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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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400 SUBSCRIBERS
Thank you, everyone, for helping The Baja Western Onion pass the
400 Subscriber mark this week. Please feel free to forward this Newsletter on to
others who might be interested in subscribing. More subscribers means more news
and item submissions; making the BWU more useful for all of us. - Editor,
BWU
ROAD REPORT
Hi fellow travelers,
We have just completed the drive
from Ensenada arrived in TS Saturday. The roads are fine, any work areas are
well marked so look out for the signs. In fact generally the roads are probably
in the best condition we have seen them in our 9 years driving
down.
Traffic volume north of San Quentin to Ensenada is very heavy so
allow more time. We had no stops for security even passed through Guerrero Negro
(Sp) at 2pm no stopping no spraying of wheels. In fact the most dangerous
journey we have taken is the drive to Pescadero at night, God that road is a
nightmare. - ken
macfarlane
Seeking used furnishings & appliances
for a new casita. Trade for mangos. - cliffnjamies (-at-) hotmail.com
Baja Body
Deli
You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of a new
shop in Cabo San Lucas on Friday, November 10 between 6-9 PM.
"Baja Body
Deli" features natural delights for the bath and body with products from Baja
and the world. We carry handmade soaps, Egyptian cotton towels and bath wear, a
"deli" bar to create your own special bath product, spa products, bath
accessories, candles, teas and much more. Gifts for your family, weddings and to
pamper yourself.
Located near the corner of Lazaro Cardenas and Matomoros
(one shop up on Matomoros) in downtown Cabo San Lucas.
Come join us for
the festivities. Refreshments will be served. If you can't make it for the
Grand Opening, come by and see us when you are in town. - Cheryl Miller, Cell
624-122-2690, www.bajabodydeli.com
RE: Wells Fargo Remittance
Accounts
I have described the Remittance Account
available from Wells Fargo Bank used to transfer funds from dollar accounts to
Ban Norte peso accounts. To date, I have tried transferring various dollar
amounts as $1200, $2500 and $3000. In all cases, Wells Fargo has charged a
$5 Remittance Fee. Seems good to me! - Paul
Shortell
PALAPA SOCIETY EVENTS AND
UPDATES
TODOS SANTOS LIBRARY -- IS MOVING! It is closed
as of Sat, Oct. 28th for the packing of books. The Library will reopen at a
bigger and better new location towards the end of November. If you would
like to help set up the new library, we need volunteers, please email Lynn or
Donna at palapasociety (-at-) yahoo.com. If you have
taken books or videos out, you are extended past your due date, please keep til
we reopen. Many thanks to Jeanne Cordova for the donation of free rent in her
building for the last two and a half years. (The Library is a project of the
non-profit organization, The Palapa Society of Todos Santos
A.C.).
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PALAPA SOCIETY
sponsors Trauma Training -- More than 30 local Bomberos volunteers (our fire and
safety guys in Todos Santos and Pescadero) will attend a day long Teach-In by
doctors from Santa Barbara this Saturday, Nov. 11th. All the volunteers will
learn life-saving techniques and how to stabilize patients after heart attacks,
car accidents etc on the way to hospitals.
The American doctors
were co-ordinated by the Palapa Society, working with our local Bomberos, Chava
and Pancho, and Dr. Daniel and Dr Espinosa from our Centro Salud. This is
part of the Palapa's "Project Chino" which works with local health issues and
medical needs of low income
kids.
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For more information
about the Palapa Society of Todos Santos, please send e mail to palapasociety (-at-) yahoo.com - Editor,
BWU
First Whales of the season have been
spotted this week off the coast of Todos Santos and Pescadero, and also in the
Sea of
Cortez!
HOT GARDENS Hello all, I want to share a wonderful
website I discovered, it is http://www.hotgardens.net they have
fantastic suggestions for choosing plants and trees for our climate, a wonderful
resource. - Karen
(Courtesy, Baja Pony
Express)
DENGUE FEVER Hi...I just received this
note from a friend up north...it should maybe serve as a warning to local
residents to keep repellent on at all times right now...I know here in la Ribera
there is some spraying being done but there are also still
mosquitoes...please...spread the word for us...thanks, mike
reichner
November 6, 2006
Dengue Fever Outbreaks in
Mexican Coastal Areas Francisco Cardoza, Secretary of Health of Baja
California Sur, reported that the increase in dengue fever and dengue
hemorrhagic fever cases in Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico, that total 63, requires
strengthened epidemiological measures. The state agency has sent 70
additional workers to support the 40 who are working to lower larvae indices of
the mosquito that transmits dengue fever and to control the
outbreak.
(Courtesy, Baja Pony
Express)
DISH NETWORK ORDERED TO CUT OFF LOCAL NETWORK
ACCESS - On October 20, a U.S. district court judge issued an
injunction requiring DISH Network to shut off so-called "Distant Network"
channels no later than December 1, 2006. Only about seven percent of DISH
Network’s 12.46 million subscribers receive Distant Network Programming (ABC,
NBC, CBS or FOX channels that originate from outside the local
area).
This decision has NO impact on the vast majority of DISH Network's
subscribers:
- Local network channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) from most
local communities are NOT impacted and will be available without
interruption.
- Non-network channels (ESPN, USA, Discovery, Showtime)
are NOT impacted and will be available without interruption.
Nonetheless,
hundreds of thousands of DISH Network's subscribers will be affected by the
forced shutdown of these distant network channels. DISH Network states it will
do everything it can to prevent as many of it's customers as possible from
losing these channels. Also, the Congress could pass legislation to protect
consumers, and Dish Network will ask the courts to reconsider this decision.
Learn more about this issue and how you can help prevent distant network
channels from being shut off by visiting www.savemychannels.com.
PLEASE
NOTE: If you already have a Dish Network account address within the Los Angeles
or New York areas, and you subscribed to receive the Local Networks in these
area, you most likely will continue to receive these local networks. LA and NY
are the only two groups of network channels available here in Baja on Dish
Network. If you have an account address set up elsewhere in the U.S. and are
receiving the LA and/or NY local networks, you may lose access to these channels
under this new ruling, regardless of your geographic location or RV waivers or
exemptions. I'll keep you posted as I gain more info. - Alan, alan (-at-) bajasatellite.
Official
Court Injunction
Official
Court Authorized
Explanation
GOOGLE EARTH TECH TIP
After the
recent article about Google Earth, some readers reported that, when they tried
to save, print or send images of Todos Santos from the Google Earth program by e
mail, the images were coming out totally black.
You probably need to
change the your display settings. To do this on a PC, right click in an open
space on your desktop and select "Properties." Click on the "Settings" tab. In
the drop down box, change the "Color quality" setting to "Highest (32 bit)." -
Alan
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