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I'm a sucker for toys that work in the dark which is why I was super excited to try Creativity for Kids new Color Changing Flower Lights. The kit comes with three plastic globes that have three different light settings. One is a disco ball effect that seems perfect for the fairies in your realm. Read our full review at toyportfolio.com. Watch our video http://bit.ly/WPdOcI.
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Mattel's response to Prop 65 postings on Amazon
One of our readers pointed out that there were California Prop 65 warnings on several Mattel track sets on Amazon. Prop 65 requires companies to provide notice that their product may contain certain chemicals that are known to cause cancer or birth defects. Two of our current award winners were posted with such a warning. So we asked Mattel for a statement.
From Mattel:
Recently several of our Hot Wheels products: Hot Wheels Color Shifter Blaster, Hot Wheels Color Shifters Stunt Set and the Hot Wheels Tub Racers Playset were incorrectly listed on Amazon.com as requiring a California Proposition 65 warning. These warnings were posted in error and Amazon.com is working to correct this information immediately. Mattel is committed to providing safe, engaging play experiences for kids of all ages.
Thanks to our reader for pointing this out! If you'd like to read more about the history and current requirements of Prop 65, click here.
More on Cadmium
Happy to read Ravlya Ismall's piece Why Do Jewelery Makers Get Off Easy With Cadmium?
There are certainly many issues facing the nation this year–but the lack of aggressiveness on this issue on the part of the CPSC seems to be a step backwards when it comes to protecting our children from hidden dangers in toys and jewelry.
CPSC Backs off Tougher Standards for Cadmium in Children's Products
Despite all indications that the CPSC was really stepping up and setting tough standards on the levels of cadmium in children's products– today the agency backed down. They are suggesting that the industry self-enforce. Hmmmm? How well did that work out the last time when we were talking about lead. We are especially concerned that children's jewelry (that often finds its way into the mouth) is full of cadmium (instead of lead).
Here is an excerpt from the press release we received from the non-profit group Center for Environmental Health:
"Today's announcement falls far short of what is needed to end this health threat to children," said Michael Green, Executive Director of CEH. "California has adopted a sensible standard that should serve as a national model for limits on cadmium in children's products. Sadly, if it goes forward, CPSC's standard would be a step backwards for children's health."
In September, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law legislation banning sales of children's jewelry that contain more than 300 parts per million (ppm) total cadmium. In advocating for the law, which had bipartisan and industry support, CEH noted that a standard based on the total amount of cadmium – and not the amount extracted in a lab solution – is more health protective for children, more enforceable for government regulators, and less expensive and less cumbersome for industry to adopt.
CEH lead testing of thousands of toys and children's products since 2008 has demonstrated that the federal standard – based on the total lead content – has been highly successful in protecting children and meeting industry's need for predictable and achievable regulations. Despite this successful regulatory approach and California's legislative approach, CPSC today announced that it is aiming to create a federal standard based on the amount of cadmium extracted from children's items.
CEH notes that a total content standard is more appropriate for a cadmium rule because:
It's safer for children: testing products using an extraction test at the time of production fails to account for normal wear-and-tear, which can dramatically change the amount of the toxic metal that could be released; total content testing avoids this problem, since the total amount of the toxic metal does not change.
It's more enforceable: total content testing is more objective and repeatable than extraction testing, which is subject to much more variability and error.
It's less costly and less cumbersome for industry: producers of children's products can order and test raw materials for total content before fabricating products, saving them time and resources. In most cases, extraction testing is only valid on finished products, so producers may not know that a product fails testing until after the product is ready for marketing.
CEH also notes that inexpensive screening by x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers for cadmium is widely available and already in use by some toy and children's products companies. Yet such testing may be useless for meeting an extraction standard.
Earlier this year, CEH findings led to the group's initiating the nation's first-ever legal challenge to cadmium in jewelry. The nonprofit has ongoing litigation <http://www.ceh.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=440&Itemid=166> for sales of cadmium-tainted jewelry against leading major retailers, including Walmart, Saks, Rainbow and several others. CEH and other groups have also petitioned CPSC and the Environmental Protection Agency, urging them to address the issue of cadmium in children's products. In an EPA response this August, the agency suggested it would "…work closely with CPSC to determine the most effective means for addressing cadmium in toy metal jewelry and other consumer products, and to determine if action by CPSC should have precedence."
Lead still lurking in products for kids
Just received an email from the Center for Environmental Health about their testing of products sold in major chains that have a high lead content. Read the story here.
Toy Safety…again
Last night I was talking about the new toy season – thinking about getting to share another year's worth of testing. I know we don't make any of these toys, but we do take pride in our list of award winners. It takes a lot of work to get to those select toys that do what they say they're going to do–AND they're fun, well made, and going to enhance your child's play experience. While there are definite points of the year when I ponder what I do for a living, at the end of the day my mother and I really love finding great products. Our network of family testers take their work seriously and we love the feedback we get from the play trenches!
So you can imagine my dismay this morning. I was barely awake when I saw a reporter on tv with a new set of toys being recalled. I thought (hoped) that I was still asleep. But no, it was real and even more alarming one of our scheduled award winners was on the list. All of my happy thoughts about kicking off a new season without the upset of recalls was gone. Fisher-Price voluntarily recalled 10+ million plus toys and equipment for kids.
The issue this year is not lead or pvc — but small parts. Now if you've read my blog you know this has been an on going worry for us. In this case the issue is small parts potentially breaking off and posing a choking hazard–but we have been observing small parts that are meant to be there. Small parts that just stick out of the official choke tube but fall in a toilet roll center (the at-home test recommended by the CPSC).
As always we encourage parents to trust their instincts. If something looks too small or is too loud or is too rough (we had lots of splinter issues this year as well)….take the toy back. If you have kids that mouth their toys, keep a toilet roll near by. Put away questionable pieces for the time being.
Backyard Discovery Jungle Gym Gets High Marks
Over the years we've testing many outdoor play systems. They have become so expensive that you really want to be sure you're making a wise investment. This season we asked one of our testing families to try a set from Backyard Discovery — a mid-priced brand of wooden sets that is widely available. They tried the Highlander – it comes with a 10′ wave slide, a rock wall, ladder, two belt swings, a two person glider, a picnic table and a four level fort with a covered porch.
What they loved:
The three levels to climb. (This trend for super high climbers makes us a little nervous. It certainly demands constant adult supervision).
The accessories. The telescope, the steering wheel– all fun for pretend play!
Stability. This is super important when kids are swinging high and on the glider.
Rock Wall. The kids really enjoyed this aspect of the set.
Slide. The wave slide is super sleek and slippery–our testers liked that it was super high.
Hardware. Heavy and looks like it will hold up well.
Swings and Glider. A big hit…how high can you go?
Swings and glider are a bit close for our parent testers' taste. Our mom suggested that another three inches between the swings would make crashes less likely (yikes).
The rock wall is awkwardly close to one side of the picnic table underneath–making it almost inaccessible for even a small child to get into the bench on that side.
Overall–this family gave the set high marks. They noted that it took a professional installer 13 hours to put the whole thing together.
Safety First— please note that all backyard equipment needs to have safety material under and around it to help avoid serious injury if your child falls off the equipment. For a complete list of the CPSC's playground safety recommendations, click here. Playground experts recommend that you have at least 12 inches of wood chips, mulch, sand or pea gravel or safety tested rubber mats. While this adds to the expense of your backyard playground, remember that 200,000 kids end up in the ER due to playground injuries…so buy the wood chips!
Recall of Step 2 Push Around and Whisper Ride Buggies
Two of Step 2's Buggies have been recalled. Please read the following release from the CPSC to see if your product is covered by the recall. If you do have one of these buggies, you can contact Step 2 for a free repair kit – you can call Step 2 at (866) 860-1887.
New DUPLO sets: Horse Stables and Preschool Building Set
We just got two new DUPLO sets which are lovely for preschoolers. There is the new Horse Stable that comes with two horses, a stable you build, two vehicles (one is a horse trailer), two play figures. There's a lot of opportunities here for pretend play and a great introduction to building. This should be a parent/child toy to begin with as you put the set together and talk about the horses and what they need (hay, walking, taking a ride, etc.)
The other set is a basic building set called LEGO DUPLO Learning that includes big pieces that also have numbers on them. Again a great chance to talk about numbers, colors and other concepts right on target for preschoolers. How high can you stack the pieces, how many can you fit on the vehicle?
Here's the continuing problem we have with these otherwise great sets. The age range is marked 2 & up and while all of the pieces fit current federal guidelines for small parts–many of the pieces are very, very close. And if you use a toilet paper roll as the CPSC suggests consumers use if they do not have a choke tube, many of the pieces go straight through. We discussed this issue last year and LEGO stands by their age range, see my earlier post and LEGO's response.
Our point remains…since there is no educational or developmental advantage to giving toddlers such small pieces–and the downside is so much greater, why take a chance?
So while we would highly recommend these sets for 3 & up, sadly we can not give them an award with the current age labels on the box. And we will continue to lobby that LEGO either up the age label to 3 & up or up the size of the pieces so that they are a better choice for 2's. Last year we were delighted when Step 2 up sized their toy hot dogs for much the same reason. We hope LEGO will do the same.
A rose by any other name…
Old Names, But New Games. One of the trends for the fall is familiar names (Monopoly, Scrabble, Twister, etc.) being used with all new game play.
The new U-Build Monopoly (Parker Brothers $19.99) looks like an interesting concept, you build the board – allowing you to control how long your game will take. But the traditional game board is completely gone.
Scrabble Flash Cubes (Hasbro $29.99), one of the coolest games we saw at Toy Fair, has electronic cubes that you use to build words, again no board, no little tiles…no double or triple word points. If you're a purist about Twister and love the smell and feel of that mat, you may feel sad about Twister Hoopla (Hasbro $19.99) -where your body becomes the mat. We'll have to see how these test with kids and their parents. All Available Fall 2010.
Brand new. We did find some new innovative games. Konexi (ZimZala Games $24.99) brings the fun of Jenga and word play together. Here you stack letters to create words-but watch out you don't want the letters to come falling down. We loved the design and feel of this game – can't wait to test with kids.
We suggested that they could make one of games younger so that the age range of 10 plus could come down considerably. Available Fall 2010.
An anti-technology theme. Appealing to parents that would like the playroom to be more "real" – we found even more organic and recycled products than last year. A new approach – classic toys that now require no batteries – saving money, another bonus. We all grew up with Spin Art – one of my all time personal favorites! Innovative for this year, Crayola will roll out Crayola Color Twister Spin Art (Crayola $14.99) which uses an air pump to make the platform spin. Watch our video.
We only got to to see the prototype–but look forward to testing the real toy later this season. Available July 2010.
The same "air" technology is now being used to propel certain LEGO RACERS ($12.99/ Available now).
Pure Whimsy.
Sing-a-ma-jigs (Mattel $12.99 each) may turn out to be one of the hottest toys of the season if the real things work as well as the prototypes. Be sure to watch my video. Each of the dolls will chatter, sing and even harmonize together. To me they look like claymation characters come to life. We look forward to testing these as soon as they are ready. First collection available May 2010/ more to come for the holidays.
Hexbug Nanos. You either loves these little bugs that come in test tubes…or they'll creep you out. I love them. Rolling out right now are habitats that you can put them in. Our testers enjoyed the portability of these little bugs that go like crazy! The bugs are each $9.99, the habitat starter set is $19.99.
They are to me the tech answer to Zhu Zhu Hamsters. If you're shopping for that hard to buy for tween, these will be an interesting novelty. Available Now.
May the Force be with you. As a complete Star Wars fan, it makes me so happy that there is a whole new generation falling in love with the saga– thanks to the Clone Wars cartoon. For my LEGO builders, the Star Wars sets are always the number one request.
LEGO has responded with many new models including the TIE Defender ($49.99). This is the Empire's most advanced fighter, it comes with 304 pieces and includes two action figures. Available Now.
We also can't wait to test, the Star Wars R/C Millennium Falcon (Hasbro $49.99/ Available Fall 2010) – watch our video; the Star Wars AT-AT (Hasbro $99.99/Available August 2010)- a pretty impressive play setting for your own battles against the Empire.
It's more than 2′ tall and 28″ long, comes with LED lights, sounds and phrases from the movie; the Star Wars General Grievous Lightsaber (Hasbro $34.99/Available August 2010) is fun to spin–with double lightsabers that come apart. The lights and sound effects will appeal to Star Wars fans young and old. Watch our video.
All of these toys will be tested and full reviews will appear on www.toyportfolio.com
Related videos:
Our video of General Grevious Lightsaber
Our video of the Crayola Color Twist Spin Art


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I do not mean to be a fear-monger, I mentioned this on another thread but when I looked up "sexual harassment" in the forum search, nothing came up -that I could see - and I think this is kind of important.
Does anyone else have a problem with riding on relatively deserted, back-country roads and getting hollered, whistled and honked at, sometimes even stopped, by creeps? The kind that actually stop you to subject you to a truly obscene suggestion? This has happened more often than I would like. I actually stopped riding a while ago because I was, frankly, scared to go out. My fears have subsided with time, but honestly - out there by myself - what could I really do? I live in Deliverance country after all (movie reference)- and I have been stopped two or three times - once while I was just walking somewhere. I don't stop anymore, by the way. I used to think they wanted directions, now I don't care if they do.
My dad wants me to buy a gun and get a liscense to carry it. Ugh! I hate that it comes down to that. Just leave me alone!
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The two, big movies this weekend underperformed, one much more than the other, while Iron Man 2 stays right on schedule. Also, a new, limited release surprised everyone with a nearly $5000 per screen average. All in all, it was a somewhat disappointing weekend, and much of that falls at the feet of Shrek Forever After, which didn't have the lowest, opening weekend for a film from that series, but it certainly didn't live up to expectations.
Shrek Forever After's $71.2-million opening is nothing to sneeze at. Most films, whether they are part of a much larger series or not, only dream of having opening weekends that big. However, it seems that bad taste Shrek the Third left in everyone's mouth continues to haunt the franchise. Not even 3-D and IMAX could boost the fourth and supposed final installment past the $100-million opening mark. Depending on the longevity the film has at the box office, it could very well be the last entry regardless of what DreamWorks Animation had planned.
With a $165-million budget, the film will more than likely make money when you count up the worldwide totals. The amount of money it's going to make on DVD/Blu-Ray will be rather large, as well. Also, when you look at the films in DreamWorks Animation catalog outside the Shrek franchise, you see the green ogre is still king of the studio. The opening weekend for Shrek Forever After is still bigger than anything they have put out outside of the Shrek series. While this may change in the coming years with Kung Fu Panda 2 and the How to Train Your Dragon sequel, this franchise is still their biggest money-maker, and that speaks volumes.
The biggest shocker of the weekend, though, was with MacGruber. Despite the film's moderate reviews (the film's fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes has plummeted from 89% to 54% in the past week) and the love being dished out by those who find merit with it, it's opening was staggeringly low. Even with a $10-million budget, it will be hard pressed for MacGruber to make its money back in domestic take, as it is sure to be pulled from theaters sooner than anticipated. Just to relay how bad this film's opening is, we'll compare it to The Ladies Man, which opened on 500 less screens and made $1.3 million more in its opening weekend. It's been ten years since Saturday Night Live pushed one of its properties to the big screen, and, if it's ever going to happen again, expect to wait another decade.
A big winner for the weekend is Kites, which opened on just over 200 screens and found its way into the top 10. An opening on 200+ screens isn't all that limited, and the film only needed a per screen average of just under $5000 to break in.
Here is how the weekend box office shaped up:
- Shrek Forever After -$71.2m NEW
- Iron Man 2 – $26.6m (-48.9%)
- Robin Hood – $18.7m (-48.1%)
- Letters to Juliet – $9.1m (-32.8%)
- Just Wright – $4.2m (-49%)
- MacGruber – $4.1m NEW
- Date Night – $2.8m (-26.1%)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street – $2.2m (-50.9%)
- How to Train Your Dragon – $1.8m (-63%)
- Kites – $1.0m NEW
Even with the disappointing numbers from Shrek Forever After and MacGruber, the top 10 for the weekend ended up with a collective $141.7 million, up 8% from last weekend. However, the weekend was down 15.6% from the same weekend last year when Night at the Museum II and Terminator Salvation pushed that weekend's top 10 to $168 million. Neither film hit very hard in 2009, but both together were enough to give Shrek Forever After a run for its money. MacGruber wasn't even in that fight.
Next weekend has two, new films in wide release to pump up the box office. Carrie and the girls are back for more Cosmos in Sex and the City 2 and Jake Gyllenhaal looks to break into movie stardom with a little help from Jerry Bruckheimer and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. It will be an interesting weekend to see which of the three films, either of these two or Shrek, comes out on top. Sex and the City 2 will be opening on slightly fewer screens than Prince of Persia, plus it's rated R and runs 30 minutes longer. However it does have an extra day leading in, as it opens on Thursday night. We'll be back on Wednesday to see how it's shaping up.


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Long before Wayne Brejcha, the creative director of Chicago-based Calabash Animation, was animating commercials for such advertising icons as Lucky the Lucky Charms leprechaun and the Trix rabbit, he was an animation fan growing up in Michigan, where he made Super 8 films inspired by the legendary visual effects designer Ray Harryhausen. He also created his own comics for his high school newspaper.
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BREJCHA: "Somewhere in junior high. I had no idea how anyone actually went about making a career out of animation. There wasn't an abundance of role models in Midland, Michigan in 1977. Sometime around 1980, visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull visited our local theater, screened the film Silent Running and talked about doing the special effects for it. That was probably the first time I saw an actual someone with a genuine career in film.
"I did have some real encouragement from teachers, and our school had Super 8 cameras available to interested students. A bit of a rarity at that time. I joined up with some friends to make a bunch of animated stuff, mostly stop-motion clay figures. Most of it was really terrible, but incredibly exciting to do."
POST: What inspired you creatively as a young man?
BREJCHA: "Any and every Looney Tunes short I could watch; Ray Harryhausen films; the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings; the magazines 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' and 'Super 8 Filmmaker.' I also recall a book from our junior high library called 'Young Animators and Their Discoveries' that told stories of various teenagers who made their own animated films using Super8 or 16mm film. It was pretty exciting to think, 'I can do this.' A lot of inspiration came from my friends, who were also fascinated with making movies. We batted ideas around for little clay animation bits and bizarre tableaus that we thought were hilariously Monty Python-esque."
POST: Talk about your early filmmaking experiments.
BREJCHA: "I did make lots of flipbooks (doodles in the corners of pages that you flip to watch your doodles animate) and had a kind of epiphany experience when I was 10 or 11 and made a cardboard 'Phenakistoscope,' where you can draw little sequential pictures and spin them on this slotted wheel to watch them in motion. But Super 8 film was the coolest. I had a Minolta XL-400 that would allow you to shoot single frames on the film. I also drew a comic strip for the high school newspaper for a few years."
POST: Where your parents supportive?
BREJCHA: "In every way. My mother and step-dad let me have the run of the basement, which I turned into my best guess at an animation studio. Since I seemed to be learning something and didn't appear to be ruining the value of the house any faster than the general economy was doing, they helped me acquire quite an enviable stash of equipment."
POST: Who else helped develop your interest?
BREJCHA: "I had some great English and art teachers. I still keep in touch with my high school art teacher, Carol Lewin. The great teachers teach you how to be your own best teacher. They can open up and lure you into corridors of creativity to which you were entirely oblivious at 10am, but changed your life by 2pm. They'll allow, demand, encourage and critique your best efforts. They can give you some crucial perspective on what you need to improve, which is probably the one thing your friends and family can't reliably or knowledgeably offer you. To have your imagination valued, and to be given tools to unlock and develop your abilities, is one of the greatest things that can happen for an artistic soul."
POST: How did you further your understanding beyond your own filmmaking experiments?
BREJCHA: "In high school, I read a lot of articles and books, and even made my own animation drawing board with sawed-off dowel rods for pegs to try my hand at animated drawings and cartoons. I copied — and expanded on — Preston Blair's famous 'Cartoon Animation.' I distinctly remember hunting down the arcane knowledge on how to build a good ball-and-socket stop-motion armature and read 'The Making of King Kong.'"
POST: What were you earliest professional animation jobs?
BREJCHA: "Not exactly animation, but in 1985 I made props and painted on glass for some special effects shots in an independent feature film called Gold Through The Fire. The next summer I did some cel animation for a series called Teachin' Teddy, a kind of quiz-game that hooked up to your VCR, for a studio called Kinetics, here in Chicago. The next summer I freelanced for the original Calabash Animation founders, Ed and Monica Newman, which they'd launched two years earlier, and for the next several years until they hired me full time in 1990."
POST: Did you go to art or film school? Did it prepare you well for your work today?
BREJCHA: "I went to Eastern Michigan University, and considered other careers in commercial art, but always kept one eye on animation. Eastern had a pretty good art program, but they dumped their film program after I enrolled. I decided I'd keep on with the fundamental art education, and learn more of the specific film stuff later.
"Along the way, I picked up a bunch of color theory and graphic design, and I minored in writing. All of it has come into play one way or another — even if it's just in having learned how to talk to the artists who can paint and draw exceedingly well. Grasping fundamentals will give you a leg up in the more creative side of a career. It's just a very long-term payoff to invest in learning a bunch of fundamentals, because you still obviously have to learn a lot of technical particulars to be useful to a studio. That's truer now than when I started. I sympathize with kids in college now who have to learn any number of computer programs just to be marketable, aside from learning design and composition basics, and all the universal underpinnings of communications."
POST: When you look back on your journey to professional animator, does anything stand out as valuable lessons or teachable moments that helped shape your career?
BREJCHA: "There is something you get for having to make things up for yourself. You learn a kind of bare-knuckle initiative to get something done. You learn to define for yourself just what it is you want to see on the screen when you're done. For me, making the ball & socket armature for a stop-motion dinosaur showed me how tremendously specialized the different tasks in animation are. You come to appreciate the huge talents that people have that can do a lot different things very well.
"There is also something you get from working in a team of artists. Most lessons don't come at you in dramatic nugget-form that makes for a good story. I'm lucky to have a long accumulation of insights from being with and looking over the shoulders of a bunch of really jaw-droppingly talented and accomplished artists of every stripe. And when you're not the one who has to do all of the work in creating the art, it's much easier to come up with all the ambitious stuff that grim experience and a bunch of unfinished projects have taught you not to attempt on your own."
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Yelagiri hill station is one of the best hill station in Tamil Nadu for making tour in Summer days. If you are planning to make a summer tour in this season then you must visit Yelagiri hill station of Tamil Nadu. Read the full article to know accommodation near yelagiri, Best places near Yelagiri and How to reach Yelagiri hill station.
Yelagiri Hill Station of Tamil Nadu
Are you planning to make a
summer tour
in this Summer vacation, if you are doing so then you should make a
tour to Tamil Nadu
. This state is full of natural beauty and famous places. You can really see the art of nature in this state. Yelagiri hill station is one of the
famous hill station in Tamil Nadu
Yelagiri hill station is situated 1410 mtrs above the sea level. This place is like the blessings of god. All you need to see in natural arts, you can get them all at in this place. You can see the beautiful scenery of small villages from this hill station. It is known as the
best hill station for summer days
in Tamil Nadu.
Normally the other
hill stations of Tamil Nadu
like Ooty and Kodaikanal are famous only for summer days cause you cannot go those hill stations in Rainy and winter seasons cause in winter those places are very cold and in rainy those are too wet. But You can
go Yelagiri hill station
through out the whole year. In summer days the
temperature of Yelagiri
maximum goes to 38 degrees and in winter seasons it minimum goes to 12 degree. Rain comes here normally so Tourists come to this place in all the 12 months.
Places to Visit near Yelagiri Hill station
Yelagiri is not only famous for the hill station but you can see many beautiful natural and man made things there. Such things are Punganoor Lake, Velvan Temple, Swamimalai Hill and Jalagamparai Waterfalls etc. Let know about these
side places of Yelagiri hill station
Punganoor Lake of Yelagiri
Punganoor Lake is one of the
famous lake in Yelagiri
town. It is not natural but it is made by the local peoples. Tourists come to this place for boating cause it is famous for boating. Many types of boats are available here like rowboat and pedal boats etc. You can also see a beautiful Mughal garden near the lake in which you can enjoy your pass time. If you have kids then you should go this garden cause there are many types of games for kids in the garden.
Velvan Temple of Yelagiri
Velvan temple is regarded as the
main attraction of Yelagiri
town. This temple is built for Lord Murugan. You can see a giant statue of Gadothgajan in front of Velvan temple. If you are coming to Yelagiri in July or August thn you can see many types of festivals observed here. The festivals are just like the reflection of Yelagiri arts, cultures and religion.
Best time to Visit Yelagiri Hill Station
Through we have discussed previously that you can go Yelagiri in 12 months cause there is no natural restrictions for this place. Whether you go on Summer or Rainy or Winter season but you can find the same condition there.
Accommodation near Yelagiri Hill Station
Accommodation facility is very good near Yelagiri hill station cause Tourists come to this place throught out the year. Here you can find the names of some
best hotels in Yelagiri
such as: Taj Garden Resort, Hotel Hills, Hotel Nigress, Hotel Yelagiri, Landmark Hotel, Madhura Resort, Silent Water Retreat, Zeenath Taj Gardens, Surabi Hotel, and many more.
how to Reach Yelagiri Hill Station
Yelagiri hill station is well connected by all the three ways. Read the below points to know details of how to reach yelagiri.
Reach Yelagiri by Air
Nearest Airport of Yelagiri
is Chennai and Banglore. All know that these Airports are very famous in India so you can go these airports to any part of the country and then you can go Yelagiri by bus or train or taxis.
Reach Yelagiri by Road
: Yelagiri is well connected through Road way. You can go by buses or taxis from Jolarpettai which go Regularly. Yelagiri is just 3-4 hours drive from Chennai so you can go easily by taxi from Chennai.
Reach Yelagiri by Railway
: Jolarpettai Railway station is the
nearer railway station of Yelagiri
. All the trains between Chennai and Banglore pass through this station and most of them stop here cause it is a big railway junction. Some
best trains to go Yelagiri
are Kovai Express, Brindavan Express and Intercity.
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Bob the Angry Flower
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what, suckers? You're getting suckered again. Oh, you're watching
"American Idol?" I'm sorry, but they said it was $57 million and
really it was only...Yes I can be quiet...but the waterfront too...no,
I can't believe that person thinks they can sing, yeah, a total
douche...man that Simon is a bastard...hahahaha...my problem?
what problem? Oh, Bass Pro? No, nothing, it's not important. Just
business as usual.
can you believe when you can't believe anything? You can believe
that I.F. Stone wasn't lying when he said "governments lie." By
extension you can believe that businesses lie and newspapers lie.
Except The BEAST, of course.
addition to the constant barrage of bullshit on the national stage,
there are two big lies floating around Buffalo these days. The
first is that Bass Pro is going to invest $57 million of their
own money into renovating the Aud. The second is that the waterfront
redevelopment is going to be locally controlled.
to Jim Ostrowski, local libertarian attorney, author of "Political
Class Dismissed" (decent book, stupid cover) and leader of a citizens
group called Free Buffalo, we can once again confirm that I.F.
Stone is correct and our local politicians, business community
and media are all full of shit. The truth about the Bass Pro deal,
which Ostrowski had pointed out from the very beginning, is that
Bass Pro is committing to spending $22 million and not the $57
million that every politician, media outlet and business booster
in the area claimed they were doing.
exact quote from the Memorandum of Understanding governing the
Bass Pro deal is, "Bass Pro agrees to invest not less than $57
million dollars inclusive of any enabling funding received from
the parties as outlined herein to redevelop Memorial Auditorium."
In a May 11, 2005 News Alert published on speakupwny.com, Ostrowski
said of this language in the proposed deal, "Does this mean that
this figure "includes" the $21 million from the state and $14
million from the locals? Doesn't that mean Bass Pro is really
investing $22 million?"
something is written this way by people that have got degrees
and experience in this sort of thing, the only rational explanation
for it not being clear is that it wasn't meant to be clear. They
wanted us to think that Bass Pro was a better deal for us than
it really was. That's all there is to it. It's not a secret, it's
just a lie and the local assholes that are still pushing this
deal are not coming clean. Hey Byron, it's on you now. Time to
show that you're not just another asshole politician.
where would Byron go if he wanted to find out what was really
going on? Or where would any of our well paid journalists and
spokespeople go to find out the truth? They might try what Ostroswski
did: ask a few questions. In particular, he asked the Empire State
Development Corporation (ESDC). You'll remember them as the state
organization that last month dropped the ball when a German company
wanted to relocate to Niagara Falls, bringing scores of good jobs
here. The ESDC is the George Pataki run operation that has a cronyism
lock on all state development projects. So you'd think Pataki
would know what the deal was. Guess not. In the Pataki press conference
announcing the Bass Pro deal, he claimed that Bass Pro was spending
over $50 million on the project. Thankfully, Ostrowski wasn't
as easily duped as our gullible leadership and after months of
pressing the ESDC for answers, Ostrowski got the following email
from spokesbot Deborah Wetzel:
answers to your questions
response to the inquiry, the MOU signed for the project indicates
that Bass Pro would spend a minimum of $22.0 million of its
funds, with $35 million committed from the State, County &
City towards the conversion of the AUD to a 250,000 sq. ft.
retail store. The total renovation costs are estimated at $57.0
seven voting members were initially recommended by the Governor,
and the ESDC Board appointed them when it created the subsidiary
corporation as authorized by statute governing the ESDC. The ECHDC
has tow ex-officio non-voting members (Mayor of Buffalo &
Erie County Executive), and one other non-voting member (Melinda
response to the inquiry, the MOU signed for the project indicates
that Bass Pro would spend a minimum of $22.0 million of its
funds, with $35 million committed from the State, County &
City towards the conversion of the AUD to a 250,000 sq. ft.
retail store. The total renovation costs are estimated at $57.0
knew the deal all along. The second paragraph of the above email
refers to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation being
a subsidiary of Pataki's ESDC. This is another affront to the
public that requires an explanation from Congressman Brian Higgins
about waterfront redevelopment. In particular, his beloved outer
harbor project where the impression he gave us and continues to
give us is that the deal was going to be done locally for local
benefit. In fact, Higgins had previously complained that the "failure
of the Pataki administration to make a firm commitment for infrastructure
improvements at our Outer Harbor is unacceptable." What Higgins
has promoted is the ECHDC mentioned above which stands for the
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation. As the email makes
clear, it is anything but a local organization. It's a subsidiary
of Pataki's patronage and cronyism machine. So that means anything
that gets done here is going to have Albany and New York City
getting their cut. Why is it so hard to get the truth from anyone
around here?
keep writing about these things, and the gap between what our
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Jimmy Kimmel's Wife Molly McNearney Gives Birth! Did They Have a Girl or a Boy? (VIDEO)
Cue the applause, Jimmy Kimmel is officially a father of three! On July 10, the late-night comedian took to Twitter to announce the birth of his first child with wife Molly McNearney — a baby girl! — and the responses from fans were nothing short of sweet.
"Congratulations to my beautiful and very tough wife [Molly McNearney] on delivering our baby girl this morning," Jimmy wrote. "Thanks for all your kind baby wishes — turns out, not ALL tweets are mean!"
Jimmy announced his wife — who is a head co-writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live — was expecting this past February during his visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show. But this isn't Jimmy's first time as a father. He already has two children Kevin and Katie — both in their twenties — from his previous marriage to Gina Maddy.
"I told my daughter, 'Listen, there's only so much love I have to give. You're gonna have to split it up with the new kid. There's a finite amount of love and that's that,'" the 46-year-old jokingly told Ellen. "So they're dealing with it, but it is very weird at my age. I'm going to be one of those old dads."
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Russell's writing now seems ready to explore the ambiguities of the adult world, to press upon those moments—perhaps even more tragic—when the private worlds of the fully grown are revealed as unstable, unreliable, incompatible with a more generally recognized reality. But it's not a simple thing to evolve as a writer. Going forward, Russell does worry, after the Pulitzer nomination, about letting her supporters down.
The conspicuously untelevised Writers' Guild of America East awards ceremony has its own writerly charms: it is invariably raunchy and mean, and often decidedly un-sober. This year's edition at BB King near Times Square did not surprise on those scores. The host, actor Richard Kind (most recently seen in Argo but most widely known for the role of Press Secretary Paul Lassiter on television's "Spin City") said, in his opening monologue: "What's more unknown than the Writers Guild of America? I found out. The Writers Guild of America East Coast!"
Drinking With Men is an idiosyncratic memoir coming from a woman in 2012, though it revives an old standby (paging Pete Hamill!): a compendium of sharply observed drinking stories that revolve around the usually male communities that form among bar regulars.
At a packed reading in Brooklyn, George Saunders tempered the weird worlds of his fiction with a very down-to-earth self-presentation.
In her convincing, comforting presence, one wanted to believe that her book has indeed "been read very reductively," as she said after the event. "It makes feminism stupid to refuse to look at peer reviewed science if you know—and just want it to go away."
Writers and assorted enthusiasts gathered this weekend for a marathon reading of Moby-Dick that roamed from Manhattan to Brooklyn and back.
Jami Attenberg discusses her fourth book, The Middlesteins, what it's like to write about weight issues, having an anti-intervention, and struggling to make writing pay.
The creators of popular blogs Suri's Burn Book and F*ck! I'm in My Twenties celebrated the release of their debut books at Housing Works bookstore.
Molly Ringwald, author of the recent novel-in-stories When It Happens to You, had a reading at Soho's McNally Jackson bookstore with Emma Straub.
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Zebit, an arm of San Diego-based Global Analytics Holdings, said it completed a $25 million fourth round of funding. The money will be used to expand Zebit's microlending analytics platform.
The investment was led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, which joined Crosslink Capital, Leapfrog Ventures, QED Investors and private investors in the round.
Zebit has launched in the United Kingdom. The platform is the first risk-analytics product for microlending. It allows companies, such as online retailers, who want to do business with customers with low access to credit to do so by analyzing the risk around the transaction, according to the company. "We know the platform works. Their initial launch market in the UK is a profitable $50 million business," said Bryan Stolle, general partner at Mohr Davidow.
Zebit performs underwriting on a per-transaction basis. It has completed more than 1 million transactions on the platform, which was built by the same real-time data analytics engineers who helped develop FICO's Falcon fraud detection system used by big banks. FICO acquired the Falcon product line when it bought San Diego's HNC Software several years ago. The Falcon system scores credit-card transactions for fraud risk in real time.
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Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile operator, bought 49 percent of Qualcomm's fourth-generation wireless venture that will expand coverage of high-speed services. Bharti paid $165 million to buy the stake in Qualcomm's India unit, which owns licenses and spectrum to operate in four telecommunications zones, the firm said Thursday. Bharti will buy the rest of Qualcomm's stake by the end of 2014. Qualcomm, the biggest maker of mobile-phone chips, bought the licenses at an auction two years ago with the goal of propagating 4G technology known as long-term evolution, or LTE, in India and then selling them to a local operator. The deal doubles Bharti's area for high-speed data coverage in the world's second-largest market for mobile-phone services.


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Miranda Lambert and Oklahoma's Blake Shelton: Divorce is not an option
Songs and awards may come and go but marriage between the award-winning country music artists Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton is forever.
That's what transplanted Oklahoman Lambert, who makes her home on a ranch near Tishomingo with husband Shelton, told countryweekly.com.
Their marriage will outlast career highs like winning the ACM songwriting award with her husband Sunday and any career lows, said the country music star.


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Square Enix Thought Sleeping Dogs "Potential Franchise" From The Start
We've been hearing for a few weeks that United Front Games has a six month DLC plan for their surprise hit Sleeping Dogs. That's kind of awesome, because as it turns out, despite being originally intended as a part of the wretched True Crime franchise, Sleeping Dogs is actually a fun, satisfying GTA clone with enough originality and genre accuracy to all but guarantee a classic franchise in the making. If, that is, they get to make more games.
Fortunately, it seems that Sleeping Dogs publisher Square Enix is on board. "They believed in this game as a potential franchise from the very beginning" said Sleeping Dogs producer Dan Sochan. That's good because it apparently meant that Square let United Front make the best game possible, instead of trying to milk every dime they could out of it. "A few months before we shipped Square told us they wanted to do DLC so we made sure we could technically do add ons. But we really spent every waking hour and then some making sure the game was as polished and as bug free as it could be," Sochan said.
That's good to hear. While the ending of Sleeping Dogs was a bit limp – I won't spoil it, but it really should have been a playable mission instead of a cut scene – I've played through the game a few times since and I enjoy it more every time. In a way, it's like the GTA series version of the Mystics to Saints Row's Skeksies, which is to say, if you split the gaming Dark Crystal and all of the awesome, amoral silliness went into the Saints Row franchise, all of the grit and genre accurate seriousness went into Sleeping Dogs. I really hope it gets another installment.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today announced loans to help finance the construction of broadband networks in rural Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon and South Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today's announcement is one part of the Department's efforts to strengthen the rural economy.
"Rural Americans need full access high-speed telecommunications services," Vilsack said. "Broadband allows rural communities to tap into critical health care and social services systems. It also helps even the playing field in education, and gives small-town businesses a chance to compete globally. As part of the Obama Administration's goal to improve infrastructure, we will continue to fund projects that expand broadband service in rural areas."
Today's funding announcement will provide almost $40 million from USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to install fiber networks to improve telecommunications capability in the three recipients' service areas. USDA's Telecommunications Loan Program finances infrastructure that enables access to a seamless, nationwide telecommunications network.
The following recipients have been selected to receive telecommunications loan financing. The funding is contingent upon the recipients meeting the terms of the loan agreements.
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Since the start of the Obama Administration, USDA has funded 557 projects in 48 states through $6.1 billion in telecommunications loan financing. Secretary Vilsack noted that today's funding announcement is another reminder of the importance of USDA programs for rural America. A comprehensive new Food, Farm and Jobs Bill would further expand the rural economy - and he said that's just one reason why Congress must get a comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill done as soon as possible.
President Obama's plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural communities. Under the President's leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way - strengthening America's economy, small towns and rural communities. USDA's investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American values.
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Katie Holmes decided to ditch her recent parade of frumpy outfits in exchange for a sassy midnight blue dress while attending the New York City premiere of Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
The semi-sheer frock had a high-neckline and long sleeves, though the fabric of both were see-through. The sleeves had a lace like pattern while the neckline consisted of a simple sheer fabric that was identical to the color of the rest of the dress. The bodice of the gown was tight until her waist where it jutted out. The skirt puffed out a bit due to the addition of three tiers that added dimension to the dark look. The fabric boasted hundreds of tiny polka dots that were subtle, but fun.
Mrs. Tom Cruise paired her deep blue ensemble with black tights and black pumps as well as a single necklace and of course, her wedding bands. She kept the look high fashion by way of her tightly pulled back jet-black hair and her bold cosmetics. Holmes chose a light pink, almost nude lipstick with a lip gloss top coat. She added tangerine and bronzer toned blush to her already incredible cheekbones and went heavy on the eye makeup. She chose to go smokey - using dark black and silver eyeshadow along with eyeliner on her upper and lower lids. She completed the look with mascara and a smile.


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Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit Against YPF Sociedad Anonima
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP ("Robbins Geller") ( http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/ypf/) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased the American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") of YPF Sociedad Anonima ("YPF" or the "Company") (NYSE:YPF) pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's March 23, 2011 offering (the "Offering") seeking to pursue remedies under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff's counsel, Samuel H. Rudman or David A. Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you are a member of this class, you can view a copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/ypf/. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.The complaint charges YPF, certain of its officers and directors and the underwriters of the Offering with violations of the Securities Act. YPF describes itself as "Argentina's leading energy company, operating a fully integrated oil and gas chain with leading market positions" in the exploration, development and production of crude oil, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, and the refining, marketing, transportation and distribution of energy based products. On or about November 26, 2010, YPF filed a Form F-3 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") for the Offering with the SEC. On or about March 23, 2011, the Prospectus with respect to the Offering, which forms part of the Registration Statement, became effective and more than 26.2 million shares of YPF ADSs were sold to the public at $41 per share, thereby valuing the total size of the Offering at more than $1 billion.
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On Friday, Shweeb Holdings, a New Zealand transportation Company, was announced among the five winners picked by Google to win the Company's award for the best invention or idea, the one that would make a change in the world. Among the 150,000 projects that Google looked through in the past two years Shweeb's came on the top. The search was not limited by the country, as Google swept through idea from the entire globe.
The winners would receive funding from Google for their ideas and to implement their inventions. Shweeb's idea was to build a pedaling monorail. This monorail would be made of little clear capsules and would be powered by humans pedaling.
Shweeb has already been using its monorail at Rotorua Adventure Park for three years, but it has never been considered as a serious transportation alternative around the city.
The award is a US$1 million fund from Google to Shweeb in order to turn the idea to a solid reality. In return google would be acquiring 25% of the shares of Shweeb. However, Google will not be collecting any profits, for it promised all of its profits from Shweeb would go to the public transport charity trusts.