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Anonymous donors in Minnesota’s Twin Cities were certainly in the giving mood over the weekend, slipping a $500,000 check into a Salvation Army kettle. Unsurprisingly, it’s snagged the record for the area’s biggest kettle donation to date. The charitable organization said that the donation made at a grocery store on Saturday handily beats the previous record for a single kettle donation, which was $25,000, reports The Minneapolis Star Tribune . Usually, a kettle brings in about $30 in an hour. “Yes, we believe the check is definitely good,” a Salvation Army spokeswoman told the paper on Monday. “We have been in touch with the donors, but they want to remain anonymous. This couple has supported the Army before with large checks in kettles, but never anything close to this level.” The couple behind the donation said the act of generosity was their way of saying thank you, and was made to encourage others to do the same. On a smaller scale, perhaps. “You get to a point in life where i...

Savvy holiday shoppers who didn’t want to fight the crowds on Black Friday may still be battling congested online traffic in order to obtain the plethora of Cyber Monday deals today. That’s especially true if you’re trying to score some goodies from Target, as the retailer’s website crashed this morning.  The Washington Post reports that at about 10:20 a.m. ET today, Target’s homepage, and the pages for many of its products, stopped shoppers in their online tracks with the explanation that “high traffic’s causing delays.” Target tells the Post that it is working to restore full functionality to the website. Until then, however, the company will regulate the flow of traffic on its site. By noon ET Monday , some shoppers were able to access the site. However, our attempts to reach the Target.com homepage from computers in Pennsylvania and New York both turned up “Access Denied” error messages. The retailer’s online woes are likely a result of its Cyber Week promotion which off...

If you’re in the market for a new home, you could surely find something for $250,000 — heck, why settle for looking for a house when you could just buy an entire ghost town? An abandoned South Dakota town that was on the market for $400,000 back in 2014 is still up for grabs, and now at a bargain price. Swett, S.D. is still on the market after 16 months, reports The Rapid City Journal . The unincorporated hamlet about two hours from Rapid City comes with a bar (currently closed), a single house, workshop, three trailers and 6.16 acres of land. The real estate agent in charge of the listing says she fielded an avalanche of phone calls and emails from people interested in buying the town when the news first hit, many of them with quite… unique plans for the property. She tells the Rapid City Journal that the weirdest idea came “from a guy out of Nebraska who wanted to bring in 2,000 women from Russia, and 600 men who were felons, and he was going to build acrylic houses and run camer...

So many things can delay a flight — weather, traffic, minor technical glitches to name just a few — and yet nearly three-quarters of all flights arrived at their destination on schedule last year. A new study suggests that this achievement might not just be the result of increased efficiency, but of padded schedules. OAG Aviation Worldwide, a British company that collects and analyzes travel data, found that since 1996 many airlines have increased the block of time set aside for flights, the Los Angeles Times reports.  For example, the company examined 1,400 flights scheduled between Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport and found that the allotted time for the trips increased 8% on average from 1996 to 2015. According to the study, none of the flights in 1996 took longer than 90 minutes, while those scheduled nearly 20 years later had flight times between 91 and 110 minutes. OAG suggests that increased travel time was tacked on by airlines...

Menus at New York City’s chain eateries will be getting a makeover this week, as the city’s rule requiring warning labels for particularly salty menu items goes into effect. The rule is the first of its kind, and will mean that chain restaurants have to include a salt-shaker emblem on any offering that contains more than the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams — around a teaspoon — of sodium. Here’s the warning label: This is the latest move in NYC’s nutritional mission, in an effort to get residents to cut down on salt. Health experts say most people consume too much sodium — on average, about 3,400 mg per day — which could lead to high blood pressure and heart problems. Many folks might not realize how much salt they’re eating, health advocates say: for example, Applebee’s Chicken Fajitas Rollup clocks in at 3,600 mg of sodium; Chili’s Boneless Buffalo Chicken Salad has 3,470 mg and Olive Garden’s Tour of Italy entrée packs in 3,830 mg of salt per serving. “With the hig...

Earlier this month, Volkswagen announced that an internal investigation into the carmaker’s use of “defeat devices” to evade emission standards in nearly 11 million vehicles worldwide uncovered a second issue: nearly 800,000 cars included understated levels of carbon monoxide emissions and rule usage. But a new report puts the timing of the finding into question, with some sources claiming executives with the car manufacturer knew of the problem more than a year ago.  Reuters , citing German Publication Bild am Sonntag , reports that VW executives were previously made aware that many of its vehicles were less fuel-efficient than marketed. Investigators for VW initially said on Nov. 3, that an internal probe meant to clear up the ongoing diesel emissions scandal found that CO2 levels and fuel consumption figures for some models were set too low during the carbon certification process. “Based on present knowledge around 800,000 vehicles from the Volkswagen Group could be affect...

Going online for your Black Friday sales fix is now just as popular as trudging out to the mall to shop, according to a new survey from the National Retail Federation. According to the survey results [ PDF ], more Americans did their shopping online than in stores each day of the holiday weekend. This includes Black Friday, the most-hyped in-store shopping day of the year. The survey says that 72.8% of respondents did in-store shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, a hair shy of the 73.1% who shopped online. That was by far the narrowest margin between the two shopping methods. Online also beat out bricks-and-mortar on Thanksgiving (39.8% vs. 34%), and on Saturday (49% vs. 45.9%) and Sunday (32.9% vs. 19.1%). The huge disparity on Sunday’s numbers seems to indicate that consumers get exhausted with the physical process of shopping — driving, parking, browsing, waiting in line — but they still want to look for good deals while they’re available. According to the survey, slightly ...

Two years after Amazon debuted its delivery drone to the masses , the e-commerce giant is back with a new demo video showing its latest prototype for its Prime Air unmanned aerial vehicle. Amazon enlisted British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson — known for his gig co-hosting TV show Top Gear — to narrate a scene depicting the company’s vision of the delivery future: when your “naughty, naughty” bulldog eats your daughter’s soccer cleat before the big game, Prime Air could come in handy by bringing a replacement set of footwear through the air from a warehouse and setting it down in the family yard. All in 30 minutes or less, Amazon says. “In time there will be a whole family of Amazon drones, different designs for different environments,” Clarkson says in the footage, while the drone coasts over a suburban landscape. “This one can fly for 15 miles,” he says. “And it knows what’s happening around it. It uses ‘sense and avoid’ technology to, well, sense and then avoid obstacles on the gro...

So many people do their holiday shopping online that the idea of “Cyber Monday” seems like a relic of an era when online retail was a novelty in search of legitimacy. Still, the name — and the sales — persist, but shopping on the job today could land you in a heap of trouble with the boss. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reminds us all that many companies have policies about non-work uses for the computers and smartphones they provide to employees. And with more than 40% of U.S. workers saying they plan to spend at least one hour of work time going online to do their Christmas shopping, some businesses might be getting a bit peeved that these usage policies are being violated. The paper points to a survey from the Society for Human Resource Management, which found that while 13% of employers are willing to look the other way when it comes to holiday shopping during work hours (so long as employees’ work still gets done on time), 32% say they have a no-tolerance policy for online shoppin...

Let’s kick off the holiday shopping season with news of a data breach that may involve some toys you’ll be wrapping in the coming weeks. Popular children’s electric toy maker VTech has announced that customer information fell into the wrong hands earlier this month.  VTech announced Friday that on Nov. 14, an “unauthorized party” accessed customer data housed in its Learning Lodge app store, which allows customers to download apps, games, e-books and other content for VTech products. While the company assured users that the Learning Lodge does not store credit card information or Social Security numbers, the database does include data like names, e-mail addresses, encrypted passwords, IP addresses, mailing addresses, download histories, and answers to password-retrieval questions. “Upon discovering the unauthorized access we immediately conducted a thorough investigation, which involved a comprehensive check of the affected site and implementation of measures to defend against...

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General Knowledge, Important Books and Their Writers Name Serial no Title   Author 1 Ideological Orientations of Pakistan Al Mujahid, Sharif 2 Letters of Iqbal to Jinnah Iqbal, Mohammad 3 Muslim Separatism in India and Pakistan Hamid, Abdul 4 Modern Muslim India and the birth of Pakistan Ikram, S. M. 5 Quaid-i-Azam and Pakistan Dani, Ahmed Hassan 6 Struggle for Pakistan Qureshi, I. H. 7 The case for Pakistan Rafiq, Afzal M. 8 The Making of Pakistan Aziz, K. K. 9 The Muslim Community of the Indo-Pakistan Sub-continent  Qureshi, I. H. (http://itexpertteam.blogspot.com/ ) 10 The Emergence of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Ch. 11 Towards Pakistan Waheed-uz-Zaman 12 Pakistan A study of Political Development 1947-97 Hamid Yusuf 13 Ulema in Politics Qureshi, I. H. 14 World Scholars on Quaid-i-Azam Dani, Ahmed Hassan

Holy Prophet was born in 571 A.D 22nd April. • Father’s name, Hazat Abdullah. • Mother’ Name, Hazrat Amna. • Maternal Grand Father’s name Wahib bins Abdul Munnaf. • Maternal Grandmother, Batarah. • Real name of Abdu Mutalib was Shaba. • Grandmother name, Fatima. • 10 is the number of Uncles and 6 aunts. • Prophet journeyed to Syria with Abu Talib at 12 years. • At 25 Prophet married to Hazrat Khadija. • Hazrat Khadija accepted Islam first in Women and in all. • Hazrat Abu Bakar accepted first in Men. • Hazrat Ali accepted first in Children. • Varqa Bin Naufal verified Prophet for the first time. • Holy prophet had 4 daughters and 3 sons. • At age of 40 holy Prophet received first Wahy. • Hazrat Zubaida (RA) was the second wife of Holy Prophet. In 622 A.D Holy Prophet migrated to madina. • Hazrat Haleema was the foster mother of Holy Prophet. • Besides Hazrat Haleema (RA) Holy Prophet (PBUH) said that Umme-e-Aemon is also my mother. •...

No matter where you celebrate Thanksgiving and what you’re eating, take a moment to be thankful that this suggested tradition from the mind of a marketer never caught on: lighting up a Camel cigarette after every course of your meal. No, not after dinner, after every course. This ad is a Consumerist tradition, since it reminds us how terrible the past really was. Even if future generations might judge us for having cups of soda with every course of our holiday meals today. It appeared in LIFE magazine on November 23, 1936. “The best meal I ever ate would be a disappointment if I couldn’t enjoy Camels,” the man in the hat at lower left is quoted saying. He may have some low culinary standards. Fortunately, there are fewer Americans than ever smoking cigarettes of all brands between courses on Thanksgiving, and on every other day of the year. Happy Thanksgiving, American Consumerists! by Laura Northrup via Consumerist

At the beginning of this week, we took inspiration from reader Tom’s photo of a margarine tub , and asked our readers to send in your favorite funny store-brand product names. They could be fanciful or funny in their descriptive bluntness: they just had to be funny. You submitted plenty: let’s unload this grocery cart of amusement. From Canada, Daniel sent along his favorite store-brand lemon-lime sodas: President’s Choice Spritz Up, and IGA’s Choose Up. Hy-Top’s Panburger Partner is perfect, somehow inventing the perfect name for ground hamburger and pasta in a pan. Spooki sent along Price Chopper’s Nutty Nuggets, which are store-brand Grape Nuts. Michael found versions of Chex at Market Basket that are quite descriptive. Another submission from up Ty north: this IGA version of Froot Loops is called “Fruity Hoops” in English and “Fruits Rigolos” (Funny Fruits) in French, leaving us to wonder what the French word for “Froot” is. Another unhealthy cereal choice over at Ald...

One of our favorite Black Friday trends that’s been spreading across the country is the animal shelter doorbuster: that is, busting adoptable animals out from behind animal shelter doors and into new and loving homes. The promos use the idea of “Black Friday” to push pets with black and white fur to create super-cuddly sale events where adoption fees are waived. This year, the event even has a corporate sponsor: accessories and apparel seller Zappos is sponsoring adoption fees at Best Friends Animal Society shelters and other affiliated shelters and rescues across the country. Here’s a selection of promos you’ll find across the country: Bonnie Hays Small Animal Shelter, Hillsboro, OR : $10 adoption fees on all cats that are black or black and white. BrightSide Animal Center, Redmond, OR : They’re calling it a “cuddlebuster” special, with 50% off all cats and dogs with black or mostly-black fur. Clark County Humane Society, Neillsville, WI: No adoption fees on any cats or dog...

So your mother-in-law is asking you again, whether she’ll ever be a grandmother. Your options include feigning a disaster in another room, straight up ignoring her or claiming you have to go to the bathroom, again. Or, you could turn on a Thanksgiving-themed movie and have everyone gather round, shut up and watch it together. Thanksgiving movies might not be as abundant as Christmas flicks, but there are still some holiday-related titles streaming on Netflix you can use as an excuse for not talking to anyone for a few hours. 1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) : You’ve got your John Candy, you’ve got your Steve Martin, it’s set in 1987 and there’s perhaps no more perfect turkey day flick than this pre-bromantic comedy road-trip romp. How are these two total strangers who are NOTHING alike going to make it home from New York City to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving when their flight gets canceled? The spoiler alert is in the movie’s title. 2. Dutch (1991 ): Ed O’Neill has a n...

There are two reasons why you might want to know which stores are open or closed on Thanksgiving Day this year: you want to go shopping, or you want to know which stores to boycott (or at least vaguely scorn) because they choose to open on the holiday. Whatever you’re interested in doing, here are the hours during which you can stop by the store and do it. We’ve mostly left off stores that tend to be part of enclosed malls; they will generally follow the lead of the mall management and/or the larger anchor stores. Check with your local store or the chain website to make sure you have the correct hours, since it may vary according to the open hours of the mall or your local laws. If you live in one of the states where being open for business on Thanksgiving Day is actually illegal, any Thanksgiving hours on this page don’t apply. You can run for the border accordingly, though. Barnes & Noble: Closed on Thanksgiving Day. Open 7 AM to 11 PM on Friday. Belk: Opening 6 PM on Than...

That big fat “Superfish”-style security hole in Dell laptops that we told you about yesterday ? Turns out, it’s not alone. There’s another basically just like it on Dell laptops, too. ZDNet has instructions for how to remove these troublesome certificates from your laptop if it has them. [ ZDNet ] by Kate Cox via Consumerist

Government agencies are basically giant businesses: they hire new people all the time, and it’s very rarely news when they do. Occasionally, though, the match of person and position may hint at big news for consumers, as one recent hire at the FCC just did. The new guy is named Jonathan Mayer, as the Washington Post reports , and his new gig might signal a big shift at the FCC toward protecting consumer privacy. Mayer’s new job is to be the top technology guy working on investigations into consumer protection issues relating to security and privacy, the WaPo explains. Perhaps it doesn’t sound like that should be a big deal, but until now issues like data breaches, hacks, and other privacy issues have more-or-less been handled entirely by a different agency, the FTC. But as everything commercial moves increasingly to an all-digital space, the line between the FTC’s and FCC’s jurisdiction has gotten a little blurry in the middle. Hiring Mayer may signal that the FCC intends to step it...

The fraudulent lottery industry is huge in Jamaica, extracting hundreds of millions of dollars from the pockets of victims, who are mostly in the U.S. and mostly elderly. For the first time, someone involved in the industry has been tried and sentenced in a federal court in this country for selling lists of leads to current and aspiring scammers. The fallout in the lives of scam victims is devastating. Once on the hook, victims send thousands of dollars in the hope of receiving millions back, but in the end all they get are a barrage of phone calls demanding more money . Some victims have committed suicide. Scammers contact their victims through the mail or over the phone, and they obtain the mailing lists that they use from specialized services. That’s the business that the 26-year-old Jamaican who was tried in North Dakota was in: he was a former scammer who went into the lead list business instead. He sold lists to hundreds of other scammers The federal government found 80 victi...