ALERT...New tiny Poisonous Spider in the United States......

ALERT...New  tiny Poisonous Spider in the United States.......true (next to a regular 'rubberband')                         

NEW POISONOUS SPIDER IN THE UNITED STATESA spider bite...please read............ And you thought the brown recluse was bad! Three women in North Florida, turned up at hospitals over a 5-day period, all with the same symptoms. Fever, chills, and vomiting, followed by muscular collapse, paralysis, and finally, death. There were no outward signs of trauma.

Autopsy results showed toxicity in the blood. These women did not know each other, and seemed to have nothing in common. It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same Restaurant (Olive Garden) within days of their deaths. The health department descended on the restaurant, shutting it down. The food, water, and air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.

The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed to the hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she had been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up her check. She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the restroom.

That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read, drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom, and lifted the toilet seat.
Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider.

The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was determined to be the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), so named because of its reddened flesh color. This spider's venom is extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect. They live in cold, dark, damp climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.

Several days later a lawyer from Jacksonville showed up at a hospital emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had been away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia, changing planes in Singapore, before returning home. He did not visit (Olive Garden), while there. He did, as did all of the other victims, have what was determined to be a puncture wound, on his right buttock.

Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated in India. The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate inspection of the toilets of all flights from India, and discovered the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) spider's nests on 4 different planes! It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the country. So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check for spiders. It can save your life!

And please pass this on to everyone you care about.

FISHING BLOOPERS.....

What the Fire Chief Said...! Priceless...!

For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible. Not fair to make judgment of this, Until you see what the Fire Chief says!!!! In South Los Angeles , a 4-plex home was destroyed by a fire. A Mexican family of six, all welfare recipients and gang members, lived on the first floor.  They died. An Islamic group of seven welfare cheats, all illegally in the country from Kenya , lived on the second floor.  They, too, all perished. Six LA, Hispanic, gang bangers & ex-cons lived on the 3rd floor.  They, too, died. A white couple lived on the top floor. The couple survived the fire. Jesse Jackson, John Burris and Al Sharpton were furious!! They flew into LA and met with the fire chief. On camera, they loudly demanded to know why blacks, Muslims and Hispanics all died in the fire and why only the white couple lived? The Fire Chief said, "They were at work."

This has just got to keep circulating.  It's too good!

 

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Dining Guide...where and what to eat in Thunder Bay...check this out...:)

http://www.thunderbayrestaurants.com/

One year later....here in Thunder Bay, Ontario...

 

http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/Default.aspx?cid=282110&headline=One-year-later 

AWESOME THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW WERE MADE IN CANADA

 

                  

 

Forget  Labatt’s beer and maple syrup. Canadians have created plenty of awesome  and strange stuff, and here are 13 things you probably didn’t know were  proudly made in Canada. While  hockey players and great beer may be Canada’s favorite exports, there are  actually tons of great Canadian products used around the world every day.  And while everybody knows the telephone was invented in Canada, how many  people know that 95 per cent of the world’s Lentils come from  Saskatchewan, or that we make more submarines than most countries  combined? Check out this strange and surprising list of Canada’s most  fascinating exports.

1. Did You Know Most of the  World's French Fries Come from New Brunswick? New  Brunswick-based McCain Foods makes one-third of all the frozen French  fries produced in the world, and many come from a $65-million state-of-the  art potato processing plant that’s in Florenceville-Bristol<http://www.florencevillebristol.ca/> . The small  town in western New Brunswick has taken on the moniker ‘The French Fry  Capital of the World.’ Not surprisingly, this is the location of the  Potato World museum, and the heart of the mid-July National French Fry Day  celebrations.

 

2. Did You Know Carlton Place  Makes the World's Best Baseball Bats? In 2012,  more than 100 Major League Baseball players chose to swing Canadian maple  wood bats - better known as the "Sam Bat". Sam Holman, founder of the The Original Maple Bat  Corporation <http://sambat.com/> , invented the bat by choosing maple wood, a  harder wood than the traditionally used ash. So, if you see a professional  player with a little logo on their baseball bat, that’s one of the 18,000  sluggers produced each year in Carlton Place, a half-hour from  Ottawa.

 

3. Did You Know Saskatchewan  Makes Most of the World's Lentils? Mmmm,  Lentils! Whether home or travelling abroad, order some lentil <http://www.lentils.ca/>  soup  and odds are you’re getting a little taste of home. Canada is the largest  exporter of green lentils in the world - about 1.5 million metric tonnes  annually, with 95% of it coming from  Saskatchewan.

 

4. Did You Know Scarborough  Makes Most of the World's Halls? If you  pick up a pack of Halls <http://www.gethalls.com/>  you’ll  be getting another little taste of home since they are made in  Scarborough, Ontario. The plant at Bertrand produced more than 6 billion  pieces of “medicine” for the U.S. last year – enough that if you lined  them side-by-side they would circle the earth at the equator approximately  3.4 times.

 

5. Did You Know Winnipeg  Mints Coins for Over 60 Countries? Canada produces  currency for more countries than you can imagine! The Royal Winnipeg  Mint<http://www.mint.ca/>  produces coins for 60 different countries,  including Centavos for Cuba, kroner for Norway, and pesos for Colombia.  Currently the mint can produce over 20 million coins a  day.

 

6. Did You Know Hamilton  Makes the World's Swedish Fish? Those  chewy Swedish Fish <http://www.swedishfish.com/>   sure weren’t made in Sweden! More than 5 billion of the colourful little  candies are produced in Hamiltion, Ontario every year – that’s all of the  Swedish Fish consumed in North America. Every day about 13 million of the  little fish are produced at a factory in Hamilton, which also makes all  Maynards Candy for Canada, and key brands for the U.S., including Sour  Patch Kids.

 

7. Did You Know Toronto Makes  the World's Best Racing Bikes? Using the  same tools and techniques as Formula One teams, Toronto-basedCervélo <http://www.cervelo.com/>   builds what have been called the world’s fastest and lightest bikes. At  the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, athletes riding Cervélo bikes won 10 medals,  while in 2008 Carlos Sastre rode a Cervélo bike to win le Tour de  France.

 

8. Did you Know Winnipeg  Makes Most of the World's Scratch Cards? Walk into  almost any corner store in the world for an instant win lottery ticket,  and there’s a good chance your scratch card was printed by Winnipeg  company Pollard  Banknote <http://www.pollardbanknote.com/> . Founded in 1907, Pollard now has facilities  throughout North America, however a significant amount of its lottery  scratch cards are still made in Canada.

 

9. Did You Know the World's  Best Cymbals come from New Brunswick? Where do  the cymbals used by Rush, Keith Harris of the Black Eyed Peas, the  Philadelphia Orchestra and marching bands around the world come from? The  small village of Meductic (population 300), located along the Saint John  River in southern New Brunswick. SABIAN<http://www.sabian.com/> cymbals  are sold in 120 countries around the world.

 

10. Did You Know Trenton  Makes Tons of Dinos? No, they  don't make dinosaurs like in Jurassic Park, but close. Research Casting  International<http://www.rescast.com/> , the leading company for constructing  dinosaur remains (casting, restoring, mounting, repairing), is located in  a 45,000 sq.ft. airplane-hanger-sized building in Trenton, Ontario. The  company has created more than 750 of the mighty beasts for museums around  the world.

 

11. Did You Know Kelowna  Makes Most of the World's Water Slides? When you  slip down one of those clear tube water slides on a Disney Cruise, you’re  likely using Canadian design and technology. Canada’s Whitewater West Industries  Ltd.<http://www.formashape.com/products/waterslides.php>  is the largest water parks attraction company in  the world. Their Kelowna, B.C. facility, FormaShape, makes thousands of  water slides each year.

 

12. Did You Know Peterborough  is the Custom Aircraft Capital of Canada? Flying  Colours Corp. <http://www.flyingcolourscorp.com/>  of Peterborough, Ontario doesn’t make  airplanes, but they sure make them special. Entertainment systems,  corporate logos, iPad-holders, custom exterior paint, upholstery, and  they’ve even added a permanent bed in an aft cabin. Everything is custom  made in-house, from the leather seats and wood trim to the side walls –  for customers from across the globe, including much of Europe, the Middle  East, Russia, Asia, and India.

 

13. Did you know B.C. Makes  Tons of Submarines? Atlantis  Submarines <http://www.atlantissubmarines.com/> , of British Columbia, actually owns more  submarines than many countries – but these ones are used for tourism. The  Canadian company initiated the world’s first commercial tourist submarine  in the Cayman Islands in 1986. More than 10 million people have since  experienced underwater adventures in their 48 and 64 passenger submarines  in the Caribbean and Pacific. The subs they operate in Barbados, the  Cayman Islands, Aruba, St. Martin, Cozumel, Curacao & Guam were all  made in Canada.

All is fine in Thunder Bay....when it comes to the crime rate...well I personally do not believe that mayor Hobbs.???

Check these out....Ten Unique Graveyards...

Ten Unique Graveyards   Have you ever wondered what happens to decommissioned machines and other similar facilities that people once used? Some of these objects are being recycled, and many of them are piling up on the so-called Object Graveyards and there waiting to be completely eaten by the ravages of time. Places of natural decomposition of such objects can be unusual tourist destinations and sites to capture amazing photos.    1. Aircraft Bone yard, USA

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), often called The Boneyard is located near Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. For those of you that have never seen it, it's difficult to comprehend the size of it.

The number of aircraft stored there and the precision in the way they are parked is impressive. Another important fact is that they are all capable of being returned to service if the need ever arises.

AMARG is a controlled-access site, and is off-limits to anyone not employed there without the proper clearance. The only access for non-cleared individuals is via a bus tour which is conducted by the nearby Pima Air & Space Museum. Bus tours are Monday through Friday only. Both the museum and the Bone Yard are very popular attractions in the Arizona desert.

 

2. Ship Graveyard, Mauritania

The city of Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as the country's commercial center. It is famous for being the location of one of the largest ship graveyard in the world. Hundreds of rusting ships can be seen all around, in the water, and on beaches.

One of the most commonly read explanation for that situation is that Mauritanian harbor officers were taking bribes and allowing ships to be discarded in the harbor and around the bay. This phenomenon started in the 80's after the nationalization of the Mauritanian fishing industry, numerous uneconomical ships were simply abandoned there.

The city of Nouadhibou is one of the poorest locations in the world. Right over these phantom beaches there are people living inside the huge merchant boats.
3. Train Cemetery, Bolivia

One of the major tourist attractions of southwestern Bolivia is an antique train cemetery. It is located 3 km (1.9 MI) outside Uyuni and is connected to it by the old train tracks. The town served in the past as a distribution hub for the trains carrying minerals on their way to the Pacific Ocean ports.

The train lines were built by British engineers who arrived near the end of the 19th century and formed a sizable community in Uyuni. The rail construction started in 1888 and ended in 1892.

The trains were mostly used by the mining companies. In the 1940s, the mining industry collapsed, partly due to the mineral depletion. Many trains were abandoned thereby producing the train cemetery. There are talks to build a museum out of the cemetery.
4. Vozdvizhenka Aircraft Graveyard, Russia

Littered with at least 18 gutted Tupolev Tu-22M Backfires of the 444th Heavy Bomber Regiment, Vozdvizhenka air base resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape. Entering this barren place, located near Ussuriysk in the Primorsky Krai region of Far East Russia, 60 miles (95 km) north of Vladivostok and 40 miles (65 km) from the Chinese border, is like taking a step back in time.

The 444th Regiment was disbanded in 2009, with some aircraft transferred to the Belaya air base, and others dismantled (removed engines, equipment, and with holes cut in the fuselage).

The aircraft carcasses are awaiting final metal cutting. Currently based at the airfield is the aviation commandant of Khurba airbase and the 322 Aircraft Repair Factory.
5. Anchor Graveyard, Portugal

Among the dunes of Tavira island, in Portugal, there’s an impressive anchor graveyard called the Cemitério das Âncoras. It was built in remembrence of the glorious tradition of tuna fishing with large nets fixed with these anchors, a fishing technique already invented by the Phoenicians.

Tavira used to be a place devoted to the tuna fishing. They built up this anchor graveyard to remember those who had to quit their occupation when the big fish abandoned the coasts.
6. Soviet Tank Graveyard, Afghanistan

On the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan there’s a massive collection of abandoned Soviet battle vehicles left behind after the failure of a massive eastern bloc military occupation of the country in the 1970’s and 1980’s.

The Soviets left in a hurry and couldn’t be bothered to find a way to get broken-down tanks back home, so now they sit, partially stripped and covered in graffiti.

Afghanistan has few recycling facilities, so this cemetery of tanks will likely remain where it is for many more years as a reminder of the Russian invasion.
7. Submarine Graveyard, Russia

The area around Nezametnaya Cove, close to the town of Gadzhiyevo, in Murmansk Oblast on the Kola Peninsula, is a cemetery where is located a lot of old Russian submarines. After serving their duty underwater, the submarines were brought to this restricted-access zone in the 1970s and then forgotten.

Locals said that some of the old submarines were used for target practice in military exercises and often sunk, an employment of the old “out of sight, out of mind” strategy. Others were simply left in the bay to rust and rot, floating to the surface like so many whale carcasses.
8. Moynaq Ship Graveyard, Uzbekistan

Moynaq is a city in northern Karakalpakstan in western Uzbekistan. Home to only a few thousand residents at most, Moynoq's population has been declining precipitously since the 1980s due to the recession of the Aral Sea.

Once a bustling fishing community and Uzbekistan's only port city with tens of thousands of residents, Moynoq is now a shadow of its former self, dozens of kilometers from the rapidly receding shoreline of the Aral Sea.

For travellers the main reason to visit Moynaq is to see the ship graveyard, a collection of rusting hulks that were once the town’s fishing fleet. It’s an image that perfectly illustrates the disaster - once proud vessels beached in a sandy desert.

Unfortunately there aren’t many left, as scrap metal companies made short work of them before the tourism authorities forbade it. In one final kick for a local population already downed, the money didn’t go to the people who owned the boats; it was divided up between the scrap companies and government officials.

 

9. Taxi Graveyard, China

Thousands of scrapped taxis are abandoned in a yard in the center of Chongqing, China. Traffic congestion and pollution have worsened dramatically in Chinese cities because the country's long-running economic expansion has allowed increasing numbers of consumers to make big-ticket purchases such as cars, which means many no longer have to rely on taxis or public transportation.
10. Phone Booth Graveyard, UK

This phone booth graveyard is located between Ripon and Thirsk, near the village of Carlton Miniott, UK. There are located hundreds of disused telephone booths.

Decommissioned old red booths are systematically replaced by new modern booths, and deposited in one site near this English village.