Areas of the Yorkshire Dales National Park are now being closed to walkers as the continued high temperatures and drought conditions turn areas of the park to tinder. An urgent plea to walkers and tourists comes as the Met Office announced that its Fire Severity Index for the Yorkshire Dales is now on ‘High’ and is expected to rise to…
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Orange Bowl Tickets Are For More Than Just A Football Game
Orange Bowl tickets offer football fans and travelers several options. Not only is the Orange Bowl one of the premier college bowl games every January, but the game itself is located in one of the most exotic travel destinations in the United States – Miami and South Florida. Fans and families alike have worked their vacation and/or travel plans around…
Problem Gambling What You Should Know
Americans spend more on gambling than all other recreation combined. For most, it’s a fun diversion but for a few, gambling can become a serious, life-altering problem. Problem gambling is behavior that causes disruptions in any major area of a person’s life. It affects as many as six to nine million Americans. Would you recognize a gambling problem in someone…
Abraham Lincoln
We would like to think all of our presidents of the United States were truly great men and to be sure, just handling the awesome responsibility of the presidency takes a special kind of individual. One of the unique and great things about the system of government in America is the concept of citizen leadership. This is the idea of…
Secrets Behind Old Glory Revealed Part 2
The famous name of ‘Old Glory’ was originated in 1831 by Captain William Driver, a shipmaster from Salem, Massachusetts. As he was leaving on one of his many voyages aboard his ship the ‘Charles Doggett’, his friends presented him with a beautiful flag of twenty four stars. As the banner opened and waved in the ocean breeze for the first…
Alaska More Than Just A Block Of Ice
Alaska. Talk about a place that’s gotten a bum rap. Half the world thinks it’s part of Canada and the other half thinks it’s just a big block of ice. Well, hold on to your fur coats because there is more to see and do in Alaska than you know. For starters there’s Kenai Fords National Park. Here you can…
Anaheim Mighty Ducks Watch For The Nhl Kid Fanatic
Football Fanatics is the “ultimate team store.” With them, you can find the best and the most amazing of your team products. Whether you are one of the numerous fans of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing…
Some Cases Of Steroids In Football
The use of steroids by professional athletes and sports persons is an open secret now. The stories about pro sports stars taking steroids in sports led sports organizations and leagues to fabricate strict polices on steroids. Presently, steroids stand banned by the International Olympic Committee, National Collegiate Athletic Association, and many professional sports leagues including the Major League Baseball, National…
Cairngorms Celebrates National Parks Week
Organisations throughout the Cairngorms National Park joining forces this week to celebrate National Parks Week 2006. A series of events took place throughout the Park with something to suit all ages and abilities. National Parks Week is being marked at National Parks the length and breadth of Great Britain and this year’s theme is ‘Stretch your legs, stretch your mind’.…
Lion Information Safari Kenya Parks Lion Information Safari Kenya
Lion information safari in Kenya is offered in several of the country’s wildlife parks. Most famous is the Maasai Mara game reserve where sightings of the African lion are guaranteed-the same way the sun will rise in the morning and set in the evening. Other Lion information safari parks in Kenya famous for their African lion populations include the Tsavo,…