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Transportation
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Amidst the huge push for Americans to "go green", and drive less polluting cars, a new form of automobile transport, the electric car, has begun to gain press. One instance of this was the North American Solar Challenge held recently.
The race is no small feat: a 2400 mile race in a custom built car which runs solely on the energy of the Sun. The University of Michigan team won the race in 51 hours 42 minutes, meaning their average speed was about 46 miles per hour. The next closest team from Principia College finished in about 62 hours with the third and fourth coming in about two hours later.
What is amazing about the second place victory is that it came from a college of fewer than 550 students all of them undergraduates. For a team of college students to design and create a car capable of racing 2400 miles cross country and come in second place to a very large college like Michigan, it is quite a feat, even if they were ten hours slower.
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Car Rentals
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You and your family are all set for your vacation to Florida--you have booked the airline tickets, confirmed your hotel reservations, purchased the appropriate travel insurance, and made plans to visit several popular tourist attractions, including the one inhabited by the popular mouse with the big round ears. But have you considered how you're going to get to these different locations once you've landed in the Sunshine State?
Hotel shuttles are great for getting you from the airport to your rooms, but they're not so good at transporting you from Miami to Orlando. So, if you haven't already done so, you need to do some research on Orlando car rentals and your Miami car rental, because the cities are a little farther apart than you might think.
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Florida Travel
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The city of Orlando is one of the major cities in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. A 2006 U.S. Census population estimate gave the city population as 220,186, making it the sixth largest city in Florida. It is also the principal city of Greater Orlando.
The Orlando-Kissimmee MSA is Florida's third-largest metropolitan area, behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. Orlando is also home to the University of Central Florida, which is the second largest university in Florida in student enrollment and has the 6th largest enrollment in the nation.
The city is best known for the many tourist attractions in the area, in particular the nearby Walt Disney World Resort, which is located in Lake Buena Vista about 20 miles (32 km) south of Orlando city limits via Interstate 4. Other notable area attractions include SeaWorld and Universal Orlando Resort. |
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Other Destinations
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There are some beautiful regions in the world to choose for your vacation destination, but I can bet that you won't find a more relaxing location in the Middle East than the Egyptian port city of Sharm el Sheikh. Tourism is the key industry in Sharm el Sheikh, which is comprised of the five regions of Nabq, Ras Nusrani, Naama Bay, Umm Sid and Sharm El Maya, and the city is best known for its surrounding aquaculture, mainly its world-class corral reefs, which are unmatched. |
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Florida Travel
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It doesn't matter whether you want to sail on the ocean or lie on the beach and enjoy the sun, you can find these escapes in the peaceful and beautiful lands of Galicia. Located in the northwest part of Spain, Galicia, and autonomous region, holds many breattaking wonders for your holiday destination. |
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