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mazda_guy Posts: 183Hi you all,
I am glad to report that the smell is gone. By javadoc advise I changed the gas station and most likely that did it. I have now 750 miles on the odometer and for past week I didn't smell any rotten eggs. I almost used to this smell and I sort of miss it now :-) By any chance does anyone know if they make air frashner with rotten eggs scent?
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bob57 Posts: 302Maybe you're right - dump the MPV headings entirely. The MPV board should all move to AOL Instant Messenger so we wouldn't clutter Edmunds so much with all these "problems".
Has anyone noticed a small draft somewhere around the key slot or slightly above when all A/C & heat is off?
Not major (or even minor) but refraining from the "other" ) problem... -
javadoc Posts: 1,167I think AIM'ing would decrease revenues from advertisers. Besides, if you thought I was unproductive now, think about if there were a rubust community of MPVers IMing each other all day! Maybe I should hire an assistant if that happens? hahaha Besides.. real geeks use ICQ
I've felt these small drafts in just about every car before... but mostly where the door opening lever was on the door, not around the ignition key (that's where you're talking about, right?)
/javadoc -
bob57 Posts: 302Yes, around the ignition key - real slight. Feel funny about posting that but only content I could come up with. Doesn't really bother me except when that JAVA cold air comes to us South Texas boys.
That does bring up something else - ever try to put the key in there in a hurry? The very first time I ever started it my forehead was laying on the dash with the shift lever in my eye looking for the ignition switch. They hid that slot pretty well.
My daughter is almost at the age to start driving now (panic). The school wants a million dollars (or about) to have their driver training classes for each student. We decided I would start her myself with lessons in the MPV. I'm using it as a con at the moment - posting a sign on the dash that says "All underaged drivers must wash the van once a week". -
javadoc Posts: 1,167Why can't they put the key in the correct place, on the LEFT side of the steering column, on the dash, like real (Porsche 911) cars?!? Or better yet, between the seats like other real (Saabs) cars? lol! Isn't the key spot lit? Maybe it's to reduce DUIs because it's more difficult to find the ignition?
I'll have to pay attention to see if there's a draft by the key hole. I'll point the weather machine down there to the THIRD largest state in the union (if you cut Alaska in half) so you can test the draft out again.
/j -
kkcymru Posts: 48I know I'm about a week late in responding to a couple posts here, but I don't feel the least bit guilty about rejecting the previous engine based on third party reviews and a limited test drive. Sure, I would have preferred a month long test drive to see how I really felt about the 2001 MPV engine, but hard as it may be to believe, no one was offering that option.
Would I have felt better if I had shelled out $25,000+, and then found I really didn't like the engine? I don't think so.
The cost of certainty was too high. Sometimes it's better to learn from other people's experience. The reviews were consistent enough, at least among those who don't love every car they review, to be taken seriously. Could I have been wrong? Maybe, but I'm glad I waited for the 2002. Given a similar situation in the future, I'd still value the opinion of some of the people that review cars for a living. -
javadoc Posts: 1,167(Dramatization warning!)
My wife came home last night... DW=Darling Wife; DH=Devilishly Handsome, ahem, Darling Husband. Names changed to protect the innocent.
DW: Did you fix that clunk?
DH: (mutes TV) What clunk?
DW: The clunk I told you about.
DH: Uh-huh (not really listening, as usual)
DW: Well, I still hear it, so you didn't fix it.
DH: Are you sure? I remember tightening the bolt.
DW: Well, there's definitely a clunk.
DH: Did you remove the stroller and see still hear it?
DW: (Awkward silence...)
DH: Uh-huh (resumes watching WRC on SpeedChannel)
Can anyone help me with my "Problem?" LOL! Is that problem enough, RJ? :-)
/j -
stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 42,409I could have sworn I just heard a clunk all the way down here.
Sounded surprisingly like a vase clunking against someone's head....
Hard to tell though - some guy was ringing my doorbell with a load of pizza's at the same time.
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scarter7719 Posts: 89wasn't so good though I don't really recall any problem postings since the consolidation. Actually, I think all this inactivity says a lot about the MPV, but I'll share here anyway .
I noticed this a few weeks ago - a popping noise from the steering rack while I am backing into the driveway, wheels turned hard left. There's only one pop and it happens the moment the van starts to move backwards. Since my '01 LX seems to have a lot of the same issues as the '00 (being built in Aug. '00), I have been pondering pushing the dealer on the tie-rod TSB. Should I mess with it? I wonder if it would be best to leave the rack alone if I only have the popping under this one circumstance. You know, the 'old sleeping dog theory. But if there were even an inkling of a safety concern, I'd get it done.
java, was that the MPV owner's club board you're referring to? We should go dig that up! I'd like a not-so-off topic (but OT ok) place to post. BTW, I'm sending you an ICQ invite. My handle's a little strange; you'll know it's me (HSM)!
scarter7719 Posts: 89You're right. The MPV is in the shop getting that one done now. That's the TSB involving the shims, correct? What I was talking about is definitely NOT the brakes. Do you know the mass-production begin date of the modified tie-rod end? Another possiblity could be a loose strut, I suppose.
It only happens when I do this:
#1. Come to a complete stop.
#2. Brakes on-throw into reverse (and yes, at that point, the front pads clunk as they have for months).
#3. Turn wheels all the way left.
#4. Let off brakes and accelerate backwards.
scarter7719 Posts: 89... has been in my kitchen for the past two months! I've taken down a wall and soffits, built a center island, cut concrete, etc. Phew! I'm taking tonight off! Anyway, hence the reason why I'm constantly backing up into my driveway - to unload that next van-full of homerdpoe goodys.
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Well I just brewed a Russian Imperial Stout. I have never used oak chips and wanted to see how many ounces you all think I should use for a 5 gallon batch? Thanks
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I've seen people post anywhere from 1 - 4 oz. I think it also depends which type of oak chips, US, French, the toast, etc. You can always try a lesser amount 2-3 oz, and just let it sit until it reaches the flavor you like.
I'd start with an ounce, and see how oaky it gets first. It's very easy to overoak, and then it takes forever to age out. I used 1 ounce in a 3 gallon batch last year, and only oaked it for 10 days, and it took months to taste like I wasn't drinking an oak tree. I used medium American toast.
I suggest using cubes, since they flavor the beer slower you have a wider window of not overdoing it.
In my recent RIS, I used 1 oz. of Bourbon soaked chips (5gal. Batch). Tasted great during bottling.
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(Erbol).- Los cultivos pasaron de 9.700 a 11.000 hectA!reas en el
trA^3pico de Cochabamba, bastiA^3n electoral del presidente Evo Morales,
segA-on adelantA^3 ayer un funcionario de la oficina de Naciones Unidas en
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2011 de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito
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viceministro boliviano de Defensa Social, Felipe CA!ceres, admitiA^3 que
en el departamento de Cochabamba a**hay productores de coca que tienen
mA!s de seis hectA!reas de sembradAosa** y los acusA^3 de a**traidores al
proceso de cambioa** que a**hacen quedar mal al gobiernoa**. CA!ceres
explicA^3 que en las seis federaciones de productores de coca que sigue
liderando Evo Morales desde 1988 hay unos 45.000 afiliados y la mitad
tiene mA!s de un a**ca**atoa** (1.600 metros cuadrados) de coca.
El viceministro, un ex cultivador de coca y actual a**zar antidrogasa**,
precisA^3 que una inspecciA^3n aA(c)rea hecha desde helicA^3pteros
constatA^3 el aumento de los cultivos de coca en varios sindicados del
trA^3pico de Cochabamba. a**A?QuA(c) moral vamos a tener para pedir a
Naciones Unidas que despenalicen la coca (prohibiciA^3n al masticado) si
estamos cultivando mA!s coca?a**, reflexionA^3 y agregA^3 que se
comprobA^3 la existencia de cultivos en la reserva ecolA^3gica del Parque
Carrasco, ubicada en la jurisdicciA^3n de los departamentos de Cochabamba
y Beni.
La PolicAa antidrogas de Bolivia, por otra parte, reportA^3 que en esa
regiA^3n se hallaron 86 pozas de maceraciA^3n de coca para la
fabricaciA^3n de cocaAna y estA!n observadas 7.782 hectA!reas por su uso
por redes de narcotraficantes.
UN report increased coca plantations
(Erbol) .- The cultivation grew from 9,700 to 11,000 hectares in the
tropics of Cochabamba, electoral stronghold of President Evo Morales, as
reported yesterday an official from the UN office in La Paz, according to
the site infobae.com.
The Bolivian authorities are waiting for the next week, the 2011 report of
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC, for its acronym in
English), which probably will be released on June 24.
In his last official report, the UN office established that in 2009 there
were 9,700 hectares of crops, which allowed the production of 26,811 tons
of coca.
In a recent meeting with growers in the town of Lauca A*, Bolivian Vice
Minister of Social Defence, Felipe Caceres, admitted that the department
of Cochabamba "is coca growers with more than six hectares of farmland"
and accused them of "traitors the process of change "who" make the
government look bad. " Caceres explained that the six federations of coca
growers leader Evo Morales following since 1988 is about 45,000 members
and half have more than one "c'ato" (1,600 square meters) of coca.
The deputy minister, a former coca grower and current "drug czar", said
that an aerial survey made from helicopters found the increase in coca
cultivation in several syndicated Cochabamba."What moral'll have to ask
United Nations to decriminalize coca (ban on chewing) if we are growing
more coca?" He mused, adding that showed the existence of crops in the
ecological reserve Carrasco Park, located in the jurisdiction of the
departments of Cochabamba and Beni.
Bolivia's drug police, on the other hand, reported that in this region
were found 86 coca maceration pits for the manufacture of cocaine and
7,782 hectares are noted for their use by drug trafficking networks.
Paulo Gregoire
Empresarios de Venezuela y Bolivia negocian acuerdos
Por A. D. Hans Soria O. - Los Tiempos - 14/06/2011
Un total de 80 empresas, de las cuales 57 son bolivianas y 23 venezolanas,
participan desde ayer en el IV Encuentro de Complementariedad EconA^3mica
Productiva Bolivia-Venezuela con el objetivo de negociar intenciones de
negocios por un valor de 60 millones de dA^3lares, es decir 3 millones
mA!s que en la pasada versiA^3n.
Durante dos dAas, hasta hoy por la tarde, las pequeA+-as y medianas
empresas nacionales y venezolanas expondrA!n sus productos en los rubros
textiles, madera, marroquinerAa, cueros y alimentos, para luego suscribir
acuerdos a concretarse a mediano y largo plazo, explicA^3 la ministra de
Desarrollo Productivo, Teresa Morales, quien inaugurA^3 ayer el encuentro
comercial en el Hotel Cochabamba.
Leiff Escalona, viceministra de Comercio Exterior del Ministerio del Poder
Popular de Venezuela, informA^3 que el objetivo del encuentro es generar
un intercambio comercial a**fuerte, fluido y profundoa** entre ambos
paAses y que se traduzca en bienestar econA^3mico y social para pequeA+-os
y medianos productores.
Hasta el mediodAa de este lunes, todos los participantes fueron
capacitados sobre los pasos y procedimientos a seguir para exportar a
Venezuela y por la tarde dieron iniciA^3 a la rueda de negocios, que
concluirA! hoy con convenios que a**fortalecerA!n la complementariedad
econA^3mica, la cooperaciA^3n solidaria, el crecimiento y el comercio
justo entre nuestros puebloa**, seA+-alA^3 HuA!scar Ajata, viceministro de
Comercio Interno y Exportaciones.
Morales y Ajata admitieron que los A-oltimos dos aA+-os se presentaron
dificultades en el comercio exterior entre Bolivia y Venezuela, debido a
que cada paAs tiene una metodologAa diferente para hacer negocios en
sistemas de calidad, sistemas de certificaciA^3n, normas de origen y otros
que dificultan los trA!mites.
a**Venezuela tiene la dificultad del sistema de pago. Para eso tenemos
mecanismos de facilitaciA^3n y de acceso como un fideicomiso con el BDP
(Banco de Desarrollo Productivo) y el Sucre que permiten que los pagos
sean mucho rA!pidosa**, agregA^3 Ajata.
a**Los tres mecanismos de control que tenemos operando con Venezuela
estA!n en proceso de permanente ajustea**, dijo la ministra.
Employers of Venezuela and Bolivia negotiate agreements
By A. D. Hans O. Soria - The Times - 14/06/2011
A total of 80 companies, of which 57 are Bolivian and 23 in Venezuela,
part of yesterday at the Fourth Meeting of the Economic Complementarity
Productive Bolivia-Venezuela with the aim of negotiating business
intentions worth $ 60 million, or 3million more than the last version.
For two days, until this afternoon, small and medium enterprises and
Venezuela will present their products in the categories textiles, wood,
leather, leather and food, and then enter into agreements to materialize
in the medium and long term, the minister saidProductive Development,
Teresa Morales, who opened the business meetingyesterday at the Hotel
Leiff Escalona, a**a**vice minister of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Popular
Power in Venezuela, said the meeting's objective is to generate a trade
"strong, smooth and deep" between the two countries and that translates
into economic and social welfare for small and medium producers .
Until noon on Monday, all participants were trained on the steps and
procedures for export to Venezuela and gave evening began at the business
conference, which ends today with agreements that "will strengthen the
economic complementarity, partnership , growth and fair trade among our
people, "said Huascar Ajata, Deputy Domestic Trade and Exports.
Ajata Morales admitted that the last two years there were difficulties in
foreign trade between Bolivia and Venezuela, because each country has a
different approach to doing business in quality systems, certification
systems, rules of origin and others that hinder procedures.
"Venezuela has the difficulty of the payment system. For that we have
mechanisms for facilitation and accessible as a trust with the BDP
(Productive Development Bank) and Sucre to allow payments to be much
faster, "added Ajata.
"The three control mechanisms operating in Venezuela we are in the process
of constant adjustment," said the minister.
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Paulo Gregoire
Excancilleres ofrecen su aporte para fijar estrategia
Por RedacciA^3n Central | - Los Tiempos - 14/06/2011
La demanda marAtima es a**una causaa** que trasciende las ideologAas,
Ocho excancilleres expresaron ayer su adhesiA^3n a la elaboraciA^3n de una
estrategia para la reivindicaciA^3n de la salida soberana al PacAfico por
encima de a**cualquier diferencia ideolA^3gica y polAticaa**, tras
reunirse con el presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, el vicepresidente
A*lvaro GarcAa Linera y el canciller David Choquehuanca.
Gustavo FernA!ndez, en nombre de los ocho exministros de Relaciones
Exteriores que acudieron a la cita con la cA-opula del A*rgano Ejecutivo,
hizo un llamado a la unidad en torno a la demanda marAtima y expresA^3 la
a**plena disposiciA^3na** de las exautoridades para contribuir con su
a**experiencia al debate nacionala** sobre este tema, a**con el carA!cter
de reservado que naturalmente deben tener reunionesa** como la sostenida
De la reuniA^3n, que se prolongA^3 por cuatro horas, participaron los
exministros: Antonio AranAbar (1993-1997), Armando Loaiza (2005-2006),
Javier Murillo (1997-2001), Edgar Camacho (1985), Gustavo FernA!ndez
(2001-2002), Carlos Saavedra Bruno (2002-2003), AgustAn Saavedra (1982) y
Carlos Iturralde (1989-1993).
Al salir, en rueda de prensa, FernA!ndez manifestA^3 que por lo delicado
del tema, no podAa dar a conocer mayores detalles de lo abordado en el
encuentro, pero que los excancilleres coincidieron en que la demanda
boliviana "es una causa nacional, una causa superior que estA! por encima
de cualquier diferencia ideolA^3gica".
"La demanda boliviana de reintegraciA^3n marAtima une a toda la naciA^3n,
(de hecho) la ha unido a lo largo de 132 aA+-os y la seguirA! manteniendo.
Es una demanda irrenunciable que el pueblo boliviano sabrA! mantener",
sostuvo FernA!ndez, quien ocupo el cargo de canciller en los gobiernos de
WA!lter Guevara Arce (1979), HernA!n Siles Suazo (1982-85) y Jorge Quiroga
AgregA^3 que el enclaustramiento boliviano "es una herida en la conciencia
de AmA(c)rica Latina", un "obstA!culo a la integraciA^3n latinoamericana"
y "una amenaza a la paz y a la estabilidad continental". a**Es por esa
razA^3n que la comunidad internacional ha expresado el interA(c)s de que
este problema sea resuelta definitivamente", agregA^3.
Loaiza, por su parte, destacA^3 la actitud del Ejecutivo de convocar a
excancilleres de varios gobiernos para unificar criterios y recoger sus
opiniones, para sustentar la nueva estrategia boliviana de acudir a
tribunales internacionales para lograr una salida soberana al ocA(c)ano
En una improvisada rueda de prensa, Loaiza dijo que el Presidente les
invitA^3 a hacer aportes mediante algA-on documento o posiciA^3n que crean
conveniente para coadyuvar al seguimiento del tema marAtimo.
AgregA^3 que en la reuniA^3n analizaron "temas de fondo, estratA(c)gicos y
los episA^3dicos que se estA!n desarrollando en los A-oltimos meses a
partir del 23 de marzo".
"Nosotros hemos concurrido bajo el empeA+-o de prestar nuestra
colaboraciA^3n al tema mA!s esencial de la polAtica exterior boliviana.
Las opiniones de los excancilleres sobre el tema marAtimo, yo dirAa que
han sido bastante valiosas", insistiA^3 Loaiza.
A su juicio, las declaraciones de autoridades chilenas y refutadas en
Bolivia "han deteriorado y han hecho trizas la confianza reciproca" entre
ambos paAses, en la que se habAa trabajado durante cinco aA+-os.
La exautoridad detallA^3 que los aportes que pueden hacer presente los
excancilleres, se los harA! por intermedio de la CancillerAa.
Excancilleres offer their contribution to setting strategy
On Writing Central | - The Times - 14/06/2011
Maritime claim is "a cause" that transcends ideologies, said
Eight excancilleres yesterday expressed its commitment to developing a
strategy for the claim of sovereign outlet to the Pacific over "any
ideological and policy differences", after meeting with the president of
Bolivia, Evo Morales, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and Foreign
Minister David Choquehuanca.
Gustavo Fernandez, on behalf of eight former ministers of Foreign Affairs
who attended the meeting with the leadership of the Executive Branch, made
a call for unity around the demand for maritime and expressed "full
readiness" of the exautoridades to contribute their "experience to the
national debate" on this issue, "the character that naturally should have
booked meetings" as held yesterday.
In the meeting, which lasted four hours, attended by former ministers:
Antonio AranAbar (1993-1997), Armando Loaiza (2005-2006), Javier Murillo
(1997-2001), Edgar Camacho (1985), Gustavo Fernandez (2001 - 2002), Carlos
Saavedra Bruno (2002-2003), AgustAn Saavedra (1982) and Carlos Iturralde
Upon leaving, at a press conference, Fernandez said that because of the
sensitivity of the issue could not disclose further details of what
discussed in the meeting, but the excancilleres agreed that the Bolivian
demand is a national cause, a cause greater that is above any ideological
difference. "
"The demand Bolivian maritime reintegration brings the whole nation, (in
fact) has joined over 132 years and will continue. It is a demand that the
Bolivian people inalienable know to maintain," said Fernandez, who
served chancellor in the government of Walter Guevara Arce (1979), HernA!n
Siles Suazo (1982-85) and Jorge Quiroga (2001-2002).
He said Bolivia's landlocked status is a scar on the conscience of Latin
America ", an" obstacle to Latin American integration "and" a threat to
continental peace and stability. " "It is for this reason that the
international community has expressed interest that this problem is
finally resolved," he added.
Loaiza, meanwhile, said the attitude of the executive to convene
excancilleres by various governments to unify criteria and to gather their
opinions, to support Bolivia's new strategy of going to international
courts to achieve a sovereign outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
In an impromptu press conference, Loaiza said the President invited them
to make contributions through a document or position that they see fit to
contribute to monitoring the maritime theme.
He added that the meeting discussed "substantive issues, strategic and
episodic that are developing in recent months from 23 March."
"We have been busy in the effort to lend our cooperation to the more
fundamental issue of Bolivian foreign policy. Excancilleres' views on the
maritime theme, I would have been quite valuable," he said Loaiza.
In his view, statements by Chilean authorities and refuted in Bolivia
"have deteriorated and have shredded the mutual trust" between the two
countries, which had worked for five years.
The exautoridad explained that the contributions they can make this the
excancilleres, it will make through the Foreign Ministry.
Paulo Gregoire
Chile ash cloud spreads south - satellite images
14 June 2011 Last updated at 07:57 ET
The Chile ash cloud is disrupting flights over Australia and New Zealand,
as well as South America. The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano range began
erupting on 4 June and the ash cloud has since travelled across the
Atlantic to Australia and New Zealand.
The New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority has said the ash cloud is likely
to continue to affect the area for at least another week.
US$220 Million In Quake Reconstruction Projects In | Print | E-mail
Chilea**s South
Maule and BAo-BAoa**the two regions hardest hit by the February
2010 earthquakea**are undertaking vast construction projects worth almost
a quarter billion U.S. dollars
Over a dozen construction projects totaling nearly US$250 million dollars
are currently under way in the cities of Talca and ConcepciA^3n.
The construction of various shopping centers and office buildings is hoped
to resurrect the commercial districts of the Maule and BAo-BAo regions
that were devastated by the 8.8-magnitude February 2010 earthquake.
According to El Mercurio, construction efforts are aiming not to merely
bring the commercial districts back to where they were pre-quake, but to
surpass those levels. This is clear from the 340 construction permits
obtained this year in the Maule Region, compared with 75 in 2009.
This increase has been made possible by more available land on which to
build due to the destruction of some 1,700 housesa**most of them
adobea**in Talcaa**s center, as well as unused real estate in a 222-acre
That is nearly five times as much as the 47 acres of undeveloped land that
occurred in Chilea**s second-largest city, ConcepciA^3n, as a result of
the quake. There are 29 construction permits so or this year, compared
with 13 in 2009.
The vast difference in the amount of new construction permits in Talca and
ConcepciA^3n is because ConcepciA^3n adopted higher anti-seismic
construction standards following the destruction of the city after the
1960 earthquakea**a 9.5-magnitude cataclysm - the most powerful ever in
recorded history.
a**Ita**s great to see how the people here (in ConcepciA^3n) are
reacting,a** ConcepciA^3n resident Enzo Iturra told El Mercurio. a**This
generates jobs and improves the face of the city.a**
Over US$85 million will go toward seven projects in Talcaa**s commercial
center; a quarter of that sum will go to build a mall with 60 stores and
200 parking spaces.
Nearly US$130 million has been invested in ConcepciA^3n, including the
reinstatement of a US$80 million project to build a mall that was put on
hold due to the 2009 economic crisis and later the earthquake.
Other smaller projects include the construction of office buildings.
Construction Chamber President Mario Seguel told El Mercurio that he is
trying to push forward special subsidies for owners of damaged houses to
sell their homes to real estate agencies.
a**The ideal situation would have been if the city had a more modern image
directly after the earthquake,a** Seguel said. a**And then owners who
wanted could have put up their houses on the market in order to gather a
larger construction area and generate a more attractive offer.a**
Paulo Gregoire
Strike Ends, Operations Resume At Chilea**s LirquA(c)n | Print | E-mail
After 27 days of work stoppages, stevedores reach agreement with company
A public statement issued by the Union of Port Workers of BAo-BAo (UPBB) confirmed late Sundaythe end of a
27-day strike carried out by workers at the LirquA(c)n shipping port.
Port workers declared a "triumph" after strike ended Sunday in Chile's
BAo-BAo Region - Photo courtesy of UPBB
a**We managed to negotiate a 30 percent increase in salary,a** said
JosA(c) Agurto, spokesman for the UPBB told The Santiago Times on Monday.
a**Now the workers at Puerto LirquA(c)n are closer to what port workers
across the region earn.a**
The port worker unions that make up the UPBB had expressed their
solidarity with the stoppage at the Puerto LirquA(c)n facility, which has
been ongoing since mid-May.
The LirquA(c)n strikers had been demanding a change in their status from
part-timers to full-time contract workers, in hopes of being entitled to
privileges including better lines of credit and assistance with education
costs for their children.
The striking workers were also demanding salary levels similar to those of
port workers throughout the country and increased numbers of laborers in
each work units
The company offered a 30 percent increase in salaries last week, but
striking workers rejected the offer. The newly accepted offer reflects the
same percentage increase, alongside promises to evaluate the numbers
needed in each unit.
Management representatives from Puerto LirquA(c)n, owned by the Matte
Group forestry holding firm, continue to refuse salary raises to national
standards, citing differences in the business model used at the port from
others across the country (ST, June 7).
On Monday, Rodrigo Olea, manager of Puerto Lirquena**s Containers
Division, confirmed to The Santiago Times that a 30 percent salary
increase had been approved for the striking workers at LirquA(c)n. The
company announced Monday that the port was back to operating at 100
percent capacity.
Olea also confirmed that the demands to increase the amount of workers per
squad would be determined after a technical study was conducted by the
Chilean Labor Board (DT). A report with the studya**s results will be
released 60 days fromMonday.
a**We regret what the actions of the workers have done for the image of
the region,a** added Olea on Monday. a**But we have to be very clear on
this. We are not against labor strikes. We are against the blocking of the
port by 241 out of a total 800 workers. It isna**t fair for the rest of
the workers who wanted to get back to their jobs.a**
Puerto LirquA(c)n now puts losses as a result of the strike at over one
million dollars. Company data provided late last week indicated that the
blockage prevented the delivery of 400,000 tons of cellulose and salmon
By Ivan Ebergenyi ( firstname.lastname@example.com )
Copyright 2011 a** The Santiago Times
Monday, June 13th 2011 - 23:37 UTC
Millions of farm-salmon in south Chile moved because of the volcanic eruption
Chilea**s National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) authorized the transfer
of more than five million salmon from three farms in the south of the
country. The decision was taken as a precautionary measure because of the
eruption of the Puyehue-CordA^3n Caulle volcanic range and possible
pollution of rivers and lakes.
The salmon, belonging to the farms located in the lakes Puyehue and Ranco
will be moved to safer areas.
Last week, the regional director of Los RAos del Servicio, Guillermo
Rivera, confirmed the sudden interruption of normal flow at the river
Nilahue and the subsequent death of more than 4.3 million salmon at the
Nilahue aquaculture plant.
Sernapesca has already begun an operation to remove the dead fish under
safe sanitary and environmental conditions in order to prevent any
possible scattering of the organic decomposition into the river.
a**No mortality or other effects associated with the event have been
observed, but as a precaution, we remain vigilant and continue our ongoing
monitoring, as with the Region of Los RAos,a** said Carolina San Martin,
head of Regional Sernapesca Aquaculture.
The staff of this agency also assessed the conditions of 17 farming
centres closest to the volcano (15 in Los RAos Region and 2 in Los Lagos
According to research, the most delicate situation is found in the farming
plant of the company Nilahue SA.
Sernapesca reported that the owners of the remaining farm centres have
already begun to transfer the salmon for preventative purposes or are
waiting for changes in the environmental conditions to determine future
The president of SalmoChile, CA(c)sar Barros, stressed that only one
company was affected by the volcanic eruption, and that the Chilean salmon
industry will not be affected by the situation. (FIS/MP).-
Paulo Gregoire
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Trailer only – watch full video here! Last year on Permaculture News there was an excellent article on Advanced Cell Grazing by Nick Burtner who documents the circular cattle lane-way on Geoff Lawton's 66 acre Zaytuna Farm. Geoff devised a system of easy to install temporary electric-fenced cattle lane-ways that lead to over 38 grazing… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Soil Conservation
Biological Carpeting
Biological Carpeting is a method introduced to us by Rodger Savory of Savory Grassland Management. Rodger is the son of Holistic Management founder Allan Savory and managed the African Centre for Holistic Management's research station at Dimbangombe, Zimbabwe for six years. At our home and training site, Rosella Waters on the Atherton Tablelands in northern… Read more »
Bhaskar Save, the Gandhi of Natural Farming
Sage of a minimalist farming system based on non-violence and all of nature's biodiversity that produces in abundance with no chemical inputs. by Bharat Mansata Bhaskar Save, acclaimed 'Gandhi of Natural Farming', turned 92 on 27 January 2014, having inspired and mentored 3 generations of organic farmers. Masanobu Fukuoka, the legendary Japanese natural farmer, visited… Read more »
Reversing Desertification with Gabions
Trailer only – watch full video here! Gabions are rocks and small boulders packed into a wire basket to combat soil erosion on the side of steep slopes. But to Geoff Lawton, they are more commonly used to pacify storm water in a flash flood event and to build soil in strategic locations in the… Read more »
Under Cover Farmers (videos)
While researching cover cropping, I came across the video above, featuring an explanation from the Rodale Institute (U.S.) of their "No Till Roller Crimper" which is used to lay down the cover crop in a no till farming environment. Another video I uncovered (below) may be of interest to those pursuing permaculture practice in the… Read more »
From Desert to Oasis in 4 Years (Jordan)
Geoff Lawton's next video in his ever-expanding lineup takes you to Wadi Rum in Jordan where he consulted on a 10 acre organic farm and rebuilt their failing farm into a commercial success. Wadi Rum looks very much like your classic inhospitable desert region. It was used in the early 1960s as the backdrop set… Read more »
Dredged Up
Never mind the evidence, we'll do something eye-catching. by George Monbiot For a moment that rarest of beasts, common sense, poked a nose out of its burrow and sniffed the air. Assailed by angry farmers demanding dredging in the Somerset levels, the environment secretary, Owen Paterson broke with protocol and said something sensible. Dredging is… Read more »
Phosphorous Starvation Threatens the World
A fully referenced version of this paper is posted on ISIS members website and is otherwise available for download here. The world is running short of phosphate ore for chemical fertilizers; recovering phosphate from waste and reducing phosphate use in phosphate rich countries can alleviate the shortage and simultaneously prevent environmental pollution. by Prof Joe… Read more »
Wake up Before it is Too Late – Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable Now for Food Security in a Changing Climate
Click to download (5mb PDF) In late September of last year (2013) the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) put out the latest in their Trade and Environment Review series — titled Wake up Before it is Too Late: Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable Now for Food Security in a Changing Climate. Alert readers… Read more »
Drowning in Money
The hidden and remarkable story of why devastating floods keep happening. by George Monbiot We all know what's gone wrong, or we think we do: not enough spending on flood defences. It's true that the government's cuts have exposed thousands of homes to greater risk, and that the cuts will become more dangerous as climate… Read more »
The Power of Bamboo (video)
Geoff Lawton inside a protective wall of bamboo Bamboo. A lot of people love it. A lot of people hate it. Where are you on the bamboo bandwagon? Are you a lover or a fighter? Well, I remember my father making me cut out a line of running black bamboo with a blunt spade which… Read more »
Swales Filled by Melting Ice and Snow (Texas, USA)
We just harvested over 20,000 gallons of ice and snow melt into our swales. by Jack Spirko Last week we had about 4 inches of snow and ice — mostly ice. It totally coated the roads and shut down the city for about four days. Yesterday (7 days into it) we finally got a really… Read more »


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After heavily tweeting the story since 10:30 last night, now I will put some thoughts and links about the saturation media coverage here (while continued the WikiLeaks blog).
9:35 The Guardian: Osama bin Laden: laying ghosts to rest | Editorial
9:25 "Live" from Ground Zero: Couric, Sawyer, Williams, Cooper, Hemmer, Shep and Spitzer. Somehow live sounds like wrong word. As my wife said over dinner tonight, looking out at neighbors directly across the street: "I wonder what they are thinking tonight." They lost daughter on 9/11.
5:10 Nate Silver with a second take on how some analysts going "too far" in downplaying bounce Obama will get and keep from OBL shooting.
4:35 Time Mag special issue cover coming on Thursday at left. 4th time it has has used the big X (first was for Hitler).
4:15 Keith Olbermann returns tonight, posting online video at 8 pm (old time slot) with "special comment" on, he says, "what's next, for counter-terror, for the middle east, for the now debunked GOP." Possibly look for, "You, sir, sleep with the fishes." Worst (dead) person in the world?
3:50 Oh, boy, here we go: Nightly News Anchors Flock to Ground Zero. My panoramic photo from 2002, and note: still no memorial there. Will many note the disgrace?
3:20 Obama/Osama typos run rampant.
3:00 After watching Brennan (fast talker) press briefing, I am wonder if "burial at sea" means "dropped from copter." He stressed need to do it within 24 hours and not being able to land in time frame.
2:15 You may take issue with some of this, but here's Chris Hedges last night upon hearing early reports of kiling of OBL.
2:05 Old pal @DavidCornDC tweeting WH press briefing right now.
1:50 Warning: Those questioning Osama's death not all foreign. Someone at Breitbart site doing it and now Cindy Sheehan with this. Deathers.
1:40 Nick Kristof tweets: "President Zardari, how about a commission (w/ civilians) to investigate how Osama ended up in his compound & who rented it?"
1:30 Barney Frank: Bin Laden killing 'strengthens the case' for Afghanistan withdrawal
1:25 Yes, those wacky Taiwanese animators already have vid up on Osama slaying.
1:00 Front page of NYT that was killed when Osama was ... killed. Spiked.
12:05 CJR on how "International News Sites Cover bin Laden's Death."
11:40 Steve Coll of The New Yorker, longtime Afghan/Pak expert, says evidence suggests Pakistan was hiding bin Laden. "The initial circumstantial evidence suggests the opposite is more likely—that bin Laden was effectively being housed under Pakistani state control. Pakistan will deny this, it seems safe to predict, and perhaps no convincing evidence will ever surface to prove the case. If I were a prosecutor at the United States Department of Justice, however, I would be tempted to call a grand jury."
11:30 Print lives? New York Times prints an additional 165,000 copies of today's paper. Some people will want to collect front page. But does anyone really care about that anymore?
11:25 Nick Kristof's column on post-OBL world, but he is also blogging.
11: 10 Crap o' Joe: Joe Scarborough— Obama's base didn't want him to catch bin Laden
10:45 Glenn Greenwald weighs in on "consequences" of OBL death.
10:40 Miracle: Cheney on TV hails Obama and his team.
10:35 Roger Cohen column at NYT on post-OBL with some urgings you may agree, and disagree, with: oust Gaddafi "with ruthlessness," get out of Afghanistan soon, pressure Israel to make concessions, back popula revolts in Middle East.
10:30 Check out @JeremyScahill tweets all day.
10:25 Did Peter Beinart really write: "The war on terror is over; al Qaeda lost"?
10:00 There's a reasonably convincing—but very fake—version of Obama death photo out there.
9:55 Local Fox affiliate (naturally) anchor reports "President Obama Is Dead" (video)
9:50 Bloody Sunday: ABC gets first photos, video, inside the compound.
9:45 @WSJ: "The Saudis declined a U.S. offer to take Osama bin Laden's body, we are told, so he was buried at sea http://on.wsj.com/jfF2UE ."
9:40: NYT drops honorific "Mr." for bin Laden at request of editors Keller & Abramson, see memo. Meanwhile, Keller's wife hailed his paper's coverage this morning via Twitter. Hasn't been this much focus on this since they called Meat Loaf "Mr. Loaf."
9:35 Cartoonist gives Bush 95 percent of credit for getting OBL, Obama 5 percent.
9:30 How locals in Pakistan broke news of raid on Osama compound via Twitter as it happened.
9:25 TV pundits, most recently Roger Crssley on MSNBC, spinning reason to, if anything, step up war on terror—Al Qaeda may now plan "spectacular" attack. Neverending. Another spin: we got info on Osama from detainees at Gitmo, implying maybe prison was good idea, after all.
9:20 My photos of Ground Zero from 2002: http://bit.ly/l4Kn92 http://bit.ly/kS8udG http://bit.ly/kIAvk9
9:15 Wait, I thought we killed the guy who ordered 9/11 years ago—Saddam Hussein?
Greg Mitchell's two current books are The Age of WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning: Truth and Consequences.


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28th Jul 2001, 12:26 AM | #1 |
**** Microsoft
I'm tired of their Bull****, my friend bought while he was over my house, we broght it back to mine, well microsoft, ever ****ing penny pinching, made a nice copy prtection system which won't let the game run on my CD rom drive, then we find out that the minimum requirements are outright lies and my friend can't play it on his p3 450, cause it need like an 850 (which i have but the CDROM issue). so once again **** MICROSOFT
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28th Jul 2001, 12:29 AM | #2 |
Allllllllrighty then.
28th Jul 2001, 12:47 AM | #3 |
I've heard **** microsoft 1000 times. It just starts to bore me after awhile. Sure I don't like them, but still...
28th Jul 2001, 12:51 AM | #4 |
i just figured it should be said as many times as possible
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28th Jul 2001, 01:07 AM | #5 |
umm.. you didn't even say what game it was
28th Jul 2001, 02:45 AM | #6 |
One thing I know for sure: WIN2000 is the most stable System since WIN95 series. IT simply *****never***** locks up. And I know why: the hardware compatibility table for it is HUGE!!! If u have a Celeron 133 or a PIV 2Ghz it will run. AMD: ok. Even Seagate HDs run ok with it. And Seagate sux. In my University we have a huge server, that makes a "LAN" with the universitary hospital, the 4(FOUR) Campus(one in Curitiba - here, one in Londrina(300Km from Curitiba), one is the Hospital and one is a Experimental Farm). Everyting works with WIN2000. Everything runs smooth. In the main Campus, where I study and work, we have simply more than a thousand computers integrated: ranging from Student Accessible computers, Automation Labs, servers, UNIX, MAC... to our OWN internet provider. Everything(but MAC´s and so...) uses WIN2000PRO. If you can get a copy of it, get if. It may not be as fast as WINME - wich I have in my P2 400, but when it is ready, prepare yourself for the most stable Microsoft Windows experience ever. I have WIN2000Pro in my main CPu, the famous AMD 1200, 256ddr... It runs simply shiny. UT: perfect.
CS: perfect. WORD: perfect. When I use eDonkey - to make some downloads - it does not even slows a bit. The memory refresh system is perfect. The only still w/o solution problem I found was in my ASP converter. It does not work ´cause of a filter. Just that. BUT: I always got the actualizations and so, WIN2000Pro simply will not crash, lockup, slow down, show you a Blue Screen, never. I like it. Many of my friends and Teachers still prefer WIN98SE. Their computers are much like mine - high end, gaming propuse, with typing machine integrated. I just liked to try out WIN2000 and I liked it. It took a while, but now it´s fine. If u have the minimum requirements - 1Gb HD...(!!!!) , give it a try. I gave a try to WINMe: it´s the best thing for girl: fast and not complicated. Locks sometimes, but nothing u cant undo with system restore. Win2kPro is for pro... Awesome. I prefer it over Linux, ´cause Linux is somehow a little hard and lacks many stuff. Windown may have it´s flaws, but is still the best. PS: I´m almost an Computer Engeneer, so I know what I´m talkin´bout.
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28th Jul 2001, 03:29 AM | #7 |
I love 98SE the best, 2K has too many problems and s<b></b>hitty benches with games, ME is just ASS!!!!!!!!! XP sounds like an incredible disappointment, just gimme 98SE.
28th Jul 2001, 04:50 AM | #8 |
"One thing I know for sure: WIN2000 is the most stable System since WIN95 series. IT simply *****never***** locks up. And I know why: the hardware compatibility table for it is HUGE!!!"
1. W2k and W9x are based on completely differend technology. W9x is based on a 16/32 Bit mix system that is still based on DOS and W2k is based on NT. 2. That difference is the reason why 2k is more stable than 9x. 3. Hardwarecompatibility for W9x is way better than for W2k. (means more supported hardware couse you won't find W2k drivers for every hardware.) 4. W2k is only stable if the drivers are OK. That's 1 of the main reasons that it crases sometimes. 5. I use W2k at work. I crased only one time. ..... the moment I removed the Network cable! The "connection disturbet" message appeared but that's it.
28th Jul 2001, 11:12 AM | #9 |
W2K is stable because it runs all your programs in isolated enviroments, that way if something crashes it doesn't bring down everything else
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28th Jul 2001, 11:34 AM | #10 |
Yes. And it's called "Preemptive Multitasking"
I didn't want to go into detail in that point. I just wanted to say that it's not the same technology as 9x (BTW 9x is crap from a technology POW) and that is the main reason that it is more stable.
28th Jul 2001, 12:06 PM | #11 |
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As much as I hate Microsoft, if they hadn't made such a piece of crap OS, I'd be out of alot of work! Microsoft's 5hitty coding ensures that i have a profitable business!
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28th Jul 2001, 12:27 PM | #12 |
If you don't like it, put a penguin in your box.
See you down in Arizona Bay |
28th Jul 2001, 12:35 PM | #13 |
I agree with Seeker here. But in a different way. If I didn't buy Windows and bought Linux or a Mac, then I couldn't play a lotta games. And I'm a gamer at heart, before everything else.
28th Jul 2001, 12:40 PM | #14 |
Ummm, guys, I crash in Win2k about 3 times a day. And, strangely enough WinME only crashes that same amount. And ME only seems to crash because I'm multi-tasking and the damn ram gets filled up. Actually that's one of the big problems with me and any 9x system, the ram gradually fills up with **** then windows doesn't clean out. You can get programs to empty it, or just friggin restart. Sometimes after I go to the program it says only 16% percent is free! Of course I did have my computer on 2 days
28th Jul 2001, 03:42 PM | #15 |
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I run ME because it came with my computer....and I have 384mB of ram.
Windows is such a bitch I have to restart ever day to clean out my ram! I start 17% ram in use...after INF 67% in use....after KaZaA and such 86% in use...etc. Oh, and that is after the programs are closed.
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28th Jul 2001, 03:47 PM | #16 | |
28th Jul 2001, 03:51 PM | #17 |
I need to dig up my 98SE disk.
28th Jul 2001, 05:50 PM | #18 |
I was talking to this guy i know the other day and he was talking about a linux box he's running for an FTP server. He says he keeps it on for a month or so at a time and thats with constant downloading and uploading. I have to restart at least twice to three times a day, and im running ol' 98. UT and a lot of other games are on Linux, i'm thinking of digging up some of my old hardware and creating a penguin box to test some stuff out on.
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28th Jul 2001, 05:56 PM | #19 |
I suggest you guys give Windows a maximum diskcache.
In your System.ini is a [vcache] line. put the following under it. MaxFileCache=16000 16000 is the ammount of maximum RAM that windows will use for caching files. You can change that number to something that fits your ammount of RAM. I heard that 1/8 of your system RAM is a good value. This won't solve all RAM related problems but it helps. And you could use a RAM cleaner/optimiser.
29th Jul 2001, 12:59 AM | #20 |
my WIN2kPro sys:
atlon 1200Mhz, overclock to 1500, 256mb ddr, quantum as plus 20.4 GB, geforce2ultra, ASUS a7aMB. It is ok.
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Good points. Who runs out hiring people without knowing what its going to cost, particularly when demand is off?
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Zipping around the blogosphere is ALL that really matters anymore, because the MSM is pure entertainment. They would rather talk about Pippa's new dress than some bummer like the effects of burning Tar Sands. So they WON'T, and nobody can make them. Not Al Gore. Not a scientist. Not a supermodel. They don't care, so it doesn't exist in their spectacularized substitution for reality.
While you make a good point (or three), fairness demands that it be pointed out that Gore is nobody's idea of a standard-bearer. I used to like the man, even voted for him a time or two but he is not doing the cause any good. Too phoney.
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President Barack Obama gestures during a statement about the Affordable Care Act on Friday in San Jose, Calif.DAYTON, Ohio The decision this week by the Obama administration to delay a controversial mandate that small employers provide health insurance or pay a penalty offered a much-needed reprieve to employers still struggling to come to grips with the law.
But the provisions of the law have not changed.
The vast majority of the estimated 1.5 million uninsured Ohioans, who will be required to sign up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, will have access to subsidized health coverage through online health exchanges next year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Enrollment in the exchanges begins Oct. 1, and will be open to employees who work for companies, such as restaurants, hotels and temporary staffing companies, that now do not offer health insurance until 2015.
If you dont have insurance and your company doesnt provide it, you as an individual will still have to sign up for insurance or pay a penalty next year unless you are exempted, said Amy Rohling McGee, president of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio. She noted that people with incomes so low that they are not required to pay taxes would be exempted from the law.
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Any relief that job creators can receive from Obamacares employer mandate is welcome news; hopefully repealing the mandate altogether is the next step because it is so burdensome on job creators, said Ohio Lt. Governor Mary Taylor, who also is responsible for approving health plans submitted for Ohios health exchange as director of the state Department of Insurance.
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Even those firms that offer health insurance to about 60 percent of Ohio workers have been scrambling to prepare for the implementation of the law and trying to assess the impact the changes will have on health plan enrollment and costs.
Under the law, workers can only be charged up to 9.5 percent of their income for insurance premiums, shifting more of the cost burden to the employers.
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We have a committee that looks at that, he said. Frankly, I couldnt tell you. The truth is my hands are full just trying to run a business.
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Regardless of the uncertainty, Dysinger said he plans to hire a handful of new employees this year and continue to offer health insurance.
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Not sure if this is appropriate or not. I mean, I know we paid them a lot of money, but then there are the other staff that work for the builder like the cabinet designer, interior designer, etc. They all put in so many hours with us to get the details right. Is a thank you (gift or note or both) appropriate in this situation? Sent to the builder office in general, or to individual staff members who stood out to us? What do you do to thank your builder for a job well done (knock on wood, we aren't quite done yet but we are looking at a few short weeks away)? |
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- Posted by guitarman502 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 14 at 15:28
I've bought lunch for my builders a few times. Just pizza or whatever when I know they've put in a lot of work. Some closer to completion I plan on grilling out for them. Small tokens of appreciation go a long way |
- Posted by Bungalow14 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 14 at 15:52
We brought coffee & donuts and beer (lots and lots of beer) to the subs as they built the house, but we didn't give the GC a gift. We figured the enormous amount of money we "gave" them at closing was sufficient! |
I provided donuts or cookies for my cabinet installers. Then I realized there were a bunch of people in the shop who actually built my cabinets, who I never saw. So when we were finished, we brought a big box of chocolate-covered potato chips to the shop (and the owner didn't put them out until the installers had left for the day). I'm a big believer in showing my appreciation. |
I will make gumbo for the major subs when we move in. |
- Posted by robynstamps (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 14 at 14:36
My framers are finishing up this week and I want to do something to show my appreciation for all the hard work they have done over the past 2 months. They were so willing to move walls over, change little things here and there, but mostly they were just really good people to work with. I'm thinking of getting them all a gift card for a restaurant. I've already sent over lunch and brought them donuts. They are the crew that is there the longest for our home. |
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Several area lifters punch their tickets to the State meet set for Kissimmee in mid-April.
Updated: 03/29/2011 - Panama City Beach, FL--Several area lifters punch their tickets to the State meet set for Kissimmee in mid-April.
Updated: 03/29/2011 - Panama City Beach, FL--Several area lifters punch their tickets to the State meet set for Kissimmee in mid-April.
Posted: 03/27/2011 - Even in the unpredictable, anything-goes world of March Madness, this is a Final Four nobody saw coming.
Posted: 03/27/2011 - FONTANA, Calif. (AP) -- Kevin Harvick passed California king Jimmie Johnson on the final turn to win his first race of the season Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.
Posted: 03/26/2011 - NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Shelvin Mack scored 27 points, including five in overtime, and Butler returned to the Final Four with a 74-71 victory over Florida on Saturday.
Updated: 03/26/2011 - PANAMA CITY, Fla- Gulf Coast gave up 2 runs in the 8th and another in the 9th to give up a 3-1 lead and was swept by Pensacola Saturday.
Posted: 03/26/2011 - SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A few years ago, George Mason showed that a No. 11 seed from an unheralded conference can make it to the Final Four. Now league rival Virginia Commonwealth is on the verge of topping that - taking a No. 11 seed from the First Four to the Final Four.
Updated: 03/26/2011 - PANAMA CITY, Fla- Rutherford used a 7 run first inning to win the Championship game of their own tournament at the Champlain complex.
Posted: 03/25/2011 - PANAMA CITY, Fla- Bay couldn't manage any runs as they lose a district game to Catholic Friday night.
Posted: 03/25/2011 - PANAMA CITY, Fla- Bay High played host to a one day county softball tournament, and Rutherford won two games to win the tournament.
Posted: 03/24/2011 - NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Alex Tyus scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Florida beat BYU 83-74 in overtime Thursday night, chasing Jimmer Fredette and the Cougars out of the NCAA tournament.
Posted: 03/24/2011 - PANAMA CITY, Fla- On to the diamond and day three of the Panama City Invitational, both Mosley and Rutherford looking to make it 3-0 in tourney play, and set up a head to head matchup in the title game Friday.
Posted: 03/24/2011 - Panama City Beach, FL--Arnold's Chase Russell signs a football scholarship offer with Cumberland College Thursday.
Posted: 03/24/2011 - San Antonio, TX--Florida State prepares for it's Sweet 16 game Friday against Virginia Commonwealth.
Updated: 03/24/2011 - PANAMA CITY, Fla- Mosley used 10 runs in the first 3 innings to dispatch Godby in the Rutherford P-C Invitational Wednesday.
Posted: 03/23/2011 - Lakeland, FL--It's bad news for Mosley alum Clete Thomas, he's been cut by the Tigers as part of the team's second to last wave of cuts.
Posted: 03/23/2011 - Panama City, FL--Gulf Coast's Kyra Crosby and Chipola's Jasmine Shaw both honored as some of the nation's top juco players this past season.
Posted: 03/23/2011 - Panama City, FL--Gulf Coast runs into a tough Pensacola pitching combination Wednesday night.
Posted: 03/23/2011 - Springfield, FL--Rutherford begins play in the Panama City Invitational with a big win over a team from Chattanooga.
Posted: 03/23/2011 - Tallahassee, FL--Florida State preps for the Sweet 16 matchup with V.C.U. while dealing with the excitement of making it this far.
Posted: 03/22/2011 - Gainesville, FL--Billy Donovan talks about the Gators Sweet 16 matchup with BYU and star guard Jimmer Fredetter.
Updated: 03/22/2011 - Panama City, FL--Gulf Coast hosts Tallahassee in a conference softball doubleheader Tuesday.
Updated: 03/22/2011 - Tallahassee, FL--Jimbo Fisher talks about the first day of Spring where quarterback EJ Manuel is concerned.
Posted: 03/20/2011 - CHICAGO (AP) -- Bernard James scored 14 points, Michael Snaer added 13 and Florida State showed there's more to its game than defense with a 71-57 upset of second-seeded Notre Dame on Sunday night that put the Seminoles in the regional semifinals for the first time since 1993.
Posted: 03/20/2011 - BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- Kyle Busch can't be beat at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Updated: 03/19/2011 - MARIANNA, Fla- Gulf Coast and Chipola met on the softball diamond for a double header Saturday.


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San Francisco International Airport
LA Public Defender Arrested After Alleged Drunken Run-In With Police At San Francisco Airport
A Los Angeles public defender was arrested after an alleged drunken run-in with police at San Francisco International Airport.
Delays, Cancellations Continue On Flights Between LAX And San Francisco
Passengers Monday endured cancellations and delays on flights between Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco, where an Asiana Airlines jetliner crashed Saturday.
Several Flights Scheduled To Land At SFO Diverted To LAX
Authorities Saturday said that some flights scheduled to land at San Francisco International Airport are being diverted to LAX.
Bad Weather Up North Delays Flights From Southland
The Federal Aviation Administration Sunday said bad weather in Northern California delayed flights from the Southland an average of just over two hours.