According the ThisWeek@PCMA,

You may want to stick to carry-on luggage the next time you fly. The federal government is now responsible for checked luggage and complaints are soaring, reports the Los Angeles Daily News. To make matters worse, passengers are finding it increasingly difficult to settle their complaints, according to the article. At least 15,000 passenger claims remain unresolved as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) squabbles with the airlines over who is responsible for reimbursing fliers for missing, lost, and — perhaps — stolen luggage. Airlines dispute the TSA estimate of outstanding claims, saying the real total is closer to 27,000.

But you don’t really have to resort to all carry-on or UPS to ship your bags to make sure they too get where you’re going: Check out these tips from smarterliving.com.

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Things are getting ugly in Akron, Ohio, according to an article in the Beacon Journal:

The Greater Akron Lodging Council is so upset with the way the Akron/Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau is being run that the hotel operators are about to do the unthinkable: refuse business…they’re planning to strike back in a drastic way — by boycotting hotel business generated by the convention bureau…Susan Hamo, president of the convention bureau, called the lodging council’s plan to turn away business to protest not enough business, “an interesting concept.”

To put it mildly!

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The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation–oh my, what a hoot! Just a quick taste:

And now please welcome President Abraham Lincoln.

Good morning. Just a second while I get this connection to work. Do I press this button here? Function-F7? No, that’s not right. Hmmm. Maybe I’ll have to reboot. Hold on a minute. Um, my name is Abe Lincoln and I’m your president. While we’re waiting, I want to thank Judge David Wills, chairman of the committee supervising the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery. It’s great to be here, Dave, and you and the committee are doing a great job. Gee, sometimes this new technology does have glitches, but we couldn’t live without it, could we? Oh - is it ready? OK, here we go

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Somehow, I’m really glad we didn’t have the technology back then!

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