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By keeping up with regular veterinary visits and at home check-ups for your pet, you are doing your part in helping to ensure they have a healthy and happy life. With the benefit of advances in veterinary medicine and pet care, our pets are living longer than ever before. This means owners are finding themselves dealing with the issues of old age more than they used to. As pets age, their immune system weakens, and they become more susceptible to illnesses and chronic problems. Some of the more common disorders seen in old pets are:
Cataracts – developing at 8-10 years of age, common age-related eye disorder in pets; look for a gray or bluish hue in the center of the eye.
Glaucoma – increased pressure in the eye is another cause of blindness in pets – signs are rubbing of eyes, pressing head against objects, swollen appearance of eye, redness and irritation.
"Dry Eye" – decreased tear production – characterized by redness and irritation of the eye accompanied by thick mucous discharge from the eye
Hearing loss – common as dogs and cats age.
Ear canal polyps, tumors and infections – signs include frequent shaking of the head, pawing ears/head, bleeding or discharge from the ears.
Gingivitis and periodontal disease – most common oral diseases, affecting over 40% of older pets. Poor oral health can take 2-4 years off your pet's life expectancy.
Loose teeth, swollen infected gums, cervical neck lesions – common clinical signs are bad breath, bleeding and swollen gums, and sensitive, tender mouth
Benign cysts and fatty deposits (usually in dogs) – mole- and wart-like growths, "lumps and bumps" on or beneath the skin
Changes in hair coat – Dull or dry hair, scaly skin, thinning of the hair coat can be indications of systemic disease
Musculoskeletal System
Obesity – 15% above pet's optimal weight, increasing the chances of developing diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and more weight related illnesses.
Arthritis – look for limping, reluctance to walk or exercise, difficulty rising, decreased appetite and pain when leg(s) touched.
Heart and Lungs
Heart disease – 10% of pets will develop some form of heart disease in their life;
In dogs – decreased stamina and activity levels, coughing (especially at night), difficulty breathing.
In cats – heart disease can be more difficult to diagnose due to the lack of clinical signs including difficulty breathing or coughing, vomiting and weight loss.
Kidney and Liver
Kidney and liver disease – from poor diet, environmental toxins, trauma and heredity; signs are increased thirst and urination, decreased appetite and vomiting.
In cats – leading cause of death in geriatric cats, second to cancer.
In dogs – after cancer, account for almost one-fourth of all geriatric deaths.
Hyperthyroidism – occurs in cats, overactive thyroid gland causing heart; liver, and kidney damage; look for weight loss despite normal or increased appetite, hyperactivity, chronic vomiting or diarrhea, increased thirst/urination, difficulty breathing, dry, dull hair coat.
Hypothyroidism – common in middle aged and geriatric dogs, decreased level of thyroid function; sign include weight gain, changes in hair coat and decreased activity level.
Occurs in cats and dogs, high "blood sugar" or glucose levels; signs are drinking more water/urinating more frequently, weight loss, dull hair coat, vomiting.
Very common in geriatric pets, one of the leading causes of death in geriatric dogs.
Nutritional and Emotional Needs of Senior Pets
A diet designed for special needs of senior pet has; reduced fat and protein content, increased dietary fiber and reduced calories.
Phobias, fears, house-soiling common in older pets; interaction and affection imperative with older pets, monitor for changes in behavior due to the risk of developing Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS), a form of senility or dementia.
If you notice any of these signs, or anything that just does not seem "right", call your veterinarian. Just like medical care for humans, pet medical care can add up, but pet health insurance can help prepare you for the expenses that might come with keeping our pets healthy. Remember, our pets cannot tell us what is wrong; it is up to us to protect our companions and help them live long, healthy, active and happy lives.


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Sunday marks the deadline for the largest banks with operations in the U.S. to submit so-called "living wills" to regulators who under Dodd-Frank have unprecedented new powers to unwind banks in the event a new financial crisis triggers defaults.
The "living will" documents, expected to number many thousands of pages, will enable the Federal Reserve and the FDIC to jointly supervise and disentangle if need be "systemically important" banks, either through bankruptcy or the forced sale of subsidiaries. The Sunday deadline applies to the five largest U.S. banks and to four foreign banks with a significant U.S. presence.
Simon Johnson (left), an MIT professor and member of the FDIC's Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee, in an interview with AdvisorOne, gave the living wills a mixed review.
"Living wills play an important role going forward because they force the banks to lay out how they can be liquidated," he said. "But will we ever be able to use a living will to shut down a bank? I'm skeptical."
Johnson also endorses Sen. Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) Safe Banking Act, which supporters say would shrink the largest U.S. banks to a size that would not jeopardize the health of the financial sector or U.S. economy more generally.
"I favor making the country's banks small enough and simple enough so that nobody is too big to fail," he says.
But neither living wills nor Brown's legislation, which would take a long time to become law if it ever gets that far, matches the urgency of forestalling the imminent danger posed by banks, Johnson says.
Johnson, the co-author of two popular books that critique the ways of both Wall Street and Washington, worries that "when the history of [the current financial crisis] is written, 2008 will look like the precursor to the big crisis in Europe, which will spread to the rest of the world."
And, according to Johnson, the living wills reveal just how fragile our current banking system is. In a recent Bloomberg View op-ed, Johnson noted that JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s own analysis shows it would take a mere $50 billion to bring down the bank—the country's largest, with a multi-trillion-dollar balance sheet.
The initial catastrophic loss-causing event would "trigger a run on the bank—not a retail run, but a wholesale run," Johnson told AdvisorOne. "People who provide funding to JPMorgan on an overnight basis…would withdraw that funding," with knock-on effects totaling $200 billion in losses and $550 billion in liquidity outflows.
An event of that kind is entirely foreseeable, Johnson says, pointing to the possible breakup of the euro, however it materializes, as an obvious trigger. "That transition will be disorderly, and that's the real danger here."
While it's anyone's guess when the next potential crisis will occur—the power and credibility of the European Central Bank may enable it to avert crisis for months or years—a shock can also come quite suddenly, Johnson says.
For that reason, Johnson calls for immediate actions to strengthen vulnerable U.S. financial institutions by barring banks from distributing dividends and buying back shares. "There is no downside to this at all," Johnson says, adding that the resulting increase in equity would provide a buffer against losses and protect taxpayers.
He also cited approvingly investor Michael Price's idea of breaking up banking conglomerates to unlock greater value for shareholders. "How long are the boards of directors going to stand by and take no action and let [bank stocks] be pounded?" Price told Bloomberg.
However it's done, defanging the large banks has got to be done effectively and soon to forestall economic disaster and to protect taxpayers, he says. Noting the role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in bringing on the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Johnson asks: "Who are the GSEs [government–sponsored enterprises] today?
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Welcome to COTRA--the Canadian Old-time Radio Alliance!
After you've read through these pages, come join us in the audio chat room. We have created a chatting event, in which you can discuss all aspects of Canadian old-time radio. Mark your calendars for Sunday evenings at eight PM Eastern, and head over to the Canadian OTR chat room. To participate fully in these chats, you'll need a working microphone connected to your computer. If you don't have one, there is a text area for you to write your comments and questions. When signing in, we ask that you use your full name, rather than a nickname, as we'd like to get to know you better. Skip the password field and leave it blank. Come join us! However, if you simply can't join us for the chats live, there is the page of downloadable archives, thanks to our chat hosts.
If you would like to discuss old-time radio, other than that which was produced in Canada, then visit Thursdays at eight PM eastern, for our old-time radio chat, using the same software. I've linked to their main page, rather than to the room, since I'd like you to be aware of the other features this web site offers.
Along with the information you're about to read below, and within the following linked pages, be sure to visit our listening room, as there are some unique features which are exclusive to this web site.
Also, please join us on our e-mail discussion list. To join, send a blank e-mail to
Follow the returned instructions, either by hitting reply and then send, or clicking on the link and filling in the visual verification. In order to use the advanced web features of the group, you'll need a Yahoo profile. You can elect to do this, or just recieve the e-mails without getting into the web features. Either way, please join us!
If you're over fifty, you will actually be able to recall a
time when the presence of a television in the home was a luxury,
rather than a foregone conclusion. You will be among those of us
who can remember such notable quotes as "The Shadow
knows," "Oxydol's own Ma Perkins," and
"'tain't funny, McGee." Thankfully for those of us who
have incurable cases of nostalgia, many of those American
old-time radio shows are now available for purchase, either on
cassette, mp3 computer format, or CD. Sadly, however, Canada
doesn't provide that same assurance.
One might be tempted to assume that Canada didn't produce any programming which was worth saving, but nothing could be further from the truth. After lunch every weekday, people flocked to their radios, just waiting to hear:
Knock knock knock.
"Who's there?"
"It's The Happy Gang."
"Well, Come on in!"
On Saturday nights, they waited to hear the familiar voice of Foster Hewitt say:
"Hello, hockey fans in Canada, the United States, and Newfoundland."
Children back then looked forward to Kindergarten of The Air, Just Mary, Cuckoo Clock House, the Rod and Charles Show, and Maggie Muggins, with the same fervor as today's young ones anticipate Sponge Bob. For comedy, there was nothing like Wayne and Shuster, and for soap opera addicts, there was Brave Voyage, Laura Limited, Aunt Lucy, John and Judy, and the families featured on CBC's farm broadcast. For drama addicts, there was the Stage series.
When television burst onto the scene in the early 1950's, radio was largely abandoned, and some of that material was either lost or destroyed. Fortunately, there were a few individuals who had sufficient foresight, and enough appreciation of good talent, to gather up samples of those programs, and store them for safe keeping in archives housed either at the CBC in Toronto, or Concordia University in Montreal.
Eventually, countries such as the U.S., England, Australia, and South Africa came to their senses, and allowed their citizens to share in that part of their heritage, but the same can't be said of this country. Clips of some of that material can now be found on the CBC archives web site, but much of it can't be downloaded, and almost nothing is available for purchase.
There is now an organization, the Canadian Old-Time Radio Alliance--COTRA, whose members are advocating for the release of some of those shows. Until that dream is realized, however, there is this web site.
Here, you will be able to find information on many of the wonderful programs we listened to in the '30's, '40's, '50's, and yes, even the '60's. In some cases, you will be able to listen to clips of those programs. Whenever possible, you will see links to sites where those programs can be listened to, downloaded, or purchased. When possible, there will be links to actual interviews, some of which were done back in the 1980's. We also have a calendar of births and deaths of the individuals who brought us such unforgetable entertainment.
Because Canadian old-time radio is still so difficult to access, this web site is a work in progress. If you have any information, or clips that you would care to share with us, we'd love to hear from you.
You can contact COTRA president Devon
Wilkins for further assistance. (Because of the amount of
spam, make sure to take the "at" out and replace it
with the @ symbol.)
For now, allow your mind's ear to take you back to a time when radio was king ... back to a glorious time in this country's history, when the best screen of all was your very own imagination.
Children's Programming
Musical Programming
Nautical Adventures
Performance And Theatre
Wartime Programming
Since there was a wide spectrum of programming on Canadian old-time radio, some of it doesn't fit neatly into these categories above. So, here's a miscellaneous page, which offers variety in scope of programming.
The following page, along with the pages connected with it, offer you the history of news on Canadian radio.
Also, don't miss the page devoted to the man who is largely credited with inventing radio: Canada's own Reginald Aubrey Fessenden. This web site gives very comprehensive info, along with allowing you to listen to a play about his life.
If these pages aren't enough, take a look at the books page, and possibly pick up one of the books which feature Canadian old-time radio. The links point to the Canadian version of the Amazon site.
So where can I get some of this old-time radio? Well, as we've said, Canadian OTR is hard to come by, though that's not the case for American OTR. Go to the Where To Get It page, and there will be a sampling of just some of the vendors who sell old-time radio listed there.
Are there any problems or questions about the website? E-mail the webmaster, Matthew Bullis, and I'll take care of them. (Because of the amount of spam, be sure to change the "at" part to @ in order to get the mail to me.)


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MARCY -- A Whitesboro man was charged Friday at 8 a.m. following a one-car accident on Fishlane Road in Marcy.
Matthew Linke, 26, of Whitesboro, was driving on Ives Road in Marcy when he attempted to stop at the intersection with Fishlane Road. Unable to stop, his vehicle slid through the intersection and over a ditch, striking a National Grid utility pole.
Linke was transported to St. Luke's Hospital in Utica for treatment.
He was issued tickets for unsafe speed and failure to stop at a stop sign.
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The dollar rose against most major currencies Wednesday following a report that the U.S. service sector grew at a slightly faster pace in November.
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Scouting and iPad Appsstevejb68 on February 2, 2011 in Advancement, Cub Scout, Gadgets, games
It is a gadget I would like to get, but I do not have one yet. Even my mother would like to have one after playing with the one my sister-in-law owns. I am sure many of you would like one if you do not already own one. What am I talking about? The iPad, of course. It has been available for nearly a year. I decided to see if there were any apps available for it. There are several apps for the iPod Touch after all. (Yes, I realize that iPhone apps also work on the iPad, but I wanted to see apps specially made for the larger format.)
When I typed "Boy Scout" into the iTunes search box it came up with 21 apps for the iPod Touch and iPhone, but only seven for the iPad. There were only five iPhone apps for "Cub Scout" and three for the iPad. Type "Scouting" into the search and you get apps for Boy Scouting and sports. When you narrow it down to just Boy Scout or Cub Scout apps we have ten for the iPhone and four for the iPad.
Two Cub Scout based iPad apps that caught my eye were "Pack Badges" ($3.99) and "Pinewood Derby" ($1.99). The Pack Badges app allows you to track advancement requirements for the Cub Scout awards and several special awards, and it allows you to track multiple Scouts. It has received a 4.5 star rating from its users. The Pinewood Derby game app allows you to build a Pinewood Derby car and then race it. There seems to be some problems with it though. Users only gave it a two star rating and complain about it crashing a lot.
Two Boy Scout related apps that caught my attention were "Camping Manual" ($2.99) and "Troop Badges" ($5.99). The Camping Manual app is exactly what it says. It is a manual with lots of all season camping tips. It has not yet been rated enough by its users to earn an average. Troop Badges is similar to Pack Badges in that it allows you to track multiple Boy Scouts through their advancement progress. It has earned a four star rating.
I have not used any of these apps, yet. I would like to hear from those of you who have. Are they worth the money? Should I download them when I finally purchase an iPad? Do you have a favorite Scouting app that I have not listed? Has the BSA produced any iPad apps yet? Let me know.


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A violent action game from Rockstar, Manhunt is the story of James Earl Cash, a man previously thought dead who wakes up in a town filled with deadly gangs. Guided only by the whispers of a man named "The Director" through his earpiece, Cash must find whatever he can to survive the night. Players must make strategic choices as to which weapons to use, ranging from silent and stealthy to loud and destructive. Everyday items may be the key to your survival, as plastic bags become instruments of strangulation, and shards of glass your defensive weapons. Escape the nightmare that is Carcer City and maybe you'll learn the identity of the mysterious "Director".
Become the ultimate killing machine. We'll teach you how.
It's been nearly six months since I last played Manhunt. At the time, I remember feeling rather uneasy about the graphic content of the game -- y'know, the bit where you're the unwilling star of a series of snuff-slash-murder movies -- but I couldn't help myself. I loved the gameplay. The title was developed by Rockstar North, the same studio that developed the world-renowned Grand Theft Auto games. While Manhunt isn't quite up there with that series, it's a really great action/stealth game that's worthy of gruesome recognition. Read More »
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Quick, what was the most controversial game of last year? Stop talking to your monitor, we can't hear you. You would have been correct, though, if you had said Manhunt. Rockstar North's gruesomely realistic stealth game smothered, strangled and just plain murdered its way to notoriety on the PS2, and now it's on a collision course with both the Xbox and the PC. These new versions will offer significant technical improvements over the PS2 original, proving that old chestnut about good things and those who wait and something or other. Read More »
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A magical world filled with toys is waiting - all you need to begin is the Disney Infinity Starter Pack and your PlayStation 3 - and don't forget to bring your imagination!
Leap into a new adventure with each Play Set. Get started by diving into one of three fun worlds - The Incredibles, Monsters, Inc. and Pirates of the Caribbean Play Sets are all contained within the Disney Infinity Starter Pack.
You can even create your own adventure in Toy Box mode - playing through each Play Set unlocks unique items that can be used to build your own mini-games for you and your friends to play using your favourite Disney characters.
Whether you're a fan of live action films like The Lone Ranger or have a love for animated classics like Cars and Toy Story, Disney Infinity has a cast of characters ready for you to place on the Infinity Base and be magically transported into the game.
The Disney Infinity Starter Pack is the best place to begin. Within this pack you'll get a copy of the game, the Infinity Base that carries your figures into the game world, and three characters - Sully from Monsters, Inc., Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean and Mr. Incredible from The Incredibles.
Right now there are more than 15 characters available across the Play Set Packs that you can pick up from shops on your high street - and there are literally hundreds of characters waiting in the wings to be thrown into your Toy Box.
Using a Play Set piece and the Infinity Base, you'll be transported into a massive adventure featuring well-known Disney films such as Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lone Ranger. Be sure to take along a corresponding character into each world, as characters from one world can't jump into any other.
If you're eager to match together your own crazy pairing - like Lightning McQueen from Cars alongside Mike from Monsters, Inc. - then Toy Box is the mode for you. Bring along a friend to control a secondary character in split screen co-op or join up to three friends online and let your imaginations run wild.
Use the toy pieces you unlock as you play within each Play Set to create your own fun challenges in the Toy Box. Don't forget that your figures store the XP (Experience Points) level and tools you've earned, so you can carry on playing where you last left off, even when you take your favourite figures to use on a friend's PS3.
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Malus Evereste - Crab Apple tree 10-12cm girth
Malus Evereste is a small deciduous tree with a conical shape crown. The abundant white flowers emerge from red buds in late spring and are followed by red-flushed Orange-yellow fruits in late summer and autumn called crabs. The leaves are dark green, oval or sometimes lobed and turn yellow in autumn.
Grows to around 7m tall and 5m wide.
Malus Evereste are ideal for all garden sizes either grown as a specimen or incorporated into a woodland setting.
Can be grown in most soils that are moist but well-draining, well suited to clay, loamy and sandy soils, avoid sites that become waterlogged. Likes full sun to partial shade.
If the availability below is not listed as 'In Stock' please contact us for more information regarding the item.
We are always updating the stock for sale at our tree nursery but some varieties may only be available through the winter season.
Local delivery / collection - items too heavy or large to ship by carrier.
Pre - Order - not in stock but usually only a short order time.
Out of stock - not available at present.
- 10-12cm girth
- £132.00
Availability: Pre-Order
Malus Evereste - Crab Apple Tree
Plant Information
- Size: 10-12cm girth standard. Girth in CM equates roughly to height in feet. For example: 10/12cm girth = 10/12ft in height.
- Botanical name/s: Malus Evereste
- Common name/s: Crab Apple Tree
- Flower / Foliage: Masses of white flowers 4cm across appear in late spring, dark green, oval leaves turn yellow in autumn.
- Plant type: Deciduous
- Flowering period: N/A
- Mature height: 7m
- Mature spread: 5m
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Recommended usage: Ideal in any size garden, park or woodland.
- Nursery grown: Yes
After Care / Plant Maintenance
- Once planted Malus Evereste will need watering throughout the first growing season, but make sure not to over / under water.
- Check tree tie / stake isn't rubbing and / or too tight or too loose on the trunk.
- Check for and remove any dead, decaying, diseased or crossing branch.
- Remove any weeds from around the base of the Malus Evereste (including grass).
- Position/Aspect: Full sun to partial shade.
- Soil: All moist well drained soils
- Hardiness: Malus Evereste is fully hardy in the UK.
- Plant maintenance: Low maintenance
How do I order from King & Co?
Order online
Your order may be placed via our Online Shop, which is fast simple and secure.
After your Online Shop order has been placed we will send an order confirmation email to the email address provided. This will provide you with details of your order, including the order number, which you should check and retain for your records. If there is an error in your order requirement, please contact us as soon as possible quoting your order number, so that we can rectify prior to dispatch.
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We will take your credit or debit card payment over the phone. Simply call us on 01376 340469 and one of our experienced team are always available to discuss your order 7 days a week.
From our Nursery
Collect your trees or shrubs from our Nursery in Rayne.
We accept all major credit cards including: Maestro, MasterCard, Visa Credit, Visa Electron and Visa Debit.
How can I expect delivery from King & Co?
Overnight to your door
We can delivery to you anywhere in England and Wales via an overnight courier service (two days for Scotland & Ireland).
Via Online Shop
Orders placed via our Online shop if placed by 12 noon Monday –Thursday can be delivered to you the very next day. If placed on a Friday - Sunday delivery would be on Tuesday.
We deliver by national overnight courier service.
Should you require a specific delivery date, let us know in advance and we will arrange for your delivery to arrive on your required date.
Every tree and plant is packed to ensure your order arrives safely.
For large trees or quantities of trees and plants
Please phone us to discuss, we are usually able to deliver to you via a dedicated vehicle.
For local deliveries
We will deliver to you in our local area and we will be pleased to arrange this with you whilst you are visiting our Nursery or via the phone. We also provide a planting service.
Planting service
We have our own installation teams to carry out planting in Southern & Eastern England. Please call us to discuss, we are always happy to provide you a quotation.


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This new 9 minute video shows how BRAC is addressing high absenteeism rates among female students through a water, sanitation and hygiene programme in nearly 3,000 schools across rural Bangladesh. The programme includes menstrual hygiene facilties.
[Female students] have expressed that something so simple like as a sanitary latrine can change their entire educational experience.
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Mel Gibson's little princess!
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Actor Mel Gibson was spotted taking his adorable daughter Lucia,3, to a grocery store in Malibu, CA on Sunday (March 24).
Jen & Ben's beautiful brood!
Actress Jennifer Garner and her husband Ben Affleck were spotted taking their children Violet, 7, Seraphina, 4, and Samuel, 1, shopping at a farmers market in Brentwood, CA on Sunday (March 24).
Beyonce's little lady!
Singer Beyonce was spotted with daughter Blue,1, taking a stroll in Brooklyn, NY on Monday (March 25).


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LG Optimus 2X owners, here is some good news for you. The Korean company has finally got its act together and has started rolling out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for O2X owners in Europe and other regions of the world. The update comes more than an year after Google unveiled Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
LG had released the ICS update for the Korean version of the Optimus 2X quite a few months ago, but took its own sweet time to release the update in Europe. The v30a ICS firmware includes all the goodness introduced by Google in Ice Cream Sandwich, along with smoother performance and LG's latest launcher.
Optimus 2X owners can update their handset to Android 4.0 right away by using LG's update tool, but many users have been reporting problem while using the app. For most O2X owners, the app re-installs the v20a firmware instead of upgrading the phone to ICS (v30a).
The Ice Cream Sandwich update marks the end of software support for the Optimus 2X from LG. So if you are expecting that LG might just update your handset to Jelly Bean, I am sorry to break your heart, but its not going to.
The Optimus 2X was the world's first dual-core smartphone, but the way LG handled the software updates for the handset, it left a very bad taste with all O2X owners.
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The Tea Party movement burst onto the political scene three years ago. The spark that got it started was CNBC correspondent Rick Santelli's Feb. 19, 2009 on-air diatribe against the Obama administration's program to provide aid to distressed mortgage borrowers.
"We're thinking of having a Chicago Tea Party," Santelli shouted from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, winning applause from traders. By the end of that month, Tea Party protests were occurring in cities across the United States.
Considering that it was ignited by a trading-floor scene broadcast on a financial TV channel, the Tea Party has not been characterized by a particular affinity for the financial sector. On the contrary, outrage over federal bailouts of financial institutions has been a Tea Party theme, in keeping with the movement's broader hostility to Big Government spending and activism.
Tea Partiers also have shown receptiveness to Ron Paul's anti-Federal Reserve campaign, in which the Texas congressman and presidential candidate has denounced the central bank's industry "cronies" and an "all-powerful, behemoth banking cartel."
Such wariness of Wall Street jibes well with the movement's populist, anti-establishment tone. The cultural disconnect between the Tea Party and Big Finance has overshadowed those areas where the two worlds overlap, such as in shared aversions to heavy regulation and taxes. While opposing the Dodd-Frank legislation, for instance, Tea Partiers tended to emphasize its burdens on community banks, not big institutions.
The Tea Party has been a powerful force in Republican politics over the last three years. The decentralized movement played a major role in energizing a GOP takeover of the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections. However, the Tea Party's predilection for fervently outspoken candidates over compromising career politicians also produced some Republican nominees, such as Christine O'Donnell in Delaware and Sharron Angle in Nevada, whose defeats contributed to the GOP's failure to retake the Senate.
Diminishing Returns
The current Republican nomination race has offered evidence that the Tea Party's influence is fading. Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Perry, all seen at one time or another as favorites of the movement, did not endure long in the competition. Sarah Palin, who might have been a formidable Tea Party unifier and champion, never put that proposition to the test.
Mitt Romney emerged as a clear frontrunner with his Florida primary win. Among the GOP hopefuls whose candidacies endured into February, Romney may be the least synced with Tea Party rhetoric and priorities. Unlike Ron Paul, Romney does not propose sweeping federal budget cuts and the embrace of a narrow Constitutional order. Unlike Newt Gingrich, Romney does not seek to rally a populist disdain for the GOP "establishment." Rick Santorum, for his part, offers an emphasis on social issues whereas many Tea Partiers favor a fiscal focus.
Romney's wealth and connections to the financial sector, including years spent at private-equity firm Bain Capital and portfolios invested with Goldman Sachs, have been tempting targets for his Republican rivals. Santorum has made a point of distinguishing between "high finance" and "capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country."
Gingrich has employed rhetoric about "people power," represented by his campaign, going up against the "money power" embodied by Romney. Going into the Florida primary, the former House speaker asserted that a win for his campaign would "send a signal to George Soros, Goldman Sachs, to the entire New York and Washington establishment: Money can't beat people power."
Undoubtedly, Gingrich intended such rhetoric to appeal to Tea Party distrust of Wall Street. However, the approach disquieted some conservative observers. Ira Stoll, editor of the free-market website FutureOfCapitalism.com, complained in late January: "If voters are looking for a president to demonize Wall Street or major banks, they've got a perfectly fine incumbent in Barack Obama."
Shifting Support
Since the financial crisis peaked, Republican and Democratic politicians alike have shown a reluctance to be seen as having close relations with the financial industry. President Obama famously declared that he "did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street," in a late 2009 interview.
Such rhetoric has meshed with policy disagreements in dampening Wall Street enthusiasm for Obama, which had been formidable in the last presidential race. During the 2008 campaign, Obama raised nearly $16 million from the securities and investment industry, compared to a little over $9 million for John McCain, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a watchdog group.
The group's statistics for the current race show that, through end-2011, Obama received contributions of a little more than $2 million from the securities and investment industry — while Romney received nearly $6 million. Romney's GOP rivals garnered far smaller industry contributions, in six figures or lower.
The president, it should be noted, has formidable sources of campaign funding even with diminished backing from Wall Street. Obama received overall contributions of over $125 million as of end-2011. Romney's total during that period was $56 million. As Romney seeks to narrow the broader contribution gap against the incumbent, cash from the financial sector will be a crucial factor.
Looking Ahead
With Romney as the probable nominee, and Tea Party populism evidently on the wane, the Republican Party appears to be moving toward closer relations with Wall Street.
For the GOP, there is the obvious attraction of raising cash from affluent financial executives. Yet there is also a more subtle draw. For a few decades until the financial crisis, as more Americans participated in the stock market, what came to be known as the "investor class" became a prized target of political strategists. Republicans and Democrats alike sought to tailor policies and rhetoric to win votes and contributions from this widening demographic.
The financial travails of the past few years have muted such political strategizing. But pent-up demand for profitable investments could translate into enthusiasm for a candidate who makes a case that his policies will help buoy markets. It is a theme on which Romney can be expected to put some emphasis.
The sunken popularity of the financial sector, even a few years after the crisis peaked, remains an important political consideration, however. Obama can be expected to drive hard at the theme that Romney is a tool of Wall Street. The rhetoric that Gingrich and Santorum directed against Romney on financial matters may seem tame in comparison with what Democrats unleash this November.
Of course, the risks and attractions of partisan politics extend also to the financial industry people who take one side or the other. Notwithstanding public disgruntlement that Wall Street has politicians in its pocket, there is little assurance that elected politicians will do what their supporters hope they will do.
Plus, there is always the possibility that the candidate one has publicly backed will be defeated. If Romney ends up losing in November, expect a backlash within the GOP against everything he represented, including ties to Wall Street.
Kenneth Silber is senior editor of Research magazine.


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Mitigation galore. 2°C, here we come.
Those percentages at the bottom of the table are shocking
it's hard to see anything that can stop these rising CO2 emissions
Quoteit's hard to see anything that can stop these rising CO2 emissions1. Wind2. Solar3. EVsThere's no reason any longer for countries to develop on the back of coal or natural gas.It's just a matter of a short number of years before all countries can start abandoning fossil fueled transportation.
But they are not CO2 neutral
Quote from: Bob Wallace on January 11, 2018, 09:12:47 PMQuoteit's hard to see anything that can stop these rising CO2 emissions1. Wind2. Solar3. EVsThere's no reason any longer for countries to develop on the back of coal or natural gas.It's just a matter of a short number of years before all countries can start abandoning fossil fueled transportation.Bob, those new technologies are wonderful, and very helpful. But they are not CO2 neutral. Specifically, EVs , which is in its infancy, need a lot of new infrastructure, new mines, new charging station networks, new electric power supply lines, power stations, battery factories etc.etc.Also, the dynamics in poorer countries is that people are indeed poor, they can't afford the fancy new technologies. We have an S curve of adoption, and as regards EV's, I'd say we're talking about decades, not years until market dominance.
QuoteBut they are not CO2 neutralAs compared to what? Diesel cars and trucks? Coal fired electricity?Give me a break!
Quote from: ghoti on January 11, 2018, 10:26:51 PMQuoteBut they are not CO2 neutralAs compared to what? Diesel cars and trucks? Coal fired electricity?Give me a break!Sure!Discussion topic was the terrible figures of CO2 emission growth from countries developing out of poverty, not about these helpful technologies as such.Focus point: a bunch of really poor countries in Africa and Asia with ongoing massive population growth, that are forecast to rapidly develop their economies in the coming decades, in a similar way that e.g. China has developed.
we can be optimistic in the longer run about dramatic technology shifts that will phase out more CO2 intense legacy technology. However, I'm not at all optimistic about short- and medium-term developments
new technology requires new infrastructure, this means a lot of growth, and a lot of CO2.
considering that the overall cost of energy is dropping so fast, means that more energy will be used. People will buy more cars (EV), they will buy those AC systems, they will consume more.
Combined with terrible population growth, what's there to stop this?
It would've been far easier had we started in 1990 (i.e. publication of first IPCC report). But 28yrs of technocratic scams substituting for real mitigation leaves us facing the huge challenge you rightly outline. So are we now going to continue with scams or actually mitigate?
To me, the dire warning in the linked article errs significantly on the side of least drama:Title: "Leaked U.N. climate report sees 'very high risk' the planet will warm beyond key limit"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/02/14/leaked-u-n-climate-report-sees-very-high-risk-the-planet-will-warm-beyond-key-limit/?utm_source=rss_energy-environment&utm_term=.18b7851621dbSee also:https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/10/2018-00291/call-for-expert-reviewers-to-contribute-to-the-us-government-review-of-the-intergovernmental-panel
Experts may choose to provide comments directly through the IPCC's Expert Review process, which occurs in parallel with the U.S. Government Review. Registration opened on 15 December 2017, and runs through 18 February 2018:
a paper in Nature Climate Change presents the results from a new modelling exercise using six different "integrated assessment models" (IAMs) to limit global temperatures in 2100 to below 1.5C.Emissions must peak quicklyTo limit warming to below 1.5C, all the models that the researchers examined require that global emissions peak by 2020 and decline precipitously thereafter. After 2050, the world must reduce net CO2 emissions to zero and emissions must be increasingly negative throughout the second half of the 21st century.Emissions must go negativeNegative emissions are needed in the latter half of the century to pull the extra CO2 out of the atmosphere. This is because emissions cannot fall fast enough in the models to avoid exceeding the allowable carbon budget to avoid 1.5C warming.Most of the models emit roughly 50-200% more CO2 than the allowable carbon budget over the course of the century, before pulling the extra CO2 back out.The models assume widespread adoption of BECCS ( Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage) starting between 2030 and 2040 and then rapidly scaling up. By 2050, many models have BECCS producing more than 100 exajoules (EJ), roughly the same amount of energy globally as coal provides today. By 2100, BECCS will be around 200EJ compared to 300EJ for all non-biomass renewable energy.
France will commit 700 million euros to the International Solar Alliance (ISA), President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday at the founding conference of the organization, reiterating the European country's commitment to the alliance and clean energy.ISA is an inter-governmental organization that aims to mobilize $1 trillion in funds for future solar generation, storage and technology across the world. It has 60 signatories, with 30 of those countries having ratified the agreement.The treaty-based organization, launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, aims to promote solar energy in 121 countries.Speaking at the conference, Macron said France was more than tripling its commitment to the alliance, and its total monetary contribution to the alliance stood at one billion euros. ...
Continuing the upward trend that began in the early 2000s, the volume of international transfers of major weapons in 2013-17 was 10 per cent higher than in 2008-12, according to new data on arms transfers published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).The flow of arms increased to Asia and Oceania and the Middle East between 2008–12 and 2013–17, while there was a decrease in the flow to Africa, the Americas and Europe. The five biggest exporters—the United States, Russia, France, Germany and China—together accounted for 74 per cent of all arms exports in 2013–17.'The increased flow of arms raises concerns over their impact on international peace and security', says Ambassador Jan Eliasson, Chair of the SIPRI Governing Board. 'It stresses the need to improve and implement international mechanisms such as the Arms Trade Treaty.'
"The 2 degrees Celsius target may be insufficient to prevent an ice-free Arctic," James Screen and Daniel Williamson of Exeter University in Britain wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change after a statistical review of ice projections.A 2C rise would still mean a 39 percent risk that ice will disappear in the Arctic Ocean in summers, they said. Ice was virtually certain to survive, however, with just 1.5C of warming.
Using Bayesian statistics allows us to compare estimates of the probability of an ice-free Arctic for the 1.5 °C or 2 °C target (Fig. 1c). We estimate there is less than a 1-in-100,000 (exceptionally unlikely, in IPCC parlance 2 ) chance of an ice-free Arctic if global warming stays below 1.5 °C, and around a 1-in-3 chance (39%; about as likely as not, in IPCC parlance) if global warming is limited to 2.0 °C. We suppose then that a summer ice-free Arctic is virtually certain to be avoided if the 1.5 °C target of the Paris Agreement is met. However, the 2 °C target may be insufficient to prevent an ice-free Arctic. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that the Nationally Determined Contributions submitted by countries to support the Paris Agreement (which imply warming of around 3 °C; ref. 10) would likely (in IPCC parlance; 73%) lead to the Arctic becoming ice-free (Fig. 1c).
...Unfortunately, the business world believes that if something is not worth measuring then it is not worth doing.…
"However, by the time the global warming becomes detectable it could be too late to take effective countermeasures to reduce the effects or even to stabilize the situation."
"While climate change is not a high priority for most people early in the century, NGOs continue to lobby against inaction on the Kyoto protocol…. In 2010, a series of violent storms causes extensive damage to the eastern coast of the US. Although it is not clear whether the storms are caused by climate change, people are not willing to take further chances. The insurance industry refuses to accept liability, setting off a fierce debate over who is liable: the insurance industry, or the government. After all, two successive IPCC reports since 1995 have reinforced the human connection to climate change."
"Following the storms, a coalition of environmental NGOs brings a class-action suit against the US government and fossil-fuel companies on the grounds of neglecting what scientists (including their own) have been saying for years: that something must be done. A social. reaction to the use of fossil fuels grows, and individuals become "vigilante environmentalists" in the same way, a generation earlier, they had become fiercely anti-tobacco. Direct-action campaigns against companies escalate. Young consumers, especially, demand action…The power, auto, and oil industries see billions wiped off their market value overnight."
If Switzerland wants to achieve the targets set by the Paris climate agreement, it must make climate-friendly modes of travel more attractive, an environmental group said in an open letter on Monday. Written by the Coalition for Aviation, Environment and Health and the green transport association, the letter demanded that the government levy plane ticket fees and kerosene taxes to make more sustainable modes of travel, such as night trains, a more appealing option for the Swiss....Presented to the Federal Office of Transportexternal link on Monday, the letter's authors pointed out that the climate impact of air transport represents 18% of Switzerland's total climate impact, and that the Swiss travel twice as often by air than inhabitants of neighbouring European countries. ...
Key messages• The 2018 Talanoa Dialogue is a crucial opportunity to increase climate mitigation ambitionand effectiveness by putting fossil fuel supply on the international climate agenda.• Managing a decline in global fossil fuel production is essential to meeting the Paris Agree-ment's 1.5-2°C temperature limits.• Policies that restrict the supply of fossil fuels – as a complement to those that limit theirdemand – can lead to greater mitigation potential, cost-effectiveness, benefits to health andthe local environment, enhanced popular support for climate action, and reduced carbonlock-in.• Supply-side policies are gaining ground globally, from moratoria on new production explo-ration licenses, to divestment from fossil fuel holdings, to transition plans for workers. Butmuch work remains to be done.• Parties should plan the transition away from fossil fuel production to ensure that it is wellmanaged, just and equitable. To this end, NDCs and long-term strategies provide a platformto set and discuss targets and policies.• The UNFCCC process can play a key role in raising the profile of supply-side policies and em-powering Parties and non-Party stakeholders to take action in support of effective policies.
ConclusionUntil recently, managing the decline of fossil fuel production has received limited attention among strategies to achieve the international community's climate change objectives. However, meeting the Paris Agreement's temperature targets will require tackling both fossil fuel consumption and fossil fuel production. The 2018 Talanoa Dialogue provides a unique opportunity for stakeholders to discuss policies, strategies and platforms to plan for a just transition, one that brings fossil fuel production in line with the goals set in Paris, and ensures decisions are made for the collective good.
Most of the meeting focused on the draft climate change policy that the team released Thursday. It includes recommendations to reduce carbon emissions in Alaska by 2030, diversify the state economy beyond fossil fuels and mobilize funding from government and the private sector for climate change adaptation.
But University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen said that, while he believes in the urgency of the issues, it's not the language he would choose."I just finished reading a book … about the French Revolution, and there was a great deal of passion and boldness there," he said. "And about 40,000 people died in that process. So I think we need to keep that in context with what is actually practical, what is actually achievable and what is actually cost effective."
"Former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler was confirmed Thursday as the No. 2 official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, putting him in line to take interim charge of the agency if Administrator Scott Pruitt is toppled by his ethical missteps."Coal Lobbyist Becomes No. 2 Official at EPA, Just Behind Pruitthttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/12042018/epa-andrew-wheeler-senate-confirmation-vote-murray-energy-coal-lobbyist-climate-denial-inhofe-pruitt
Fortunately many of these regulation reversals that Trump, Inc. is doing don't automatically go into effect. Many/most can be significantly delayed in the courts and some are written so that they can't be reversed quickly. Long enough that we have the option of putting Democrats back in charge in 2020 and nullifying Trump's actions.
Environmental group in Switzerland calls for making trains more appealing, and adding fees and taxes on less sustainable transport.
Quote from: Sigmetnow on April 10, 2018, 06:27:23 PMEnvironmental group in Switzerland calls for making trains more appealing, and adding fees and taxes on less sustainable transport.Regarding trains and buses I think Switzerland is paradise already. Even members of parliament ride the train to work in Bern. The Postbus serves the remotest valleys 3x a day.
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Every single year, I've been so motivated to clean up my scraproom, organize, throw away, give to friends, recycle or set aside.
This year, I've made THREE awesome prizes to giveaway here, perfect to get started on Project Life. They are all different but contain the same amount and kind of products.
How can you win one f these prizes? It's very simple :
- cut and paste this blog post and put it on your blog. Come back here and leave the link to your blog post in the comment section
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The deadline to participate is January 16th 2014! Winners will be announced on 01/17. Valid for all International Scrapbook addicts reading this blog :)
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It's hopeless for me to write an unbiased review about the book Ankylosaur Attack. Primarily, because it's written by one of my favorite skeptics, Daniel Loxton, but also because it features my favorite dinosaur, the durable battle-armored ankylosaurus.
For those who are unfamiliar with Daniel Loxton, he's the author/editor of the Junior Skeptic column in the back of Skeptic magazine. Junior Skeptic really stands out as a brilliant, gorgeously illustrated introduction to the scientific analysis of fringe ideas such as psychics, fairies, and mythical monsters. I can't imagine anyone else that I would trust to be as accurate about relaying scientific information to children as Daniel Loxton, and I certainly can't imagine anyone else who could translate that accuracy into such clever illustrations.
Daniel Loxton is also the author of the truly awesome book Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came To Be, a primer for kids on the subject of natural selection. There was a bit of a pseudo-controversy surrounding Daniel's advice to young readers that questions about religion be directed toward pastors and parents, but I firmly agree with Daniel that the topic deserved to be addressed in a respectful way. Often, non-believers shoot themselves in the foot by insinuating that atheism be the key to opening the door to science; that kind of hard-lined attitude makes people of faith feel unwelcome in the wonderful world of natural discovery and scientific knowledge. Kudos to Loxton for making science accessible to EVERYONE, as it should be.
Ankylosaur Attack is a deviation from Daniel Loxton's previous books because it is prehistoric fiction. It offers the story of a young ankylosaur being attacked by a hungry t-rex looking for a snack. The rendered graphics are phenomenal and really help stimulate the imagination with attention to detail and lighting. The plot is simple enough for younger readers, but also helps stimulate discussion for older readers about defensive and offensive genetic traits that have evolved in dinosaurs. What do ankylosaurs and turtles have in common? If you were a predator how would you try to eat them? Isn't awesome that this extinct animal had an armored back to defend against attacks and also a cannonball whip for a tail?
Ankylosaur Attack is the first of a series of prehistoric fiction. I look forward to the rest in the Tales of Prehistoric Life series.
As an added aside, in honor of our local museum's life-sized model ankylosaur, I decided to donate a copy of Ankylosaur Attack to the dinosaur library at Cincinnati Museum Center. It was tempting to keep the book for my daughters (pictured above), but I thought that it would be better served as a resource for other kids visiting the museum. So, here's a photo of the book at Cincinnati Museum Center's dinosaur library. Hope the museum visitors enjoy it as much as my kids!


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For the second time in five minutes, the teenage girl beside me asked her mom if her hair looked okay. Less than thrilled with her curls for the day, she put her compact mirror away and turned to me.
"I've always wanted to do this," she said.
Her mom went on to validate what her daughter said: She has always loved pandas and has dreamt of cuddling one for as long as she can remember.
A few minutes later, the girl sat down by her mom on the wooden bench, and her dream came true. A baby panda, chomping on an apple, was placed onto her lap.
It may seem like an oddly specific dream, but I shared it as well. The minute I found out that there was a place in Chengdu, China, where visitors could hold pandas — no, baby pandas — my heart jumped. I reverted back to elementary school — carefree days adorned in my memory by Day-Glo pandas patterned on my notebooks and binders.
These days, I get uneasy about tourism that involves animals, but this is a Chengdu must-do, operated by the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Foundation. The non-profit organization was founded in 1987 with six giant pandas rescued from the wild, and it has grown to more than 100 pandas from this founding population — a significant number when you consider that there are only about 1,600 giant pandas in the world. The group's efforts to support scientific research, breeding and cooperation among domestic and international groups have even been recognized by the United Nations Environment Program's Global 500 Award for environmental achievement.
Humane and unique, it's no surprise why one of the foundation's main projects — the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (Chengdu Panda Base) — is listed as the number-one activity on TripAdvisor.com for the city. In addition to being able to hold a giant panda cub at the Giant Panda Nurse Experience Station, visitors to the reserve can spend hours leisurely strolling the gorgeous grounds of the base which continue to expand and receive renovations. Because of the size of the grounds, the pandas here are not locked in cages. Instead, they have spacious, enclosed natural areas in which they can sprawl out, sleep and eat — the three activities you will see the pandas do. I watched a panda chomp on bamboo for about 10 minutes, and I'm not sure what was more impressive — how mesmerized I became or the panda's supreme dedication to its craft: eating. I only broke my gaze when I realized that, nearby, two other pandas were covered in various bamboos and feasting near a tree. I walked around the different enclosures, admiring the assortment of postures which pandas employ while eating and sleeping.
Giant pandas were my main mission, but I spotted other animals without even trying: Above me, on the roof of the giant panda nursery, a peacock modeled its plumage and surveyed the scene. At my feet, the endangered red panda scampered through its enclosure area's fencing onto the visitor's path en route to a dense field of trees. And near the entrance of the base is Swan Lake, where white and black swans offer guests an elegant welcome. Nearly 400 trees, including the city's tree — the Ginkgo Biloba — adorn the base, and a cinema, a gift shop, a museum, restaurants and informative signs throughout the park provide details about the reserve's pandas and conservation efforts. But, if you've come to cuddle a cub, don't get too sidetracked.
For some personal panda time, be sure to go straight to the Sunshine Nursery and sign up. It's best to arrive around opening (8 a.m.), especially in the summer. The pandas are most active and likely to be outside in the early, cool feeding hours. Also, the visiting experience is capped to a limited number of guests per day so as not to exhaust the baby pandas. It's not possible to reserve the visit ahead of time since the base cannot guarantee the pandas' cooperation.
After signing up for the nursery experience, groups of six attend a briefing, where a staff member shares some panda facts while showing skeletons of the panda's hand and wrist, as well as photos. Then the group goes outside to take turns washing bamboo before putting on the appropriate clothing: gloves, plastic booties over shoes and a long, blue plastic overcoat.
The staff works diligently to ensure that each person's once-in-a-lifetime moment with the panda is appropriately captured. During my turn, three staff members — one with my iPhone, one with my camera and one with the center's camera — all kept telling me to look up. I was entranced with the six-month old in my lap, petting its head and legs and simply reveling in the baby's wanton enjoyment of food, the weight of its growing body and the wiry texture of its hair nuzzled against my chin.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breedinghttp://panda.org.cn
Know Before You Go:Admission fee:$9.50
Donation to hold a panda:$327
Included: A memento photograph, a hooded jacket, a donation certificate and a panda documentary
Hours: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.