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How To Own The Luxury Coach PDF Print E-mail

Luxury Motorhome Sales is the globe's first full-service motorhome dealership with financing, service centers, extended warrantees, tech support …) and this is the best economy to own a Class A luxury RV of your dreams.

 

Luxury Motorhome professionals locate the perfect coach, world-wide, and guide you through the entire search and purchase process. Your choices include: buy, lease, shared ownership, charter and purchase plans. We handle the details, so you don't have to. Tour our coach showcase . We do have an excellent selection of new and pre-owned luxury motorhomes available around the globe. (www.luxurymotorhomesales.com)

 

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Record Number Baby Boomers Embracing RV Life Style PDF Print E-mail

ImageIt’s Happy Trails – again - for baby boomer motorhome owners. America’s top camp grounds report record RV reservation levels for the summer holidays.  Baby boomers have become the largest growing sect of the motorhome buyers.  In fact there are more RVs owned by baby boomers than any other age group. There are more than 11,000 new 50-year-olds every day.  So what is it about RVs that are making baby boomers embrace the lifestyle? 

The most common reason for the popularity of RV travel for baby boomers are bringing the family closer together, creating new experiences and teaching a respect for nature says Robert Hitlin Associates. Baby boomers have a strong and enduring appeal to the RV lifestyle and it shows--sales for RVs are the highest in 28 years.

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I Love You Said Around The World PDF Print E-mail

ImageIt's often said that love is the same in any language.  Here are some ideas of how to say "I love you" to your sweetheart this Valentine's Day.

 

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The History and Legends Behind Valentine's Day PDF Print E-mail

ImageEvery February we celebrate Valentine's Day by giving flowers, candy and cards to those we love. We do this in honor of Saint Valentine. You may be wondering, "Who is St. Valentine"?

 Legend says, there was an Emperor at that time by the name of Claudius II. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those that were married and therefore outlawed marriage for young men in hopes of building a stronger military base. Supposedly, St. Valentine a priest at the time in Rome, decided this decree just unfair and chose to marry young couples secretly. When Emperor Claudius II found out about Valentine's actions he had him put to death.

 

Another legend has it that Valentine was an imprisoned man who fell in love with his jailor's daughter. Before he was put to death he sent the first 'valentine' himself when he wrote her a letter and signed it 'Your Valentine', words still used on cards today.  
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The History of Conversation Hearts PDF Print E-mail
ImageIn Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Queen Gertrude offers the now-loved sentiment “Sweets to the Sweet.” Perhaps this is the origin of the tradition of giving candy to a loved one. Early American colonists made homemade candies with love notes scratched on the surface for Valentine’s Day. New England Confectionary Company (NECCO) expanded upon the colonists’ idea and created the conversation heart in the mid-1800s.
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How to Set and Succeed With Your New Year's Resolutions This Year PDF Print E-mail
ImageAbout 70 percent of the population of the United States has resolved to make a resolution this year, a promise to take charge of their own lives and change them for the better. Fewer than 10 percent of these people actually follow through on their resolutions, but nobody ever stops to think that that could be them. Many people out there think they were rather clever with their New Year's resolutions and that they are really going to stick to their guns this year. Chances are that your new year's resolutions fall into at least some of the same categories as the other millions upon millions of American citizens out there who have decided to make resolutions this year. According to the United States Census Bureau, the most common New Year's resolutions are as follows: 
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The History of New Year's PDF Print E-mail
ImageThe celebration of the new year on January 1st is a relatively new phenomenon. The earliest recording of a new year celebration is believed to have been in Mesopotamia, c. 2000 B.C. and was celebrated around the time of the vernal equinox, in mid-March. A variety of other dates tied to the seasons were also used by various ancient cultures. The Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Persians began their new year with the fall equinox, and the Greeks celebrated it on the winter solstice.  

 

The early Roman calendar designated March 1 as the new year. The calendar had just ten months, beginning with March. That the new year once began with the month of March is still reflected in some of the names of the months. September through December, our ninth through twelfth months, were originally positioned as the seventh through tenth months (septem is Latin for “seven,” octo is “eight,” novem is “nine,” and decem is “ten”).
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History of New Year's At Time's Square PDF Print E-mail
ImageNew York in 1904 was a city on the verge of tremendous changes - and, not surprisingly, many of those changes had their genesis in the bustling energy and thronged streets of Times Square. Several innovations that would soon completely transform the Crossroads of the World debuted in 1904: the invention of the neon light, the opening of the city's first subway line - and the first-ever celebration of New Year's Eve in Times Square.

 

This inaugural bash commemorated the official opening of the new headquarters of The New York Times. The newspaper's owner, German Jewish immigrant Alfred Ochs, had successfully lobbied the city to rename Longacre Square, the district surrounding his paper's new home, in honor of the famous publication. The impressive Times Tower, marooned on a tiny triangle of land at the intersection of 7th Avenue, Broadway and 42nd Street, was at the time Manhattan's second-tallest building -- the tallest if measured from the basement up.
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Kid Friendly New Year's Activities PDF Print E-mail

ImageWorld Clock 

Have your children at the stroke of midnight find out what time it is in other cities around the world. Some city suggestions are: Wellington, Sydney, Bangkok, Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, Israel, Moscow, Rio Janeiro, Anchorage, Honolulu, Samoa, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Mexico City, Nairobi,  Kinshasa, Berlin, Rome, Hong Kong, etc.

2008 Calendar 

Have kids make their own calendar for the new year.

New Year's Poetry 

Have the kids write a New Year’s poem with each line starting off with the letters in New Year’s. For example, the first line would start with a “N”, the second line would start with a “E”, etc.
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Thanksgiving PDF Print E-mail

eat_ham_434619.jpgAbout The Thanksgiving Holiday And Celebrations

Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November, but many Americans take a day of vacation on the following Friday to make a four-day weekend, during which they may travel long distances to visit family and friends.
The holiday dates back to 1621, the year after the Puritans arrived in Massachusetts, determined to practice their dissenting religion without interference. After a rough winter, in which about half of them died, they turned for help to neighboring Indians, who taught them how to plant corn and other crops. The next fall's bountiful harvest inspired the Pilgrims to give thanks by holding a feast.
The Thanksgiving feast became a national tradition -- not only because so many other Americans have found prosperity but also because the Pilgrims' sacrifices for their freedom still captivate the imagination.
To this day, Thanksgiving dinner almost always includes some of the foods served at the first feast: roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, pumpkin pie. Before the meal begins, families or friends usually pause to give thanks for their blessings, including the joy of being united for the occasion.


 

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Veterans Day Honors Those Who Serve PDF Print E-mail

vets_salute.jpgVeterans Day Holiday History

Formerly Armistice Day, Veterans day is a holiday observed annually in the United States in honor of all those, living and dead, who served with the U.S. armed forces in wartime.

Some states observe the holiday on November 11 and other on the fourth Monday in October. Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, was proclaimed in 1919 to commemorate the termination (at 11 am on November 11, 1918) of World War I. On the first anniversary of the truce, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation eulogizing fallen Allied soldiers and referring to November 11 as Armistice Day. It became a holiday in the U.S., France, Great Britain and Canada.

The holiday acquired its present name and broadened significance in the U.S. in 1954. In Canada it is known as Remembrance Day, and in Great Britain, as Remembrance Sunday.

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Thanksgiving Shopping Season PDF Print E-mail
   thanksgiving_shopping_season_has_begun_big_business_and_dollars_cyber_month.jpgIn the world of retail, Thanksgiving traditionally marks the beginning of the Holiday shopping season. 

The day after Thanksgiving is known in retail parlance as Black Friday, on of the major U.S. shopping days.  The origin of Black Friday comes from the shift to profitability during the holiday season. Black Friday was when retailers went from being unprofitable ( in the red) to being profitable (in the black).  This term dates back to pre-internet when accounting was done by hand in ledgers and “red ink” was used to indicate a loss. 

 
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Internet Travel Sites Compete PDF Print E-mail
 

The Internet self-serve travel industry is enormous.  Americans spent $79 billion on online travel last year. Price and choice are the reasons consumers flock to online travel sites.  Internet-savvy consumers are using their Web research and shopping skills to find new travel products and pricing options.

travel_booking_internet_for_price_and_convenience.jpgWeb watchers predict that spending in this category will grow at around 17% a year for the next five years, totaling $146 billion by 2010. As US traveler customer satisfaction spirals downward, many are saying that self-service is preferable to poor service at even higher prices.

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US History Independence Day PDF Print E-mail
 

America's Birthday Independence Day July 4th  

Happy Birthday America. July 4th, 2007 will mark America's 232 birthday.

She is still looking good for a woman of that age. 

WHERE IT BEGAN: By the middle of the 1700's, the 13 colonies that made up part of England's empire in the New World were finding it difficult to be ruled by a king 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.  They were tired of the taxes imposed upon them. But independence was a gradual and painful process. The colonists could not forget that they were British citizens and that they owed allegiance to King George III.

A "tea party" and a "Massacre" were two events that hurried destiny.  Along with general unrest these events united the colonists.

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Fathers Day Shopping Gift Ideas PDF Print E-mail

Fathers Day: Gift Ideas, Shopping & History


History of Fathers day celebration. Shopping Trends for dads gifts

Father's Day 2008 is June 15th. The idea of Father’s Day was conceived by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration—June 19, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of William Smart’s birth. The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed the public law that made it permanent.

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Father’s Day Gifts Activities For Kids and Family PDF Print E-mail
Great gifts recipes and grilling tips for dad for fathers day parenting humor activities

Gift To Make: Father’s Day Car Tag


Materials :

  • License plate frame
  • Cardboard
  • Construction paper
  • Felt
  • Letter and number stencils
  • Marker
  • Crafts glue
  • Yarn
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Mothers Day Holiday Celebration, Shopping, and Traditions PDF Print E-mail
Mothers Day history and today’s mothers day top gift shopping

On the second Sunday in May, American children of all ages treat their mothers to something special. It is the one day out of the year when children, young and old, try to show in a tangible way how much they appreciate their mothers.

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Mothers Day Parenting Tips: Great Gifts Kids Can Make For Mom PDF Print E-mail
Great gifts for mom parenting humor activities

"Mom's Cooking” Hanging Award Plaque: Great Gifts You Can Make

This Mother's Day gift plaque sends your loving message to Mom.
You Need:

  • Six Jumbo Craft Sticks
  • Mini Kitchen Utensils
  • Raffia
  • Low Temp Glue Gun
  • Tacky Glue
  • Mom’s Love Quote “Everything tastes better mixed with Mom’s Love”
  • Paint and Small Brush
  • Cardboard
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Dating Sites Gathering The Details PDF Print E-mail
 

Internet dating site warmly received income up

Internet Dating - More than one out of every ten Internet users visit dating sites.  When our focus narrows to the Internet population who describe themselves as “single and seeking a relationship,” the number triples. Thirty-seven percent of those who are single and looking for a relationship say they have gone to dating websites.

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15 Million Hispanic-Americans Online For Business and Family PDF Print E-mail
More Hispanic Americans include Internet in everyday living for business, family, entertainment.

The Hispanic-American population is the fastest growing in the U.S. According to Jupiter Research.  The Hispanic-American online population is expected to increase to 15 million households in 2011 from the current 12 million households.

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Nursing Career Opportunities On The Rise PDF Print E-mail
career opportunities in health transportation and research media

Technology and Baby Boomer aging might be the reason demand for nurses, truck drivers and pharmacists is expected to exceed demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that certain jobs will experience a shortage of qualified workers. The job categories include: truck drivers and pharmacists as well as registered nurses, librarians, and machinists.

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Facts Stats About American Life Style PDF Print E-mail
us population and housing costs grow - resources Resources center provides solutions and reference for business, life, living and learning. Staying in school is proven to impact starting salary.

Education: Graduating from high school is likely to increase earning power. Approximately 85 percent of Americans over age 25 are high school graduates. According to a recent report comparing industrialized nations, American adults without a high school diploma typically make 65 percent less than the salaries earned by high school graduates.
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