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In February 1980, aged 24, Hughes founded Los Angeles-based Herbalife International. It has since become one of the world's largest distributors of Herbalife products through multi-level marketing, with sales of about $3.5 billion in 2007 and 2.1 million Independent Distributors. Now in 95 countries and achieving record retail sales of $7.5 ...
Based on information from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the New York Post reported on February 4, 2013, that Herbalife was subject to a pending probe from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC released 729 pages containing 192 complaints received over a 7-year period in regards to the New York Post's FOIA request. [107]
Roberto Clemente State Park: New York City: Bronx: 24 acres (9.7 ha) 1973 [164] 1,092,606: Harlem River: The first New York state park established in an urban setting. Originally named Harlem River State Park. Includes swimming pools, sports fields, and picnic areas. [164] [165] Rock Island Lighthouse State Park: Thousand Islands: Jefferson: 4 ...
New Jersey's state park system includes properties as small as the 32-acre (0.13 km 2) Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and as large as the 115,000-acre (470 km 2) Wharton State Forest. The state park system comprises 430,928 acres (1,743.90 km 2 )—roughly 7.7% of New Jersey's land area—and serves over 17.8 million annual visitors.
A campground with six sites opened behind the amusement park in 1962, and as of 2004, the campground covered 160 acres (65 ha) with 500 sites. [ 2 ] On June 22, 1972, both South Branch Roaring Creek and Mugser Run , creeks that run through Knoebels, rose 6 feet (1.8 m) over their banks, swollen with heavy rains from Hurricane Agnes .
1911 Philadelphia Athletes win World Series over New York Giants; 1913 Philadelphia Athletics win World Series over New York Giants; 1914 – Empress Theater [64] and Christian Street YMCA [65] open. 1915 Martin Nodell was born in Philadelphia. [66] South 9th Street Italian Market chartered [67] 1917 – American Stores Company in business. [68 ...
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
Independence Mall State Park was created in the 1950s with the intention that the land would eventually be turned over to the NPS. Funded by 40-year state bonds, its construction was a joint venture between Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia and was overseen by Edmund Bacon, director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Many ...