Wheeling Downs in Wheeling, West Virginia hosted the twelfth race of the 19th Night of Stars program on Saturday, May 12th, where a shocking payoff occured when the three top favorites in the race all ran off the board. The Night of Stars is a twice-a-year event that features the best greyhounds from various dog ...
The vast oceans, seas, and gulfs of our planet have long been the source of captivating tales of giant squid, sharks bigger than man has before seen, or one that has been a classic for centuries – an enormous whale with a supernatural ability to elude its predators and ultimately destroy them. It is likely ...
Beluga whales, delphinapterus leucas, are also commonly referred to as white whales and are one of the smallest whale species in the world. They measure 11 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) in length, and weigh anywhere from 2,000 to 3,307 pounds (907 to 1500 kilograms) with males being larger than females. As their ...
The Faroe Islands (sometimes spelled Faeroe) comprise an archipelago, about 1400 square kilometers in total area, located between the United Kingdon, Iceland, and Norway. This chain of North Atlantic islands, often called simply “The Faroes,” makes for offbeat tourism: a quiet, foggy, slow-paced getaway where local color and charm greet visitors under grey skies. As ...
Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center is a greyhound track that also has slot machines, meaning that the dogs run for some of the highest purses in the United States since a percentage of the slot money goes into them. Wheeling Island offers many distance races each week in their seven performances, and naturally, with ...
Sag Harbor is a village in Suffolk County, New York. It is on the South Shore of Long Island right in between East Hampton and Southampton. The Village of Sag Harbor was founded in 1707 and has played an important part in American History, both in the Revolutionary War, when it was occupied by the ...
When the cable channel Animal Planet aired its semi-reality show called Whale Wars recently, I grew interested in the program because I’d been reading a recently published book about whaling titled Harpoon by Australian author Andrew Darby (da Capo Press). The book mentions Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who is the focus ...
I admit, I’ve been a dead head for many years. I have been to many festivals and over 50 concerts. When I try to isolate the top ten songs from Jerry Garcia, it is very difficult. Do I include Grateful Dead songs? Do I only include solo performances? Should I include songs that appear on ...
