
  • Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Shows - Includes information on upcoming shows and how to arrange a show.
  • Iron Horse Hotsaw - Water cooled design of the husky hotsaw which was the winner of seven world championships.
  • Kentucky Lumberjack Challange - Annual event includes axe throw, men and woman's underhand, stock appearing 0 - 4, two person crosscut, stock appearing 0-5, standing block, stock appearing 5 and over, jack and jill crosscut, and husqvarna stock saw. Includes upcoming event information, rules, and past winners.
  • Ketchikan Coho's Log Rolling Team - Alaska log rolling school for ages 4 and up. Information about log rolling and other timber sports.
  • Lumberjack Alley - Explains the mechanics of how to use an axe, log rolling, two man bucking, jack and jill bucking, jill and jill bucking, bow sawing, hot saw chain saw, underhand chop, and axe throwing. Details contest management including expected expenditures.
  • Lumberjack Days - Stillwater, Minnesota annual July lumberjack celebration. Includes schedule of events, photo gallery, maps and info.
  • Lumberjack Entertainment and Timbersports Guide - Information about contests including locations, who to contact, and dates, listings of world records, where to obtain equipment and where to find related publications.
  • Lumberjack Sports International - Lumberjack show production company. Information about various television shows, how to arrange a show and the LSWRA organization of athletes.
  • Lumberjack World Championships - Annual July event in Hayward, Wisconsin. Event includes chopping, sawing, tree climbing, and logrolling. Information on history, competitions, how to purchase tickets.
  • New York State Lumberjacks Association (NYSLA) - Includes schedule, announcements, results, rules, maps, and entry forms. Based in Fulton, New York.
  • New York State Woodsmen's Field Days Lumberjack Contest - Annual contest held in Boonville on the third weekend of August. Includes general information, schedule, past results back to 1995, and world records.
  • Nova Scotia Agriculrural College Woodsmen Athletics - Includes schedule of events, results, player biographies, roster, coaching staff info, photo gallery and information about the NSAC annual competition.
  • Stihl Timbersports Series - Provides past results, a list of contestants with biographies, a schedule of events, and a themed screensaver.
  • Tall Timber Lumberjack Show - Outdoor dinner show featuring timber sports events.
  • United States Axemens Association - Promotes the advancement of lumberjack and timber sports. Includes news, competition rules, scheduled competitions and events, competitor rankings, world records, photos, instructional guides, and trading post.
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