Yearly Archives: 2010

Where’s My Package? (VI)

No-Priority-Mail.gifThis is definitely hopeful:

All sorting has been completed at the delivery unit for today's deliveries at 8:59 am on September 25, 2010 in MIAMI, FL 33146.

Detailed Results:

• Sorting Complete, September 25, 2010, 8:59 am, MIAMI, FL 33146

Finally, the right zip code!

Previously:
* Where's My Package? (V)
* Where's My Package? (IV)
* Where's My Package? (III)
* Where's My Package? (II)
* Where's My Package?

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Florida Bar Pass Rates 2010

Since I posted bar pass data in the last two years, I'll do it again:

Florida, 86.8%
Florida State, 86.2 %
Miami, 86.0%
Florida International, 84.2%
Nova Southeastern, 80.8%

AVERAGE OF ALL LAW SCHOOLS, 79.2%

Stetson, 78.8%
Florida Coastal, 78.8%
St. Thomas, 78.7%
Barry, 74.7%

AVERAGE OF NON-FLORIDA LAW SCHOOLS, 74.0%

Ave Maria, 64.0%
Florida A&M, 62.5%

Note that the top three schools are less than 1% apart. Note also that results are not as meaningful as they may seem, since they don't tell you how many graduates took out-of-state bar exams, nor how they did. Not to mention a whole bunch of other reasons.

[Update (9/27): Full stats including number of test-takers here.]

Earlier posts:

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Quidditch Meets the Law

Further to my discovery of college Muggles Playing Quidditch, it seems Mike Madison was there long before me — in 2007 no less.

Plus he set out some interesting thoughts on Quidditch and Copyright. The comments are interesting too.

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Where’s My Package? (V)

No-Priority-Mail.gifOK, this is vaguely hopeful:

Your item was processed through and left our OPA LOCKA, FL 33054 facility on September 24, 2010. The item is currently in transit to the destination. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.

I just hope the “destination” is me. Nothing in today's mail, so I guess I'll find out tomorrow…

Meanwhile my package continues its Florida vacation.

In light of some of the entertaining (thank you!) comments on previous postings, I should mention that this is only the second time in at least ten years that something ordered online hasn't turned up more or less when it should. Admittedly, the bulk of those purchases shipped UPS or FedEx, but some appreciable fraction, including purchases from abroad, came USPS.

Previously:
* Where's My Package? (IV)
* Where's My Package? (III)
* Where's My Package? (II)
* Where's My Package?

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Where’s My Package? (IV)

No-Priority-Mail.gifAfter more than two days of non-information, the USPS tracking site has a new, gnomic, utterance about the whereabouts of my package:

Processed through Sort Facility, September 24, 2010, 11:21 am, OPA LOCKA, FL 33054

But what does this mean? Is the package now, or tomorrow, going to wend its way to me, or is it starting a return journey home?

Previously:
* Where's My Package? (III)
* Where's My Package? (II)
* Where's My Package?

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Where’s My Package? (III)

No-Priority-Mail.gifNo package in today's mail.

According to the USPS FAQ

Lost or Delayed Mailpieces

If You Have the Label ID number from the Mailing Label or Receipt (Sender or Recipient): If you suspect that your mailpiece has been lost or delayed and you have a tracking number for your item, please contact our Track & Confirm customer service at 1-800-222-1811.

So I called the number. I navigated the voice mail prompts. (No, it's not an international package; no it didn't come from abroad.) I input my looong tracking number. The USPS robot says “no tracking information is available”. And there are no other options that sound relevant. And no, it won't put me through to a human.

Clicking on the Track & Confirm – Customer Assistance FAQ found at the USPS FAQ for Track and Confirm produces

com.silknet.ebiz.util.SilkException: Invalid Reference Name

Which kind of sums it up.

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