There are about 150,000 of them spread throughout 213 countries
and you need satellites to help you find them. What are they?
They're geocaches and geocaching is a sport that is quickly
gaining popularity.
The geocaches come in all different sizes and shapes. Usually
stored in a waterproof container, these caches are treasures of
minimal value. The container is often a Tupperware container or
ammo box. The "treasures" can be just about anything you can
imagine: a mini-stapler; a toy soldier; for...
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July 1st, 2009 in
Sports and Fitness
QuestionOligospermia for men, dead sperm can cure the problem please? Even if they can do test-tube baby. Where the other major hospitals are good at it?AnswerHello, oligospermia men dead sperm depends on the specific cause of the problem, and some can be treated, if not, can only be considered a test-tube baby, in addition to Shanghai Union Medical College Hospital, there are Shanghai Yan Chai Hospital, Huashan Hospital and so on are all good. Can be related to the issue of consultation by call...
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June 30th, 2009 in
Health
How would you like to have a three-pound ball the size of a
basketball fired at you at 50, 60 miles an hour, and you have to
hurl your body in a diving attempt to stop it while blindfolded?
This isn't some fraternity initiation prank. It's a real sport
played by blind and visually impaired athletes all over the
world. The game is called Goalball, and it's not for the
fainthearted. In a recent article from the Herald Palladium
(Michigan) newspaper, Nikki Buck of the U.S. National Goalball
Team d...
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June 29th, 2009 in
Sports and Fitness
Eden Camp Museum occupies a former World War II prisoner of war camp of 33 huts and is situated on the road to Pickering from Malton at the junctin with the Malton Bypass.
After the prisoners left, the camp was used for storage and then abandoned. Its grounds then became overgrown.
As the museum was being set up, much clearing, as well as repair and renovation of the buildings, was required.
Some authors have written of the ways in which the museum uses interactive technologies and forms of ...
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June 26th, 2009 in
Art and Entertainment
Ely has been informally accounted a city by virtue of being the seat of a diocese. Its status was confirmed by Royal Charter in 1974, when the parish council of the single civil parish that makes up Ely was formed during a reorganisation of local government.
With a population of 15,102 in 2009, Ely is the third smallest city in England after Wells in Somerset and the City of London, and the sixth smallest in the United Kingdom with St David's, Bangor, and Armagh also smaller....
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June 25th, 2009 in
Travel
Beverley Racecourse is an independent race-track, based in the north of England, in East Yorkshire, and has a crowd capacity of approximately 12,000.
Beverley Racecourse only holds flat race meetings. It hosts over twenty meetings between April and September with July and August being the busiest months featuring evening racing. They have three different enclosures at the racecourse. These are: Top price Members Enclosure, Mid-range Grandstand and The Paddock Enclosure with th...
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June 25th, 2009 in
Travel
The 18-mile (29 km) railway is the second-longest heritage line in the United Kingdom and runs across the North York Moors from Pickering via Levisham, Newton Dale and Goathland to Grosmont. It is the middle section of the former Whitby, Pickering and Malton line which was closed in 1965. The NYMR is owned by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust Ltd
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway was first opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway.
The railway was planned in 1831 b...
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June 25th, 2009 in
Travel
By Rebecca Blain of http://www.everything-soc
cer.com
While it is undisputed that the origins of modern soccer, or
football, originated in Britain, there is a great deal of
evidence that points to this beloved game as having an older
history.
Where did the game of soccer really begin, and how old is it? To
understand how many different varieties of "soccer" there are,
you need to understand a bit about the older versions of the
game and how they have evolved.
Below, you will find a list of the...
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June 25th, 2009 in
Sports and Fitness
All of the holiday parks featured are in lovely locations around the UK.
Each has been chosen for its ease of access to local towns and beauty spots or places of interest.
The sites themselves all have excellent facilities, with laundrette, shops, restaurant and fast food facilities, bars, cabaret, shows, swimming pools and children's play and entertainment facilities galore.
For a budget self-catering holiday with the best of comfort, freedom and top quality facilities, look no further th...
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June 23rd, 2009 in
Travel
Beverley Minster is regarded as the most impressive church in England that is not a cathedral.
Originally a collegiate church, it was not selected as a bishop's seat during the Dissolution of the Monasteries; nevertheless it survived as a parish church, and the chapter house was the only major part of the building to be removed.
Beverley Minster owes its origin and much of its subsequent importance to St John of Beverley, who founded a monastery locally around 700AD and whose bones s...
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June 23rd, 2009 in
Spirituality