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“New Super Mario Bros. Wii Game Guide - Page 4 - Game ... - Gamespot News” plus 3 more

“New Super Mario Bros. Wii Game Guide - Page 4 - Game ... - Gamespot News” plus 3 more

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Game Guide - Page 4 - Game ... - Gamespot News

Posted: 29 May 2010 04:45 PM PDT

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World 1-3

Coin 1 (before checkpoint)

Grab Yoshi and look for the first coin above a pipe, a short ways into the level. You can easily reach it with a flutter-jump from the nearby platform.

Coin 2 (after checkpoint)

Look for a hidden tunnel amongst these pipes, shortly after the checkpoint. Warp down the hidden yellow one to find the coin underground--leap off Yoshi (or a teammate's head) to reach it.

Coin 3 (after checkpoint)

A short ways before the end of the level, you'll spot a coin above a red pipe--leap from it to reach it.

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Lauren Rosenberg sues Google, blames faulty Google Maps ... - New York Daily News

Posted: 31 May 2010 06:51 PM PDT

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BY Nick Klopsis
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Monday, May 31st 2010, 3:22 PM

Turn right at the next intersection and continue for 3 miles. Oh, and watch out for any oncoming traffic.

A California woman is suing Google after she was hit by a car while following directions provided by Google Maps on her cell phone, according to AOL News.

Lauren Rosenberg says that the Google Maps BlackBerry application told her to use Deer Valley Drive -- a highway also called Utah State Route 224 -- to walk from one Park City address to another.

However, the directions did not tell her that there were no sidewalks along Deer Valley Drive, which, Rosenberg alleges, led to her being struck by traffic.

"As a direct and proximate cause of Defendant Google's careless, reckless and negligent providing of unsafe directions, Plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a motor vehicle, causing her to suffer severe permanent physical, emotional and mental injuries," according to the complaint filed in Park County district court.

Rosenberg is asking for Google to pay her medical expenses in addition to punitive damages and loss of earnings. She is also suing the driver of the vehicle, Patrick Harwood of Park City.

Google Maps warns users about walking directions on its version for computers, saying that "Walking directions are in beta. Use caution -- This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths." However, the mobile version of Google Maps does not come with the warning.

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Guidebook sales stay strong despite online travel sites - Deseret News

Posted: 29 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT

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"I would have pulled out a guidebook and looked at a map, but he was relying on Google Maps and Yelp and other local services," said Flynn, 53. "It probably took him five times, 10 times as long to come up with a plan as somebody who was using a more traditional printed product. But that didn't bother him."

Frequent travelers often say they use printed guides for foreign travel, where roaming charges are high and Wi-Fi coverage can be sketchy — but rely on smart phones for U.S. travel. The U.S. is well covered by restaurant-review sites like Yelp, www.yelp.com.

"America is more developed in terms of apps," said Kanika Bhatia, a senior at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., who lives in India and travels all over the world with her parents.

"If you do use Google Maps in New York City, it will tell you exactly where things are, whereas internationally I don't think those services are available yet," said Bhatia, 22. "Also, the phone fees would be way too high if we decided to surf the Internet while we were abroad."

A printed guidebook serves as "a real jumping-off point and gives me a lot of confidence when I travel," said Reed, a Web developer who used the Lonely Planet guide to India on her trip last year. "I often find out things that I would not think to look for when searching online because of the way they are structured, which is helpful when you have no reference point in a new place."

A Rough Guides book was invaluable recently in Jamaica, too, Reed added.

"I just couldn't find any good maps to Jamaica online," she said.

But she wouldn't use a guidebook to travel in the United States.

"I have an iTouch to navigate and use Yelp," she said.

Book publishers are reluctant to speculate on how online applications have affected travel guide sales. The picture is also muddied by the recession.

"Last year was a horrible year, but we're happily rebounding," said Pat Carrier, who owns The Globe Corner Bookstores, a travel bookstore in Cambridge, Mass.

Carrier has tried to plan trips without using guidebooks, but he always ends up turning to them.

"I still find it a lot more work to try to plan a trip, especially to a place I'm not familiar with, doing it online than using a well-researched and written guidebook," said Carrier, who is in his 50s. "I just find it exhausting, the endless skimming from site to site."

Chris Morrow, who owns Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vt., said his customers have told him they don't want to print out sheets of paper and carry them around.

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Reporter's guide to hikes is free to all - Arizona Daily Star

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:02 AM PDT

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We have the perfect companion for your hiking adventures.

"Hikes Close to Tucson," by the Star's Doug Kreutz, is a free guide that includes a map of Tucson's surrounding mountains with details about outdoor opportunities in each. The brochure also describes four hikes.

The map and mountain descriptions were originally printed in ¡Vamos! Now the presentation is in a convenient format to carry along or to give to visiting friends and family.

Kreutz, whose hiking stories appear twice a month in Saturday's Out & About, spends practically every weekend trekking trails in the mountains, canyons and deserts of Southern Arizona.

The pocket guide is free at Summit Hut, 5045 E. Speedway and 605 E. Wetmore Road, and at the Arizona Daily Star, 4850 S. Park Ave. For additional information e-mail dmeredith2@tucson.com and include hiking guide in the subject line.

You can also find Kreutz's outdoors stories at azstarnet.com/hiking

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