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Wish I could say Sun, Sand and Sea......but we're not quite there yet. We've been in Beaufort for just over two weeks and it appears we'll remain here for at least another - we've decided to try and finish most of the remaining work on the boat here before continuing down to Florida.
We've invested in a new, smaller outboard, a four-stroke Mercury 3.5 hp, in addition to the Yamaha 15 hp, which we're still fixing. It's convenient to have two outboards. The smaller, lighter one is handy in anchorages close to the shore, whereas the larger, heavier one is ideal for longer distances as it will actually put the dinghy on a plane. Besides, there's safety in numbers - they have minds of their own and don't always work!! We also repaired the anchor windlass; marked the anchor chain; and are in the process of relocating both outboards and our (yet-unused) stainless steel barbecue to Strider's port side in an effort to correct her slight list.
For the past few days, Wimpie has been sanding down Strider's teak interior in preparation for a couple of coats of varnish, and in order to escape the clouds of dust we've moved into an apartment overlooking Beaufort Docks for a week or two. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in with a paintbrush!
We had a minor incident one evening while still on the boat - we were cooking supper and chatting in the galley when I suddenly noticed a fireworks display inside an open cabinet in the aft cabin (leading to the cockpit). Our boat was on fire! After staring at the sight in utter shock for what could only have been a second or two, Ferdi grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher and ended the crisis. It turned out to be a short at the shorepower inlet, which was duly repaired the next day. We did get quite a fright though - what if we had been away from the boat at the time?
Other news is that Strider now finally has her name affixed to the stern. The job was done by a local signage company, which is also putting together a name card for us and has designed some Strider T-shirts for her crew and friends. We decided against the customary champagne-bottle-on-the-bow celebration (not after her recent spray job!!) and opted for a beer or two in the local pub instead.
This morning we woke up to a white world outside and by the end of the day were trudging about in five inches of snow. We really thought we would be in warmer weather by now (especially since we are so close to the Gulf Stream). However, sunnier weather has been forecast for later this week.
Ons verlang en is lief vir julle..........
We have now lived aboard Strider for exactly one month. Since we left Bristol on Friday, 5 December, we have done three ocean trips and a voyage down part of the ICW, in total around 700 Nm. In a way, the past month has been a shake-down cruise for us. We have gotten to know Strider and her quirks, and we now need some time to do some repairs and prepare for our journey further south to Florida and the Bahamas. Among the things that need attention are our anchor windlass and our dinghy outboard. We are also considering replacing our feathering prop with a fixed one, since we have discovered that our near accident in Norfolk (when we thought that Strider was refusing to engage in reverse gear) was the result of the prop failing to "unfeather" to the reverse position while the boat is going forward too fast. Since the Norfolk incident, this has happened a few times while docking the 15 ton vessel with Ferdi discovering at the critical moment: Yikes!!!, no brakes!!
For our next leg down the ICW, from Coinjock to the Alligator River on Monday, 29 December, we had to don our foulies (foul-weather gear) early on since we were greeted by showers of rain. Strider and her Swiss and English companions pointed south at first light and straight away were confronted by a huge barge pushed by a tugboat going north. However, since the tugboats apparently do much of the channel dredging on the ICW and since we were obviously no size match we graciously gave way to the edge of the channel.
Down the North River and into the 14-mile Albemarle Sound, Strider's crew sat in her open cockpit getting a bit drenched, but nonetheless enjoying the scenery around us. In the river, we had north winds of 15 to 20 kts to help us along, and for a short while could raise the genoa, but when we hit the sound, the wind subsided and we had calm waters. We were fairly grateful, since the sound is renowned for having "confused seas", even in light winds.
Soon we reached the mouth of the Alligator River, and after some initial confusion about the intentions of a fourth yacht travelling behind us, the bridge tender opened the river swing bridge and we glided through in single file. After a further 22 miles, we anchored just off the channel close to Deep Point in the Alligator River. Patricia and Thierry (whose boat draws the least) surveyed the water depth and radioed the results to the other two. Here we had the opportunity to test our new Delta anchor, and after an initial hitch with the footswitch Strider's hook was dropped and we could relax and enjoy our surroundings. We had done about 50 statute miles for the day and were all pretty exhausted!
However, once we were all settled, the deep red sunset and early evening turned out to be one of the highlights of our ICW trip so far. We were in the middle of nowhere, and the silence was indescribable. Ferdi said our surroundings reminded him of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. Later on after supper, we stood quietly on deck and gazed at the crescent moon and the myriad of stars above us, the silence broken only by an owl or small night animal (OK, and a couple of F-18 Hornet fighter jets tearing through the stars on some night manoeuvre).
The next day (Tuesday) at dawn, we weighed anchor, left Deep Point astern and were soon on course again down the canal between the Alligator and Pungo rivers. We were looking out for the black bears reportedly inhabiting the area, but only saw some deer by the canalside, at the same time keeping a sharp lookout for stumps and snags and other hazardous (to a sailboat) objects.
After about 21 miles down the canal, we entered the Pungo River, and after negotiating a lower-than-regulation fixed bridge (64 ft) and breathing a sigh of relief as our VHF antenna remained intact, we arrived at our next anchorage, in Pentango Creek just outside the small town of Belhaven. After settling, we lowered the dinghy from its davits on the transom to go ashore, but couldn't get our yet untested 15 hp Yamaha outboard to work properly (the captain surmised this was because water had found its way into the petrol), so Ferdi and Wimpie rowed to the local marina to obtain the necessary juice.
For the next three days, strong winds and cold weather prevented us from proceeding further. On Wednesday (the 31st) we didn't leave the boat at all. A north-west gale of between 20 and 25 mph, gusting up to 43 kts, caused Strider to hobby-horse from time to time, and we had to keep an eye on our position on the GPS constantly. At around 11am, we discovered we were dragging our anchor and were headed for the channel, and had to reset rapidly. As the day went on, the wind increased and the wave crests in the creek started to break. We eventually had a 70m anchor chain out to increase our scope! We didn't drag again, however. Plans to have a New Year's meal on Strider with our friends from Shiver and New Life were scuppered since understandably, no-one wanted to leave their boats unattended under these conditions.
New Year's Day brought much better weather. After listening to the weather reports, we conferred early with our fellow travellers via VHF, and everyone agreed that although the wind had turned northerly and had died down considerably, it was too cold to set off and we should wait till Saturday. So we went to shore in the dinghy for a shower at the marina (again rowing, since our outboard is still being stubborn). I think I have mentioned before on this blog how small things can give such pleasure when one lives aboard a boat - our New Year hot shower was certainly one of them! Afterwards, we rented a golfcart (!) from the marina and set off to the nearest grocery store. It took us about half an hour to cover the four miles to get there. We must have looked a bit odd crawling down the main road in our little cart among all the oversized American SUVs!
In the evening we had our postponed New Year's supper with our friends. It was the first time we had had guests on Strider, and also the first time we had used the oven, which produced a fabulous leg of lamb thanks to the efforts of the captain, and also warmed up Strider's interior. Freddie and Marvin amused themselves in our cabin, and we all sat around our saloon table and aided by champagne and red wine covered very important (to yachties) topics such as the best way of maintaining the holding tank in the heads (boatspeak for the loo), "thornless" sailing routes to desired destinations, and other general boating issues and sailor's stories. The evening was over far too soon and at around 10pm our friends gathered up their (by then) sleeping little boys, braced the cold and sped off back to their own boats in their dinghies.
On Friday we had a long and lazy, relaxing day, again not leaving the boat. Ferdi made a thick, hearty soup, and we lay about, read and chatted. I'm presently reading Joshua Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World - I don't think I will ever complain about anything on our boat after reading about his adventures alone on his sloop in the late 19th century!
Saturday greeted us with hardly any wind and the promise of a sunny day (on the ICW wind, unless directly astern, can be a bit challenging for a deep draught such as ours). We lifted anchor at daybreak and set off on our next leg, a 46 mile run to the village of Oriental. We went down the Pungo River, crossed the Pamlico River, travelled down Goose Creek and then Bay River and finally turned into Neuse River before we anchored at Oriental at around 3pm.
There is not much to report of the day's events except that we had discovered a problem with the windlass while weighing anchor at Belhaven that morning. Despite Ferdi and Wimpie's best attempts at repairing it en route (while I steered) the solution eluded us and we at first thought we were not going to be able to anchor in Oriental. However, we knew we had to make a plan after learning that none of the marina approaches in that town would cater for our draught. So the captain thought of Plan B - we would temporarily use our Danforth anchor on a rode instead of dropping the Delta. All went well until we followed New Life and Shiver into the planned anchorage at Oriental - and got stuck. The depth in the basin confluence of Smith and Greens creeks is extremely misleading, and what we thought (according to our charts) was a "safe" area turned out to be too shallow. Fortunately a friendly local couple in a passing powerboat towed us out and we put Plan B to work.
Once settled, Ferdi didn't want to leave Strider unattended, so I got a lift to shore with Patricia and Thierry in their dinghy (we have not yet had opportunity to fix our own outboard). The night was restless, since we worried constantly that variable winds would swing us into the shallower parts of the basin. Ferdi especially was up all night ensuring that we did not come unstuck again.
Sunrise on Sunday saw us off on our last leg of the ICW, to Beaufort, and not a day too soon! Although the ICW has been enjoyable and something different, the necessity of constant awareness of our depth has tired us somewhat and we can't wait to get back into the open ocean!
Approaching Beaufort (known locally as the "Gateway to the Caribbean") we had our first intoxicating whiff of sea air again - that and the sunshine glittering on the tranquil waters around us was an instant mood-lifter. As were some dolphins prancing about to starboard and the abundant birdlife (including large pelicans) in the Newport River.
We tied up at Beaufort Docks in Taylor Creek, and after a brief exploration of the town, hot showers and a quick meal, crashed into bed. After 11 days and 205 statute miles going down the ICW, also known here as The Ditch, we were exhausted! (To indicate how much we are now in need of the ocean again - when I got into bed, Ferdi, who had been asleep for an hour or so, told me: "Not here, love, it's too shallow....")
(See pics in Photo Gallery.)
After almost a week in Portsmouth/Norfolk we slipped our mooring at the marina and started our cruise down the ICW on Wednesday, 24 December at around 11am. Wimpie almost remained behind since Strider left the dock more rapidly than he had anticipated and he had some trouble scrambling on at the last minute! He was dragged aboard with feet dangling in the water. His brief was to push the boat away from the dock, because the wind was pushing Strider onto the dock and then, after fending off, leap aboard. Well, it's always easier in theory. Once the boat starts its backward motion, there's no stopping, hence Wimpie's rather ungainly landing on deck.
Going down the ICW is so much more peaceful than being out on the open sea, although it brings its own challenges for a deep-draughted sailing vessel, as you'll see later! Ferdi was behind the wheel for most of the way while I navigated. One has to stick to the dredged channel quite closely, since the encroaching shoaling on the outside has resulted in depths of 5 ft or less, and Strider draws around 6'3''. We meandered down the southern branch of the Elizabeth River and later the first section of what is known as the Virginia Cut, passing by pine woodlands and small settlements and twice spotting bald eagles perched by the river. A welcome change from imposing grey naval vessels!
We had some hairy moments passing under one or two of the fixed bridges. They are supposed to have a 65 ft clearance and we had worked out that our mast and VHF antenna together measure around 61 ft above water level, but approaching at least one of them we were too afraid to look up, especially after reading that one or two yachts had been dismasted in this way in past years....we made it through without problems, however.
Since it's not a good idea to travel at night on the ICW (difficult to see the markers etc) we tied up to some piles next to the canal just south of the Great Bridge Lock at the end of the day, in front of two other yachts already there and respectively belonging to English and Swiss couples. The weather the next day (Christmas Day) was not conducive to continuing (it was raining and a southerly wind would have hampered our progress) so we hung about the village of Great Bridge and in the evening had a fabulous Christmas meal on New Life, the boat of our neigbours, Thierry and Patricia, as did the owners of the third yacht, Shiver, Redmond and Liz. T&P's son Marvin (6) and R&L's son Freddie (5) had given each other dinosaur gifts for Christmas and were eagerly ripping them open while the adults all shared boating stories around New Life's ample saloon table. It was great to hear everyone's experiences, especially for a wide-eyed novice like me!
The next day (Friday) the three yachts set off together for the next leg down the ICW to Coinjock, a village just the other side of the Currituck Sound. It was coldish in the early morning (Strider's captain was wearing shoes, always an indication of low temperature) but heated up slightly as the sun came out later. At Mile 43 (statute miles along the ICW, not nautical miles), we entered North Carolina. All went well until we got into the sound, where we got stuck twice! According to our ICW guidebook, one is supposed to stick to the centre of the dredged channel across the sound (the outer limits of which are indicated by day beacons) but this is not always so easy to determine! The first time we got stuck Ferdi managed to free us quite easily, but the second time we could not budge. After an attempt by Thierry and Patricia to free us, a passing-by small fishing vessel with a strong outboard managed after first attempting to pull our mast over (with Wimpie and I hanging over the side for extra weight) and then finally pulling us forward with all three of Strider's crew adding side weight.
The three yachts docked at around 4pm on Friday at the quiet hamlet of Coinjock at the Midway Marina, one of two in the village. We are now 50 statute miles from our ICW starting point at Portsmouth/Norfolk two days ago. Since today is fairly misty and it looks like we won't be able to continue till Monday, we have been spending the day chatting to our fellow boaters, doing laundry, catching up on emails etc, and Wimpie is still trying hard to catch his first fish.
(See some pics in the Photo Gallery.)
We spent two days in picturesque Cape May, waiting out the predicted southerly gale, before setting off again. During this time, some odd jobs were done on the boat, and we got our warm clothes washed and dried. Ferdi and I rented a car and went to nearby Atlantic City, the city on which the game of Monopoly was based by a jobless salesman in 1935. We visited one of the huge casino's for which the place is famous (both Donald Trump and Sol Kerzner have interests here), but after losing a couple of dollars and deciding we had had enough of glitz and bright lights we headed back to our marina.
On Wednesday, 17 December, Strider at around 1pm pointed south again. This time I made sure everything on board was safely secured, but the Cape May inlet was kind to us on our way out and we got through without much fuss. It was a relatively uneventful night, much warmer than the leg to Cape May (minimum around 3°C). This time we had the wind from behind but not enough to make much difference. We could raise the sails only for a short while. However, we still made fairly good SOG (speed over ground), around 6 to 8 knots. It was an overcast, foggy night, so no moon and stars, and it wasn't always easy to spot other vessels (not that there were many). On one of my watches (the weather allowed us two hours each this time), I was jolted out of reverie by a dark shape that suddenly appeared metres from Strider on our starboard side - we only just missed a completely unlit marker beacon about 6 Nm from the Delaware coast! We watched our radar screen more closely after that.
Late the previous afternoon we had put out a line trailing behind the boat - using an inner tube (purchased at a cycling shop in Bristol - our version of "haasrek"), line, leader and a rapala - but unfortunately the fish weren't biting.... so shortly after sunrise the captain concocted a fabulous risotto for breakfast. He had a hard time of putting it together however, since the early hours brought a quartering sea which produced a corkscrew effect on the boat, uncomfortable to say the least for anyone below deck.
Around lunchtime on Thursday, we pointed Strider eastward and entered Chesapeake Bay. Once inside the bay, it took us around three hours to reach our destination, Tidewater Yacht Marina in Portsmouth on the Elizabeth River. The Hampton Roads inside the Chesapeake is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, so Ferdi steered us most of the way in order to stay out of the way of barges, naval vessels, freighters and several small fishing vessels. We motored just outside the designated channel, which took us though the Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel, which heads under the surface through the bay, leaving an opening for boaters. At one point I was steering but handed over to the captain since this inexperienced crew member felt decidedly uncomfortable with the massive US Navy ship flanked by two accompanying smaller vessels seemingly bearing down on us from behind. We geared down to let it pass and eventually followed it down the Elizabeth River at a safe distance until it turned into a mooring at the naval base to our port side (the 4 300 acre Naval Station Norfolk is the biggest in the world).
We arrived at our marina in the late afternoon. Upon approaching our mooring, our beloved Strider was as wilfull as her namesake back in Wilderness - she flatly refused to engage in reverse gear, which led to an almost close encounter with a moored neighbour. Fortunately, thanks to Wimpie's quick action with the roving fender and bar a negligable scrape, there was no damage all round and we docked without further incident. The next day we had to look into the cause of the gear malfunction however - always something on a boat!
The Tidewater Yacht Marina is near the location of "Mile Marker Zero" which is considered to be the gateway to the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). Since we are planning to continue our voyage along the ICW for some part of the way (at least to Cape Hatteras), this is the perfect spot for us to regroup and make use of local knowledge of the route ahead.
The Elizabeth River separates Portsmouth from Norfolk, and Friday we took the ferry across from our marina to Norfolk, where Ferdi and I visited the battleship USS Wisconsin, the biggest and last battleship ever built by the US Navy - it once carried a crew of 2 700 sailors! It was commissioned in 1944 but is now in the Navy's inactive fleet. This 887 ft, 57 000 ton vessel was last used in 1991 in Operation Desert Storm but has also seen active duty in WW11 as well as the Korean War. Seeing those teak decks (6 acres in total) put quite a few things in perspective for Strider's crew!
The best part of Portsmouth/Norfolk, however, is the weather - we're now wearing half the layers of clothing we did three days ago and everyone's mood is noticeably lighter. The temperature is comparable to that of Cape Town in winter.
After a week of miscellaneous boat repairs and restocking, we left Sandy Hook on Saturday, 13 December at around 1.30pm. Exiting our wooden pile slip at low tide and with gusty winds tending to push Strider towards the dock was a bit tricky and we had to sacrifice a mooring line in the process. However, after negotiating the channel out to sea we were finally on our way again.
This time, we had no alternator troubles and were able to use the autopilot all the way. We were grateful, since the wind was 15-20 knots for most of the journey. We were heading for Norfolk, Virginia and had about 48 hours to go. Late afternoon, we hoisted the genoa and sailed on a beam reach, but disappointingly only for a few hours, since the wind turned southerly. So again we motored for most of the way, on a route about 5 Nm from the coast, passing Atlantic City with its bright lights and casinos, Egg Harbor and Wildwood with its giant amusement park and ferris wheels clearly visible.
Our night watches were pretty exhausting, especially for Ferdi (who had to keep navigating even when it wasn't his watch), since the sea was fairly choppy and temperatures way below zero (-6°C without wind chill). It was a moonlit night (a day after full moon) and on one of my watches I saw at least eight shooting stars! We had one hairy experience in that a large fishing trawler came straight for us without any apparent intention of missing us. Bit nerve wracking to see both green and red navigation lights bearing down on you at considerable speed! Ferdi had to do some nifty steering to get around the vessel, which sped along afterwards seemingly unperturbed.
In the morning, after another spectacular sunrise, we listened to one of the marine weather reports on the VHF radio and decided (prudent mariners that we are) to cut our planned voyage short and stop over at Cape May, NJ instead of Norfolk. A gale was predicted for Sunday night, but instead of helping us along from behind, we would be heading straight into it. The waves were already 5-6ft. So we phoned up some marinas in Cape May, and the South Jersey Marina at the south end of the Cape May Harbor was able to accommodate our relatively deep draft.
Getting into the harbour was pretty eventful. One of our guide books says the Cape May inlet is "one of the safest inlets along the New Jersey coast, but occasionally the wind and tide conspire to produce the 'inlet effect', a disturbing chop in the area around the breakwaters". Well, the conspiracy was against us that day. The captain had a helluva time steering us through a narrow inlet with treacherous rocks on either side, with raging, criss-crossing currents and waves causing Strider to heel at least 50° from side to side. In a confused sea, with waves coming from all directions, we literally surfed down the inlet. I was down below at the time, being thrown from one side of the boat to the other, while at the same time trying to keep the cabin and galley closets closed and preventing our stuff from crashing about (lesson - some of our closet fasteners need looking at) . Wimpie, who was doing his best to stay in the cockpit, said afterwards some local fishermen on the side banks actually put down their rods to watch the spectacle. I think they witnessed some outstanding seamanship!
Eventually we were safely in the harbour and slowly motored towards the marina down Schellenger Creek. The second leg of our voyage down the east coast of the US had taken around 24 hours (we are now about 350 Nm from Bristol, RI, our starting point). We are steadily making our way towards the warmer latitudes!


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Curbside recycling and trash collections through CVWMA will be delayed one day the week of Sept. 3 because of Monday's Labor Day holiday.
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19th Annual Asian American Celebration planned May 21
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WWTC marketing students win awards at state conference in Madison
Published on Monday, March 28, 2005
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Students in the La Crosse chapter of the Wisconsin Marketing and Management Association (WMMA) at Western Wisconsin Technical College (WWTC) received several top honors at this year's State Career Leadership Conference in Madison. WMMA is an international organization for college students preparing for a variety of career areas. Its local chapters and state associations are a division of Delta Epsilon Chi Association (DECA), Inc.
Twenty students attended the conference and participated in competitive events, which involved rigorous testing, case study preparation, and real-world business simulation presentations. They needed to achieve a score of at least 70 percent to qualify to compete at the next level, the International Career Leadership Development Conference to be held May 4-7 in Anaheim, Cal.
Thirteen WWTC students qualified to advance to the international conference: Phil Blanchard of Holmen; Nick Bagnell, Joel Franke, and Jenny Hagen of La Crosse; Heather Smith of Onalaska; Chris Davis of Sparta; Domanic Scardino of Tomah; Dan Mannigel of Green Bay; Jessica Bingham of Ladysmith; Jenna Nelson of Middleton; Cathy Knott of Norwalk; Scott Burnstad of Portage; and Bob Nelson of Ripon.
Many of the qualifying students also received other individual and chapter honors. Davis took 1st place in the Student of the Year category, Bingham received honorable mention in the same category, Hagen was the recipient of the Howard "Bud" Laatsch Special Service Award, and Franke was the recipient of the Mae J. Laatsch Scholarship Award. In addition, WWTC's WMMA advisor, Barb Ebner, received the Advisor of the Year award.
As a college, WWTC took first place for the Delta Epsilon Chi Diamond Award out of 16 competing schools. Criteria for this award are based on the four points of the Deca Diamond, which include civic consciousness, vocational understanding, social intelligence, and leadership ability.
WWTC also placed 4th for the Chapter of the Year Award. Criteria included the number of members in attendance, all monthly reports submitted, and a percentage of national finalists based on overall membership.
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Posted 03 July 2013 - 04:00
GC balance exists
'Use GC balance' ticked
Order total is GREATER than GC balance
Select Continue
Paypal (with total order) > Checkout_confirmation (with adjusted amount) > checkout_success
Customer must select 'Confirm Order' for it to be processed by Paypal
Is there anyway to ensure the user is directed to the Checkout_confirmation PRIOR to going to Paypal when the order total exceeds the gift balance available?
GC balance exists
'Use GC balance' unticked
Select continue
Paypal > Checkout_success page
I figure this one is okay as Paypal is processing the order correctly but would be ideal to go to the checkout_confirmation page for consistency.
GC balance exists
'Use GC balance' ticked
Order total is LESS than GC balance
Select Continue
Checkout_Confirmation > checkout_success (no need to go to paypal for this)
GC Balance does not exist
Select Continue to process order
Paypal > Checkout_success
I figure this one is okay as Paypal is processing the order correctly but would be ideal to go to the checkout_confirmation page before paypal for consistency.
Am happy to post my files is needed and Thx for your help!
Posted 06 July 2013 - 01:58
What process are you using to install this add on? It it some where up on the web and you installed and tested from there or are you doing this locally. I can't understand why no codes are being place in the release table and I figure an email isn't being sent because I haven't confirmed/released the gift certs.
Thank you for your time.
Posted 07 July 2013 - 19:06
I have installed CCGV 6 with osC 2..3.1 and PayPal express and it doesn't work. I am getting an internal server error (500) on return to checkout_confirmation.php.
(The contribution works fine apart from the PayPal Express checkout, and I can find no obvious errors in the install.)
Is CCGV 6 compatible with PayPal Express?
Are modifications required to paypal_express.php?
If CCGV 6 is incompatible with PayPal Express are there vouchers and coupons modules that DO work with it?
Help would be appreciated.
Debugging doesn't show up much except some non fatal errors on return to checkout_confirmation.php
Error Type: [E_NOTICE] Undefined variable: gv_contents_string
On line 111
File includes/modules/boxes/bm_shopping_cart.php
Date / Time: 04-03-2013 23:21:07
Error Type: [E_STRICT] date_default_timezone_get()
On line 54
File includes/functions/compatibility.php
You need this:
PayPal Express Checkout for Discount and Extra Fee Order Total Modules
It should be possible to modify for CCGV 6
Edited by raiwa, 07 July 2013 - 19:07.
Posted 27 July 2013 - 15:53
I'm also seeking advice on getting CCGV to give a shipping discount + price discount combo via one single coupon code. Has anyone done this yet?
Thank you!
Posted 04 August 2013 - 20:43
I got most of it working, and I'm working on a rewrite for the instructions.
Is there anyway to have this working for downloadable files? I have Super Download installed. Please help
Hi I am just wondering what is this superdownload? I am new to oscommerce. where can i download it from?
Posted 04 August 2013 - 22:19
I installed CCGV module. I cannot see in the admin section:
module>order total> Gift vouchers.
Do u know what i did wrong?
Posted 13 August 2013 - 21:26
In addition to the fixes in this post I also modified files according to the contrib PayPal Express Checkout for Discount and Extra Fee Order Total Modules dated June 2013 by raiwa. Works like a charm on my heavily modded OSC2.3.3, thanks to all who helped resolve this problem it took me almost 24 hrs a ton of reading & a ton of searching this forum but its finally fixed!!!
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Posted 28 August 2013 - 01:43
Can someone PLEASE help me. I have added everything, got it all ready to go then when I go to checkout using PayPal Express it will not bring over the discounted total balance.
Is there anyway to fix this without having to know 5 tons of programming anything. Cause I do not know anything about it.
Thanks so much in advance!!
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New thread: http://forums.oscomm...uchers-for-234/
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Does this work with OSC 2.3.4 and Paypal standard?
Posted 14 March 2015 - 22:42
I had a problem its taken days to work out on both this version and the 2.3.4 version of CCGV. The admin amounts were all showing as 0 and the vouchers were not discounting properly and could be re-used.
I only have one currency and there is a bit of code throughout all the CCGV new files
It clicked when I was changing the default currency on the store and all the amounts went to 0. I checked in the sql database and in there all the amounts are shown correctly in there so I realised it must be something to do with the currency throwing out the display.
Sure enough when I removed all instances of this code, it works.
Of course this fix is only workable if your store only shows in one currency, but then again if there were more than one currency - maybe this error would not show but for anyone who has been tearing their hair out with this issue, I found a solution.
Posted 16 March 2015 - 21:56
@pinkequine Hmm I am having the same problem can you clarify what you have done please? However, that shouldn't be a fix to be honest but I like to see what you did though.


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The Department of Education (DepEd) announced yesterday that a calamity loan of up to P20,000 may now be availed by teachers and its non-teaching personnel who were directly affected by the southwest monsoon-enhanced typhoon `Maring'.
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Based on DepEd Order (DO) No. 10 series of 2011, the P20,000 maximum amount of calamity loan comes with an interest rate of six per cent per annum. The loan is payable in 24 equal monthly installments for two years, and will be automatically deducted in the payroll. (Ina Hernando-Malipot)
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Hello, one of my users is trying to work with another user to collaboratively write an email, they are sending mails back in forth. Obviously this doesn't work too well with line-wrapping. I have a few questions though, I don't understand how this works with Zimbra (at all ).
* When I create a new mail, with long lines, and send it (eg, to myself) - I receive it and can read it, the lines are not wrapped.
* When I reply to this email, it automatically wraps the lines, wether I use "prefix" or not
* After replying a few times to myself, lines get longer and wrapped again - I end up with lines with only a couple of words
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There is even stronger wrapping, more lines with single words - but in some cases Zimbra has tried to merge the lines! The last word of the first line, "typesetting", is moved at the beginning of the second line in the last screenshot, with the rest of the second line after it - where I would have expected "typesetting" to be alone on its line.
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please I need some help! exposed my 2 month old infant to direct sun for 30 mins for 2 months
Hello,....I have made a huge mistake regarding putting my baby directly under the sun rays coming through the window between 12- 5 pm. I used to take his clothes off and hold him there under the sun. Now, after doing this for 2 months starting as early as- from his second month....I am terrified as to the consequences. His arms, body and legs looks distinctively darker than his face which i used to keep out of the sun. I have read an article online saying that a single sunburn can lead to skin cancer later in life and that a baby's shin is very thin and delicate. I am a new mom and constantly making mistakes. pls let me know if anyone has gone through similar experiences and what did their peaditricians say regarding the matter. Pls hlp me by responding quickly...I cannot stop crying...
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Please calm down, yes I would take your little one to the pediatrician just in case, but everone makes mistakes, you learn as you go. My littlw one is a little darker on her legs and arms from her walks, but our pediatrician always says she is very healthy and to just limit the direct sunlight and use baby sunscreen. It doesnt sound like he ever actually got sunburned, which is good. My baby at 7 months oves to be outside I just limit the amount of time spent out there and use her sunscreen. She is a happy healthy baby. Try not to let yourself get too stressed your pediatrician is always there for you and never minds to help concerned first time mommy's. Its best to get your answers from a professional!! You will do fine calm down, and love your baby!!!!posted 04/18/2012 by Tammy137
I have a 5 year old who is more tan than me. I've always been told that "tanning" can cause skin cancer..but idk. I just would call your pediatrician and get him seen. I'm sure he will be fine. Like I said..I grew up on the beach and was "tan" and I am now 23 and I am fine. No one knows for sure who is going to get cancer and when. Someone never exposed to sun could get skin cancer. You can't shield your children from everything. If God has that plan for anyone, it is going to follow through whether we like it or not. It is all up to Him and what His plan is for us. I wouldn't worry to much about your son. I'm sure he will be just fine. Like I said..just get him checked out and see what the doc says.posted 04/18/2012 by hisalways2009
thank u so much....I cannot stop worrying..I started doing this since he was 2 months till now (he is now 5 months)....even if its not sun burn and is sun tan, can it have bad harmful consequences later on?...since he got exposed so early in life ...does that mean he may get cancer later on?.......did anubody go thru similar experiences...pls tell me... To hisalways2009: can u pls tell me if your 5 month old got direct sun for 30 mins at a stretch for few days every week....did he get a tan and if so did his peadritrician say anything on the matter?...my husband is at work....I feel so tired and stressed..and nobody is here to help me.....posted 04/18/2012 by snikers4
I would take him to the pediatrician just to make sure everything is ok. But from my experience...All 3 of my children during the summer are outside for HOURS at a time. I usually let them sit without sunscreen for the first 30mins to a hour then I put some on them to prevent sunburn. I have been in the sun every summer from the time I was born. I grew up on the beach! I am fine. I'm sure everything is fine. I am a mother of 3 (ages 5, 16 months and 5 months) and I STILL make mistakes. Everyone does. Please do not freak out just cause you have "made a mistake". Call the pediatrician and set up a sick vist (they can usually get you in the same day) just to make sure everything is fine. Calm down sweety. I'm sure he is just getting "a tan".posted 04/18/2012 by hisalways2009
Sunlight can help with jaundice but even then it is not recommended that baby be exposed to direct sunlight. Instead, it is recommended that the light be filtered or baby be dressed in light clothing. And because the suns rays can be so harmful, the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends the use of sunscreen -- even under 6 months of age -- when baby is exposed to direct sunlight. Call your pediatrician.posted 04/18/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
You should take him to the doctors to have him checked out. A baby's skin is thinner and a lot more sensitive. Whether your outside or inside, direct sunlight can be dangerous to anybody without sun lotion protection, especially a baby. Why would you ever do that on purpose?? I hope your little didn't suffer any permanent damage...Good Luckposted 04/18/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
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In an attempt to maybe make up for the last post on this blog being about Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy discussing who would be the top and bottom in their fictional relationship, we figured we'd alert you to something a little more… constructive? Because the incomparable Sarah Schulman has written this piece for Slate about Canada's vicious HIV non-disclosure laws, and it's a definite must-read. Especially for the many Americans who aren't aware that their neighbours to the North are increasingly becoming more conservative than them in many horrifying aspects (or worse, Canadians that aren't aware of what Schulman notes).
"There are currently 34 million people in the world who are HIV positive," Schulman writes. "Every one of them was directly or indirectly infected by someone. Yet, Canada has decided to respond to this common human experience with punishment." Read on.


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Ashton's Restaurant offers fine dining cuisine in an elegant and relaxing environment.
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Quinn Avery Kurtzer - August 30, 2010
Ryan and Brittany (Salvador) Kurtzer of Haxtun are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Quinn Avery. Quinn was born Aug. 30, 2010 at 6:08 p.m. at Colorado Plains Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 22 inches at birth.
Maternal grandparents are Charla Salvador of Haxtun and Brett Salvador of Arizona. Great-grandparents are Frank and Janis Salvador of Yuma.
Paternal grandparents are Dick and Sandy Kurtzer, and great-grandmother is Shirley Walz, all of Haxtun.