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Foundation Helps Those With Disabilities Learn New Abilities
KIAHOn Saturday, a number of Houstonians with disabilities took on a new ability - scuba diving. At the Houston Scuba Academy Ana Calvo got her first lesson. "It's something that I always wanted to do. I just didn't know what there was out there, to do...Tags: Health, Diving, Shriners, Hospitals and Clinics, Sports
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Florida Travel Guide for Scuba Diving
Sentinel Staff WriterKnown for its white sand beaches and thousands of miles of coastline, there is more to Florida's sun-filled fun than just the beach. With a diverse selection of underwater environments, Florida offers some of the world's best scuba diving. From the...Tags: Landforms, Fishing, Bodies of Water, World War II (1939-1945), Metal and Mineral
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Twelve hotels that are perfect honeymoon havens
Special to the Los Angeles TimesTravel agent Leigh Karin Padilla of World Leigh Travel in Los Angeles regularly globe-trots in search of the world's most fantastic honeymoon destinations. Like a parent, she can't (or won't) name her favorites, but Padilla agreed to share 12 hotels and...Tags: Pacific Ocean, Politics, Travel, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Marriage
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Florida Springs Guide: Ichetucknee Springs State Park
Ichetucknee Springs State Park
12087 S.W. US Hwy 27 Fort White, Florida 32038 Phone: 386-497-4690
The crystalline Ichetucknee River flows six miles through shaded hammocks and wetlands before it joins the Santa Fe River. In 1972, the head spring of...Tags: Memorial Day, Gardens and Parks, Labor Day, Holidays, Diving
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Florida Springs Guide: Manatee Springs State Park
Manatee Springs State Park
11650 N.W. 115th St Chiefland, Florida 32626 Phone: 352-493-6072
A first magnitude spring, Manatee Springs discharges an average 100 million gallons of water every day. This water comes from rain that falls on lands within a...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Florida, Diving, Politics, Travel
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Troy Spring State Park
Troy Spring State Park
674 N.E. Troy Springs Road Branford, Florida 32008 Phone: 386-935-4835
Enjoy the warm, sunny weather and watch the greenery return at Troy Spring State Park. The first blossoms have opened and the wildlife is emerging, happy to...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Florida, Fishing, Diving, Travel
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Soaring to retrace Wright brothers
Sun StaffFirst in an occasional series WARRENTON, Va. -- On a grass runway last fall, amid the low rolling hills of the countryside, Terry Queijo prepared for takeoff. Her 32-foot aircraft, a reproduction of a 1902 Wright brothers glider, resembled an...Tags: Air Transportation, Bodies of Water, Air and Aviation Sports, Air Transportation Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Excursion to Burma
Baltimore Sun foreign correspondentAs Paul, our dive guide, drifted over a head of coral, his body stiffened. Wheeling around wide-eyed, he put an open hand on top of his head like a fin -- the universal signal for "shark." Inside a coral crevice on the sandy bottom lay a pair of gray...Tags: Health, Fishing, Landforms, Tour Operations Industry, Boats
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FBI puts scuba dive shops, schools on terrorism alert
Chicago Tribune staff reporterThe FBI has begun a nationwide canvass of shops that offer scuba diving instruction based on information that "various terrorist elements have sought to develop an offensive scuba diver capability." Scuba shops in some regions are now receiving the...Tags: FBI, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice System, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Aircraft Hijacking
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Inside the aquarium: Great Barrier Reef
Tribune staff reporterThis one isn't quite like the first six. You can see the world's other natural wonders from the road or from the deck of a boat or the innards of a Land Rover. You can get a better look at them with a hike or a trek or maybe from the back of a mule. You...Tags: Bodies of Water, Clams, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Coral Reefs, Biology
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