You may remember that we bought a transponder from Illinois because they are not yet available in Ohio. We christened it last week, driving through toll booths without needing tickets on the way to Lancaster, Pennsylvania—visiting two museums in its quaint downtown. Lancaster County was created on May 10, 1729 and named for Lancashire, England. Some famous county residents include James Buchanan, 15th president of the U.S., and Robert Fulton, father of the steamboat. Lancaster City was the capital of the U.S. for one day when the Continental Congress met there on September 27, 1777 before moving to York. The city was the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 until 1812. Frank W. Woolworth built his first "5 and 10" in Lancaster in 1879, and Milton Hershey started his chocolate business there. Around 1800, it was the largest inland town in America. http://www.800padutch.com/lancastercity.shtml
http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/LancasterPA/articles/LancasterPAVacationandTourismInformation.cfm

We then drove east to Blue Bell to visit family where, at our request, hoagies were waiting. If you’re in the Philadelphia area, try these Italian sandwiches. There are several stories of how the sandwich got its name, and the most widely accepted story centers on an area of Philadelphia known as Hog Island, which was home to a shipyard during World War I (1914-1918). The Italian immigrants working there would bring giant sandwiches made with cold cuts, spices, oil, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and peppers for their lunches. These workers were nicknamed “hoggies.” Over the years, the name was attached to the sandwiches, but under a different spelling. http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HoagieSubmarinePoBoy.htm
Then, we headed west to Lewisburg for the Bucknell University graduation of our granddaughter. According to their Web site, Bucknell, founded in 1846, is the nation's largest private liberal arts university, and is one of the first universities to introduce computer science into its curriculum--in 1957. http://www.bucknell.edu/

Conrad Jacoby's E-Discovery Update: Attorneys, Experts, and E-Discovery Competence http://www.llrx.com/columns/ediscoverycompetence.htm

"No industrialized economy is as reliant on oil, or as obsessed with gasoline prices, as the United States, the world’s biggest consumer of oil. But the oil market is largely immune to Washington’s machinations, and prices have more than quadrupled over the last six years for reasons that are increasingly disconnected from what happens in the United States. The reality is that oil is a globally traded commodity, and Americans must pay international prices to get their share. And those prices reflect the fact that global supplies are stretched and struggling to meet a booming demand that is being driven by growth in developing countries, notably China and India. This has left the world with a very slim cushion of extra production."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/weekinreview/11mouwad.html?ex=1368158400&en=e1f0db78b02c83e0&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, March 2, 2008 (42 pages, PDF)
"This report summarizes the work we have completed and initiated during this semiannual period on a number of important departmental activities, for example, NOAA’s progress on the latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites and its efforts to protect marine resources under the National Marine Sanctuary Program; real property at NOAA and personal property management at USPTO; and the outcomes of the annual financial statements audits for the Department and USPTO. In addition, our investigative activities resulted in 14 convictions and more than $12 million in fines, restitutions, and recoveries."

Eight former executives AOL Time Warner execs have been sued by the SEC for fraud. The complaint, filed today in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges they took part in a scheme that caused the company to overstate its online advertising revenue by more than $1 billion.
WSJ Law Blog May 19, 2008

Key Figures on European business - 2008 Edition
News release: The publication consists of fourteen short chapters, focusing on particular aspects of the European business economy; from the size and structure of business sectors to the importance of foreign controlled enterprises.

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What to do in Toledo: www.dotoledo.org
Restoration story in Vistula, Toledo’s first neighborhood:
http://www.casey-pomeroyhouse.com/restoration/index.asp
You are invited to send restoration stories in your area to the muse for publication.