Beautiful Indoor Swimming Pools from Around the World

I was browsing around the Net today and got to looking at all the wonderful indoor pools that people have inside their house or business establishments. I thought I would come up with my own personal list of great pools and pick out the 10 best indoor pools I could find online. I am going to have to start working harder in my online programs that make me money each month, so I can afford one of these great indoor pools. If you aren’t currently making money online, you may want to check out some of my programs. All of these are proven to pay and if you are active daily or promote them a lot online, they can really put some extra money into your Alert Pay or Pay Pal accounts.

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10th Best Indoor Pool – Holey Ceiling Pool – I really like this large indoor swimming pool. The architecture all the way around the pool is very nice. The design above the ceiling with all of the holes is a nice touch. I really like my holey ceiling pool a lot and this is why I have this listed as one of the top 10 indoor swimming pools in the World.

9th Best Indoor Pool – Light Colored Archetecture Pool– This is a fabulous pool with a light color in mind. Another pool that is fairly basic, but the architecture surrounding the pool, sure makes it one the neighbors will envy and be jealous of. Who woulnd’t want to have an indoor swimming pool like this in their home?

8th Best Indoor Pool – Living Room Pool– If you look close on the left hand side of the picture, you will see a table and chairs. A place where the family could enjoy an evening dinner; while in the comforts of their super-looking indoor pool. I really love all the different lights around this pool. There are at least 4 different types of man-made lights surrounding this pool, not to mention the two square cut-outs at the top, where an extra source of natural lighting can come in during the day. I wouldn’t have a problem eating every dinner of the week by this gorgeous indoor pool.

7th Best Indoor Pool – Spacious Arch Bridge Pool – This pool has enough space for a whole town to enjoy. You would never have to worry about inviting too many guests over for a swim or sending out too many invites for a pool party. This spacious pool is enough room for everyone to enjoy a good swim. I really the arch bridge in the center of the pool. I really think the bridge is a nice touch and not too many home owners would have thought to include their own bridge, for an indoor swimming pool.

6th Best Indoor Pool – Pool with a View – There are so many positive ways to grade this awesome-looking pool. The indoor designs and things surrounding the pool is as nice as any indoor pool you will ever see. I really like the big columns coming down from the ceiling to the floor and a couple of them inside the pool. What really makes this a top 10 indoor pool is that marvelous view you have outside. The big windows help swimmers to see that there is a big ocean just outside. Not often do you find an indoor pool with a great view, but the designers of this indoor beauty did just that. Everyone will have a hard time finding something wrong with this top 10 pool; if there is something wrong with it?

5th Best Indoor Pool – Romantic Indoor Privacy Pool – This indoor swimming pool screams out for romance, but in a very calm, soothing, and whispering voice. All couples who are still madly in love with one another, will enjoy this romantic piece of luxury. The dark colors and the spraying water off the sides makes this a pool for a romantic good time. A pool you won’t mind showing off to friends and family, but hoping they don’t stay long, so you can be alone with your better half, with this pool of love. Just light the candles and your all set!

4th Best Indoor Pool – The King’s Palace Pool– Just go ahead and find the king and queen, because this pool belongs in a palace. You have heard me talk about the nice architecture design of other indoor pools, but this pool is the king of architecture detail. No stone was left unturned, when they created this amazing piece of artwork, that surrounds a full-size pool and a little circular pool that can also be seen in the picture. Beautiful towering columns in this high ceiling room and the big windows for your viewing pleasure is just a couple of the things that highlight this indoor pool.

3rd Best Indoor Pool – Circular Cave Pool – There really isn’t a cave here, but if you see how the high ceilings go up on the far side of the room, it makes going to the other side like a cave. We are actually viewing the pool from the cave, as we are looking at this spectacular display of H2O (water). If you think this is the best indoor swimming pool on my list, I won’t argue with you. It’s just an amazing all-around swimming pool and I would love to be the owner of this one. So many great things I could say about this terrific pool, that is in the shape of a circle. I know the outside of the pool is what makes it so fantastic, but I love the simple pool design and the wide steps for entry and exit. 2 thumbs up!!

2nd Best Indoor Pool – Pool with a Slide – I thought the arch bridge before was a nice and interesting thing to add-on for an indoor pool. However, if your going to design your indoor pool with a water slide, then you will get my vote every time! Who goes around designing indoor swimming pools with their own indoor slides? I love the light colors, the indoor plants, and the windows inside this pool room. You just can’t ignore that lovely slide and a very elegant set of steps was built to lead you up to the top of the slide. I really thought I knew what I wanted my indoor pool to look like, but I never thought of adding a slide to it. I will have to go back to the drawing board, because the best indoor pool in the World must have a slide.

1st Best Indoor Pool – Ariana’s Playground Pool– Let’s face it. Swimming pools are more for the kids than the adults. I don’t have any children, but if I did have a daughter and her name was Ariana; then I would have to create a pool especially for her. While I might prefer the indoor pools that offer a little more architect and design around them, I would put the kids first and give them the indoor pool of their dreams. My daughter Ariana would be able to invite 100 of her closest friends, if we had an indoor pool like this one! No worries about the neighbors copying you on this one. If you can create this indoor pool at home; then you have an indoor pool that will never be matched in the neighborhood. I guarantee it!

So without question; after I closely examined 100′s of great indoor pools, these top 10 indoor pools are the best of the best. And after naming the best of the best, its Ariana’s Playground Pool that would top any indoor pool in the World. Truly a work of art and a child’s dream to wake up each morning and have the ability to invite their friends over for a swim in this huge pool, equipped with multiple water slides, and enough scenery to last for a lifetime.

One good thing our computers have been good for, is keeping us up-to-date on the latest insurance plans and the different coverages they cover. Also, knowing the latest insurance prices is important and we can keep up with the latest life insurance quotes with our computers. Customers who already have a life insurance plan can easily compare their current costs with the other insurance companies online. It’s always smart for consumers to check these things as frequently as possible, so they can insure they are paying the lowest rates on life insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, and any other active insurance plans you currently have in place. Always seeking the lowest insurance prices online, can end up saving everyone a lot of money down the road; while not having to take risks being uninsured. So take advantage of the modern world of insurance companies being online. Go check today and see if your insurance coverages are the cheapest currently being offered on the World Wide Web.

Up in the North Georgia Mountains near Chatsworth, Georgia you will find a state park called Fort Mountain State Park. For a long time now there has been a mystery surrounding the mysterious wall on the top of the large Georgia mountain. The mystery actually got solved a long time ago, as for who built it and why. The officials running the state park don’t want to give up the secrets and make this public information. They rely heavily on visitors coming in through their gates each year and the wall’s mysterious past keeps a lot of them flowing in each year. If they told why the wall was built and who built it; they would probably lose 30% or more from park and camping fees. So officials will be keeping the Fort Mountain State Park secret under their hat for at least a few more years, if not forever.

I can help to clear up one thing about the “moon-eyed people” the Cherokee Indians use to refer to in the 1700′s. These people may have been in the area before the Indian civilizations set up shop in Georgia. However, for anyone who thought these moon-eyed people might be aliens, I can tell you otherwise. Through an extensive research and trying to discover as much information as possible on the moon-eyed people of Fort Mountain state park, I have come to learn why the Indians in North Georgia call these people  moon eyed. The MoonEyed folks living around Fort Mountain in Chatsworth, Georgia was actually a group of folks who had excellent night vision. Not sure if we could consider it better than average or to what extent their night vision powers could reach. They did have better eye-sight than the Cherokees at night and it was the Indians in Georgia who noticed and caught on to their excellent night vision. The Moon-Eyed people in Georgia were simply given their name, because they could see better at night than the Georgia Indians could. I know this might not be an exciting final answer to the mysterious moon eyed people of North Georgia, but this is the factual conclusion.

As for the mysterious wall, I can tell you the story here is pretty boring too. Some did think the wall was a defensive wall and there were a number of groups who could have built it, to defend their self from rival groups over the last 2,000 years. After taking a closer look, you could see the wall wouldn’t be much help for a defensive battle. The wall does offer an interesting design; which pertains to the Sun. It is built in a way, so the rising sun from the East can light up one side of the wall. While the Sun setting in the western sky, the other side of the wall becomes lit up. So, I can tell you the Sun was a big influence in the creation and design of the mysterious Fort Mountain Wall in Georgia.

I will let the park keep some of the secrets associated with the wall in Murray County.  Like who built it and when exactly did they build it? Both of these things are known, but the officials at Fort Mountain State park is not planning to make this public knowledge anytime soon. I would guess a little over 100 people currently know the full story about the wall at Fort Mountain state park in Northern Georgia. Normally 2 people can’t keep a secret for very long, so I would imagine in time, the truth will slip out and everyone can know the full and complete story about this 800+ feet wall in length and never going above 7 feet in height. Now on to more unsolved Georgia mysteries…

The housing market might be in a crisis for most of the country, but the folks in Texas are doing quiet well. Around the Dallas metropolitan area there is a lot of demand for Dallas Real Estate. You would understand better if you saw some of the beautiful homes they have for sale in Texas. Any new home buyer would be happy with their new home and little white picket fence, if they chose to live in the big D. Luckily there is several Dallas Homes for Sale right now. New home owners will have a nice selection of houses to choose from, if they are in the market for a little of this Lone Star state real estate.

You couldn’t find a better place in the country to start and raise a family. The Dallas area is a perfect area for raising children and for new families searching for their first home. I love the flat land area in and around the Dallas area. I live in an area where there are lots of mountains and steep hills. I think a flat landscape would be a good change of scenery for me. I believe the flat land in Texas is one of their main selling points; when they try to attract out-of-state buyers for new homes, land, and Texas real estate.

You can’t deny all of the fun activities and local attractions Dallas, Texas has to offer. I know I love sports and Dallas is full of good sports teams. Most notably the Dallas Cowboys or America’s Team call this part of the World home. I think everyone has heard about the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders before. You also have one of the best online success stories of the 20th century in Mark Cuban; who owns the Dallas Mavericks NBA team in this growing U.S. city. The Stars offer on-ice fun for those who love professional  hockey. You wouldn’t think of an ice rink being in the warm climate of Texas, but the Dallas Stars do participate in the National Hockey League. You know with all of these sports athletes, who now call Dallas home, they are always looking for deals on Dallas Homes For Sale. If you and your family plan to buy a home in a up-scale section of Dallas; you might just become neighbors with one of these professional athletes, who give their all for the sports fans of Dallas. Now is the perfect time to find value; in all the different income levels of housing and real estate properties for sale in Texas.

If you live in Georgia or plan to travel to Georgia soon, I have a great place you can eat some good seafood. The Marietta Fish Market is a super place with great-tasting seafood and a excellent variety of seafood choices to choose between.

I really enjoy eating here during their lunch hours. You can save a lot of money by eating here during the daytime hours. They don’t give small samples either during their lunch specials. I get more than I can eat at the restaurant and always end up getting a to-go box to take home, so I can enjoy this great seafood later. I love to eat fresh fish and these guys have a big selection to choose from on their fish menu. You will also have a choice of how you want them to cook your piece of fresh fish. I usually will get mine grilled, but their fried fish is good too. The shrimp can be ordered grilled or fried and I recommend a combination platter. Order your favorite kind of fish, you see on the menu and then get a order of fried shrimp or the grilled shrimp to go with it.

I don’t know of anyone who didn’t like eating at this restaurant in Cobb County, Georgia. I live in Cherokee County and don’t mind one bit driving south on Old Highway 5, to get down to the Marietta Fish Market for some good seafood. Have you already ate here before? Please leave your comments and what you thought about this little taste of fresh seafood from the Ocean; that’s located right here in North Georgia. You will have a hard time finding a restaurant that serves bigger portions, better taste, and for such a good price; than this tasty little seafood restaurant in northern Cobb County.

Home security is a multi-billion dollar business these days and for good reason. Our home and the things inside our homes are the most valuable things we own in life. Making sure they are secure is a top priority for most home owners. If it isn’t high on your list now, you should really change your way of thinking, before it is too late. Home security systems are a lot more advanced than they use to be. A lot of families go this route; when it comes to protecting their home. You and your family may not quiet have the budget right now to afford a home security system or any high tech security gadgets to install in and around your house. A cheaper alternate you could choose to make is finding the Kwikset hardware for your doors at home. This hardware can probably make your door knobs much more secure than your current hardware your door knob’s are using. It might not seem like a big security upgrade, but it does help to lower the odds of your home becoming a target for burglars. Try to find other ways to secure your doors and windows at home, so you can keep the bad guys out and the good things inside!

Come Chat with a Team of Late Night Surfers

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Google is bringing in more surfers who like to stay up late at night on the computer. Our great group of night surfers like to surf well into the darkest parts of the night. You can see the Google Surfing Team working just as hard at midnight, as you will see them working at noon. If you find that you have a little night owl blood racing around inside of you, come join the Google Ranked Us team at Trafficera online and stay up all night chatting with us. Good surfers are really hard to find and it can be even tougher finding those who don’t have a bedtime. Our team meets and exceeds our night time goals and now we want you to come and join our late night chats at Traffic Era. You just never know what will get said next in our late night chat rooms. There is only one way to find out and that’s coming over to join the best online surfing team currently on the Net.

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Any golfers planning a trip to Myrtle Beach to hit a few golf balls around; might want to listen to this. There is a website online called 48 hour tee times and they can save you money on your next round of golf. They are currently working with a lot of the area golf courses in and around the Myrtle Beach area in South Carolina. For the golfers who come online and book their tee times in advance by 48 hours or so, can get nice discounts at the golf courses. I don’t live too far away from Myrtle Beach and I do love to play golf. If I see an opportunity in the near future to go play some golf on a weekend getaway to beautiful Myrtle Beach, you can sure bet I will book my tee times in advance. Who wants to pay full prices; when you can save money on golf games by putting your computer to use?

Mini Golf Prices at Full Length Golf Courses

Playing putt putt golf can be a lot of fun, but it is still no comparison to the big boy golf courses. If Myrtle Beach golfers will take the time to book their tee times on the computer, they can play some real 18 hole golf at cheap prices. It may not be quiet mini golf prices, but the bottom line is all golfers can save money by booking 48 hours in advance. If some golf in Myrtle Beach sounds like fun to you, just be sure to check out this website first: www.48hourteetimes.com/  48 Hour Tee Times is ready to get you and your golf clubs on the course, so you can have a reservation to some of the nices places in Myrtle Beach.

The Heather Glen Golf Course, Pine Lakes, Sandpiper Bay, and Azalea Sands are just a few of the golf courses you will see available for reservations and golf discounts. Just by booking your golf times in advance, you can save money off the regular costs, these Myrtle Beach golf courses are normally charging to their golf players. Now you know who to get in touch with, before you visit the next Myrtle Beach golf company.

The Cincinnati Reds have a very interesting young pitcher in their minor league system. His name is Aroldis Chapman and the kid has one of the best arms ever. While he’s yet to pitch in a MLB game yet; his stuff is clearly ready for the professional batters. There have already been articles written up about him for his 100 mph fast ball. He’s even been known to click the 103 mph mark from time to time. Now a scout in the stands clocked him at 105 mph and so did the radar gun in the stadium. These are two different radar systems and both showed Chapman’s arm throwing a blistering 105 miles per hour!

After seeing MLB not let one of their best pitchers in 2010 compete in the All Star Game and now that same pitcher will need Tommy John surgery; you would hope the Reds baseball team would go ahead and call up the young phenom on the mound. The injured pitcher is Stephen Strasburg and it was a pity he didn’t get to pitch in the 2010 All Star Game. Many felt like he would have many more years to pitch in the A.S. Games; since he is so young and talented. Now that an injury has him sidelined and he will never be a top-tier pitcher in the Majors again. We can now see how the National League manager Charlie Manual of the Philadelphia Phillies made such a huge mistake. He is the one that will have to go to bed at night, knowing he was the NL manager who kept Washington Nationals pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg out of the Mid-Summer Classic.

The Reds need to avoid a Strasburg situation and give Chapman his time to shine in the Majors right now. Life is too short in general and it’s a lot shorter for a MLB pitcher. I hope to see this kid with the 105 mph fastball in a Major League ballpark soon. No MLB batters can consistently catch up to heat like that. Judging by some of his latest stats, the kid isn’t wild either. He knows where that 105 mph baseball is going and he’s pitching it over the plate to hitters. Let’s get a glimpse of him, before his career comes to a sudden end like it did for the 22 year-old Washington Nationals pitcher.

Enjoying Our Fresh Water

Our precious supplies of fresh water could all disappear one day. It would be a scary situation, if Man didn’t have any more fresh water to drink or use for cooking. It probably wouldn’t be too noticeable, because we probably wouldn’t even be around to see a world with no fresh water. The World supply of fresh water is constantly in danger and we have to always be thinking about better ways to Save Water. Our world is changing and most of it is due to global warming or climate change. All nations will have to start somewhere, if we hope to change the deadly course we are on now. I believe starting with our supplies of fresh water is a good starting point.

We don’t have to solve this problem tomorrow. We just need to begin taking steps today, so we can insure there is a tomorrow. Something as simple as saving a few gallons a week with your toilet bowl can make a big difference; when every family starts taking action. The dual flush toilet is a much more cost-effective way of saving families gallons and gallons on their monthly water bills. Reducing the cost on the water bill is helping to insure our supplies of fresh water stay strong in our communities, states, countries, and the one planet we all live on. Currently we are wasting a lot of water from our toilet systems and this is an area we can improve on right now. The technology has already been created for us to save water, each time we have to flush the toilets at home. It’s just up to each family to insure their household isn’t wasting any water with their current toilet bowl situations. Dual Flush Toilets can begin helping us with the fresh water wars we are currently in with Mother Nature right now.

The bottom line for all of us, is we do need fresh water to drink and cook our meals with each day. Filling our swimming pools with fresh water, washing the car, or taking a nice hot shower are all luxuries; which come from fresh water supplies. We may have to start using other water sources on Earth for these chores. If our water levels ever go too low, we would have to make adjustments, so we could continue to have fresh water for drinking. These changes don’t have to be drastic, if we all begin making the small changes now. Going to the hardware store this weekend to pick up a low flow toilet, is just one of the things you can start doing to help. It only takes one drought in a certain area of the World; to prove just how miserable a world without fresh, clean water is and these folks won’t take it for granted anytime soon.

Fresh Homemade Baked Biscuits

There isn’t many things in life as good as a fresh baked biscuit from Mom’s kitchen. You just can’t sit down to a country-style meal without having a biscuit or piece of cornbread nearby. Your typical vegetable restaurants will serve customers a meat, 2 vegetable choices, and a biscuit or cornbread with each order. For people who eat a lot of fast food or don’t cook much at home, probably don’t get to enjoy these southern-style meals too often. So it’s a treat when you haven’t ate a good home-cooked meal in awhile and finally get to sit down and have one. The meat and two vegetables might taste really good, but if it doesn’t come with bread, your meal will just be lacking. This is why a good home-made biscuit belongs with every meal and it’s the icing on the cake for these traditional home-style meals.

A lot of restaurants out there do a good job with baking fresh home-made tasting biscuits. I have several restaurants I know I can count on for a good biscuit each day. Some people just like a hot biscuit with a little butter and they could make a meal out of that. I still want the meat and vegetables, but the biscuit is just as important as the main dish is to me.

Now imagine you have an out-of-town guest to come in for a visit. They haven’t eaten anything in a long time and really want to go out and get something to eat. They only make one request and allow you to select the best place to meet this request. Your visitors request for you to take them to the restaurant with the best homemade biscuits. They don’t care where you go or which restaurant you choose. They only want the best biscuit your town or city has to offer. Where would you take them?

A. Cracker Barrel

B. Hardees

C. Mrs. Winners

D. Bojangles

E. Churchs

F. KFC

G. Red Lobster

H. McDonalds

I. Chick-Fil-A

J. Burger King

K. Local Restaurant

Do any of these places stick out in your mind as having a good biscuit to eat? I know in a lot of cases, you probably would want your guest to have a unique, hometown experience. So you would probably take them to a local diner or a Mom & Pops restaurant that are locally famous for their restaurant biscuits. Let’s just go ahead and take away all of your local restaurants out of the equation. Which famous chain-restaurant makes the best dog gone biscuits you have ever put in your mouth? Perhaps I have left off a restaurant from my list above. Feel free to name any restaurant chain in which I might have forgot to mention. Please try to just pick one or two restaurants that stand above the competition and serves their customers the best home-made biscuits each day. I look forward to seeing which restaurants score the best on this online biscuit poll for the best biscuits. After we learn which restaurant makes the best biscuits, we can try to get their biscuit recipe, so we can make them at home for our families. It may be tough to do and some probably won’t share online biscuit recipes with the World Wide Web.

A lot of new hosting companies are springing up all over the place. I guess the website hosting industry is a lucrative business to go into these days. Webmasters will have to be careful of all of the smaller guys and companies trying to fight for your business and hosting needs. There are so many more companies to choose from, you know the odds mean a few will not be the most reliable service, a website owner could choose to hire. If webmasters will take their time and do a little research; the flood of new hosting companies will mean lower prices across the board. At least it would be a safe assumption to expect lower prices for hosting and perhaps even a better quality of web hosting too.

I really like the websites online, which take the time to list all of these new companies. They give consumers a chance to express their opinions about a certain web hosting company. These types of websites allow new webmasters a chance to see which companies are probably going to make them the happiest; once they do employee one of these hosting providers. A webmaster who is currently not happy with the company they hired, could also switch to a new host; while having an educated guess about their next choice delivering a good hosting service.

Web Hosting Geeks is one of these services online; which is a great free tool for webmasters. They allow members of hosting services to come on their website and post good or bad reviews about a variety of different services online. Their main homepage is very easy to understand and plainly lists the 10 best overall web hosting companies. I even see where they list a Top 10 Green Web Hosting area. This special green section is given to the providers who respect our planet and go the extra mile, to make their hosting services as Eco-friendly as possible. I would have never thought these money-hungry hosting providers would put Mother Nature over the almighty green dollar. I guess all of these companies are not just starting up new businesses to collect the green stuff and are actually paying their respects to the 21st century’s hope in a greener tomorrow. I would have known about things like this, if I read the web hosting news every now and then.

I would like to see a show of hands out there and see how many others knew about environmental-friendly hosting services? Please do your part and spread the word about these types of hosts existing on the World Wide Web. This would make a great new post for a blogger who is having a brain-freeze and needs a new topic to blog about. If you do blog about it, please reply back and post the link back to your individual blog post. I would like to read a few of these green blog posts and I thank you in advance!

A big chestnut tree that sits in the middle of a lot of buildings in Amsterdam has been talked about a lot over recent years. Some felt like it was time to remove the tree and open up the space the tree was taking up. Others felt the tree was not safe for visitors, who were going to the office building, in which Anne Frank and her family was hiding in the attic from Nazi German soldiers. On the other side of the debate was the supporters of Anne Frank and they wanted to see the tree stay up, since the big tree brought happiness to Anne; while she was a young teen growing up in a very small space for over 2 years of her life.

Famous Anne Frank Tree

The big chestnut tree has been standing strong for over 150 years now. It was well in the ground and growing high toward the sky, long before the Frank family went into hiding and before Hitler started invading his neighbors in Europe. The tree has remained firm in its original setting, since Otto Frank and his family got betrayed and sent off to prison camps. The tree survived long past Hitler’s reign of terror on the Jews and even continue to grow as the new millenium finally arrived in the year 2000. However, just a short decade later and in the month of August and in the year 2010; the 150+ year old Anne Frank Tree finally met its match. It was Mother Nature who would solve the Anne Frank chestnut tree debate, as she poured soaking rains into the Amsterdam area. The moist ground, which the famous Amsterdam tree had its roots firmly planted, finally gave way to the high winds and all of the stress being caused by the towering tree. The beloved tree that would cheer up the famous young girl, based on her entries into her diary, we all know about now is just a memory, as the clean-up process begins to remove the 150 year-old tree.

In some ways this tree will continue to grow. There have been a number of saplings taken from the tree over the years and a lot of them are growing all over the World. This famous chestnut tree is actually growing more now than it ever did during it’s 150 year-old life on Earth. This historic Amsterdam tree is like a mother for so many offspring trees which in some cases will be around for another 150 years or more. We can all shed a small tear today, knowing the Anne Frank tree will no longer stand tall in front of the Amsterdam office building. At the same time, we can crack a smile knowing the saplings from the Anne Frank tree are still very much alive and will grow long after the August, 2010 death of the original Anne Frank tree.

-IN LOVING MEMORY OF ANNE FRANK -

Born June 12th, 1929 and Died Sometime in Early March in a Nazi Concentration Camp in 1945

Guest post written by Rolf Tate

A few months ago I decided I needed to know more about what was going on in the world. I wasn’t keeping up with what everyone was talking about at my college campus so I decided to get a little bit more news in my life. I tried reading the newspaper but I always ended up falling asleep in the morning. It was then that I decided to watch a news network on my satellite television that I got from tvbydirect.com.

I went through all the different networks from CNN to MSNBC. I never seemed to find a fit that was right for me. Then I stumbled onto Fox News and I believe I have found my home.

Glenn Beck is my favorite newscaster, and he is one of the most popular on Fox News. He is one of the only talk show hosts who actually seems to care about what he is reporting. He wants America and the world to succeed and he believes we have it in our power to do it. That is why I like him. Most news programs are just boring presentation of facts and who won American Idol last night. Glenn Beck uses diagrams and facts to prove his points and is a very passionate man.

I’m really glad I decided to start watching the news. It has helped me so much in my classes and in random conversations.

Miss Universe – Jimena Navarrete

The 2010 Miss Universe is Jimena Navarrete and she calls Mexico home. A lot of things going on in Mexico these days. From a struggling economy to a rising crime rate, that continues to overwhelm the Mexican Authorities working South of the Border.  Hopefully a new ray of sunlight will now be casted down on this Western Nation as their young lady took top honors in the most recent Miss Universe Pageant; which just about every nation on the Planet had a representative.

The new Miss Universe plans to keep Mexico on her mind. She wants to use her new-found fame to help solve the problems of this struggling nation. If anyone can make a difference in Mexico; then I certainly believe Jimena Navarrete can be that person. She will be a great role model for everyone in Mexico. She will also pave the road for the future teens and young ladies of Mexico; who hope to one day wear the crown, as their very own Miss Mexico and now Miss Universe is doing right now. Some may believe beauty pageants are out-of-date and just plain wrong to do. I think when you choose the best woman to sport the crown, like in this case with Miss Mexico, I believe so many positive and good things can come from it. At least a lot more positive possibilities exist; which can easily out number all of the bad things that get associated with the outside beauty of these women, who participate in pageants annually. Congratulations to Jimena Navarrete for being the World’s Miss Universe for 2010!