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Vesta Wood Fired Pizza is located at 64 Hoboken Rd, East Rutherford, NJ 07073. Right off of Route 17, and down the street from Hackensack St. Their location provides accessibly to anyone who wants to reach them. Their specialty is wood fired pizza, which attracts people from miles away. Personally my favorite dishes from the restaurant are their Margarita Pizza, and Pepperoni Pizza. If I ever feel like having non-expensive wood fired pizza I know where to go. If you want to make a reservation their number is 201-939-6012.

The name Vesta was chosen because it is the Roman virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family. They have traditional Italian dishes that are designed to make you feel comfortable, while stile serving quality food. Vesta Wood Fired Pizza also caters for events. They will suit the menu to you occasion, taste, and budget needs. Whether you want to have Vesta catering for an event, or just eat out for the night with your family, they will have great food and prices that won't break your bank.

If Vesta were to close, I would go to Tina Louise at 403 Hackensack Street Carlstadt, NJ 07072. To make a reservation their number is 201-933-7133. My favorite dish at Tina Louise is the Beef and Broccoli, which is not on the menu but available if you ask. The restaurant is very small, but their food is amazing. The amazing food and atmosphere in Tina Louise make it automatically my second favorite restaurant.      

RSS Discussion Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?

I selected the sites that I subscribed to because the topics interested me. Some feeds include CNN World News and Food.com chocolate recipes. I subscribed to them so that I can know what is happening out in the world, and to have different chocolate recipes, because I love chocolate. 

2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?

It was easy to find and subscribe to the sites, because all you have to do is go the the website find the RSS feed and paste it into your reader. In my case I used Digg Reader which is very simple and easy to use. 

3. Which sites were your favorites?

My favorite sites were OneDirection.net, thebeautydepartment.com, and TMZ.com. 

4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?

You can use RSS feeds to save time, find information easier, and look at everything in the same place.

5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

I am very likely to use RSS feeds in the future, not only for personal use but to use for school projects and anything else school related.

You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies Online

Through a national platform called Digital Cookie, Girl Scout Cookies will be sold online. The organization now believes that the girls can learn valuable skills by selling their cookies on the internet. They hope that it will help them learn and be grounded in technology, as-well as learning valuable interpersonal skills. Girl Scouts will continue the traditional way of sales, along with selling them online. The organization also wanted to level out the playing field for all of the 2.3 million Girl Scouts. They didn't want some scouts and parents using advanced Web skills to gain an edge over their peers. The online sales are expected to launch on December 12th. The traditional cookie season begins in January. 

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Do Now 12/2

If I were a teacher I would add gardening class to the curriculum. This class would meet year round during the school day. During the spring and the fall, the class would go outside to garden as well as learning about gardening and plants. While during the winter they would only be inside learning about gardening and plants. Vegetables would also be a main learning topic, in the hopes that students would want to grow vegetables at home and be healthier. 

To be more in depth, students during the spring and fall would learn about gardening techniques, where different plants need to be planted to thrive, and more. After learning the subject, the class would then go outside and try what they have learned. During the winter, the class would still learn all about plants, but not have as many opportunities to try what they learn themselves. However, little planters could be used in the class room for demonstrations all year round when the weather is not adapt for going outside. The class would be very interactive and welcoming to every student. Although the teacher would make sure that the students don't get to loud.

Web 2.0 Wiki Research

1. How can a wiki be used a current class on your schedule (not this course)? Pick a class and be specific how the class could create and use a Wiki on a regular basis.

Wiki's can be used in many situations, including my biology class. They can be used for group projects and study groups, by allowing the students in the group to combine their knowledge and study for an upcoming test, or write a script for a puppet show project. 

2. What are the benefits of using a wiki in class?

The benefits of using a wiki are vast. During class, students can work together on class work, get notes from their teachers, and share information in general with each other.

3. How can we create a wiki in this class, what would be contribute to it and how would be utilize it on an on-going basis?

We could create a wiki in this class by using a wiki website, and contribute knowledge on the current topic, help others with problems that they are having with the assignment, and share different ideas, for example giving answers and opinions on Do Now question.

4. What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

I do not have any experience past this class creating wikis, but from the information that I now know about wikis, it seems that creating a wiki would be easy to do. I have however used wikis before, including Wikipedia, and Wikianswers. 

Tech article 11/14

Cardboard Bicycle

Engineer Izhar Gafni learned how to fold cardboard into the strongest shapes possible, including honeycombs and bird nests. The spokes, rims, and frame are made from cardboard; old car tires are used as puncture-proof wheels, a car's timing belt as a chain; and formed plastic bottles are made into pedal cranks. The prototype weighs 28 pounds, and can support a rider almost 20 times its weight. He intends to make four models, two for adults and two for children; rechargeable electric motors are optional. He hopes to sell them for $30 each, and build them for $12 each. If advertising were to be on each bike, then people in developing countries could ride them for free. 

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Weekend

Over the long weekend I slept in late everyday. This extra sleep was refreshing from the shorter amount of sleep that I normally get on school days. When I finally woke up, I spent time reading and spending time with my family. On Friday night, I went to the Grand Lux Cafe, in the Garden State Plaza, with my grandma, mom, dad, and sister.