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With Super Bowl Sunday on the calendar, it’s a good opportunity to ackowledge eco-friendly green football stadiums, and basketball stadiums, that help the environment by being green. Here’s are the top ten green professional sports stadiums in the USA, compiled by SunRun, which provides and installs solar panels and energy saving solar systems for private
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Your next car may be produced in a 3D printer instead of on an assembly line. Auto makers use 3D printers to create prototype parts. Now, entire vehicles can be produced by 3D printing. The first 3D printed car was actually printed during a recent technology show, assembled, and driven away, while attendees watched. Since
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The National Park Foundation is offering FREE passes to every 4th grader in the USA and their families. The “Every Kid in a Park” initiative provides free access to national parks, historic sites, national monuments and more, for the 2015-2016 school year. So any 4th grader in any of the 50 states can bring a
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Are we there yet? What parent or grandparent hasn’t cringed at hearing that, even when the road trip vehicle is crammed with all the latest entertainment devices to keep kids happy. These old fashioned road games help pass the time and avoid complaints of boredom and backseat fighting, and even help teach spelling and geography.
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Where to Go Next – The Hotel Aquatis has just opened in Lausanne, Switzerland, in a complex with an aquarium and water museum. It’s an interesting combination, but not so unusual considering snow-covered Swiss Alps melt into picturesque lakes, such as the one Lausanne sits alongside. That would be Lake Geneva. The complex is called
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There’s luxury, and there’s over-the-top excess. This $2 Million party for your favorite teen’s Sweet Sixteen, Quincinera or Bar or Bat Mitzvah is beyond excessive. The luxury Grand Velas Resort in Riviera Maya/Maya Nayarit is offering a new “Billionaire’s Birthday Package” for a teen’s supersized coming-of-age celebration, complete with private jet roundtrip transportation from anywhere
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Many of us believe that cars are sculptures in motion, and that’s the idea behind the famous BMW Art Cars, celebrating their 40th birthday with a worldwide tour. Ever since a BMW 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder lined up for the Le Mans 24-hour race 40 years ago, in 1975, the BMW Art Car
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Harley-Davidson is offering FREE riding training to all current and former U.S. military. The Mission Open Road program begins on Armed Forces Day, May 16, and runs through Sept. 13, 2015. The Learn to Ride program is open to active-duty, retired, reservists and veterans. All stateside military can take advantage of this offer by visiting
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Whichever film wins the 2015 Oscar tonight, you can add it to your own personal bucket list destination to visit. Here are four Oscar-nominated films and their real life – or reel life – locations. Wild The 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), which stretches from Mexico to Canada, through California, Oregon, and Washington, is
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It’s award season in the automotive industry, too. Which models will get the auto version of the Oscar at the upcoming New York International Auto Show? Here are the contenders for the 2015 World Car of the Year awards, including some brands and models not sold in the USA. Just like Hollywood’s Academy Awards, there
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