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From time immemorial, wild animals have provided inspiration for artists. In Africa, this is typified by the rock art or “bushman paintings” of the ancient San people.

Today, with the ever-expanding world population encroaching each day on the natural habitat of wild animals, more and more species are under threat, with some now critically endangered. Fortunately there are many conservation-minded people around the world who realize the importance of preserving what’s left of our wildlife.

Included in this group is a growing number of artists who are turning their skills to wildlife art, for both environmental and commercial reasons.

From photo-realistic drawings to abstract paintings, there is now an awe-inspiring variety of wildlife art available. The best of this is priced accordingly, but that doesn’t mean all good wildlife art is beyond the budget of ordinary folk.

Thanks to advancing technology and falling production costs, outstanding reproductions in the form of fine art wildlife prints, posters, and photographs are readily available at affordable prices.

Superb wildlife images, captured by the world’s leading photographers, are now digitally printed on archival photographic paper, producing vivid, pure colors and exceptional detail.

Always popular among wildlife enthusiasts are elephant prints and posters, particularly the work of those artists and photographers who are skilled in accurately depicting Africa’s largest land mammal.

Like their domestic cousins, Big Cats - tigers, lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars - have an enthusiastic following. Fans of these wild felines are fortunate in that their favorite animals are also favored by photographers and artists, thus providing a riveting selection of wild cat fine art prints and posters from which they can choose.

Of course it’s most satisfying to have an original, signed print or photograph, but a first-class reproduction on good quality paper, tastefully matted and framed, will still add a touch of class to any home, den, or office.

If yours is like most U.S. families, you get together to get away from it all. Last summer, Americans took more trips than ever before, and more than a third of them took their kids along for the ride.

So where are all these families going? Seventy-five percent of travelers say they go on vacation to visit more family, but beaches and lakes are also popular spots for summer getaways.

Of course, family vacations aren’t just about the destination; they’re about the trip itself. A fun family trip would be to take a ride on the Pacific Coast highway or Route 66. Some surveys suggest 84 percent of travelers will make a trip by car. If your family is planning to hit the road, try these tips to make getting there more than half the fun.

Easy Directions On The Road - You will never need to ask for directions again on those famous historic roads with the Audiovox NVX226, a fully portable hand-held GPS capable of guiding travelers on foot, on wheels and even on the water. Fully equipped with a 3.5″ touch screen, turn-by-turn prompts, built-in rechargeable battery and handy dashboard/windshield mounting kit, getting to your destination has never been so easy. With 1.6 million Points of Interest built in, you can find everything you need along the way, from parks to local diners.

Safe Trips - Kids and Cars, a nonprofit child safety organization, estimates that more than 12,500 children have been injured in blind-zone back-over incidents since 2001. To keep kids safe in and around vehicles, parents can install the Audiovox replacement rearview mirror monitor, which features an embedded 4.5″ LCD screen with a rear camera input, baby camera input and navigation display. The monitor is designed to work with the CCDLP, a rear license plate cover with a built-in backup camera and microphone.

Exercise is extremely vital for kids from an early age onwards. It is not difficult to make that into something to look forward to as it is in the form of fun. There are many different types of playground equipment for them to play on. school playgrounds as well as parks offer a broad choice of them. Common ones to be found there include the wood swing set, playground slides, merry go rounds, and the outdoor frame for climbing activities.

Schools will sometimes hold fundraisers to be able to purchase more playground equipment for the youngsters. It can be disheartening when there aren’t sufficient swings for everyone or there is a very long line for the playground slides. They may find that some of the exercise equipement they have for youngsters to play on is in need of replacing.

Some parents encourage their kids to play outdoors more frequently by having playground equipment in their own garden. There’s a lot of choice and youngsters will really benefit from it. You will also like that your children aren’t playing by the street with the associated risk of cars coming their way.

Sometimes parents are of the opinion that playground equipment is too expensive to invest in. However if you take the time to check out prices you will see it can be cheaper than you might have believed. It is important to be sure to purchase high quality playground equipment so that it will last a long time, and be safe for your children to play on.

You can find a wide selection of climbing frames, wood swing sets, playground slides and other exercise equipment at play supplies. I do not know if you’ve considered for the younger children a spring rider, or an outdoor trampoline as an complement to swing sets and slides.