Ghost of the Old Castle

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Септембар 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Лоуис’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Свети. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Лоуис’ South

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Сцарлет Пимпернел (1935)

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Хтео сам да пишем о једном од мојих омиљених филмова, Сцарлет Пимпернел (1935). То је адаптација романа од истог имена, written by Baroness Orczy. Филм (аффилиате линк) тиче енглеског вршњака, који ризикује свој живот спасавајући француске аристократи из гиљотине. Прича је компликована чињеницом да је вршњак ожењен

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Јулије “Ујка Јулес” Johannpeter was born in St. Чарлс, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Ујка Јулес” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Ли” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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Can You Bullet Proof Self-Defense?

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A question I’m often asked during classes and seminars is “Can I become invincible by learning self-defense?” The short answer is “Не” but they are asking the wrong questions. Better questions would be: “What can I do to make myself a less desirable target?” “How can I get in better shape to successfully repel an attack?” “What techniques should

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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

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In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) on October 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. Џон Вотсон. As the film begins, Sherlock

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Одељење Луј Метрополитан полиције. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. On January

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Господин. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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On July 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Кретање “Б” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Господин. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Господин. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, intends

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, Свети. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. Септембар 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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Are Forms Important for Martial Arts?

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The legendary Bruce Lee wrote an article for Black Belt magazine many years ago which challenged the efficiency and efficacy of kata, облика или образац тренинг. Ever since the publication of this article, многи други уметници борилачке су почели да оспори или доведе у питање потребу за обуком форми. Пошто сам посвећен настави самоодбране, you would think I

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