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I Am the Cutting Edge of Corporate Speaking

The Lady Aye | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business
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The Lady Aye

I like to joke that I am on the cutting edge of corporate speaking in more ways than one. I didn't get here because I'm particularly tech-savvy, jargon-heavy or industry-driven either, it's because I'm a professional sword swallower.

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WATCH: Inside A Sword Swallower's Body As The Blade Slides In

Posted 02.24.2013 | Science
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Sticking a blade down your throat might not be the safest thing to do, that's for sure. But as the world marked the seventh annual World Sword Swallow...

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Oral Hygiene Habits of the Interesting: America's Got Talent Sword Swallower Dan Meyer

Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S. | Posted 11.13.2012 | Healthy Living
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Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.

"It often takes from 3-10 years to learn to swallow a single sword, practicing multiple time a day, and some people never learn."

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David Moye

WATCH: A Steel-Slurping, Sword-Swallowing Extravaganza

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 02.23.2012 | Weird News
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It may be hard to swallow, but sword swallowers do more than entertain people by sticking things down their throats. A few have been on the cutting ed...

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David Moye

WATCH: Why Do Fruit Bats Have Oral Sex? Ig Nobel Prize Celebrates 20 Years Of Weird Academic Research

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.27.2011 | Weird News
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Scientists who make discoveries that have lasting value to humanity get awarded with Nobel prizes. That doesn't happen to those who figure out that...

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David Moye

Ripley's Introduces World's First Sword Swallowing App: iSword

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 10.02.2011 | Weird News
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Sword swallowing isn't for everyone. In fact, it's for hardly anyone, which is why there are only a few dozen professionals swallowing swords. "It ...

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Chayne Hultgren Sets Sword-Swallowing World Record (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Australian Chayne Hultgren, also known as the Space Cowboy, has set a new world record by swallowing 18 swords at the same time. He beat his own 2008 ...

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Man Swallows 11 Swords (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Ramesh Chandra swallows 11 swords! "As a child I used to perform tricks as part of a troupe that went round local villages before my uncle hurt himse...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: February 27, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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I quite liked Mark McKinnon's piece in The Daily Beast, today, about Twitter "jumping the shark." I especially liked his admonition that we all must ...

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