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After hearing about Pandora.com for months, I just loaded it on my Blackberry. And then on my laptop.
Pandora is internet radio; you pick an artist or song that you like and it builds a station of music with similar qualities. If it plays a song you don't like, a click on the thumbs-down icon helps Pandora refine what it plays for you.
I've never used an application that loaded any easier or was more intuitive to start up. Over the course of a 45-minute drive in which I was the passenger, I loaded it, got familiar with the controls and set up about 15 stations — all of which play music that I could listen to all day. When I got to my laptop, I loaded the application in less than a minute, then typed in my password, and got to precisely where I'd left off on the Blackberry.
With a $6 cable from Radio Shack, you can plug the Blackberry (or iPhone) into the utility port of a car radio or a set of powered speakers.
Which means that with no learning curve, and for the cost of my cell phone data plan — which I was already paying — I can have the best of all musical worlds (mental note: start a new Pandora station around Candide or Leonard Bernstein).
It's better than my iPod, because I don't have to select each song and be my own DJ.
It's way better than Sirius/XM because the channels I create are better focused than anything satellite radio offers; and I don't have to pay the $6.99-$12.99/month subscription fee.
I don't think Pandora is going to hurt the sale of MP3 players; most of them do more now than simply play music files.
But Pandora is everything that Sirius/XM could hope to be — yet easier, better and cheaper. It is the ultimate disruptive technology; it delivers radio at no cost, using technology that lots of people already possess, and it strikes a magical balance between doing all the work and giving the user control.
Last I heard, Sirius/XM was losing more than 100,000 customers a month. I can't imagine that pace has continued. But I'm guessing the downward trend has. And with its dependence on expensive space-based satellites and human-programmed channels, satellite radio is a precarious business model that has yet to make money.
In Greek mythology, Pandora carried a magical box that contained all things harmful to humans — disease, fear, unhappiness, etc. Zeus instructed her not to open it, but when her curiosity got the best of her, she spilled its contents into the world and upon mankind.
To most of us, this Pandora is a welcome innovation. But to Sirius/XM — and broadcast radio over time — Pandora and the others that will inevitably follow it must look like the thunder from Olympus itself.


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DALLAS (AP) – A health official says 12 people in Dallas have died from the heat this summer, already three more than last year's total with the hottest month still ahead.
Dallas County Health and Human Services spokeswoman Blanca Cantu said Tuesday that officials were encouraging residents to check on family members and neighbors.
Temperatures are expected to reach record highs this week in several big Texas cities, including Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Water and electricity usage is soaring as a result, prompting the state's electricity grid manager to ask Texans to conserve energy during the hottest part of the day.
Nighttime temperatures aren't bringing much relief because of the miles of heat-absorbing concrete. Early Tuesday morning, it was 83 in Dallas. A daytime high of 109 was expected Thursday.
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How did Attean help Matt learn new things about survival in the forrest in Sign of the Beaver?Why would these be helpful to Matt?
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The first survival skill Attean teaches Matt is how to snare rabbit and other small game. He creates a simple noose out of roots and arranges it on a stand of forked saplings. Attached to the noose is a stick, that will get tangled in the bushes when the creature is caught by the noose, preventing it from getting it away until the hunter can come and kill it with a rock. With this simple device made from easily found materials, Matt will be able to provide his own meat, without the aid of firearms and ammunition (Chapter 9).
Attean then shows Matt how to carve his own fishhooks out of twigs. The hook breaks easily, but can also be easily replaced. Never again will Matt have to worry about losing a hook when he fishes. Attean also shows Matt how to start a fire by striking certain quartz-filled stones with his knife. Matt had known how to do that with a flint, but had not realized that "a common stone", more easily accessible, would do the job as well (Chapter 10).
A very valuable lesson Attean teaches Matt is how to leave signs so that he will never get lost in the woods. As in all things, Attean shows Matt the Indian way, leaving small, inobtrusive markers like broken branches or misplaced stones along any path they take (Chapter 11). Attean also shows Matt how to craft a strong, accurate bow, which Matt can use for hunting and protection in place of the firearm stolen by Ben (Chapter 12).


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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix or also called BCG model relates to marketing. This model is a known as portfolio management tool that used in product life cycle theory. BCG matrix is often used to prioritize which products within company product mix get more funding and attention.
BCG matrix is developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consulting Group, USA in the early 1970's. The BCG Matrix graphically portrays differences among divisions of the firm in terms of relative market share position and the industry growth rate. Figure 1 shows the BCG Martix circles.
Based on FIGURE 1, there 4 divisions respective circles in the BCG Matrix which are question marks, stars, cash cows and dogs. Firstly, the Quadrant 1 which is represent division question marks have a low relative market share position, yet compete in a high-growth industry. Generally, these firms' cash needs are high and their cash generation is low. Secondly, the Stars which is division in Quadrant 2 represent the organization's best long-run opportunities for growth and profitability. These businesses have a high relative market share and compete in high growth rate industries.
Thirdly, cash cows which in Quadrant 3 represent high relative market share position, but compete in a low-growth industry. It called cash cows because they generate cash in excess of their needs. The last one is dogs which stay in Quadrant 4 represent the low relative market position and compete in a low-growth industry.
Based on the Hershey Company, is show that Hershey Company stay in stars which is division in Quadrant 2. It is because this company has been established in a long time ago and had been known in everywhere in the world. It can be said that Hershey Company has a large market share in a fast growing industry. They may generate cash but because of fast growing market, stars require huge investments to maintain their lead. Net cash flow is usually modest....
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Henry Opitek (January 6, 1911-March 1981[1]) became the first patient to survive open heart surgery in 1952.
On July 3, 1952, Opitek, a 41-year-old male suffering from shortness of breath, made medical history at Harper University Hospital in Michigan. The Dodrill-GMR heart machine, considered by some to be the first operational mechanical heart was successfully used while performing heart surgery on Opitek. Dr. Forest Dewey Dodrill, a surgeon at Wayne State University's Harper Hospital in Detroit, used the machine to bypass Opitek's left ventricle for 50 minutes while he opened the patient's left atrium and worked to repair the mitral valve. In Dodrill's post operative report he notes, "To our knowledge, this is the first instance of survival of a patient when a mechanical heart mechanism was used to take over the complete body function of maintaining the blood supply of the body while the heart was open and operated on."[2]
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So this Christmas was mine and Cameron's first one together as a married couple! and it was a good one! We got to spend the first week (from the 22-27) in Magrath with Cam's family.
Cam and I on Christmas Eve
opening our Christmas Eve jammies
in our jammie's in front of the tree
Everyone who slept at Cam's Parents on Christmas eve in our jammies!
Then we travelled up to Calgary and spent the week there with my family. It was lots of fun! Cam and I enjoyed relaxing, reading our books, and going cross country skiing! I didn't get very many pictures of us in calgary. Maybe that should be my new years resolution to take more pictures... i'm still not sure if I believe in new years resolutions though...
Cam and I on New Years


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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Spring Break
B's spring photo, it's not coming in the mail b/c we didn't buy them this year. The background is a little much.
always our first stop
usually our second stop, her favorite ride: Big Thunder Mountain RR
video games
spice cupcakes baked around mini Cadbury eggs
yes, she's wearing her Link costume from Halloween. and she's pretending to eat an Easter egg with the shell on because Link "grew up in the woods and doesn't know how these things work."
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Newt Gingrich, the Family Values candidate who practices serial adultery, serves divorce papers on women recovering from cancer, and flips positions with the frequency of a ham radio ("Whatever Obama said, I'm against it!"), has once again demonstrated why Republicans consider him the smartest man in the room:
I have two grandchildren: Maggie is 11; Robert is 9. I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they're my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American.
It should be no surprise that what comes out of Gingrich's mouth is at odds with anything remotely resembling reality – Newt has built his career flying in the face of facts and ignoring plain truth, but it's remarkable that the man can fundamentally contradict himself within the span of a single sentence. And it's not merely the flagrant imbecility of conflating "secular atheist" with "radical Islamist", but the the rather more insidious and ugly fact that what Newt would like to see created in order to prevent those two polar opposites from becoming the same thing (!) is a theocratic Christian state where creationism is taught in the science class and women would be forced to remain pregnant for Jesus.
Is there no level of stupid at which even Americans realize they're being played like a rube in a three-card-Monty scam?
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TONY McGRAW, on behalf of himself and all other Plaintiffs similarly situated known and unknown, and ANGEL RIVERA and SADDAM MANSUR, Plaintiffs,v.AD-STUDIO DVE CO., FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC., and ANASTAS GUELEV, individually, Defendants.
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FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. ("FedEx Ground") has filed its Answer and an Affirmative Defense ("AD") to the First Amended Complaint ("FAC") that targets FedEx Ground, AD-Studio DVE Co. ("AD-Studio") and Anastas Guelev as defendants. This memorandum order is issued sua sponte to address certain aspects of that responsive pleading.
FedEx Ground's position in this putative opt-in action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is coupled with a parallel claim under the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, is essentially a "who, me?" disclaimer: It asserts that the package pick-up and delivery services rendered by the named plaintiffs and other drivers in the Chicago area were not performed for FedEx Ground but rather for AD-Studio, with which FedEx Ground had entered into an Independent Service Provider Agreement (Answer ¶ 3). This Court of course makes no findings either way as to the parties' respective substantive positions, which will certainly be fleshed out through further discovery (until a month ago FedEx Ground was not a party defendant - it was recently added by the FAC on the premise that it was a joint employer together with the original defendants).[1] Instead the principal purpose of this memorandum order is occasioned by the A.D. that FedEx Ground has appended to its Answer, a purported defense that points to the "Motor Carrier Act Exemption" set out at 29 U.S.C. § 213(b)(1), as to which FedEx counsel states:
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John & Jenni's Quest for the K1 visa
Date in American format (Jenni thinks our dates are funny)
01/10/2000 Jenni phone's the INS office in Milwaukee for relevant forms to apply for the Fiance(e) K1-visa.
01/12/2000 Forms arrive K1-visa, Jenni looks at them mildly worried.
01/19/2000 Jenni sends me a G-325A to fill in while she sits down to fill her own one in (this is a 4 page form with carbon paper between, you have to write very hard to get through it all, the purpose of which is to get background info on the applicants).
01/27/2000 G-325A arrives with me, which I complete, also rummaging around to find birth certificate. Made copies of some of the letters Jenni's sent me also of my phone statement and flight stubs for the flights I took to see her and finally a copy of the visa stamps in my passport to show where I entered the US. Printed out some of the e-mails as well. This was done for proof to the INS that we knew each other for awhile and had met in person , which is something that they require for proof of a valid relationship before the will think of issuing a K1-visa.
01/28/2000 Completed forms and evidence we had know each other awhile sent back to Jenni. Also enclosed was the 3/4 shot photo's required by the INS and a couple frontal ones just in case.
02/07/2000 The hefty envelope I sent arrives with Jenni who, in the mean time, has been doing the same as me and copying and printing evidence for the INS her end. She also typed up a covering letter for the INS explaining how we met up to the present day. Jenni is completing the I-134 Affidavit of support, we decided that might as well get that in now and save the cost of submitting it later.
02/11/2000 Jenni received the copy of her tax returns , she decided to send them in with the affidavit of support, and posted of this box of our forms and details to the INS. We have taken step 1 on our way to the Fiance K1-visa !!
02/15/2000 Jenni received confirmation from the INS of receipt so now its over to little old John for his part, suppose I have to do something after all it is called the Fiance K1-visa.
03/10/2000 Asked my doctor if he could get me a history of my vaccinations so that I don't need to get them done again when I have the medical.
03/27/2000 Visited local police station to see about getting the forms for evidence of a criminal record required by the UK85. They phoned up the head quarters for me then handed me the phone. It had an answering machine and I had to leave my name and address and what form I was after.
03/29/2000 Form arrives from police so filled in the my name and address and took it down to the police station along with my passport and a bill with my name and address on and they checked it over. Handed over my ten pounds for the fee and the gave me a receipt. The say that I have to allow for 40 days for it to arrive. The vaccination list arrived from the doctors with the list of my vaccinations and it was free!.
04/04/2000 Our documentation received back from the Milwaukee INS office telling us to send it to the Nebraska service center!. Apparently local offices can process the K1 visa only the service centers can. SO MUCH FOR PHONING THE INS AND ASKING THEM WHERE TO SEND IT!!!. So after almost 2 months its a case of back to square one.
04/11/2000 Well should have know better...the only 4 places that service the K1 visa are California, Nebraska, Texas and Vermont.
04/12/2000 Wrote letter to the US embassy to get my UK85 in advance of the approval. Also asked Jenni if she could ring the Nebraska office if they will do a cable transfer of the approval and documents to the US embassy if we file a I-824 (which requests this). Apparently cabling can save up to 2 weeks on the time to get the documents to the embassy.
04/14/2000 The UK85 arrived in the post. It doesn't look to bad it contains a fair amount of instructions. It has 2 copies of OF 156, a copy of I-134, copy of OF 156K and a copy of OF 230.
04/17/2000 Posted of the OF 230,OF 156's, OF 156K plus the bits that have to be ticked and signed of there cover sheets to the embassy. I just left the case assignment # blank because we haven't got one yet
04/20/2000 Notice of application has arrived (NOA) the date for this was 04/18/2000. So we have at last got somewhere. Got a small problem though, the assignment number has letters in it and to use the automated calling system you are to type it in...humm my phone doesn't show letters.
05/18/2000 On the left is a list to help us Brit's who do not have letters on their phones. Well I can almost repeat word for word the message on the answering system at the INS. So still waiting......
05/30/2000 Sigh.... still waiting......Apparently California center has stoped because they are under investigation so that should create even more of a back log there.
06/06/2000 Finally!...we have the notice of approval. Now all I need is my interview at the embassy and hopefully i will have my visa.
06/20/2000 The big day is for the 3rd of July. Got all my paper work ready and now have to sit back and wait. Booked a flight for the 4th as the wedding is the 8th!!
07/03/2000 Well I have the visa!!! The medical wasn't bad, had a chest x-ray and a blood test. Then I needed a couple of shots to get me up to date. They now take credit card for payment even though the form they send says they want cash. The interview itself was just a matter of a few questions ...like where we met and had we met in real life because we met on the net and it was done.
07/05/2000 Here I am in America at last. Coming through immigrations yesterday wasn't to harrowing. Was just asked to collect my luggage and go to a side room where they opened the famed brown envelope (which just contains your application and proof for the K1 visa). They quickly checked it and stamped the passport and I was done.
07/09/2000 Wow!!...I'm married and starting to settle down to my new life. Still have my work permit and social security to sort yet.
08/02/2000 Well after the honeymoon went to Milwaukee office to do my change of status and get a work permit and social security #. Hum...after waiting 4 1/2 hours eventually got seen only to be told by a surly lady that they didn't process that there that I would have to send it to Nebraska.
08/05/2000 Sent off my stuff to Nebraska after finding duplicates of stuff we had sent before.
8/18/2000 Received all my stuff back from Nebraska with a note informing me that the only deal with the business adjustment of status cases.
08/21/2000 Sent my stuff to Milwaukee with the note from Nebraska enclosed...sheesh.
09/27/2000 My stuff is returned from Milwaukee with the note enclosed saying that if I want to apply for a work permit I need to apply for an adjustment of status first....aaaah!
09/28/2000 Sent my stuff to Milwaukee again with a letter enclosed explaining that it was applied for with my application for adjustment of status.
09/29/2000 Received notice that my adjustment of status had started to be processed...is this making any sense to anyone?.
03/05/2001 After a long wait now have a date for my finger printing....ummm....does this mean I will be on the FBI's records for ever more?.
04/25/2001 Got to spend a wonderful morning in the INS office in Milwaukee. The delay though was my fault in part because I didn't remember to take my appointment letter with me so I had to take a number with the rest of the masses there and wait to see someone to ask for a copy of the letter. This should be my last in Milwaukee office as I am now living in Missouri, now have to wait to see which office here I get assigned to.
06/06/2001 Getting a little nervous as I am coming up for renewal of my EAD (work permit) and the dear old INS hasn't informed me of which office I have now been assigned to.
08/07/2001 Well phoned the INS help line and they are doing a trace for me to see what has happened to my EAD. They told me this could take 3 - 4 weeks to come through.
09/10/2001 Amazing what a bank can do for you, we went over and over with them that a check for the INS was going to be presented so what happens......they bounce it! Well we were not going to face the wrath of the INS or pay the fee so we made the bank phone. They got to find out how the INS treat people.
10/01/2001 Well still no sign of my renewal yet, wondering if I ought to aply for the next one now to be safe.
11/02/2001 Well the bank confirmed that the INS have cashed the check, in fact they did this sometime ago. Talked to INS customer service who are doing a search to see what has happened, said it will take 2 - 3 weeks.
11/19/2001 Talked to INS customer service who are doing another search to see what has happened since the first search did get any answer at all.
12/03/2001 Emailed the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, Joe Maxwell to see if he could help me with the INS over my work permit because the searches they do do not seem to gain a response from them.
12/17/2001 Well that seem to do it, now have my interview for renewal of my work permit - 01/02/02.
01/03/2002 Had my interview for my renewal yesterday. Well it's nice to know that not all offices are like Milwaukee, Kansas City office are friendly and very helpful. Did find out though that I am still being affected by Milwaukee because they still have not forwarded my files - why doesn't that surprise me.
01/14/2002 Got informed today by a contact at the senate office that my papers have finaly arrived from Milwaukee at the Kansas City office.
02/18/2002 Got my papers today for my interview for June so not long now.
04/26/2002 There are going to be major changes to the INS
( http://www.ins.gov/graphics/aboutins/restruct/index.htm ).
Under this plan, the Bureau of Immigration Services will provide immigration benefits, such as legal permanent residence and naturalization. It also includes provisions to enhance customer service and efficiency. The new Bureau of Immigration Enforcement will safeguard the nation�s borders and enforce immigration laws, thereby strengthening the INS� ability to prevent illegal immigration.
06/07/2002 Well went for my interview today for permanent residency. Well it did not last to long as it turns out the INS clerical staff made an oops and did not indicate that I was supposeed to bring along various proof of our marriage and current income status, the biggest thing not asked for was my wife was suppose to come. So have been scheduled for an emergency interview in 3 weeks time.
06/30/2002 This time things went smoothly. First the INS lady swore us in. Then she went through her check list of things she required. Lastly she asked us some personal questions and some general questions. She informed me that I qualify but if she filed me now, before our 2nd anniversay then I would get my permanent residency but with conditions and have to be renewed in 2 years. So she is holding my papers until our 2nd anniversary so that I get my permanent residency for 10 years with out conditions. She was not sure but she also felt that I would be entitled to some social security benefits.
07/02/2002 Social security said that as long as I had a social security number and had been employed for 5 years then I would be entitled to benefits. As far as unemployment is concerned they said that if I was eligble to work then I would be eligble to unemployment benefits.
08/09/2002 Well I got my passport back stamped so now I can leave the US and return without having to spend $100 on a visa to let me back in. Just have to wait for the green card now.
10/01/2002 Sent in a request form G-731N (Nebraska) to find out where my permanent registration card (green card) is as I have not heard a thing.
10/23/2002 Had to go to the INS office today as I had a letter saying that my fingerprints needed to be updated. Was informed that it actual takes 6-8 months for the permanent permit.
11/19/2002 Sent a letter to Kansas City office to find out if I would need to renew my temporary work permit since I still had not recieved my "green card".
12/02/2002 Well I got replies to both requests I sent in regarding my permit. Nebraska say they have not received anything. Kansas City state, in thier letter, that since I have been granted my premanent residence that i no longer have to have a temporary work permit, so that gets me out of paying $120 in Jan for a new one. Still no idea where the actual "green card" is though.
02/03/2003 Talked to the INS help line and was informed that I may still have another 6 months to wait, that there is a tremendous back log.
02/26/2003 TA! DA! Got the paper from the INS Monday that welcoms me as a permanent resident. It says that my card should arrive in about 3 weeks.
03/04/2003 AND NOW I HAVE MY CARD. Must say I expected a fanfare when I opened the envelope. So here ends my saga after my permanent residency - COMING NEXT! - The quest for citizenship.
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Video Poker Gambling Opponents Preying On Weak In Illinois
As is the case everywhere across the US when the gambling issue is raised, there are proponents and opponents of the gambling expansion. In Illinois, the opponents are taking to the streets to attempt to scare communities into keeping gambling away.
State lawmakers have approved a law that will allow for video poker gambling across the state. It will be up to individual jurisdictions, however, if they want to put in their own laws to outlaw the gambling.
"We can protect our communities from this ill-conceived plan and stand together in saying 'no' to video poker," said Robert Schillerstrom, Head of the DuPage County Board. Unincorporated DuPage County has already banned video gambling machines.
If Schillerstrom plans on winning in his quest to become governor of Illinois, his advisors may want to inform him about a growing trend in Illinois and across the US. People who have previously been against gambling expansion, have softened their stance on the idea.
In fact, in Ohio, a state in which voters have turned away gambling expansion several times in the past couple of decades, voters appear to now be in favor of a new plan for casino expansion.
In Illinois, people may be wary of going against the video gambling because the economy has drained many businesses. To say no to gambling expansion would also mean saying no to extra revenue that would come along with the gambling.
Although there are opponents of video poker traveling the state with the intention of spreading the word to stop the gambling, there does not appear to be much support behind them. Only a couple of jurisdictions to date have banned the machines.
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China Construction Bank (CCB), established in 1954, is a leading commercial bank in China providing a comprehensive range of commercial banking products and services. CCB's business consists of corporate banking, personal banking, and treasury operations. In 2016 CCB was the second largest bank in the world by assets and the 6th largest company in the world. It operates a network of almost 15,000 branches and sub-branches in 31 provinces around mainland China. The bank operates overseas branches in Barcelona, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland, and a wholly owned subsidiary in London. Its assets at the end of September 2017 amounted to USD 3.501 trillion.
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Installing Mandrake 10.1
I've recently decided to cave in and try out Linux. I downloaded the Mandrake 10.1 DVD iso, and went to install it. I wanted a dual boot with XP. I've got it mostly installed. However when I finish up the configuring, and go to boot into Mandrake it stops at the IRQ part, and says failed. After that it takes FOREVER to get to the port mapping. I've never made it past that. I'm assuming i'm just not doing something right. This is my first attempt with anything Linux. However I did make a 6 gig partition, and then partition that for my / partition and the other for my swap partition. I'm assuming its just a hardware issue. Either way i'm stumped as to why it won't boot. It goes fairly quick up until that point. Any ideas what could be causing my problem?
I'm using a Dell Dimension 4700, With 2.8 gig processor, 512 dual channel DDR2, 140 gig SATA hard drive, ATI Radeon X300se PCIe video card, and onboard intel network adapter with onboard sound, and a broadcom Modem. Thanks for any help.
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We were in Disney in mid January found the large Mickey and Minnie rolling luggage in a display case. Told a sales person we wanted it and there were none inside the store at Disney springs. She got two supervisors and both said they did not have a key and they could not take it out until the display case could be redone but there was the large luggage at Epcot store, good we were going there next day. The Epcot store only had the small one 🙁
Went back to the Disney spring store and again was told by another supervisor he did not have a key for the display but will look into getting that one out and would take a few days. Before leaving Disney a few days later we stopped and was told no one has the key and they could not get the luggage out, another supervisor said they would email me when they could get the luggage out, a month later and no email. A week after being at Disney we stopped at the Disney spring store since we have a house in Florida and was still ther and still the luggage was in the case and salesperson and another supervisor could not get the luggage out. It surprises me that disneywould have literally only one of these luggage in all of Disney and no one could get to it..


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Parkersburg Homecoming drops Sunday from schedule
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Homecoming Festival will drop to two days this year, officials said Monday, citing the sparse attendance on Sunday afternoon.
"Homecoming this year will only be on Friday and Saturday," said Sherry Valentine, homecoming president. The dates are Aug. 18-19.
This year is the 35th anniversary of the Parkersburg Homecoming, a festival highlighted by the Saturday night fireworks show and the Sunday night concert, which has featured among the biggest names in country and western music and rock and roll, including the Dixie Chicks, George Jones, Grand Funk Railroad, America, Sawyer Brown, T. Graham Brown, Charlie Daniels, Eddie Rabbitt, Kathy Mattea, Brad Paisley and Kelly Pickler.
Valentine said attendance on Sunday has been declining.
Sunday night concerts have been well attended and start at 8 p.m., but during the day was when attendance at the festival was sparce. Among the Sunday events at last year's Homecoming was the chess tournament, a kids' fishing derby at City Park and a model railroad club open house.
Attendance has been impacted by Wood County Schools starting classes earlier in the summer, said both Valentine and Chuck Lipps, entertainment chairman for the Homecoming.
"We've run into a problem the last few years of school being in session on the Monday, the day after the Sunday Homecoming, and our attendance has been way down, especially during the daytime on Sundays," Lipps said. "Concessions people aren't making any money and then (they're) just coming for the Sunday night concert and leaving.
"So we feel like we might be able to put on a more cost-effective two-day festival anyway, and save everybody some money, and at the same time maybe upgrade the quality of the entertainment," he said.
The schedule for the two-day Homecoming has yet to be finalized, Valentine said.
"The funds that we would normally spend on that third day we can spend on the two-day event," Valentine said.
Major events on Saturday are the parade, a Saturday night concert and the fireworks display. The annual Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon, which includes the 2-mile race and walk, is held on Saturday morning prior to the parade.
The Homecoming decision doesn't impact the race, according to Art Smith, race logistical director. The Half Marathon is among the largest single-day events in the Mid-Ohio Valley, and the popular kids races are held Sunday morning at the Parkersburg High School Stadium Field.
"We encourage families that would have taken part in the Sunday Homecoming festivities to bring their kids under 11 to the youth races," Smith said.
Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and racing begins at 1 p.m.
George Kellenberger, the retired executive director of the Mid-Ohio Valley Chamber of Commerce, ran the Parkersburg Homecoming for 25 years. He was disappointed with the news that the festival would drop Sunday and go to two days.
"Personally, I think that's a shame," Kellenberger said.
Besides cutting how long people from out of the area would remain in Parkersburg, the festival is a showcase for the region, he said. However, economic and financial troubles and difficulty finding sponsors are not unique here, according to Kellenberger.
"Money is tight everywhere," he said.
Parkersburg Mayor Tom Joyce mentioned the possibility of a reduced Homecoming schedule during last week's municipal budget hearings. Councilwoman Sharon Kuhl had questioned the $10,000 contribution the city budgeted for the festival, noting city police, sanitation and public works employees provide services for the event that Finance Director Eric Jiles said are worth about $20,500.
Joyce said a shorter festival would mean less in-kind contributions.
Kuhl said she thought the $10,000 contribution should be reconsidered in light of the in-kind contributions and the fact that the Homecoming application for funding was submitted after the initial deadline.
Jiles said organizations are often given a courtesy reminder call with a hard deadline if they haven't submitted their application.
"I certainly understand, during tight budgetary times, council looking at all options," Joyce said. "I do think that there is a benefit to having the Homecoming in Parkersburg."


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Be very careful about downloading A540 drivers and other files from a site you have never seen before. For safety reasons, try to only download from a hardware maker's website if all possible. Spyware and viruses can be contained within thousands of different types of files. Installing a A540 driver onto Windows may be the end of your Windows installation if it ended up to be a virus. No anti-virus software can prevent ALL viruses. Because of the possibility of a virus download, we send you directly to the database on the device maker's website. The device manufacturer's website is much more safer and less likely to get a virus than anywhere else.
Once you found and then obtained the correct driver for the hardware you are looking to install, you should be able to then install the driver. After having it downloaded to your hard drive, the file may need to be uncompressed if the file extension is either .zip or .rar. Once the file is uncompressed you can install the driver file onto Windows. If you are unable to install the driver for any reason it may be that you will need to install your Lenovo A540 driver by hand.
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Former MP offers his skills as Labour candidate in Lambton Ward
News from NZ Labour Party
Former MP Mark Peck has come out of political retirement to put his name forward to contest the Lambton Ward in this year's City Council elections.
Peck, who is standing under the Labour banner, lives and owns a small business in the ward and says he is standing to help make Wellington a vibrant and growing city.
"Wellington faces major challenges over the next few years in maintaining its public places, providing a coherent transport infrastructure, addressing earthquake issues, and arresting the current economic and social decline."
"What I am offering the voters of Lambton is my skills and experience – as an advocate, an experienced politician as a former member of parliament, and, as a small business owner – to help us meet these challenges."
Peck says his campaign will focus on the issues that matter to local people, including better public services and a more accountable city council.
"My campaign is going to be about making sure that the local voice is heard. It should be the ratepayer's views that matter, not unelected council officers."
"I'll be striving for a pedestrian friendly central city, with adequate parking and public transport.
"I'll be striving to make sure that our council spends its money wisely and ratepayers get good value for money.
"And I'll be striving for better services for people in our city who are struggling. I've got a strong social conscience. The first meeting of my campaign was with the Downtown Community Ministry for a briefing on Wellington's unacceptably high homelessness rates to help to look for solutions to this problem."
"I ask the voters of Lambton to give me their 1st preference vote this October because I have a strong skill set to help our city tackle these big challenges," says Mark Peck.
Mark Peck Bio
• Standing for City Councillor in Lambton Ward
• Lives in the ward and owns a small business
• Union Organiser and Advocate 1977-1993
• Former MP for Invercargill, 1993 to 2005
• Chaired parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee from 1999 to 2002
• Chaired parliament's Commerce Committee from 2002 to 2005
• Director, Smoke-free Coalition 2005-2009


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When Do I Need an Exotic Pet Vet?
Do you have an exotic pet? When people make the big decision to welcome a pet into their home, it is important to find the right vet to provide the necessary healthcare for their pet.
While people with traditional pets, such as cats and dogs, may not have much trouble finding a vet to take care of their pets, what about the people who elect to welcome a non-traditional pet into their home?
These pet owners may need to find a vet called an exotic pet vet. These veterinarians are specially trained to take care of pets that may not fit the mold of the traditional pet; however, these pets deserve healthcare just like any other animal. There are many different reasons why owners of non-traditional pets may need to find a vet that specializes in exotic animals.
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This week's Hump Day installment is a throwback to last Wednesday which was April Fools Day. I was sick as a dog last week and in the midst of fighting a fever so I didn't get to post it.
Anyway, we're exploring all the fools in the land of Blues. Since it was Muddy Waters' 102nd birthday recently and his son Mud Morganfield, along with Kim Wilson, made a great tribute record called For Pops, we have their version of "Still A Fool." There may be two trains runnin' but this fool doesn't know which way to go. Is he cheating? Is she steppin' out? We may never know, but I'm betting on both. Maybe they're the two trains running in opposite directions from each other.
Next we have Son Seals. Every guy in the bar knows his woman is anything but faithful. Poor Son has been fooled and fooled again.eventually she'll shoot him in the face. Too soon? Another Chicago blues man is being played the fool in Linsey Alexander's "Too Old To Be A New Fool." Chicago must be full of fickle women. All these fools are in Chicago getting the runaround from woman after woman. Even our last entry, from Mr. Buddy Guy, is a Chicago Blues legend but maybe he's wising up and doing some fooling of his own. Who's been foolin' you baby?
So, as April fools us here in the Northeast into thinking it's still winter, hopefully some April Fools Blues will warm you up, wherever you are. Don't get fooled while you're foolin' around on Hump Day.
Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson Still A Fool
Son Seals I Think You're Fooling Me
Linsey Alexander Too Old To Be A New Fool
Buddy Guy Who's Been Foolin' You


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Welcome to the 150th Firwood blog. Enjoy the read.
The early part of October saw me once again trying to get organised, but this time it was bringing together my records of fungal smuts (Anthracoidea) found over the last three summers. Along with fellow recorder Paul, the lists of finds, numbers, locations and photos would be needed as we both
The early part of October saw me once again trying to get organised, but this time it was bringing together my records of fungal smuts (Anthracoidea) found over the last three summers. Along with fellow recorder Paul, the lists of finds, numbers, locations and photos would be needed as we both
|Spring sedge (Carex caryophyllea) with smuts - the start of the search
put pen to paper to write a joint paper of our finds for possible inclusion in 'Field Mycology'. If we could get details of our finds published we might tempt a few more people to go looking, adding to the picture of the smuts UK distribution and, more importantly, finding out which are rare or common. By mid-month the basic shape of the write up was 90% complete and by the end of the
month draft number nine was with the Field Mycology editor along with accompanying photos, for consideration. What has been interesting is bringing together, for the first time, regularly found species like those on star and carnation sedge, and those which have been rarely found on mud and pale sedge. A table of my finds to date is given above – should you be tempted to go looking!
A very rare event, nay a first, occurred mid-month – a dog came to live with us! Daughter Ruth and family were off to Legoland, an amazing birthday present for Finlay whose years in numbers had reached double figures – 10. After several 'secret' discussions between Ruth and Janet it was decided that Murphy dog was just too old to go into kennels whilst they were away, and Janet had
offered to suggest to me that he would come and stay with us for five days when Ruth was away. Help! I needn't worry, Janet said she would do all the walks and pick-ups and I would just need to sort out morning feeds, and with that Murphy arrived. To be honest, I needn't have worried and for most of the time it was hard to know that there was a dog in the house but no, we won't be getting one!
An outing during this period also found something unusual, but not for the first time. During plant recording outings to General Wade's Military Road area west of Carrbridge, an old croft-type field, by the track, had several waxcap fungi on it, so worthy of another visit. The track produced a few records of tooth fungi but the field, despite quite a bit of searching, had lost its waxcaps. Grasslands, rich in waxcaps, are usually good indicators of natural, not messed about with habitats, and worth noting. However, this one had previously been planted with conifers and whether in recognition that this shouldn't have happened or the tree crop failed, I don't know, but if left to grow on naturally, it
|Trembling brain fungus (Tremella encephala)
could once again be quite an important habitat for waxcaps. Another thing I was doing as I wandered was checking fallen deadwood and sections of deadwood on live trees in the hope of finding the alternative habitat for the rare stump lichen (Cladonia botrytes). Lichen experts agree that somewhere out there is the natural habitat the lichen occupies, it can't rely solely on man-created stumps. It has been found on dead heather stems and, on a dead pine twig in Sweden, but so far, I've not been lucky enough to find any away from the stumps apart from on one fallen dead pine. Obviously, not going to be as easy as finding the alternative habitats for the green shield-moss. The track eventually reached the Allt Lorgy river where an old gravel quarry was searched for anything
|Musketball as found
interesting, eventually paddling across the river to check out a few fallen pines on a steep bank. The damp weather had brought out one of the jelly fungi Exidia saccharina, on dead pine branches but a more interesting and a less encountered fungus was the hard, white, brain-like fungus Tremella encephala (trembling brain), a parasite of another fungus on dead pinewood, Stereum sanguinolentum (bleeding conifer crust). This blog is starting to sound like a hospital operating theatre! An upright Scots pine stump looked interesting and as I searched a small, grey circular shape caught my eye. An old broken branch, a pebble from the river or possibly something else? A light was starting to pop on in my head and when I touched the object with the sharp blade of my pen-knife the light came on fully and I realised that it was lead and that I was possibly looking at a musket ball, having found one a few years previously in a mole hill! I assumed that it had been fired at the stump, possibly when it was a live tree(?), and the section I was seeing was quite flat, probably caused by the impact whilst the other part of the ball, once the item had been extracted, still displayed its original round shape. From a chart, I managed to find on the internet, the musket
|Musketball sizes, bottom photo compares sizes of the two finds
ball was about 17 bore, weighing in at 27g and measuring 18mm in diameter. Could there be a link to the General George Wade's road? This road was built in 1728-29, after the first Jacobite rebellion in 1715. Muskets were known to be in use from about the early 1700s. There was also the Jacobite Rising of 1745 which would have seen lots of movements through this area. However, muskets/musket balls were used by ordinary folk, a bit like shotguns are used today, to shoot deer and other prey, and this would have seen their use through to the mid-1800s. Looking at the Roy Maps (Roy Military Survey of Scotland, 1747-1755) and the OS six-inch series 1843-1882, there are no obvious buildings to indicate someone was living or farming close to the find location. This might indicate a military link or possibly a local doing a bit of target practice whilst out hunting. So, a bit more work for someone in the Highland Council archaeology department to do at some time into the future. General George Wade (1673-1748) was born in Ireland and looked like quite an amazing man and this wee extract from the internet gives a bit more information about what all he got up to in Scotland:
"During these sixteen years in Scotland (1724-1740) he was responsible for founding and constructing two new forts, Fort George (Inverness) and Fort Augustus, and upgrading several others, including Perth, Ruthven, Edinburgh and Dumbarton. He was also responsible for constructing about 40 bridges and over 250 miles of roads between these forts, particularly along the Great Glen, and from Dunkeld and Crieff to Fort Augustus and Inverness. He also had plans for further road developments, many of which were carried forward by his successor, William Caulfield, after 1740". Amazing.
Late in the month we headed south to Lancashire to visit Janet's mum whilst at the same time popping my laptop in to Barrie's shop for repair. The drive both ways was blessed with good weather as was our stay. My morning leg-stretch saw me doing a short circuit of the adjacent park, keeping a list of bird species as I walked (24 species) to send to BTO Birdtrack. As with Nethybridge, most trees still had a good covering of leaves and many flowers were still in bloom. On the first day out I was guided expertly by Janet's mum along the country lanes to Longridge for lunch the return run taking in views over Longridge Fell with Pendle Hill whale-like in the distance. An odd marked ladybird on our return to the flat turned out to be a harlequin. Our next outing saw us in Ribchester visiting one of the properties shown on TV during last winter's floods as the bar and dining room disappeared under water. Everything had recovered well and a good meal was had by all. With a bit
|Great horsetail (Equisetum telmateia)
of spare time late that afternoon I zoomed down to one of my childhood haunts, 'the Dunk' or the Dunkenhalgh/Mill Wood for a wee wander. This rather damp wood has a good mix of tree species but it was the oaks that received my attention first and straight away knopper galls were found on fallen acorns along with spangle (Neuroterus quercusbaccarum) and silk button galls (Neuroterus numismalis) on fallen leaves. A dipper on the Hyndburn Brook shows just how clean these once heavily polluted rivers are now, but I missed out on a kingfisher on this outing. In Mill Wood lots of great horsetail plants (Equisetum telmateia) had me reaching for the GPS to record location, a plant I had obviously missed in the past. A vivid red plant by a bridge over the river had me scratching my
|Red bistort
head – red bistort (Persicaria amplexicaulis) but the fern growing from the wall was easier, hart's tongue (Asplenium scolopendrium) something I would see quite a bit of during this short wander. Lots of conkers were found under the horse-chestnuts, one of the reason for visiting this wood when a lot younger, and still not able to stop the urge to pop a few in my pocket!. At the top of the wood the reservoir held no surprises so I decided to drop down through the trees to the old mill by the river.
|Wall lettuce & graffiti!
|Petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus) seeds
This amazing building (once a papermill?) is made of the famous red Nori bricks, made just a couple of miles away, but with the building having been empty now for many years the walls supported good populations of hart's tongue fern, but a small dandelion-like plant also growing from between the bricks had me puzzled and it was only once back home I found it was wall lettuce (Mycelis muralis). The invasive weeds Indian balsam and Japanese knotweed were everywhere and a wee plant by the road was petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus) though I had to take a bit home to be sure. When I checked this plant, I found that the small holding tub was full of odd-shaped what looked like seeds, thankfully confirmed via the web.
Next day saw us in Skipton where lots of folk were setting off for trips on barges on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, which reached its bicentenary this year with Janet's brother, Alan, travelling the whole 127-mile length of the canal over two weeks in his narrow boat as part of the celebration. Lunch over, we made our way up to Skipton Castle and whilst standing on the slope leading into what looked like the gatehouse debating whether to pay to go in, I pointed out to Janet an unusual window
|Skipton Castle window - oval in centre of photo
above the gatehouse arch. It was a 'bull's-eye' type window, oval in shape and surrounded by wedge-shapes bricks and worth getting a photo to check later. Decision made, we paid to go in and, with tickets bought, a guide was in the gatehouse arch to welcome us and give a bit of guidance as to the best route to follow. "Can you tell me anything about the unusual window above the arch" I enquired. "Which window" came the reply, and with that I showed him my photo and went back outside to point it out. Our guide called over a second one to ask if he knew and again we got the
|'The Window'!
response "Which window"! In addition to my photo below you will see it also is visible on several photos on the official website. The guides promised they would make enquiries in case anyone else asked. The entry fee was well worth it and there was lots to see. Outside we saw more harlequin ladybirds along with a 10-spot. The visit ended with a walk up through the Woodland Trust's Skipton Wood where we heard both kingfisher and nuthatch. The next day we headed back north getting to Aviemore in time to collect the laptop to get on with catching up with entering my records before the end of the year. Now up to June but the laptop wasn't happy and with the horrors of having to contemplate a new one was starting to become a reality (one reason for this late blog). Help!
Bird news. I had my first 'autumn' woodcock by the road early in the month, probably a new arrival. A chiffchaff calling up the road from the house on the 7th was followed up a few days later
|Deer ked
with one in the village. A brambling was seen on the 18th, the same day snow was visible on the tops of the mountains. There have been a few redwings knocking around but not fieldfares. The numbers of deer keds this year has been huge, annoying flies which are quite difficult to get hold of. On some days there have been dozens meaning quite a bit of time devoted to catching and squashing.
Following a visit to Firwood by Brian and Sandy Coppins I am going to declare the old wooden bench in front of the chalet an unofficial Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). For some time now I have been aware of the good number of lichens that have made their home on this bench but, not being expert enough to identify them, I've just admired them in passing. Brian put his vast knowledge of lichens to work and whist here made a list of all the species present and arrived at the impressive total of 22, one of which (Micarea coppinsii) bares his name as he was the first person to
find and describe it in 1992. Not sure if the number of species is linked to the quality of the
oak wood Burma teak making up the bench but
it was bought by us way back in 1973 when we moved to work and live on the Isle
of Rum when it was installed, with plenty of cushions, in the house as our
'setee'! It moved with us to Loch Garten
where eventually it became our outside bench and has followed this life ever
since, moving to its present home in about 1990. For a wooden bench to survive so long living
outside (38 of its 43 years) and still be strong enough for me to stand on
occasionally when cleaning the chalet windows seems pretty remarkable and is
probably the reason that so many lichens have made it their home. Details below:-
Bacidia neosquamulosa, Bryoria fuscescens, Buellia griseovirens, Evernia prunastri, Hypogymnia physodes, Lecanora farinaria, Lecanora pulicaris, Lecanora symmicta, Lecidella carpathica, Lepraria incana s. lat., Melanelixia subaurifera, Micarea coppinsii, Ochrolechia microstictoides, Parmelia saxatilis, Parmelia sulcate, Placynthiella icmalea, Platismatia glauca, Protoparmelia oleagina, Trapeliopsis flexuosa, Usnea subfloridana, Violella fucata and Xylographa parallela.
Doreen Owen
Early in October we received some very sad news which brought to an end a friendship dating back to our work at Loch Garten in 1977. The sad news was that Doreen Owen had died just a few months after her husband John. See the Firwood blog link below which covers the amazing things John and Doreen did to add to our knowledge of beetles and other insects living on the reserve. During the last couple of years Doreen had been most helpful in chatting over some links to their work as an RSPB work colleague worked through the immense task of writing a book about the history and natural history of Abernethy Forest. Doreen's passing also brings to an end perhaps one of the most remarkable eras of voluntary work on Abernethy Reserve and possibly across many other RSPB reserves. At the same time that John and Doreen were visiting, another UK expert, Peter Orton visited the reserve, annually, to record fungi. John's beetle list topped 900 species and Peter's 750, both totals only achieved by regular, dedicated visits. Will their likes be seen again? Our thoughts are with David, Robert and Tom at this sad time.
Stewart and Janet
General Wade
OS six-inch series 1843-1882
Roy's Maps
Malaise trap and other collecting/recording equipment
John and Doreen Owen
Leeds and Liverpool Canal bicentenary
Skipton Castle
Mapmate recording database
NBN Gateway
Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland (FRDBI)
BSBI – Botanical Society of the British Isles
Highland Biological Recording Group (HBRG)
and how to join HBRG
|Accrington Pals display - Broadway Accrington
"We will remember"
Photos © Stewart Taylor