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Musical Saws Are Cutting Edge

By David MoyeNov 8th 2010 – 7:03AM
Dafna Kaplan

Dafna Kaplan

(Nov. 4) -- Can a musical instrument that's been around for more than 300 years be truly cutting edge? Maybe, if the instrument is the musical saw. The musical saw is basically the same as handsaws found at the Home Depot. In a pinch, one of those can be used to make music. However, to get the most range, it helps if...

2nd Place? No Problem for Poker-Playing Lumberjack Who Won $5.1 Million

By Steve FriessNov 10th 2009 – 10:55AM

LAS VEGAS -- What is Darvin Moon going to do with his new fortune? "Put it in the bank," said the lumberjack who came in second place at the World Series of Poker. It was a characteristically plain-spoken response from the 46-year-old from rural Maryland who had never flown in a jet plane before coming to Las Vegas in...

lumberjack News From the Web

  • 10/05/11 UNH Recruit Michael McNicholas: Where Will He Play? Source: The UNH Men's Hockey Blog Michael McNicholas, a 17-year-old forward (DOB: 3/24/1994) was a member of the Lumberjacks' 25-man roster that participated in training camp throughout September.
  • 10/03/11 Lumberjacks Fifth and Sixths Improve to 2-1 in... Source: Lakewood Patch - Lakewood WA The Lakewood Lumberjack fifth and sixth grade team manhandled the Life Christian Eagles with a 39-0 shutout performance at Woodbrook Middle School on Saturday afternoon in a Nisqually Youth Football League contest.
  • 09/03/11 Northern Arizona Lumbe... Source: The Jacksonville News - Jacksonville AL Do you want to watch Northern Arizona Lumberjacks vs Arizona Wildcats live streaming online on pc?
  • 08/31/11 It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World: Lumberjacks... Source: Little Rock Hola! Arkansas - Little Rock AR 2011's hottest ticket in timber sports was in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. , on Aug. 25, 2011 , with the grand opening of Lumberjack Sports International's Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud, a $10 million attraction billed as the "Smokies' Rowdiest Good-Time Dinner Show" and featuring ESPN lumberjack athletes.
  • 08/16/11 Pigeon Forge's Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud... Source: Little Rock Hola! Arkansas - Little Rock AR Construction crews have completed work on Lumberjack Sports International's Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud, and the $10 million Pigeon Forge attraction will open as scheduled on Friday, August 26, 2011.

Background on lumberjack

A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry who performs the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products.

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