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Resolved Question: 2600 Ford Tractor oil pan leak?
I work on a farm. The equipment that I am working on is a 2600 ford tractor that has a oil leak. I thought that it might be seeping from the front crank or front cover, but it is not. The leak is comming from the front of the oil pan. I put a new gasket on, but it did not fix it. I do not see or feel a crack in the pan, it is comming from the gasket area. I did do a very clean job putting it on. I tried a bottle of oil leak stop. There are about 6 quarts in the pan, the bottle says to put a quart to 4 quarts of oil, but I was told that the bottle I used would work. I told my boss and his response is to put gasket sealer around the pan. I know that this is not a good idea, but he will not buy a pan and I have to do what the boss says. Does anyone have any recommendations?
moreResolved Question: Being jerked around by an ex-friend and don't know what to do?
My friend and I decided to go into a co-ownership on a horse, since at the time neither of us had the budget to afford a horse on our own. She is on the large side, so we wanted a horse that could support her extra weight. She also has next to no experience with horses what-so-ever, so we were looking for a horse that was well trained and could essentially teach her how to ride. She, without consulting me, started accidentally talking to a woman who owned a Thoroughbred Racing farm (One of the breeds she specifically did not want) thinking that she owned other breeds and disciplines. The woman pointed out that she only had thoroughbreds who were trained in nothing but racing, but that she had a 17.2h 8 year old gelding who's owners were giving away to a good home. She also said that if we waited too long, she would be sending him to Colorado to a young woman who wanted him for dressage. My friend is 19, but she has never had to work for anything in her life, it has always been handed to her by her mother, so she lied and told her mom that Cowboy Cruisser was going to be euthanized if we didn't bring him home by the end of the week. Needless to say, her mother took money she didn't necessarily have to get Cowboy moved into a new location. As the owners would only release him to a good home with experience in re-training race horses and owning thoroughbreds, she used my horse experience to acquire a horse that I told her was not well suited to her abilities or her knowledge of horse care. Anyway, after the beginning of the second month owning Cowboy, he dropped weight a second time, and I found out that McKenna hadn't been feeding him at the same time every morning, and was feeding him up to three hours late, so he wasn't eating as much as he should have been during his evening feedings, thus causing his drastic weight loss. He was becoming extremely emaciated and I was setting up vet appointments and getting ready to hospitalize him and move him to a boarding facility (cheaper than what we were paying) that would feed him that way I knew he was being fed on a strict schedule. When I (calmly) told her that she needed to be feeding him at 8am instead of 10 or 10:30am because he was getting sick again, or we needed to readjust who feeds in the mornings, she got a huge attitude with me and started yelling at me about how she's out there all the time and it's not that easy to get there at 8am to feed. I reminded her that I created the feeding schedule to fit her needs, and to what she told me she was capable of doing, and that the feed was already pre-measured and set out for her in the mornings, so all she had to do was put it in his feed bin. She then started yelling at me about all this different stuff about how she pays for everything and she spends more time with him and all this, and trying to bring the whole conversation to a personal level. I remained extremely calm and told her that a co-owner ship was her idea, that we paid equal amounts in everything, and spent an equal amount of time with Cowboy, not including when I was training him or working on his ground manners. She got pissed off and told me that she didn't want me to be in the ownership of the horse anymore because I "treat her like she's five" and that she would pay me for everything I've put into owning him. The total came out to around $200, and she has been avoiding me ever since. She doesn't answer my phone calls, texts, or e-mails, and I just found out that she moved him (and all of my stuff for previous horses that I bought before I owned him). I need to get my equipment and my money back from her, and I was just wondering if it is even legal (in California) for her to move a horse that still partially belongs to me? Also, how should I approach her about getting my stuff? I can find out through mutual friends where he is boarded, but I don't want to have to be sneaky about getting what's 100% mine.I also forgot to mention, this horse is NOT TRAINED and she has never cantered/loaped a horse except for when a friend's horse spooked. This gelding only knows to RACE. I was in the process of training him, and put roughly $500 worth of ground work and desensitization on him, by today's California training fee averages. And he has already come extremely close to breaking my arm. She isn't experienced enough to be handling a horse with virtually no ground manners. I have also come to find out that he has started kicking people when they brush right in front of his left hind quarters, which he never did when I was working with him, so he is developing dangerous habits. The girl who is now helping her "train" him also has a habit of beating the **** out of her horses to make them submissive.
moreResolved Question: Family business/family crisis (super long question) Need Objective opinions please!!?
OK- this is long and too hard to do this in hypotheticals - so I'll have to tell the story...
About 3 and 1/2 years ago my husband and I were asked to consider moving back to our old hometown so that my husband could work for my Uncle who was restructuring his family business. We were very hesitant- this uncle had never called us for any reason, and we maybe only saw him once a year. Still he has an excellent reputation and is the Rotary club president- everyone thinks very highly of him and I always have, too. He asked us to come and "check out the situation" so we did. He and my husband spent a day looking over the factory and the possible new equipment and my Uncle even promised him educational opportunities and good insurance. My uncle also mentioned us living in a house- said not to worry about that part as he had it covered... We went back home and talked and prayed about it. Two days later after my uncle had called us, we found out that I was pregnant. That also factored into out decision making.
We decided that we would move back, because we did not have a support system were we lived, and we did not have insurance through my husbands job- or educational opportunities like my Uncle offered, so we broke our lease- and paid 1200 dollars to get out of it- plus the cost of moving. During the move- I miscarried.
We had already committed and broke the lease. We moved. We get to the house and it turns out that the first house he wanted us to live in was practically condemned, but another house- which my mom and sister used to live in- that my Uncle now owned was open- so we asked to move in there. He said yes, but the rent would be 380 which was fine. We signed a lease. We discussed things like if something large were to break that the landlord i.e.- my uncle- would take care of it, but little things like blinds and door nobs were up to us. We agreed.
About 3 months after living there- my Uncle who owns the company asked me to manage the company website. The condition was that I would go to school for business, work on the site part time, and then he would wave our rent to pay me for the work. I told him I had not experience- he said that was fine, and that school was enough, he said I would learn as I went and do the best I could. I agreed.
The day after Thanksgiving out heater was broken. We told him about it immediately as we were all going to the family farm that day to clean up debris. He never said he wasn't going to fix it- he just said we'd talk about it later. A WEEK later I approach him and he informs me that he will not be able to fix it- he suggested we get space heaters- tells a story about how once in college he had to wear electric socks and blames it on my grandfather being too cheap. He said that my grandfather wouldn't like having to buy a new heating unit- He was the real boss over there- my uncle was like a manager. MY husband, meanwhile is working long ours- was sent to a class for specific equipment once and then was told that the company was no longer going to send employees to classes. He was not given the raise that he was told he would already have by this point. He was working 8-10 hours in a factory that had no heat- had no heat to come home to, and we were poorer than we had ever been in our entire married life. We lived for 3 months that way because we were family... During that 3 months my husband was injured in a hydrolic press and I had 2 miscarriages. Finally, we decided, once we found out that the air conditioner was stripped as well, that we would just move. but we couldn't afford to, so I went to my Grandfather- who is the real owner of the company. I told him the whole story, he said he had no idea that this was going on, and within a week the heater was replaced. A week after that, we started paying rent again. My uncle told me I wasn't doing a good enough job on the website, and a few days after that- all the employees at the factory would no longer be able to get insurance for their families. That was the day I found out I was pregnant again. My husband started looking for a new job, and he found a much better one- a great house- reasonable rent, and we have everything we need now- but my Uncle resents us for leaving. My Aunt treats us differently and she even called us ungrateful on the phone once, saying that he'd given us so many opportunities. She also talked about how once they lived in a house with out heat- but they knew that when they moved in- and they chose to stay while they were building their house...completely different scenario than what me and my husband were in.
The thing is- that we never had cross words with him- We just stopped acting like family and started behaving like employees only- and did what we had to do. We could not trust him anymore- since he had failed on many levels to do what he said he would do and he wouldn't take responsibility for it. He told me he was upset that I went
moreResolved Question: How are help me??????
Me and my few friends want to start a new business, a small chicken hatchery in our country (sri lanka). We have some basic idea to start a chicken hatchery. We also have technical know how to operate a chicken hatchery. We are also able to provide technic al support to our customer in farm level as one of our friend is a veterinarian and have few years experience in the field of technical support for chicks layer in farm level. We have no problem in marketing of chicks. Our another friend has few years experience in day old chicks marketing.
But our main problem is we are not expert in other sides, like how to import hatchery machineries,, financial etc. and many other problems that we even do not know yet. So, we need some suggestions before starting a hatchery. We also need some tips to make our business more profitable.
Please remember, we have all basic technical ideas of hatchery operation like selection of site, hatchery building design, selection of hatchery machines (hatcher, setter, chiller, air condition, compressor etc), medication, disinfection, worker management etc. Mainly we need financial suggestion, how to import hatchery equipments/machineries, please email,manjula2682@yahoo.com.
moreResolved Question: I need help apush practice exam answers?? How do i know Im right?
52. One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was
a. increased competition.
b. support for the idea of a centrally planned economy.
c. funding research on new technologies.
d. elimination of the tactic of vertical integration.
e. elimination of as much competition as possible.
55. The steel industry owed much to the inventive genius of
a. Jay Gould.
b. Henry Bessemer.
c. John P. Altgeld.
d. Thomas Edison.
e. Henry Clay Frick.
56. J.P. Morgan monitored his competition by placing officers of his bank on the boards of
companies that he wanted to control. This method was known as a(n)
a. interlocking dictorate.
b. trust.
c. vertical integration.
d. pool.
e. holding company.
57. America’s first billion-dollar corporation was
a. General Electric (GE).
b. Standard Oil.
c. American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T).
d. The Union Pacific Railroad.
e. United States Steel.
58. The first major product of the oil industry was
a. kerosene.
b. gasoline.
c. lighter fluid.
d. natural gas.
e. heating oil.
59. The oil industry became a huge business
a. with the building of electric generator plants.
b. when it was taken over by the government.
c. with the invention of the internal combustion engine.
60. John D. Rockefeller used all of the following tactics to achieve success in the oil industry
except
a. employing spies.
b. extorting rebates from railroads.
c. showing mercy to his competitors.
d. pursuing a policy of rule or ruin.
e. using high-pressure sales methods.
61. The gospel of wealth, which associated godliness with wealth,
a. relied on the sayings of Jesus.
b. inspired the wealthy to try to help the poor.
c. stimulated efforts to help minorities.
d. was opposed by most clergymen.
e. discouraged efforts to help the poor.
62. To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which
was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to
a. help freedmen to work in factories.
b. incorporate big businesses.
c. allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes.
d. avoid corporate regulation by the states.
e. protect the civil rights of business people.
63. The Amendment was especially helpful to giant corporations when defending themselves
against regulation by state governments.
a. Fifth
b. Fourteenth
c. Fifteenth
d. Sixteenth
e. Seventeenth
64. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of
a. manufacturing corporations.
b. labor unions.
c. state legislatures.
d. railroad corporations.
e. banking syndicates.
65. During the age of industrialization, the South
a. took full advantage of the new economic trends.
b. received preferential treatment from the railroads.
c. turned away from agriculture.
d. held to its “Old South” ideology.
e. remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural.
66. The South’s major attraction for potential investors was
a. readily available raw materials.
b. a warm climate.
c. good transportation.
d. cheap labor.
e. ethnic diversity.
d. when diesel engines were perfected.
e. when oil was discovered in Texas.
67. In the late nineteenth century, tax benefits and cheap, nonunion labor
attracted manufacturing to the “new South.”
a. textile
b. steel
c. machine tool
d. electrical appliance
e. farm equipment
68. Many Southerners saw employment in the textile mills as
a. high-wage positions.
b. unacceptable.
c. a poor alternative to farming.
d. institutions that broke up families.
e. salvation, since the jobs and wages were steady.
69. One of the greatest changes that industrialization brought about in the lives of workers was
a. their movement to the suburbs.
b. the need for them to adjust their lives to the time clock.
c. the opportunity to relearn the ideals of Thomas Jefferson.
d. the narrowing of class divisions.
e. the encounter with other races.
70. The group most affected by the new industrial age was
a. Native Americans.
b. African-Americans.
c. women.
d. southerners.
e. small town residents.
71. To provide workers with job security, reformers wanted to introduce all of
the following except
a. job protection.
b. wage protection.
c. establishment of a workers’ political party.
d. temporary unemployment compensation.
e. safety and health codes.
72. The image of the “Gibson Girl” represented
a. a revival of the colonial feminine ideal.
b. a portrayal of the modern corporate business woman.
c. an exploitive image of a woman as a sex object.
d. an independent and athletic “new woman.”
e. a sentimental image of a woman as mother.
73. Most women workers of the 1890s worked for
a. independence.
b. glamour.
c. economic necessity.
d. the service sector.
e. personal spending money.
74. Which one of the following is least like the other three?
a. closed shop
b. lockout
c. yellow dog contract
d. blacklist
e. company town
75. Generally,
moreResolved Question: Is it possible to pay someone to make a computer game for you? Are there people who do this?
My dream game: A cartoony but ultra-violent zombie first or third person shooter... The premise: You are backed into a corner at a cabin, shopping mall, gas station, or on a farm. There's no escape, and you just have to take out as many zombies as you can using whatever weapons are available, whether it's gasoline and matches, before you are slaughtered by the mindless horde.
There are two ways for the game to end...
1. You are turned into a zombie by being bitten. The size of the bite and the duration of the bite before you shake off the zombie will affect the counter that appears over your head... For example, if you are bitten briefly and weakly, maybe you still have 3 minutes left before you turn, but if the bite is long and deep and you struggle to push the zombie away, then you only have 30 seconds or so.
2. The other way to "lose" is to die.
You will be given points which also will act as the in-game currency. Points will be rewarded based on how many health powerups you saved during a round, how many zombies you kill, delimbed, disemboweled, etc. Creative killing gets more points, especially if a single effort kills more than one zombie. Also, if you go on killing sprees without taking any damage, this also works.
When you die, the level ends and you can buy powerups and enhancements for your characters, as well as make available new equipment for maps... For example, you can spend 1000 points to make a sawed off shotgun or flamethrower randomly appear in a level. Additional points spent on this will determine how much ammo it can hold and how many places in the level will give you ammo for that weapon.
Of course the ultimate melee weapon in any level will be a chainsaw or some variation of it. The ultimate ranged weapon would be a minigun.
Every death should be loud and gory, with pieces and internal organs flying. Remember, the graphics are cartoony, so it won't be hard to do this and not feel out of place.
Other possibilities: you might be able to buy new clothing or change the appearance of your character.
If the game turns out well, multiplayer play could be added and the game could be sold independently. I can come up with some concept art if necessary.
If you or someone you know would be interested in such a project, please contact me... Although I can't pay you much, I would be able to private some funding to start the project, as well as art and ideas.fromus2b...
Let your BF know I'm sending him an e-mail.
moreResolved Question: What do you think of this final destination 5 idea ?
Main Disaster: John Martin Has a premonition that his office building will collapse with debris from the top floor trapping the exits killing everybody.Suddenly he awakens just about to walk through through the front door. He causes a commotion pushing 8 people out the door including a group of high school students on a carer day trip out the door. here are the deaths:
Jaine McDowell:A high school student. her father is a scientist testing acid.while throwing a pool party she has the hot tub to herself. when getting a soda she accidentally knocks over a bucket of hydrochloric acid it to her hot tub. this going unnoticed. when she gets in she is no more.
Bret Wilson: A co worker of john. while collecting golf balls. he steps under a loose tree branch.thinking nothing of it he is drilled in the head by a stray golf ball knocking him unconscious. then a mysterious wind causes the tree limb to snap crushing his body.
Dale Warner: A high school jock.while Standing on the back of a motor boat he stumbles. while on the edge of the boat its propeller flies out slicing him in half vertically.
Heath Dobbs:A friend and coworker of johns. while standing near a lake 2 drunk rednecks cast out fishing lines both of which peirce Heath above the eye. the 2 pickup trucks speed away in opposite directions rip of his skin instantly.
Drew Tarnish: Another high school student at the county fair he rides a zipline when he jumps the cables were busted not known or seen by workers he starts to slip eventually the cables wrap around his neck one final dip decapitates him.
Jay Tucker: the last high scholler left at his freinds house he adds spinners to his car when he stands up a stray rim shoots out impaling him through the chest.
Nate Garcia : johns best freind at a strip club faulty electrial equipment sparks a fire a pole is melted and it snaps he was trampled and shoved into the rugged edge of the pole it impales himthrough the stomach.
John Martin: The main character with visions of death.several months after the accident he starts a new life in colorado while working at a christmas tree farm he attemps to destroy an old tree he trips shoving his arm and eventually his whole body into the wood chipper.
plzz tell me what you think
moreResolved Question: Does anyone support E-85 corn based ethanol? I believe its a waste of time, money, and resources.?
Does anyone have any arguments of evidence to suggest persuade me? Here is my opinion that I posted earlier to someones question. Prove me wrong.
E-85 is not an answer to Global Warming.
I live in the upper midwest and don't know of anyone who actually uses E-85 in their cars, and we have almost 6 ethanol plants in the 150 mile area. On average E-85 is 25 cents cheaper per gallon, but since the fuel burns at a faster rate your still better off buying regular gasoline. So really it is quite ineffecient. Also, if your car is a few years new you can run E-85 safely. But for those of us who don't, if you run E-85 in your car and the motor burns out or corrodes from using E-85 the manufacturer will NOT cover your warranty.
Also, corn based E-85 plants still use fossil fuels to refine E-85 which still must be sent to the oil refinerys to be mixed. The owners and investors of E-85 don't like to admit to this. But I do understand the Sugar cane based e-85 plants in Brasil do run off of the product they make. But sadly the corn based plants in the U.S. do not, so it is not a clean eco friendly product if you still use energy from coal buring plants.
Oh yeah don't forget about the hundreds of gallons water that gets used up to make one frickin gallon of E-85.
No matter what they say it is not renewable. This product would be renewable if the farmer planting the corn used E-85 in his tractor and used it in all of his farming equipment. And then if all the truckers used E-85 to ship and transfer E-85. And if the Ethanol Plant refinerey was running off of E-85. Then your might have something to talk about.
Also, making car fuel out of food that could be used instead to feed millions of people around the world is a stupid, stupid idea.
You must also remember the direct corelation of rising feed costs for agriculture with the farmers. Which therefore has had a tremendous influence of rising food costs at grocery stores. Because most farmers are getting more money to deliver thier corn crop to the E-85 plants instead of Food companies.
Look we are getting duped. The E-85 plants and some politicians cannot prove these facts wrong. When challenged you will see alot of questin begging, misuse of statistics, and suppressed evidence. That is if they even answer the question.
This crap was invented to make money for people who already had plenty of it. Also an excuse for some agriculture companies and grocery stores to raise prices.I am very sure that many politicians and owners of E-85 plants Did tote E-85 as a product to fight Global Warming. When it first came out E-85 was labeled as such. I could dig up many advertisements and newpaper articles of it being poromoted to fight Global Warming.
I think what I should have said was Corn based E-85 good ofr anything?
If it worked at all? Then why does each ethanol plant recieve millions of dollars in Federal Aid to stay open?
Thanks to everyone contributing to my question. We must spread the word why corn based E-85 sucks.
moreResolved Question: A new government bureaucracy, the NAIS requires Microchip in all farm animals. Good or Bad idea?
Here is the link for what life under the NAIS will be like:
http://reliableanswers.com/patriot/2006/01/national-animal-id-run-amok.asp
Interesting footnote about this program is that large corporate farms can comply by registering animals in lots and greatly reducing paper work. Small farms or back yard chicken coops have to register every animal. even the baby chicks. A form for every chick and a form for every incident.
Does this sound like Stalinist Russia or what? Stalin confiscated all farm equipment to gain control of agriculture in Russia and as a result millions of people starved to death.
What do you think? Isn't it hard enough to survive as a small farm these days without this added Tyranny?Cynical,
No its you that have the facts wrong. Several States now require compliance. WI, OH, and others. It is just hasn't passed nationally YET.here is another article link about two farmers who are resisting.
http://www.libertymatters.org/newsservice/2007/faxback/3172_Resistors.htm
moreResolved Question: U.S History help will you please help I am begging!!!!?
1. Who invented bifocal eyeglasses, a clean-burning stove, and helped develop the U.S. postal system?
(Points: 3)
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Elkanah Watson
John Stevens
2. What manufacturing concept helped Eli Whitney earn a contract from the federal government?
(Points: 3)
ginning cotton
using machines to reduce the work of slaves
using interchangeable parts
reaping wheat
3. What contributions did Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell make to American manufacturing?
(Points: 3)
They put up huge amounts of their own capital to hire as many people as possible to increase production.
They built on practices they had seen in England to improve equipment and production techniques in the textile industry.
They persuaded English investors to share their techniques and ideas to get the American textile industry going.
They invented machines that not only separated the cotton, but also sorted it according to grades and strengths.
4. What was the main impact of Cyrus McCormick's reaper and John Deere's steel plow on agriculture?
(Points: 3)
They made large-scale agriculture possible and profitable.
They allowed small farmers to keep up with large landowners.
They reduced the need for slaves on southern plantations.
They opened up more of New England to farming.
5. How did geography affect the development of industry in New England?
(Points: 3)
The small number of ports limited transportation and trade.
Rocky soil and an unpredictable climate made it unsuitable for commercial agriculture.
Large deposits of coal there kept factories running at full production.
Slow-flowing rivers and streams prevented the use of water as a power source.
6. What helped spur the growth of American industry in the beginning of the nineteenth century?
(Points: 3)
increased federal support for entrepreneurs
trade agreements with France and England
trade embargoes and the War of 1812
interstate commerce agreements between New England states
7. Which of the following was the major purpose of improving the roads in nineteenth century America?
(Points: 3)
to generate toll revenues for the federal government
to improve development of a market economy
to provide greater comfort for citizens wishing to travel
to make westward expansion easier
8. Which construction project connected the Great Lakes to New York City?
(Points: 3)
the National Road
the Erie Canal
the Lancaster Turnpike
the George Washington Bridge
9. What was an effect of Robert Fulton's development of steamboat travel?
(Points: 3)
More people were willing to vacation along the waterways.
The cost of transporting goods became more expensive for farmers.
Westward expansion became much easier.
Trade along the Mississippi River began moving in both directions.
10. Which transportation improvement did not make more rapid movement of goods and people across large areas possible?
(Points: 3)
Conestoga wagons
steamboats
canals
railroads
11. What two areas benefited most from Morse's invention of the telegraph and the speed it brought to communication?
(Points: 3)
industry and entertainment
politics and transportation
trade and agriculture
commerce and news
12. What was the impact of Morse's telegraph on communication?
(Points: 3)
It sped up the delivery of news and information, promoting the development of a market economy.
It brought a means of rapid communication into the homes of ordinary citizens.
It allowed politicians within a state to prepare more efficiently for their congressional sessions.
It created international avenues for bringing European investment dollars into the American market.
13. How had the American election process changed by the election of 1828?
(Points: 3)
Members of the Electoral College were elected by popular vote, not their state legislatures.
State legislators earned the right to serve as electors in the Electoral College.
Women and blacks were eligible to serve as electors in the Electoral College.
State legislatures continued to elect 50% of the electors, but the popular vote determined the rest.
14. Who won the popular vote in the election of 1824?
(Points: 3)
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
William Crawford
15. What were John Quincy Adams's qualifications for the presidency when he ran in 1824?
(Points: 3)
Son of a former president, member of the House of Representatives, from a large southern
moreResolved Question: can money paid to a new business for future products be start up funds and spread over 5 years?
My employer would like to help me start a palm tree farm. I would like to know if I take the money will I have to pay taxes on it this April? Will I be allowed to spread it over 5 years by calling it start up cost? It is our idea to pay it back in the form of palms delivered in 5 to 7 years. The amount is sizeable and would be spent on land,equipment, and soil preperation. Is there a CPA in the house? Thanks for any help and advise, Digger
moreResolved Question: round the world trip budget/ spending money advice pls.?
My husband and i are in the process of saving up for a round the world backpacking trip (hopefully to start next March).
we plan to visit Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, (about 4 months in total) then Australia for 6 months, 1 month in New Zealand the a couple of weeks in Fiji then 2 weeks in North America.
Discounting flights, visas and equipment, how much do you think we ought to budget for spending money for the year - to include travel (busses etc), the odd trip, accommodation, food ie general living costs? we are not heavy drinkers or clubbers, and we dont mind staying in basic accomodation. we are also looking to work in Australia for about 4 -5 months and also doing a bit of WWOOFing (working on organinc farms for board and lodge)
can anyone give me a rough idea of how much money we should take between us for 12 months? in UK pounds sterling if poss
also do you have any idea how much vaccinations will cost us (each)? i dont think many, if any, are given free on the NHSdont be silly! of course you can travel to Laos and Cambodia and it is vary safe to do so! many gap year travellers go to these countries. Its mayanmar (Burma) you have to be careful with
moreResolved Question: Is this the new little red hen story is this the way the USA is going?
The hen finds some grain and thinks it would be a good idea to plant it. She goes to the Horse, Cow & Pig and says hey would you like to help me plant this gain and they say no. So The little Red Hen being a hard charger goes out toils all day and plants it. Now the Cow takes note of all the hens work and starts to think how good that grain would taste and confers in secret with the horse and pig and it is agreed that they would tax the Red Hen sometime in the Future. Then the Little Red Hen asks if the Horse, Cow & Pig and says hey would you like to help me water the grain and they said HELL NO! So the Red Hen had second thoughts about asking them for help again and spent month’s watering the grain until it came to seed. Now the Horse, Cow & Pig were already thinking about getting there 90% share of the net farm yield since they were bigger than the Hen and needed more food to Eat. So the hen hesitantly ask the Horse, Cow & Pig and says hey would you like to help me harvest
4 months ago
the Grain and they pretended to show interest but said no, so the little red hen went to harvest and almost died using large farming equipment to get the Grain. Now at this point the Little Red Hen Decided there was no point to ask the Horse, Cow & Pig for anything. So she turned the grain into flour and then pies , pizzas, bread and various pastry’s she was preparing to feed her chicks when the Horse, Cow & Pig burst into the hen house and claimed all the food for they were Hungry at that time they realized there is no meat so they killed the little red hen and grilled her and eat her eggs and pastry’s.
Is this the way the USA is going?
moreResolved Question: What makes a good service mngr?
I am the new service mngr. at a very productive farm equipment and landscape oriented dealership. Our products are of the two best equip names in the business. when i took over this position the service center had run itself in the ground with a little help from the former service mngr. I am catching alot of flack from customers that were dissatisfied before i arrived. it's been very hard to regain there businee and trust. what can i do to improve customer relationship without giving our services away and loosing money? I want to be a mngr. that is faithful to my employer and our customers. Just to give you an idea our little dealership did a little over 4 million in equip.sales last year. the shop only did 155 thousand in service and repair.
moreResolved Question: What to konw about Ethanol Industry ? and the result of this political idea? another state plan ?
Each year in early October my grandfather summoned my entire family to come to his farm and harvest potatoes. Hunched over on all fours, each person quietly filled their buckets with these "earth apples." Each year he used a different field for his crop. One year he would plant potatoes, the next year beets or wheat. The potato replaced the grain diet on the European continent. It became survival food, especially during the two World Wars. Dumplings, potato salad and mashed potatoes are only a few potato dishes found in a long list in the European cuisine. The easy adaptability of the potato to grow almost anywhere in the world can produce an annual crop of 322 million tons of potatoes. Many African countries greatly benefit from growing the potatoes because they make them more self-sufficient in their food production.
In the age of nation building, stamping out of global warming, and driving for energy self-sufficiency, the new state appointed rival of the potato is maize, which is better known as corn – the yellow cob-born grain used in the production of ethanol fuel. As a blend with gasoline, biofuel powers automobiles and farm equipment. Its environmental friendly side effect is to reduce greenhouse gases, and some say it is the key to everlasting energy security in the future.
Ethanol fuel production received its first stimulus after the Arab oil crisis in 1973. During 1978 the US federal government sealed the project with the Energy Tax Act authorizing tax exemptions by blending gasoline with 10 percent ethanol. A floodgate of free money opened up for farmers and ethanol producers as the energy and agricultural departments spent billions of dollars on subsidies. This year’s estimates are between $5.5 billion to $7.3 billion of our tax dollars to be handed out to corn growers.
The incentives for farmers to grow corn in the US is not to meet the needs of a market that entails a healthy profit. Instead, they plant corn because they get paid to do so by a federal government interested in ethanol production. And as it turns out, producing ethanol is an expensive process. Archer Daniels Midland Corporation (ADM) out of Illinois, one of the largest producers of ethanol, received as much as $10 billion in subsidies between 1980 through 1997 along with favorable tax breaks costing taxpayers an average of $30 for every dollar ADM earns in profits. Add to that the $500 of federal and state subsidies it takes to reduce one metric ton of CO2-equivalent, one can literarily say that it is governments who heat up the globe by burning cash.
This year corn production has already increased by 15 percent over last year. Even President Bush, not a green lover but excited about ethanol, is expecting that farmers will plant 90.5 millions of acres of corn in 2007 in order to meet the demands of ethanol production of 132 billion liters by 2017. Corn prices already went up by 50 percent. The average price per bushel of $1.95, which had held steady over the past eight years, jumped up to $3.05 in January of this year, and is expected to rise as high as $3.40.
Corn is feedstock. It is consumed not only by humans but also by hogs, chickens and cattle. The drastic side-effect of higher corn prices is now reflected in the higher prices in the grocery store. The price of food went up 3.9 percent last year – faster than the inflation rate, which ranges around 2.7 in 2007. In particular, pork, beef, milk, eggs and poultry show drastic increases in their prices. So do fruits and vegetables. Considering that most people spend an average of 10 percent of their disposable income on food, higher prices in grocery reduces the spending on cars, homes or clothing. Health Nazis should also be concerned, since these higher prices drive people to cheaper processed foods that add to increased health risks in the poor segment of the population.
The US Federal Government’s targeted goal is to replace gasoline with corn-based fuel as an alternative energy source. This has caught the attention of poorer countries. Mexico, for example, is gradually replacing agave, a spiky-leaved, large plant which grows on high and arid land and takes eight years to reach maturity, with corn. Agave is the main ingredient for Tequila. Mexico produced 25 to 35 percent less agave this year and farmers take less care of their agave crop in favor of higher corn prices. The World Food Program (WFP), which recently stated that it can no longer feed the poor due to the impact of biofuel demand on food prices, is foolishly encouraging African and Latin American countries to take advantage of the rising demand of biofuels by planting corn; a popular world practice that is now devastating 900 million of the world’s poorest which rely on the UN feeding program.
It is quite clear that the state-inflated demand for corn is causing a global imbalance in food production. Farmers are replacing a variety of vegetables and fruits with corn due to the higher profit-per-acre corn brings. The two-year practice of crop rotation for corn drains the soil and requires more fertilizers on the following soybean crop. The additional cost ends up with the consumer. As food prices rise, it is the poor who suffer most from this inflated demand for biofuel. It is a burden that most people cannot afford as inflation keeps rising because of irresponsible spending and government debt.
The federal budget for the fiscal year beginning this October called for $2.9 trillion dollars in government spending. It includes increases for all the various cabinet-level departments. Among them were a 5.4 percent increase for the Department of Energy and 3.6 percent increase for Agriculture. According to Richard M. Ebeling, President of The Freeman, the average US household would have to shell out approximately $25,845 in taxes to cover the budget. Include with it the US federal government’s pre-existing liabilities of several trillion, and the average US household would have to pay an additional $31,000 a year for 75 years to pay off the debt already incurred by government spending. How can an average income household cover the basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter when tax burdens already devour the wages of a lower income population? Poor people only become poorer as spending continues.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul seems to be the only congressional member who understands the global effects of subsidies. During his second presidential debate the question came up about oil profits. His response was: "I don’t think the profits are the issue. The profits are okay if they’re legitimately earned in a free market. What I object to are subsidies to big corporations when we subsidize them and give them R&D (Research & Development) money. I don’t think that should be that way. They should take it out of the funds that they earn..."
Here lies the answer to many of the energy questions. Let the private sector find a solution to new energy sources. Already technology advances at a rapid speed and its products remain ultimately competitive on the market where prices drop and become affordable to the average consumer. Just think of recent changes from VCRs and phonograph records to DVD’s and CD players, and the addition of cell phones and portable computers to modern life. All are now available at reasonable prices to low-income households. Industry continually comes up with new inventions that contribute highly to communication, organization and entertainment. The only sectors that remain high in cost with outrageous prices are sectors that are under government regulation and control: health care, medicine, education, housing, and now food prices. It would be a life-saving act of mercy to close these various departments of government, if people want to have a future for the next generation.
The trouble caused on the global market by the federal government’s sponsored ethanol industry increasingly outweighs the good it does. The idea of sacrificing food production in the name of biofuel as a future source of energy is an irrational concept. The consequence of higher food prices due to corn production hasn’t come from consumer choice but from government coercion. If the demand for energy is increasing, and biofuel is the answer, then where will the world grow its food? The big believers in a government supported biofuel industry might have to prepare for another big tsunami to hit the shores of Third World countries and at home if this insanity isn’t stopped. Just don’t blame capitalism if and when it comes.
July 21, 2007
Sabine Barnhart
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