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Travel Lite 1000 SLRX Review and Experience

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Travel Lite 1000 SLRX Review and Experience http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/camper-reviews/clam-jam-our-2012-travel-lite-1000-slrx-ultra-experience/"> Travel Lite 1000 SLRX Review and Experience&BODY=I found this article interesting and thought of sharing it with you. Check it out: http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/camper-reviews/clam-jam-our-2012-travel-lite-1000-slrx-ultra-experience/"> We took our brand new Travel Lite 1000 SLRX Ultra to the Fall North-East / Michigan- Ohio Valley Truck Camper Jamboree and partied down, truck camper style . CLICK HERE TO JUMP TO THE REVIEW OF THE TRAVEL LITE 1000 SLRX Mike (aka Mikeee), and Cathie Tassinari, Bruce and Kim Scott, and Jim and Cathy Crisafulli pulled off one heck of an amazing truck camper rally this year.  They dreamed up a joint North-East and Michigan- Ohio Valley Jamboree ; a rally that would bring together two of the most active truck camping communities...

Martha, Freddie, mutual funds and much, much more

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Frank Franklin Ii  /  AP file New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer launched the investigation into the mutual fund industry after receiving a tip about trading activities of a hedge fund. updated 12/29/2003 9:59:43 PM ET 2003-12-30T02:59:43 For a year in which there was so much good news emanating from the economy and the financial markets, there sure was a lot of bad news too. Investors who enjoyed the first winning year on the stock market since 1999 also had to endure yet another year of scandal. This time the spotlight focused on the giant mutual fund industry and the New York Stock Exchange itself -- institutions that touch the lives of virtually every investor. The economy finally began showing signs of life, but only after U.S. companies trimmed their already-spare payrolls even further. Here are...

Sacramento News & Review - Rock Star: Alex Honnold scales epic rock walls with nothing but his hands, feet and heart - Feature Story - Local Stories

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Free solo mountaineering puts the climber at constant risk of death. Alex Honnold, pictured here in Kenya, doesn’t seem to care. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NORTH FACE/TED HESSER Advertisement Alex Honnold was scrambling. This was five years ago, five years before the 31-year-old from Carmichael accomplished the greatest feat in rock- climbing history . It was mid-summer, 2012, and Honnold was on North Palisade in the eastern Sierra Nevada , in trouble. The fourth-highest summit among the 15 peaks in California with 14,000-plus-feet of elevation, North Palisade isn ’t considered particularly technical. But it’s challenging—especially when something goes wrong. Honnold’s plan had been to negotiate all the California 14ers in a two-week span. But he got sidetracked when he pulled off a big chunk of rock, and it was heading his way fast. He recalls the occasion over breakfast at the recent Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City . He’s done thousands of climbs, but his issue on the So...