Are there any stores that sell those smaller travel mini fridges for $50 or less? I don’t want to order it online because I need it very soon. I’m looking for one similar to this one
http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Fridge-Cooler-Warmer-Travel/dp/B003HWT29I
Thanks.
Check with local sporting goods stores, camping stores, and RV or camper supplies. You should find something at one of them.
roughly 100 acres ‘under roof’ and since rubber trees regenerate fast ..is it still their ? It was built by all the large manufactures of tires and the Brazillian Govt.
How a US Ghost Town Got in the Heart of the Amazon
by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 08. 8.10
Travel & Nature
Traveling through the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, one might expect to run across many strange and fascinating things — but an American ghost town probably wouldn’t be one of them. Yet deep in the world’s largest rainforest lies the abandoned remnants of Fordlândia, a remote US-style factory town built by Henry Ford in the 1920s, intended to be an American utopia in the middle of the Amazon. Needless to say, things didn’t work out too well.
The origins of how an American automotive company came to lay down roots in the middle of the rainforest can be traced back to the early years of the booming rubber industry. This region of Brazil, in the Amazonian state of Para, had long been dominated by rubber tree plantations which enjoyed a virtual monopoly as demand for the product increased globally during the industrial revolution. But soon seeds from the Amazon’s rubber tree were smuggled out by foreign entrepreneurs and rubber plantations began sprouting up in places like East Asia, undercutting one of Brazil’s most important exports.
Brazilian rubber-growers weren’t the only ones feeling the pinch as foreign plantations raked in hefty profits from their new cash-crop. American industrialist Henry Ford’s car company relied heavily on this expensive rubber to produce tires, and soon he devised a way to get it at a cheaper price — by building a factory in the Amazon where the stuff literally grew on trees.
The rest of the story can be found at
www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/how-a-us-ghost-town-got-in-the-heart-of-the-amazon.php ·
I am looking to fly from the east coast of the US to western Europe with my pet bird, an Amazon parrot. I’d rather NOT use cargo or checked luggage services, but if you have any information or experinece with these options, please feel free to share.
Pets As Carry On
Your pet can travel with you in the cabin for a one-way fee of $75 (to be collected at check-in) when traveling within the United States (except Hawaii), Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. Pets permitted in the cabin include dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs. Monkeys, pot-bellied pigs, reptiles, frogs, mice, rats, sugar gliders, and spiders are not permitted. The following restrictions apply:
Your pet must be small enough to fit comfortably in a kennel under the seat directly in front of you. Maximum carry-on kennel dimensions are determined by your flight. You must contact Delta Reservations to determine the appropriate kennel size.
Your pet must remain inside the kennel (with door secured) while in a Delta boarding area (during boarding and deplaning), a Delta airport lounge, and while onboard the aircraft.
Your pet must be at least 8 weeks old.
You may not carry on more than one pet.
Your pet in-cabin counts as one piece of carry-on baggage.
If you’re traveling to Hawaii, your pet won’t be able to go with you in the cabin, and other restrictions may apply. See Pets to Hawaii for more information.
Also, Delta limits the number of pets per flight to:
Class Number of Pets Allowed
First Class 1
BusinessElite® 1
Main Cabin 2
Pets are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Call Delta in advance at 800-221-1212 to arrange to bring your pet on board.
The scenario: I am all alone, working in our remote work center and am executing a repair on a circuit board.
I bring my laptop with me to work for several reasons, one of which is for entertainment purposes, for playing music files whilst that I work. I normally listen to Classical music on the job, but yesterday, I felt like listening to some oldies.
One of the songs which that I played was "Double - The Captain of Her Heart":
"It was way past midnight
And she still couldn’t fall asleep.
This night the dream was leaving
She tried so hard to keep.
And with the new day’s dawning
She felt it drift away.
Not only for a cruise
Not only for a day
Too long ago, too long apart
She couldn’t wait another day for
The captain of her heart.
As the day came up, she made a stop.
She stopped waiting another day for
The captain of her heart."
The beat of that song is lovely and very soothing, but it triggered a negative feeling within me, a very painful recollection, that of the extreme trauma which was induced by the loss of my man when he was transferred to CA and all of a sudden, I found myself crying hard. I thought to myself,
"Oh SH**, girl; you do NOT need to be listening to THIS song right now."
(nodding her head)
And there are other songs which have such an effect upon me and I avoid playing these, for precisely that reason.
Music affects me VERY strongly; nominally it calms down and soothes the "savage Amazon woman within me" but for instance, when I am angry I will avoid playing such music, as Vivaldi’s "Winter" and "Summer", for these will sometimes exponentially amplify my anger.
But, how about YOU?
(shaking her head)
Do some songs and styles of music affect you very powerfully, sometimes very negatively so?
@ "Rotting Slop"
But what are you asserting, hon (and I mean that NOT as a challenge)?
What that I read from yours, is that you experienced a major shift in your thought pattern - is that accurate, sweetie?
@ "Spanx"
You do err.
(shaking her head)
You have no idea…whom that you are dealing with…and I say that not at all as some emotionally derived "threat".
Why would I do something like that - ?
Do you really think that that link somehow resonates with or appeals to me - ?
Clearly, you assume much and you have no idea as to the emotional and cognitive composition of the woman and human being with whom that you are dealing with.
That of course, comes as no surprise to me.
THIS moves me:
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/gordon_lightfoot/softly.html
But this would not touch you, would it - ?
@ "Stefanie"
(blasting "Van Halen - Running With the Devil" on her computer’s sound system, feeling lonely, feeling mean)
I am familiar with Pachelbel’s work.
I love In your eyes by Peter Gabriel (I always think of Cusack in Say anything…my! what a scene). The song is really powerful to me, whenever I feel sad or I just need to calm down I listen to it (ipod, walking with the wind…wow love the feeling). The song rootless tree by Damien Rice has gotten me out of a lot of things and Cannonball as well (usually when I need a good cry)
And of course no list would be complete without some Radiohead (there, there and no surprises are my two personal favourites). Since I was a young teen I’ve been listening to Tupac Shakur religiously, so I’d have to say that Unconditional Love and Dear Mama are my favs. Notorious BIG holds a special place in my musical heart as well, I’d say Sky is the limit that favours my ears. And one last rap song that makes me go "Ouh-ouh-Ouh’ is the message from Nas.
And a few songs that just make me happy are New York, New York by Frank Sinatra; London Calling by the Clash (triggers fond memories) and Fixed to ruin by Sam Roberts (kind of recognize myself in this song).
"And there are other songs which have such an effect upon me and I avoid playing these, for precisely that reason." I understand what you mean, I went through some stuff in my teens and there were two songs that I’d play all the time and whenever I hear these songs I just want to crumble. So yeah, I avoid them to the best of my abilities.
Edit: I’m listening to some Damien Rice again, and frankly I’d put most of his songs on my list (e.g.: Volcano, The Blowers Daughter, Delicate, Amie (really powerful that one), I Remember, 9 Crimes (This one would go in my top 10 favourite songs of all time) Baby Sister…)
I need to order a travel backpack from the amazon uk website cause i live in england but my parents who live in america will be paying for it. am i able to use their credit card or does it need to be an english one??
I’m not doing this without my parents permission, they know I’m going to buy it, My dad just wasn’t sure if he could use his american credit card to buy something off of a uk website
As far as i know yes you can with your parents permission but they wouldn’t know if you did it over the computer.
Just be honest & don’t use it for more than you are permitted to use it for.
I’m wanting to travel to the amazon next year and so i’m just getting all my stuff figured out. What city close to there will I be able to stay in and then bus/backpack/boat/fly out of to go explore? I’ve been to Peru before so I know the landscape, etc. but I’m wanting to go to the Brazilian amazon now. What do you have for me? thanks.
In first place when you think in Brazilian Amazon doesn’t think about bus, think about boat, in Amazon highways hardly exist 90% of the transport of people and of load it is done in boats, the rivers are the highways of Amazon. We have a state called Amazon however the Amazonian area understands several states, the larger two are Amazonas and Pará. If you will visit that area you can begin for Manaus, capital of Amazon or Belém capital of Pará.
Time after time again, i have seen movies that have to do with the Amazon Jungle. Every time, the jungle has super sized animals. Usually huge 50 ft snakes, 5 to 6 foot wide spiders, huge alligators, etc. Is this true? Is there really somewhere on earth where the animals grow to such huge beasts?
animals in there own environment do grow larger than in captivity… that said movies do exaggerate all the time…
Please help, I need to get this off amazon soon… I don’t want time to run out! I have guitar hero 5, but I’m not sure if a guitar hero world tour microphone will work with guitar hero 5.
Yes,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_180729822_3?ie=UTF8&docId=1000577181&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=top-1&pf_rd_r=1SA4T58PNT82G02PZ9V7&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=1273987002&pf_rd_i=ipod%20nano&tag=klnprk-20
Also check out at Ebay
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574865779&toolid=10001&campid=5336440665&customid=klnprk&mpre=http%3a%2f%2fshop.ebay.com%2fi.html%3f_nkw%3dipod%2btouch%26_sacat%3d0%26_odkw%3dipod%2btouch%26_osacat%3d0%26_trksid%3dp3286.c0.m270.l1313
A sorceress known as Marta cast an enchantment on him that forever made him hopeless in finding love, unless he could find a way of breaking the enchantment. The only clue that was left to the young prince was that he needed to find a powerful wizard of the distant east to aid him in his quest, and only one could help him, the one who is known as the producer of the Accord.
Kaka searched all the magic books he could find in the dark jungle, but could not find any reference to a magical treatise known as the Accord. So he decided to wander further out of the jungle and seek aid in his dire quest from outsiders. As he wandered further into the dark jungle and away from his small village community he ran into a rather truculent area of the jungle. All the sunlight was sufficated out by the giant willows that encompassed this swamplike area and he could hear distant screams of terror emanating from all the sides.
Then Kaka saw a shape so ghastly that he could not believe his eyes. Some type of swamp creature was moving closer and closer to his position. This was the dark beast of the swamp that was known simply as Ronaldinho and the beast was showing its horrible teeth to the helpless young prince. Kaka grabed hold of a branch to ward of the beast but Ronaldinho got closer and closer every passing moment, so Kaka turned to make a run for it. He could hear the steady steps of pursuit.
To Kaka it seemed like the chase was endless and that time itself had run out as his body collapsed in exhaustion. But Ronaldinho was still there, glaring at him with monsterous eyes. Then to Kaka’s undying gratitude a valiant swordman sprang into action and warded off the foul beast with his rapier. The swordsman was known as Messi of the Viceroyalty de la Plata, for Kaka had run nearly the entire stretch of the continent reaching this strange and unfamiliar land.
Messi took Kaka to his lodge nearby and gave the prince some strange herb known as el mate which renewed Kaka’s strength. Kaka asked Messi if he knew of a wizard of the east that produced the Accord. Messi shook his head but spoke of a wise mystic of the Iberian peninsula known as el Xavi that may be able to lead him in the correct path, but in order to reach the mystic he would need to cross the ocean. Messi took him to port and introduced Kaka to a valiant seacaptain known as Higuain. Higuain agreed to take Kaka to the Iberian peninsula to see the mystic known as el Xavi, but he needed to make a stop to the land of the Anglo Saxons first.
So Kaka sailed with Higuain across the great ocean and soon made it to the land of the Anglo Saxons. As Higuain was making business transactions with a local merchant known as Lampard Kaka heard a strange noise from the side of the ship. He checked what it could be and long and behold he found the famous Ogre pirate known as Rooney grawling at him. Kaka took hold of a sword that was laying to his side. Kaka and rooney fought a brazen swordfight, but all of his princely training gave Kaka the upper hand and he was able to dispose of the foul Ogre pirate.
Soon they were sailing their way to the Iberian peninsula and once they made it to their shores Higuain wished him luck and sailed back to the New World. Kaka moved quickly around the Iberian peninsula in search of el Xavi but he soon came into a wicked kingdom ruled by a wicked prince known as Cristiano Ronaldo. He would gaze at his window asking it daily who the fairest of all the land was, and it would always say he was the fairest. But once Kaka set foot on his kingdom the mirror stated Kaka was the fairest. Ronaldo with all his fury went looking for this so called Kaka, but Kaka had already ventured out to a neighboring kingdom, but Ronaldo followed him closely, waiting to make his move.
Soon Kaka was at el Xavi’s little hut and Kaka asked him for help. el Xavi noded his head and knew of what Marta meant. She spoke of the automanufacturer known as Honda which made the Accord. She must be referencing the great wizard of Nikkon known as Honda. Kaka thanked the wise mystic and bought a ticket to Nikkon in order to find this wizard. Ronaldo heard of this and decided to hire two Hessian mercenaries known as Ozil and Muller to despose of Kaka.
As Kaka was relazing on the ship to Nikkon Ozil came at him with a dagger. Kaka was unarmed so he tried to ward off the assailant with his fists. He was able to knock Ozil overboard but soon Muller was there with a longsword swinging against Kaka. Kaka leapt up to one of the upper decks in order to avoid Muller’s crushing attacks, but Muller was not far behind. The ship’s captain known as Puyol saw this blazen display of aggression and leapt into action with two long knives. He threw one long knife into Muller’s arm which caused him to drop his long sword. Puyol cornered Muller and asked him who was responsible for hiring him to kill Kaka, but before Muller could respond a throwing knife struck
a throwing knife struck him in the heart silencing him forever. Puyol searched the ship to find the culprit but came up empty handed.
The ship soon made it to Nikkon and Kaka thanked Puyol for all his help. Kaka had to climb the highest peak of Nikkon in order to find the grand wizard known as Honda. Kaka began to climb steadily but soon grew weary and tired of climbing. So he took out one of Messi’s strange herbs known as mate and drank it, giving him some much needed energy.
But just at that moment Ronaldo made his attack with two blades at hand striking against Kaka. Kaka had a rapier at hand for this journey and fought against the Iberian prince. The battle went on for hours with each taking the upperhand at times only to lose it moments later. Kaka looked for an advantage and soom found it as he found a large stone and hurled it at Ronaldo’s face, which caused him to fall off the cliff while inspecting if the stone made any damage to his beautiful features.
Kaka continu
Kaka continued to climb up the mountain and was soon face to face with Honda. Honda nodded in approval and declared Kaka prepared to rule his kingdom with Marta as his queen, which was the plan all along.
The End
FQ: who was your favorite footballer referenced in the story:P
I LOVED IT!
PLEASE MAKE MORE STORIES! 
I usually don’t read long posts on Yahoo, but I actually read every little bit of this, and enjoyed it a lot.
I loved the different Footballers in the story, it made me laugh a lot.
LOL I wonder what the Footballers would think of your story?
I really liked the descriptions.
Some of my favorites were: -All the sunlight was sufficated out by the giant willows that encompassed this swamplike area and he could hear distant screams of terror emanating from all the sides.
- Kaka and rooney fought a brazen swordfight, but all of his princely training gave Kaka the upper hand and he was able to dispose of the foul Ogre pirate.
Also, I liked the fight scene between Kaka, Muller, Ozil, and Puyol!
There were many great Footballer references!:
- two Hessian mercenaries known as Ozil and Muller, but why did you have to kill Muller :’(
- Kaka the prince 
- a wicked prince known as Cristiano Ronaldo ( I liked how he was obsessed with his looks).
- the mystic Xavi
After reading this article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/pda/2010/may/26/imogen-heap-twitter-tour-woes) it made me wonder…
When you buy a CD or book from Amazon, how much does the author/artist get? How does the system work and is it better to buy from somewhere like HMV if you want to make sure the majority of what you pay goes to the artist?
between 30 cent to $2 each. It does not seem a lot, but multiply it by millions.