Tuesday, January 4, 2011

1/4 - Kris Williams, Keith -Thomas Ayoob , Lynn Dominy ,

Keith -Thomas Ayoob
Keith can give tips for grocery store shoppers on how to pick out a whole grain brain that truly is good for you. Nearly 95 percent of Americans are missing the mark when it comes to whole grains – a problematic shortfall since eating whole grains can help protect against heart disease and is associated with lower body weight (according to a recent scientific study from the 2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans).
Whole Grain Bread Shopping Check List:
Can you see the whole grains baked into your bread?
Is the bread fresh and moist when you open the package or dry fluff?
Does the bread have at least 20 grams of fiber per serving?

Kris Williams - Syfy's "Ghost Hunters International"
GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL On Wednesday January 5th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, Ghost Hunters International returns to Syfy with seven all new episodes. The showkicks off the New Year with "Hamlet's Castle" (episode 220) in which the team visits the Danish castle that inspired the setting for William Shakespeare's classic tragedy. Ghost Hunters International features a squad of paranormal investigators who use their principles of scientific techniques to explore some of the most legendary haunted spots around the world. Each week the team travels to the far corners of the globe, searching for answers to bizarre eupernatural mysteries. In addition to Hamlet's Castle in Denmark, new investigations also include Pidhirtsi Castle in Ukraine, the Huissen House of Horror in the Netherlands, the Trenches of Death in Belgium and the Petrovaradin Fortress in Serbia. Barry FitzGerald leads the team of investigators, which includes newest member, Ghost Hunters' Kris Williams from TAPS and returning members Joe Chin, Paul Bradford, Susan Slaughter and Scott Tepperman. - the legendary castle in Shakespeare's Hamlet. The Danish Paranormal Society explains the investigators that figures are seen at the windows, screams and horses can be heard in the courtyard, a ghostly soldier can be seen

Lynn Dominy - Acadia National Park
For a select handful of Americans, the 1880s and the "Gay Nineties" meant affluence on a scale without precedent. Mount Desert, still remote from the cities of the East, became a retreat for prominent people of the times. The Rockefellers, Morgans, Fords, Vanderbilts, Carnegies, and Astors, chose to spend their summers here. Not content with the simple lodgings then available, these families transformed the landscape of Mount Desert Island with elegant estates, euphemistically called "cottages." Luxury, refinement, and ostentatious gatherings replaced buckboard rides, picnics, and day-long hikes of an earlier era. For over 40 years, the wealthy held sway at Mount Desert, but the Great Depression and World War II marked the end of such extravagance. The final blow came in 1947 when a fire of monumental proportions consumed many of the great estates. Though the affluent of the turn of the century came here to frolic, they had much to do with preserving the landscape that we know today. It was from this social strata that George B. Dorr, a tireless spokesman for conservation, devoted 43 years of his life, energy, and family fortune to preserving the Acadian landscape. In 1901, disturbed by the growing development of the Bar Harbor area and the dangers he foresaw in the newly invented gasoline powered portable sawmill, George Dorr and others established the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. The corporation, whose sole purpose was to preserve land for the perpetual use of the public, acquired 6,000 acres by 1913. Dorr offered the land to the federal government, and in 1916, President Wilson announced the creation of Sieur de Monts National Monument. Dorr continued to acquire property and renewed his efforts to obtain full national park status for his beloved preserve. In 1919, President Wilson signed the act establishing Lafayette National Park, the first national park east of the Mississippi. Dorr, whose labors constituted "the greatest of one-man shows in the history of land conservation," became the first park superintendent. In 1929, the park name changed to Acadia. Today the park protects more than 47,000 acres, and the simple pleasures of "ocean, forests, lakes, and mountains" that for over a century and a quarter have been sought and found by millions, are yours to enjoy