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"At first, I was afraid to talk, even in the police department," said "Nancy," a local resident recounting the beginning of the end of a nightmarish two-year relationship with an abusive partner.
According to Nancy, her abuser forced her to tell law enforcement that there was no abuse, after the victim's coworkers – suspecting domestic violence in the relationship – called the police. She said she did as she was told out of fear, "and it was still a blood bath that night."
"At first, I was afraid to talk, even in the police department," said "Nancy," a local resident recounting the beginning of the end of a nightmarish two-year relationship with an abusive partner.
According to Nancy, her abuser forced her to tell law enforcement that there was no abuse, after the victim's coworkers – suspecting domestic violence in the relationship – called the police. She said she did as she was told out of fear, "and it was still a blood bath that night."
Still reeling from being the victim of a controlling, manipulative partner, Nancy offered this week to share her tale with readers of The Inyo Register in the hopes that "if my story helps just one person, it's worth it."
She wants victims to know they are not alone and there is help available.
The woman said she was slowly empowered and found her own strength to carry on, thanks in no small part to support from Wild Iris. She was willing to talk, but anonymously; Nancy is not her real name. Likewise, her abuser's real name will not be used either. The perpetrator will be named "Tim."
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and local advocacy group Wild Iris is spearheading efforts locally to shine a light on this dark subject. Domestic violence is the single biggest cause of injuries and death for American women.
The stagnant economy is being blamed for an increase in domestic violence, locally and nationwide. Wild Iris, which operates the only domestic violence shelter and 24-hour hot-line for victims in the Eastern Sierra, is reporting that there are more people than ever seeking help from domestic violence. But domestic violence is more than a knee jerk reaction to bad times; it is about control.
The cycle of violence
Domestic violence is not only about physical abuse but also mental games and manipulation – all a part of the cycle of violence. Misti Clark-Holt, domestic violence coordinator for Wild Iris who accompanied Nancy for the interview, helped to define terms that Nancy has come to know secondhand.
The cycle of violence in domestic abuse is a vicious circle of lashing out and regret – a binge and purge cycle of abuse and then feeling sorry and guilty that leads to more abuse.
An abusive act in the cycle of violence leads to guilt and excuses by the abuser which usually leads to a loving "honeymoon phase." This is followed by paranoia and need for control by the abuser in the phase of well-being that leads to the abuser setting the victim up for abuse with accusations and guilt, which is followed by more abuse. Then the cycle starts again.
Nancy's first cycle started two years ago when she moved to the Owens Valley to be closer to family and to heal from a prior "challenging relationship."
She was not in town long before she met Tim, whom she called Prince Charming. "He was the most wonderful man. He said he couldn't believe what I'd been through and that he'd love me the way I was supposed to be loved. He said he'd be there for me."
Nancy's family was abusive as well, and she decided to move in with Tim after only a month together. She said it was not long after that Tim started preventing her from seeing her friends or family, threatening violence against her and her family.
She said she left him many times and would go back, in the beginning, because she felt guilty: "Maybe I'm not loving him enough?"
Later, she said she would go back out of fear for her life.
She said she was physically beaten, had loaded guns pointed at her head and Tim kept a menacing hunting knife on the wall of the house, "just as a reminder."
Tim, a hunter and outdoorsman, told Nancy that we would kill her and bury her in the desert where no one would ever find her. Tim was fiercely jealous, Nancy said. She said Tim would allow her to go out with friends, even encourage it, but when she returned after an outing, she was intensely interrogated. She said Tim would ask her what she did that night, and demand exact details as to whom she talked to and what transpired, whom she sat next to and why. Then two weeks later, Tim would ask her about the same night. "'If you didn't do anything wrong then you shouldn't have anything to hide,' he would tell me, always thinking I was cheating on him," Nancy recalled.
She said after time, the physical abuse eased but the threats grew more grave and every time she gave in to his pleads for love, the cycle of abuse – mental and verbal – would begin again.
Nancy said she is now sure that she would be killed if she and Tim were ever to reconcile.
Tim is now incarcerated, thanks in part to Nancy's co-workers' initial call to the police, and for encouraging her to seek assistance from Wild Iris.
Warning signs
Most people's first reaction after hearing stories such as Nancy's are that the victim probably should have simply left the relationship.
But it is not nearly that simple, or easy.
Clark-Holt explained that Tim, like many domestic violence perpetrators, started manipulating his victim from the very beginning of the relationship in very small, seemingly insignificant ways.
He was very loving and warm in the beginning, Nancy said.
She said that, in hindsight, she recognizes the warning signs of a domestic violence perpetrator in Tim. The signs include jealousy and a rapidly growing obsession with a partner that turns to increasingly controlling behavior. Tim also abused Nancy's animals, threatening to kill them, or himself.
While spinning in the cycle of violence, there were days when Tim would send dozens of text messages to Nancy threatening to commit suicide and blaming her. She said it wouldn't stop until she apologized for making him feel that way.
"He was very good at blaming and making me feel guilty."
Nancy said that Tim would take her to secluded areas to abuse her. "He would take me to these beautiful places – peaceful and quiet. But he took me there because he knew no one would hear me call out for help."
Threats of suicide and going to secluded areas are also key warning signs of a potential abuser. Clark-Holt said some of these signs may be part of some people's personalities and should not be taken as a threat, but when somebody such as Tim exhibits many of these traits in the early stages of a relationship, warning flags should start waving.
When asked how mind games and mental manipulation can be proven in a court of law, Nancy was quick to respond, to the grinning excitement of Clark-Holt who said she was so proud of Nancy for knowing the information so readily.
"Save texts, voicemails, letters," Nancy said. "Save all the proof that you can."
Nancy said she's learned that there is hope for victims. She said that while Wild Iris has been very supportive, it has also not been judgmental. Rather, Wild Iris has allowed her to find her own strength within herself to first admit she was being abused, and then face the fear that is Tim.
Nancy said that Wild Iris attends court cases with her, as just the sight of Tim makes Nancy uncomfortable.
"I know it was my own strength," Nancy said, "but I don't think I could have done it without Wild Iris. Before, I was a bird without wings, but after meeting with the ladies (at Wild Iris) I knew I could make it."
She added that it has taken her a long time to come to terms with the fact that she did nothing wrong, and the fact that people cannot change another person. "There's room for compromise in a relationship, but someone shouldn't have to change," she said.
Nancy said she will continue to seek non-judgmental assistance from Wild Iris, as are many locals.
Local support
The Bishop City Council is joining Wild Iris in its efforts by proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to the proclamation, "the Council Members continue to consider the safety and health of their residents of the utmost importance."
Clark-Holt said that from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31, 2010, Wild Iris in Inyo County received 362 domestic violence hot-line calls, performed 235 partner abuse counseling sessions, supplied 79 bed nights to victims and assisted in securing more than 60 restraining orders.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the cost of intimate-partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion a year, mostly for medical and mental health costs.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Wild Iris is asking the public to "Can the Violence" or recycle aluminum cans this month and donate the proceeds to the organization to help its efforts to serve victims and children of domestic violence.
For more information about Wild Iris, to donate, or to seek help, go to www.wild-iris.org, or call the Bishop office at (760) 873-6601, the Mammoth Lakes office at (760) 934-2491, the Lone Pine office at (760) 876-4740, the Coleville/Walker office at (530) 495-1500 or the 24-Hour toll-free Crisis Hotline at (877) 873-7384.


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LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA -- On Monday, April 7, 2014, I had a terrible experience with a Budget car rental.
I had been awake for 18 hours, flying across the country after a week away from home. Aircraft mechanical problems had caused me to miss my connection to Santa Barbara in Phoenix, and the two remaining flights were full. After failing to get a seat on standby, I decided to change my plans. I would fly in to LAX, rent a car, and drive home instead. I called Budget from Phoenix, and arranged to pick up a car at LAX after Iâd landed.
The plan seemed to be working. By 11:30 that night, I was half an hour from home. It was then, on an empty stretch of freeway at least ten miles from the nearest service station in either direction, that the engine shuddered and died.
Luckily, there was no traffic nearby. I was able to coast from the center lane to the shoulder of the freeway and come to a stop next to a huge erosion abatement wall. I donât think I would have made it if Iâd been boxed in by other traffic. If Iâd been stranded on the freeway itself, I would almost certainly have been rear-ended eventually. What had happened?
I tried re-starting the engine, but it wouldnât run. The fuel tank warning light had also come on. I had, apparently, run out of gas.
I was shocked. Budget had charged me $400 for a 1-way, 1-day car rental, and then had given me a car that didnât even have enough gas in the tank to register on the gauge?
Well, that did explain why the gas gage display didnât seem right. I had looked at it when I started the car, and I wondered why there was only a single, thin line connecting the Empty and Full marks. I guessed that may be the line itself might disappear as the tank emptied. It didnât even occur to me, especially in my travel-weary state, that the tank might be too empty to even register. Of all the times that Iâve rented cars, and Iâve rented a lot of them, I have never been given one that had less than a quarter tank of fuel.
I was lucky in one regard: Iâm a AAA member, and I had a cell phone signal. AAA sent a service vehicle with two gallons of gasoline, enough to get me to the next service station. Forty-five minutes later, I was on my way again. The Highway Patrol dispatcher told me that if Iâd been another mile or two further up the road, I would not have had a cell phone signal at all, and I might have been stranded for hours.
I called Budgetâs customer service number the next morning. The man who answered seemed unperturbed by my complaint. âIâm sorry this happened to you,â he said without much real concern in his voice, âbut thereâs not much I can do. I just changed the initial fuel level to a quarter tank, but thatâs the only adjustment I can make.â
Steve, the desk agent at the Santa Barbara Airport Budget desk, was much more helpful and empathetic when I returned the car. He gave me a significant discount on the rental, under the category of âon-the-road expenses,â and said he was very sorry that Iâd been put in such a potentially dangerous situation.
I wasnât so concerned about the money. I knew the car was going to be expensive when I rented it, and I was desperate enough to get home that I agreed to the rate. What mattered more to me was having a feeling that someone at Budget actually regretted what had happened to me. I appreciated Steveâs obvious concern, and his sincere desire to make amends for the situation.
As it stands, despite Steveâs good efforts, I doubt that I will ever rent from Budget again. You can bet, too, that whenever I rent a car from now on, regardless of how late it is or how tired I am, Iâm going to make sure that the tank is full before I drive it anywhere.
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PORTLAND AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO -- I rented a car at the Portland airport so I could attend my grandmother's funeral. I was thrilled that I got a good deal on Priceline at 60% off. My week long rental was only $179. I rent cars at least twice a year for travel and have never had any problems previously. How was I to know that I was about to engage in the worst customer service I have ever experienced in my life and be charged and erroneous $476.
One day in NE Portland, I accidentally parked in front of someone's driveway and my rental car was towed. It took me 42 phone calls, two days, and 11 direct hours of dealing with the situation to even talk to someone who was helpful. 80% of all the customer service reps I spoke with were some of the most non-empathetic people I have ever come across. They were rude, sounded annoyed from the start, had wrong information, I was hung up on three times during transfers, and all around unhelpful. Apparently it is Budgets policy that the customer cannot pick up the vehicle if it were towed. Every customer service person I asked (most of them just kept transferring me to the wrong person) could tell me that this was the policy, but no one could tell me where this policy was located or how I could get a copy. I finally found someone who could help me. He calls the manager of the PDX airport Budget and I am granted special permission to go pick up the vehicle from the towing company.
I get back home and the vehicle I rented from Priceline for $179 is now costing me $1000! My debit account, that I used as the security card when picking up the vehicle, has been charge $350, the full cost of the rental. I also just received a bill in the mail for $211 from Budget. Let me break this down. I completely take responsibility for the fact that I parked in front of someone's driveway. I paid $202 for the impound and I have the $90 parking citation to pay. Forget all of the illegal parking fees and I will have paid $476 directly to Budget (this does not include the Priceline rental fee I already paid).
Upon calling Budget customer service again to discuss this issue, I am told that the $350 that I was charged was for the towing fee and that I needed to prove that I paid the fee directly to the towing company. But $350 was the exact amount for a full price (non-Priceline) rental of the vehicle. I am convinced that no one knows what they are talking about. To top it off, the bill I received for the parking ticket states that the violation amount was $181.50. I have the ticket in front of me – It was for $90 and is not past due. Then they have a line item for $30.00 handling fee. Where did the other $91.50 come from??
This company does not have their act together and they are taking it out on the consumer. Not only was I two days without a car I rented, but they are charging me $476 in fees that they appear to have just completely fabricated. I am writing reviews every where I can and making a complaint to the BBB. I have never experienced such bad service in all my life.
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -- Two or three years ago I had very pleasant, courteous and professional experience with BUDGET in Sunnyvale, CA. And the price was right too. At that time, I decided to stay with BUDGET for my future needs. Disclaimer: I do need to rent a car once, sometimes twice a year. In other words, I am not a heavy user of the rent-a-car service(s).
My experience from Jan 14th 2015: I needed a car for 5-7 days from Sunday Jan 11th 2015 onwards. Called BUDGET's 800 number to make reservation. A lady on other side was very nice, polite, friendly and fast. Her name was Aisha, Usha or something similar - Japanese name. We agreed about the car (Ford Focus or similar). She gave me a quote for cca $580, including full insurance, unlimited mileage and taxes. She said that cancellation of the reservation will cost me $10. If I do not pick up a car (or something similar) I have to pay $50. I agreed and gave her credit card number.
Unfortunately, my traveling plans changed before the pickup day. I needed to cancel or change the reservation. I was willing to pay $10 fee. Called 800 number, after many automated questions, I got on the phone a live person. I do not remember his name. His attitude, during the conversation was "I do not care about anything, I have to do what I am paid for." No friendliness, very annoying attitude.
On the bright side. He understood what I want do do. I wanted to change the reservation day from Sunday, Jan 11th to Wednesday Jan 14th 2015. He said, no problem, I can do it for you. I asked him if I need to pay for the change, He said no. He also said, the full price is going to be $40 less than the original quote ($580). I said, great, I like the outcome.
On Jan 14th 2015, I've showed up at the BUDGET office (San Jose International Airport) to pick up the car. The sales associate asked for the reservation number. I gave it to him. He checked his computer and said that I need to have another reservation number, because my reservation number was for the past Sunday Jan 11th 2015. I told him, I do not have any additional or new reservation number. He said, in such a case, he will use the original reservation number to proceed with the process. The price is going to be $880 + $80 for GPS. Total of $960. I could not believe my ears. The price went $300 UP just because of the change of the pickup date. If I would have known that, when I changed the pickup date, I would cancel the reservation and go shopping elsewhere for the better price.
Reminder: the person, who made a change over the phone four days before, told me that the price is going to be $40 less then the original quote. I told sales associate that I am going to one of the competitors to get a better deal. Another reminder: I was at San Jose International airport where are cca 10 other Rent-a-Car offices in one row. He said, that I will not find a better deal, because today was a very busy day for all of them. Most of the cars in my category were gone. I said to myself... "hmmm this is a bummer."
Then I told him that I would like to talk to his manager. He said, Ok... just wait, please, for a sec. Then I waited, 5 - 10 minutes. Nothing. I got bored and decided to talk to another car rental company (SIXT). The lady was very polite and friendly. She said, yes, we have car for rent, but not in Ford Focus price range. It is going to cost you $680 all included + GPS as a complimentary. So, I got 4 door BMW with GPS.
Went back to the BUDGET front desk. The manager did not show up yet. The initial sales representative was not there either. Few minutes later another gentleman came to the front desk. I thought... "wow... great." This is the manager. I approached him and started to explain my case. He listened to for a minute, saying nothing. Then a lady next to him said, no, he is not a manager. He is sales associate on training. Few minutes later the first sales associate came back (no manager yet) telling me that they can not do anything to accommodate me. The price is $880.
I said to him "Ok, then please cancel my reservation." He answered, "no, I can not do this. You have to talk to the company who gave you the reservation. I told him, the company was the BUDGET and you work for BUDGET." He was firm. He said few times in a row, you have to call the company who gave you reservation. I wished him a nice day, left the BUDGET's desk and went to SIXT. Paid $680 to SIXT. Got a better car, paid $200 less than BUDGET and got GPS for free.
Came home, called BUDGET, one more time, to cancel the reservation. I explained to the gentleman the whole situation and asked for refund. He said, "ok, I can cancel the reservation. It will cost you $50." Again, I could not believe what I heard. I told him that I was in the BUDGET's office to pickup the car on time. He still did want to waive the $50 fee. Then I asked him to transfer the call to his manager. A nice person (Daryl) answered the phone. He was very polite, he listen to me, and he apologized for all troubles I had with their sales representatives. He also told me that I will get a full refund in 2-3 days. Conclusion: Stay away from BUDGET. You can spend your time better.
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AVOID Budget Rent-A-Car and Priceline!!
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- AVOID Budget Rent-A-Car and Priceline!!
This was the first time I used Budget but also the last time. I would tell everyone not to use this dishonest company. Reasons:
1. Did not get the car I reserved. Talked into getting a larger car.
2. Initially, I reserved an economy car on Aug 23, 2014 for 2 days. At their SFO airport counter, I told the staff I would need it for 4 days instead of only 2 days (before the deal was concluded and paid, NOT after!) and I wanted to make sure there would be no penalty. The staff assured me that there would not be any penalty except the additional rental for 2 more days. After I returned the car 78 hours later, my credit card was charged not just for 4 days but also a late charge of $20, a transportation fee of $20 (what is this??) and miscellaneous expenses. The final bill was more than double than what was shown on Priceline's website where I reserved my booking.
3. I contacted Priceline for assistance, and got an auto-reply saying that they needed 10 business days to check with Budget to reply. I waited for 10 business days, but nothing happened. So, I wrote to Priceline again, and they sent me another email telling me to contact Budget at 650 877 0988 direct.
4. I had called Budget at the no. given by Priceline more than 10 times during their said office hours of 07:30 - 19:30 San Francisco time over 3 business days, trying all the different options by pressing different numbers for billing, airport manager, etc but nobody of Budget Rental would ever answer. The auto-recording just kept repeating the same info (our contact hours are blablabla...or you can reach us at budget.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...). I have also tried their contact us links of their website (as their recording machine advised) many times but none of their 'contact us' links works. As I'm writing this email, I just tried the "contact us" links on their website again, there was still no response, and I'm not surprised anymore.
5. While I've spent hours to follow up on this complaint over the last 2-3 weeks, two days ago Budget Rent-A-Car further charged my credit card another US$22.80 for passing by Golden Gate Bridge once (one-way only) on Aug 25. The pay-by-plate toll should only be US$7 but this is how Budget Rent-A-Car would suck its customer's blood without any advanced notice! As advised by my bank, I had no choice but terminated my credit card because I had then seen countless rip-off cases by Budget Rent-A-Car for even much larger amounts online.
6. Although Priceline's Support Team did reply to my emails (I've dealt with 5 officers so far, because every time I reply, there would be a new officer responding, making me repeat the same stories again and again until I'm totally fed up). I have just received another email from Priceline today, saying that since Priceline is not (but Budget is) charging my credit card, I have to chase Budget direct instead. What about the fact that I actually had to put my credit card details on Priceline's website when I made the reservation online at the very beginning only to let Budget rip me off afterwards?
As of today, I have spent many hours, making countless long distance calls (I am based in Asia now) to follow up on this issue but I cannot contact with anyone of Budget. Lesson well learned. That money lost does not bother me but I am not going to give in mainly for the benefits of other potential customers as dirty business practices like those must not be indulged.
Good luck everyone!
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Excessive mandatory insurance sprung on you at the last minute
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, CALIFORNIA -- I live in the US (California) and traveled to the UK. Before leaving, I reserved a Budget rental car through Argus. The agreed upon price was $490.97. In the confirmation email I got from Argus, it refers to "Optional Extras or Fuel Charges are payable at the rental desk". When I got to the Scotland airport, after traveling for 24+ hours, and I was delirious with jet lag, they demanded I buy insurance for 501.50 pounds, which, at the current exchange rate, worked out to $796.36! That's 1.62 times as much as the original rental price!!!
Because I'm not used to either driving on the left side of the road, or driving a car with a manual transmission, I felt having a car with an automatic transmission (which I reserved) was mandatory. Those were getting to be in short supply even when I was making my reservation, and were likely sold out by the time I arrived, so I reluctantly agreed UNDER DURESS to buy the insurance. I was standing there with two suit cases in hand. My friend that I was meeting there had taken two weeks of vacation to spend time with me. I had made numerous non-refundable reservations, etc. I pretty much didn't have any options at that point.
I contacted Argus the next day through their web site, and they opened a ticket, but said the issue could not be investigated until I returned the car. Now, why on earth would that be the case? I'll tell you why: it's so that I would be more likely to hang on to the car, rather than shopping around for a better deal and returning the car early.
I called Argus a few days later, and someone assured me (and I questioned it and clarified) that this $796.36 insurance charge was a deposit, not a premium, and that it would not be billed to my card so long as I didn't damage the car, which I didn't.
I returned home on April 2, and on April 4, they had attempted to bill me for the entire $796.36. They only got $671.33 because that's about all I had in my checking account. They got a little more than what I had due to the overdraft protection, and of course I incurred overdraft fees.
I emailed Budget, and they beat me over the head with the fact that I had signed their contract, and basically told me to go to hell. Argus is expressing a little more sympathy, but I have yet to get a refund. The guy said he would pull the audio tape of the conversation I had with the Argus customer support woman, and if indeed I was assured that it was a deposit rather than a premium, I would receive a refund. That was stated on April 8. Today is the 12th, and I have not been given any updates, and I couldn't get the guy on the phone who was assigned this case, and he hasn't responded to my emails requesting updates.
I think Argus and Budget are co-conspirators in this. If Argus had given me correct information, I would have shopped around for a new rental car, and returned the old one, thus, at least minimizing the carnage. But, I was misled, I was put off until it was too late to do anything about it, and now, I'm out an extra $671.33. This is highway robbery.
To summarize: I agreed in good faith to pay the stated amount of $490.97, and I did indeed pay this amount at the time I made the reservation. They ended up charging a total of $1297.33 for the rental car. That's 2.62 times what was originally agreed upon.
A rental company is well within its rights to charge insurance, but they should state their requirements UP FRONT and IN ADVANCE!!! They shouldn't spring this one someone at the airport! Even their own contract lists these charges as "Optional Services", but they refused to rent the car to me without me agreeing to pay these fees.
This is worse than bait and switch. Bait and switch at least gives the person the option to walk away. I had flown from California to Scotland, and I NEEDED a rental car, and had reserved one, and had paid the agreed upon price for it. Then, after they had me over a barrel, they extorted another $796.36 out of me. I will never rent from Budget/Avis ever again. I suggest you do likewise.
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Taken Advantage Of
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA -- Picture this. We rented a car via Priceline. When we arrived to pick up our vehicle we were met by "Sikandar" at the airport in Orlando. Our understanding was the vehicle had already been paid for.
Mr "Sikandar" was a mumbler with a heavy accent and failed to inform us of numerous details on the contract and the items he was offering us. First off he offered us insurance at approximately 60.00. Great! We will take it. Failure one is he forgot to mention it was per day. Offered us a GPS. Approximately 12.00. Failure two. Didn't tell us per day....again. Keep in mind we just got off the plane, we are excited and believe that all people have good intentions especially companies who want our business.
As the staff member continues to not only speak with a heavy accent he mumbles. After several times of asking him to repeat himself (my husband and I had clearly indicated to him we could not hear or understand him) it was very clear we were confused and had the deer in the headlights look. As a result an additional 730.00 was charged to our credit card in addition to what we paid to Priceline. This was a preplanned trip. My husband just lost his job before the trip but because it was paid for already we chose to go anyway. Then we get hit with a bill we simply cannot afford.
When I spoke to the Company what did I typically hear throughout the conversation..."did you read the contract....you signed the contract". Yes yes we did.. believing you were good people and trusting you would not rip us off. WOW!!!! Not at any time did this "Zikandar" inform us IT WAS PER DAY for the insurance. He also said he was going to give us the GPS for free. DIDN'T HAPPEN. Charged us per day.
Good customer service is training your staff to inform the customer. NOT RIP US OFF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. And of course the supervisor that I spoke to at Budget say "I'm sorry mam but I can only tell you what the contract says not what the staff member says." Really so your not accountable for your staff!!!!!! Who is then. This is a real cop out and I will never rent a car from this service again. I really truly feel like we have been taken advantage off and will never rent a vehicle from this company again. I feel ill informed and I believe that the company should take responsibility for their staff.
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Reservations Mean Nothing and Neither Do You to Budget Rental Car
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- On June 11, 2011 my wife and I made four future reservations for cars in Las Vegas, Nevada for trips from January 2012 through April 2012. The average number of days for each of the four rentals was five days. We used Travelocity to book but we also called Budget's 800 number to confirm and printed each reservation from the Budget Company Web Site. All seemed to be well but I must say that I was relatively new to dealing with Budget so I did not expect either their lack of concern or their lack of honesty.
On January 2, 2012 (approximately 7 months after our booking) we received emails (2) from a representative of the Las Vegas branch of Budget Car Rental stating that unless we were willing to pay approximately $1000 (yes, one thousand dollars) more than the confirmed price that they had no intention of honoring our reservations. We called immediately and the person who sent the emails refused to come to the phone although we had been informed that she was there. So we filed complaints with both Travelocity and with Budget customer service (now there is a misnomer) and neither of them felt like that a confirmed reservation meant anything as far as I could tell. In fact a Travelocity supervisor promised to call us back either way in two days and he, of course, did not keep his promise.
So apparently someone at Budget got the word and the supposed manager from Las Vegas did give us a call. She contends that Budget has the right to refuse service to anyone they choose and that she was choosing to refuse service to us because our rate was too low. They did not desire to have customers like us who sought out a bargain. Plus, she was sure the whole affair was simply a computer error and they couldn't be responsible for that, could they? Well, just to clarify this part of it we checked Hotwire.com, Travelocity, and Budget.com and all of them had the same rates that we booked. So to say that it was simply a one time computer was a blatant lie and Ms. T-------- certainly knows that.
In conclusion, add this complaint to the hundreds of others on the internet at this very momemt and you can find about a 1,000 reasons why Budget Car Rental Corporation is headed for bankruptcy. People will put up with a lot but dishonesty will eventually put you out of business.
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Stay Away From Budget!!! Horrible Experience
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This letter is stemmed from an unbelievably inconvenient, frustrating and horrible experience I recently had with Budget Rental. To say this was the most dissatisfied I have ever been with a company, would be putting it mildly.
My girlfriend and I were set to move from our NJ apartment to another apartment in about and hour away. The specific move-out date was Thursday, September 30th between 2-5pm. Since our new apartment would not be available until October 6th, we planned on renting a truck for a week and storing our belongings there.
We researched a few places and found Budget Rental to be the cheapest. They had a location that rented out Budget trucks 6 miles away, called Liberty. With a 20% coupon we had, we would be paying $27.99/day + .59/mi, which was great. We booked a 16 foot Budget truck on September 5th. The representative from Budget asked us what time we would like to pick up the truck on September 30th. We told them 1:30pm, as we had a very strict time frame in which we would need to be in and out. Everything was going smoothly.
On the move-out day (Thursday), we were all packed and ready to go. It was 11:30am and I figured I would give the rental location a call to see if the truck was available yet, just get a jump on things. I was informed by the representative at Liberty, âThe truck is not here and Iâm not sure when itâs going to be here.â Someone was renting the truck that I needed for a week that morning. I was confused; we made a reservation with Budget and even gave them a credit card to hold it. The man explained that I should call Budget and double check because this type of thing has been known to happen.
I called Budget and explained the situation. They said the only truck available right now was one in Brooklyn, NY. This trip would have taken a long time. It was not yet 1:30pm, so I figured I would just wait until the pickup time and then go get the truck. I was told that I would be put on a notification list and someone would call me when my truck was ready to be picked up, which could take up to 2 hours. The man I talked to at Budget did not show any signs of confidence that the truck would be there for me. In fact, He used phrases, such as âIâm not really sure, I donât know, we can try.â This made me feel a bit uneasy; all I wanted was assurance that the truck I reserved with my credit card a few weeks back would indeed be there for the time I needed.
It was finally 1:30pm and I went to pick up the Budget truck. When I got to Liberty, the truck was still not there. I waited until 2:00pm, no truck. The representative at Liberty tried calling the person who rented the truck out, no response. I called Budget again, this time from the Liberty location. I was extremely annoyed and frustrated. I explained the situation again and they had no explanation. The woman I spoke with was just as unsure as the first man whom which I spoke. I asked her how this is possible that a truck I reserved weeks ago was not here at the time I reserved and it was now 45 min past. She told me and I quote, âWe donât guarantee the truck, we guarantee the rate.â This set me off. How can you not guarantee a truck being there when you make a reservation? I was never informed that the truck âmay notâ be there when I called, otherwise who in their right mind would use Budget?? The truck being there on time is the main part of the reservation.
I then asked her what she could do to help me. She replied that there are no trucks available and that she would put me on a notification list when one does become available. This was another 2 hours that I didnât have on the same list I was on before, and still did not hear anything from! There was no excuse for not having my truck. More so, they offered absolutely no help, concern or consideration for my time frame. At the very least, they should have offered to rush another truck there for make up for it. It was now 3:00pm. I realized at the point, they would do nothing to help me and it was a lost cause. The last thing the woman said to me and I quote, was âMaybe you should contact a competitor for a truck.â Are you kidding me???
At 3:30pm, I was scrambling through phone books to find another truck at the size I needed. I finally found another truck, which was double the price I was planning to spend. By the time I got to that location, filled out paperwork and drove it to Hoboken, it was now 4:15pm. I had 45 minutes to move my entire apartment into the truck. I had to rush to make the 5:00pm cutoff for when we had the elevators reserved. My girlfriend called Budget back later that day to AGAIN explain what happened and see if we could receive some compensation for the aggravation they caused us, not keeping a reservation and causing us to resort to a competitor for twice the amount. They said there was nothing they could do about it.
I never received calls for the 2 notification call lists I was presumably on. They did not apologize. If I was unable to find this last minute truck, I would have had to pay a heavy fee for my apartment complex for not being out of my building by Oct 1st. To top it off, I called back Liberty around 6:30pm that day, just so see if the truck was there. Nothing. It was like I never made a reservation at all. There should have been a truck on site for these situations, especially when someone rents it for a WEEK.
Budget Rental was the sole reason for my inability to move out on time. They are fully responsible for the exhausting, irritating and inconvenient day that I had to endure. It was truly the most horrendous experience I have ever had with a company. The conduct in which Budget Rental and its corresponding employees runs its business is disgraceful. Their unwillingness to problem solve was among the worst I have ever seen. There was no professionalism, urgency or regard for my situation. I am utterly disgusted with the provided service (or lack thereof) and will never use Budget services again. In addition, I will warn everyone about Budget and how unhelpful they were throughout this entire ordeal. They took no responsibility for their actions and did absolutely nothing to make it easier on me. Their solution was to contact a competitor, which I will do from now on and urge everyone else do to as well. Words cannot express my anger regarding this experience. Budget is unreliable, untrustworthy and completely ignorant as a company.
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The Big Cost Of Small Scratch On The Bumper/Renault Megane
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I have been working with Budget Hungary more than 3 years and I was very satisfied so far however I rented a car again for 4 days between 28June and 02July 2010 and I got the car with basic insurance which my responsibility is around 450 EUR...
When I returned the car, they realized a small scratch on the front bumper lower part and they told me that they can not give me invoice now as they have to see the cost of this damage..It was so small which the cost can be maximum 40-50 EUR but I saw they did charge 110 EUR for this damage..
I called the downtown office in Budapest and the lady on the phone told me that she can send me only the invoice..I several times told her that I need to talk to the guy who made this invoice but she refused my request and hanged up the phone...
I do not accept such amount for such a small mistake..Otherwise I will rent a car with full insurance next time and I will return the car wrecked up..
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|BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of the Whitewater Unified School District, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth Counties, Wisconsin, that the revenues included in the School District budget for the 2012-2013 school year through the 2014-2015 school year be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $600,000 a year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of maintaining K-3 class sizes; maintaining instructional and co-curricular programs; replacing aging technology and maintaining facilities.[2]
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* July 18, 2013 Dr. Frank Eliot, W3WAG, discussed Weak Signal Detection. Thanks to the rapid increase in digital processing availability, hams have implemented sophisticated and user-friendly techniques that enable us to communicate with much weaker signals than we had dreamed of exploiting just a few years ago. In this session, Frank discussed weak signal detection, exploring under what circumstances we might detect even weaker signals, thus communicating over even more difficult paths. Also, on a related topic, he described how earth antennas behave, and experiments one might perform to sort out their modes of operation. * June 13, 2013 AMRAD hosted a doubleheader for slow modes: DFCW and JT65.
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If you're looking to relax, check out Playa del Carmen in the Yucatan peninsula. Once a tiny fisherman's village off the Caribbean coast, this charming town is a mecca for tourists who like to stray off the beaten path. Experience Playa like a local and stay in a vacation rental - an authentic home away from home. Choose an oceanfront condo for easy access to the beach, or a contemporary villa in town and enjoy amenities like high quality bedding, fully equipped kitchens, and on-site laundry facilities that will help make the most of your vacation in Mexico.
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Cheesy Garlic Bread
Garlic bread is an easy and really tasty garlicky treat. Although garlic bread can be made with powdered garlic I prefer it made with fresh. This time I tried adding some grated parmigiano reggiano on the top. The cheese melted and turned nice and golden brown. Garlic bread goes well with pastas, soups and stews. This time I enjoyed the garlic bread with this tasty ministrone soup.
Cheesy Garlic Bread(makes 4-8 servings)
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1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
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Irrigation Overview
Water – The Lifeblood of Almonds
One of the continuing challenges to almond production is the availability of water to optimize tree health and crop production. California's Central Valley, where California Almonds are grown, is characterized by a Mediterranean climate — cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers — which is ideal for almond growth as long as the almond trees have access to adequate water.
Limited water supplies — with or without drought — are a reality in California. The Almond Board of California has invested heavily in the area of irrigation strategies and technologies that conserve water while optimizing production and tree health, as well as in ways to protect ground-and surface-water from potential runoff or leaching of grower inputs.
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Optimum Use of a Limited Resource
The Almond Board of California has supported University of California research on irrigation scheduling and management for over 25 years to determine the optimal use of irrigation water to enhance yields and quality, extend orchard longevity, suppress diseases and insects, reduce energy consumption, and increase the overall sustainability of the California Almond industry.
Ensuring that almond trees are neither over- nor under-watered requires constant monitoring of a number of variables. The timing, frequency and amount of irrigation will depend on several factors, including weather conditions, the amount of water stored in the soil from winter rains, fruit development stage, orchard maturity, orchard-specific soil type(s), water quality, and the irrigation system type and efficiency.
Comprehensive scheduling should be keyed to three factors: 1) weather conditions driving evapotranspiration (ET) and use of a water budget approach with data provided by the California Department of Water Resources' CIMIS program, 2) soil-based monitoring, which can use a variety of techniques and equipment, and 3) monitoring tree water status using a pressure chamber (pressure bomb).
Additional Resources:
- Water Use Among Almond Growers factsheet
- Almond Water Efficiency Infographic
- Almond Water Wise Infographic
Irrigation and Drought Strategies
Almond growers can now go to a UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources website to access an extensive compilation of drought-related water management and irrigation strategies developed by UC researchers, farm advisors and Extension specialists.
Good overall summaries of strategies under different water availability scenarios can be found at the UC Drought Management website. The Irrigation Management module of the California Almond Sustainability Program (CASP) contains a broad array of information on setting up and managing an irrigation system in almond orchards. More information can be found in the following California Almond Outlook and Western Farm Press articles available here.
Additional Resources:
- UC ANR Publication: Drought Management for California Almonds
- Irrigation Scheduling Using Evapotranspiration (ET) and Updated Almond Crop Coefficients (Kc)
- Using CIMIS to Determine Almond Water Demand (ETc)
- California Almonds Outlook: Starting Out Right: Managing Irrigation in a Water-Short Year (Dec. 2013)
- California Almonds Outlook: Drought Management "What Ifs" (August 2014)
- California Almonds Outlook: Irrigation Scheduling with Tight Water Supplies (February 2014)
- Almond Irrigation: Scheduling with Tight Water Supplies
- California Almonds Outlook: Coping with Drought (April 2014)
- California Almonds Outlook: Increasing Irrigation Efficiency – Timing and System Maintenance Improve Application Accuracy, Save Water (August 2014)
- California Almonds Outlook: Irrigation Tools and Resources for Almond Growers (August 2014)
- California Almonds Outlook: Coping with Drought — Late-Season Irrigation Is Vital for Next Year's Crop (April 2014)
- Western Farm Press: Almond Irrigation - Scheduling with Tight Water Supplies
Hullsplit Strategic Deficit Irrigation
Trees can tolerate moderate drought stress during hullsplit, a two-week period prior to harvest, without risk of crop loss or long-term yield effects. Moderate water stress at this time provides three additional benefits: 1) lower potential for hull rot; 2) a more uniform hullsplit, leading to an earlier harvest, when crop damage from rainfall is less likely; and 3) an earlier harvest, all of which can help minimize crop exposure to late-season navel orangeworm flights and potential aflatoxin contamination.
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- UC ANR Publication: Using the Pressure Chamber for Irrigation Management in Almonds
- California Almonds Outlook: Hullsplit Strategic Deficit Irrigation (August 2014)
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Water Sources and Infrastructure
California's Mediterranean climate is conducive to producing high-yielding, high-quality almond crops year-in and year-out. While these ideal growing conditions form the backdrop for the state's almond-growing productivity, it is our ability to store and distribute water for irrigation during the dry growing season that is the key to this success.
With rain and snow falling almost exclusively in the winter and early spring and mostly in the northern part of the state, Californians rely on an intricate system of dams that create reservoirs for storage, and canals to distribute stored water as needed to irrigate crops, as well as support health and human services, industry, recreation and environmental concerns. The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains acts as an additional water storage device, recharging rivers, reservoirs and groundwater supplies as it slowly melts during the dry months. Underground aquifers, sustained by that same Sierra snowpack, provide an additional source of water that is tapped by wells for irrigation and other uses.
Several issues affect the state's water supplies:
- Sustained population growth throughout California
- Lower-than-average rainfall and a thin snowpack in recent years that have reduced the amount of water in storage, both aboveground and underground
- An aging and inadequate storage and delivery system that cannot meet the state's multiuse water needs
- The failing of the infrastructure of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, the "crossroads" of the state's water delivery system
- Legal and environmental issues, such as the protection of endangered species, that require Delta pumps to be shut down during critical periods of water delivery.
Additional Resources:
- California Water backgrounder
- California Department of Water Resources: Sustainable Groundwater Management
- Association of California Water Agencies
- California Farm Water Coalition
- Water Education Foundation
- Public Policy Institute of California
Water Quality
Almond growers rely on good water quality to ensure both a healthy tree and a healthful crop. Growers also need to protect surface- and groundwater from runoff, spray drift and/or leaching by following good management practices.
Almonds have a relatively low tolerance for saline conditions; however, the nature of irrigated agriculture is that salts carried in the irrigation water are added to the soils and accumulate there. Different water sources carry different levels of salts. For example, groundwater on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley is generally naturally high in salts, while surface water from snowmelt is very low in salts. Depending on the sources of water available to the grower, a part of irrigation management is to ensure enough good-quality water is applied to leach salts below the root zone. Minimizing the addition of salt to the soil and removing salts by leaching are critical for continued almond production.
There is an inherent conflict between the goals of maintaining groundwater quality while maintaining a productive irrigated agriculture. These issues are being addressed by the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS). CV-SALTS members include entities involved with water management, irrigation districts and some growers, as well as the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Additional Resources:
- Salinity Management in Orchards by Maxwell Norton, UCCE Merced County
- Irrigation and Salinity Management in a Dry Year(s) by Terry Prichard, UCCE San Joaquin County
Groundwater Protection
Growers in California have recently been tasked with protecting groundwater quality under the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program.
Groundwater quality issues include nitrates that primarily come from agriculture, salinity that is often naturally occurring, a few pesticide issues (primarily legacy issues) and issues such as arsenic, which is primarily from natural sources.
Monitoring of groundwater in the Central Valley has detected a number of sites with elevated nitrate levels. Nitrates affect the ability to use the water for drinking. Nitrate is a form of nitrogen that plants can take up as one of their nutrients; however, it also moves easily in water and therefore leaches easily into groundwater. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, under the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, has developed a Groundwater Quality Protection Strategy that addresses the issue of nitrates and other contaminants in groundwater. With some care, growers can minimize — but not necessarily eliminate — nitrate leaching from their fertilization practices.
The nitrogen budget calculator at the California Almond Sustainability Program website is a tool that growers can use to more precisely apply nitrogen to orchards in the amounts that the crop demands, resulting in less potential nitrogen leaching into groundwater.
In some instances, pesticides have shown up in groundwater. Currently, California's Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) limits the use of pesticides that have the potential to leach in areas where the groundwater is more vulnerable; these are called Ground Water Protection Areas (GWPA). In addition, CDPR monitors for pesticides that could possibly leach, based on their chemical characteristics.
Preventing Irrigation and Storm Water Runoff
A comprehensive surface water–quality regulation for agriculture in the Central Valley of California was passed in 2003 by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. Through participation in the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program watershed coalitions throughout the San Joaquin Valley, almond growers are meeting their legal requirements under the Clean Water Act to protect water quality. The coalitions also help almond growers take steps to reduce potential levels of farm waste in irrigation drainage or rainwater runoff.
Monitoring and ultimately reducing discharges of pesticides, nutrients and sediments into waterways and groundwater is the goal of almond growers in California's Central Valley. To help them meet that goal, the Almond Board of California funds research on ways to control runoff from orchards and prevent it from contaminating surface and groundwater.
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Sylvan Hills Middle School was one of three grand prize winners of the 2012 Ask, Listen, Learn Challenge. Administered by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), 30 schools from across the country participated in the 2 week challenge in April. Centered on Ask, Listen, Learn, the challenge raised awareness of the dangers and consequences of underage drinking and benefits of making healthy choices during Alcohol Awareness Month. Each of the three grand prize winning schools won the opportunity to receive a visit from an Olympian from the 2012 Summer Games and a $1,000 voucher from Sportime for new physical education equipment.
Gay challenged a few lucky kids to test their fast feet against him in the running competitions on Ask, Listen, Learn's interactive game. The game enables middle school kids to learn about the negative consequences of underage drinking and benefits of making healthy decisions while they exercise. The premise is based on research by Harvard Medical School's Dr. John Ratey, showing that for a person's brain to function at its peak; the body needs to move. The multimedia program includes the game, print materials, and a supporting website that provides a pledge kids to live a healthy lifestyle and an opportunity to play online games and read about likeminded role models. The website also dedicates an area for parents and educators which provides information and strategies to help jumpstart the conversation about the dangers of underage drinking.
"Kids are the future and I take that very seriously," said Gay. "We have to make sure that we are teaching our kids about the dangers that accompany underage drinking. As an athlete, I know all about making healthy decisions – whether it's about eating right, drinking, or deciding who to hang out with. I'd like to impress upon these kids that your everyday choices are just as important as your choices on the track or in the pool."
Sylvan Hills Middle School Principal Mr. Artesza Portee praised The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility's efforts to reach kids on this important issue. "This is a truly innovative program that is sure to hit home with kids and hopefully spark a conversation between them and their parents surrounding underage drinking. It's important that kids understand that the choices they make today – good or bad – will have a lasting impact on their lives."
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1/4 cup
olive oil
1 cup
chicken broth
2 cloves
garlic, minced
1 tablespoon
1 tablespoon
garlic powder
1 tablespoon
poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon
dried oregano
1 teaspoon
dried basil
thick cut boneless pork chops
salt and pepper to taste
We thought this was quite good -- a nice change from so many of the crockpot recipes that use canned cream soup as a base. The combination of spices and herbs sounds strange, but combined to make a nice, rich, herby flavor. Used the listed amounts of all the spices, w/a few exceptions: I replaced the tbsp of garlic powder w/onion powder (since I used 2 lrg cloves of fresh garlic crushed in my garlic press). I also seemed to be out of basil & oregano, so used nearly a tbsp of Italian seasoning. Also used more than 1 cup of broth, but less than the whole can, since I was cooking 6 chops inst. of 4. I cooked on low for 8 hours -- smelled SO delicious when I got home from work, and my husband wondered what smelled so great when he got home. The sauce was great over steamed rice and the meat was tender and flavorful. Even the kids liked it. All in all, a very easy, tasty recipe -- I will make this again. Would also be good w/a small pork roast.
Good, for a crock pot recipe. I find it hard to get the perfect, "fall-off-the-bone yet not too dry" texture that I like - I think crock-pots vary so it's diffictult to gage. I do not reccomend "basting" as the recipe calls for, as that defeats the purpose of using a crock pot - you do not want heat to escape until the very end. This was good and easy, but not the best way to cook a flavorful pork chop. Do it, if you need something easy.
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We loved this recipe! It has a mediterranean taste to it. I doubled the liquid and it cooked in half the time with 1 inch chops. My teenager boys loved it! The gravy was excellent over rice and steamed veggies.
I thought the meat was super tender and flavorful. I sauted the garlic in the oil first before mixing it with the rest of the spices. I also browned the chops in the same pan that I sauted the garlic in before adding to the crock pot. Plus I added extra chicken broth. Great served with long grain wild rice. Will definately make again.
My daughter says this should be given 5 stars. I tend to agree. My husband loved it as well. The only thing I changed in this recipe was to cook it on low for 8 hours instead of 'high' for 4. I also added 2 cups of chicken broth instead of one. The chops were extremely tender and very tasty. This will be made again. Thank you!
Loved it!!The best recipe I've found on this web-site in 5 ys. I agree it tasted mediterranean. I doubled the chicken broth, used garlic salt instead of powder, added green beans the last half hour, used pork loin chops, & served it over Basmati rice.
This recipe tasted great and the pork chops were so tender they ended up falling apart. The only down side was it was a little oily for me so next time I will reduce the oil. I also added a little balsamic vinegar to the mix for extra flavor. Overall very good and I will make it again.
These chops were great. They were so tender, you could cut through them with a fork. The spices/herb were strong, but very yummy. If you are at home while cooking these, it would be beneficial to baste or turn the chops every few hours. The bottom side of our chops were much more flavored than the top side.
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