domingo, 25 de maio de 2014

Yellowstone National Park

, Wyoming/Montana/Idaho Photograph by Robbie George, National Geographic "National parks are the best idea we ever had,” wrote American novelist and environmentalist Wallace Stegner. “Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.” When President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone Park in 1872, it became the world’s first national park—and a boon to family explorers past and present. Now the National Park System includes 397 areas (58 designated as “national parks”), encompassing more than 84 million acres. But Yellowstone, whose two-million-plus remote and rugged acres encompass half of Earth’s geothermal features, stands as the first—an enduring testament to the mission statement etched on the giant stone Roosevelt Arch at the park’s North Entrance: “For the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” “Yellowstone always gives me hope that this country is capable of protecting an area of the park’s size, because we did it at one point. Ask kids to imagine what would have happened if we hadn’t,” says David Gafney, a former Yellowstone interpretive ranger, a seasonal interpretive ranger, and author of Yellowstone, Grand Loop Drive Interpretive Road Guide. Spanning Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, “it’s a high volcanic plateau that is inspiring because of its size, wildness, and location. Kids can look in all directions and be surrounded by higher mountains, and everywhere they turn there is tremendous diversity—wildlife, geysers, and geothermals, a petrified forest, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.” Because Yellowstone is so huge, Gafney suggests breaking up the visit into kid-captivating daily chunks, such as a day each for mammals, thermal features, and waterfalls. This is similar to the format followed by Yellowstone for Families, a three-day, small-group program offered by the nonprofit Yellowstone Association. The association also has naturalists for hire who can re-create some or all of the program’s activities for individual families. “A lot of people think Yellowstone is only Old Faithful, wolves, and bison, and that’s all their kids get to see,” says the association’s Rebecca Kreklau. “Participating in a program created specifically for kids opens up the whole family’s perspective, and lets everyone experience everything that is out there without wearing them out. We go out wildlife-watching and have laser guns so kids can take temperatures of thermal features. We show younger kids how to track earthworms, and show older kids some of [painter] Thomas Moran’s work to help them see how his art helped to create this park.”

sexta-feira, 23 de maio de 2014

Espere no Senhor.
Seja forte! Coragem!
Espere no Senhor. 
Salmos 27:14
Busquem, pois, em primeiro lugar o Reino de Deus e a sua justiça, e todas essas coisas serão acrescentadas a vocês. 
Mateus 6:33
Por isso não tema, pois estou com você;
não tenha medo, pois sou o seu Deus.
Eu o fortalecerei e o ajudarei;
eu o segurarei
com a minha mão direita vitoriosa. 
Isaías 41:10
Respondeu Jesus: "Eu sou o caminho, a verdade e a vida. Ninguém vem ao Pai, a não ser por mim. 
João 14:6
"Porque Deus tanto amou o mundo que deu o seu Filho Unigênito, para que todo o que nele crer não pereça, mas tenha a vida eterna. 
João 3:16

ESTATISTICAS

GANHAR DINHEIRO

E AE GALERA

I waited for you, somehow.

The funny thing was that I spent my whole life wondering how it would be . He had a way , kind and smiling . He had a mysterious , child and adult at the same time look. It was elegant and stripped when necessary . He expected me to dinner together , he would massage my feet and watched TV until late. No, actually , he watched hours , I fell asleep and he covered me before the room got cold and my nose entupisse . We read different books just to be able to trade cards , I had the slightest details of the book and he wrapped me with a curious review that made ​​me read the whole book just to see that "something " so interesting that made ​​him smile several times while reading .

Then you come , come into my life suddenly , waiting an eternity until I realize I solve and then " try " .

You had no way , nor the kind , much less the smile I had esperava.Você not that look much less the variety of styles . You slept before I came. You just read things related to your work and I realized that you decidedly was not the person I dreamed . You are not the man of my dreams , much less who I waited a lifetime .

You gave me an odd smile, just my , just when you're with me . You have a unique elegance, you are simple and it delighted my heart . Do you sleep before I arrive , but leave me cute little notes like " I love you, I'm sleepy , just to dream of you ." You started to read books that I like, just to keep up. And I found out that this is totally different side of me that I want to get one because it was for her that I 've waited all my life