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Villa in Ostuni, Brindisi Province, Puglia, Italy - Sleeps 6 All EnSuite Sea Views of Adriatic & Castle Large Terraces Air Con Shade
This holiday home has all the character of stone vaulted rooms and conical trullo but with the convenience of a newly renovated, well insulated design. Six 5 star reviews on Tripadvisor. Very good unlimited wifi included. Modern bathrooms and kitchen with professional cooker. Look out from the veranda over the pool to the Aloes and Olive trees, or from the roof terrace, great for evening parties, to the Adriatic or the beautifully lit Carovigno and its castle. Seven minutes drive to Ostuni, the white city, "the jewel of Puglia" with its wonderful old city to explore by day or enjoy in the warm night air. Relax in old bars, or the sophisticated modernity melted into the solid stone. Carovigno has a lot to offer from gourmet to great value restaurants with fantastic food and low prices. Italians choose to holiday here. The veranda has an outside kitchen, popular in southern Italy, and we have two barbecues. The local fish, meat and vegetables are exceptional so you can go into town later and chill, or just watch the sun go down, poolside.
Villa Acacia is in Ostuni, with all the convenience that gives in getting around and to the beaches etc. Many properties now coming up, under a new Ownersdirect system, for an "Ostuni" search are up to thirty kilometers distance and are far from convenient. Many roads here are single track and compare similarly to driving times for distances in Cornwall for example.
Top Traveller Review
A fantastic week away in a lovely villa
About the Owner
About Will Sanderson
I refund the Service Fee, whenever you prefer it.
"From the start of booking to the return of our deposit the owner has been top class. His one concern being that we have everything we need plus giving very helpful advice for trips, eating etc." Trip Advisor 5 star review.
"One more thing – the proprietor, Will Sanderson, is a true gem and the ultimate in hospitality. He very patiently acquainted us with the nearby town, showing us the supermarket, fish store, the better bread store and the not-so-better bread store, the best place to get local wine and the restaurants and night spots. Then, going one step beyond, he stepped in to help us through a medical emergency and assisted us in arranging some emergency flight plans, for which I am most grateful. If you book this villa, consider Will one its assets." Trip Advisor 5 star review
Will Sanderson purchased this villa in 2007
Why Will Sanderson chose Brindisi area
Very convenient but tranquil. Many properties in Puglia are remote to the extent of inconvenience when you wish to go anywhere. Villa Acacia is in a great location, away from it all yet within 5 minutes drive you can be in Ostuni or Carovigno and in 10 minutes at the beaches or on the motorway, to Lecce for example.
What makes this villa unique
The olive grove here is particularly nice, of a good size with trees of over one hundred years, and with views out to the Adriatic. If you leave a review we will send you a litre of our olive oil to your home - you can taste the difference!
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A fantastic week away in a lovely villa
Great location for a truly relaxing week. Villa is in character with the area with all the mod cons you could need for a perfect holiday. We ate out locally in Carovigno and Ostuni and also in at the villa. The rooftop table was superb for a sunny breakfast. with beautiful views. Will was the perfect host even arranging a cookery day which we thoroughly enjoyed. While we were in residence a little cat arrived looking very sad and beaten up. We think she had been abandoned. We fed and cuddled her back to health and called her Squiffy. She seems to like the Villa Acacia as her new home.
A beautiful Villa and Trulli.
Two beautiful properties rolled into one.
We have just spent a week in the rustic countryside of Puglia, among olive trees, pear trees, fig trees, mandarin trees, lime trees etc.
Both the Villa and Trulli are very well equipped and the swimming pool is perfect to swim and cool off in.
The area is very quiet with a view of the Adriatic from the flat rooftop area.
The Trulli and Villa are very clean and well maintained.
The owner was friendly and most helpful and gave good customer service.
I would recommend this property to friends and relatives and we will certainly be going back for another stay.
We encountered quite a few mosquitos but this is to be expected as we were out in the countryside.
Wonderful property, wonderful location.
Thankyou Will you made us feel very welcome.
Beautiful Property in a stunning location
We have just returned from the most wonderful, relaxing holiday in the beautiful Villa Acacia. We were met by the delightful owner Will, who throughout the week was on hand to give wonderful restaurant, beach and trip recommendations. Nothing was too much trouble. He arrived with fishing rods for my son, delicious cake from Cafe Chocolate for us to enjoy. I must admit to being rather a lazy traveller who likes to plonk myself by a pool with a book and not move, but Will is so enthusiastic about the area we even managed a few cultural outings!! The villa was imacculatly clean and two of the three bedrooms were beautiful trullo. The pool was extremely clean and well maintained, and Puglia laid on 7 days of wall to wall sun. A "trulli" fabulous holiday.
Beautiful Villa/Trullo in lovely part of Puglia
Villa Acacia is a charming property, and has been renovated to a high standard with care taken to preserve its unique features. It offered all the modern amenities you would expect, with lots of space to spread out and relax. We were delighted to find almonds, walnuts, lemons, and figs all growing in the grounds of the villa. The location, between pretty Ostuni and Carovigno, was a great base from which to explore Puglia, and we were able to fit in a couple of great day trips. One to Lecce and Otranto, and another taking in Albertobello, Locorotondo, and Martina Franca. Bicycles were available at the villa for those wanting to explore locally.
Will is a truly great host and could not have been kinder. He gave us lots of good recommendations on local restaurants and places worth visiting, such as the best nearby beaches.
It is one of the only villas we would genuinely like to go back to and I would definitely recommend this property as a place to unwind and sample the charm of Puglia.
A really great villa for a relaxing holiday
My family and I had a lovely stay at this villa. We enjoyed spending time relaxing by the pool and eating outside.
The villa is in a really good location - close but not too close to a town which was ideal for us.
Will, the owner was very attentive - you will be amazed at the bounty of goodies he buys for his guests. He even bought us breakfast on our last day which was very thoughtful of him.
The only downside of our stay was that it wasn't long enough.
Many thanks for a lovely stay.
Villa Acacia peaceful set amongst olive trees.
Villa Acacia was just what we needed clean, comfortable and a great base from which to explore Puglia. It had everything we needed especially peace and quiet. The villa is semi remote and a car is essential however Carovigno is just 8 mins away with all your amenities. Ostuni with its beautiful charm and atmosphere white washed buildings is 15 mins away and comes alive of a night time. Will the owner is very helpful and always on hand directing you to various shops (supermarkets,butchers,bakers etc) We will be coming back to explore some more.
From the Owner
"Very convenient but tranquil. Many properties in Puglia are remote to the extent of inconvenience when you wish to go anywhere. Villa Acacia is in a great location, away from it all yet within 5 minutes drive you can be in Ostuni or Carovigno and in 10 minutes at the beaches or on the motorway, to Lecce for example."
Activity and Interests
Special interest holidays:
We can provide various courses for a few hours or more. eg Yoga, Art, Stained Glass window making, Local History, Restoration, Tennis coaching, etc.
Nearest beaches are ten minutes drive away, and there are many more easily accessed from the main coast road. The beaches are sandy and tend to be within coves of limestone which rise 2 or 3 metres out of the sea.
Villanova (15 mins by car) is the larger of the nearby small fishing villages along the coast, Santa Sabina being the closest.
A vehicle is essential and car hire is available at the airports.
Brindisi airport is 18 miles (29km) and takes 25 minutes.
Bari airport is 45miles (72km) and takes 75 minutes.
Ryanair offer direct flights from London Stansted to Brindisi and Bari, or to many UK regional airports via Milan Bergamo.
Easy Jet fly Gatwick to Brindisi in July and August.
British Airways have direct flights from London Gatwick to Bari
Alitalia have indirect flights from London Heathrow, & City to Brindisi.
Ostuni is 4km and takes 7 minutes by car.
Carovigno is 3km and takes 5 minutes by car.
The beaches and harbour at Santa Sabina take 10 minutes by car.
The beaches and harbour at Villanova take fifteen minutes by car.
Brindisi is a 30 minute drive, Lecce one hour (less on the train from Carovigno or Ostuni railway stations), Otranto 90 minutes by car.
Further Details:
Ostuni, the "Citta Bianca" is a magical place especially in the evenings. The architecture is a mix of all things southern Mediterranean. It looks like a north African town. Eating, drinking and relaxing out in the open air late into the night is a joy, for all ages. In July and more so in August the main Piazzas of Ostuni and Carovigno have live entertainment of all sorts of high quality, culminating in the Saint Oronzo horse parade in Ostuni on August 25/26th. Martina Franca has an Opera festival in July. Ostuni and Carovigno are working towns that operate all year round. This is a mainly agricultural area. Northern Puglia grows most of the dram wheat for the pasta of Italy, & the region makes as much wine as Australia but, this particular area is best known for it's olive oil. Olive tress are everywhere which give the view a green 'carpet'. The soil here is highly fertile and wonderful vegetables are available. The Markets tend to be on different days in different towns. Carovigno's is Tuesday morning, Ostuni has a full market on a Saturday morning and a vegetable market on a Wednesday morning. There are good supermarkets and smaller specialist grocers, butchers, fish vendors, cheese makers, wine, and fresh pasta shops in both towns.
There are blue flag beaches within a ten minute drive, (Torre Pozzelle is visible from the olive grove), and many other lovely beaches and coves to swim, snorkel, and sunbathe. In the summer evenings the coastal villages come alive with music, street vendors, ice cream parlours, restaurants and bars.
The beautiful Baroque towns of Lecce, Martina Franca, Locorotondo and the Famous Trulli of Alberobello are all a short drive.
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
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|Minimum Price
|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
|Event Price
special late deal
17 Jun 2017 - 23 Jun 2017
5 night minimum stay
for 5 nights
July 2017 I refund service fee
1 Jul 2017 - 21 Jul 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
July offer
22 Jul 2017 - 28 Jul 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
High Summer £350 per wk off
29 Jul 2017 - 1 Sep 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Tranquillo Irefund service fee
2 Sep 2017 - 29 Sep 2017
5 night minimum stay
for 5 nights
October 2017 £200 p/wk off
30 Sep 2017 - 3 Nov 2017
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
My Standard Rate
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Additional pricing information
|No additional mandatory fees
Booking Notes:
I refund the Service Fee, whenever you prefer it. I am an owner on Ownersdirect. I know the introduction of the service fee is disliked by many owners and holidaymakers alike.
We accept online booking or booking directly and card payments. 50% of the rental fee is due on booking to secure rental. Full payment to be received no later than 45 days before arrival. A refundable breakages deposit of £200 is required, to be paid along with full payment, to be refunded within 7 days of your departure (subject to satisfactory property inspection). We do not charge for small broken items and we realise accidents happen - in fact I never charged anyone. Once you confirm you wish to book with us we will send you an email with confirmation and payment details.
Changeover Day:
Changeover day is normally Saturday unless prior books preclude this. Check-out by 10.00am please. Check-in after 4.00pm but we are flexible and normally we can receive you when you arrive but we might be continuing to clean etc. You will be met by an English speaking key holder who will explain the Villa's facilities.
Notes on prices:
CARD PAYMENTS and ON LINE BOOKING WELCOME
Tripadvisor 5 star reviews "Beautiful seclusion" ... "beautiful roof terrace and lovely pool"....."we went with our two children, I hope we will go back."
Owner's Cancellation Policy
- Cancelled bookings will not receive a refund.
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From the Owner
"The olive grove here is particularly nice, of a good size with trees of over one hundred years, and with views out to the Adriatic. If you leave a review we will send you a litre of our olive oil to your home - you can taste the difference!"
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- Romantic
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- Hair Dryer
- Heating
- Internet ...
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided
- Living Room ...
- Parking
- Towels Provided ...
- Washing Machine ...
- Wood Stove ...
- Coffee Maker ...
- Dishes & Utensils
- Dishwasher
- Freezer
- Kitchen ...
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Hob
- Toaster
- Child's Highchair
- Dining ...
- Dining Area
- Books
- DVD Player ...
- Ping Pong Table
- Stereo
- Television ...
- Video Library
Pool / Spa
- Private Pool
- suitable for elderly or infirm
Location Type
- beach
- rural
- bay
- churches
- library
- marina
- museums
- playground
- restaurants
Leisure Activities
- beachcombing
- sight seeing
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- fitness centre
- groceries
- hospital
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- deepsea fishing
- fishing
- pier fishing
- diving
- snorkelling
- bay fishing
- swimming
- tennis
- wind-surfing
- Bathroom 1 - Toilet, Bath (no shower), Shower Enclosure, Bidet
- Bathroom 2 - Toilet, Bath (no shower), Shower Enclosure, Bidet
- Shower room 1 - Shower Enclosure
- En-suite to bedroom 1: Vanity basin, bidet, WC, walk in shower 1400mm x 800mm. En-suite to bed 2: Vanity basin, WC, Shower 1000mm x 900mm in cubicle. Bathroom to Trullo Bedroom: WC, Bidet, Basin, walk in shower 1200mm x 800mm washing machine.
- 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6
- Bedroom 1 - 1 Cot
- Bedroom 2
- Bedroom 3
- Description of sleeping capacity: Sleeps 6 (3 Bedrooms) Notes on bedrooms: All bedrooms have king size beds - can be changed for twins, TV, wardrobe area, hair dryer. Bedroom 1: vaulted stone, stone alcoves, table, chair, A/C. Bedroom 2: With stone wall, table, chair,A/C. Bedroom 3: In separate Trullo building A/C next room.
- Bicycles ...
- Terrace
- Golf ...
- Garden
- Barbecue
- Veranda
- 6 bicycles
- Self-catering
House Rules
- Max. occupancy: 6
- children welcome ...
- non smoking only ...
- Notes on accommodation: Weekly rental charges include pre-arrival clean, linen and towels, gas and electricity and a welcome hamper. Wood is provided for barbecue cooking. A cot and high chair are available upon request. Air-conditioning is available in July and August at no extra cost. The buildings are well insulated and stay cool. This is a non-smoking villa. Sorry, no pets. . There are Mosquito nets on all windows, doors should be kept closed if possible. Outside: The pool is 10m x 4m at 1.35m, and 2m x 3m at 0.4m then two steps to the large 1.35m area. The entry steps are 6" (150mm) to help all ages enter the water safely and with ease. Utility Room: Utility area is under the stairs, with washing machine, (also another washing machine in the trullo bathroom, ironing board, bucket, mop and cleaning materials etc. Cleaning / Towels / Linen / Maid service: All towels and linen are included. Pool towels are provided. Cleaning and fresh linen weekly. A mid-week and weekend pool service is included. A mid-week maid service can be provided. Other: The Veranda has a table and six dining chairs. On the Roof Terrace there is a 4 metre dining table and sofas to seat 8 overlooking the swimming pool. This makes a wonderful party area.


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The Walla Walla VAMC serves veterans from a 15-county area in the tri-state area that includes Southeastern Washington, Northeastern Oregon and Central-western Idaho. In addition to our main medical center in Walla Walla, we offer a primary care services to our patients in community-based outpatient clinics at Richland and Yakima, Washington, La Grande, Oregon, and Lewiston, Idaho. The Walla Walla VA also has a contract VA Clinic in Grangeville, Idaho.
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Chad Brand agreed and tweeted, "So, congressman Jose Serrano from Dist 15 in New York introduces resolution 15 to repeal 22nd amendment to constitution. What insanity!"
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:rolleyes: Thought maybe someone out there would have idea about a problem a friend of mine is having with his 41 Chevy. We built this car about 2 years ago, it had 350/350 eng/trans, he burned the engine up then changed it out with a 283. It was running a HEI distributor which went bad and we installed old OEM points distributor with Pertronix upgrade. Are running resistor type coil as suggested. The engine starts great, idles really good, but when you put in gear and try to accelerate it pops and falls on it's face, if you feather the throttle it will go but as soon as you get into it, it pops and goes dead. I suggested to him that vacuum advance could be the problem what do you all think. Plan on checking all the grounds to the chassis and engine. Engine timing has been checked and re-checked. Carb is new and I don't really think it is a fuel problem. Any suggestion is appreciated.
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the pertronix upgrade is a electronic pickup I assume. do you have a ground from the coil to anywhere on the motor or frame
Drop the HEI back in. Too many failures with points type distributor. Sounds like your points are out of adjustment, reset them or switch back to HEI.
Put some timing back in it.
Hei set at 12-14 degrees will help.
Thanks, have verified voltage, the Petronix conversion is electronic has no points, we just used the points distributor as a base.
Thanks, the Pertronix conversion is electronic-no points
BTW, do all the initial and mechanical advance tuning w/the vacuum advance disconnected and the line to the carb plugged. Once you're done tuning, hook the vacuum advance to manifold vacuum (aka full time vacuum).
Verify the timing marks are showing TDC.
Most vacuum advance cans give too much advance; you really only want about 12-14 degrees w/a mild cam and "normal" compression ratio. To limit the total amount of vacuum advance you will need to physically limit the vacuum advance can's travel w/a vacuum advance limiter plate like the Crane p/n 99619-1. This part also fits the points-type distributor. Or you can make one.
Then use a timing light to see that the mechanical advance is working as it should. If you don't have a dial back light, you can make a timing tape to see what the total timing is.
I would give it more timing if you're at or below 6-8 degrees BTDC (like has been mentioned already). You use more timing for a bigger than stock cam.
Be sure the total (mech. plus initial timing, no vacuum advance included) isn't higher than about 36 degrees BTDC (stock heads), and that the mechanical advance is all in by 3000 rpm or less.
More info on setting up a performance timing curve is here. Balance the initial plus mechanical advance figures as needed. As an example, if you use 10 degrees initial, you'd use 26 degrees mechanical (36 total is the target, minus 10 degrees coming from initial = 26 degrees mechanical). 15 initial gets 21 mechanical, et cetera.
As stated previously; verify the timing marks are correct.
- Is the vacuum advance can particularly ancient? I've never seen one go bad, but I have used the adjustable can before.
- Can you give us some specs on the motor? Does it have Vortec-style 305 heads on it per chance? Vortec heads have slightly different timing requirements. While this wouldn't be the entirety of the problem, it may not be helping.
- Forgive me for asking a simple question, but where is the vacuum line from the distributor connected on the other end? Is the vacuum line new?
- What carb is on this 283? Has the carb been rebuilt recently? Was it rebuilt back to a baseline tune? You really only need a 600cfm carb on a 283.
- Are you guys using an MSD type ignition box?
BTW 1st Pertronix conversion I did sitting on my couch watching a basketball game. In theory it could be a bad module but I HIGHLY doubt it. Was this the old, original Ignitor? Or the later Ignitor II or Ignitor III? The first generation had a design flaw; I seem to remember if you left the power on to the ignition too long, it would fry the electronics.
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The Pertronix unit should see a full 12 volts. If you wire in a resistor it should be between the 12 volt source and the coil, the 12 volt source should contine on to the Pertronix module inside the distributor.
I've included a SnapShot of the Pertronix wiring link for space to add some comments. Check out your wiring compared to my comments and their instructions.
See this Pertronix wiring http://www.pertronix.com/support/man...itor12vneg.pdf
Well to answer somewhat, we were in a pickle of a rush to get this done when we installed the distributor with Pertronix trigger, didn't read the instructions in detail, ran a regular coil and it got so hot it almost blew the end off. Went back to the instructions which said use a ballast resistor or use a resistor type coil which we used the coil. Problem is still there though. We will give out but won't give up. Appreciate the link to Pertronix will revisit the wiring!
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Awesome. It appears they've locked up at least Dinklidge for 6 seasons (I guess that tells us he's not dying anytime soon).
That's good to know. With this series, you can't take that for granted.
That would be great, to sign an actor to 6 years (but in the contract it says that if he is killed off on the show the contract of done) but tell him that it's only for 2 or 3 years. So everyone THINKS he will be there for 6 years and really surprised when he is killed in 2 years.
That would be a great plan except for the books.
Just talking in general for any show that someone could die.
All the super fans that follow contracts and stuff would be all thrown off
In addition to this news is the fact that we all should expect 10 episode seasons every time. Bah!
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It's also important to realize that a six-year contract means that the actor is committed to the show for six years, not that the show is committed to the actor. So they can kill him off at any time.
And they may well plan to kill him after Season 3 (random example), but still give him the standard six-year contract, because who knows what will happen? Maybe he character will become super-popular, or maybe the actor who was supposed to take over as lead in Season 4 dies, or whatever. It costs the studio nothing to lock down the actor, and gives them options that they m not have if the contract is tied to the length they originally planned the character to be around.
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GNOME Photos is a bit of a confusing one to me. Initially I thought of it as a photo viewer, maybe a more powerful version of EOG, but it is not. In fact, it depends on EOG for certain tasks. Photos is a simple picture management tool that only displays images from the Pictures folder, allowing users to create their own albums and choose favorites shots. As was the case with Music, Photos is still a young app and it shows. Performance improvements are necessary when displaying pictures, transitioning from one another, etc. Most importantly, though, my main thing with this app is that I don't see much use for it anyways.
Just like Nautilus received a new name, so has Totem, now dubbed Videos. In this last update it has evolved quite significantly, and in the right direction, I must add.
Video files can be imported to Videos and displayed in a grid arrangement. Double clicking on a video file from Files works just as well, but I must admit the visual appeal of this option is rather obvious.
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When you say slow start, is it cranking good, and takes a while for, lets say, the fuel to get to the engine?Good Raaa raaa raaa raaa but no rhooomm rhooom
It tries to start sounding like it is not getting enough gas. After about 30 seconds of trying it begins to try to connect and usually, except today, does. Thereafter, for the rest of the day the car starts easily, but less quickly when there is a long period, say six hours, between driving.
That does not match an "Electrical" issue, such as starter, battery or alternator. If you are cranking good, then you need to head elsewhere.It is not uncommon for a fuel line bleed down due to either a leaky injector bleeding down into a cylinder or a fuel pump module that is bleeding down, back into the furl tank.
I have run into both. Once the system is pumped up, and used "frequently" throughout the day, it will not manifest.
The only way to check this is to preform a fuel system leak down test. Did your shop preform this test? It usually needs a stay over night... and I remove the plugs to look into the cylinders as well as preform another test that isolates the fuel rail and the lines to the tank to get a better result.
Another issue is coolant leaking into the cylinders. It does happen if there is a head gasket issue. On cooler mornings, or sitting, the coolant will not burn off with the fuel, and usually needs to be pumped out before an extended crank time will result in a start.
This will normally be noted with a rough idle that clears up, and a white smoke from the exhaust.
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I haven't noticed any white smoke from the exhaust. The car seems to runs smoothly once going.
Is this a problem a local mechanic can usually deal with, or does it need to be done by a dealer?
I would have a qualified shop preform the leak down test. I am a "Local Tech" however, it seems the shop you went to was limited by not asking enough questions. If you have issues finding a shop able to deal with this issue, save a buck and go to the dealer. They are real hungry right now, and will be glad to see you.print this and take it with you. If the shop you went to was listening to you, they NEVER would have checked the starter and alternator.
Sorry to sound so blunt, but I spend the bulk of my business day cleaning up messes from other shops.
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The Global Meltdown: What To Do NextBy
What caused the Asian financial crisis? Right after it ignited in Thailand in July, 1997, the Asian economies were seen as the culprit, particularly by Western investors who suffered huge losses in Thailand, Korea, and Indonesia. In a remarkable about-face, many of the world's most sophisticated financial institutions and market pundits who had hailed the Asian economic miracle began complaining about Asian crony capitalism. Never mind that per-capita income soared seven times in Hong Kong and South Korea and 4 1/2 times in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia during the previous 30 years--an unprecedented accomplishment in economic history. Never mind that these countries had followed textbook models of economic development, with balanced budgets, conservative monetary policy, high savings, and market liberalization.
Today, the "blame Asia" explanation has a decidedly hollow ring following Russia's dramatic default, the virtual disappearance of risk capital in emerging-market economies, and the near collapse of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management. Now that a global liquidity crisis threatens to throw the world economy into recession, attention is shifting from the structural weaknesses of emerging-market economies to the structural weaknesses of the international financial system. And criticism has shifted from the follies of borrowers to the follies of lenders.
PANIC ATTACKS. President Clinton has described the swift and unanticipated flight of private capital out of the emerging-market economies as analogous to bank runs on entire economies. This is an apt analogy in light of the fact that many of the economies that have suffered the greatest traumas are smaller than the global financial institutions that lent them billions in short-term money. With the benefit of hindsight, it is painfully obvious that there was nothing in the current international financial system to prevent either the excessive buildup of short-term borrowing when capital was pouring in or the credit crunch that strangled emerging-market economies when capital hemorrhaged out.
So what can be done to contain the recessionary forces that have now been unleashed and prevent future bank runs on whole countries? Given the precariousness of current conditions, the world community should heed the advice of James D. Wolfensohn, the head of the World Bank, to focus on efforts to ameliorate the immediate crisis. Although reforms of the international financial system are necessary, they will take considerable time to design and implement. The contentious discussions of preliminary proposals at the recent annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund indicate that the reform process will be painfully slow.
PROMISING STEPS. Immediate action is warranted on several fronts: cuts on interest rates by the U.S. and Europe, an infusion of new reserves into Japan's troubled commercial banking sector, a further easing of IMF austerity conditions in emerging-market economies, and the extension of new loans. Recent decisions by both the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to reduce short-term interest rates and Japan's offer to extend $30 billion in additional loans to the Asian economies are promising first steps. A credible adjustment package for Brazil would help rebuild investor confidence.
Two kinds of reform should receive top priority in remaking the international financial system. First, emerging-market economies must develop transparent, supervised financial institutions, monitored by either the IMF or the Bank for International Settlements. Developed countries should mount a program of technical and financial assistance to help in this essential task.
Second, as the U.S. has proposed, the international system must fashion some kind of contingency-loan facility that can be quickly mobilized by countries pursuing sound policies to resist sudden speculative runs. Admittedly, the wisdom of such a proposal hinges on prior agreement about what constitutes "sound policies" and "turbulent" market conditions. Reaching agreement on these controversial issues should be the first order of business. Had such a contingency-loan facility been available during the summer of 1997, the crisis that began in Thailand could have been contained instead of spreading and threatening the entire world economy. It is equally sobering to note that Japan's proposal for a new $100 billion fund to combat currency contagion in Asia last year, which Washington defeated, could have had the same effect. But there is no time to lament the might-have-beens of the past. The tasks of the future demand our attention.


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The man - Georges Temperman, 55 - did not look like he had choked on a piece of meat, suffered a heart attack and hit his head on a table as he fell. Yet that was exactly what his lover was claiming.
A death certificate proclaiming that Mr Temperman had died of natural causes had already been issued and the reputation of Genevieve Simenon - the lover in question - was beyond reproach. Mme Simenon was a highly respected doctor at a Brussels hospital and the great-niece of Georges Simenon, one of Belgium's most famous sons and the creator of plodding Parisian detective Inspector Maigret.
But years in the Belgian police force had taught Freddy Hulsmans to recognise a murder victim when he saw one. After a moment's reflection he phoned his former colleagues in the Brussels police department who begun investigating.
This week (two years after the event) a teary-eyed Genevieve Simenon, now 42, went on trial for murder in a turn of events which would have fascinated her bespectacled pipe-smoking great-uncle and given his fictional creation Inspector Maigret serious pause for thought.
Georges Temperman, the father of one of her four children, had not died of natural causes, she conceded.
Instead he had insulted her, gripped her by the throat, threatened to leave her and called her father a Nazi. He had also had a string of affairs with other women and treated the three children from her first marriage with contempt, she alleged.
On June 27, 2000, Genevieve Simenon snapped - by her own admission the only thing she could see was "red."
She took a wooden mallet from a nearby tool box and smashed it into her lover's head 18 times as hard as she possibly could. Mr Temperman was a big man but his responses were dulled - earlier that day Genevieve had injected him with a heavy dose of valium which had made him sluggish.
After Mr Temperman had breathed his last Genevieve washed, went for a drive around town, came back and removed every trace of blood from the flat before cleaning up the body and going out to work.
The following day she called a doctor, Edouard Adrianssens, who by a strange quirk of fate happened to be a former lover. He claims now that he was duped but at the time he happily wrote out a death certificate declaring that Mr Temperman had died of natural causes.
This week he sought to explain himself. "When I arrived the room where the body was lying was plunged into darkness and his head was covered with a sheet.
"She told me he had choked on a piece of meat and that he had heart problems. I lifted a bandage on his forehead and saw a wound but she explained to me that he had hurt himself falling. I trusted her - I never thought the unthinkable."
Mme Simenon, who has been in prison for the past two years, claims that hers was a crime of passion committed on the spur of the moment - but there may yet be another twist in this macabre tale.
Prosecutors believe that she may have tried to kill her lover by lethal injection, but failed, so resorted to brute force. Although Genevieve says she gave Mr Temperman a dose of valium to calm his nerves earlier that day, investigators have never found the syringe or any medical packaging because her clean-up of the murder scene was so thorough.
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This is a discussion on 2012 TPMS (issue) keeps turning off and on within the General Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Accidents. forums, part of the Tech & Modifying & General Repairs category; Originally Posted by T0rque check the spare tire.. Does anyone know if the spare tire has a sensor? they usually ...
I think that I've read somewhere that only 4 tpms could be registered to one car. That's the reason I didn't put tpms to my winters. Would have to go to dealer every time I change my tires, or buy the device to do so.
I just bought a new wrx last sat and my tpms light comes on after ten minutes of driving. Think they over inflated too
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Overinflated doesn't turn the TPMS light on, nothing happens in that case. Other than bad tire wear, that is. But I had several occasions where just cold outside temps would to it.
You can't have everything - where would you put it?
IIRC someone posted how his tires were severely over inflated & this triggered the TPMS. He let the air out & the light went out.
The Big 2011/2012 Mod Thread
Ooh,hang on. That is the throb of a turbocharged flat four engine. A sound which,all over the world,heralds the imminent arrival of a moron - JC.
I correct myself. Actually read that in this thread some time ago,LOL.
The Big 2011/2012 Mod Thread
Ooh,hang on. That is the throb of a turbocharged flat four engine. A sound which,all over the world,heralds the imminent arrival of a moron - JC.
Most Japanese imports are shipped with high tire pressures to protect them from getting "flat spots" or other tire related problems that could occurred from sitting for long periods of time. I have taken delivery of numerous imports and the dealership failed to adjust the tires to the proper vehicle rating. I check my tire pressures now on all my new cars. It's kinda sad during pre-delivery inspection this gets missed a lot.
depending on how bad the tires are over inflated, the light may or ma not come on.
also, typically, spare tires will not have a sensor unless its a full sized spare. I still have yet to see a sensor on a temporary spare tire.
I have also seen m tpms act up on my car. I had a nail in one of my tires, plugged I, reset all the pressures, and a week later the light came back on. checked all the pressures and they were all still at factory specs. put the car on the lift and ran it in gear roughly a mile and went off
OK, I stand corrected, maybe. Don't really care, I have not yet had any serious over-inflation. It would be good habit to check sometimes anyways, just like oil level and such. People are just getting WAY to lazy with the modern gizmos. These things are still cars that need a certain amount of care and also a way of handling that I find many people today are simply missing. Like not turning the steering while the vehicle is stationary, or not pulling the steering wheel against the stop, ever. A good tire pressure gauge is a must...
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CHICAGO -- A shift in strategy worked out well for the Chicago White Sox.
J.J. Hardy was nailed at the plate for the final out on an unorthodox relay, and the White Sox held off the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Sunday to end a four-game losing streak.
Hardy singled with two outs against Bobby Jenks and took off when pinch-hitter Jim Thome lined a shot into the left-center field gap. With the Chicago infield drastically overshifted to the right side for Thome, Hardy figured no one would be in good shape to make the relay home.
"It was a different play," Hardy said.
But third baseman Mark Teahen put himself in position to take left fielder Juan Pierre's throw. Teahen's strike to catcher A.J. Pierzynski arrived in plenty of time, and Hardy was beaten by so much that he didn't slide or go barreling home.
"With Thome up you've got the guys playing shift, the third baseman is kind of playing shortstop," Hardy said. "There's a ball to the left-center gap, third baseman goes back to third base, so now there's no one for the relay from Pierre. I'm running as fast as I can.
"It just turned out that Teahen goes back out there as the relay guy. It's probably a play that no one's ever practiced it and it worked out for them," he said.
The speedy Pierre hurried to track down Thome's drive, which went as a single.
"Right off the bat, we're a little deeper in the outfield with no doubles in that situation, Thome is Hall of Famer for a reason," Pierre said. "I just thought about getting the ball in as quick as possible. I knew they were probably going to be sending him, a ball in the gap, man on first, no-brainer to send him, and I just turned and threw."
"I saw Teahen and chucked it to him and got it out of my hands so I couldn't get blamed. He made the relay, but I was shocked about how far away he was from home when Teahen got the ball," he said.
Thome had plenty of clutch hits for the White Sox during his four-year stint before signing with the Twins in the offseason, but Chicago decided not to re-sign him and moved to a more contact-hitting team.
"I was praying for Hardy to try to steal second so we can pitch around Jim to face [Nick] Punto, but it didn't work out that way. It was an interesting game to win," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said.
Pinch-hitter Andruw Jones singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth. Mark Buehrle (2-0) pitched eight innings and Jenks held on for his first save.
Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer, and Mark Kotsay and Gordon Beckham had solo shots for the White Sox.
Joe Mauer doubled twice for the Twins, who finished a season-opening road trip 5-2 and are set to open Target Field against the Boston Red Sox on Monday.
Buehrle settled down after the third inning for another strong start, allowing four runs and eight hits. He walked two and struck out one
Nick Blackburn (1-1) pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing five runs, eight hits and one walk.
With two outs in the eighth inning, Blackburn gave up back-to-back singles to Konerko and Carlos Quentin. After left-hander Jose Mijares replaced Blackburn, Jones batted for Kotsay. Jones singled to left and Quentin scored, just beating Delmon Young's throw.
After pitching seven scoreless innings in Monday's opener against Cleveland, Buehrle gave up two runs in the first inning. With one out, Orlando Hudson singled and moved to third on Mauer's double, and both scored on Justin Morneau's single.
Blackburn couldn't hold the lead in the bottom of the first. With two outs, Quentin doubled and Konerko followed with his third homer of the season to tie the score.
Denard Span led off the third with a double, and scored one out later on Mauer's double to left. With two outs, Mauer scored on Michael Cuddyer's single to put the Twins up 4-2.
Blackburn couldn't hold the lead again.
Kotsay homered with two outs in the fourth to pull the White Sox within one, and Beckham tied the score on the first pitch in the sixth inning.
Hardy made a nice pickup on Konerko's grounder in the fourth inning to start a double play. Hardy fielded the ball behind second base and flipped the ball to second baseman Hudson, who barehanded while on the bag and threw to first to get the second out. ... Jones broke out of an 0-for-7 slump with his first hit of the season.


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I got the 30% TCA solution from Amazon and read the instructions carefully. I did a test yesterday on my neck, diluting it a little with water first. It barely stung and never frosted so I figured I'd go ahead and use the full strength on my face. Well, I had a lot of anxiety about doing this to myself but, wow, there was nothing to it! I Q-tipped it on, one side first, then waited about 90 seconds, rinsed, then did the other half. That was a good plan because my face started frosting right away. I should mention that I've been using retinol for 8 months leading up to this, so perhaps that's why I could take the 30% strength.
Anyway, how easy! It hardly hurt at all, and after I rinsed it off with cold water I just felt a little warm, and no pain at all. I don't like ointments so I opted to just dab on some Noxema skin cream and my face feels good, just a tad stiff. Can't wait to see what happens next. What's interesting to me is I've done alph-hydroxy peels and I hate them -- they hurt and they don't make any noticable difference. I'm hoping a TCA peel will actually do something! Anyway, I'll post again in a couple of days.


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DIY College Rankings
For better or worse, the college-rankings field is ever fertile.
The latest innovation is College Factual, a new Web site that allows users to create customized rankings of colleges based on criteria they select. Students may weight each of 17 factors (including ethnic diversity, graduates' starting salaries, and freshman-to-sophomore retention rates) as unimportant, slightly important, important, very important, or critical.
Users then choose the colleges they wish to rank. With the click of a few keys, you can create your own personalized list of top colleges, sorted from No. 1 all the way down to that weird college your uncle attended.
This do-it-yourself sorting reminded me of College Confidential's SuperMatch, a search tool that lets users weight the importance ("kinda," "very," or "must have") of 23 criteria. On College Factual, clicking through an institution's profile yields a slew of data, compiled from various sources. Each institution gets a scorecard with (wait, what's this?) grades in numerous categories.
No rankings system is completely objective, of course. Each one reflects the choices made by its creators, no matter how "data-driven" it is. I thought of this when I clicked on "high faculty salaries," one of the 17 factors, and a pop-up window appeared. "Colleges providing higher compensation rank higher," it said. Well, OK. And I wondered about the "expenditures per student" factor. Too little of that can be bad for students, but, then again, so can too much.
Anyway, there's a lot to chew on. For an explanation of why Michigan's Adrian College gets an F-plus for "value for your money," for instance, click here. To understand how Appalachian State University's student-to-faculty ratio compares with the national average, and for a sense of what the percentage of full-time instructors might indicate, click here. All of that nuance may or may not appeal to those who seek an instant-rankings fix.
Bill Phelan, chief executive officer of College Factual, describes the Web site as an informational tool built not for those obsessed with Ivy League colleges, but for everyone else. "The human brain wants a starting point," says Mr. Phelan. "This is a well-developed starter kit. You build your own rankings, and you get smarter along the way."
I asked Mr. Phelan to explain how one might use the information found on his Web site to become a smarter consumer. He pointed me to the profile of a small college where only half of the instructors are full time. After reading that information, he says, a parent might choose to ask the college something like this: "You charge $23,000 a year for your tuition on a net basis, but half your faculty is part time. What's your vetting process around your adjuncts? We know that adjuncts are paid X percent of full-time faculty. Are those savings going to be passed on to me? Do your adjuncts have an office? Do they meet with students on campus?"
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The Venice Experiment: A Year of Trial and Error Living Abroad (edition 2011)
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Bought this one from the author at the Miami Book Fair 2012. Having been to Venice, I was anxious to read it and did so within 24 hours. Barry is a great comedic writer. I found myself laughing out loud on serveral occasions. The book also shows that the author knows how to take life in stride, an absolute necessity when one is outside the U.S. for more than a weekend. And a great way to approach life everyday, no matter where you are. Appreciate the experience, whether the experience is good or bad and life will be mostly good. A great read!
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0983614105, Paperback)My secret plan to move to Venice was ready. It was time to see if my wife would buy into the idea of leaving our home to live for an entire year in a foreign country.
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Sail tape, wonderful though it is for an emergency, is a poor substitute for stitching. Duct tape is even less desirable. While it is true that you can make a strong repair with contact cement, it stains the sail and its grab-'n-grip nature risks potentially disastrous alignment problems. For permanently joining two pieces of woven fabric, nothing beats thread.
Having a good sewing machine takes most of the work out of sail repairs. Consider having one of these on board at all times.Seams Restitching is by far the most common sail repair. Because the stitching stands proud on the hard sailcloth, the thread is subject to chafe. Exposure also takes its toll. Eventually the stitching becomes too weak to do the job and a little extra stress on the seam pulls it apart.
Restitching a seam is not particularly difficult, and as long as you maintain the original alignment of the two panels, your repair will have no effect on sail shape. The existing needle holes simplify alignment, but because sailcloth is as slippery as cold butter, the trick is maintaining alignment while you sew. Sailmakers use basting tape, a Mylar film with adhesive on both sides. A roll of Seamstik would be a good addition to your ditty bag but an office-supply glue stick also works quite well to glue seams together for sewing. Never, ever try to restitch a seam without gluing the two halves together first.
For permanent sail repairs you need polyester fiber thread-the same kind your sailmaker uses-in either V-69 or V-92 thread weight. If sooner rather than later you are going to have the sail restitched-a very good idea-then almost any heavy duty polyester thread will serve for a season. Never use cotton, nylon or monofilament.
Use the largest ball-point needle your machine will handle, probably a No.16 or a No.18. Set the stitch length on your machine to its longest setting. If you have a zigzag machine, adjust the seam width to get a square pattern, or each stitch at 90 degrees to the previous one. A zigzag stitch is not essential. If foot pressure is adjustable, set it to its maximum. Sew a few practice stitches on two thicknesses of sailcloth (or through the leech tape if you don't have scrap sailcloth) and adjust the top-thread tension until the threads form a tight knot on the underside of the seam. Sailcloth is too hard for the interlock to bury inside the fabric.
Feeding will be your biggest problem; feed dogs tend to slide on the slick Dacron, so you have to help them by pulling the cloth through the machine. Experiment with how much pressure you need to apply to get regular stitches. Rubber fingertips-like bank tellers use-on the fingers of your left hand can give you better stitch control by allowing you to push the fabric through the machine. Enlist a helper to handle the rolls as they come out the back.
Reverse the sail end for end and again place the edge of the zigzag at the edge of the top panel, or straight stitches a stitch-length from the edge. Finish the repair with a third row of zigzag stitches or two more rows of straight stitches between the first two.
Next time, we'll cover how to repair tears and batten pockets, so don't fall apart at the seams just because your sails are in need of some attention. Just get out the sewing kit and get to it.
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The Denver Nuggets struggled once again without their starting point guard. Without Ty Lawson they lost 110-86 against the New Orleans Hornets, and also lost their chance to break the ABA's Denver Rockets winning streak record.
The record for both franchises now sits at 15 in a row, maybe with another 30 years to pass before being touched again. The Nuggets were also going for their seventh road win in a row but the energy lacked from the outset. They found themselves down 25-11 early on and never seemed to get going offensively.
The team played slow, didn't rebound efficiently and got outscored in the paint. Wilson Chandler was in his first game back from suffering a shoulder injury and he showed some rust. Julyan Stone came in to make up minutes for the absent Lawson, but he went out with an injury before playing three minutes.
Danilo Gallinari had 24 points but had a plus/minus rating of -10. Andre Miller started for Lawson and played 39 minutes, he also had a team worst -28 plus/minus rating.
You can't take anything away from the Hornets. Despite being second-to-last in the Western Conference and nowhere near to making the playoffs, they have now beat the Boston Celtics, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Nuggets in their last three games.
The Hornets outshot the Nuggets in all fields by a wide margin and hit 14 of 25 from beyond the arc. Ryan Anderson led the Hornets in scoring with 23 points and nine rebounds, making five of his 11 attempted three pointers.
Number one overall pick in the NBA draft Anthony Davis shot five for eight with 14 points and added six rebounds. The Hornets played the spoilers, snapped the winning streak and made the Nuggets look pretty bad. This can't be good right? The Nuggets losing to the lowly Hornets cannot be good for morale getting so close to the playoffs, right?
Wrong. The streak may now be over, but one loss is not the end of the world. The focus shouldn't necessarily be on looking ahead to outcomes of games days away. You have to focus on one game at a time and maybe now the Nuggets will take a good look at themselves and where they want to be.
Lawson will be back and the Nuggets are still going to make the postseason. They have shown they can beat the good teams in the league, even on the road. Chandler has also proven his presence is instrumental in keeping the energy up and closing out games.
With a healthy Nuggets team running fast into the playoffs there is no way they will disappoint. They are still in strong contention to earn home-court advantage in the first round and there's no way they're going out early if that happens.
The Nuggets will have a chance to prove themselves to the critics once again and start another winning streak when they travel to face the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night. Tony Parker is back and hopefully Lawson will be back to take hold of the team again. He participated in practice before the Hornets game and it appeared as though he would be ready to go. Ultimately, it's important not to rush him but I would love to see him back in the starting rotation by Wednesday.
This loss was a hard one to swallow, but maybe it's good for the ultimate goal of winning in the playoffs. Lessons should be learned and players should recognize where and how they can improve. The Nuggets didn't play their brand of basketball Monday night but it will be back.
Joe Newsome is a Denver Nuggets contributing writer for Rant Sports. Follow him on Twitter @josocah, check out his Facebook page and add him to your circles on Google+.