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☆ Stay safe while hiking in the heat by following this advice from experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Earlier in June, a young couple was rescued on a hiking trail in the California desert after running out of water and becoming dehydrated. Prepare for a hot hike ahead of timeWhether it’s hot or cool, you should be in reasonable shape before tackling any hike. You can do so by taking short, easy hikes in warm weather, progressing up to longer, more difficult hikes in hot weather. You should carry plenty of water when hiking no matter the season, but especially during hot weather. When in doubt, turn around“If you start your hike and think it’s too hot, it’s too hot,” Martinez said.

Persons: Dr, Floris Wardenaar, ” Wardenaar, ” Martinez, ”, Teresa Ana Martinez, Abe Christian, ” Christian, Martinez, you’re, ‘ I’ve, ’ ” Melanie Radzicki McManus Organizations: CNN, KTLA, Big, Arizona State University, Coalition, FG, Florida Trail Association, Skin Cancer, CNN’s Locations: California, Los Angeles, Texas, Gulch, Phoenix, Mexico, Canada, New Mexico, Florida, Fort Pickens, “

☆ Trump mixed up square miles and acres when he bragged to Romney about returning land to Utah, book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As Romney continued to listen to Trump, the then-president told him that he had given Utah "two million square miles of land," according to the book. AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, FileRomney, aware that Trump had mixed up square miles and acres, didn't say anything to the then-president, but noted with some lightheartedness that "two millions square miles would be, like, half the country." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe entire state of Utah, the 13th-largest state by area in the United States, is roughly 85,000 square miles. "I know the difference between acres and square miles," he volunteered during the conversation, according to the book. "This was square miles."

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☆ Pink Floyd, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and Me
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Charlie Savage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Muted tk tkLike other band members have done consistently over the years, Waters denied that Pink Floyd intentionally structured its 1973 album to align with the 1939 film. Before my article, “The Dark Side of the Rainbow” was just a word-of-mouth thing on an early internet message board. I mostly listened to alternative rock in those days, but Pink Floyd’s Usenet group had a hold on me. I shared that page on the Usenet group and added it to a Pink Floyd “Web ring” — a system in which people with related pages linked to one another. The article page was logging hundreds, then thousands, and eventually tens of thousands of visitors.

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☆ How and where to use your travel points for a ski vacation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

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