Drop a line and see what takes a nibble. At Lake Pleasant - a favorite desert lake among anglers - it could be bass that's biting. Open year-round, Lake Pleasant features more than 50 miles of shoreline with 10,000 acres of crystal clear water fed primarily from the Agua Fria River. Anglers have been known to pull large-mouth bass, white crappie, white bass, channel catfish, and tilapia from its waters. Need to load up on some gear before heading out? Stop in at Cabela's in the Sports and Entertainment District, a 160,000-square-foot, two story showroom stocked with every hook, reel and tackle you may ever need.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Mountain Warrior Weekend
Head to the hills and be sure you pack a picnic to sit back and take in the ultimate view. Trails abound at the White Tanks Mountain Regional Park, where skilled climbers and novices alike can crank up the cardio before taking a break atop one of the rolling hills. Look east to take in the West Valley below, including a dazzling dusk view of the bustling lights of the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale and surrounding Sports and Entertainment District. If you've got the energy, you can test out your skills at the nearby Estrella Mountain Regional Park and Thunderbird Conversation Park, too, just to say you've climbed and conquered them all!!!
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Interesting Facts About Recycling
In general, when a material or product is recycled fewer fresh materials are needed than when a product is manufactured for the first time, less energy is used and pollution to our air and water is reduced. Recycling is important to a cleaner environment.
You’ve seen the triangle with arrows ( the recycle symbol ) on plastic containers a thousand times but did you ever notice a number inside the symbol? Look at the water bottle sitting next to you or in your fridge, look for the recycle symbol and notice what number is inside it (The symbol is usually near the bottom of the bottle and sometimes on the very bottom). The number inside the triangle is probably a 1 or a 2 and is an important number to know. Below we explain what the most common numbers mean and the dangers involved, it’s simple but something we (including our children) should all know.
Important! Be sure to read below, why to never reuse a #1 plastic water bottle to drink out of. The #1 water bottle is your typical store bought drinking water bottle.
Instead of tossing something recyclable into the trash, you should do your part to make sure it gets recycled. Often times there’s designated areas to drop off recyclables. If you have a garbage collector at your home or office, ask them if they have a special container for you to put your recyclables in.
Below are some interesting facts about recycling:
Using the average 12 ounce soda or beer can it would take about 33 empty aluminum cans to equal one pound.
The average disposable diaper sold today could easily last well over one hundred years in a local landfill and the average baby will need at least 7500 diapers from birth until potty/toilet trained.
Glass is 100% recyclable, it doesn’t lose quality, durability or purity during the recycling process.
The international agency for research on cancer has said that styrene ( what styrofoam comes from – polystyrene or polystyrene foam from the styrene monomer) is a probable carcinogen and the EPA says it’s a suspected toxin to some of the bodies organs. The National Toxicology Program has deemed it an anticipated human carcinogen. When you use a Styrofoam cup, remember they have a long lifespan in a landfill and are very unlikely to ever be recycled. Styrofoam is also known to be a choking hazard for a lot of animals.
Have you heard of fog harvesting? There’s a net (sometimes referred to as a fog harvesting fence or fog harvesting tower) that with the help of wind can take fog and turn it into clean drinking water and they are improving peoples lives in some areas of the world where water is scarce.
What the number inside the recycle symbol on most plastics means. It’s usually on or near the bottom of every plastic container. If you're drinking out of one right now it most likely has a 1 or 2 on it. Recycled #2 plastics are heavier plastics than #1 plastics. The #2 plastic would be a typical milk jug, some juice bottles and even detergent jugs. The # 1 is what an average water bottle sold in the local grocery by the pack would most likely have on it. You may notice the #1 plastic is probably very clear and thinner than the #2 container. Different grades of plastics are recycled into different products.
#1 plastics or (PET plastics) are often times recycled into products using fleece, jackets, carpet, backpacks, sleeping bags etc.
#2 plastics can be recycled into heavier more durable products than #1 plastics like plastic crates, outdoor plastic furniture, play sets for children, toys, buckets, and even back into drinking and food grade containers and more.
Plastics #2, #4 and #5 are the plastics that can be made safest for foods and drinking.
Notice we didn’t mention #1 plastic in the safest for foods and drinking? While #1 is considered safe enough by the FDA to drink the contents once, most health advocates agree that manufactures should not recycle the #1 plastic back into a drinking bottle again because of bacteria and chemical breakdown concerns.
#1 grade plastic water bottles. Do not reuse #1 grade plastic bottles, think of the 1 as (one time use) because they are not manufactured or safe for repeated use. Repeated use of a #1 plastic container for drinking or eating can release unwanted and unhealthy chemicals in your food and drink, washing it does not help, washing it does not make it safer and can actually release more chemicals into your food or drink.
Did you know food scraps can be recycled or composted into an excellent compost for gardening? Breads, vegetables, fruit peels, coffee grounds and even eggshells are just a few of the ingredients that can be used to strengthen your soil’s fertility.
Organic matter accounts for about one third of all waste.
We all use bottles and jars either directly or indirectly, Americans discard about 28 billion of them each year.
Buenos Aires is home to about 3 million people which accumulate about 6 thousand tons of trash per day. It’s estimated that around 90% of their trash isn’t being recycled which is overloading their landfills and making garbage disposal a growing concern.
The most used metal in the world today is iron.
The second most used metal in the world today is aluminum followed by copper.
The typical can made in America has about 25% recycled steel in it.
Upcycling is when a material is recycled or transitioned into a more purposeful and valuable item than it was originally. For example, recycled bottles are used to make fleece which is used to make clothes.
Some strange things I’ve seen upcycled into other things are: A teapot and pan upcycled into a cool lamp, wood coat hangers combined with a bicycle rim upcycled into a unique chandelier and thousands of prescription lenses used to make a dazzling and glimmering chandelier ball.
What is Repurposing? Repurposing is when a tool or item is simply used for something other than what the manufacturer created it for. For example, people often use car tires to protect boats when docking.
Statistics say that about 80% of everything which is thrown by Americans can be recycled. The reality is that less than 30% is being recycled. There is a lot of room for improvement.
All the jars and glass bottles thrown away during one month by Americans could fill a huge skyscraper, the size of the Empire State Building. All these glass containers could be recycled instead.
It’s estimated that millions of creatures from the sea have been killed by plastic garbage and bags which are thrown in the oceans.
There is a huge patch of garbage on the ocean and that’s a fact. It’s called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and is an enormous cesspool of various chemicals with a high reading of plastic pollutants. what we’re unclear on is it’s actual size which is now estimated to be larger than all of the United States.
If a ton of paper is recycled, around 17 trees are saved, as well as two oil barrels, 4100 energy kilowatts, 60 pounds worth of pollution and over 3 cubic yards in the landfills. If you’ve read all of the interesting facts about recycling to this point, you’re incredible!
Automobile manufacturers have lots of steel left over when stamping the patterns needed. The left over steel is put on a conveyor inside the plant which travels to bays where it’s dumped in waiting trailers. When the trailers get full they are pulled by a tractor to a recycling facility often times located very near or inside the automobile manufacturer which recycles the steel and then sends it right back to the automobile manufacturer where the process continues.
This concludes your interesting facts about recycling .
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mile (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mile (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.
Phoenix International Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the second and second-to-last track on the schedule.
Family Adventures Run Wild
Take a walk on the wild side as you go on an adventure to Wildlife World Zoo, home to Arizona's most unique assortment of wild animals. Guests are amazed as they get up close and personal with white tigers, albino alligators and even sharks at Arizona's largest aquarium. Large shade trees make for a comfortable visit year round. Follow it up with a trip to the region's own Space Mountain. Just west of Glendale is the Challenger Space Center, where they offer an in-depth look at the magic of the final frontier. Children and grown-ups, too, can take simulated space missions and learn all about the wonders of space. The kids will delight at things like Q&A sessions with real NASA astronauts, and if a little education slips into the mix without them knowing, too--even better! Finally, head back to the homestead - or use one of ours: Tolmachoff Farms. A fourth-generation, family-operated farm that grows a variety of fruits and vegetables locally, this farm also features special events throughout the year. Activities include Family Farm Day in the summer, Pumpkin Days and a Corn Maze in October and November, a haunted corn maze for Halloween, and Christmas events through-out December with Santa Claus. Plus, you get to pick your own produce to take home.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Roses, Ranches and Peacocks -
Roses, Ranches and Peacocks - It's a Time-Travelling Adventure
A rose is a rose, and there are hundreds at Sahuaro Ranch Park, a historic homestead in the heart of Glendale. Families can stroll the garden area and marvel at the up-close visits they're likely to get from the resident peacocks tht walk the grounds. Listed on the National Register of Historical Places and known as the "Showplace of the Valley," the Sahuaro Ranch Park Historic Area offers activities, exhibits, events throughout the year and guided tours - keeping the history of early settlement in the Valley alive. Families can also get in some fun play and picnic time at the surrounding recreational fields, play areas and massive ramadas that complete the property.
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A rose is a rose, and there are hundreds at Sahuaro Ranch Park, a historic homestead in the heart of Glendale. Families can stroll the garden area and marvel at the up-close visits they're likely to get from the resident peacocks tht walk the grounds. Listed on the National Register of Historical Places and known as the "Showplace of the Valley," the Sahuaro Ranch Park Historic Area offers activities, exhibits, events throughout the year and guided tours - keeping the history of early settlement in the Valley alive. Families can also get in some fun play and picnic time at the surrounding recreational fields, play areas and massive ramadas that complete the property.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
A Real Western Getaway!
City slickers can get an authentic taste of the West out Wickenburg way. Kick up some dust and head out to the Desert Caballeros Western Museum to get yourself in the mood. The museum boasts one of the most extensive collections of Western history, art and cultural artifacts to be found. Ready for the real thing? Test your spurs out on the open range at Rancho de los Caballeros dude ranch, which offers everything from the rustic and real to the lounging and luxurious. Want to experience the West without the wild? Check out our native flora and fauna blooming at the popular Desert Botanical Garden, located east of Glendale. Here, you'll find winding trails taking you on a tour of the senses with powerful Sonoran sunsets as your backdrop. Regular events and exhibits include a blend of art and music installations throughout the garden.
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