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The others have pretty much said it all. My cousin Jim Brady runs the Holocaust Museum (thank you for your words, Lion; I'll pass them on to him!) so that's on my must-see list. Monticello. Mount Vernon is astounding, I am told by friends who saw it just a few months ago. Piece of trivia for you about the Washington Monument: ( 1 ) you'll see if you look carefully that the marble is in two colors -- this is due to an interruption in construction (and supply source) because of the Civil War (and a lack of funds) and ( 2 ) at the top, facing upwards, are the words "Laus Deo" (praise God), where no human can see them. Washington was a deeply religious man.

The Holocaust Museum is amazing. Any of the memorials. I'm from IL and enjoy the Lincoln. Viet Nam wall is great. I lucked out with one of those visiting WWII vets flights at the WWII Memorial when I was there, complete with a full-dress Marine playing Taps and current soldiers escorting the vets and a flag ceremony for each service. I went around thanking all for their service. I was in tears. That group was from Chicago; if my Dad had still been alive, he'd have been there. A tour of the memorials and area at night is a beautiful perspective. Once with a group of women, we left the group taking a tour bus and struck our own deal with one of the private tour guides to take us around. He knew things we didn't know about, took us where ever we asked, and knew people to sneak us into tours that were booked up. I agree with all the above ideas. Oh, and go by the IRS !!

The KWM was my husbands. He came home with an entire book on it. They say if you see it at night you will really get the chills. The establishment of the Honor Flights for Veterans is one of the greatest things ever done. He was reluctant to go, but he will never forget or regret that he did. Hope he takes me there someday.

If you are planning to see any of the war memorials, I'd recommend you see the Korean War Memorial. I found that one to be very moving and eerie. It is a highly polished wall with images of soldiers etched into it, and also has a squad on patrol of 19 free standing full sized soldiers whose images are reflected in the wall. The reflections almost looked like ghosts among the men etched on the wall. I get chills thinking about it. ETA - what you have lined up is great. We love the Air & Space Museum.

Good Morning All, First, and update. My youngest son will be graduating from High School in 2 weeks and has been named Class Salutatorian. He will be attending UC Berkely in the fall. MIT's loss is Cal's gain. He will also be continuing his internship at NASA AMES Research Center this summer. My oldest son continues at San Jose State and has set the curve in 4 of his 5 Engineering Classes this semester. Since transfering into San Jose State from Junior College, he has recieved an "A" in every class he has taken. Enough with the braggin'. You all know I am "Super Dad" when it comes to my kids. To reward my youngest son, we are going to Washington DC on vacation for a week. We plan to spend at least a day in the Air and Space museum, have a tour of the Capital set up, and have requested from our Congressman tours of the White House, Supreme Court, Bureau of Engraving and Library of Congress. We will also get to Arlington and the Hall of Freedom. Any other things that you think are a can't miss when you go to DC? Thanks Tom Hollister, CA

FROM MY SON: From the description this doesn't sound connected to HeartBleed to me. With that said, I don't discount that a Microsoft patch, in response to HeartBleed, might have unintentionally broken something that affect the Toshiba software. Heart Bleed did not "re-route traffic to a different location". Its not a virus, it is a vulnerability that a hacker could exploit. Its a bug in a very popular software library that, if exploited, would expose data from a server. Here is a great cartoon that actually explains what HeartBleed is and how its exploited: http://xkcd.com/1354/

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I SENT MINE IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and explain in great detail the situation when you get the server retry error. Mention that you are a member of the discussion board, and that Jack Raby asked you to send the information. I have been up to my ears trying to solve the issue, and any input from you will be helpful. Yesterday, I spent over an hour implementing some procedures they recommended. But it seems that the server retry problem still exists. SEND THE INFORMATION!!

Try to see Monticello if you can, it's fascinating. Of course, you could spend all days at the Smithsonian, easily!

or the corollary...don't sign/log out and you aren't signed/logged out. it's what I do...I am never logged out.

ATX was ok on the pay-per-return basis, just expensive. it was overpriced, because you have to pay for the program PLUS $25 for each return.