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Top 10 Ways to Be a Romantic in Yosemite National Park

Yuba Net

by DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite

January 29, 2009

Looking for a unique way to say "I Love You" this Valentine's Day?

Yosemite National Park makes amore easy, with a variety of lodging packages, activities and pre-packaged dining available for the "romantically challenged." Below are ten ways to be a romantic in Yosemite National Park:

Yosemite Conservancy Donates $5.9 Million to Yosemite National Park

YubaNet

by Yosemite National Park

October 5, 2010

With Giant Sequoias keeping watch nearby, Yosemite Conservancy donated $5.9 million to Yosemite National Park to preserve and protect park resources and enrich the visitor experience.

The donation funded more than 40 project and programs. A $1 million effort supported Youth in Yosemite experiential learning programs that also repaired trails, improved campgrounds, preserved images from Yosemite's archives, and expanded educational programs and exhibits at Happy Isles Nature Center. Donations also funded projects to restore Carlon Meadow, study Songbird population changes, and open an exhibit at the Yosemite Museum Gallery entitled "View & Visitors: The Yosemite Experience in the 19th Century."

Sierra Streams Institute Homeschool Information Session Aug. 16 and 23

yubanet.com

by Sierra Streams Institute/Friends of Deer Creek

August 10, 2011

NEVADA CITY, Calif. August 10, 2011 - All homeschool parents are invited to come learn about Sierra Streams Institute's Watershed Science Education Program and the upcoming Fall 2011 programs tailored specifically for homeschool students!

Our Homeschool Science Series explores watershed science activities in depth for students studying at grade levels 6-9. Our goal of this semester long program is to empower youth and connect students to the natural world. We will meet once a week at the Sierra Streams lab and in the field.

This Man Refused Chemo and Outlived All of His Doctors

zengardner.com

July 4, 2014

You could say that Stamatis Moraitis forgot to die. The Greek war veteran was diagnosed by 9 different American doctors with lung cancer in 1976. He was given 6 months to live and was encouraged to pursue aggressive cancer treatment.

He declined and instead moved back to his native land of Ikaria. Then something incredible happened. At first, he spent his days in bed, as his mother and wife tended to him. He reconnected with his faith. On Sunday mornings, he hobbled up the hill to a tiny Greek Orthodox chapel where his grandfather once served as a priest. When his childhood friends discovered that he had moved back, they started showing up every afternoon. They'd talk for hours, an activity that invariably involved a bottle or two of locally produced wine. I might as well die happy, he thought. In the ensuing months, he started to feel stronger...

Californians Outraged As Oil Producers & Frackers Excluded From Emergency Water Restrictions

zerohedge.com

by Tyler Durden

April 3, 2015

California's oil and gas industry is estimated (with official data due to be released in coming days) to use more than 2 million gallons of fresh water per day;

Californians are outraged after discovering that these firms are excluded from Governor Jerry Brown's mandatory water restrictions, "forcing ordinary Californians to shoulder the burden of the drought."

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