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We sell a large variety of vegetable seeds, irrigation equipment, compost, and organic pest control products at very low prices to help fund the community gardens in La Paz.  Our point of sale for the moment is the Sabores De La Tierra Community Farm on Nayarit street just a half block from the beach in Colonia Manglito.  There are a couple of old cement towers on the property that you can see from afar and the front gate has a big mural. Our ours during the summer are Monday-Friday, 9am-1PM.  We will have more points of sale come Fall.  For more info check Raíz de Fondo - Inicio http://www.raizdefondo.org   Raíz de Fondo - Inicio http://www.raizdefondo.org Raíz de Fondo Jardines Y Educación A.C.     View on www.raizdefondo.org http://www.raizdefondo.org  Preview by Yahoo       There is a menu on the above right side of the page to view it in English

Ground has been broken on the Otay Mesa side on a $78 million cross-border terminal that will give local ticketed airline passengers access to the Tijuana airport on the Mexican side of the international border.
The 95,000-square foot-terminal is being built by a joint venture entity called Otay-Tijuana Venture LLC, which includes Chicago-based Equity Group Investments and two Mexican investment groups, Palareo Inc. and PAP Corp.
Equity Group, a private investment firm owned by billionaire Sam Zell, has been planning the terminal since 2007.
Set for completion in 2015, the terminal will allow ticketed air travelers from the U.S. side to cross a 525-foot bridge and board planes departing from Tijuana’s Rodriguez International Airport. The facility will also allow passengers arriving on the Tijuana side to cross into the U.S. via the same facility, after passing customs inspections.
Users of the crossing terminal will pay a toll — still to be finalized — to access the facility.
Construction has been underway on the Mexican side of the border since September, according to developers. Representatives of the joint venture have said U.S. construction will take about 15 months to complete.

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Boat Ramp in El Sargento.  Last Friday, a large crane moved sections of the precast concrete ramp slabs onto a rock foundation.  Top part isn't finished yet, but progress.  The new ramp is located in the cove south of Las Palmas Restaurant in the El Sargento Parque.

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Per the office in San Jose the California Star will resume normal service between La Paz and Topolobambo on Sunday ,March 9th. The ship was in Panama for routine annual maintenance per Mexican regulations.  Brian Z
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a. Received several answers that Banamex Los Barriles is closing on March 12th.  They are hoping to have an ATM at possibly the BV Pemex.

b.  Road Report:  Each year Highway 1 gets better and better and now they are digging up and replacing allot of road before and after Ciudad constitution, but the detours are well groomed and easily passable.
We turn on Laguna Capella to proceed on the rough road to San Filipe and it took us 2 1/2 hours to drive the rough road to Gonzaga Bay at the military stop. The new paved road starts there and they will be starting on another 4.7 km as I write this report.

09 Su   Time Change US, Canada & Northern Baja border towns.  Move clocks forward    (BCS, Mexico April 6th)

Static blocks of text like the one you’re looking at now are an antiquated and inefficient way to get words into your head. That’s the contention of Boston-based startup Spritz, which has developed a speed-reading text box that shows no more than 13 characters at a time. The Spritz box flashes words at you in quick succession so you don’t have to move your eyes around a page, and in my very quick testing it allowed me to read at more than double my usual reading pace. Spritz has teamed up with Samsung to integrate its speed reading functionality with the upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone.

Stuff you really didn’t want to know…
1. One gram of dog waste contains 23 million fecal coliform bacteria. Enough bacteria washing from beaches into the water can make the water unsafe for swimming (and kiting and windsurfing one would suppose).
2. Dogs (and dog waste) can be significant hosts of both Giardia and Salmonella.
3. Burying dog waste on the beach is not the answer – the release of nutrients from the decay of the waste promotes weed and algae growth that can lead to reduced oxygen levels in the water affecting fish and other sea creatures. (All information from stormwatercenter.net)
Our “town beach” – roughly from Buena Vista to North Beach is receiving a growing mass of dog waste. To reduce the effects of dog waste and to continue the ability for people and their pets to enjoy our beach, members of your local chapter of Wild Coast/Coasta Salvaje have installed and are maintaining seven stations with bags and garbage cans for dog waste. We estimate that some stations are disposing of 50 pounds of dog waste a week. That’s a lot of poop that we would otherwise walk or lay in, or our children and grandchildren would play in!
Please use the bags provided and dispose of the bags in the containers provided. Don’t drop your bags on the beach! Look for the stations at most major beach access routes. If you are willing to install and maintain a station, please contact Skip Ackerman at skipackerman@gmail.com . Thank you for your concern and care in keeping East Cape Beaches clean!

Denmark and New Zealand were the nations seen as most free of corruption and Somalia was ranked last, according to this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index.

The report, released today by Berlin-based Transparency International, ranks states based on how corrupt their public sectors are perceived to be. More than two-thirds of the 177 countries surveyed in 2013 scored below 50 on a scale where zero is seen as highly corrupt and 100 perceived as very clean. Greece, the epicenter of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis which erupted in 2009, was among the biggest improvers, while Australia was one of those to witness the largest declines.

“All countries still face the threat of corruption at all levels of government, from the issuing of local permits to the enforcement of laws and regulations,” Huguette LaBelle, chairman of Transparency International, said in a statement.

He was the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, which smuggles huge amounts of illegal drugs into the US.

"Shorty" Guzman had been on the run since escaping a high-security prison in a laundry basket in 2001.

He was arrested in Sinaloa state, in a joint operation with US anti-drugs forces.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto used his Twitter account to praise the forces involved in the arrest in the north-western resort of Mazatlan, in Sinaloa state.

Hero Motocorp’s presentation of the RNT hybrid turbo-diesel-electric motorcycle prototype at Auto Expo in New Delhi last week might well begin a whole new phase in the development of the motorcycle as an all-purpose utility vehicle. Most significantly, the RNT offers a range of life solutions well beyond mobility – it's designed to pull a plow or a harvester, carry heavy loads safely and adapt to play a practical role, particularly in rural areas and the developing world.

The RNT's large flat front mounting surface will no doubt see plenty of use once the machi...The more you look at the RNT, the more you see. note the footrests for the rear passengers...The Hero RNT's distinctive profile - it mighjt look ugly to you, but it will be the answer...The mountings for the extendable rear carrier look particularly strong.View all

The RNT has an ultra-frugal 13.5 hp, 150 cc diesel engine which produces 35 Nm of torque at just 1600 rpm, with an optional turbocharger which will more than double both those figures. There’s also an optional front wheel hub motor producing 1.3 hp, giving the bike two-wheel drive. Even more significantly, the RNT’s powerful generator can output 1500 W of 230 V electrical power continuously, making it ideal as a portable power source, and the LED headlight unclips to offer a portable and powerful light source. Large flat loading surfaces front and rear plus numerous mounting handles indicate a long overdue rethink of how the scooter is used in many parts of the world.

The Fideicomiso will continue. Amendment to Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution has been Rejected - By John K. Glaab, CIPS
In May of 2013, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (the lower house) approved legislation which would have amended the Mexican Constitution to permit foreigners to purchase propertyoutright in Mexico’s Restricted Zone which is100 kilometers from the borders of the United States, Belize and Guatemala and 50 kilometers from the coastlines of Mexico. Effectively this would have meant doing away with the Mexican bank trust, known as the fideicomiso. This initiative has been rejected, according to a report from the Secretary of Government. (SEGOB). Rejection of the proposed amendment is the result of not continuing with the amendment procedure within the time frame permitted under Article 89
number 2. Section III of the Rules of the Chamber of Deputies. The result is that foreigners purchasing property in the Restricted Zone must continue to obtain titles using the bank trust system, the fideicomiso, initiated in 1972.
About the author: John Glaab is Vice President of International Marketing at Mexico's The
Settlement Company® A Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS)
he was named International Member of the year, 2012 by the National
Association of Realtors® (NAR)

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