Have any of you been following the scandal of the high salaries for city officials at the working-class city of Bell in the state of California? The Times reported earlier this month that city manager Robert Rizzo makes $787,637 a year, probably the highest in the country for someone in his position; Police Chief Randy Adams makes...
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You guys ever wonder, like me, if our politicians smoke hashish at the capitol? With stories like these, I have to wonder: Puerto Rico sets 15% renewable electricity target for 2020. That should have been the target from 1995 to 2000. Or even 2000 to 2005. Lord knows we have been paying a tariff in our electricity bill into a fund...
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Another government agency that you can't count on. This Friday morning, around 8 a.m., our transformer blew again, it was so loud we thought the U.S. Air Force had dropped a bomb on this forsaken peace of Puerto Rico. Those explosions are nothing new, but this time it was different, it was especially loud, we later found out damage...
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Yo estaba mirando otro racimo de guineo que viene de camino de unas matas de guineos enana que tengo en mi propiedad. Siempre me sorprendo que estas matitas echan racimos mas grande que las grandes de otras especies (en mi propiedad, no se si es igual en todas partes). No estoy seguro del nombre botánico de la especia de mata que...
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Recently I had to downgrade a pirated version of Windows 7 Ultimate to a legal copy of Windows 7 Professional. Naturally, I went to the Microsoft website to find out information about installing Windows 7 Professional over Windows 7 Ultimate. A downgrade. The verdict from information on the Microsoft website? "It's impossible." Yes,...
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I was scammed, twice, by Network Communications International Corp. (NCIC). Here is how the scam works. My wife was in town and she couldn’t find a working pay phone, even tough she had plenty of spare change. So she made a collect call to me that lasted maybe, 30-seconds. It went like this: My wife: “I just got out, come pick...
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I have been trying to land a job repairing computers for local computer shops. I haven't had any luck, it seems that they are hung-up on degrees. I have to ask, whatever happened to experience? I always try to keep a positive outlook on Puerto Rico as a whole, outside of politics. We all know, or you should know, that local politics...
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We want to welcome you to the only trivia game site on the Internet dedicated to the island of Puerto Rico! If you enjoy entertaining your self with trivialities and puzzles you will enjoy trivia, you will not only entertain yourself you will also learn a lot about your beloved country! http://www.gozatelo.com/trivia/ You can access...
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I guess you can call me a technology buff. I like to dabble in a little bit of everything first hand. Early last year I experimented with stop motion animation. I bought a cheap camcorder at eBay, purchased an ebook titled "Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed," some Stikfas figures to learn with, and even bought Morphvox Pro to give...
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My electric bill has skyrocketed. I am sure many of you have the same problem. My biggest consuming appliance is my air conditioner (AC), so I am searching for a solar powered AC unit. Many companies claim a savings on your bill of 70% with one of these units. But I have no idea how much of this claim is true. If anyone here has a...
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