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So who knew that Twitter's new video-sharing app, Vine, could be a vehicle for pornography and other exhibitionism? Well, anyone that's ever used the Internet, really.
And that's what happened. Last week Twitter unveiled Vine, an iOS app that lets users record six-second, looping snippets of video and share them with the world. As Michael Muchmore noted in his review of the free Vine app, this isn't the first time that video and Twitter have come together. "Vine is more of an attempt to co-opt the craze for animated GIFs, most prominently evidenced on image-heavy mini-blogging site Tumblr," he wrote. "You could also think of it as the latest entry in the 'Instagram for video' app genre."
If you're not interested in downloading Vine (or have an Android phone), there's VinePeek, a Web app that simply pulls Vine posts as they hit the stream.
Vine at least allows you some control over which videos you choose; an "Editor's Choice" list curates some of the more popular. Quelle surprise, then, when Vine briefly showcased a woman with a sex toy as one of those curated videos. Vine dismissed the addition as "human error."
Typing in "sex" or "porn" on the Vine app and hitting returned a "No tags found" message this afternoon. But as you type in those words, a drop-down menu will show you hashtagged, suggested searches, like "#porn" or "#sex"- tap those results, and you can find some adult content.
The problem, of course, is that Apple has traditionally blocked porn and other adult apps from its App Store. Why hasn't Vine been included among them? Apple hasn't said, but possibly because Vine's expressed purpose isn't porn, but to share generic video. Other apps, however, have had more of an adult focus on mind. In any event, the fact that Apple had another porn problem on its hands generated a round of hand-wringing on various blog sites.
Years ago, however, apps didn't exactly dance around the subject of porn - they satisfied the demand, so to speak. Now, some of those apps have shifted over to Google Play. Of course, if you're really looking for porn, most adult websites have now shifted to mobile-friendly formats.


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In 1990 Harley-Davidson created the FXLR 1340 Low Rider Custom, which is a V2 1337.00 ccm (81,17 cubic inches) beautiful motorcycle that we will now get to know better by examining its characteristics in further detail.
Over the next few lines Motorbike Specifications will provide you with a complete list of the available Harley-Davidson FXLR 1340 Low Rider Custom technical specifications, such as engine type, horsepower, torque, top speed, compression rates, tyre dimensions and many others, so here it goes:
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- Brand: Harley-Davidson
- Model: FXLR 1340 Low Rider Custom
- Production Year: 1990
- Category (Type of Bike): Sport
- Engine Size: 1337.00 ccm (81,17 cubic inches)
- Engine Type: V2
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- Fuel Capacity: 16.00 litres (4,21 gallons)
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- Number of Valves: 2
- Cooling System Type: Air
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- Front Brakes Type: Single disc
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New York – CHF Industries has partnered with furniture and home furnishings brand Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams to launch a line of bedding and accessories. The collection will officially debut at the MG + BW showroom in April during the High Point Furniture Market.
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Tropical Fish Keeping - Aquarium fish care and resources
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Cycling future cichlid tank...any red flags? So I bought a 50 gallon tank on craigslist, just planning on filling it with gouramis or something like that when the seller said that he recommended cichlids. It wasn't my plan to have cichlids as this is my first tank besides a betta and I've heard they are very sensitive with water quality. I've decided to give it a go, and I currently have just started the cycle. Here is what I've done: 1. I bought a 50 gallon tank on craigslist with sand and crushed coral, plus a light and glass tops. http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030682.jpg 2. My cousin and I used hand-held strainers to separate the sand and crushed coral, as they were mixed. http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030677.jpg http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030681.jpg 3. We washed the crushed coral 4. We put the sand down, and then the crushed coral. 5. We found some smooth stones in my backyard and washed them (without soap of course), and placed them in the crushed coral along with a (I think it is limestone) rock that he gave me. http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030669.jpg http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030670.jpg 6. Slowly poured in water with buckets. 7. Got our 30-60 gallon Aqua-Tech filter running (which is only 330 gph, so later I fix that). http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030667.jpg http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030696.jpg 8. We put the backing he gave us on the back of the tank. One side was black, and the other side was a colorful background, which is what I chose. 9. I got a small Aqua-Tech 10-15 gallon filter, which is 100 gph, bringing my filters filtering 430 gph. http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030699.jpg http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030701.jpg 10. My Finnex 30-60 gallon heater came in the mail. I was worried, because it is tiny and only 150 watts, but I'm really impressed with it, it gets the whole tank exactly or very close to what I set it to. http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030017.jpg 11. I put in some decorations and fake plants (I have a small cave coming in the mail soon). 12. I did a 50% water change, and did water tests with the API Master Liquid Test Kit. 13. I just put in some fish flakes to get some ammonia into the water. http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030024.jpg http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030020.jpg Here is a picture of how i fist got it: http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...6/S5030664.jpg Here are my first test results (These were taken yesterday, right before I put the fish flakes in) Ph: 7.6 + High Range Ph: 8.2 Ammonia: 1.5 (don't know how that got there) Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 and I still need to buy a hardness tester. I still need to read a lot more about cichlids so I'm sure there are some obvious problems, so please let me know if there are any read flags. Thank you for your time, -Ian |
One red flag, don't just put any stone in your tank. Please test it with white vinegar and see if it fizzes or make pock marks in the store. This means it contains metal which will kill your fish. Limestone usually contains metals, so test all of the rocks you want to include. At this point I would do a PWC (partial water change)after your check your stones to make sure they are metal free to hopefully reduce the contaminents in your tank. |
PRcihs87, I tested the stones with vinegar before I put them in, none fizzed. Sorry, I forgot to say that. Thanks, -Ian |
Your coral gravel will raise the hardness and corresponding pH. It is basically calcium. This is fine for rift lake cichlids (which presumably is what the prior owner meant by advising cichlids) and livebearers which require harder basic water. With these fish you won't have any issues over hardness and pH. But you should consider this in light of your tap water though; it may already be hard and basic, or it may be soft and slightly acidic which can cause water change issues. Do you know the hardness and pH of your tap water? I wouldn't run out and buy a hardness test kit, you may only use it once. Tap water hardness can be ascertained from your water supply company/municipality. Byron. |
Byron, Th Ph of my tap water is 7.6+ and the High Range Ph is 8. My tank's Ph is 7.6+ and the High Range Ph is 8.2, so it looks like the crushed coral has raised the Ph a little. I have contacted my water company about the hardness, they should get back with me sometime today. Thanks for the info, -Ian |
Also, using two different range kits can be misleading. My thought on this would be to first ascertain from the water company the pH and hardness and see which of your kits matches. Also, I don't know which kits you are using and what ranges they have, but once you have ascertained which is identical (or nearly) with the water company, I would stick with that kit. But once we know the hardness, it will itself suggest which kit would be better. Hopefully all this will match up in the end. |
My water company contacted me back and said the ph was around 8 and the hardness was "very soft". The Ph proves that I'll be using the high range test, right? And for the hardness, I think I may as well go buy one, they are only around $3 I think and I don't want to take chances. Hopefully the coral gravel will raise the hardness enough? -Ian |
This is probably the least important thing, but Id say go with the black background. I have 2 tanks behind me, one with a black background and one with a picture or rocks and plants or something, the difference is like looking at a painting and looking at a puddle. |
thanks, I changed it and it looks a lot better. |
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My husband recently went through radiation therapy for 42 days for prostate cancer. His bladder stopped functioning before treatments started and is still not functioning. He has some symptoms of Parkinson`s Disease; will this disease cause your bladder to become enlarged and stop working?
It is difficult to say why your husband is not urinating. This may be from the enlarged prostate blocking the water channel. Sometimes there may be some initial swelling of the prostate with radiation making it harder to urinate. The bladder may not squeeze hard enough to empty. In addition the Parkinsons Disease can effect both the bladder and the outlet. I would suggest that you discuss this with your Urologist who can be more specific with you.
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my son went to the emergency room, his thumb had swollen severly and the docter made a incision on it and than wrapped it in bandages and was told not to remove the bandage to return to a doctor in 2-days. he is taken antibotics but has no money to return to a doctor. so the question is what do we do about the bandage.to change it or let it be open to dry out???
Hand injuries and hand infections are very serious and can easily lead to permanent disability. The doctor wanted your son to be seen for two reasons: 1) to be sure that there were no tendon, nerve or blood vessel injuries that were not recognized at the initial visit; and 2) to be sure that no infection had set in.
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Christmas Price Index, 2007-2008The true cost of Christmas in song is $86,608.51Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth Management has calculated the cost of the gifts in the classic holiday song The Twelve Days of Christmas."
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Paris-based designer Patrick Norguet has been put at the helm to design McDonald's restaurants throughout France. The idea behind the redesign is for the brand to get back to family-based fast food dining instead of the image that it had become over the years as a teenage hangout.
Norguet began with a white palette and added bold accents sparingly throughout, including McDonald's signature red and yellow. The birch plywood that is used is described as taking "root" and expanding throughout the restaurant to establish different areas of eating and privacy. Digital terminals are now placed throughout to make the ease of ordering close to your table an option and then have the food served directly to you.
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London 2012: Travel advice for day three of Paralympic Games
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Routes to and from the Olympic Park will be very busy today as all seven venues at the site are used for the first time during the Paralympic Games.
Approximately 215,000 people are expected to go to the Park, and there are also four major football fixtures are taking place across the capital which will lead to an increase in people travelling on public transport.
Matches will be at Tottenham, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Millwall. At Twickenham, the Aviva Premiership kicks off with games involving all four London clubs - Saracens, London Wasps, London Irish and Harlequins.
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Schooling different tetra I have 2 red minor tetra that came along with a hand me down 20 gal. I want to buy more tetra. Would any other tetra like black phantom school with the red minors? |
Red Minor Tetra are also known as Serpae Tetra. No, they prolly will not school so much with other tetra. I have had 2 species of tetras school together before but in my experience there has to be suffiecient numbers of each species for them to feel safe. |
@ Ladayen: Thanks a lot. I guess I will get some more of serpae then. Though I am worried to put in smaller ones with these guys. |
I would think carefully before buying any more Serpae Tetra. This is not a "community" fish per say. It has a well deserved reputation as a fin nipper, and tankmates must be carefully selected. It's nipping can sometimes be confined to within the group by having 8 or more, but this is not a certainty. And in a 20g, that would be about it for fish. If you have a good fish store nearby, they might be prepared to take them off your hands. We have fish profiles containing info on fish species, second tab from the left in the blue bar across the top of the page. Or click on the shaded name. Byron. |
Thanks a lot Byron, I read your post tad too late! I just got 5 serpaes! At least for now they are not nipping at each other, and they have the whole 10 gal for themselves. Once I exchange my goldfish for something else, and empty the 20 gal, I will move the serpaes over to the 20 and make that a dedicated serpae tank. -Ashish |
I actually have both these species in my tank, red minor and black phantom, and they do school together. Also, like mentioned many of the red minors can be fin nippers, I had to return quite a few before keeping 2 calm ones along with 3 phantoms. They all school togeher much of the time. |
I got 5 serpae to school with my 2 older ones, put them in my 20g with 3 cory, but the tetra were too aggressive and nipping like anything. Returned them today and got 6 neons instead. Now my 20g has 6 neons, 6 minnows, 1 sunset gourami, and 3 cory. |
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Yeah! They were good boys for a week and then suddenly they did a turnaround! I am happy they are gone before other the fish got stressed! |
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A new study released through SUNY New Paltz confirms what every volunteer at food pantries across the mid-Hudson region sees every day: a food safety net that's being stretched to its limits, while needs escalate and resources diminish.
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03-30-2011, 05:02 PMThirty years ago, on March 30, 1981, my father, Ronald Reagan, went to the Washington Hilton to address the AFL-CIO. After the speech, he left the Hilton by the VIP exit, surrounded by aides and Secret Service agents. A small crowd lined the sidewalkincluding one disturbed young man, John W. Hinckley, Jr. As my father waved, Hinckley pulled a revolver and fired six shots in 1.7 seconds.
Hinckley's aim was poorbut devastating. He hit press secretary James Brady, policeman Thomas Delahanty, and agent Timothy McCarthy. One bullet hit the armored flank of the limousine, ricocheted, and entered beneath my father's raised left arm. It stopped in his lung just an inch short of his heart.
Secret Service agent Jerry Parr shoved Dad into the limo, and the car sped away. When Parr saw the president coughing up blood, he ordered the driver to divert to George Washington University Hospital. Parr's decision saved my father's life.
Arriving at the hospital, Dad got out of the limo and walked into the building under his own power. Just inside the door, his knees buckled. "I can't breathe," he said. Agent Parr and the hospital staff helped him into the emergency room.
While the doctors and nurses worked on my father, he remained calm and unfailingly courteous. "I don't mean to trouble you," he said at one point, "but I'm having a hard time breathing."
Nancy entered the hospital less than ten minutes after Dad arrived. The doctors let Nancy come close, believing her presence would reassure him. Nancy later recalled that Dad looked ashen, and his lips were caked with blood. But he put her at ease by joking, "Honey, I forgot to duck."
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03-30-2011, 05:52 PMThe best president we have ever had IMO
One does not greet death when he knocks at your door.
Nay you repeatedly punch him in the throat as he slowly drags you away.
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03-30-2011, 07:37 PMWhat a great piece. He was a class act.
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I remember watching that. I was a sophomore in high school at the time and I remember watching the news broadcast of it and at one time, the anchor on ABC at the time, the late Frank Reynolds, announced that Brady had died. A minute or so later, he was told that that wasn't true and he got pissed on camera. It was surreal. And not to make a joke of this but SNL's parody with Buckwheat getting shot was classic.
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This article was written with Justin Vélez-Hagan, executive director of The National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce.
Washington politicos aren't the only ones instigating a perpetual debt crisis. Puerto Rico too is experiencing a political stalemate-induced fight for their financial lives that affects not only its 3.7 million residents, but millions of others who have purchased bonds to help finance its government, causing us to wonder if the next logical step is a debt default.
Some Painful Facts
With triple tax exemption (federal, state, and local), combined with higher-than-average yields, Puerto Rican bonds became so popular in recent years that it was able to rack up $70 billion of debt now held by institutional investors and mutual funds alike. The debt-to-GDP ratio is now nearly 70% and growing, not including pension obligations, which raises the ratio to over 90%. With a per capita debt load of $19,000 and growing, Puerto Ricans shoulder almost 4 times the burden of U.S. leader Massachusetts which carries a deficit of $5,077 per citizen. Even the fiscally retarded number three ranked Illinois shows only a per capita load of $2,539. For another vista California, with $97.6 billion in absolute debt has a population about ten times that of Puerto Rico but only carries 1.4 times the debt. A seemingly perpetual recession has enshrouded this island paradise for the last eight years which has seen its economy contract by over 16%. If you don't get it yet, Puerto Rico has entered a debt vortex that is inexorably sucking the life from its economy and its continuously shrinking populace.
The 2013 deficit was around $2.2 billion. A $9.8 billion budget was approved for fiscal year 2014, with a still significant deficit of nearly $300 million. Some investors expect the shortfall to be as much as $800 million. Puerto Rico will have no choice but to answer in typical American fashion: finance debt with more debt. But will investors answer the call to, in my opinion, throw good money after bad?
Many experts say Puerto Rico is entering the eighth year of a recession, with at least one who considers it to be in the midst of an all-out depression. Gustavo Vélez, former economic adviser to the Governor, is one such analyst, acknowledging that the economy has been kept afloat by increasing taxes, with little or no effort to fix underlying structural problems.
Some reforms have been enacted with the recent passage of a pension reform bill and the relatively bold 2014 budget. (Pensions are only 7 percent funded). The fix will again fall short, with substantial tax increases (another $1 billion) and a dash of restructuring (a mere $575 million of restructured bond debt, equal to less than 1% of total debt, and a reduction of $600 million in pension contributions) that offers little incentive for economic growth.
A government shutdown (sound familiar?) brought Puerto Rico to the brink of default in 2006, so the government passed its first sales tax. In 2009, under a new administration, payroll tax reduction and regulatory reform hoped to incent new growth. The Governor even reduced the overall corporate tax rate and fired tens of thousands of government employees, ideas mocked by Democrats in Washington. All of which contributed to debt reduction and a light, albeit a dim one, at the end of the tunnel.
Nonetheless, new taxes couldn't be avoided. When little growth ensued, bondholders and rating agencies again applied the pressure to increase revenues, leading to a new tax on foreign corporations, the one stable group of taxpayers Puerto Rico can't afford to scare away. Puerto Rico has long been a hub for American and international pharmaceutical manufacturing, but fears of another round of tax increases combined with looming patent expirations are forcing one of the island's most reliable sectors to reconsider its presence in the Caribbean. A 2006 repeal of IRS rule 936 which exempted Puerto Rican subsidiaries from Federal income tax was the first wheel to fall off. In 2011 a 4% excise tax on corporations hastened the exodus. Teva, (TEVA) Merck (MRK), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), and Actavis (ACT) are all giant pharmaceuticals that have either closed and/or announced they will be leaving the island altogether. Manufacturing jobs have contracted over 30 percent since 2006.
Gustavo Vélez thinks Puerto Rico will continue to meet its sales tax, general obligation, and other bonds in the short-term. But in the long-term his opinion shifts. In order to avoid a forced default, politicians are going to have to risk their jobs by making decisions that voters aren't going to like. A creative and substantial economic plan that combines tax incentives to attract investment and regulatory reform to streamline it will be necessary to counter a welfare state so dependent on transfer payments from the U.S. that only 40% of eligible workers are even trying to work. On top of this there is only 41 percent labor force participation rate. (The U.S. is 63 percent down from more normal levels of 66 to 67 percent.) Food Stamps, or NAP or Nutritional Assistance Program as they are euphemistically referred to in Puerto Rico, were over $2 billion for 2012 and as many as one third of the island's population availed themselves to this accoutrement. Over all, including Section 8 Housing, Head Start, Social Security, disability, VA benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, and others, the mainland in 2012 contributed $21.8 billion or over 21% of Puerto Rico's slightly greater than $100 billion economy.
With $70 billion in debt outstanding - let's estimate an average 3 percent coupon - then $2.1 billion or over 20 percent of the budget would go to service debt. As Puerto Rican bonds have fallen so much in price they now yield above 9 percent in many cases, so refinancing maturing debt at these levels would be crippling. If Puerto Rico was forced to issue new debt at 9 percent, it wouldn't be too long before debt service would start to eat up 30, 40, or even 50 percent of its budget…….not too unlike the scenario in mainland America should rates spike by several hundred basis points.
Other Factors
At over 29 cent per kilowatt hour Puerto Rico has double the average electricity costs of the rest of the US. Powerful unions make meaningful pension reform difficult. The last reform was fought all the way to territory's Supreme Court, makings this option politically dangerous if not unfeasible. Privatization of state-owned firms, like the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), would offer some relief with better management and a reduction in the high energy prices. Politicians don't seem interested in tackling these issues head on. Perhaps they realize the inevitable and believe that devaluing bonds will make it easier to significantly restructure them. Or maybe they are just apathetic financial managers more interested in saving their political careers than making structural changes.
Bankruptcy, Default, and Investors and Moral Hazard
This past July Detroit filed the largest Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. As the judge sorts out fire and police pensioners' claims versus creditors', some eyes are shifting south and wondering whether this may be a template for what happens in Puerto Rico. It is clear that the current business model is unsustainable and default or restructure is not if, but when. Restructure to avoid bankruptcy would imply an agreement by bondholders to take a principal haircut usually with some demonstration of fiscal reform or an increase in collateral. A voluntary restructuring like this is unlikely given the vast numbers of bondholders and their disparate opinions to achieve their goal of getting paid back.


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Can anyone suggest the best home security camera systems--easy to install and remotely monitor through the Internet?
Happy with my QSee system.
The Linksys (Cisco) cameras are pretty good. You can view them on an Android phone.
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Anyone try the Izon?
QSee is good, as long as you can run wire.
Anything wired. You don't want your wireless cameras hacked. Inconvenient; a pain in the @$$? You bet. But a more secure system IMHO.
"Anything wired" You dont want your wireless cameras hacked."
Thanks. Good point. I didn't think about hackers.
Google X10 security systems. No monthly fees and many choices for home security. My husband set it up. It works.
I've toyed with home security cameras since the days of the first X10 systems. First, go wired, CCTV, since wireless cameras suck. Second, buy your cameras and CCTV DVR separate. Third, I hope you are familiar with router port forwarding, etc.. to get the remote access to work.
I use the cameras and DVR below and can see my home from anywhere in the world as long as I have 3G or internet access.
I have a 1TB drive which gives me about 90 days of recording.
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Good luck!
I am not very familiar with routers and port forwarding. looks like I got some learning to do.
Thanks everybody. Always lots of great help on FR.
Now you did it... You'll get flooded with probes to your public ip.... ;-)
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I like it. But how do I access it remotley?
I have had so many different kinds of camera systems I cant remember all of them. Right now I have cameras attached to ADT security systems, Swann systems that are wired and Dlink wireless cameras. I also have the first generation Wilife cameras which are wired via the electric lines and plugs in the house.
The ADT stuff is poor, one Swann is a 8 camera system that is about a year old. The 16 camera system is the latest and greatest 1TB system from Swann. They both run the Linux OS. Just the DVR for the 16 camera system was about $900 without cameras. I bought the Swann and Dlink gear at Frys.
I would have told you not to use wireless like others have but I have changed my mind about that. The Dlink DCS-932L wireless cameras work perfectly. If you have a lot of space between the cameras and the router this may not be the best solution. They cost about $100 a piece. The place those are watching is a pretty small townhouse so the cameras are not too far away from the router. They are a breeze to setup if you have a router with UpNP. I can watch them from my iPhone, iPad and Android devices along with any browser. If there is any movement in front of the camera it emails me a camera shot. When watching them live they have sound too. This biggest downside is that they do not record things and save them.
The Wilife gear is pretty cool. Plug and play. The Wilife cameras are very good. But expensive. I understand that the current generation is really good but cost some bucks.
For a wired system Id go with the SwannView or something like it.
It would have been helpful if you had posted what you are trying to watch. If a house how big? Do you need cameras outside that might be in the weather? Is the house two story? Etc, etc.
There are inexpensive things you can do besides cameras. Fake cameras for example that have a blinking light that comes on at night. Motion detection lights. Keeping shrubs and whatnot from blocking windows where the bad guys can hide while breaking in. If you go to Home Depot in the motion lighting section they have a battery powered motion sensor that sends a signal to a device you plug in to the wall. You can plug anything in to the device that plugs in to the wall. Say you have a garage you want to protect. You can setup the sensor up in an eve or some high spot outside and then inside the garage plug in a radio that is "on". Whenever something moves the sensor send a signal to the inside device and the radio blares. Or, plug in a blinking light. Crooks will leave if they are surprised.
Best of luck...
I want to watch a small one story house with a detatched garage. Need to be able to monitor remotely.
I've been searching since I first posted. The number of different systems is astounding.
Not so much worried about the price as reliability, support, etc.
Nice. I love port forwarding especially when using bittorrent (snicker).
"Crooks will leave if they are surprised."
Not only that, it deters. My brother owns a couple of restaurants and 2 of them, the cameras don't work. However, he never told his employees that. It's the perception..
Not my IP, just a generic diagram. :)
You wouldn't know the name of that would you? Thanks
If you are going to connect the system to the Internet anyway (as one poster mentioned wrt an Android phone) then which is more likely to get hacked, the Internet connection for the entire system or the local wireless connection?
In other words, the security of the entire system needs to be considered.
I have a Q-See system that has worked great so far. You will need to run wires though. One thing about a wireless system most people forget is they have to be powered. How many outlets do you have in your attic. I had one. So you will have to run some kind of wire whether you use wired or wireless...
I'm a caretaker for this house. I am cool with running wires. I earned an ass in Electronics in a previous life. The world has passed me by (kind of) technology wise, but I'm not completely befuddled. Just need a push in the right direction.
I have a Nightowl DVR system with 8 wired cameras that works fine. I can monitor everything from any internet connection.
Understood, thus the smiley!
The 344 sort of gave it away...
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A mammoth solar storm, at just the right time, could play havoc on our electrical infrastructure.
On a cool September night in 1859, people in Colorado were roused from sleep by a "light so bright that one could easily read common print," as one newspaper described it. Confused, some began making breakfast.
Farther east, thousands of New Yorkers rushed onto their roofs and sidewalks to gaze at the heavens. The sky was glowing, ribboned in yellow, white and crimson.
It was a dazzling display of nature. Yet, it would be an utter catastrophe if the same thing happened today.
The auroras of 1859, known as the "Carrington Event," came after the sun unleashed a large coronal mass ejection, a burst of charged plasma aimed directly at Earth. When the particles hit our magnetosphere, they triggered a fierce geomagnetic storm that lit up the sky and frazzled communication wires. Telegraphs in Philadelphia were spitting out "fantastical and unreadable messages," one paper reported, with some systems unusable for hours.
Today, electric utilities, telecommunications providers and the insurance industry are grappling with a scary possibility. A solar storm on the scale of the 1859 event would wreak havoc on power grids, pipelines and satellites. In a heavily populated corridor, such as the Northeast or the California coast, 20 million to 40 million people could be without power – possibly for years – as utilities struggled to replace thousands of fried transformers. Chaos and riots might ensue.
That's not a lurid sci-fi fantasy, but rather a sober new assessment by Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance market. The report notes that a smaller, solar-induced geomagnetic storm in 1989 left 6 million people in Quebec without power for nine hours.
"We're much more dependent on electricity now than we were in 1859," said Neil Smith, an emerging-risks researcher at Lloyd's and co-author of the report. "The same event today could have a huge financial impact" – pegged at up to $2.6 trillion for an especially severe storm. (To put that in context, Hurricane Sandy caused about $68 billion in damage.)
When it comes to space weather, the big concern is what such a storm might do to electric grids.
A truly severe geomagnetic storm could create currents powerful enough to overload electric grids and damage a significant number of high-voltage transformers, which can take a long time to repair or replace.
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In theory, power utilities could take precautions, if notified beforehand of a major solar storm. Using existing satellites, the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo., can detect an incoming event that's about 30 minutes away.
Grid operators would have to react quickly. For example, PJM Interconnection operates a huge swath of the U.S. power grid from Illinois to the District of Columbia, serving 60 million people. After receiving a storm warming, human operators would re-dispatch electricity to reduce the flow of current from west to east. That would minimize vulnerability to ground currents, Frank Koza, executive director of operations support at PJM, said at a June space weather conference in Silver Spring, Md.
But there's a limit to how much these strategies can help. "The one we're really concerned about is extreme space weather, a Carrington-level event," Koza said. "What would happen in that scenario? I would have to tell you we don't really know."
The federal government decided to take a more serious look. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last fall issued an order that eventually will require grid operators to prepare for a space weather event.
Koza said he expects most grid operators to have response plans within a year or two, but "engineered mitigation" could be an additional two to four years away.
Insurers, meanwhile, are trying to figure out how to get a handle on the risk from a solar storm. Will a major one come around once every 150 years? More often?
Policymakers also are getting involved. For a long time, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was mostly interested in risks to electric grids posed by a nuclear weapon that exploded in the atmosphere and induced ground currents. In June, he spoke to members of the House's Electromagnetic Pulse Caucus, a group of 16 Republicans and two Democrats, about this possibility. "This could be the kind of catastrophe that ends civilization," Gingrich said, "and that's not an exaggeration."
Now that the Cold War has ended, however, many such doomsayers have switched to warning about solar storms, which can have a similar effect, albeit on a smaller scale. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., a founder of the EMP Caucus, has pushed a bill to protect against both "natural and man-made EMP events." In public, he tends to put more emphasis on solar storms.
Cockpit concerns
Airlines, too, take the sun's outbursts into account. Delta runs several flights over the poles. Given a last-minute warning of a geomagnetic storm, the planes often divert their routes or risk losing radio contact.
And those concerns only scratch the surface.
Joseph Kunches, a scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center, said we're still learning about activities that could be disrupted by solar weather. Satellite communications can go astray. Pipelines can corrode from ground currents. Even human space travel faces a threat.
"Radiation is a big issue for space travel – particularly once you get away from the Earth's magnetic field," he said. " In 1972, there was actually a huge eruption that fortuitously fell between two of the Apollo flights, so the radiation didn't hurt anybody. But it's a problem."
There's plenty more that scientists are trying to grasp. For them, it would be helpful to have more spacecraft studying the sun and giving us storm warnings. If anything, though, Earth's alert systems are about to get worse, not better.
The United States has four space satellites, which can provide roughly 30 minutes' warning of a major solar eruption. But they're reaching the end of their planned lives (and fuel tanks), and there's only one replacement scheduled to launch in 2014.
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We stumbled across this little place when we moved to our new neighborhood. It was just too interesting to pass up. So we headed there for our anniversary.
Upon walking in, it feels as if you're sitting in someone's kitchen. The ladies behind the counter were so friendly. We quickly placed our orders, starting with a nacho app and the sampler platter for dinner.
They cook the food right in front of you. You actually get to watch them make everything, right there, in front of you! It was so great. The food arrives as soon as it is plated, so it's piping hot, fresh and ohmygodyoucan'thandleit delicious. Hands down the best BEST Mexican food I've EVER had.
Look at those nachos. The sampler had enchiladas (chef's surprise as to what they were stuffed with but we figured pork and chicken. We were adventurous and let them pick), tacos, tostadas and something else I can't remember but it was gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.
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Steve Hughes (August 31, 2009, 08:21AM )
Hi Hanna! Thanks for the comment. I shot it at about 7:30 AM local time. A couple of clouds disturbed the light, but on the whole I'm quite pleased with how it turned out!
Hanna K (August 31, 2009, 01:02AM )
The somehow mysterious light makes this shot gorgeous! Well done
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Kidlitchat Transcripts
Kidlitchat, co-hosted by me and Bonnie Adamson, happens every Tuesday night at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific on Twitter. You can find the 2011 #kidlitchat transcripts here, updated weekly, as well as links to all prior chats.
The transcripts from 2009 are here.
The transcripts from 2010 are here.
January 4th transcript – Award prediction time! What's going to win at ALA this weekend? And what "should" win?
January 11th transcript – Let's talk about diversity in children's literature: how are we doing, and what else can we be doing?
January 18th transcript – Is anybody listening? How do we spread the word about children's books beyond the kidlit community?
January 25th transcript – It's time for our State of the Business chat. Is it bleak? Rosy? How do you assess your own contribution?
February 1st transcript – Sadly, due to technical difficulties, we don't have one.
February 8th transcript – Open Mic night — introduce yourselves! What's new with you? Any interesting topics on your radar?
February 15th transcript – Apps and ebooks are good business, AND they're our business. Let's share tips/ideas/resources/questions about 'em.
February 22nd transcript – What book for young readers would you most like to see turned into a movie or TV show? Got cast?
March 1st transcript – It's a business, not just art. What are key professional mistakes you've seen folks make, and what tips to avoid 'em?
March 8th transcript – How do you stay in touch with your audience–school visits, blogs, or…?
March 15th transcript – How do you create memorable characters? Share your tips, tools, and give up your secrets (or not)!
March 22nd transcript – Have new technology/new publishing models caused you to re-think self publishing?
March 29th transcript – It's the end of the quarter open mic night! What's on your mind? What are you up to?
In April, Twitter changed some rules and regulations, and we were unable to continue with transcripts. However, we have them back now, though they may be intermittent for a spell.
August 16th transcript – How do you communicate goals to non-kidlit people in your life? Do they get WHY you do what you do?
December 6th transcript – What are your most effective launch strategies? How long before debut day do you start?
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Nem azért, de itt arról van szó hogy más munkához használná a netét, vagy netalán egy cég weblapja van rajta a 10Mbit kapcsopaton, amitől joggal várja el, hogy menjen a 10Mbit az ügyfelek felé, de ha a sok torrent elviszi az összes sávszélt a UPC-nél, akkor az az illető dühös lesz mert bevétel kiesést generáltok neki. Ezt gondold át mégegyszer.
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Mini (ミニ Mini?) and Mum (マム Mamu?) are characters that appear in Sonic Rush Adventure. They are a pair of tiny robot minions on Captain Whisker's pirate crew who accompany Whisker.
Mini and Mum are nearly identical in appearance, both of them appearing as small ovoid robots. However, one of them is blue with a single horn on his head, while the other is green with two horns on his head.
Mini and Mum were created by Eggman and Eggman Nega to help Captain Whisker retrieve the Jeweled Scepter in Blaze's world, and would help their forgetful captain remember different things whenever he was confronted by Sonic the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat. When Sonic and Blaze destroyed the Ghost Titan though, the pirates' entire ship exploded and Mini and Mum apparently sank to the bottom of the sea with their crew.
Mini and Mum appear to have similar thought processes. They are helpful to their captain, who would be lost without them. While not as smart as Whisker, Mini and Mum are more alert and scheming than they appear.
Powers and abilities
Mini and Mum are both capable of independent levitation.
In other media
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In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Mini and Mum are the sidekicks and minions of Captain Whisker. Together with their pirate crew, they ravaged the Sol Zone.
After the storyline was rebooted following Worlds Collide, Mini and Mum became virtually identical to their game counterparts.
- Mini and Mum's names are a play on the word "minimum."
- Despite their appearances, there is no confirmation of who is who between Mini and Mum. Writer Ian Flynn on the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs assumes Mini is the green one and Mum is the blue one, but he does not know that for a fact.[1]
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Hey guys,
I've been lurking these forums and other sites looking up reviews and information on all kinds of headphones. My birthday is coming up on september 19th, (turning 21!!), and I asked for a pair of headphones but I just can't decide which ones will suit me the best.
Brands I've looked into are Sennheiser, AKG, and HiFiMAN.
I listen to all types of music and I love some quality base. I'll be using the headphones just around the house and at the university library which makes me lean towards a noise cancelling headphone like the sennheiser PXC 450. My roomate just purchased the Bose Quiet Comfort headphones and they sound decent, but I didnt want to go the bose route.
The only reason I wouldnt want a noise cancelling headphone is that I dont think the sound quality would be as good as the Sennheiser 598s,600s, or 650s. So how do noise cancelling headphones compare to open back headphones as such? Also, the Sennheiser RS 180s recently caught my eye due to them being wireless, but again, how would the sound quality compare to even the HD 598s?
Sound quality is the main factor, but I dont want to spend more than $500. I would also sacrifice a little sound quality for a noise cancelling headphone is there isnt that much of a difference.
The headphones I currently use are beats which I got about exactly 2 years ago during the whole beats "hype" . I've been using electric tape to hold them together and i've also realized I over payed for these headphones which is a little disappointing so I do not want to make the same mistake this time around!
So overall, how would you rate the following on Sound Quality? (and compared to beats, because thats the only headphone I can compare quality to).
RS 180 (and maybe the RS 220)
those are basically what i've been looking into.
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I really wanted to make an episode of the IFC series Portlandia, (remember the Ordering the Chicken scene?) but it just didn't happen. Instead of capturing the hipster food scene in Portland—and I should note, we got free valet parking for driving a hybrid—we visited a practical and amazing farm project.
Janus Youth Programs has operated community-based programs for children, youth, and families in Oregon and Washington since 1972. They have a network of over 20 programs includes, including Janus Food Works, which employs 14 to 21 year-olds from Portland. The youth get involved in the planning, growing, selling, and donating of over 4,000 pounds of organic produce each year from the one-acre organic farm on Sauvie Island.
These teenagers were farming (really farming), working all day and selling their produce. While kids are often exploited in farm work, here they actually got paid. After filming with them, we created a dinner with the Plate and Pitchfork farm dinner series to showcase their work, and also invited the kids to enjoy the fruits of their labor. With these young farmers in attendance, a good time was had by all.
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STEYN, W.J.; CASEY, N.H. y JANSEN VAN RENSBURG, C.. Effects of different penning conditions, feeding regimens and season on growth and carcass attributes of boars of a selected genetic line. S. Afr. j. anim. sci. [online]. 2012, vol.42, n.2, pp.178-188. ISSN 2221-4062.
The study tested the performance of intact male pigs from a selected genetic line subjected to differing feeding regimens and penning conditions. The trial was a 2 x 3 x 2 x 3 factorial design, consisting of winter and summer periods, three sire lines, two diets and three feeding regimens. The pigs were intact males grown over three phases, starter (25 to 50 kg); grower (51 to 80 kg) and finisher (81 to 105 kg).The pigs were randomly allocated to three feeding regimens, a controlled single feeding, ad libitum single feeding and ad libitum group feeding, with six animals per ad libitum group. This resulted in 96 pigs in six treatments with six replicates. The diets were high (HF) and low (LF) nutrient dense feeds, where the LF was 95% of the HF. Season affected growth; the winter animals had a significantly greater growth response, end-mass and average daily gain (ADG). The HF diet resulted in significant improved ADG, feed conversion ratio and protein deposition rate, especially during summer. However, end-mass, ADG and average protein deposition rates of controlled-fed pigs were significantly lower compared to the ad libitum group and single-fed animals. The hypothesis was affirmed that high-performing intact male pigs are sensitive to and affected by feeding regimens and penning conditions that will affect their production.
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I will preface this review, like all reviews I write, with the fact that I am not in any way a gamer. In fact I may be the exact opposite of that if there is one – I am a mom to four children under the age of ten with a full time job and graduate school to boot, I'm lucky to have to time to pee let alone relax with a video game. That being said I do try to make time for enjoyment every now and again; and in that time I like to dance around like a crazy person with the intention of out dancing everyone I know.
In the past my go to Kinect dance title has been the Dance Central Series – it has great songs, is easy to use, and the cartoon people are funny. I also have enjoyed this series in the past because all my kids can play it (even the tiny five year old) and it has a super fun battle dance mode (where I routinely beat everyone). So my previous experience has lead me here, to Dance Central 3.
Like previous versions of Dance Central, Dance Central 3 was super fun and easy to operate. The game has several modes this time including one with a time-travelling storyline, an exercise only portion, and the traditional pick-a-song and dance mode. The best thing about the new game is that it has the ability to download all your favorite dances and songs from the previous Dance Central games making the song catalog quite enormous. Playing off the time-travelling storyling, the new songs are a great mix of dance music through the years and are a ton of fun. Picking some new songs and some old favorites we jumped right into dancing. The kids had a great time playing their old favorites; my son still loves Down by Jay Sean and my middle daughter continue to Ride the Train. While my friend and I played a variety of new songs in the Dance Central library.
Once the dancing started, the songs were easy to master. This is in large part because you repeat the same moves several times before a new one is introduced. Beginner and easy modes proved to be great entry points for players as the moves were simple enough and the pace was quite reasonable. My children and I played one player at a time and chose different songs and then sampled battle dance mode with two players. The battle dance portion of the game can be tricky because it is more difficult for the machine to register two players and unless you have a big enough room to support side-by-side dancing, things can go a little haywire.
Everything in the game plays off the decade spanning song list and time-travelling storyline. In addition to the fun song choices and ease of use, the graphics are interesting and have options for each decade the songs come from. You can change your dancer or a dancer's clothes to better fit the genre and era of the music choice. This is a non-essential element of the game but it is fun to dress your character for the disco and do The Hustle.
Given my deep love of making a fool of myself in my living room and the ease with which this game is played, it is easy to recommend Dance Central 3 to anyone looking for a fun, easy way to get moving. So gather some friends (or your kids), clear the furniture and get your dance on with Dance Central 3.


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Second state chemist pleads not guilty to charges of tampering with drugs
BELCHERTOWN — A 35-year-old state chemist pleaded not guilty today to charges she tampered with drug evidence while working at a state drug lab in Amherst.
Sonja Farak of Northampton was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail at her arraignment in Eastern Hampshire District Court. A judge slated a further hearing for Feb. 22.
Farak is the second person to face criminal charges for allegedly tampering with evidence at a state crime lab where seized substances were sent to be tested. The actions of Annie Dookhan, a chemist at another, now-closed, state lab in Jamaica Plain, have jeopardized thousands of cases, throwing the state court system into turmoil.
Prosecutors say Farak took evidence in two cases, possibly for personal use. She allegedly tried to cover her tracks by replacing the stolen drugs with counterfeit substances.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the two cases will be compromised or whether there are more cases involved.
"If we didn't have the case from the eastern part of the state, there would not be so much scrutiny," Farak's attorney Elaine Pourinski said at the arraignment today. Pourinski said Farak did not have a prior record, describing her as "a kind-hearted person, helpful to neighbors, especially ... those with disabilities."
Farak's parents and others were in the courtroom to support her. They left without commenting.
The allegations in the case against Farak are vastly different from those against Dookhan, Attorney General Martha Coakley told reporters Sunday at a news conference.
Coakley said authorities had found no evidence that suspects' due process rights were violated in any cases. "These drugs . . . were tested fairly," Coakley said.
But Hampden District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni, whose office handled the two cases in question, would not rule out a scenario like the one playing out in the Dookhan case.
"I think it would be realistic to think that something like that is about to start happening in Hampden County," he told the Globe Sunday in a telephone interview. "It's premature to tell you that definitively."


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European Adventurer July 4th 08
5 Feb 2008 Lauzey said
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22 Feb 2008 Jezzaboo86 said
hi lauzey! my partner and i are booked into this one… but doesnt seem as if anyone else is on here!!
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25 Feb 2008 Lauzey said
HI! <!--graemlin::)--> awesome, finally some people on my tour! I was starting to get worried. Where are you guys from?
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27 Feb 2008 Jezzaboo86 said
hehe i know… hopefully there are lots of other people, but maybe they havent found the forums yet! we're from perth, australia – where abouts are you from? do you have facebook?
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2 Mar 2008 suz_in_canada said
Hi! I'm on this tour— this will be my third Contiki, sounds like it will be fantastic :-).
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3 Mar 2008 Lauzey said
There has to be more people! I'm sure! Well at least we now know there are 4 definites! <!--graemlin::)--> I'm from Sydney, and i do have facebook! My email is email@example.com so you will have to add me!<!--graemlin::)-->
Hi suz! wow this is your third contiki, i'm kinda jealous <!--graemlin::)--> - 0 people like this
9 Mar 2008 Jezzaboo86 said
great! i just added you as a friend on facebook… its good to see someone else going too <!--graemlin::)--> that makes four of us at least. three contiki's, wow! at least we know they must be worth it then!
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13 Mar 2008 Lauren da explorer said
Hey guys. I'm another definate <!--graemlin::)--> I'm Lauren, 23 (Originally from Melbourne) but currently live in Auckland. This will be my first contiki trip in Europe, doing a top deck tour to Edinburgh afterwards, then the Spanish Spree starting on Aug 15th, then the Egypt & the Nile contiki on the 30th Aug… whew!
Can't wait to start the trip!!!! - 0 people like this
13 Mar 2008 suz_in_canada said
Wow Lauren, you will be seeing a lot of Europe this summer! I so wish I could go to Egypt this summer as well— lucky you! <!--graemlin::)--> If this is your first time in Europe then you are totally doing it the right way (i.e. staying for a while)— I went on the European Highlights tour last summer which was my first Contiki (and first time in Europe) and it ended way too quickly (although it was fantastic), so I'm going to do the long-haul trip this summer :-). I'll look forward to meeting all of you in July! (p.s. I didn't chat with anyone who was going on the trip before the Euro Highlights tour last year but we still had a full bus— 51 people— so I'm sure our Euro Adventurer tour will be a big group as well!)
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13 Mar 2008 Lauren da explorer said
Hey Suz! From what I've heard I may have taken on a bit too much (but at the same time I'd rather see as much as I can… will just be exhausted at the end I guess).
What other contikis have you done?
Where abouts in Canada are you from? - 0 people like this
13 Mar 2008 suz_in_canada said
lol, well I was thinking that the 39-day Adventurer may be too much at first but then I really want to see everything that's on the tour— I think some people will probably just end up taking some "rest days" from staying up late and then you end up having so much energy from everything that is going on that you don't end up noticing that you're tired anyway :-). At least that's how I found it on the Euro Highlights tour— the other tour I went on was the 10-day Great Britain tour for New Year's which was kinda tiring by the end because of the weather, but summer in Europe (especially the South) is absolutely beautiful so it should be great! I'm from Toronto but I moved here about 4 years ago from out West (Edmonton)— if you ever come to Canada I say go see Quebec/the coasts and the Rockies! I'm hoping to go see Australia & New Zealand maybe in December.
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14 Mar 2008 Lauren da explorer said
Yay, good to have an experienced contiki person on the trip! Sounds like the coach will be the best time to sleep. I've heard taking vitamins is a must.
I'm keen as to check out Canada! Although next year's plans (I say this loosely) are to go to Central America. Ahhhh so many places to go… Yes I believe I have the travel bug.
I think you'll find NZ in particular quite small. South Island is meant to be pretty scenic (how tradgic is that, not even travelling my own backyard).. North Island just consists of little metro cities…
Auzzie – shopping in Melbourne and Sydney are awsome. Weather in Cairns and Brisbane are wicked – and obviously you have the theme parks on the Gold coast. - 0 people like this
14 Mar 2008 lpao said
hey everyone!
my friend katie and i are signed up for this tour, also. <!--graemlin::)-->
we're from toronto, canada.
looking forward to meeting all of you!
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15 Mar 2008 Jezzaboo86 said
its great to see some more people on here!! if anyone wants to add me on facebook or something, my email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
is anyone else staying in london before the tour? (ie: at the grand national hotel?) we are staying there for 5 nights before we leave on the contiki!! - 0 people like this
15 Mar 2008 Lauren da explorer said
I'm pretty sure I'm staying at the grand national on the 3rd (just the night before the tour).
Are you guys doing any travel after the tour? - 0 people like this
18 Mar 2008 Dave Europe July 2008 said
Hey I'm Dave from Toronto. I'm staying in the Grand National on the 3rd as well. Good to know a bit about some of the people are going. Sounds like most of you are experienced travelers. I've never been to Europe but it sounds like fun.
What part of Toronto are you from Ipao? - 0 people like this
19 Mar 2008 Lauren da explorer said
Hey Dave. First time in Europe for me too! Awsome to 'meet' another person from the trip. You doing any travels other than this tour?
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19 Mar 2008 nat said
Hi guys..
My June 20 got cancelled so I'm doing this trip now. Anyone else from Sydney?? - 0 people like this
19 Mar 2008 Dave Europe July 2008 said
This is my only trip for the summer. with all of the countries on this one, it will be more than enough for me.
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22 Mar 2008 lpao said
hey dave,
i'm from woodbridge, and katie who is also traveling with me is from north york.. so not really the heart of toronto or anything.. haha.
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24 Mar 2008 Lauzey said
Hey guys! great to see there are more of you!! <!--graemlin::)-->
I'm going to be in London before the tour, i get in on the 1st of July and im staying at the grand national. So ill see you guys there if you are going early!
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Two brave bouncers have been credited for stopping a bloody shooting spree that left one man brain dead early Saturday morning, police said.
Cops said security guards standing outside of Club 9ja Villa on Avenue N and E. 51st Street in Old Mill Basin — who police didn't name — followed shooting suspect Michael Magnan after the 19-year-old rushed up to them, demanding their money, not knowing that he had just shot a 23-year-old during a botched livery cab robbery moments earlier,
Magnan allegedly pistol-whipped one of the bouncers and ran off after the two men rebuffed him, police said. Startled, but determined to get the gunman before he hurt anyone else, the duo trailed Magnan to a home on E. 52nd Street, flagging down a cop car racing to the shooting scene, investigators say.
Cops arrested Magnan without incident. Charges against the 19-year-old were still pending by our breakneck Sunday night deadline as investigators and prosecutors from Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes's office try to figure out how many crimes Magnan is responsible for.
According to published reports, Magnan's spree began at about 1:30 am when he allegedly shot four people sitting on the porch of a home near the corner of E.54th Street and Avenue O. One person was hit in the stomach and the leg, the other three suffered minor injuries, according to the New York Daily News, a Manhattan newspaper.
A short time later, Magnan allegedly popped up outside of Club eSavoy on Flatbush Avenue and Avenue R, where he attacked two bouncers, witnesses told reporters.
Within an hour, police said Magnan approached a Gateway car service livery cab idling at a red light on Utica Avenue near Avenue O. He threw open the driver's side door and threatened the cabbie with a firearm, but the cabbie fought back, socking him in the face.
A struggle ensued that resulted in Magnan firing off a wild shot which struck Nikita Grebelsky — who was sitting in the back seat with his sister — once in the head, according to police.
Grebelsky was pronounced brain dead at Kings County Hospital a few hours later, his family told the New York Post.
Police say Magnan was arrested 20 minutes later after the shooting during a heated pursuit.
That afternoon, Magnan — complaining of stomach pains and wearing a white jumpsuit and a set of handcuffs — denied any wrongdoing as he was escorted from the 63rd Precinct station house to Kings County Hospital.
"I didn't shoot nobody," he told reporters on his way out.
A spokesman for DA Hynes said Magnan won't be arraigned until detectives finish outlining the charges against the 19-year-old.
Check back with Brooklyn Daily to find out more about Magnan's fate and the shooting spree.
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