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The Alps, Ice Caves, Marionette-Making and More Await Families Off the Beaten Path BURBANK, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adventures by Disney, the award-winning leader in guided family travel, today announced a new vacation to Central Europe, adding to its more than 20 destinations across the globe. The 9-day, 8-night vacation invites families to uncover the hidden treasures of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, traveling off the beaten path in the enchanting cities of...
Blue Horizon Wild Seafood Burgers Hook Consumers FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- There's an ever-growing consumer awareness of the benefits of wild-caught seafood in terms of both healthfulness and sustainability. This grilling season, Blue Horizon Wild aims to hook those health and source-conscious shoppers and reel them in with their newly improved wild-caught Surf Burgers in updated packaging. The brand's grill-ready Surf Burgers are made from wild-caught Alaskan...
SEATTLE, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- myscenicdrives.com has just launched a new feature that makes trip planning a multi-dimensional experience. RoadPreview allows users to watch their road trip plan unfold on their desktop as they anticipate every twist and turn. "It's kind of like a magic carpet ride," says user Adrian Jones. "You have the feeling that you're gliding slightly above the road. It's an amazing perspective and it demystifies the route. You can really see what's...
ARLINGTON, Va., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Memorial Day serves as the start for the busy summer driving season and AAA estimates over 31 million motorists will travel this holiday weekend. So as motorists prepare for the Memorial Day vacations, a team of professional truck drivers are helping to make our roads safer. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) America's Road Team Captains, elite professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free...
Wake up to Breathtaking Caribbean Vistas with a Balcony at the Price of an Interior Stateroom FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelers seeking exceptional value for Caribbean getaways next spring can now sail in divine bliss by taking advantage of MSC Cruises' new Divine Balcony Deals. MSC invites cruise lovers to celebrate the upcoming U.S. debut of MSC Divina and enjoy their own private balcony at the price of an interior stateroom on board...
Girls and obese youth 70-80 percent more likely to use information than boys and youth with a healthy BMI A new study published online today (Thursday) in the Journal of Public Health has found that of young people who visited fast food or chain restaurants in the U.S. in 2010, girls and youth who were obese were more likely to use calorie information given in the restaurants to inform their food choices. It also found that young people eating at fast food or chain restaurants twice a week...
Trip Includes VIP Tour of ITO EN's Tea Farm NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ITO EN (North America), INC., the world's leading purveyor of green tea leaves and tea beverages, announces the launch of their TEAS' TEA® Summer Promotion "GET #TEAFRESHED," an Instagram/Pinterest powered campaign encouraging consumers to share photos of their refreshing TEAS' TEA® summer moments to win a trip to Australia and a VIP Tour of the ITO EN Tea Farms. The promotion will kick-off before...
The Roots, Jill Scott, Slash & Aziz Ansari to Perform in the Event Center on July 1st ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating 10 years as an unparalleled travel destination on the East Coast, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa along with Live Nation Entertainment announced today a unique concert celebration featuring The Roots with Jill Scott and special guests Slash & Aziz Ansari on Monday, July 1(st) at 8 p.m. in the Event Center. "It has been an incredible...
SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone knows that cycling is fantastic for our overall fitness and health, but what about nutrition and how it has an impact on cycle training? All the training in the world may not give cyclists the results they are looking for if a good nutritional plan isn't followed. Cycle Stuff Direct [https://www.cyclestuffdirect.com ], a bicycle and accessories website looks at the importance of nutrition. Andy Stevens, Cycle...
Dasal engineered two dedicated LED downlights for properties near sensitive sea turtle nesting habitat PORT COQUITLAM, British Columbia, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dasal Architectural Lighting, an innovator in specification-grade accent and downlighting for residential and commercial applications, announced today that two new outdoor LED downlights are certified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Wildlife Friendly Lighting Program. The round Aqua Amber LED...
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Seed saving is the preserving of seeds from mature vegetables, herbs, and flowers used in subsequent years along with bulbs and tubers. Home gardeners have saved seeds for generations and the practice is now becoming common with organic farmers as well as permaculturists. Growers will clone plants so as not to produce seeds keeping the plant “true to type” to the parent plant. True to type refers to the characteristics of the parent plant such as large fruit/blooms. Plants...
Voyageurs National Park is located in the state of Minnesota in the United States. The park contains 218,200 acres of land ancient Native Americans. The first explorers of European descent arrived in the area in 1688. These were French fur traders and explores, known as voyageurs, the people for which the park was named. Logging began in 1880’s and 1890’s and was such a lucrative and uncontrolled industry that the forests there no longer contain abundant adult trees. Gold mining also...
Mount Rainer National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States. The park holds 236,381 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Puyallup and Yakama tribes. Many sites were found throughout the park showing evidence of older tribes including rock shelters and projectile points. The establishment of the park began in 1893, when the Pacific Forest Reserve was established. This area included a national forest as well as Mount Rainer and...
The White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a petite stiff-tailed duck. The adult males have a reddish and grey body, a blue bill, and a largely white head with black cap and neck. The adult females have a brown-grey body with a white face and a darker bill, cheek stripe and cap. On average, its length is 17 to 19 inches and the weight is 1.3 to 1.7 lbs. This duck breeds in Spain and North Africa, with a bigger population in western and central Asia. Their breeding habitat is large...
The Hajar Mountains, which is Arabic for stone mountains, is located in northeastern Oman and the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Lying 50 to 100 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Oman coast, they divide the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau. The mountains start in the north, creating the Musandam peninsula. From there, the Northern Hajjar runs southeast, parallel to the coast but also moving gradually...
