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lonelyplanet.com Lowdown: From here, download new mobile country guide apps ($9.99) that can be used completely offline, so there are no roaming or data charges on your iPhone abroad. The first countries in the app series are Costa Rica, Italy, Ireland, France, Spain and Australia. The apps employ the expertise of Lonely Planet's guidebook writers and have maps. bikerentalsplus.com Lowdown: Useful for experienced travelers who want to create their own custom, self-guided bicycle tour in France or Italy using bike rentals, bike delivery and pickup and more. gardentraveler.com Lowdown: This site is an incomplete but valuable resource for visiting gardens across the United States. There are some holes _ for instance, it's missing the huge San Jose Municipal Rose Garden - but it can be helpful for scouting good spots to tiptoe through the tulips. trippy.com Lowdown: Through Facebook, members post pictures and information about places they've been or where they'd like to go; others give advice on trip planning. Be sure you want to sign up; for now, there is no way to deactivate your Trippy account. bit.ly/ym5NRf Lowdown: Here's where to download the mobile app for the Megabus.com service between Detroit and other cities. Download the app to get real-time information about bus arrival times and service alerts. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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