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Bluffton Elementary earns statewide honors
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BEAUFORT – Bluffton Elementary School is again attracting praise for its computer animation and coding school choice curriculum, earning a 2016 Technology Innovative Program Award from the South Carolina Association for Educational Technology.
Bluffton Elementary's Animation, Creation and Design program encourages students to use technology for research, collaboration and project presentations. Students learn computer coding through WeDO robotics, Ozobots, Dash and Dot, LEGO robotics, app creation and web page design. The program also includes a gaming component that allows students to create, design and use computer games that feature 2D, 3D and stop-motion computer animation.
Principal Christine Brown said the school's innovative curriculum has benefits beyond the exploration of STEM studies (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematice).
"Computer coding isn't easy, and our students make mistakes all the time," Brown said. "But the neat thing is how willing and able they are to persevere when they experience those failures. They learn to work through their coding glitches and figure out how they can solve problems on their own without automatically running to teachers for help."
Brown accepted the 2016 Technology Innovative Program Award at the recent SCAET-sponsored South Carolina EdTech Conference in Myrtle Beach. The EdTech Conference is organized by SCAET in coordination with partners from K-12 education, colleges and universities statewide, state government agencies and telecommunications companies.
"We fully anticipate that Bluffton Elementary will continue to earn recognition for this cutting-edge program," said Superintendent Jeff Moss. "To see what these very young students are capable of accomplishing is really inspiring."
The 2016 SCAET award is just the latest recognition for Bluffton Elementary's program, which had previously been featured in a Discovery Channel television show. A Discovery Channel crew visited Bluffton Elementary to interview and record students as they worked with a computer program that allowed them to develop and produce their own animated shorts.
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With all the fervor of late in righteously railing against carbon-based energy, you would think the environmental movement might pause to reconsider a moment about coal's greatest enemy for the last 60 years: uranium.
However no such reconsideration has taken place. Most major environmental organizations like The Sierra Club, Greenpeace and the National Resources Defense Council zealously denounce nuclear energy. Many others such as the Earth Policy Institute and the Environmental Working Group are deafeningly silent on nuclear.
In super-green Germany where they strive to meet ambitious emissions targets, environmental protesters have pushed a complete phase out of nuclear energy while paradoxically Germany is constructing 23 brand new coal plants. Meanwhile next door in France, 59 nuclear plants produce the cheapest electricity in Europe while maintaining the lowest carbon footprint in Europe. In fact they've been exporting electricity to most of their European neighbors for some 40 years. With this information and the fact that nuclear energy has the fewest fatalities per kilowatt hour of any source of energy, it begins to paint a puzzling picture for the thinking man…
Fortunately for the Earth, other technologically advanced countries who have not only a 'high science quotient' but also a 'low hippie quotient' are stepping in to carry the torch of safe, dependable, and cheap zero-carbon energy.
MIT's Technology Review has an excellent article illustrating how the forgotten technology of the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) and Thorium fuel cycle is being extensively researched and developed in China. The advantages of an MSR over most reactors include substantial waste reduction, vast fuel availability, and idiot-proof safety. Controversially in the US, the Chinese scientists and the Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratories (where the MSR was invented and tested in the 1950s) have substantially collaborated on the project. China has plans for operational MSRs to be built within the next decade which is VERY soon for the highly-vetted process of reactor development. China has 34 operating reactors and 20 under construction, with a plan to meet most of its massive future increase in electricity demand with zero-carbon nuclear technology.
As some background for why the brilliant technology behind the MSR never caught on in the United States you may like to read a previous post I'd written way back in 2013. In short, an inability to produce nuclear bomb material was a major factor in the funding being cut. Because of that decision, this treasure trove of painstaking research information had laid dormant for 2 generations until the Chinese realized the incredible potential for peaceful applications. Too bad the USA had too many conflicting interests, militarily and socioeconomically to exploit this remarkable innovation.
Also as of August 2016, Russia has successfully deployed a commercial Fast Breeder Reactor. Why is that significant? Because it uses uranium fuel FAR more efficiently than a regular Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)**. The FBR represents something significantly more advanced than the vast majority of today's nuclear fleet which will enable humans to extract nearly 100% of the energy value of uranium. This means virtually no nuclear waste, and an absolute guarantee that humanity will NEVER run out of nuclear fuel. (Friendly reminder that the energy contained in fissile material like Thorium, Uranium, and Plutonium is unfathomably huge, like 1.8 million times more energy per kilogram than crude oil.)
All this praise for the Russo-Sino bloc is not to say that no one in the West hasn't been passionately trying to bring us up to speed too. Many excellent teams of scientists and engineers have created plans for commercial reactors and pitching them to various military and government agencies in North America and elsewhere around the world.
Transatomic Power is an MIT spinoff with plans for an MSR in the testing phase
NuScale Power which has recently made a site proposal in place in Utah
Terrestrial Energy plans to have a MSR reactor operational by mid 2020s
Flibe Energy has recently been in talks with US military and India
TerraPower Bill Gates' darling has an interesting design for a static-fuel reactor which can be built anywhere
Also, SOME environmental organizations have seen the light of the atomic-decay-heat flame! The Ecomodernist Society is comprised of some smart and critically-thinking hippies, God bless 'em.
Another Facebook group you may want to check out is the Thorium Energy Alliance!
**As some background, the vast majority of the world's fleet of nuclear plants are PWRs. Even though they have served humanity well, PWRs are very inefficient and represent seriously outdated technology. On a fundamental level PWRs represent a scaled-up version of a military reactor found on a nuclear submarine. Back in the late 40s when nuclear was brand new, the US Navy put the money up for prototyping a nuclear reactor, and then the industry built up around that knowledge-base. That is generally why nuclear plants today need to be located near a large source of water for cooling.
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It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
One of the things I love, more than anything, is jumping around and playing lots of different parts. I love the variety of playing different characters.
No matter who the character is and how big their role, that each person in the story is a human being and deserves respect. Even if they're in the story for ten seconds, I didn't want you to just see them as this entity passing through that's serving all of the other people.
There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.
I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.
I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.
I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
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Driving on Pioneer yesterday to pick up some Boba when I noticed a brand new looking Ambala Dhaba. I believe it was located in the new 99 Ranch Market complex, or just south of that. When I drove past the original Ambala Dhaba location, I saw its named changed to Ambala Dhaba Lunch Counter or something similar.
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Dominic Quagliozzi
Born in Worcester, MA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
2012 MFA, California State University, Los Angeles
2004 BA Sociology, Providence College, Rhode Island
Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2016 Shared Matter, Hoyt Gallery, USC School of Medicince, Los Angeles, CA 2015 From A Man I Never Met, various locations, online documentation, 2014 SICK SELF, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Medical History (Part Two), performance, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2013 The Hospital Show, Keck Hospital of USC, Patient Room 800, Los Angeles, CA
PerformChinatown, perfomance, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Physical Documentation of Digital Symptoms, CSULA Fine Arts Gallery, CA
Urban Light IV Pole, performance, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2015 SEMIA (Side Effects May Include Art), The Situation Room, Los Angeles, CA LA N CV2, Coachella Valley Arts Center, Indio, CA
2014 MAS Attack, Santa Monica Studios, CA
Catching the Big Fish, Pterodactyl Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Tally, collaborative project, ForYourArt, Los Angeles, CA
One for the Road, Hudson Linc Gallery, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Narrative Space, Venice Arts, Venice, CA
Hostile/Hospitality, The Highland House, Upland, CA
Credit Card Curation, anthonyantonellis.com/creditcardcuration. Online exhibition
Backyard Video Festival, Burbank, CA
Facial Expressionism, Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, CA
2011 Here Tomorrow, Gone Today, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NaturoFantastic, COMA Gallery at Cal State, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Small Wonders, Nano Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Fool's Gold, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Call LA, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA
2008 Joint Custody, Found Gallery, Los Angeles, CA and Berlin.
Fools and Freaks, Echo Curio Gallery, Echo Park, CA
2007 Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Booming Art Show, Boomer Esiason Foundation, Waldorf Astoria, NY
Politics and Art: No Pretty Pictures, Post Road Gallery, Marlboro, MA
2006 Fire and Ice, Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA
Hot Time, Summer in the City, Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA
Providence Street Painting Festival, Providence, RI
Smile: An American Icon, Worcester Historical Museum, MA
Awards and Recognitions
2015 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee
2012 First Place, Arts and Design category, Cal State University State Wide Symposium
Top Prize, Cal State, Los Angeles University Research Symposium
Phi Kappa Phi Research Award
2007 Booming Art Competition, 3rd Place, Boomer Esiason Foundation, Waldorf Astoria, NY
2013 The Backyard Video Festival, Burbank, CA
2011 Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA. Co-curated with Mat Gleason
Shotgun, COMA Gallery at Cal State, Los Angeles
GANGBANGCLUSTRFUCK, COMA Gallery at Cal State, Los Angeles
Lectures and Artist Talks
2014Context as Narrative in Contemporary Art, (Panel Disccusion with Matias Viegener, Nancy Popp, Stephen van Dyck and Skip Snow), OffRamp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Visiting Artist Talk, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Westwood, CA
Guest Lecturer, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2013Guest Lecturer, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Artist Talk, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2012Guest Lecturer, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Cal State University Research Symposium, State Wide at CSU, Long Beach
Cal State, Los Angeles University Research Symposium
Permanent Collections
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, collaborative mural with Felipe Ehrenberg
Selected Press
2014Which Way LA, KCRW. (2014, April 2). Interviewer, Lisa Napoli: Radio Interview and Article
Seed, J. (2014, May 15). Spectacular Auction Results Aren't the Real Art World News,
Huffington Post: Article
Tuck, G. and Quagliozzi, D. (2014, April 28). The Orange Sweater, Notes On Looking: Article
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMoMA Tumblr: Tumblr Post
2013USC News. (2013, May): Article
Reynolds, M. (2013, May). Art Dinners: Interview Article
2012Show Catalogue, Facial Expressionism: Immanence Envisage, Cerritos College
University Spotlight. (2012, March 6). CSULA online magazine: Article
2008 Farrugia, M. (2008, July). Joint Custody Project Review, WhiteHot Magazine: Article


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Bigpoint Buys Sports Games Specialist 49Games
The German deal marks Bigpoint's fourth takeover this year.
COLOGNE, Germany - German online games giant Bigpoint has bought Hamburg-based development studio 49Games, the developer of several top-selling sports titles, including Winter Sports 2011 - Go for Gold.
The 49Games team will now develop games solely for Bigpoint's online and mobile platforms.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
This is the fourth major takeover by Bigpoint this year. The company develops and distributes free-to-play games such as Battlestar Gallactica and Zoomumba played on Internet browsers and makes its money - $17.5 million profit in 2009 - by charging users for extras that assist game play.
Bigpoint is flush with cash after equity groups Summit Partners and TA Associates paid $350 million for a 67 percent stake in the Hamburg-based firm earlier this year.


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A group of Republican leaders in Michigan are pushing the state to diversify its energy sources, an objective they say has been the domain of liberals only for too long.
The Michigan Conservative Energy Forum, which launched Tuesday, aims to get Michigan to adopt an "all of the above" energy strategy that includes renewable energy sources. The group's statement of principles explains that pushing for clean, renewable energy makes sense for multiple reasons — it's in line with the Christian tenet of being Earth's stewards; it makes America safer by reducing our reliance on foreign oil; it's in line with what voters in Michigan want, and will make the state's Republicans more relevant to younger generations of voters.


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On today's The Collision of Faith and Politics with The Ninja Pastor! radio show we have as our guest, nationally known Second Amendment Expert and renown Attorney Sean Maloney and we are frankly discussing an issue that is critically important to every gun-toting American and freedom loving Liberty-minded citizen… If you are currently a Concealed Carry Permit Holder, or you are considering carrying a gun, you CANNOT miss this show! If this is YOU, and you know people who are like you, you must listen to this show. We will equip you with the truth about carrying a firearm and we will dispel myths running rampant in America today. We will provide real solutions for WE the People! We the People, we are true Second Amendment Americans! The left is after your guns, we all should know that. The left is after your freedom and liberty... They, like other enemies of freedom and liberty won't back down. It is up to US to back them down. This show will tell you how. We are unapologetically politically incorrect. We are truthful. We won't back down. Are you with me? Want to hear the Truth? Tired of politically correct lies that turn your brain to mush? Are you tired of seeing our country being torn apart from the inside out? We deliver the unapologetic Truth AND Solutions that every Patriotic American can do right where they live. We teach you how to wrestle the greatest country ever known back from the death-grip of anti God and anti Liberty and anti-American liberals and our enemies, foreign and domestic. Decide. Be Resolved! Stand!Read more »


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By Kiyimba Bruno
Kitetikka is a small town that has created its name from selling goat meat. In fact, it has been renamed kumbuzi meaning at the 'goat place'.
This comes as a result of people who step out of their vehicles or taxis from different directions to come and enjoy muchomo at this place.
Kitetikka is found on Gayaza road, as you slope down from Mpererwe heading to Kasangati. As you near the place, you start smelling the roasted goat meat with lots of people on the right side of the road.
A kilogram of goat meat is sold at Sh12,000 and in a day, one outlet might sell 10 goats.
This place has attracted many people of whom sportsmen are involved.
As they go for the FMU motorsport in Busiika, no car misses to pass by KUMBUZI.
Other businesses that are done in this place include stone quarrying, lodgings and restaurants, and bars although the lodges that most clients use are in Mpererwe or Kasangati.
This is because the place is small and very cold.
Workers from companies like Cementers, Parambot breweries, Ugachick, etc come to this place to share the experience of a good life every evening.
The people around the place are friendly and welcoming. Though the police station is a distant away which compromises its security. Local council leaders are at work, though. They want to make sure the place is peaceful and lovely.
Joan Namutebi, a goat roaster says that ever since she joined this business, her life has never been the same. She started thinking positively since the clients she serves are educated and always discuss current issues.
She requested the government to put specific traffic officers in the area so as to curb continuous traffic jam.


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I believe in getting to the pure essence of everything I create. It's always easy to add more to something, but the real skill is in having less and still accomplishing the goal, with style.
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In a note sent by Michael Dell to the company's employees on Monday, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) put forward his reasons for his intended buyout of the company with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.
Some of the matters discussed in the memo includes stronger focus on emerging markets, heavier investment in the tablet and PC businesses, and R&D investment and increased sales staff. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) also mentioned his trip to China and mentioned that the country is "a nation ripe with opportunity" and an "enthusiastic partner", he also said that he hosted a dinner for 100 high-level government and business leaders.
Dell's remarks about China are in complete contrasts to the ones faced by the Apple. The iPhone maker recently issued a public apology concerning its warranty program after it was heavily criticized by the local media.
The note from Dell provides a summary of a few important points of a 274-page preliminary proxy statement. The objective of the proxy statement was to inform the company's shareholders about the particulars of the $24.4 billion buyout proposal and why it is beneficial for the company. The proxy statement also includes the grim forecast about the future of the PC industry along with notes on the future of the company's founder and current CEO.
Along with the opportunities, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) also warned in its proxy statement that with too much debt it is dangerous to remain a public company considering the grim profit outlook. Dell also cautioned that he views the proposals from Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) and billionaire investor Carl Icahn as fraught with risk.
The memo offers more concrete possibilities and solutions than the proxy statement, on the company's products and markets where it plans to grow.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) closing words in memo said, "There is a lot of work to be done, but if we do it correctly it's a great long-term opportunity. As we move forward, I couldn't be more confident in the quality of our leadership team and in all of you – 110,000 of our industry's most experienced, talented and committed team members." He further added that he is more enthusiastic about Dell than ever and that their best days are still ahead."


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Ural Airlines Wings members to receive discount at Grand Hall Hotel
Participants in Ural Airlines' Wings program can receive special privileges on accommodation services at the Grand Hall Hotel when using their membership card.
Participants in Ural Airlines' Wings program can receive special privileges on accommodation services at the Grand Hall Hotel when using their membership card.
Kamenskoye Dairy Farm, a Sinara enterprise, recently received first place award for taste at the 14th annual Dairy Foods & Ice Cream Quality Festival.
Rostelecom announced last week that it has begun to introduce its offering of software-defined networks (SDN) and virtualization networking functions (NFV), two of the most sought-after trends in modern telecommunications.
Sverdlovsk Palace of Culture
Ural State Economic University announced that it will be hosting a vocational and educational camp for Eurasian students during the month of June.
Heart removed from a 64-year-old man
Hosts of the ACM ICPC World Programming Cup are inviting fans to participate in the competition through a mobile phone-throwing contest.
Last week, Yekaterinburg's Koltsovo International airport opened "Airport Eyes of Children," an exhibition of children's drawings on the subject of air travel.
Safety officials in the Sverdlovsk region recently reported Chinese-style candle sky lanterns may have been responsible for starting some of the estimated 300 forest fires in the Urals since the start of fire season.
Russian packing designer and manufacturer Promens recently received the Sustainable Plastic Packaging award at the PackTheFuture 2014 conference in Dusseldorf for its Slidissime jar.
Last week, a busy stretch of road in the Sverdlovsk region collapsed after a water pipe underneath the asphalt ruptured following months of blockage by a beaver dam.
A recent study by the Yuri Levada Center found that most Russian restaurant owners expect a decline in patronage as a result of the federal ban on smoking in restaurants.
The Russian government said on Monday that its troops are scheduled to participate in numerous domestic and international training and tactical exercises this summer.
The Skolkovo Foundation held the 2014 Startup Village, one of the largest startup competitions in the world, at its headquarters in Moscow this week.
Ural Airlines announced last week that it has expanded its offering of routes from Russian cities to destinations along the coast of the Black Sea.
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Ural Federal University (UrFU) laid the foundation for a memorial on Saturday dedicated to the Ural student construction teams.
Ural Federal University (UrFU) held a refresher course for museum workers on Monday that provided employees with training on the use of modern information and communication technologies.


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Donald Trump Threatens Legal Flag Burners: I'll Throw You In Jail Or Revoke Citizenship
Someone should ask Khizr Khan if he'd still lend Donald Trump his copy of the U.S. Constitution. The president-elect just threatened to jail and strip away the citizenship of anyone who burns the American flag, despite it being protected under the First Amendment!
"Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag," Donald, 70, tweeted on Nov. 29, hinting that it's going to be a long four years. "If they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or [a] year in jail!" Or, alternatively, they could be left alone, because the act of flag burning was settled by the Supreme Court in 1989.
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In Texas Vs. Johnson, the court ruled (by a 5-4 decision) that the act was a form of political expression protected by the First Amendment, according to the Washington Post. Those five justices were William Brennan Jr., Harry Blackmun, Anthony Kennedy, 80, Thurgood Marshall and Antonin Scalia. Huh.
Donald has said he wants to nominate a Supreme Court justice "in the mold" of the late-Scalia, per Politico. Before his death, Antonin did admit he ruled in favor of protecting the expression, even though he didn't like it. "If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag," Antonin said in 2015, "but I am not king." Such a pleasant statement, Antonin.
Politicians (often led by conservatives) have been pushing for a constitutional amendment that would ban the act. The latest attempt came in 2006 where Mitch McConnell, 74, surprisingly joined two other Republicans to vote alongside then-senator Hillary Clinton, 69, in shooting down the measure. Denied!
Also, about the idea of "loss of citizenship," Donald? Afroyim Vs. Rusk, a 1967 Supreme Court case, ruled that the Constitution does not grant the U.S. government the powers to take Americans' citizenship away involuntarily. Policies adopted by the United States Department of State have also made it almost impossible to strip a person's citizenship's away without their permission.
Seems Donald should take up Khizr Khan's invitation before he tweets again about jailing people whose opinions he disagrees with. Khizr, the father of the late war hero, Capt. Humayun Khan, spoke directly to Donald at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. "Donald trump, you're asking Americans to trust you with their future? Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy."
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Do you agree with Donald or do you agree with the Supreme Court's ruling that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment?


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Which robotic vacuum is better? The Dolpin for AG or the Rover Jr? I have a 15x30 AG Dooley pool made by USA industries.
Which robotic vacuum is better? The Dolpin for AG or the Rover Jr? I have a 15x30 AG Dooley pool made by USA industries.
There are some prior posts on this subject you can refer to. Here are two recent threads.
18x33x52 Buttressfree Seaspray (Wilbar) AGP - 1.5hp Pentair Maxim w/22" Pentair Meteor Sand Filter, Aqua Rite SWG System, Biltmore Walk In Steps - 2/4x20 Solar Panel Setup - Doheny Jet Drive (RIP -Pool Rover Jr) - finally hard plumbed the whole darned thing -
Beats Driving to the Lake!
Thank you, I did read those posts but they only talk about the Rover and the big Dolphin I think. I am including a link for the Dolphin we were looking at but since no one hear seems to have mentioned it in any posts I guess we will try the Rover. I can return to my local Costco if I am not satisfied.
Here is the link for the AG Dolphin...
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My local pool store sells these but they want $499.00 (this girls not payin it) I could have gotten it off ebay for $289.00 inc. shipping.
I have an IG Dolphin and I'm very happy with it. I assume that the AG version is good as well, but I have no actual knowledge about it.
Here's a link for a good on line retailer where I got mine.
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Welcome, Miss Erin, to What YA Bloggers Want!
I once read something an author (I'm forgetting who, specifically) said, that books are never fully realized until they land in the hands of a reader. And I think it's true: a writer can pen beautiful words and fascinating stories, but it's not until the mind of a reader enters the equation that they come alive, that the real magic happens, that it becomes something new and all its own. And no one reader ever has the same experience with the same book, which is even more magical! One book can let a kid living in a small town know they're not alone, or open someone's mind to a point of view they might have never even considered. Books can create empathy, plant ideas in minds, open eyes, heal, change, inspire. Books, or simply words, for that matter--and the ability to connect--are some of the most amazing gifts we humans have. And the unfathomable impact words can have will never cease to astound me.
A (very) few of my favorite YA books:
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Thank you, Miss Erin! I'm happy to be in a world connected to you.
Readers, do you look for connections in YA books? In the characters? In the YA lit community? What do you think is special about YA books that brings people together?
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President Barack Obama today dismissed the notion that a shift toward more domestic drilling for oil could bring down the gas prices whose rise now threatens a swelling economic recovery.
"There is not a silver bullet, there never has been," he said in Miami.
But gas prices were an issue during the 2008 campaign again, and while the candidate did at time warn of quick fixes, he also indicated that his policies would keep prices from rising in the medium term.
"I want to invest that money in clean, affordable, renewable energy sources like wind power, and solar power, and biofuels, so that we're not talking about high fuel prices next summer or the next summer after that, or the summer after that," he said in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on April 29 of that year.
Obama was battling Hillary Clinton's proposal simply to reduce the tax on gas, a move he warned would simply extend the American dependence on oil. But neither shift to renewable sources, which his White House has encouraged, nor the lingering economic weakness, which has suppressed demand, seems to be keeping prices down.
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The apartment "Il Melograno" is part of Residence Podere Olmo, a family-run residence located near San Rocco a Pilli, a small town only five minutes away from Siena immersed in the Tuscan countryside.
The apartment is housed within an ancient "podere" (farmhouse) which has been remodelled by closely following the original features of the typical Tuscan farmhouse and by using all the old materials, from beams to ceiling trusses, to bricks and hand-made terracotta of outdoor floors.
The apartment has two rooms, a private entrance and is decorated in a rustic Tuscan style with equipped kitchen, bathroom with shower and dryer, TV, telephone, wireless internet connection, independent heating and air conditioning. We offer a covered parking spot, laundry with dryer, equipped outdoor terrace and garden...and a distressed family feeling that you can find only here!
The town centre of San Rocco a Pilli is located only two hundred meters from the residence and comes with all the commercial services and conveniences such as supermarket, pharmacy, post office, banks, restaurants and pizzerias. Siena is reachable in only few minutes by bus or by car.


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whew, I just came so good. did something like this once, hope i get to again. ended up on a golf course at sunrise, still going strong :o}
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R.I.P haley
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R.I.P Haley
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They even address her as Haley.
Hailey Paige was awesome. This is from Bang Van - these guys do all kinds of "reality" porn.
Ass, grass or gas, nobody rides for free!
id love to have 3 guys fucking me real hard and to cum in my mouth
The girls name is Haley Paige and she died Aug 21, 2007
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gimme a beer dammit!!
i wish all you bitches and haters would stop bashing theses people. these videos are hard to make. grow up.
anyone who knows that guy with black t-shirt? name maybe? thanks!
Rest In Peace, Hailey Paige
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We will miss her pussy. but!! Does she hava a sister we can see and if luky pound?
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r.i.p. haley :((
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Maryam Irene Haley December 30th, 1981 - August 21st, 2007 reported as inconclusive but it's likely she was murdered.
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Its making cum
wish i could find 3 guys to fuck me hard in a van
You guys are watching a deceased girl. Have some respect.
best in the mouth cumshot on this site near the end
hwd she die? her body's soo damn sexy!
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What is name of guy who fucking?
What is the name of guy who fucking tori black?
i like this gal
That was so EXTREME
love those titties!!! She is hot as fuck..
I love the last one, what a mouthful! And i love watching it drip down onto his dick. I bet that feels good!
man she wanted it
When I gang-bang I use both my rear holes as well as my mouth, then I have cum dribblingv out of all of them.
We'll miss your pussy and sweet character, Haley.
that was fucking badass
Delicious and she loves to suck cock.. I think the best one of the bunch!! And she loves to fuck!!
girl was aswam.i want to fuck her
Jennifer Lopez song is playing in the background lmao
I know this girl is dead RIP but she looks totally fucked up wasted in every video she did...sad.
Oh my god..... That lucky bastard
nice fuck!i want to fuck that girl!
That old dude is creepy as fuck
always knew shit like this went down on this corner.....
yeah great one ...someone give me her name ....
the three of them were lame. the dude with the glasses shot some load, like he never got laid before! next time guys shower, shave then get a hotel room, it is cheaper then the gas for the roach van.
i love those guys cocks, they are treating her so well
too hot...i want sum 1 to fuck me....
nice pussy, nice pussy
LOL...She tried to be a cum dodger the whole ride but that last guy lit her up good!
i love it when the girls scream as loud as this great girl in the vid...
wtf this cum shot in the mouth ... i've never seen this before.
She has an absolutely perfect snatch
she lucky.....
c s style de jeune femme qu'il nous faut dans les clubs libertin dans l'orne et le sarthe
beautiful girl! She's really enjoy sex with gays. Very cool!
I keep coming back to this vid whenever I need to get off...the best cum shot in the mouth I've ever seen
totally made me cum..fuck
.....she seems a good prof....she plays her rol as an innocent girl very well.....hesitating facial expression.........that makes it seem real...... Too bad this movie isn't for real about amateur pick ups. I'd like to try it.and I'd have no wedding ring on my finger lol :-)) (see a previous comment somewehre)....Unfortunately no real possibilities to set up something like this with anyone from here....
for sure, it is haley paige!
18:28 CLASSIC. I laughed so hard
god damn the dude with the yellow shirt and glasses is just a fucking dork. who let his little brother in the porno?
weak. this gimmick was played out by bang bus 10 years ago.
i wanted to meet her
it is haley ,nd they did have to pay her loads
RIP Haley Paige, we all love you
ohhhhh i feel i was there as a girl must have enjoyed more
R.I.P, Haley Paige.
hooooooo my god this tits are very hot my friend i like one of this
is not real she is a porn star Haley Paige
damn, this little girl is a freak! So hot...love to take her camping for a weekend.
I have found 4 of these videos. Anyone find anymore. these rock !
I like how the guy has a wedding ring....FAIL
I Did The Same Thing.By Myself,And With A Co-Worker That Was Awesome.She Was Freakin Hot.
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that is Haley Paige..in certain pictures she's all glam up so she might she look different but that's her for sure.
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Willie Taggart is on his way to becoming one of the hottest coaching commodities in college football.
What the Manatee High legend has done in less than two full seasons at Western Kentucky borders on miracle-worker status.
When Taggart took over the program at WKU in 2010, it had lost 20 straight and was the laughingstock of college football. The Hilltoppers started this season with four straight losses and were 4-36 before he took them on their current four-game win streak.
Taggart isn't new to Believe It Or Not feats. He was part of Jim Harbaugh's staff at Stanford that performed the miracle on turf in 2007 when the 40-point underdog Cardinal recorded the biggest upset in NCAA history by beating Southern California.
"The only people who have to believe are the guys in the locker room," said Taggart, who was the running backs coach and part of a reconstruction project at Stanford that now has that program fourth in the Bowl Chamionship Series standings.
This we know about Taggart.
He knows offense (the West Coast is his specialty), he knows people, and he knows players and how to motivate. We also know if he keeps this up, there is going to be some major program in this country that wants him.
It could happen right here in Florida.
Those rumblings in Gainesville are getting louder, and the Swamp is getting more treacherous.
Taggart could recruit the heck out of the Sunshine State. He already has done that at WKU for a non-BCS program that is in the Sun Belt Conference. He has also become a college football poet laureate.
"All it takes is for one olive to come out of the jar and the rest come out pretty easy," is one of many Taggartisms floating around the Bowling Green campus.
The best part about Taggart is his stubbornness. He doesn't believe he can't win. He didn't believe it at Stanford, which was 1-11 when he arrived. The first thing he did at WKU was change the culture of the football program, which went 2-10 last year and had never won a game as an FBS program until Taggart's arrival.
"Find the bull and find the snake and chop their heads off," Taggart said. "The most important thing is to stay positive and have everyone hold themselves accountable. Coming here, they had nothing but negative stuff to say about our kids. We tried to stay positive and stay the course. What helped me a lot was my experience at Stanford."
Taggart says he adopted the blueprint used to turn Stanford around. What he adds is the ability to make believers out of naysayers.
"We are just a blue-collar, hard-nosed, tough program that is doing things in a first-class manner," Taggart said.
Taggart keeps in regular touch with Harbaugh (now the 49ers head coach) and his dad, Jack Harbaugh, who coached Willie at WKU. They bounce ideas off each other every week.
Believing at WKU is not easy just like believing Stanford could beat USC in '07. Taggart says it has to start with the head coach. He has gotten his kids to believe they can win their conference, where they now stand 4-1.
"I am not surprised to be in the conference race. From day one, that has been our goal," Taggart said. "We were in all these ball games last year, and a lot of them were up for grabs until the fourth quarter when we let them get away. With that and knowing what our guys did during the offseason, I felt there was no reason for us not to be in the race."
Taggart implemented the West Coast offense upon his arrival, ditching the spread it had used. He had to teach the system and find players who would fit that style, which is still an ongoing process.
Taggart found a few gems. One is true freshman Boe Brand from Southeast High, who caught a crucial two-point conversion that enabled the Hilltoppers to eventually win their game last week in overtime against Louisiana-Monroe.
"Boe is coming along nice. Athletically, he can get it done, but he came here at 138-140 pounds soaking wet and had to get bigger," Taggart said.
Taggart is one of the lowest-paid coaches in the country. Now you can make the argument he is the most under paid.
If WKU wants to see this miracle come to fruition, it's going to have to open up its purse strings or find some wealthy boosters. They are getting a bargain now with Taggart, and that is not going to last.
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The researchers told the Northwest Power and Conservation Council on Thursday that the water chemistry and temperatures are suitable for quagga and zebra mussels to grow if they get introduced. The Willamette River is marginal due to lower calcium levels. The researchers are also experimenting with paints that would make it tougher for the mussels to form thick crusty mats on submerged surfaces.
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Bottle/can opener.
Colander: Use this perforated bowl-shape utensil to rinse food or to drain liquids from solid food. When solids are very fine, use a sieve.
Corkscrew: Many models are available, so choose the type you're comfortable using.
Cutting boards: Stock up on two that are easy to tell apart, and reserve one solely for raw meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish, and the other for ready-to-eat foods.
Egg separator: Use to separate egg yolks from whites. It is not safe to separate eggs by passing the yolk from shell to shell.
Food mill: If you don't have one, force food through a strainer set over a bowl or pan.
Fork, long-handled: Use when carving or moving large pieces of food, such as roasts.
Funnel: Helps avoid spills when pouring ingredients from one container to another.
Grater: This tool generally has a metal surface punched with sharp-edged holes or slits that are used to break foods into smaller pieces. Graters come in many shapes and sizes. Tools with larger holes are sometimes called shredders, while those with the largest holes are sometimes called slicers. The size of the holes or slits determines what task the grater is best suited for. Smaller holes or slits will break food into finer pieces. Box graters have different-sized holes or slits on each side.
Kitchen shears: Use for snipping everything from fresh herbs to kitchen string.
Knives: See knives story.
Ladle: In a pinch, substitute a heatproof cup.
Measuring cups and measuring spoons: See Measuring Ingredients.
Mixing bowls: For most cooks, a set of four mixing bowls in the following sizes will suffice: small (1 quart), medium (1 1/2 quarts), large (2 1/2 quarts), and very large (4 quarts).
Pastry blender: For cutting fat (such as shortening) into flour to make pastries, biscuits, etc. If you don't have one, cut in the fat using two knives in a crisscross motion.
Pastry brush: Often used for brushing glazes over baked goods; also useful for greasing pans.
Pepper grinder: Because pepper is more flavorful when ground fresh, you should keep one of these on hand to grind whole peppercorns as needed.
Rolling pin: If you don't have one, try using a clean, heavy bottle with smooth sides.
Rotary beater: If you have an electric mixer or hand-held blender, you may not need one.
Rubber scrapers: Also known as rubber spatulas, these utensils are used for scraping batter from a bowl and for folding ingredients together.
Sieves: Stock up on one large and one small, and use these circular wire-mesh utensils to separate small particles from large ones. Also called strainers.
Sifter: If you don't have one, pour flour or powdered sugar into a sieve set over a bowl, then stir it to force the grains through the holes.
Skewers: These thin, pointed sticks are made of metal or wood and are used to hold pieces of meat, fruit, and vegetables in place. To use wooden skewers for grilling or broiling, be sure to first soak them in water for at least 30 minutes to prevent them from burning.
Slotted spoon, long-handled: Useful for removing solids from liquid mixtures.
Spatulas: These flat utensils can be made of metal, rubber, plastic, and wood. A turner-type spatula is used for flipping foods; a narrow, flexible, metal spatula works well for spreading. For rubber or plastic spatulas, see Rubber scrapers, above. When using a spatula for cooking on the range top, make sure the one you use is heatproof.
Spoon, long-handled: Handy to stir large volumes.
Thermometers: See thermometers story.
Timer: Digital timers can help you time cooking steps to the second.
Tongs (metal): Great for lifting and turning foods.
Vegetable brush: Useful for scrubbing fruits and vegetables when skins will not be removed.
Vegetable peeler: Essential for peeling vegetables; in a pinch, peel skins with a paring knife.
Wire cooling rack: Allows air to circulate around baked goods to cool them quickly and keep them from getting soggy.
Wire whisks: These come in handy for beating ingredients such as eggs. They can also help you smooth out lumpy sauces. In a pinch, substitute a rotary beater.
Wooden spoons (assorted sizes): Sturdy tools for stirring thick dough and batter. Also useful for stirring mixtures while they heat, as wooden handles stay cool longer than metal handles.
Although not essential for everyday cooking, these time-saving tools make nice additions to any kitchen.
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Since today is Wednesday and P had to work we laid low. We took Baby S to a local park to try their playground. Baby S would not go for the swings and did not want to use the slide. Since we did not visit her SWI nor have seen pictures, we have no idea if she just does not have a concept of how much fun swings and slides are or if she is too needy right now to part from us. We just practiced on her walking then took her to BK to let her pig out on French fries, something she can't get enough of these days.
These weekend we are celebrating one month home by taking a small trip with Baby S. P made reservations for us to spend the weekend at a nice hotel with two pools (one is humongous). Initially I was unsure as the "experts" advice waiting at least six months before exposing the babies to unfamiliar surroundings overnight. Then P reminded me that the same "experts" advised against bringing toys with lights and sounds as the babies would be frightened by them. And that is why even though we have dozens of such toys home, we found ourselves at the Kunming Wally Mart searching for those same toys we left behind. Yep, Baby S could not get enough of the noise and lights. :) P won that round of logical thinking.
We are looking forward to three days of teaching Baby S to become comfortable in water and lounging by the pool. P also made it very clear that I will not be hiding behind a camera during our time together. I will actually be in the water with him, learning how to risk my daughter's life by letting go of her in 5 feet of water. :)
This is a far as she would allow us to be. All that good stuff back there? Not the least interested.


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On an isolated Lightning Rail car, nearly empty in contrast the dozens of heavily packed one, 5 unlikely characters one by one get on the train. A mysterious cloaked figure with an outgoing personality, a somewhat temperamental artificer, a cheerful kenku, a note scribbling and extremely well read elf, and finally a large but kind hearted warforged. All of which were invited to Sharn by one Doctor Vaskar, also known as 'Doctor Adventure'. Though not all were quite up front about it.
As they arrived in Sharn, they were greeted by Watch, the warforged major domo of Doctor Vaskar. He briefs them that they were called to join the Doctor's new adventuring team. He also laments that he was a 'former' member of a team, and now is simply relegated to being a glorified butler. But the Doctor is his friend and he sticks it out despite lack of pay (it appears that over the past few years the Doctor has sunk millions into investigating the Mournlands) for the sake of friendship.
After arriving in the Deathsgate district, the party is introduced to Tanix… sort of. More so, she is in the kitchen eating without pants, so she says she'll be up in a moment. So Watch leads the party upstairs to meet the doctor. However, as Watch opens the door and grandly introduces Doctor Vaskar, the party stands in shock to find that the professor is dead.
The party went about looking around the study for any indication of how this could have happened. Discovering a small hole in the back of Vaskar's head and a matching hole in the glass window behind him. Watch immediately puts Tanix, the only person in the house, on 'house arrest' in suspicion but Rin doesn't believe she did it. Sha-Karn peers through the hole and establishes a few potential sniping spots. Discussing with Watch, they find out a few things: the list of enemies the Doctor had was long, that he had been contacted by the Mograve University about a missing colleague, The party decides to split up, with Sha-Karn, Dusk and Pino Kino investigating the rooftops where the killer could have been perched, and Rin and Brann looking into the house's defenses and Dr. Vaskar's notes.
Rin and Brann head back to the study to investigate the security wards, finding that while the wards were not broken, they were clearly deactivated. Watch explained that the only ones who had access to turning the wards on and off were him and the Doctor. Rin also starting sifting through the notes on the desk, and after finding a large tome of random chicken scratch notes about the Mournlands, Rin takes the book and places it in her bag. Watch mentions the business Locke & Key from which they acquired the security wards might be a place to investigate as well, and mentions the owner Mr. Locke and his wife Emilia.
Meanwhile, on the nearby roof of a tavern, the rest of the party investigates. They find definite traces of some foot prints, looking like whoever made them was dragging their feet in long strides across the ground. Next to the foot prints, there were three narrow lines of something else being dragged along in the dirt, possibly some manner of tripod. Sha-Karn tries to detect any arcane energies and is immediately shocked by the overpowering left over energies of whatever was done here. So potent that he was able to establish a trail of the energy departing the scene and back through the city. They decide to inquire some of the local homeless about anyone they may have seen, and learn of a description of a coat wearing man who had "five legs – two normal and three teeny tiny ones" who also had a lumpy hunchback. The party deduces that this was probably the culprit carrying some weapon under the coat. They regroup back at the Doctor's house to plan their next move.
As the group got back together and shared what they learned, and then decide to follow the arcane trail that Sha-Karn discovered. This lead them to a sky carriage station, where they found that in the rough window of when they could say the death happened there were three possible locations that the coated, five-legged, hunchbacked man could have gone: The Menthis Plateau, The Cogs, or Lower Tavick's Landing. They decided to investigate in what they felt was the most suspicious order. The Cogs turned out to be a dead end, and so did Lower Tavick's Landing, and finally upon arriving, they found a torrent of magical energy. Possibly not the one they were looking for, or possibly it was just drowned in the copious amount of insane magical power in the area, either way it seemed to all be traced back to one singular location: Mograve University.
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Getting Around London
The Oyster Card (for London tube and buses)
Despite what you might have heard or read, London's transport system is one of the best in the world. It is also one of the oldest, and therefore in terms of comfort and amenities pales in comparison to many other system in the world. However, it is the quickest way to get from point A to point B within central London, as the bus and tube network reaches virtually every street.
The easiest way to save money is to make sure you get an Oyster Card from a station office before you make your first trip. Whilst you can pay for a ticket by cash, using an Oyster Card could save you more than 50%; for example a cash fare for a single journey in Zone 1 cost £4, whereas with an Oyster Card it only costs £1.60. Also, there is a "daily cap" on Oyster cards… any journey after reaching this cap is free, which is advantageous if, as a tourist, you plan to travel often around London in a day. Trips across multiple zones cost more than within a single zone. The TfL website has a fare finder where you enter in your start and end stations and it tells you how much your journey will cost; It is extremely useful.
The tube station at Heathrow Airport has a ticket counter where you can buy Oyster Cards. You have to put down a deposit of £3 for the card, which is fully refundable when you return the card to the station at the end of your stay in London. You then have to top up the Osyter Card with amounts up to £20. There is also an automatic Oyster Card dispenser at Heathrow, which will take £3 in coins in exchange for an Oyster Card. There are then automatic top-up machines next to it where you can load money on the card, by cash or by credit card. If you don't want to buy an Oyster Card, you can just buy single paper tickets from machines at Heathrow too.
Buses are the cheaper, but often slower, than the Tube but they do have the advantage of traveling above ground and you get to see more of London. In addition, several buses run 24 hour routes, whereas the Tube tends to run only from 5am till slightly past midnight. Bus journeys also cost less, £1 per journey (regardless of how far or to what zone) with an Oyster Card, £2 by cash.
Apart from the bus and tube network, there are the "tourist buses" run by private companies that make a route through all the popular destinations in central London; however, they charge more than £10 per person per day, and there is often a long wait between buses. Also, bus is usually the slowest way to get around London and a journey that might take only 15 minutes by Tube could take an hour by bus. These buses are open top tour buses which allow you to hop on and hop off as you please.
Official Tube & Train Map
A full size London Tube & Train Map (effective January 2010) is available on our London Tube Map page. While it is possible to get a bus map too, a whole London bus network map would be too big and unwieldy to use. Most tube stations and bus stops will have a local bus map showing bus routes from the stops around the station.
Realistic Tube Map – on Google Maps
As every seasoned Londoner knows, the official TfL tube map is not very realistic and true to scale. Some stops might seem very far from one another, yet are actually very close by. However, Google UK Maps have solved the problem by providing an overlay map on the London tube system on top of their regular street maps. This way, you can see the stations as well how the tube tunnels and trains actually run between the stations. Its fun to see if nothing else, but its also highly useful too.
To see the London tube system overlay, first open up Google Maps UK, and enter in "London" or a London postcode. Then hover your mouse over the "More…" button at the top right of the map, and a pop menu will appear. Select "Transit" from the drop-down menu and voila… the whole London Tube system of stations, tunnels, and tracks appear on your map in scale and accurately.
Transport for London (TfL) JourneyPlanner
Transport for London, the company in charge of running the tube and bus networks in London, has a very useful Journey Planner tool on their website. This is probably the best and quickest way to plan your journey from any point A to point B in London. You can enter in your departure location and your destination location, either by postcode, street name, tube/train station, or a popular point of interest.
The most accurate way to use the tool is to use postcodes for all locations if possible. Otherwise if you just use the nearest tube stations, it doesn't take into account the walking time to the tube stations, and it is much more unlikely to show you bus routes, even if they are much more convenient.
There are many advanced options to plan your journey, such as being able to input a time and date in the future. This is extremely useful as it will take into account any service suspensions or station closures if you are traveling on a weekend. You can also specify specific transport modes, for example if you want journeys only by bus or by tube.
Recently, TfL have introduced new features, such as being able to see a cycling route. This is extremely useful for bicyclists, as it is essentially a cycling-specific journey planner that shows routes that are not the shortest distance from A to B, but rather the quickest and the most cyclist-friendly route. Therefore it is likely to recommend routes with cycling lanes or quieter streets rather than busy motorways or A-roads.
New TfL London Bus Routes Map
The problem with the JourneyPlanner is that while it was great for intelligently mapping out the best route for you, it wasn't able to tell you the routes of London buses and all the stops and stations along the way. TfL have now solved this problem by launching their new Bus Maps tool, which allows you to input any bus route number, postcode, address, landmark, or station. If you put in a bus route number, it shows you on a Google map the exact route along roads that the bus takes as well as the stops. If you search for a postcode, address, landmark, or station, it shows you a list of all the buses in the nearby vicinity area that you can take, as well as their routes. it is an extremely slick and easy to use tool, taking full advantage of Google's map overlay feature.
Mobile JourneyPlanner
TfL have also released a mobile, or wap, version of their JourneyPlanner for use on mobile and PDA handheld devices. This means that wherever you are in London, you can plan your onward journey if you have a phone or PDA with internet enabled. The tool is text based, so you won't be able to view maps of where the bus stops are or how to walk from point A to B, and it is a bit of a hassle to use. But it also has tube line and station updates, so you know which lines are running with a good service and which ones have severe disruptions.
Free London Tube email and mobile SMS alerts
Another cool and very useful tool from the London Tube is the email and SMS travel alert service. After you set up a free account on the travel alert page, you can input journeys that you take regularly, such as your journey from work and back, and the estimated times that you normally take those journeys. TfL will then send you either email or SMS alerts about half an hour before your journey to tell you if there are any problems with your route (for example station closures due to flooding). This is extremely useful, and it has saved my hide a few times from being overly late to work! The service is completely free, even the SMS that you receive, so its an alert service that I recommend all Londoners to sign up for.
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TORONTO – All seemed right with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday as forward Dave Bolland and goaltender Jonathan Bernier returned to practice.
Having the injured players back on the ice and progressing was certainly a positive sign, but no one was sure if either would be in the lineup Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens for a game that could have serious playoff implications.
"Bolly is obviously getting closer … and it's getting close to a decision whether he's going to be able to play for us in the next game and the game after," coach Randy Carlyle said. "We think that Bernie is showing progress. To say that he is available for tomorrow night, I can't tell you that right now. That again will be a decision we'll make more than likely tomorrow afternoon."
These are important decisions with the Leafs in the midst of a three-game losing streak and trying to keep a playoff position.
Bolland hasn't played since Nov. 2 due to a severed tendon in the back of his right ankle while Bernier has been out a week with a groin injury. If they get the go-ahead to play, it'll be the first time all season the Leafs will have iced their full lineup. That would be impeccable timing for a game Joffrey Lupul called Toronto's biggest of the year.
"I think that's going to be really exciting for us as a group," Lupul said Friday. "Injuries or suspensions, whatever, is part of the deal, but we were pretty excited with some of our additions coming into camp and it seems that we haven't had everyone in there as a whole. It would be interesting to see."
Even though James Reimer performed well in Bernier's absence and a rotating crew of centres filled in admirably over much of the past 56 games Bolland has missed, the Leafs are a different team with those players.
In going 25-16-7 with a 2.61 goals-against average and .925 save percentage, Bernier not only solidified his spot as the No. 1 goalie but covered up for a lot of his teammates' mistakes. The Leafs have lost the past five games the 25-year-old has not appeared in, including these three in a row with Bernier sitting out with the first groin injury of his career.
"It's tough to watch your team lose, but I don't think we played our best games in the last three and I thought James was really good," Bernier said. "We just got to re-focus. We're not in a bad spot."
Bernier, who reported feeling better over a three-day span, wants to make sure he doesn't put his team in a worse spot by rushing back from an injury that can be nagging, especially for goaltenders.
"I just don't want to push it, and I think everyone's on the same page with the staff," he said. "It's a critical time (with) playoffs coming, so I want to make sure that I'm fully a hundred per cent (and that) my body feels pretty good to get on the ice."
Bolland felt good, too, after skating line rushes between Mason Raymond and David Clarkson, an indication the 27-year-old centre would likely play against Montreal.
But after he appeared close to returning a few weeks ago and scaled back, nothing's certain.
"It's on the upwards, and things are getting better," Bolland said, calling himself day-to-day. "Hopefully something clicks. I don't know. We'll see how it goes, and coach will make the decision and we'll see what happens."
Bolland's return, whether it's Saturday at Air Canada Centre, Sunday against the New Jersey Devils or beyond, would give the Leafs a bit of a different look on their third line.
"You bring a guy like Bolland back in the lineup, that's a veteran presence and basically the exact type of player you need around this time of year," Lupul said. "No offence to the guys that have filled his spot because they've done a good job, but our team looks a little tougher on paper with Bolland in kind of the third-line role."
Toronto was 10-4-0 before Bolland took a skate blade to the back of the ankle in Vancouver from Canucks forward Zack Kassian. And Bolland's strong start—six goals and four assists—was a large part of that success.
Even if that kind of offensive production doesn't come back after missing more than four months, Bolland could help set the tone in the area Carlyle believes is crucial to getting the Leafs back on track.
"It's about getting our forechecking game going," Carlyle said. "When we're a hockey club that's hard to contend with, it's because we skate and we're on the forecheck, and that's what we're going to focus on: Getting the puck in and establish a forecheck, play a lot more of the game on the offensive side of it versus the defensive side of it."
If Bolland is able to get back, it also helps out forward depth as the Leafs figure to go back to six defencemen with Paul Ranger out after suffering a neck injury on a scary play Wednesday against Tampa Bay. Unless Ranger is placed on long-term injured reserve, Toronto would have to send down two players to clear enough salary-cap space to activate Bolland off that list.
Centre Peter Holland and wingers Carter Ashton and Troy Bodie would seem the candidates to be sent to the AHL's Marlies.
In goal, minor-league call-up Drew MacIntyre could be headed back if Bernier is deemed ready to go. MacIntyre backed up Reimer in each of the past three games but did not see any action.
Bernier would like to get back in for some game action after taking himself out of the March 13 game against his former team, the Los Angeles Kings. It would only be too perfect for the Laval, Que., native to do it against the Habs.
"Right now I don't want to tell much more," he said with a wry smile, "but it's still day-to-day."
So is the Leafs' season. With 11 games remaining, they are tied with Montreal and the Washington Capitals for the fewest of any team in the Eastern Conference .
"We've given ourselves now a tougher task," Carlyle said. "But the bottom line is, we just have to win our share of games. Not worry what anybody else is doing—win our share of games. Find a way to get our team playing back to the way we're capable of playing."
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Other petfood in Australia grows 2 percent in 2011, new report says
Euromonitor International publishes new report on bird, small animal food market in Australia
Sales of other petfood (for pet birds, small mammals, reptiles and fish) increased by 2 percent in current value terms in 2011, according to a new petfood industry report from Euromonitor International.
The report, Other Pet Food in Australia , covers growth in pet populations, which contributed to the value growth in other petfood in Australia. According to the report, sales of other petfoods reached AUD149 million (US$155.7 million) in 2011, of which bird food contributed the largest share, with sales of AUD74 million (US$77.3 million). Other segments covered in the report include fish food and small mammal/reptile food.


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12 things to help photographers from a dollar store/
Photographers are gadget people. We like to follow trends and to learn what to do with the new gadgets. I think it comes in our DNA. A lot of times there are fast trends and things that prove themselves to be what I call a "false gadget": something that you swore was going to improve your photography or make it easier to go on a photo session but It did not stand the test of times.
That is why today I am going to talk about 12 things to help photographers from a dollar store.
1 - Clamps
Those photography clamps can be used to hold backgrounds, keep the height of a failing lightstand, hold clothing from the back when adjusting a pose for a model or client.
2 - Flashlight
Photographing in the end of the day has its magic but as the sun disappears by the minute into the end of the day, the flashlight saves me to photograph people when I have helpers: an assistant will turn the flashlight on and point the light to the subject's face so I can focus in the darkness. Then I lock my focus in manual mode, without moving myself or the camera, and take a picture in manual focus with the real "flash". The flashlight allows me to focus. Without it, the camera would just hunt and my images would be blurry.
3 - Cilinder gift box
This gift box allows me to create a "snoot" when photographing people, the concentrated and controlled "hair light" . By removing the lid and the bottom of the gift box I can insert a speed light on it and have the light to focus where I want it.
4 - Dry erase board with a sharpie
Did you ever photograph a lot of people where you have to send them emails and later you don't remember who is who? Meet the dry erase board with a sharpie! You ask the person who will be photographed to write her/his name on the board with the phone number and email and photograph a first image with the dry erase board showing. Later on you know who is who and where your images needs to go.
5 - Notebook
The digital age is great but why do I always run out of batteries when I don't have an outlet to make my notes? A small notebook with a pen can be kept in the car so you can make notes of locations when you are scouting for photo sessions or take note of somebody's phone or email. It is also great to have it as an idea book for photography projects , where you can make small drawings, take notes and details of your sessions and lighting scenarios.
6 - Poster board
I am talking about the poster board like the ones that fold in 3 that kids use for school projects. You can use them to bounce light to fill in the shadow side of your picture. You can also put together 2 or 3 of these in the long way and use it as a v-flat to bounce light. I have made one for myself using small pieces of wood hangers on the back attached with gaffer's tape. Two poster boards together are long enough to bounce light from head to toe.
7 - Foam board
The dollar store has pieces that are white in one side and black on the other, so you can use them to bounce light or to block light, very handy!
8 - Binder
A binder is great to keep your things organized - postcards, notes, business cards, contracts, model releases and any paperwork you may need in a photo session
9 - Hand warmer
The cold weather we endure sometimes to photograph in winter...now hand warmers are at the dollar store. Keep a few in your photographer's backpack and use it in inclement weather
10 - Gloves
Do I need to say more? My hands are always cold in winter and it is convenient to keep a backup plan in the car if you forget the good ones at home
11 - Lint roller
Everything is great in the beginning of the photo session when you meet you clients and then you realized they have too much pet hair! There comes your friend, the lint roller. Use it to clean their clothing before you photograph. It is much faster to clean the clothing before than to photoshop later!
12 - The Picnic Tablecloth
They come in all kinds of colors, but my favorites are black and white. With the white picnic tablecloth I can bounce light from the sun or a flash, diffuse light outdoors, use it as a background. The black picnic tablecloth is the one I use the most! I cannot find it all year round, but usually about Halloween time I find it (and I stock up fro the year!). This tablecloth is used to put it on the ground so clients and models can put their personal belongings in a photo session, to block light from the sun, to use it as a background and to help to create a "flag" to block light partially from a flash or from the sun.
I hope these small gadgets are in your new list to acquire. Sometimes the budget does not need to be big to be really handy and useful in the photographer's life!
Enjoy the new season and take more pictures!
Simone Severo


text: Chicago — Now that the Super Bowl is over, I hope we as Americans will wake up and realize how much we have to lose by allowing the Bush administration to pursue its megalomaniac game plan for attacking Iraq. Football has a winner and a loser. Unilateral war against Iraq will only have losers.


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'Anonymous' Hacker Group Attacks BMI Website
By Ed Christman
In a defensive move against the Anonymous hacker group, BMI has temporarily taken down its website, the organization said in a statement today. The statement said that the denial-of-service attack has slowed down external access to BMI.com, but, it adds, "There has not been a breach of security into our systems in any form and access has not been obtained to any secure content. We believe that this attack is part of their misguided campaign to attack creative rights. The group has launched attacks on other agencies around the world representing creators in the past."
The company asserted that "Other than the website, operations are not impacted by the company's protective move. BMI plans to resume full service of all online services for its songwriters, music publishers and licensees shortly."
According to the TG Daily website, http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/54555-anonymous-wages-war-against-copywrong, a press release disseminated by the group claims that their attack against BMI has been successful.
"We have seen BMI consistently legislate copyright and consequently have decided to take action to show the people will not stand for its crimes against the public," the statement says. "This is a message to you and other corporations like you: We will not stand this abuse anymore. No company shall take advantage of our government to churn out profits and censor information in any form. This is unacceptable and will be dealt with accordingly by Anonymous. We are not pirates, we are not hackers in our mother's basement. We are Anonymous. We do not forgive, we do not forget, you should have expected us."


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Uday explains: "The purpose of co-creation is not to elicit creative ideas and direction from everyday people, but rather to seek their help in ensuring that the product and service ideas of creative people are made relevant and meaningful to users and their contexts."
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