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He was once nearly-blind, but a new invention is helping a Durham man see almost perfectly. "20/20" is considered perfect vision, but Stephen Goetz has 20/2200 vision."In Steve's situation, what he can see at 20 feet, the standard eye can see 200 feet away, ten times larger," Optometrist Henry Greene said.Goetz can only make out things that are directly in front of him, but Dr. Greene's new invention called the "Sightscope" have changed that.The special glasses have a device attached to them that's sort of like a pair of minIature binoculars. They artificIally bring objects closer, so those suffering from severe visual impairment can see much better. Unlike older, bulkier devices that are physically drilled into the lenses, the Sightscope is adjustable and can flip up out of the patient's way.For Goetz, it means he can now drive a car, enjoy movies and spend more time with his kids."Nobody knows exactly what it feels like, but this is a remarkable step in a different direction," Goetz said. "It changes the way I look at myself because when you differentiate yourself from other people and you think, ok I can't be with that group, or I have to act differently. It's a little bit empowering to be able to walk and say I can see the same thing everybody else is."The Sightscope went on the market just a couple of months ago. Dr. Greene says only about 1,000 optometrists are trained to help people who suffer from this kind of severe visual impairment. He says the best candidates for the Sightscope are people who have had visual impairment since birth or seniors suffering macular degeneration. The device costs just under $1,000.
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"In the city of Milwaukee, we've still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."
Says opponent Tammy Baldwin 'has had not one positive ad' in the campaign for U.S. Senate.
Says "millions of dollars in tax breaks" were paid for "by busting unions, cutting BadgerCare, and raising taxes on the poor and the middle class, thanks to Elizabeth Coggs' help."
Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."
"For the first time since 1990, American manufacturers are creating new jobs."
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality.
Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch "did nothing to stop" people from scamming the Wisconsin Shares child-care subsidy program and voted against funding for fraud investigators.
Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch, her recall opponent, "voted to allow public school employees to use taxpayer dollars to pick up the tab for…Viagra."
On pay for fired Milwaukee police officers
Says Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salaries in 2010 for employees to "participate in union activities such as collective bargaining."
Milwaukee is "the most segregated city in America."
Milwaukee lost the headquarters for MillerCoors because the area lacks good transit.
Says Chris Abele, opponent in Milwaukee County executive race, "failed to finish 3 separate colleges, dropping out all 3 times."
Says Jeff Stone = Scott Walker.
Says Milwaukee County Parks director Sue Black has not received a pay raise in five years.
On his support for sharply limiting collective bargaining by public employees.
"Eleven years ago, the city of Detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city. If we want the tax base of Milwaukee to resemble the tax base of Detroit, this is the way to go."
Says Milwaukee County elected officials drive around in luxury cars "on your dime."
"I'm the only candidate for Milwaukee County executive that has voted against increasing government pensions."
When the Milwaukee County mental health facility is full, "cops sit out there in their squad cars with a mentally ill patient" and sometimes "spend an entire shift out there doing that."
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October brings a taste of California's some of California's hottest new wine pioneers.Priory November (Unlikely Al Fresco) Wine Tasting
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Lee Kuehn leads us through some great Thanksgiving wine suggestions.
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The North Side Chronicle's Alyse Horn covered the Priory Hotel's "Stash Bash" party celebrating the Priory's affiliation with Stash Hotel Rewards, a nationwide network of indpendent hotels which offers a rewards program where guests can build up points toward fee stays. Stash Hotel Rewards is affiliated with more than 180 indpendent hotels nationwide.
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Much of Homestead and some of the surrounding communities are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Homestead Historic District. Many buildings: churches, commercial buildings, and homes date to the late 19th century or early 20th century and are of architectural and historic interest. Unfortunately, since the closing of the steel mills in the 1980s, the population and business district of Homestead have seriously declined, causing many older buildings to be abandoned. The final nail in the coffin of the formerly thriving business district, mainly along 8th Avenue, was the opening of many big box chain stores and restaurants in the new (1990s) Waterfront development.
The Carnegie Library of Homestead was opened to the public in 1898. This historic building, located on E.11th Avenue in the neighboring borough of Munhall, now houses, in addition to a public library, a music hall and athletic club open to the public. The impressive stone architecture of the building is set off by the surrounding park. The library is one of only three that Andrew Carnegie provided with an endowment. Some claim it was a peace offering to the community following the events of the steel strike in 1892, and that as such it was rejected by Homestead, which is why it's in Munhall instead. In fact, the plans were already in the works for the building of the library before the strike and the Borough of Munhall had not been incorporated when the Library was built.
Also not technically in Homestead proper, but located just west of the borough, is the popular waterpark, Sandcastle, with waterslides, pools and waterside nightclub adjacent to the Monongahela River. Sandcastle's sister location for summertime fun is Kennywood Park, located in West Mifflin, about 4 miles east of Homestead. This historic amusement park has been a family destination for generations of Pittsburghers. It is home to some of the best known and loved wooden roller coaster rides.More on Homestead ...
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Summer Prawn Salad
1 fresh Mango – peeled and cubed
1 Avocado – peeled and sliced
125 grams sliced Brie (or any soft cheese of your choice)
Salad greens
500 grams raw Prawns
1 tablespoon Soya Oil
3 tablespoons Sweet Chilli Sauce
1 teaspoon grated Green Ginger
1 clove crushed Garlic
Dressing: (place all ingredients in a lidded jar and shake well)
3 tablespoons Sweet Chilli Sauce
Juice of 2 Lemons or Limes
1 teaspoon Soy Sauce
1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
1 tablespoon Peanut or Soya Oil
Marinate prawns in sweet chilli sauce, garlic and ginger for 1 hour. On a large platter make a bed of salad green, scatter over the mango cubes, avocado slices and brie slices.
Heat 1 tablespoon soya oil in a large fry pan and quickly sauté the prawns until they are pink and cooked through. Scatter the prawns over the salad platter and drizzle over the dressing.
Serve with sliced fresh Ciabatta bread.
Lemon Yoghurt Cake
In a large bowl beat together:
Finely grated rind of 2 lemons
1¾ cups sugar
1 cup canola oil (or other unflavoured oil)
1 cup natural yoghurt
4 tablespoons lemon juice
2 eggs
½ teaspoon salt
And beat in:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Pour into a baking paper lined 23cm tin and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for approx. 35 minutes
(This is also delicious made with oranges or limes)
Lemon Silk Tart
» This dish is available as a dessert served in Kamahi Cottage
Line a round pie or flan dish with baking paper.
Roll out sweet short crust pastry and line the flan dish.
Prick well and bake in a moderate oven until just cooked but not yet brown.
Then beat together:
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 3 lemons
3 eggs
½ cup sugar
½ cup sour cream
Pour into the pre-baked pie shell and bake at 175°C until set and golden (approx 15–20 minutes).
Lemon Shortbread
250 grams softened butter
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
½ cup corn flour
¾ cups icing sugar
1½ cups flour
Beat together butter, lemon zest, corn flour and icing sugar until the mixture is very pale and creamy. Mix in the flour to form a soft dough. Place on a piece of well floured foil and shape into a log. Chill till firm and cut off 1cm thick slices. Place on a baking paper lined tray and bake at 130°C. for 25–30 minutes
Divine Lemon Slice
1¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
125 grams butter
¼ cup castor sugar
Grated zest of 1 lemon
3 eggs
1 cup castor sugar
½ teaspoon pure vanilla essence
Grated zest of 2 lemons
Juice of 3 lemons
¼ cup flour
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Place base ingredients in a food processor and process till soft dough beads form. Turn out and bring together. Press dough into a baking paper lined 20cm x 30cm baking tray. Bake for 12–15 minutes until slightly golden. Meanwhile prepare the topping. Beat eggs and castor sugar till light and fluffy. Fold in grated zest, lemon juice and flour. Mix well. Pour over hot base and continue baking at 180°C. for 25 minutes until spongy and golden. Allow to cool, dust with icing sugar and cut into slices with a hot knife.
Lemon Syrup Concentrate
(A favourite refreshing summer drink at Kamahi Cottage)
3 lemons
750 grams sugar
25 grams citric or tartaric acid powder
Boiling water
Place the thinly sliced peel of 1 lemon in a food processor with 2 cups of the sugar and process until sugar is yellow and oily looking. Juice all 3 lemons and mix with the lemon sugar. Add the remaining sugar and citric acid and enough boiling water to make the volume up to 6 cups (1½ litres) of syrup. Cool and store in the fridge in a well sealed container. Serve well diluted with iced water
Pasta with a Lemon & Garlic Dressing
Boil approx 250 grams dried Spaghetti until al dente.
Drain well and immediately mix through the following:
1 clove chopped garlic
Finely grated zest & juice of 2 lemons
4 tablespoons olive oil
4 ounces grated parmesan
Freshly chopped parsley
Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste
(This dressing is also delicious over freshly boiled hot potato chunks)
Salmon with a Lemon, Sun-dried Tomato & Basil Sauce
» This dish is available as a main course served in Kamahi Cottage
4 pieces salmon (approx. 150 grams each)
1 large lemon
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
100 grams sundried tomatoes (cut into fine strips)
Generous handful of basil & parsley (chopped)
50 ml white wine
100 mls chicken stock
100 mls cream
Salt, pepper & a little grated nutmeg to season
Preheat oven to 200°C.
Juice half the lemon and cut the rest into 4 slices. Mix the lemon juice and 2 tablespoons olive oil and marinate the salmon for 30 minutes with the lemon slices. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil and fry the lemon slices (sprinkled with a little sugar) till golden. Remove and set aside. Add wine, stock and marinade to pan. Simmer to reduce by half. Add cream, herbs and tomatoes. Simmer till syrupy. Bake the salmon for 10–15 minutes in a very hot oven (220°C) till just tender. Serve with rice or noodles – Pour a little of the sauce over each piece of salmon.
And now a selection of recipes that we've prepared (and then printed out) for many of our guests:
Ramekin Baked Eggs
(A breakfast favourite at Kamahi Cottage)
» This dish is available as a breakfast served in Kamahi Cottage
For each serving:
2 thin slices bread
1 large egg
3–4 narrow slices of cheese (cheddar, feta or brie)
2 tablespoons cream
1 teaspoon coarse grain mustard
Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Generously brush the base and sides of an oven-proof ramekin (1 cup capacity) with a little melted butter. Cut a circle of bread to fit the ramekin base. Cut the other slice into 4 triangles and line the sides with these "sails". Insert cheese along sides. Carefully break in the egg. Combine cream, mustard, salt and black pepper and spoon over the egg. Bake 12–15 minutes until golden and cheese has melted.
(Optional: Add chopped herbs such as chives, chervil and parsley or replace cheese with chopped bacon or smoked salmon pieces)
Chicken Roasted with Red Wine & Grapes
» This dish is available as a main course served in Kamahi Cottage
2 red onions cut into wedges
350 grams large red seedless grapes cut into small bunches
¾ cup balsamic vinegar, plus extra to drizzle
4 rosemary sprigs
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
8 chicken thigh cutlets (skin on & bone in)
200ml light red wine (e.g. pinot noir or merlot)
2 bay leaves
Preheat oven to 200°C.
Scatter onions and grapes into a lightly oiled oven dish and then toss with 1 tablespoon of the oil, balsamic vinegar, rosemary, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Roast for 20 minutes until onions are tinged golden and grapes have wilted. Heat remaining oil in a fry pan over high heat and brown chicken, skin side down until deep golden. Add chicken, skin side up, to the roasting pan. Add red wine and bay leaves and roast for 20 minutes or until cooked through. Serve with grapes and onion over mashed potato drizzled with pan juices and a little extra balsamic vinegar.
Rustic Tomato Soup
» This dish is available as an entrée served in Kamahi Cottage
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 finely chopped onion
1 clove finely chopped garlic
1 finely diced large potato
800 grams tinned tomatoes and their juice
1 cup (250 ml) dry white wine
1 cup chicken stock
½ teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon sugar
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons flour
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
In a large pan gently sauté onion, garlic and potato until slightly softened. Add tinned tomatoes, wine, stock, basil and sugar and simmer until soft. Puree to desired consistency. Mix cold milk and flour till smooth and stir into pureed soup. Simmer for approximately 10 minutes and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with a swirl of cream and sprinkle over freshly chopped parsley or basil.
Asian style Pasta Salad
(Delicious hot or served at room temperature)
3 cups spiral pasta
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup soy or canola oil
1 clove very finely chopped garlic
1 teaspoon grated green ginger
1 tablespoon honey
Cook pasta in plenty of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain well and place in large bowl. Immediately pour over soy sauce, oil, garlic, ginger and honey mixture. Stir gently from time to time until dressing is absorbed by the hot pasta.
Add any or all of the following:
½ cup chopped cashew nuts
2–3 sliced spring onions
Diced red and yellow capsicum
Moroccan Chicken with Spiced Couscous
(A dinner favourite at Kamahi Cottage)
» This dish is available as a main course served in Kamahi Cottage
4 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon cooking oil
700 grams diced chicken breast or thigh meat
½ cup chopped dried apricots
½ cup chopped dried prunes
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons cumin
2 cups chicken stock
4 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons apricot or plum jam
Chop garlic and fry gently till golden. Add chicken, dried fruits, spices and jam and stir fry till well coated and meat is coloured. Add stock and simmer approximately 30–40 minutes till sauce is thickened. Serve with spiced cous cous.
Spiced Couscous
1½ cups couscous
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups boiling water
1 onion
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
Pour boiling water over couscous, add salt and oil and let stand till the grains swell and the water is absorbed. Chop onion finely and fry in a little cooking oil with the spices until soft. Fork the onion and spice mix through the couscous.
Chocolate Fudge & Fruit Slice
150 grams butter
¾ cups sugar
1 egg
70 grams sliced almonds or walnut pieces
½ cup sultanas or raisins
½ cup chopped glace cherries & dried cranberries
1½ tablespoons cocoa
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Melt butter and sugar together. Stir in all the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Spread out into a baking paper lined 20cm square tin. Bake at 180°C. for approximately 20–25 minutes. Then melt about ¼ cup chocolate and drizzle over the top. Cut into slices
Orange flavoured Chocolate Cake
» This dish is available as a dessert served in Kamahi Cottage
1¾ cups flour
2 cups sugar
¾ cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup freshly brewed strong black coffee
½ cup soya oil
Mix everything in a food processor until very smooth. Pour into a baking paper lined 23–25cm tin (or several smaller tins). Bake 1–1½ hours at 180°C until cooked (test that a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean). Cool and ice when cold.
1 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
Finely grated rind of 1 orange
1–2 tablespoons soft butter
Hot water to mix to a spreadable consistency
(Hint: You can use this recipe to make fabulous Chocolate Glazed Truffle Cupcakes – just use cupcake cases and three-quarters fill with the orange-flavoured chocolate cake batter – the baking time will be shorter, so check after about 20 minutes.When cool spread with chocolate ganache.)
Plum Flan
» This dish is available as a dessert served in Kamahi Cottage
800 gram tin red plums
200 grams butter
5 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
Grated zest of 1 lemon
½ cup milk
1¾ cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
Line a large flan tin (23cm) with baking paper and preheat oven to 180°C. Cream butter and sugar until pale coloured and fluffy. Beat in eggs and lemon rind until well combined. Stir in flour and baking powder with milk and spread over the base of the flan dish. Drain plums and reserve the juice. Halve plums, remove stones and place close together over the cake batter. Sprinkle over a little extra sugar and bake for 45–50 minutes. Cool and remove from the tin. Mix reserved plum juice with 2 teaspoons cornflour or arrowroot and heat gently till slightly thickened.
To serve: Dust slices of flan with icing sugar, pour over a little warm plum syrup and add some freshly whipped cream on the side.
Banana Cake with Almond Topping
125 grams butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 bananas
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ sliced almonds
½ teaspoon cinnamon
(Melt butter and combine with rest of topping ingredients)
Place softened butter, sugar, and eggs in a food processor. Process till smooth. Add bananas and process until well combined. Add flour and milk and pulse until flour is just mixed in. Spread into a baking paper lined 20cm round cake tin. Sprinkle with topping and bake at 180°C. Cool in the tin, turn out and dust with icing sugar.


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My singing teacher invited me to the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at the Anglican Cathedral as they marked the beginning of Advent last night. My sister came with me and we drove through the rain, past rows of illuminated evergreens announcing the season in a nearby park. Inside, the Cathedral was warm, dark and quiet except for the whisper of coats being shed. Candles flickered along the aisles and in the transepts.
The service was entirely sung, except for the nine lessons - readings interspersed between the antiphons my teacher chanted, carols sung by the choir, and hymns in which we all joined.
I have always been comforted by the experience of group singing. I won't get into what I believe and don't believe, but there is nothing quite like adding your voice to hundreds of others in a song that absolutely fills a building to bursting. Few things strike me as so sublime.
As I listened last night, I wondered if there were others in that cathedral with rheumatoid arthritis. If there were people there with cancer, with MS, recovering from surgery, grieving loss. How many of us were in pain? But our harmonies lifted above all of that; they rose, with the great ringing of the organ, into the rafters and into the night. Beyond all of us.
I love to sing because it is such a physical act; but I also love to sing because the music I produce is incorporeal. It thrusts out and away from these sore, stiff bones, this heart that doesn't know quite what to do with itself. Singing with others reminds me that we are all so much more than our bodies. We are so much more than the things that hurt us.
The rain has turned to snow this morning. My walk to work was cold, but the sun is shining.


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Take the Canandaigua Exit (Route 332). Follow Rt 332 to Canandaigua, Main Street. Turn left on Phelps Street (by Fire House). Phelps Street becomes County Road #46. After crossing Smith Road, watch on right for entrance to the County Complex at Hopewell. (3 1/2 miles from Canandaigua Main Street). Follow signs to Records and Archives Center.
From Geneva:
Take Route 5 and 20 West toward Canandaigua. Turn right on Freshour Road. Turn left at County Road #46. Turn left into County Complex at Hopewell. Follow signs to Records and Archives Center.
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Ten pitfalls and how to avoid them: what research tells us (PDF, 265KB)
aims to provide practitioners with a concise and accessible summary of research relevant to the initial stages of assessment in children's services.
It revises and updates a previous NSPCC report: Assessing risk in child protection (Cleaver, Wattam, Cawson and Gordon, 1998).
Since the publication of the original booklet, there have been significant changes to processes of referral and response in local authority children's services that have necessitated this revision.
This updated version has been written primarily for local authority practitioners who undertake statutory initial assessments and make Section 47 (Children Act 1989) enquiries, but will also appeal to professionals in health, welfare, education and criminal justice services.
It offers invaluable advice to all practitioners tasked to make robust, evidence-based judgements in child welfare that pay due regard to needs and risks.
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Product Descriptionaxo knee shin guards
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Date Reviewed: May 19, 2008
Strengths: Light weight, cheap
Weaknesses: Thin plastic, only two straps to hold it in place. Knee protection does not protect, slides around easily.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $15.00
Purchased At: wheel World
Similar Products Used: None yet.
Bike Setup: 05 Coiler
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2007
Strengths: Googled myself for the first time and this was one of the sites that came up..Funny 'cause Im still wearing the pads 7 frick'n years later. Mostly cause Im a poor ass MTB'r but mainly because I dont replace things that don't need It(usually).
Weaknesses: They do slide around untill they stick with sweat(yuck I know, but its true) and they do move AWAY at the first impact of a fall, this sucks when there are still plenty of crashing going on, but the first one is usually the bad one.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $30.00
Purchased At: Alberta cycle?
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: upgraded from the K2 razorback in'02 to a '01 RMB RM7, Damn near original minus the 24" rear wheel and a new to me 01' monster (bought last year..'06) old school I know but "if it aint broke don't fix it..eh"
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2001
Strengths: They have good protection and comes at a cheap price
Weaknesses: They slip down a bit
Velcro is itchy
You get all sweaty under them
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $25.00
Purchased At: The Gap Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: roller blade ones
Bike Setup: Merida Comp, all stock
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2001
Strengths: good and verry strong they dont move that much and they dont work to go for trails.
Weaknesses: they get hot and my strap broke
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $20.00
Similar Products Used: my skin but it hurts when i mess up and SMACK my shine
Bike Setup: S&M dirtbike profile 3 peace, S&M redneck stem, S&M pitchforks, s&m Slam bars, odi longneck grips,
Date Reviewed: February 27, 2001
Strengths: Protect shins well.
Weaknesses: Do not protect knees, snap easily at the knee joint(mines have snapped)Slip of your legs really easily. Cut of blood!
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $20.00
Similar Products Used: Dainese pro air knee/shin gaurds
Bike Setup: DS frame mavic 521 ceramics,maguras
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2000
Strengths: these Pads R pretty good because they work and they are inexpensive
Weaknesses: No Protection on the back leg
not good for trails
Bottom Line:
Thank U axo for doing your job
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: Bare skin
Bike Setup: Trek 6500
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Strengths: strong. comfortable in mild weather.
Weaknesses: tend to get hot in warm weather.
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suggestion: if they slip around too much, leave the bottom 2 straps looser than the other ones.
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Date Reviewed: May 10, 2000
Strengths: Light Weight, Low Cost, Little to no movement
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Strengths: Absolutly amazing i hit a tree whilst wearing them and smashed the nerves ligaments and tendons in my knee. it may sound bad but i was told that if i wasnt wearing them i would have shatered the bottom of my thigh bone the top of my shin and my knee cap so these things kick ass for strenghth
Weaknesses: none found so far.
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so i'll give this a rating of 5 burning roadies
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Good construction
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perfect thing for the long time of use
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6 months
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No Pain or Blood or Scarrs or nuffin'
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That would be telling
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hard plastic, but light. an almost glove like feel without the full legging. not to mention $30.00 cdn.
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little jasper
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Good protection, Quality construction (Italian), Good design for hot or cold weather, Lightweight
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Banks are foreclosing on America's churches in record numbers as lenders increasingly lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data.
The surge in church foreclosures represents a new wave of distressed property seizures triggered by the 2008 financial crash, analysts say, with many banks no longer willing to grant struggling religious organizations forbearance.
Since 2010, 270 churches have been sold after defaulting on their loans, with 90 percent of those sales coming after a lender-triggered foreclosure, according to the real estate information company CoStar Group.
In 2011, 138 churches were sold by banks, an annual record, with no sign that these religious foreclosures are abating, according to CoStar. That compares to just 24 sales in 2008 and only a handful in the decade before.
The church foreclosures have hit all denominations across America, black and white, but with small to medium size houses of worship the worst. Most of these institutions have ended up being purchased by other churches.
The highest percentage have occurred in some of the states hardest hit by the home foreclosure crisis: California, Georgia, Florida and Michigan.
"Churches are among the final institutions to get foreclosed upon because banks have not wanted to look like they are being heavy handed with the churches," said Scott Rolfs, managing director of Religious and Education finance at the investment bank Ziegler.
Church defaults differ from residential foreclosures. Most of the loans in question are not 30-year mortgages but rather commercial loans that typically mature after just five years when the full balance becomes due immediately.
Its common practice for banks to refinance such loans when they come due. But banks have become increasingly reluctant to do that because of pressure from regulators to clean up their balance sheets, said Rolfs.
"A lot of these loans were given when the properties were evaluated at a certain level in 2005 or 2006," Rolfs said. "Banks have had to reappraise the value of these properties, whether it's a church or a commercial office building. Values have gone down, so the loans cannot continue in the same form."
The factors leading to the boom in church foreclosures will sound familiar to many private homeowners evicted from their properties in recent years.
During the property boom, many churches took out additional loans to refurbish or enlarge, often with major lenders or with the Evangelical Christian Credit Union, which was particularly aggressive in lending to religious institutions.
Then after the financial crash, many churchgoers lost their jobs, donations plunged, and often, so did the value of the church building.
Solid Rock Christian Church near Memphis, Tennessee, took out a $2.9 million loan with the Evangelical Christian Credit Union at the beginning of 2008, to construct a new, 2,000 seat, 34,000 square-foot building to house its growing congregation.
In the middle of construction, the economy crashed. The church raided its savings to finish the project, but ended up defaulting on the loan.
The ECCU foreclosed and put the church up for auction.
"We are still fighting this," a church spokesman told Reuters. "We have filed for bankruptcy to stop this foreclosure and to restructure our debt."
At the iconic Charles Street African American Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts, churchgoers and clergy accuse the bank of being unwilling to negotiate.
The church is being threatened with foreclosure and a March 22 auction by its lender OneUnited bank, America's largest black-owned bank.
The bank says the church, which was founded in 1818 and played a major role in the anti-slavery movement, has defaulted on a $1.1 million balloon loan that came due in December 2011.
A balloon loan is a long-term loan, often a mortgage, that has a large, or balloon, payment due upon maturity. They often have very low interest payments and require little capital outlay during the life of the loan due to the large end payment.
The church is also involved in separate litigation with OneUnited involving a 2006 loan of $3.6 million that financed the refurbishment of two buildings into a community center.
"We want to refinance and we want to pay. It's doable, we have the means to do it but we can only do it if they actually sit down and talk to us," said the Rev. Gregory G. Groover Snr, the church's pastor.
Groover said the church did not default by missing monthly payments, but is in trouble because the loan ballooned.
"We don't have a million dollars to pay off the loan. I don't know what church does. The idea of auctioning off a church is senseless," he said.
In a statement provided to Reuters, OneUntied said it was not its practice to discuss the details of "any discreet customer relationship".
"It is not the practice of the Bank to exercise collection remedies including foreclosure in the absence of good cause. We trust the community will not rush to judgment without full knowledge of all the facts," it said.
Axel Adams, an Atlanta, Georgia official with the Rainbow PUSH coalition, the civil rights and economic justice organization led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, said he had seen a "tremendous increase" in churches facing foreclosure.
"And some pastors have not notified their congregants," Adams said. "They are fearful that if they do, they will lose congregants prematurely."
Flat Rock Church in Lithonia, Georgia, which dates back to 1860, took out an $850,000 balloon loan with Sun Trust Bank in 2005 to fund a new 300-seat church.
In May 2010 the loan became due. The bank foreclosed and the church is due to be auctioned off next month.
"The bank has refused to negotiate and to this day I just don't know why," said Binita Miles, the church pastor.
A spokesman for Sun Trust said: "We view foreclosure as an action of last resort. We have been working for several years to address the issue with the client in hopes of avoiding foreclosure."
There are more than 300,000 churches in the United States.
"The church foreclosure market isn't anything extraordinary," said Rolfs. "It's simply another byproduct of the credit bubble."
(Reporting By Tim Reid; Editing By Jonathan Weber and Michael Perry)
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It's about time they started talking about the commercial real estate crisis. Funny how just last July Fox Business was trying to lure more people into the REIT trap. But you know how it is, they have to lure in some suckers to buy them out before the crash, even though commercial real estate was already to the breaking point at the time this came out. One can't keep flipping loans and growing the principal forever. Without new business renting, this bubble is going to burst.
This is really a shame for these churches. Sorry to hear it.
I would be a lot more sympthetic to them if they paid appropriate taxes.
In order to deflect possible criticism based upon the 'Congress shall make no law' provision of the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights, I give you these:
This is strictly from California, but here you have a law that is absolutely blatantly written for a church, and is in violation of the California State Constitution:
California State Constitution Article XVI Section 5, a relevant quotation:
"Neither the Legislature, nor any county, city … shall ever … grant anything to or in aid of any religious sect, church, creed, or sectarian purpose, …"
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See also Article XIII, Section (f).
And the law, a relevant quotation from the California Revenue and Taxation code section 206.1(a) :
"all real property that is necessarily and reasonably required for the parking of automobiles of persons who are attending religious services, or are engaged in religious services or worship or any religious activity, is exempt from taxation."
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I hold that writing a law that provides an exemption is exactly the same law as writing a law providing a prohibition, and that an exemption from a blanket property tax is very much "granting aid" to exactly those categories explicitly prohibited.
So no. I'm not real sympathetic.
Sorry, "See also Article XIII Section 3 (f)". When the other comment comes out of moderation, that'll make sense.
I'd like to see some of these evangelical "mega church's" federal 501(3)(c) tax exempt status challenged based on their increasingly blatant political advocacy.
The federal non-profit tax laws specifically prohibit such activity. However, that doesn't seem to deter the "Bible thumpers" from continuing to spew their far right wing political views from their pulpits
How they continue to get away with it is quite beyond me.
A few years ago my broker showed me how we could sell the farm and buy a piece of commercial property probably a shopping mall in a REIT. He said it was a win all the time since real estate especially commercial never went down. If I had followed his advice we could have lost everything. Just yesterday our local mall was sold for pennies, and is 70% empty and has not been full in over 6 years.
That's been my perception too. I think the farm will be worth more in the future too. Malls don't grow food.
Just another sign of a crumbling country.
Dude, where's my job?
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