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Hi fellow seniors, do you use your local public transport? I very rarely use ours but I had occasion to hop on a bus the other day as a mission of mercy for my DIL who had ran out of some items needed for baby Grace. I dreaded the thought of having to hang around on a cold drizzly day and get on board a stuffy bus. As no one else was around and hubby had taken the car for the day I was duty bound to get on the bus and do a 20 mile round trip for the shopping. I must admit I was pleasantly surprised how clean it was and the fact that it was on time cheered me up no end. If I had the choice I would have preferred the train as I'm told our local line is cleaner, fairly reliable and spacious the only downside is the cost as it's nearly double the bus fare. So do you ever use your local transport, if so is it a good reliable source of conveyance?

How to get to following places in NY through public transport? How to reach to 87 Bowery, NY from Newark Airport. How to go to time square empire building from Newark. How to reach 26 Bowery street Manhattan NY Also if there are some sites of local Buses/ trains where we can find the route information?

trip to latin america.? does this mean that you have to pay for the flights separate , and if so..how do you meet up with your tour guide ? Inclusions Accommodation: 13 nights in hotels, 2 overnight buses Meals: 7 Breakfasts included in Brazil when staying overnight in hotels Excursions: Iguazu Falls Transport Local public bus, ferry, on foot, taxi Group: Average 8 – 12; max 18. Due to the modular system of our tours some passengers may join or leave the at different times. Age: Recommended 18 – 60 • Staff: Tucan Travel tour leader, local guides Exclusions Local Payment International flights & departure tax Tips on included excursions, visas, travel insurance, personal items, other tips Pre & post tour accommodation Airport transfers Spending money – allow US$25- 30 per day to cover meals, snacks, drinks, limited souvenirs, laundry and any extras. Optional Excursions - Please see our Optional Excursions Guide for a comprehensive list of optional activities an

What's the public transport link from KTEL Kiffisou to airport? Hi I usually travel down to Athens airport by car - but in October I have to go to UK alone for a wedding - so I will take the bus to Kiffisou KTEL - does anyone know how I get to the airport from there via public transport - is there a metro link yet? or other? Years since I've been on the local transport! I know there never used to be any links, but Athens is changing all the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Thanks Agios - just what I needed! I'm only going for the weekend so don't want to make it more expensive than need be! May have to take a taxi from Luton to Notts which will cost me more than the return ticket with Easy Jet. Thanks

First time in New York City - Tips (and transport)? My wife and I are going for 5 nights at the end of May, for the first time. Any tips? We're looking at all the options such as: 1) Public transport: what's the cheapest ticket? i.e. 7 days unlimited ride Metro Card for subway and local buses - $25 - but is this ok? Which buses can we and can't we use? 2) New York pass? Thanks for your help, Francesco and Susan

Why is public transport so terrible these days? I get really depressed these days because I can't get out of the house without having easy access. I'm only 16 so I haven't got a car yet and my parents are divorced and my mum works full time. I live in a rural community which is about 15 miles away from my local town (that's the bad thing) and there's only ONE bus every week. One bus on a Monday and that's it. My mum sometimes drives me around but she has to go to work and can't keep taking me back and forth every time because she's burning up petrol. I used to go on my bike but it's been severely damaged and is in for repairs at the moment. I really hate being stuck indoors and I've told my mum this and she said the only way we can sort it out is by moving out but her job is tight and she'll find to find something elsewhere because that means she'll be moving away from the job she has now. I don't use taxis anymore because they get incredibly expensive and I'm out of work so I can't afford it. I'm really really upset because I want to have as much freedom as I can but with the lack of transport, I can't go anywhere, I'll just be stuck in the house all the time and I don't want that. What else can I do?? :(

Does anyone agree that there are times when buses can be so slow? I briefly lived in the south wales valleys (U.K.), and the bus which I used to catch from Ebbw Vale to Newport used to take 1 hour 25 minutes, and that was for a 20-mile journey. It was supposedly an express bus (route number X18), but there were so many stops along the way, and also only a very short section of the route was non-stop. Additionally, the route diverts off of the main road at frequent intervals, and also double-backs on itself in places. The same journey by car would only take around 40 minutes (assuming average traffic conditions). However, I am now living in Bristol, and the bus I now catch is to make a five-mile journey from my house to the city centre. I live in the Kingswood area of the city, and the bus which I catch is the number 42. This route is more direct than the X18, but still takes substantially longer than the same journey takes by car. To get to the city centre from my house takes about 30 minutes by bus, but only 10 minutes by car (assuming average traffic conditions). The government, our local councils and the environmentalists all want us to leave our cars at home and use public transport, but when the alternative is so slow, will they ever achieve this?

Welcome to violent Scotland.......................? Nine out of ten women live in terror of attack NINE in ten young women are terrified of being attacked on the streets of Scotland. Most fear being raped, many have been followed and others report having their drinks spiked. They blame a country awash with booze and drugs and feel they are less safe than they were a decade ago. But the first Safety on the Streets study of 2000 women revealed three in four fail to take sufficient care when they have been drinking. Most are afraid of going on public transport late at night, yet just one per cent carry a personal alarm. Today's young women are as afraid of being beaten up by other girls as they are of being attacked by men. The survey shows that nearly all young women are terrified of being attacked when they are out on Britain's streets. More than nine in 10 fear a physical or verbal assault. It revealed they were regularly sworn at, others had their drinks spiked and many were followed by unwanted admirers. Scotland was considered to be among the most dangerous places, and most blamed a society fuelled by booze and drugs. A minority had been mugged or sexually assaulted. Some had been raped. But they were just as afraid of other women as they were of men - a third had been set upon by other girls. The survey, commissioned by More magazine, questioned 2000 women with an average age of 21 from across the UK. Its editor Donna Armstrong said: "Young women today want better standards of behaviour in society and they have a basic human right to be safe, regardless of whether they are wearing a short skirt." Nearly all the Scottish women who replied felt the streets were safer 10 years ago and most had been attacked or had witnessed violence on the streets. Most blamed booze and drugs for the change. Glasgow was named the fourth most dangerous city in Britain, after London, Birmingham and Manchester, while Edinburgh was named the second most dangerous place in Scotland and the ninth in the UK. Two-thirds said they had been followed on a night out and a quarter suffered memory loss after having their drinks spiked. But despite their fears, 71 per cent admitted forgetting about their safety altogether after a few drinks. And just one per cent carried a personal alarm with them at all times. Two in three women were so afraid of being attacked they did not feel safe walking around in daylight. And just 16 per cent felt the countryside was a safe place to walk alone. Nine in 10 wanted a bouncer on late-night buses and trains to protect them and others feared using taxis after a night out. Only 15 per cent admitted feeling safe on their local bus, while just one said they would willingly go to a train station after dark. And two-thirds were nervous about using private hire taxis and one in 10 claimed a driver made a pass at them. Most believed the police and the legal system were not doing enough to ensure their safety. Armstrong added: "Young women are taking precautions and doing their best to protect themselves but the law isn't doing enough to protect them. "Weak sentencing just doesn't work."

Stagecoach has put their fares up again as from today. Isn't it time for the renationalisation of buses? This is in Newcastle, where fares under £1 are going up by 5p for the 2nd time in a year. They are going up by 10p for fares over £1. Neither Labour, the Lib Dems or the Tories have made pledges to take back control of public transport in their local government manifestos. I often wait up to half an hour to get a bus into the city centre. Does this not show that transport deregulation does not work?

What is the difference between rent to own or buy here pay here? I too have been suffering from poor credit and have been without a car for over a year. I totalled my car last year in an accident and have been financially unable to replace it. For the most part using the local public transportation system has been fine except for some reason employers are requiring that you have your own vehicle. I have not been able to get a job since the accident (I was working temporary at the time). What is up with this must have a car requirement? Using the bus has worked fine until it is grocery time and that becomes a hassle and some doctors appointments are not located on the bus line and require me to use a taxi other than that public transport has been good to us. I have been searching the internet for deals but I have no money to put down. There are programs out there for people in my situation rather than use the rent-to-own places but I was wondering about that difference between those and the buy here pay here places.

Is this a worrying new trend? Significant numbers of 16 and 17 year olds in my children's social groups have never used public transport and expect to be 'taxi-ed around by their parents'. It seems this is for a variety of reasons but it falls broadly into two groups 1) Never used it and are scared to use it 2) Never used it because their parents will not allow them to use it. Now as parents we want to reduce the risks for our children as much as possible and to keep them safe. The Governments in the UK have for about 15 years been encouraging parents not to drive their children to school but to get them to take public transport or walk. Although this has been largely unsucessful, see quotes below. So are we really de-skilling our children, preventing them or making them too scared to travel on public transport? Is this a worrying new trend brought about by mum being too keen to jump in her 'taxi'? Source Social Trends 2007 No. 37 'The ways in which children travel to school have changed over the last fifteen years or so. In general, fewer are walking and more are travelling in cars. During the period 1995–97, 38 per cent of trips to and from school by 5 to 10-year-olds were in a car; by 2005 this figure had risen to 43 per cent. For 11 to 16-year-olds the proportion travelling by car rose from 20 per cent to 22 per cent over the same period. Private and local bus travel accounted for 6 per cent of journeys to and from school made by 5 to 10-year-olds, and 29 per cent of journeys by 11 to 16-year-olds in 2005. Six per cent of 5 to 10-year-olds and 44 per cent of 11 to 16-year-olds in Great Britain travelled the main part of their journey unaccompanied. The average length of trips to school also increased over the same period, from 2.0 to 2.5 kilometres for children aged 5 to 10, and from 4.7 to 4.8 kilometres for those aged 11 to 16. Since trips to and from school usually take place at the same time each morning and evening, those made by car have a major impact on levels of road congestion in residential areas. The peak time for school traffic in Great Britain in 2005 was 8.50am on weekdays during term time, when the school run accounted for one in every five car trips made by residents of urban areas. Social Trends 2007 No. 37

VVS Strikes in Stuttgart? We are german residents, and rely on the public transport for daily commuting. We have paid annual tickets for using trains, trams and buses (S Bahn, U Bahn etc.). However, during the month of October 2011, the local transport company VVS in Stuttgart region went on strikes about 4 times. Such strikes causes disturbance in commuting and sometimes overpaying the use of taxis and other means of transportation. What are the rights of the VVS customers in this case?. Isn't the state or the VVS company responsible to compensate the damage of such strikes. What can we do legally to protect ourselves in this case.

Your opinion Stimulus Money Being Used to Subsidize & Bus Mexican Students Across Border for Free Education? New Mexico is paying to bus and educate Mexican students in the United States… And, they’ve been doing this for 40 years! Pancho Villa would be proud. Via Judicial Watch: In a town famous for Pancho Villa’s ransacking, the purloining still occurs; this time horses and mules are not disappearing, but taxpayer money is. Columbus, New Mexico is just 3 miles north of Palomas, Mexico and is one of the many border towns mired in the border fence, illegal immigration, and drug smuggling. The culprit in this case, however, is not El Chapo or a coyote, but rather residents in Mexico expecting American taxpayer benefits. Many families in Palomas, Mexico choose to send their children to Deming Public School District. Regardless of citizenship, these Palomas students are ineligible for Deming Public School education as they live out of the district and are not supporting the school through taxes. In 1996, The Albuquerque Journal noted that students residing in Mexico have been educated in the United States for free for over 40 years. Judicial Watch investigated this matter of “free” education. For school year 2008-2009, 506 students were transported from the Port of Entry to Deming Public Schools (and this number has been increasing for the past three years). Typically, the students cross the border where a public school bus waits for them and then transports them 30 miles to the schools in Deming. The source of funding for theses students is part of the district allotment which is based on services (busing, English as a second language, etc). Based on an average district enrollment of 5447, total operational cost of $36,254,672, and 460 students bused from the port of entry in 2007-2008, on average $3,061,712.71 was spent on students picked up at the Port of Entry. The law firm handling the request specifically notes that “funding is based on total services for all the students in the district and is not calculated on a child by child method. Therefore, we do not have the information of the funding by any specific child.” In essence, if the school is already providing such services, then the additional students may not be costing anything extra; but here’s the catch, 460 students is necessarily going to result in a need for more services like additional teachers, additional meals, transportation, special instruction, etc. The amount of additional money is not insignificant especially given that New Mexico will receive $537,047,803 from President Obama’s stimulus plan to “lay the foundation for a generation of education reform and help save thousands of teaching jobs at risk due to state and local budget cuts.” That’s right, the stimulus money will indirectly be funding education for students whose families do not pay taxes. http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/07/new-mexico-us-taxpayers-subsidize-bus-mexican-students-across-border-for-free-education/

much is said quite rightly. on pollution of the planet? yet we see many times locally, as well as nationally public transport vehicles not in use but, with engines running e.g. buses , Taxis.This not only pollutes upper levels but, also pollutes pedestrians in the vincinty.local council authorities need to be more vigilant and stop this indiffrence to public safety

Is it rude to give a lady a lift? Right, I was driving in central London the other day, and stopped for a few minutes to have a snack in the car - As I finished and and was about to pull-away, a woman in her early 20s came and asked me for directions, I knew where the place is, and told her that - and also told her that it's quite far away, and there's no public transport nearby, so I offered to take her there as it is only 10 mins by car... She thanked me and jumped-in, and then took her where she wanted to go. All very well... But later I was thinking could what I've done be a bit spooky for other ladies? So I'm not sure if I should offer people a ride the next time, I don't want to be accused of something horrible... PS: In that case, I was going the same way anyway, so I simply offered her the ride because I knew that it was very hot that day, there are no local buses, and there's an annoying roundabout that she would have had to cross... What do you think?

My sisters boyfriend is always hanging around! it drives me nuts!!!!!? OK, well, my sister has a boyfriend. He practically lives at my house. He comes over, monday to friday, after they get out of class, for like, 4-5 hours. He sleeps over every saturday night, and goes home at 8:30 every night (except of course, saturday). He's been over everyday except for one since the 13th. I am only 13. My parents won't ban him from the house, 'coz he's done nothing wrong. He's a nice kid, but he's ALWAYS here. My sister also treats my parents and I like c*ap and like servants when he is here, and when she is on the phone to him, or on msn to him and her other cool mates. The only thing I'm jealous of (JUST slightly), is that he spends 10 times more time with her, and she wont give me the time of day. I have to try 10 times more than he does. I also try being very nice to her, but it's not working. This has been going on for weeks. The lot of it. I'm slowly going insane, please help me, I'm desperate. I have no friends. Two, but one lives an hour away and one lives 40 minutes away. Its too far on public transport, and we don't have a car. My music lesson is private, but where I take them, they are all like that. No chance of making friends. I am becoming a prisoner in my own room! I have no where else to go, except for half an hour every friday, before they get in from school-a music lesson. I am home-schooled, and there are zero clubs, groups, other classes etc. to join around here. I might be able to go some places but why should i feel like a stranger in my own home and my own room? Other than that, there's no where else. The bus fares are gonna add up, and music lessons are pricey. If any one has any other ideas, I could really use them. I could really use some different ideas to get this kid to not hang around so much, to get my sister off of the phone OR msn. The library, photography, and swimming can only last so long. I am majorly desperate. At most there are these places I can go sometimes: 3 different pools 3 different libraries 3 different shopping centres 3 places for local photography. These things are going to run out of steam-fast. Especially since I have to be with an adult (mum or dad) to go anywhere. If someone can help me, I'm getting really sick of her games, and his face. Please help me!!! He's a nice kid, and I don't want to be rude, I just don't want him around everyday and sleeping over every weekend. I've talked to my parents: nothing. My sister: nothing. I'm at my wits' end! Please help!

Did you know that the "wall of seperation between church and state" has no legal authority? It is from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson written to a group of baptists worried that the government would prevent them from practicing their religion several years after the first amendment was adopted. This is an expression of Jefferson's personal opinion. Jefferson did not take part in the forming of the constitution or the bill of rights as he was out of the country at that time. The phrase was first used when Supreme court justices explained their ruling that students attending a catholic school could not be excluded from a publiclly funded busing system that transported students to local private schools. Ironically, the phrase has repeatedly been used to justify excluding religious practice from the public arena in the last 30 years. The phrase is not in the constitution and the federalist papers and notes from the constitutional congress, the ratifiyng convention in individual states, and coreespondence between the members all make it clear that the modern interpretation does not fall within the framers intentions. bestanswer Actually the establishment clause was intended to keep the federal government from establishing an official national religion or from interfereing with the rights of the states to do so. The idea was that the federal keep it's legislative nose out of religious issues... It was not intended to prevent senators from having bible study sessions in their offices, teachers from sharing their faith with interested students, or students from reading their bibles, praying or sharing their beliefs with their classmates. Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers. Fisher Ames. Framer of the first Amendment.

Europe Itinerary Suggestions please? I'm doing 6 weeks in Europe with a friend April & May 2011. Only 7 months to go, WOO! Okay so this is our itinerary so far. The first half (up until Paris is set, because we've made reservations already- didn't want to miss on some brilliant deals). What I need help with is after Paris (and also Wales- because we won’t have a rental car. It's not worth it the cost, we’re too young 23/20) So basically, we would love tips on our Germany/Switzerland/Italy ROUGH itinerary. And a few tips on public transport in Wales- and easy places to get to by train or bus that are still "local" feeling & will give us a real experience of the country in Wales. I understand getting around Wales is difficult without a car? FYI we're both into Art & Music. so any festival tips greatly appreciated!! Here goes: London 8 days Wales 5 days- We are interested in Snowdonia Nat Park- is this possible to do without a car?! It looks beautiful ! Liverpool 1 day Paris 12 days Germany 6 days ^^^This is where we need help! We want to do the Romantic Road, is it better to start from Wurzburg- so take a train straight from Paris>Wurzburg & work our way down to Munich on a tour bus. OR is it better to do a more direct train Paris>Munich and then do a 1 or 2 day trip up & back on Romantic Road with a coach tour? (we didn't plan on doing any guided tours, but without a car we have no choice) Also, included in this 6 days is a day trip to Salzburg. I want to see Mozart's house. I'm sure it's not much, but I need to see it with my own eyes! Switzerland 8 days Please tell me- is Lucerne worth the trouble? I hear it's packed. Plus I read that May (the time we're going) is the peak snowboarding season. Is this true?? This is what we had in mind: Munich>Zurich. 3 days in Zurich Zurich>Lucerne. 2 days in Lucerne Lucerne>Engleberg. 2 days in Engelberg WOULD IT BE BETTER to do this: Munich>Zurich. 5 days in Zurich including only 1 day trip to Lucerne (is it close enough?? Please tell me travel time one way if you know! Thanks!) Zurich>Bern. 2 days in Bern. Bern>Engelberg. 1 night in Engelberg (is this worth it?) Engelberg>Como. 3 days between Bellagio/Milan. Milan>Paris>London>HOME Sorry this ended up HUGE. Any tips on the Germany/ Switzerland part MUCH APPRECIATED. Thank you very very VERY much. Thanks. Yes, I've done a lot of research on this over the past few years. I've given 2 weeks to England & Wales. 2 weeks to Paris. And 2 weeks split between Germany & Switzerland. Finishing in Italy only to see como for 4 days and go to Milan only to come back to London to come home. The places we have chosen are due to CLOSENESS. We haven't just picked random places from a map. My question is about my plans for Germany. In particular Romantic Road- is it better to start at the top and work down, or just do it in a 2 day tour- see the main areas. Also the best way to move around Switzerland. Like I said, I cannot hire a car. I'm 23, and the minimum age is 25. Or some companies allow 21+ plus a kidney and the deeds to my house.. No thanks I'd rather bus it than stress about a car I don't even own. Rental cars are nothing but trouble. This trip was originally over 3 months, but my friend can only take 6 weeks. So it is severely condensed.

What schooling choice should we make for my 9 year old son's high school? Our beautiful boy has two years of his school left until he has to start at "high school". We have a number of options for him. Some of his friends are attending our nearby local high school which is a public school, but the school has below average results, and low acceptance into university. The main advantage to this school is less travel time - less than 10 minutes away by bus. This school is his preference, but we haven't introduced him to the other schools yet. Our other options will be expensive and exclusive private schools, which our family will be able to afford most likely with support from grandparents. I also attended one of these schools. Students from these schools have about double the rate of entrance to university level of our local school, and higher performance of students in the national testing. Travel time to these schools is over an hour via public transport, or 25 minutes drive. Our son is increasingly frustrated with his current school because he feels its not meeting his needs for education, he complains that the studies are not challenging. He has received very high results in his testing, around the national top 15% in all tests which was amazing. However, he is often moody and quiet, and his teachers report that he often produces low quality work even though he is clearly highly intelligent. He loves music, maths and learning about history. He also grasps concepts of science very easily. He has a lot of difficulty in completing routine tasks compared with other children. We suspect he does have learning difficulties, perhaps since he was a premature child. He is very shy. How can we best choose a school for our child so that he will thrive and be happy and get the best out of his education? Let me know any other information I should add, or questions we should ask.

NHS problem - Would we be within our rights to complain? My gran has had to go to hospital for a biopsy operation which could be no more than keyhole surgery but may turn out to be more depending on the circumstances. The only problem is that the procedure has to take place at a hospital around 40 miles away, despite having the same operation done at our local hospital two years ago. Not only that, but she has had to go to and from the hospital in the other town several times to have x-rays and tests. Neither of us would mind that, but no transport or funding has been provided for her by the NHS, and she has repeatedly had to make her own way to the hospital and back on buses, which is not only inconvenient but very expensive, as her bus pass is not valid in the other city, only ours. When we asked about this at the hospital we were told that there "may" be a way of arranging transport, however later on we were told that it wasn't possible and she would have to make her own way. (Neither I nor my mum drive by the way so we cannot take her to and from the hospital, the only people in the family who drive are my fiancé and my uncle and it is hard to arrange these visits around their work.) I know from a friend however that when her mum had to go to a hospital in another city before she had a minibus provided for her and she wasn't even going for an operation. If it was only the tests and the x-rays I wouldn't mind so much, but the thought of my gran having to come home on a crowded public bus after an operation makes me feel sick. She will no doubt be uncomfortable and possibly in pain, and I think some form of transport from the hospital should have been arranged as I have seen in other cases. My gran worked all of her life after leaving school up to the age of 65, paying a lot of money into the NHS, and I just feel that she should be better treated. Are we within our rights to complain about this? If so, where would we complain to?

I don't have a car but I still want a social life? I'm curious to know what other peoples experiences have been. I currently don't have access to a car right now. My parents share a car between them and have enough arguments without me wanting to use it as well. I have to get the train to work which is expensive enough and I don't feel I can justify buying a car for my free time in addition to this. I am finding building a social life in my home town impossible. My immediate local area is just families and elderly people who prefer to keep to themselves. Two weeks ago I tried joining a "local social club for 18-30s" in the hope that by getting involved I would make friends. However when they emailed me a list of whats going on in the next year, despite being referred to as "local" about 90% you needed a car to get to them. About 50% were nearly an hours drive away. Public transport is crap in my area. There are only two good bus services that run throughout the day, neither of those were helpful. Most buses stop running in the late afternoon which is no good for going to evening socials. Does anyone else have this problem? or maybe cant drive due to medical conditions? How do you manage to go out and make friends without driving? or do you have to try and live in busy cities with more young people and public transport?

Lack of transportation stopping me from meeting potential friends? I'm curious to know what other peoples experiences have been. I currently don't have access to a car right now. My parents share a car between them and have enough arguments without me wanting to use it as well. I have to get the train to work which is expensive enough and I don't feel I can justify buying a car for my free time in addition to this. I am finding building a social life in my home town impossible. My immediate local area is just families and elderly people who prefer to keep to themselves. Two weeks ago I tried joining a "local social club for 18-30s" in the hope that by getting involved I would make friends. However when they emailed me a list of whats going on in the next year, despite being referred to as "local" about 90% you needed a car to get to them. About 50% were nearly an hours drive away. Public transport is crap in my area. There are only two good bus services that run throughout the day, neither of those were helpful. Most buses stop running in the late afternoon which is no good for going to evening socials. Does anyone else have this problem? or maybe cant drive due to medical conditions? How do you manage to go out and make friends without driving? or do you have to try and live in busy cities with more young people and public transport? If something is an hours drive away do you really think its the kind of distance you can walk? Also walking or cycling down a busy duel carriageway or motorway, in the dark just strikes me as a really stupid thing to do.

Socializing and networking without a car? I'm curious to know what other peoples experiences have been. I currently don't have access to a car right now. My parents share a car between them and have enough arguments without me wanting to use it as well. I have to get the train to work which is expensive enough and I don't feel I can justify buying a car for my free time in addition to this. I am finding building a social life in my home town impossible. My immediate local area is just families and elderly people who prefer to keep to themselves. Two weeks ago I tried joining a "local social club for 18-30s" in the hope that by getting involved I would make friends. However when they emailed me a list of whats going on in the next year, despite being referred to as "local" about 90% you needed a car to get to them. About 50% were nearly an hours drive away. Public transport is crap in my area. There are only two good bus services that run throughout the day, neither of those were helpful. Most buses stop running in the late afternoon which is no good for going to evening socials. Does anyone else have this problem? or maybe cant drive due to medical conditions? How do you manage to go out and make friends without driving? or do you have to try and live in busy cities with more young people and public transport? I don't fancy cycling on a busy duel carriageway in the dark.

I have a job in Central London near Temple, where would be the best place to live considering the following? Looking for a flat or house (whichever is cheaper) with 1/2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom (very basic is fine as long as it's hygienic... even a studio). Commute by Public Transport only preferably without the use of buses in Central London (i.e. Tube), lively during the day and safe during nights. It can be far but it then needs very good public transport from place. Area needs some small local shops as well (like groceries or Iceland or something along that line) Don't mind interchanges but time is an issue - short and frequent as possible. Rent bracket £1000 per month, £1500 if it's two bedroom + as a friend could come and stay.

I am seeking grants for college but...? First, please allow me to introduce myself and explain a few relevant things about me. My name is Christian, I am a 31 year old high school graduate with several children to provide for. I work 40 hours a week (Usually more) and I go to school full time. I also do not own a vehicle so I use public transportation. This adds a total of 4 hours of transport time per day to my already completely full M-F week. Other than Math, I am a straight A student (Working very hard on my issues regarding Math) I, like many others, messed around when I was younger instead of focusing on my future. After a long hiatus, I decided to go back to school and now I find myself very successful, and very interested in my education. Now that you know a little about me, you might be able to understand my dilemma. I have spent a great deal of time looking for grants on the internet to no avail. I was sitting at the local bus terminal with some fellow students awaiting the bus the other day, and a conversation broke out concerning the recently disbursed funds from financial aid. Coincidentally, one person was African American, and another person was Latino. Both of them started talking about the grants they were receiving and I was in utter disbelief. I am certainly not racist mind you, but after that conversation I started REALLY looking into grants, and found NONE for me. American Indians, African Americans, Latino, Women, and even Asians. No place for me? Nothing, because I am a white male? Then I realized something kinda ludicrous. I even imagined it something like this. GRANT AVAILABLE - WHITE MEN ONLY It doesn't even look right does it. It spills of antagonistic approach. After imagining this, I understood why there was no such thing. Its just not right, right? Even if it does say the same thing as the above mentioned grants for other groups of people. Nonetheless, this is my rant, and I was hoping out of it, some kind person might lend me some advice on looking for a grant for me, the white dude. Please?

Help me with my finances. I earn £340 a month. My rent is £190 and I'm £100 in debt? I worked for a company for three months and never got paid a penny. During those 3 months I used up my £2,000 savings. I trusted that I would be paid by the company so was fairly confident using my savings to get by. After going £100 into my overdraft I decided I had no option but to leave and sign on job seekrs allowance. I was immediately given £106 and £190 to pay my rent. Once my rent was paid I was left with £0.00 in my account and due to living expenses I HAD to withdraw £10 a week. This means I am now £20 into my overdraft. I had a bill that needs to be paid for utility and it was £100. If I could, I wud live in darkness in the freezing cold but I live with other people who have money and have the heating and lighting on all the time. This means I am now £100 into my overdraft but thankfully have used my £10 to buy food for the month. But I'll be 2 weeks before I get another £105 and that will bring me to £0.00 but I will be fined by the bank for cashing a cheque when not in credit and also for using my overdraft. I am eating homemade bread with cooked vegetables, cycling to look for work for upto 12 miles a day, drinking water as I can't afford milk or juice and washing my clothes with soap and by hand as can't afford washing powder. I have tried desperately for a job but have got nowhere and I cannot afford internet or to print off my cv so am now unable to look for work effectively except when I go to places and ask for an application form. I have never been in debt before and it is not my fault AT ALL. I have persued getting my money back but if I do manage to get it it will be a long time coming. I just don't see a way out of this. I long for a slice of meat or a glass of milk. I long to get on the bus and have a coffee. The life I am leaving is not worth living and I have no family or friends with the money to help me. I am seriously considering suicide as at the moment I am merely existing. Even if I spent NOTHING for 2 weeks I would STILL not be in credit. I simply cannot afford to live and I am not able to get a crisis loan as I would not be able to pay it back. I am not able to get a community grant as they said I am receiving jsa for my daily living expenses. Can anyone suggest anything? My nearest food bank is too far to cycle. I have an expensive laptop (mac pro) but it's my parents and so I'm not allowed to sell it. I was thinking of selling my bicycle but worry it will end up costing me money as I'll then reply on public transport and my mobile phone is only worth £50 at the local phone shop. I have no jewellary and my shoes and clothes value would not amount to much. The only thing I have of value is a missoni handbag given to me by an ex boyfriend and it's rrp is £1,300 but I was advised if I try to sell it people will not pay much for it as they will not know if it's real of fake. Please help. Does anyone know what I can do? I'm thinking of selling my laptop and face the wrath of my parents. Ed Fox I complained many times but was always told I would get the money and it was simply an administration error. I wanted the job so badly that I put up with it. Kitty when scamming in future please don't give yourself an English surname as your English is clearly broken.

Aidan McLindon a traitor to the Queensland Party? Everything I hear about this clown is bad. He promised the executive of the Queensland Party that he wouldn't leave them until after the next election in march. So what does he do? Runs off and joins Bob Katter in a secret deal where Bob makes him state parliamentary boss. He even swipes the party website and members list as he is sneaking out the door. He then tries to merge the two parties without a democratic vote like some sort of backward dictator. Ringing the candidates and lying to them about a merger. Bob Katter is just as bad. He has happily stolen half of the Queensland Party candidates and members. That's low. He tells candidates they can vote any way they want to on issues just so long as they do as he says. The Queensland Party is a good alternative to the major parties and a lot of people worked hard over the last year to build it up. Then this childish backstabbing Aidan McLindon decides he has had enough of it and leaves. After creating the party and telling everyone how democratic it is he just sabotages the whole thing from the inside. It hasn't even been through one election yet. That quitter has now changed sides 4 times if you count his stint as an independant. http://www.queenslandparty.org The Queensland Party isn't dead yet. Despite claims to the contrary by Bob Katter and that snivelling worm Aidan McLindon the party managed to draw 500 members. With the only sitting member gone it had to obtain 500 members to avoid being de-registered. It is the only party completely dedicated to bettering Queensland. It doesn't run federally and is far more democratic than any of the other state parties. Members get a say in how the party is run and can even vote on a new leader which they will be doing shortly. Its good that they didn't get swallowed up by that Bob Katter clown. Then they would be forced to do whatever Canberra says instead of serving the state. Bob Katter did his best to kill them off but failed. What a loser. He steals policies too. That pedophile registry idea was stolen from Rob Messenger. Atleast Ruth Bonnett and Jim Nicholls of the Queensland Party actually give a stuff about this state. They want to stop the sale of assets and keep more mining revenue here where it was generated. Free public transport for seniors between 9am and 2pm would fill up the buses and trains which currently run empty off peak. Seniors could use a break like that. Katter Party a real threat. http://www.northweststar.com.au/news/local/news/general/katter-party-a-real-threat/2304432.aspx "The trend for membership in the major parties is down," said Aidan McLindon. "We're the only party that is actually building." Another lie. The Queensland Party tripled its membership in one week. Last week to be precise. He knows it too. Because he did his best to kill the partty off. Bid to revive Qld Party doomed: McLindon http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/bid-to-revive-qld-party-doomed-mclindon-20110902-1jovj.html Qld Party has the numbers http://www.northweststar.com.au/news/local/news/general/queensland-party-has-the-numbers-to-survive-jason-somerville/2303005.aspx?src=rss

Why doesn't the UK gov raise taxes more on fuel? ? I know they are and have been for a while but it's more to do with public transport this question. Basically, I was at youth council before Christmas and a woman who works for the local travel company came and told us about how the government intend to scrap this thing that exempts tax buses need to pay in fuel to help decrease the budget deficit. Now getting rid of this tax exemption will raise the price of public transport and push people towards using cars which is less environmentally friendly as you can fit less in a car than you can in a bus. Now, my driving instructor said her and anyone who enjoys driving, no matter how high the tax on fuel they'd still drive, so if this is the case, why not keep the tax exemption on buses and as an alternative to help with the budget deficit, increase tax on car drivers, that way those who get put off by price will be pushed towards public transport instead of vice versa. Don't you agree? Btw, just to say, despite my arguement, I couldn't care less about the environment, i'll burn carbon for the sake of it but I'm just saying, with all this stuff about global warming, the budget deficit seems to give opportunities that will decrease the rate of climate change yet instead they go the opposite way on the matter. Btw, I do believe in climate change but I believe Humans are just a catalyst in a natural cycle the Earth has, however admittedly, speeding up the change of climate give little time to adapt, particulary when the pattern is super warm and then super cold, but meh, we survived the last ice age as cave men, i'm sure we can survive another.

Who wants to join the NEW Fuel Protest in the UK? Distribute the text below freely to your email contacts..? JOIN THE UK FUEL PROTEST!! Are you, as I am, sick of the ridiculously high fuel prices in the UK? The tax that our Government imposes each time a motorist puts fuel into his or her vehicle is far too high. DRIVING IS NOT A LUXURY For many motorists, especially those in rural areas, it is a necessity. To own a car is a vital lifeline. In the absence of decent, reliable and cost-effective public transport, owning a car is the only option to many individuals and families. THERE IS NO WAY PEOPLE WILL STOP DRIVING I do agree that cars should be discouraged for short trips. For example, buying a newspaper from the newsagent at the end of the street or driving to the other side of town to get from home to work each day (when a brisk walk would probably take half the time). These instances of driving could be combated by the following measures: •Taxing companies for their employee car parking spaces •Introducing large FREE car parks on the outskirts of towns and cities – and implementing an adequate Park & Ride bus service •Councils to increase the price for motorists to park in the car parks that they maintain within the town and city centres •Discouraging street parking in the town and city centres by introducing more double-yellow lines and restricted parking at these locations •Bus and train companies revisit their pricing policies and actually make it ATTRACTIVE for the general public to use their services – Reduced prices and more frequent / reliable services = More customers and happier customers! None of these measures are going to be easy to implement – and there is likely to be a lot of uproar at my suggestions, but we need to do something and we need to do it FAST! MY PROPOSITION Every motorist who reads this email should boycott the supermarket petrol stations. Why is it that the big supermarkets all seem to be in competition with one another for every product they sell, EXCEPT PETROL??!! If we all boycotted supermarket petrol, the likes of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s would be forced to lower their prices. All local motorists should adhere to this mass boycott – IT’S YOUR DUTY!! THE LOSS OF OUR CLUBCARD POINTS IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR (HOPEFULLY) CHEAPER PETROL IN THE LONG-TERM. There are amongst the THREE main guilty parties for the UK’s high fuel prices (no matter what anyone says): •The Government, obviously. Fuel Duty is astronomical and will only continue to rise. Let’s face it. No Government – regardless of party politics – is going to reduce fuel duty. Not by any sensible amount, in any case. •The Oil Companies. Their greed is beyond belief. I mean, just what are their profits being used for?? •Petrol Retailers. No matter what they say, they are simply jumping on the bandwagon and raising their own prices indiscriminately. Why don’t we ever see a fuel price war as in other areas of the retail industry? (Tesco v. Asda, for example) A REASONABLE PRICE FOR PETROL IN THE UK IS NO MORE THAN 70p PER LITRE. SUPERMARKET PETROL SHOULD BE BOYCOTTED UNTIL WE SEE THEIR PRICES DROP TO THIS AMOUNT. LET’S DO IT NOW, BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE!! BP & Shell have been making huge profits. But, the problem is that their petrol forecourts are franchises - operated by the small businessman. It is not my intention to put small businesses out of business. This is why, if we target the large supermarkets then this will hit their MASSIVE profits. We have ALL got to make this work. PLEASE, distribute this to ALL your email contacts and make this a national UK protest..

What to do from Agadir – I want to see as much as I can.? Hi! I’m coming to Agadir in January. I will be travelling alone; I’m 23, female from London. I have seen comments from people saying you should not travel alone and bizarrely that it’s against the Muslim law-obviously these people have never left their home town! Basically, in about 12 months I will be off travelling for about 4/5 years (I'm gonna be so old when I get back!) but this trip is a mini adventure to see how I go. I keep doing these pre trips and end up meeting some people and although having a great time not actually doing the travelling I wanted to do just seeing the bars so I am not going to talk to anyone else this time...:) Anyway…I will be arriving in Agadir airport will probably get a taxi or bus to my hotel; I’m staying at the Tagadirt Hotel. Although Agadir looks lovely it seems to me that it is going to be very touristy. I booked it because it was incredibly cheap knowing it was not the ideal choice for what I was looking for. I will be in Morocco for 9 days before I move on. I cannot spend 9 days sun bathing, I can’t spend 2 hours doing this so what do you recommend? It does not sound like there is too much to see in Agadir. I fancy visiting Marrakech, Taroudant, and I read this following quote, “go through the Atlas mountains and visit the oasis and go to the typical Berber villages” which I would like to do but I do not know where it is so could someone offer me more information? I’m not really interested in doing things with tour operators, ever if there is something I want to do with them I would rather do it alone – don’t I sound horrible, it’s just because I am travelling and not on holiday lol!! I love local markets and would like to know when these are on and where-really I’d want to go to more then one. I don’t mind spending a couple of night away from the hotel but as I said, I am on a budget so would rather leave at 4am and get back at 1am for example if I am visiting Marrakech. All my travelling will be with public transport but I am finding it hard finding information on these services. The only thing I really know is there are no trains south of Marrakech. I am kind of expecting a service like South Turkey where there are busses going everywhere, cramped, cheap and regular. Is this the case? Is their a main bus garage in Agadir where I will be able to pick up short and long haul busses? I also keep hearing about a midi and grande taxis – can someone explain this a little more to me, I hear they are just a few more pound then busses. ...To be honest I’m expecting Morocco to be like Turkey with a little of Egypt...Please don’t start shouting at me if there is some feud with the Turkish or Egyptians in Morocco which I do not now about – I love Turkey and, well, Egypt is somewhere you have to see its amazing but I don’t like the way they are crazy for money, yeah rip me off I’m a stupid English person but they rip their own people off too!! …Never mind I’m the one who wants to see how others live. Thank you I’m advance. I will be there from the 24th January until the 2nd February, if there is anyone else there who thinks you are like me then email me and we can meet up out there. My word of advise...When alone I find it very handy to have a contact number for at least one person close to where you are staying…just in case…I usually get a contact from a local from Trip Adviser.

can i move with my child without her fathers consent? i have recently finished an OCR Level 2 Health & Social Care course at my college my aim is to one day move to cardiff to study mental health nursing at the uni there however my college does not do a level 3 Access to Nursing degree so therefore i am planning to be moved by Aug to study at a different college about a 30 min drive away from where we live now and prob about 45- 50 mins if public transport is being used. However this time last year i was at court with my daughters dad over custody of our daughter. the judge ruled in my favor and so i am my daughter primary carer and her primary home is with myself and he has contact on just a saturday 11am till 6pm. when i told my daughters dad that i have enrolled at this college and on this course and plan to move (as it would be to far for me to travel in the morning plus i don't drive and id have to get my daughter to nursery and the local one is a 15 min walk away and by the time i've got her there got on the bus to the train station got of the train and got on another bus to the college i would of already missed 15 maybe 20 mins of my first lesson. bair in mind the nursery only opens at 8 am and my first lesson begin at 9 plus i have already contacted other nursery's near to the new college and there already fully booked up and the college nursery won't take her as we don't live in that place yet but if we did move there and have an address there they'd be happy to care for her while i study) he my daughters dad kicked off telling me all her family are up here your never taking her away from me am a spiteful little s**g sending me abusive text message after abusive message threating that when next go to court he can't wait to see all my plans and dreams (to provide a better future for my daughter and getting of my bum to get a job and off the dole) fall apart so my question is do i have the right to move away with my daughter to be closer to the college so am not travelling as far in the mornings am in college without my daughters fathers consent or do i need to go back to court with him over it?? my daughters father works monday to friday 6am till 2pm so wouldn't be able to take her to nursery in the morning as he wouldn't have time the second week he works 2 till 10 but is to lazy to come collect her he has been given the right to have more contact with her threw the week however he isn't aloud any over night Contactas he is known to be a very heavy drinker and can not be trusted not to drink when he has contact also the contact that he does have has to be under supervison of his mother when he has contact no he does not pay child maintance ive been threw csa and they just messed me about so his mother has been buying nappies wipes etc and giving me 10 pound a week towards anything else i may need for her plus where already past the stage of sitting down and communicating with one another as the relationship i now have with him and my family has with his family is all to volatile which is another reason i wish to move away as being brought up in the middle of all the heat really isn't good for her

Going to florida on June 27th? Hi Guys wanted to get everyones opinion on dollars, Should i buy now as i can get them for 1.5 from crown currency exchange who i have dealt with before or should i hang on until closer to the time and then just buy them. Also thought i would share a little info if you are going to florida and dont want to drive but also done want to rely on public transport (i have been a few times now and allways relied on the iride and lynx buses as well as taxis), i spent almost £600 on taxis when i was there last year. I have found a good alternative. If you contact some of the local taxi or town car companies and say you want a package for the length of your stay for unlimited travel for a one off payment at the start of your holiday ie you phone them and they pick you up and you dont have to pay anything then they are likely to do it. we have just done this and it has worked otu pretty good. anyways would be good to hear your thoughts on the dollars and any hidden gems in orlando that i may have not heard about.Oh Also does anyone know if there is any reachable beaches near orlando and if they are any good .Cheers

Classical Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria in 11 days? I will be flying in and out of Istanbul and will be there for 11 days from April 1 this year. I am wondering what would be the best tourist route to see Classical Turkey, Greece (and maybe a glimpse of the most beautiful island heh) and Bulgaria in 11 days. I am not very much a beach person, so I am thinking that a ferry ride from Piraeus to Samos and onto Kusadasi may suffice. No idea if it is going to be scenic. I cant seem to get much info from travel guides nor googling. So I thought I would ask. My tentative itinerary is as follows: Day 1 Arrive Istanbul. Leave Istanbul on Filia express to Athens Day 2 Spend a day in Acropolis Day 3 Delphi Tour Day 4 Take ferry from Piraeus to Samos to Kudadasi - Any suggestion of which ferry that runs at this time of year? Day 5 Ephesus tour Day 6 Gallipoli Day 7 Istanbul - Personal agenda Day 8 Edrine - Personal agenda Day 9 Sophia Day 10 Rila Monastery Day 11 Sophia?Poliv back to Istanbul - Is bus the best way or train? Day 12 Fly out of Istanbul Appreciate if you can advise of specific routes, transport details and approximate cost. Any other travel tips or suggestions to itinerary most welcome. Please also advise any tips for travel as a female if I choose not to join local tours. Any tips for those tours like Ephesus or Delphi or Galiipoli appreciated. I will be staying in hostels. Any tips welcome. Yep I am on a budget. Don't mind walking but I do have a bag in addition to a day back pack. If I were to take public transport, where are the storage facilities or locker room details. Much thanks, Pearl. Thank you for your informed response. Are you suggesting that I take tours? I travel well, so 6 hours is not a big deal. I am just not aware how easy the connection points are, if I were to tug along a big bag and a back pack. The problem with tours is that they seem to start from Istanbul rather from down south. So maybe I have to reverse the order of my travel. Further suggestions welcome.

police and fire service.? Ihave just watched the bbc1 news covering footage of the police attending a call to some youths who in there wisdom were climbing on to a roof, generally messing a bout, the roof was a flat one approx, height 20ft. The police advised the youths of the hidden dangers of climbing, which sensabilly they agreed to, they gave no cheek a seemed quite a decent bunch of lads.The police who was very good with them called for the fire service to attend, which they did and continued to errect a 3 tear ladder supported by ajustable stabilty legs, on raising the ladder to climd up to the roof to check that there was no one else was up there, this was done at the police request.Then to my disbelief the fireman refused to climd the ladder, because he felt it was not is job because he had no powers of arrest, the police only asked the fire service to check that there was no on the roof, they did not say arrest anybody, so the police officer climbed up and did the check, the police could not belief the firemans actions nor could I.The public pay local services wages out of there TAXES and also there wage rises, local services are a none producing unit, we the people of britian pay there wages, so when they ask for public support ie.FIRE SERVICE we should take into account this persons actions.Is it not about time that we now DEREGULATED all local services , just like they did with the BUSES Greater Manchester Transport which was deregulated, deregulate the fire service,and change the police service back into a police force so that they can do the job without any bureaucracy getting in the way, do these things and life maybe abit more pleasant for the people in these jobs.

was i right to just let them do their checks (filming in a public place)? hi,..thanks for reading. well, I had my new camera some few days now, and as my car was off the road due to an accident, i was walking around lots taking pictures and video film of my local area. during this time, i also took pictures of london buses, and trains just to capture moving vehicles to get used to the cameras workings. i was stopped in a different place, on a main road, by a PCSO who took my details and also called for assistance as he was not so sure, and they attended and took a look at the camera pics and footage. now i had no issue, but was advised that cos these places such as the train station was in them etc, they had grounds on section 44 to look further, and do a few checks which they did, and nothing came back. i was sent on my way some 40 minutes later. i gave them identification at the time and tried to be helpful, and explained myself and they were ok with that. did i do the right thing?. i mean just cos there were pictures of the transport network, i told them, and they got concerned. i just wanted to get on my way, and thought if i argue, they would maybe arrest me under section 44 with all those bus and trains pictures. thank you. all i was doing was playing with my new camera. lol.. thanks. are the police allowed to look at your camera if they ask you to see whats on it?. i did show them. thanks.

Could someone please translate this into german ? please do not use a translator.? Also could you use as many tenses as possible thank-you. I live in New york in America. I used to live in a village in Punjab in India. New York is clean , big and loud! New york has a population over 2 million! Whereas , the village in India was very quiet and consisted of less than 100 people. The weather is always sunny and beautiful in India , however , it can be very cold during the winter. Similarly , New York also has very seasonal weather , however the mojority of the year it is cold and rainy and in the winter it usually snows reguraly! New York has many tourists sights such as ; the statue of liberty. New York has over 4 million tourists each year. In comparison , the village in India didnt have mnay tourist sights as their were only locals and a limited amount of settlements there. New york has trams , buses , underground trains , aeroplanes and bikes. In India many people prefer to travel independently in cars. However there are buses and trains available too. I think envrionmentally friendly travelling schemes are extrememly important. Young people can visit tourists sights in New York. There are mnay clubs for young people such as for socilaising or sports or educational ones. In India there is many museums in the village. So this is extrememly useful for historical people.In my opinion museums are great! Both of the places have great facilites for young people. I think this is very important! When i lived in India , i used to visit the local youngster group to socialise and play sports all the time. This was fun! However , in New York i am too busy to participate in social activites. Teachnology has taken over and i spend to much time on the computer and phone and msn.Moreover , New york has a great new cinema for 3D movies whichg attracts many torusists , young people and parents. New york hosts many celebrations for singers and famous people reguarly. I attended the latest one. They had fireworks. I thought it was absolutely outstanding! Next week , i am going to a open-air concert with my friends and family and boyfriend! i am so excited! India celebrated very different festivals. India had very traditional celebrations such as; diawali. The celebration of diwali inculdes many fireworks! it is one of the best celebrations ever! i thought it absolutely stunning! New york is a great place to live if you are young ,indepedndent and fun! It is has outstanding facauilites. If you like to party and have fun it is the place for you! You can enjoy yourself in New York and have lots of fun! Whereas , India is great for people who want a peaceful life in a rural area. It is quiet , small and there is a lot of land to look and relax. It is great for families as you get to spend a lot of time together too. However , New York doesnt allow you to spend much time as a family because you are too busy and you cannot have much family time or fun. India hasnt got many clubs , parties or things for young people who want to have a lot of fun. New york has a lot of envrionmental problems due to the large population and the number of taxis and cars! this is terrible. There is not much being done. More people should walk to places near-by or use their bicyccles if they are local. India has great envrionemtally friendly schemes for village because people walk and not many people find it necessary to buy cars as towns are near. However the large cities there is a lot of polution which is being sorted by having more public transport. In the future both countries could invest more into public tranport , enrivonetal and planting schemes, In the future i would like to remain living in New York because it is fun , busy and great!

does this make sense? feel free to add things!? I think some affordable solutions for transportation on college campuses can be a college that has its own individual shuttle bus. So it would be not only less cars in congested parking lots. But it would save less time. Another solution can be a promotional campaign showing the benefits of walking or using public transportation. A campaign that can be put all around campus advertised with the words stating “the body is great for walking” I believe letting people know about the benefits of walking can give them an insight on how important exercise is. An as far as public transportation students can put on an advertisement can say “you want to save gas, take the shuttle train” it would be a lot cheaper purchasing it at your school than the local shuttle train station. Because then you can get a school discount. However, the simplest solution is to charge a higher price for permits and parking, which would force the students into alternative forms of transport. Or charge one for the initial parking then continuously charge it for every exceeding hour (or half hour).

could this be true? Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:55 AM By: Phil Brennan Article Font Size Are the world's ice caps melting because of climate change, or are the reports just a lot of scare mongering by the advocates of the global warming theory? Scare mongering appears to be the case, according to reports from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that reveal that almost all the allegedly “lost” ice has come back. A NOAA report shows that ice levels which had shrunk from 5 million square miles in January 2007 to just 1.5 million square miles in October, are almost back to their original levels. Moreover, a Feb. 18 report in the London Daily Express showed that there is nearly a third more ice in Antarctica than usual, challenging the global warming crusaders and buttressing arguments of skeptics who deny that the world is undergoing global warming. The Daily express recalls the photograph of polar bears clinging on to a melting iceberg which has been widely hailed as proof of the need to fight climate change and has been used by former Vice President Al Gore during his "Inconvenient Truth" lectures about mankind’s alleged impact on the global climate. Gore fails to mention that the photograph was taken in the month of August when melting is normal. Or that the polar bear population has soared in recent years. As winter roars in across the Northern Hemisphere, Mother Nature seems to have joined the ranks of the skeptics. As the Express notes, scientists are saying the northern Hemisphere has endured its coldest winter in decades, adding that snow cover across the area is at its greatest since 1966. The newspaper cites the one exception — Western Europe, which had, until the weekend when temperatures plunged to as low as -10 C in some places, been basking in unseasonably warm weather. Around the world, vast areas have been buried under some of the heaviest snowfalls in decades. Central and southern China, the United States, and Canada were hit hard by snowstorms. In China, snowfall was so heavy that over 100,000 houses collapsed under the weight of snow. Jerusalem, Damascus, Amman, and northern Saudi Arabia report the heaviest falls in years and below-zero temperatures. In Afghanistan, snow and freezing weather killed 120 people. Even Baghdad had a snowstorm, the first in the memory of most residents. AFP news reports icy temperatures have just swept through south China, stranding 180,000 people and leading to widespread power cuts just as the area was recovering from the worst weather in 50 years, the government said Monday. The latest cold snap has taken a severe toll in usually temperate Yunnan province, which has been struck by heavy snowfalls since Thursday, a government official from the provincial disaster relief office told AFP. Twelve people have died there, state Xinhua news agency reported, and four remained missing as of Saturday. An ongoing record-long spell of cold weather in Vietnam's northern region, which started on Jan. 14, has killed nearly 60,000 cattle, mainly bull and buffalo calves, local press reported Monday. By Feb. 17, the spell had killed a total of 59,962 cattle in the region, including 7,349 in the Ha Giang province, 6,400 in Lao Cai, and 5,571 in Bac Can province, said Hoang Kim Giao, director of the Animal Husbandry Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, according to the Pioneer newspaper. In Britain the temperatures plunged to -10 C in central England, according to the Express, which reports that experts say that February could end up as one of the coldest in Britain in the past 10 years with the freezing night-time conditions expected to stay around a frigid -8 C until at least the middle of the week. And the BBC reports that a bus company's efforts to cut global warming emissions have led to services being disrupted by cold weather. Meanwhile Athens News reports that a raging snow storm that blanketed most of Greece over the weekend and continued into the early morning hours on Monday, plunging the country into sub-zero temperatures. The agency reported that public transport buses were at a standstill on Monday in the wider Athens area, while ships remained in ports, public services remained closed, and schools and courthouses in the more severely-stricken prefectures were also closed. Scores of villages, mainly on the island of Crete, and in the prefectures of Evia, Argolida, Arcadia, Lakonia, Viotia, and the Cyclades islands were snowed in. More than 100 villages were snowed-in on the island of Crete and temperatures in Athens dropped to -6 C before dawn, while the coldest temperatures were recorded in Kozani, Grevena, Kastoria and Florina, where they plunged to -12 C. If global warming gets any worse we'll all freeze to death. © 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved. Sophia B the source is at the end of the article

Wld u vte BNP ova their policies,nd do u belive that the BNP are the only prty that cn save our British Cultr? IMMIGRATION - time to say ENOUGH! On current demographic trends, we, the native British people, will be an ethnic minority in our own country within sixty years. To ensure that this does not happen, and that the British people retain their homeland and identity, we call for an immediate halt to all further immigration, the immediate deportation of criminal and illegal immigrants, and the introduction of a system of voluntary resettlement whereby those immigrants who are legally here will be afforded the opportunity to return to their lands of ethnic origin assisted by a generous financial incentives both for individuals and for the countries in question. We will abolish the 'positive discrimination' schemes that have made white Britons second-class citizens. We will also clamp down on the flood of 'asylum seekers', all of whom are either bogus or can find refuge much nearer their home countries. EUROPE - back to British independence! We are opposed to the Single European Currency, and support the overwhelming majority of the British people in their desire to keep the Pound and our traditional weights and measures. At the same time, we are for the best possible relationship with our European neighbours and believe that the nations of Europe should be free to trade and cooperate whenever it is mutually beneficial, though without being forced into a political and economic straitjacket - political unification. Accordingly, we stand for British withdrawal from the European Union. In place of the EU, we intend to aim towards greater national self-sufficiency, and to work to restore Britain's family and trading ties with Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and to trade with the rest of the world as it suits us. Following our withdrawal from the EU, the BNP will use the £43 million per day net contribution Britain at present makes to the European Union to fund many far more useful projects at home. LAW AND ORDER - crack down on crime! The BNP will crack down on crime and restore public safety and confidence. We will free the police and courts from the politically correct straitjacket that is stopping them from doing their job properly. The liberal fixation with the 'rights' of criminals must be replaced by concern for the rights of victims, and the right of innocent people not to become victims. We support the re-introduction of corporal punishment for petty criminals and vandals, and the restoration of capital punishment for paedophiles, terrorists and murderers as an option for judges in cases where their guilt is proven beyond dispute, as by DNA evidence or being caught red-handed. ECONOMY - British workers first! Globalisation, with its export of jobs to the Third World, is bringing ruin and unemployment to British industries and the communities that depend on them. Accordingly, the BNP calls for the selective exclusion of foreign-made goods from British markets and the reduction of foreign imports. We will ensure that our manufactured goods are, wherever possible, produced in British factories, employing British workers. When this is done, unemployment in this country will be brought to an end, and secure, well-paid employment will flourish, at last getting our people back to work and ending the waste and injustice of having more than 4 million people in a hidden army of the unemployed concealed by Labour's statistical fiddles. We further believe that British industry, commerce, land and other economic and natural assets belong in the final analysis to the British nation and people. To that end we will restore our economy and land to British ownership. We also call for preference in the job market to be given to native Britons. We will take active steps to break up the socially, economically and politically damaging monopolies now being established by the supermarket giants. Finally we will seek to give British workers a stake in the success and prosperity of the enterprises whose profits their labour creates by encouraging worker shareholder and co-operative schemes. EDUCATION - discipline, standards, achievement! We are against the 'trendy' teaching methods that have made Britain one of the most poorly educated nations in Europe. We will end the practice of politically correct indoctrination in all its guises and we will restore discipline in the classroom, give authority back to teachers and put far greater emphasis on training young people in the industrial and technological skills necessary in the modern world. We will also seek to instill in our young people knowledge of and pride in the history, cultures and heritage of the native peoples of Britain. AGRICULTURE - quality before quantity! We see a strong, healthy agriculture sector as vital to the country. Britain's farming industry will be encouraged to produce a much greater part of the nation's need in food products. Priority will be switched from quantity to quality, as we move from competing in a global economy to maximum self-sufficiency for Britain. We will ensure a major shift to healthier and more sustainable organic farming. We are pledged to ensure the restoration of Britain's once great fishing industry with the reimposition of the former exclusion zones around our coast. HEALTH - first-class healthcare for all! We are wholly committed to a free, fully funded National Health Service for all British citizens. We will revitalise the Health Service by boosting staff and bed numbers, slashing unnecessary bureaucracy and by addressing the root cause of low recruitment and retention - low pay. We will see to it that no money is given in foreign aid while our own hospitals are short of beds and the staff to run them. More emphasis must be placed on healthy living with greater understanding of sickness prevention through physical exercise, a healthier environment and improved diets. TRANSPORT - time to invest! Increased investment is needed in Britain's public transport system to bring it up to the highest standards in the world. The fiasco of rail privatisation with different companies running services and track leading to higher fares and lower safety also needs to be resolved. Congestion of our towns and cities must be eased by the provision of greater incentives to use rail and bus transport instead of private cars. The first step is to end the crime and squalor that puts so many people off public transport. Motorists must not be made the scapegoats for government failure. Fuel tax should be cut, motorway speed limits raised, and hidden speed cameras should be banned. Far more must be done to encourage the development and use of cleaner fuels. ENVIRONMENT - a cleaner, greener future! Our ideal for Britain is that of a clean, beautiful country, free of pollution in all its forms. We will enforce standards to curb those practices, whether by business or the individual, which cause environmental damage. "The polluter pays to clean up the mess" must become a fact of life, not an electioneering slogan. In towns we would work to replace the brutalist modernism of 1960s-style-architecture with a blend of traditional local styles and materials and ensure that developments take place on a more human scale. FOREIGN AID - time to spend our money on our own people! We reject the idea that Britain must forever be obliged to subsidise the incompetence and corruption of Third World states by supplying them with financial aid. We will link foreign aid with our voluntary resettlement policy, whereby those nations taking significant numbers of people back to their homelands will need cash to help absorb those returning. The billions of pounds saved every year by this policy will also be reallocated to vital services in Britain. PENSIONERS - pensioners before asylum seekers! The conditions in which many of Britain's old people are forced to live are a national disgrace. We are pledged to ensure that all our old folk are able to live in comfortable homes, and will restore the earnings link with pensions. Elderly people who have paid a lifetime of taxes and reared families should not have to sell their homes to pay for care. NORTHERN IRELAND - an end to sectarianism! Britain has shamefully allowed the terrorists in N.I. to come close to winning when the IRA could have been destroyed years ago. Government weakness has led to hundreds of deaths and given those same terrorists a share in government. We would end all attempts to force the people of Northern Ireland to accept foreign interference in their affairs and deal with terrorism - from whatever side - once and for all. No one with links to a terrorist organisation that refuses to lay down its arms should be allowed to enter government. We would abolish state-supported segregation in education. In the long run, we wish to end the conflict in Ireland by welcoming Eire as well as Ulster as equal partners in a federation of the nations of the British Isles. DEFENCE - no more cuts! Successive cuts in defence spending have left Britain's armed forces perilously weak. We will boost Britain's armed forces to ensure that they are able to deal with any emergency, and defend our homeland and our independence. We will bring our troops back from Germany and withdraw from NATO, since recent political developments make both commitments obsolete. We will close all foreign military bases on British soil, and refuse to risk British lives in meddling 'peace-keeping' missions in parts of the world where no British interests are at stake - a position of armed neutrality. We will also restore national service for our young with the option of civil or military service. FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Britain's interests first! Britain's foreign relations should be determined by the protection of our own national interest and not by our like or dislike of other nations' internal politics. We would have no quarrel with any nation that does not threaten British interests. We will maintain an independent foreign policy of our own, and not a spineless subservience to the USA, the 'international community', or any other country. DEMOCRACY - letting the people decide! The British people invented modern Parliamentary democracy. Yet in recent years the British people have been denied their democratic rights. On issue after issue, the views of the majority of British people have been ignored and overridden by a Politically Correct 'élite' which thinks it knows best. On immigration, on Capital Punishment, on the surrender of British sovereignty to the EU and in numerous other areas, democracy has been absent as Labour, Tories and Lib-Dems conspire in election after election to offer the British people no real choice on such vital issues. The BNP exists to give the British people, that choice, and thus to restore and defend the basic democratic rights we have all been denied. We favour more democracy, not less, not just at national but at regional and local level. Power should be devolved to the lowest level possible so that local communities can make decisions which affect them. We will remove legal curbs on freedom of speech imposed by successive Governments over the last 40 years. We will implement a Bill of Rights guaranteeing fundamental freedoms to the British people. We will ensure that ordinary British people have real democratic power over their own lives and that Government, local and national, is truly accountable to the people who sorry for the first paragraph but i had to write it in a bit of a text language because they only give me so many letters for the opening question also the rest is the BNP policies i cut it and paste it off theyr website agains sorry about the spelling in the question also one more thing this is a question of a matter of your opinions, and only your opinions

How many of these things have you done?!?!?!? 1. Set foot on each of the seven continents. Antarctica might be a tough one, but once you’ve reached all seven you can truly call yourself a world traveler. 2. Cross a country on a bicycle. A bicycle tour takes some planning, but it beats being separated from a country though a passenger-side window. 3. Ride something bigger than a horse. Trekking through the jungle on the back of a two story tall elephant will surely be something you remember forever. 4. Live like a local for a month. The experience of visiting native peoples will give you way more insight into another way of life than two years hopping from one backpacker ghetto to the next. 5. Visit a “real” blues bar in Chicago. What better way to leave music’s commercialism behind and find the soul of the blues? 6. Learn another language. This is definitely a weighty and time-consuming proposition, but there are plenty of resources out there to ease the process. 7. Go heli-skiing. The access to snow and terrain via heli is different (read: better) that anything else you’ll ever experience. 8. Travel India by train. With its extensive rail network, this mode of transport is the best way to see one of the world’s most colorful and diverse countries. 9. Climb one of the world’s Seven Summits. Climbing mountains is not for the faint-hearted, but everyone has had a dream of standing atop one. 10. Dive with a whale shark. Swimming with these gentle giants is among the most powerful wilderness experiences in the world. 11. Participate in a Carnival parade in Brazil. You haven’t had a good night out until you’ve been to the biggest party in a nation of big parties. 12. Dance Tango in Argentina. 13. Surf. It’s not about being a ripper but just catching waves. 14. SCUBA in the Great Barrier Reef. The largest coral reef in the world is a must for dive enthusiasts. It is the world’s most unique aquatic environment. 15. Publish an article about your travels. Part of traveling is sharing your experiences with others. Plus, getting published might be easier than you think. Photo by Creative Corners 16. Volunteer abroad for a month. 17. Follow in the footsteps of your favorite travel book. What better guide than a book that inspired you to travel in the first place? 18. Take a bush plane ride into Africa’s interior. These lightly visited regions are filled with unique cultures and diverse wildlife. 19. Cross a glacier on foot. Traversing these fast-disappearing natural wonders is an adventure that future generations might not be able to experience. 20. Visit the source of one of the world’s great rivers. Great rivers, like the Nile, have humble beginnings. 21. Climb an active volcano. 22. Buy a boat and learn to sail. Before the Brothers Wright, everyone traveled by wind power. It’s still the most sustainable way to travel there is. 23. Follow your food from field to table. Most people in the world still eat what they have picked with their own hands. Why not get back to these basics? 24. Bathe in the Ganges. What better way to experience the spiritual heart of India? 25. Travel around the world. Sure, you could do this without ever setting foot outside of planes and airports, but few people ever truly traverse the entire globe. Round the world tickets are great for budget-minded wanderers. Photo by James Dorsey 26. Photograph an endangered species. Aside from an image you can keep for a lifetime, it will remind you, and others, how fragile life can be. 27. Participate in Burning Man . As they say: “Trying to explain Burning Man to someone who has never been is like trying to explain color to a blind person.” 28. Spend 24 hours alone in the jungle. 29. Learn how to make a national dish. What is the one and only thing that everyone has in common? Eating. 30. Teach English in a foreign country. Sure, it’s a way to fund your travels, but also the experience of a lifetime. 31. Attend a music festival in another country. 32. Cross a country using only public transportation. See a country the way most of its people do: from the window of a bus, train, or ferry. 33. Spend the night in a storied/historic hotel. You might not even have to leave town to experience a night of classic atmosphere. 34. Attend the Olympics. Whatever you say about the commercialism of the Olympic Games, they are one of the biggest events on the planet. 35. Meet your favorite (living) travel writer. They’ve inspired you; now thank them for it. 36. Travel to Germany to experience Love Parade. It’s one of the biggest festivals, attendance-wise, on the planet. Photo by astropixie 37. Partake in a Japanese Tea Ceremony. This timeless tradition is at the heart of Japanese culture. 38. Join a caravan in the Sahara. See how people can thrive in one of the world’s harshest environments. 39. Go to Oktoberfest. The meeting of over 6 million beer afficionados and dr Right noe Nikole is in the lead! How about these? 40. Stand at the North or South Pole. 41. Be in the stands when two rival South American club teams play each other in soccer. Soccer (sorry, football) is a passion for most of the world’s population. 42. Visit the birthplace or gravesite of a cultural icon. Could be Che Guevara or Picasso or Levi Strauss or the guy who invented widgets; anyone you think is important. 43. Find your version of “The Beach.” One of the best travel books ever inspired a generation of backpackers. Why not find your own version of untouched paradise? 44. Enjoy a freshly rolled cigar in Cuba. Taste a hand rolled specialty close to its source. 45. Visit every capital city in Europe. The crowded continent is full of beautiful architecture and diverse cultures. 46. Watch an orchestral performance in Vienna. Photo by Nickmunstr 47. Skydive. It is the ultimate thrill, unless you add a wingsuit, and actually fly. 48. Bike the Pacific Coast Highway. and these 49. Shake hands with someone who has truly changed a country. 50. Participate in the world’s biggest water fight during Thailand’s New Year’s festivities (Songkran). Nikole is in the lead with 9 NIKOLE IS STILL IN THE LEAD WITH 9! COME ON GUYS!!! oghma2006 and Nikole are in the lead with 9!!! If future President really did do all that he will be in the lead-but I'll ask him this first- How did you accomplish it all-there isn't enough time! I will be back in 10 minutes! Come on Guys! i am back & thx for the info Phil P oghma2006 and Nikole are in the lead with 9! Come on guys! Somebody has now taken the lead!