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NO-MAR Classic Model Tire Changer
Swap your own tires at home or at the track
Have you ever paid someone to gouge up your motorcycle's wheels? It's happened to all of
us at some point. You bring in your bike for a tire change and when you get it back, your previously pristine wheels are scratched. Needless to say, the shop owner will insist that the damage was already there and will do exactly nothing about making things right. How much did you pay him for that? GRRRR!
NO-MAR has the solution. Their lineup of tire changers is designed so that during a swap, no metal ever comes into contact with your rim. The unit that we're featuring here is their Classic Model. This is NO-MAR's least expensive offering but don't let that fool you. For a non-commercial, hobbyist application, the Classic Model is probably your best choice. It's light, compact and best of all, there's a way to use your tow vehicle's trailer hitch to mount it. This was the feature that sold us, since the hitch mount makes it possible to bring the NO-MAR along to the track.
How well the NO-MAR machine works depends on several factors. Are you new to tire changing? Can you watch a video and follow instructions? If so, you'll learn quickly and marvel at the ease with which you can change a tire using this setup. On the other hand, are you an experienced rubber swapper who's used competing brands of equipment and therefore have no need of an instructional video? Oh buddy, you're in for a fight! The NO-MAR system was designed with a "clean sheet of paper" mentality. Some changes in technique will be required if you've used other machines. How do we know? Before acquiring this test unit, we'd previously had a number of sweaty, painful and frustrating experiences when using NO-MAR systems belonging to others. Hey, why watch an instructional video if you already know what you're doing, right? Um, Yeah.... It's amazing what happens if you'll simply bring a laptop and the supplied DVD out to the garage, clear your mind of what you think you know and allow yourself to learn. In retrospect, we'd suggest having a helper with clean hands to operate the laptop while you figure out how to work the machine, rather than trying to remember the whole process after having watched the video beforehand in the house. By referencing the video step-by-step while actually performing the task, even a veteran of other brands can learn to do quick, easy tire swaps with a NO-MAR.
The NO-MAR Classic Model is priced at $645 for just the changer and a basic accessory kit or $875 with a balancer and an extensive list of accessories. Either gives you the option to choose either a floor mount or the trailer hitch setup that we're demonstrating in the accompanying photos. The unit we're testing here was acquired used, which is a rare thing indeed, since most NO-Mar purchasers will likely ask to be buried with their changers. Our equipment's previous owner had chosen the $675 package and the $120 balancer option, which makes for a nice setup at an attractive $795 price.
If you're used to paying $25 per wheel to have your rubber swapped, you'd have to change 32 tires to break even on the Classic Model and balancer that we're featuring here. Yes, that's a lot of rubber but there's more to the equation. Consider what the combination of time, money and your peace of mind is worth. For many of us living in the new economic reality of powersports, the trip to the neighborhood bike shop may now involve crossing more than one county line. If you have to drive 100 miles round trip and when you arrive, the shop doesn't want to swap your tires while you wait, your frustration has already justified this purchase. If you've ever had a shop scratch or bend one of your wheels or brake rotors during a tire change, the peace of mind earned by doing the job yourself will pay for this machine. Ever needed to swap a tire at the track and there was no vendor present? What effect did that have on your day? Bring your own changer along and that will never be a problem again! Besides, once it gets around that you have a tire machine, you'll become the most popular guy in town. Heck, we've known a few people who bought themselves a NO-MAR and claimed that their garage beer refrigerator never again went empty.
The bottom line is that if you stay in the sport for more than a season, you need a tire changer. That decision made, the NO-MAR Classic Model is likely your best value and if you opt for the hitch mount, you can bring it along to the track. We can assure you that once you've spent the money, you'll never regret it. A tire machine from NO-Mar is simply a must-have piece of equipment.


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Fernandez chasing Spain's 1st Olympic figure skating medal
By TALES AZZONI
Jan. 22, 2018
VALDEMORO, Spain (AP) — It was still dark on a cold December morning when Javier Fernandez arrived for practice at a modest rink.
Only a few local skaters were at the venue in Valdemoro, a small suburb some 30 miles (kilometers) south of Madrid. The rink's roof lights were not yet fully on by the time Fernandez stepped onto the ice wearing charcoal-black skates, grey pants and dark-blue jacket.
The red-and-yellow colors of the small Spanish flags on the rear of his skates stood out as he began gliding around the ice. He exchanged a few quick words with his coach by the boards and off he went to work on his twists and jumps.
It was the beginning of another long practice for Fernandez, the Spanish sensation who in February will enter the Pyeongchang Olympics with a chance to win his nation's first figure skating medal.
"Early practices are tougher," the two-time world champion said. "They are not easy, but they make us better athletes. I hope it shows in the competition."
Everything will need to go perfectly for the 26-year-old Spaniard who will be participating in his third — and probably last — Olympics. If he delivers a performance of which he is capable, the gold will be well within reach. But rivals are waiting, including two-time U.S. champion Nathan Chen.
"I'm going to try to be the Olympic champion, but the competition is going to be really hard," said Fernandez, who won his sixth consecutive European championship last weekend.
Fernandez just missed the podium four years ago in Sochi, finishing fourth in what was his best Olympic result. His performances have turned him into a star in Spain.
Despite not being a tennis idol, a racing champion or a soccer great, Fernandez has reached icon status in Spain, where figure skating does not exactly have a long tradition.
His life-size statue at Madrid's wax museum is close by the sculptured figures of 16-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, four-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez and Barcelona soccer great Andres Iniesta.
Two years ago, Fernandez was awarded the gold medal for the nation's royal order of sports merit. He has been a staple in newspapers and sports shows across the country, sometimes sharing front-page space with Real Madrid and Barcelona.
No Spaniard has won a Winter Olympics gold medal since skier Francisco Fernandez Ochoa in 1972. The nation's only other winter medal was a bronze, in 1992 by Fernandez Ochoa's younger sister, Blanca, also a skier.
The rink where Fernandez practices in Valdemoro was named after the elder Fernandez Ochoa.
"I'll be just happy to be in the podium because Spain never had a medal in figure skating, so that would be making history and I would also be happy with that," said Fernandez, whose every move was being watched closely by a group of young skaters visibly thrilled to be sharing the ice with their nation's greatest figure skater.
"It's just crazy to be here skating alongside our biggest idol," said teenager Esther Manzanero, whose practice session started just a few minutes before Fernandez made it to the ice.
A huge banner with Fernandez's photo hung above one of the rink's entrances, covering the wall all the way up to the roof.
"We are trying to help the sport as much as we can," Fernandez said. "Of course, it's a little hard when you are still competing and when you have to train a lot. But even if I'm in the other side of the planet, we are always trying to help the ice rinks or help the kids or even help the federation to keep building this sport, because that's our main goal, to make figure skating popular in Spain."
Fernandez was the first male Spanish figure skater to participate in the Olympics since Dario Villalba in 1956.
Spain's flag bearer in Sochi, Fernandez has already said he might not have the energy to keep training and competing at a high level after next month's Olympics and the world championships in Milan in March.
One of Fernandez's biggest challengers in Pyeongchang will be someone he knows well: Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, who has the same coach as the Spaniard, Brian Orser.
Fernandez calls Hanyu a "teammate" and often practices with him before competitions. The Japanese is a two-time world champion and the 2014 Olympic gold medalist.
"When we train together it's exciting," Fernandez said. "But when a really hard competition is coming up and you are not having a good practice, or he is not having a good practice, it affects the environment a little bit. It can create a little bit of tension if everybody is having a bad day."
Orser said the "passionate" Spaniard has already made the leap to become an Olympic champion.
"(It was just about) believing that he was actually in the game, that he was one of the players," said Orser, who won two Olympic silver medals for Canada in the 1980s and coached Yuna Kim to Olympic gold in 2010.
Fernandez knows it could, indeed, be his time.
"I think in these Olympics I'm going to be more prepared," Fernandez said. "I've been now two times world champion, and in the last Olympics in Sochi I wasn't a world champion. So I think it's going to help me fight to be in the podium."
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I'm new here, and I was just wondering what you guys think of this so far. I'm going for a Dragon Girl, as stated in the title, that is a human-dragon hybrid (of the water-type). This is my second attempt to complete this task (the first one was submitted for review to the Unity Asset Store, but was declined for pretty obvious reasons).
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Basiclly with this build i was shooting for the most survivable and tankyest Blitz as i could make. Having high HP, Armor, and Magic Res with nice amounts of mana and enough damage to kill things.
Early on i intended on going for the rod as soon as possible so that i have full benifits asap, so building that peice by peice. Then working on the locket next, and grabbing the sunfire cape and frozen heart mid game, and late game snagging the armors.
play stratagy is to keep near the creeps and protect the lane, not allowing them to push through the towers, and relying on the high damage of Rocket grab early on for some low lvl kills and useing power fist to keep them close.
i put off overdrive because i didnt intend on getting to far from the lane.
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Matt Eastburn, Director of The Tool Store, Point of Rental saved me about eighty hours a month. As far as implementation, training, and ease of use, I think the system is one of the easiest to use. Point of Rental is my whole business now.
Melbourne, VIC, AU (PRWEB) December 22, 2015
Point of Rental Software, a Texas-based rental and inventory management software company, announces the opening of a new location in Melbourne, Australia. The company provides award-winning software products to thousands of businesses worldwide and has established the Australian branch to better serve clients in that region.
"Point of Rental is known for the unsurpassed level of customer service we deliver," said Wayne Harris, president and CEO of Point of Rental Software. "The opening of the Australia office demonstrates our commitment to continuing that same dedication to our clients in this part of the world."
Matt Eastburn, Director of The Tool Store, located in New South Wales, AU, had previously been with two other software providers before implementing Point of Rental Software's Rental Expert product for his tool hire, sales, and repair business. "Point of Rental saved me about eighty hours a month," Eastburn stated. "As far as implementation, training, and ease of use, I think the system is one of the easiest to use. Point of Rental is my whole business now; it does our inventory management, right through to our service orders. I haven't seen a system that is as seamless as what Point of Rental has to offer."
With three levels of hire management software, Point of Rental provides the industry with innovative technology, including award-winning cloud-based software, which ranked in the top ten of The Cloud Innovation World Cup Series sponsored by Google. Point of Rental Essentials is the company's online rental and inventory software intended for straightforward hire operations looking for an all-in-one solution. Point of Rental Expert provides robust, rental management software for advanced hire businesses looking to optimize complex operations, and Point of Rental Elite delivers a customized enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for world-class corporations.
Point of Rental has provided software for the rental industry for over thirty years, and bases its customer service expertise in hands-on hire store experience. The original software was written by engineers who owned a rental store, and today over eighty percent of the company's software support staff previously worked in rental businesses.
In celebration of the new location launch, Point of Rental is offering a free data migration for new signups on its online Rental Essentials product, using coupon code "free migration." The grand opening special will continue through February 29, 2016, and specific details can be found at http://www.point-of-rental.com.au/products/rental-essentials/.
To learn more about what Point of Rental software has to offer, visit http://www.point-of-rental.com.au or call +61 (3) 8518 4296.
About Point-of-Rental® Software, Inc.
Listed by Inc. 5000 as one of America's fastest growing private companies, Point of Rental offers smart, scalable software products to fit the unique demands of rental and inventory management. Headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas, the company was founded in 1982 and today provides award-winning rental management software to thousands of companies worldwide. To learn which Point of Rental software product is right for your business, visit http://www.point-of-rental.com.au.


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Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos has 'come out' as gay, revealing he's been dealing with his homosexuality for years.
The 28 year old indie rock musician announced he and his stylist wife Kristy Mucci were divorcing after two years of marriage in August (15), and in a new interview with author Bret Easton Ellis - which aired on Monday (09Nov15), Michael claimed his marital troubles stemmed from his distorted view of himself.
"It's always been about putting it off in my head - not consciously," he said of his sexual preference. "When you're teetering on the edge of heterosexuality or homosexuality and you don't know what's going on, it's just so comfortable to keep coming back to what you know. That person's not going to question you."
The Little Secrets singer and his former partner Kristy have been through a lot together and she even rescued him from suicide in 2011, as he attempted to end his life by jumping out of an apartment window.
Michael has suffered from bipolar disorder for years, having first been diagnosed with the mental health condition as a teenager, but his repressed homosexuality offered different sets of problems for the star, especially as his marriage was ending.
"I just wanted so badly to be straight, because I love her so much," he explained. "I think that was one of the most painful things when we decided to separate."


text: Donald J. Cameron, 70, originally of New York and a longtime Chicago resident, died Friday, June 25, of cancer. Mr. Cameron served for 12 years as a volunteer at Children's Memorial Hospital, after retiring from a 33-year career with the New York Life Insurance Co. He was a board member for the SOCS (StaehelyO'Malley Cancer Survivor) Foundation, an organization of cancer survivors supporting cancer research. Mr. Cameron served in the United States Marine Corps from 1954-56, achieving the final rank of First Lieutenant. He was a graduate of Fordham University. Survivors include ex-wife, Eileen, nee Benson; son, Allen; daughter, Christine; first cousins, Grace Bella and Winifred Baxter; numerous other relatives and close friends; and loving caretakers, Tom and Terri Houlahan of Beloit, WI and Tom and Kim Keefe of Gurnee, IL. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on July 17 at St. Gertrude's Catholic Church, 1420 W. Granville Ave., Chgo. Because Mr. Cameron donated his remains to medical science, no visitation is planned. In lieu of flowers, donations will be accepted at the Funeral Mass and distributed to organizations engaged in the fight against cancer.


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Marine Science and Technology Centre (MaST) is offering Jellyfish Aquaculture Internship (Des Moines, WA)
Internships at the MaST Center are geared towards college students and recent graduates who are interested in gaining valuable hands-on experience in the field. Candidates should have a strong career interest in aquaculture or marine biology. All applicants should be organized, selfmotivated and have excellent people skills. Please note, this is an unpaid internship. NO SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE NECESSARY; ALL TRAINING PROVIDED.
During the six-month internship, you will learn aquaculture techniques, aquarium maintenance, water chemistry, veterinary duties, tank engineering, and planktonic marine biology. The internship will focus on two species of jellies (Aurelia labiata and Phacellophora camtschatica) through their entire life cycle.
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I keep hearing about that you can use a Reverse Mortgage to Purchase a home. Is that true?
HECM for Purchase allows seniors, age 62 or older, to purchase a new principal residence using loan proceeds from the reverse mortgage.
What is the purpose of the program?
The program was designed to allow seniors to purchase a new principal residence and obtain a reverse mortgage within a single transaction. The program was also designed to enable senior homeowners to relocate to other geographical areas to be closer to family members or downsize to homes that meet their physical needs, i.e., handrails, one level properties, ramps, wider doorways, etc.
Is the fixed interest rate eligible in a HECM for purchase loan?
What documentation should be used to document the 60-day physical requirement to occupy the property after closing?
The HECM security instrument requires the buyer to establish a legitimate principal residence in the home. Lenders may, but are not required to, obtain a letter from the buyer stating he/she lives in the home.
Can a HECM for purchase be used on a new home that is just being built?
No. Newly constructed properties must be 100% complete at the time of inspection and initial application.
Under what conditions may a senior cancel the purchase transaction?
The senior may decide to cancel the purchase transaction at any time prior to the date of closing. If the senior decides to cancel the transaction, he/she must notify all parties in writing. Where earnest money has been provided, the senior should review the sales contract to determine if the earnest money is refundable.
Are the mortgage proceeds paid to the seller through escrow?
The title company (settlement agent) is responsible for disbursing funds in accordance with state law.
Once a principal residence has been purchased using HECM loan proceeds, can the property serve as collateral for another secured loan?
Yes, only after the mortgage insurance certificate has been issued. Lenders are responsible for ensuring additional secured liens are subordinate to the HECM first and second liens. Such financing may not occur concurrently with the HECM closing.
What property types are eligible?
Existing one-to-four unit properties where construction has been completed and the property is habitable as evidenced by local jurisdiction issuance of a certificate of occupancy or its equivalent.
Can a lender take application on a property that is under construction and not habitable?
No. The lender may only take application once the Certificate of Occupancy or its equivalent has been issued.
What property types are ineligible?
Cooperative units
Newly constructed residences where a Certificate of Occupancy or its equivalent has not been issued by the appropriate local authority
Boarding houses
Bed and breakfast establishments
Existing manufactured homes built before June 15, 1976; and
Existing manufactured homes built after June 15, 1976 that fail to conform to the Manufactured Home Construction Safety Standards, as evidenced by affixed certification labels (e.g., data plate and HUD certification label) and/or lack a permanent foundation as required in HUD's Permanent Foundations for Manufactured Housing Guide or homes that are installed or were occupied previously at another site or location.
Are set asides for property charges allowed (i.e., ground rent, tax, insurance, Homeowner Association fees, etc.)?
Yes. home buyers will continue to have the option of electing to have the lender withhold funds from their monthly payments or by charging such funds to the line of credit.
Are set asides for repairs allowed?
To be eligible for federal insurance, the property must meet FHA minimum property requirements. All repairs to correct major property deficiencies that threaten the health and safety of the homeowner and/or jeopardize the soundness and security of the property must be completed by the seller prior to closing. Appraisers must complete the appraisal report as "Subject To" the completion of these repairs.
Major Property Deficiency Examples:
No running water
Leaking roof
No primary heating source
Inadequate electrical system (including lighting)
Inoperable doors and windows (inhibited ingress and egress)
State or local code violations
Is a property appraisal required?
Yes. An appraisal is required for all HECM transactions, including purchase transactions.
Are there special procedures for foreclosure homes that will serve as collateral for a purchase transaction?
No. FHA has sufficient valuation guidelines related to comparable sales and declining markets to address the resale of foreclosed properties. HUD has imposed a standard of accountability to which lenders, sponsor lenders, and loan correspondents will be held is the same as the standard used to impose civil money penalties for program violations, and that standard is one of knowing (actual knowledge) or had reason to know.
Are gifts an acceptable source of funding?
Prospective home buyers may use their own money or money obtained from the sale of assets. The following funding sources may not be used:
Sweat Equity
Trade Equity
Rent Credit
Cash or its equivalent, in whole or in part, from the following parties, before, during or after loan closing:
– The seller or any other person or entity that financially benefits from the transactions, or
– Any third party or entity that is reimbursed, directly or indirectly, by any of the parties described in the previous bullet.
What would be an "allowable FHA funding source" for gap financing of the equity portion?
A withdrawal from the home buyer's savings or retirement account would be an acceptable funding source.
How is the maximum claim amount and principal limit calculated?
For HECM purchase transactions only, the maximum claim amount will be the least of: 1) the appraised value; 2) sale price; or 3) FHA mortgage limit for a one-family residence. The principal limit is determined by multiplying the maximum claim amount by the principal limit factor corresponding to the age of the youngest home buyer or non-borrowing spouse, the expected interest rate and the initial MIP option that the borrower selects.
Can prospective home buyers apply credit card cash advances towards the required monetary investment or closing costs?
No. This would be a violation of 24 Code of Federal Regulations 206.32(a), which requires all outstanding obligations connected to the HECM transaction, purchase or otherwise, to be satisfied prior to or on the date of closing.
Are seller concessions allowed?
No. Seller concessions are applicable to forward mortgages only.
Is seller financing permitted?
Is the Real Estate Certification required?
When purchasing a new principal residence, if the HECM proceeds do not cover the sales price, can part or all of the property's indebtedness be subordinated behind the first and second HECM liens if the existing lien holder is willing to execute a subordinate agreement?
No. All existing liens must be satisfied at the HECM closing.
If the source of funds comes from the sale of the homeowner's principal residence or other owned property, and the sale is occurring the same day as the closing on the HECM, can a copy of the executed HUD-1 and cashier's or certified check, evidencing the sale, be used to verify the funding source?
Yes. In addition to the HUD-1, a copy of the sales contract executed by all parties and a copy of the cashier's or certified check bearing the name of the seller can be used to verify the funding source.
Can prospective home buyers obtain a secured or non-secured loan from another asset (i.e., car, home equity line of credit, or investment property or second home) to satisfy the monetary investment or closing costs?
No. Consistent with existing policy, bridge loans and other interim financing methods associated with HECM transactions are prohibited, unless the unpaid or outstanding obligation can be satisfied prior to or on the day of closing.
In lieu of providing a Verification of Deposit with the most recent bank statement, what other alternative documentation will FHA accept? Note: Full Doc vs. Alt Doc-one is a compliment for the other.
FHA will accept the two most recent, consecutive original bank statement(s), belonging to the borrower, which covers the most recent (three-month period) and previous month's balance. Bank statements that are more than 120 days old prior to the closing date are not acceptable.
Can the home buyer participate in a rent back/leaseback agreement with the seller?
No. When purchasing a new principal residence, the home buyer has 60 days to occupy the home. Unlike a forward mortgage, there is an increased risk to FHA when the home is not occupied by the home buyer. Prior to closing, the home buyer and seller should agree to a date for physical occupancy of the property and the lender should confirm occupancy prior to their submission of the case binder to the local HOC for endorsement.
Does FHA have special eligibility requirements for first-time homebuyers?
No. FHA encourages all first-time homebuyers to meet with a reverse mortgage counselor that offers pre-purchase counseling to educate themselves on the responsibilities of becoming a homeowner. Prior to signing a sales contract, FHA encourages a home inspection of all properties that will serve as collateral for HECM for purchase transactions. The inspection serves two purposes, to determine the magnitude, if any, of repairs and/or rehabilitation the home may need as well as helps the buyer to negotiate the purchase price in a situation where a home requires repair or rehabilitation.


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"When is Mothers Day in South Africa, 2017?" you ask. It is just around the corner…Sunday, the 14th of May!
If you haven't already got Mom the best gift ever to shower her with love on Mothering Sunday, Random Harvest Indigenous Plant Nursery has the best Mothers' Day gift ideas to help you.
From as little as under R50 to what ever your budget may allow, our shop and plant nursery can help you pick out perfect Mothers' Day Gifts. We have such cool stuff for Moms, I can't wait to show you what you can choose from.
Some Moms aren't into all that girly stuff, but they still like pretty flowers. So instead of roses for Mothers'Day, get her something unexpected – a trolley or truck load full of her favourite indigenous plants. That way you can say you love her all year round. If you can't decide on what to get her, a gift voucher will give her the freedom to choose what she wants.
From as little as R30 to what ever it costs to fill the truck.
If Mother Dear loves something different, pop this gorgeous succulent container garden next to her favourite patio chair.
Small for R350, Large for R450
A packet of indigenous plant seeds such as the Namaqualand Daisy seed lets her watch the love grow. You can spend time with Mom helping her to them too.
It's pretty hard to go wrong with jewellery. Beautiful necklaces bracelets and earrings from Bambanani make it easy to choose the right jewellery in her favourite colour.
Necklaces for about R85.00; Earrings from R38.50 to R45.00
Books on indigenous trees, creative garden design, indigenous wildflowers and so much more. We have many to choose from, and they range in price from under R100 to about R420.
This gorgeous magnetic notepads by Clipclop with its own pencil is an essential for your busy Mum who has a hundred things to remember at once. You can even leave love notes on it for her.
Hanging Inspirational sayings with charming pictures might be exactly what your Mom would love on Mothers' Day.
From R54.50
You could run her a bath and sprinkle in some herbal, uplifting or relaxing Khoi Bath Salts. At this price you could get a couple to suit her every mood.
R18.50 per bag
Don't forget the Glycerine Soap. Made with natural ingredients it makes bath time a pleasure.
She can never have enough Hand Cream and these are one of our best sellers.
Janet Carter Hand Cream – R65.00
Quintessence Herbal Balm – R32.50
Another favourite with our customers is Herbafrique's Powder Deodoriser. It's light, smells heavenly and leaves one feeling fresh and confident.
Honey and Calendula Moisturiser that's gentle on the skin and made with good stuff is sure to be a hit.
These Bird seed holders are so gorgeous they look like decorations. Tried and tested by birds here at Random Harvest Indigenous Nursery, they make a gorgeous gift for the nature lover Mom.
You can never have enough stuff for your kitchen. Bird loving Moms will love these Fridge magnets that brighten up the kitchen. Collect them all and learn some of our South African Birds at the same time.
From R22.50 to R42.00
Embroidered with a beautiful chain of colourful daisies, the Hand towels are very popular as gifts. A lovely way of saying how much Mom's hard work is appreciated.
Bring a little indulgence into her life and set her a Mothers' Day breakfast tray, complete with crisp white Linen Serviettes.
R50.00 for a pack of two.
Remember that bath you ran for her? Pop a Candle in a cup or two on the side of her bath tub for some soft soothing light and she's sure to relax and forget all her worries.
Medium cup R45.00 , Large cup R75.00
Speaking of candles, a beautiful Candle shade can be used on a table, next to the bath or on a windowsill. In fact anywhere that you can admire its beauty. Mom is sure to cherish this and will be talking about it with all her guests who ooh and aah over it!
Random Harvest Nursery Homemade Jam is legendary. Yummy on toast, scones, or good enough to eat with a spoon! Packed full of good healthy fruit and made with love, it's like a hug in a jar.
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Every time it rains here, people begin getting a bit anxious.
Dorothy Thompson
As Tropical Storm Isidore drifted into the Gulf, U.S. Gulf Coast disaster response groups prepared for the storm.
"Isidore is far from dead ... and still is forecast to drift back out over the Gulf of Mexico and re-strengthen," said Tom Hazelwood of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. "It could, in fact, power back up into a strong hurricane as it begins to move northward."
Hazelwood said Isidore remains a substantial threat to Gulf Coast states.
"Residents of those areas are urged to continue with their hurricane preparations in anticipation of Isidore's approach later this week," he said. "A landfall in the Thursday/Friday timeframe remains a good bet. In the meantime, heavy surf, in the 10- to 15-foot range, lurks just offshore from the lower Texas coast.
"And heavy rains, in the vicinity of a stalled out front, are likely across north Florida and the central and eastern Gulf Coast --especially the Florida Panhandle -- tomorrow."
Coastal communities along Texas are preparing to evacuate.
"It looks like Wednesday at 6 a.m. well begin evacuating unless the storm makes a different turn," said Captain Dan Ford, president of Texas VOAD and Commanding Officer of Salvation Army of Beaumont. "Right now its coming north, northeast, if it goes further northeast then our evacuation may be rescinded."
Tuesday morning, a tropical storm warning remained in effect along the Gulf Coast of Mexico from Cabo Catoche to Veracruz. According to the National Weather service, parts of the northern Gulf Coast of Mexico will likely be put on a hurricane watch later in the day.
Isidore inflicted coastal flooding of 4 to 6 feet above normal tide level and battering waves along the Yucatan Peninsula this weekend. While over land, Isidore has weakened, but when over warm Gulf waters, the storm is expected to strengthen significantly. Forecasters expect the storm to head north-northwest in the next 24 hours. That means Isidore could nail Gulf Coast states with high winds and sheets of rain.
"Really, there hasnt been anything that has hit the Gulf Coast here in Texas since the storm that hit Galveston in early 1900," said Ford. "People are worried; they know from Tropical Storm Fay just coming through what it can do and what it can look like especially if its a hurricane when it gets here."
In central Louisiana, outer rain bands moving north are expected to cause isolated showers. Residents of some coastal towns are boarding up their homes and leaving before the storm hits. Parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are under coastal watches.
Terrebonne Emergency Preparedness Director Mike Deroche said emergency personnel are watching the storm closely, and that residents should prepare for Isidore's likely arrival.
"Near the coast we're taking the usual precautions," said the Rev. Alan Coe of the Cross United Church of Christ in Texas. "We're in kind of a 'wait and see' pattern."
Coe lives east of San Antonio. More rain, he said, would hurt an already flood-soaked region.
"The ground is pretty well saturated," he said. "And people are still out of their homes and rebuilding, so they don't need to see a hurricane."
Dorothy Thompson, administrative coordinator for the Taylor-Jones County Disaster Recovery Initiative, has spent the past months helping Texans near Abilene recover from July flooding. She said residents are too busy trying to rebuild their homes from the last storm to notice Isidore.
"As far as Isidore, I think that if the storm comes across the Gulf with any force, people are going to begin to become alarmed," she said. "It was a tropical system -- that's what happened to us in July -- that came and just hovered a few hours above us. If Isidore comes ashore and it's pretty strong, then I imagine people will pay attention to that."
The Division of Emergency Management in Texas has activated a Level II (Escalated Response) Emergency Condition. A flood watch along the Texas coast, from Cameron County north to Calhoun County, has been issued. A coastal flood watch means that flooding is possible within the next 12 to 36 hours. The state is expected to upgrade the watch to a warning -- which means that flooding is imminent -- sometime Tuesday.
"Ongoing preparations are in progress to verify evacuation routes and shelter locations across all areas of Texas essentially south and southeast of I-35 from Dallas to Laredo," said Jack Colley, state coordinator.
The State Emergency Operations Center is expected to raise the Emergency Condition Level to I on Tuesday. A Level I activation is when the state is in an emergency condition.
On Thursday, the American Red Cross mobilized supplies in southern states. A hurricane watch team in Florida was activated and other state watches are on standby.
"Storms tend to stall when they hit the Gulf of Mexico because of the warmer water and there they intensify," explained Amanda Gordon-Jiminez, damage assessment associate with the Red Cross. "That means Isidore could potentially hit the United States as a stronger hurricane."
Thompson said Abilene residents are hoping for the best.
"Every time it rains here, people begin getting a bit anxious," she said. "But right now, they're so busy rebuilding that they haven't made much preparation."
Meanwhile, two new tropical depressions have become storms. Tropical Storm Lili is headed West across the Caribbean. With winds at 60 mph, Lili is expected to gain strength. Tuesday morning, tropical storm warnings were in effect for the Lesser Antilles from St. Lucia to Grenada.
"The island of Barbados was being pounded early this afternoon by heavy rain and wind gusts to 75 mph," Hazelwood said. "Lili will continue to swirl toward the west-northwest on its way into the eastern Caribbean Sea where it eventually could intensify into a hurricane."
East of Bermuda, Tropical Storm Kyle was strengthening as it headed southwest with 50 mph winds Tuesday morning.
National Weather Service forecasters said Kyle is a little more aggressive a storm than initially thought, and that Kyle may grow into a hurricane in about 48 hours.
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Wayne Rooney's wonder goal at Upton Park will be remembered long after the other details of this match are forgotten. The audacity, the skill, the manner in which he appeared to spot that the home goalkeeper was dozing at the edge of the penalty area before he had even taken possession of the ball: it was an astonishing moment of bravado.
But for Sam Allardyce, there was something else about the goal. He reckoned it should never have been allowed. The West Ham manager was convinced the stand-in Manchester United captain ought not to have had the opportunity to shoot in the first place.
"If James Tomkins had fell on the floor, the referee would have given a free-kick," reckoned Allardyce of the tussle on the halfway line which had preceded Rooney's 57-yard super lob. "It doesn't matter how slight the touch is, it's enough to put him off making the header, so it's a foul. When you've got an assistant referee stood a few yards away, he's not doing his job properly."
Allardyce is not a manager who can be easily mistaken for one of the game's romantics. But his curmudgeonly response to a goal capable of cheering up the watching nation may have had a more fundamental cause. What he was really upset about was the opportunity missed here. Because the moment he saw David Moyes's teamsheet ahead of the game, how he must have rubbed his hands with glee: here, surely, were three points for the taking?
Against a side expert at aerial bombardment, with speedy wingers capable of flinging in an endless succession of tempting crosses, a team who had recently bullied their way to three successive home victories, the Manchester United manager was obliged by a sudden surfeit of injuries to field Michael Carrick at centre-back and Alex Buttner at left-back. In front of them he had a midfield stuffed with more No 10s than a Grant Shapps bingo call. With Juan Mata, Shinji Kagawa and Ashley Young providing the frailest of defensive walls, the visitors offered up a tempting invitation to be rolled over.
Instead, West Ham were toothless in the face of the most persuasive tactical performance by a United side since Moyes became manager. Buttner was never pressured, while Carrick was serenely untroubled in defence. As Moyes put it, the manner in which he "tag-teamed" with Marouane Fellaini, entirely denied Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan any space to threaten.
"I thought Fellaini was pretty lucky not to get sent off today," grizzled Allardyce. "He's consistently fouled Andy Carroll." Which is true, however from the several free-kicks which resulted from the Belgian's close attentions to the home centre forward, West Ham did not produce a single chance of note.
In contrast, for the first half at least, the visitors could have scored five. Kagawa and Mata endlessly moved around in the space where West Ham's midfield should have been, three times setting each other up for scoring chances. While ahead of them Rooney was in peerless form.
Relishing the responsibility of being the main attacking target in the absence of Robin van Persie, he was a non-stop bundle of muscle and technique. On closer inspection, his second goal, which appeared at first glance to be the product of good fortune after the ball bounced at his feet when Mark Noble attempted to scoop away Young's low cross, was in fact further evidence of quick thinking, in which he shifted his weight brilliantly to stab the ball home off his wrong foot.
"Wayne has led by example all season," said Moyes. "Maybe wearing the armband, taking a wee bit of pride in wearing that, he's showed exactly what it means."
For United's manager, though, bigger challenges lie ahead. He has demonstrated he can outthink a team not yet out of danger of relegation, a team who offered little in the way of enterprise or fight, a team mired in a one-dimensional game of hit and hope. Now over the next fortnight he has to plot his way past two sides of significantly different order: first Manchester City, then Bayern Munich.
"We go in after a better showing," he said of the challenges to come. "If we play as well as we did at West Ham then we will make opportunities, we'll make chances. If we play with the same heartbeat we showed against Olympiakos then we'll be very hard to play against and have a big spirit in the game." And he is blessed that he can field Rooney in this form. Though the striker will be hoping that against City and Bayern Allardyce is not running the line.


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As far as cooperative experiences go, it doesn't get better than the Left 4 Dead series. But let's suppose you're so hooked with Valve's cooperative first-person shooter that you want to play a similar experience. What would you play? What are we looking for exactly? These are some of the parameters we'll take into consideration for this list: we need first-person or third-person shooters that can be played cooperatively with one or more friends. Sounds simple enough, but believe it or not there aren't that many games that fall into that category. This is what I came up with:
10. Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
One of Gears of War's best features was the possibility of playing the five-act campaign with a friend. Gears of War 2 has a cooperative campaign and includes some inviting new features. For the first time, players can select different difficulty levels and the enemies' artificial intelligence will match the selected difficulty to give each player a fair challenge. On top of that, the coop campaign can be played in a drop in/drop out manner, so you don't have to wait for a friend to make some progress.
9. Kane & Lynch: Dog Days (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Kane & Lynch: Dog Days makes use of a visual style that's similar to documentary films, so the gameplay and visual aspect has been refined to generate impact and a unique sense of realism. Still, the core aspects of the game are still here, which means that one player controls James Seth Lynch and the other controls Adam Kane Marcus. Apart from the cooperative mode, there are other multiplayer modes as well.
8. Dead Rising 2 (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
In this open-world survival horror game you play as Chuck Greene as he fights hordes of zombies in the most unconventional ways possible. There are some competitive modes, but the cooperative one stands out above the rest. In this mode, both players play as Chuck and they gain experience and keep the items they have collected throughout the game. The only caveat is that the host player is the only one able to save the progress.
7. Borderlands (PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
There aren't zombies in Borderlands (unless you take The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned DLC into account,) but this action RPG first-person shooter still shares some similarities with Left 4 Dead. Players can select one of four characters and each of those has unique abilities and weapon skills. Characters take on missions given by NPCs and as they complete them, they acquire experience points, money and reward items. Two player cooperative is supported via split screen and four-player cooperative is supported online or over a LAN.
6. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
In this third-person action game, you and up to three other buddies can fight hordes of zombies in four-player cooperative Raccoon Mode. There's a zombie outbreak in Raccoon City (the story is set around the same time as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis) and an elite of mercenaries for the Umbrella Corporation has to retrieve the G-virus. Although it received mixed to negative reviews from critics, Operation Raccoon City can still be entertaining with a couple of friends.
5. Killing Floor (PC, Mac, Linux)
Killing Floor is definitely one of the oldest cooperative first-person shooters with zombies. Although originally released as an Unreal Tournament 2004 modification, a retail version came out in 2005. In Killing Floor, you fight hordes of zombies and each wave becomes significantly harder than the previous one. Once a set number of waves have been defeated, the players have to face a boss. For each kill, players receive currency which can be used to buy ammo and additional weapons (weapons include katanas, bombs, flamethrowers, shotguns and so on.)
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Wii, Mac)
Call of Duty: Black Ops is a pretty traditional first-person shooter, but a handful of extra content makes it unique, such as the zombie cooperative mode. Originally featured in World at War, this is a vastly improved mode that has a handful of new features. In this four-player cooperative mode, players take on the role of John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara and Fidel Castro as they fight waves of zombies at the Pentagon. There are multiple maps, unlockable modes, new weapons and perks, Easter eggs and more.
3. Contagion (PC)
Contagion is a spiritual successor to Half-Life 2 mod Zombie Panic: Source. Unlike Left 4 Dead, this cooperative survival FPS focuses on scarce ammunition, careful aim and the use of your GPS device. There is randomly generated ammo, weapons and item placement, so that each playthrough is a bit different. As of this writing, Contagion is still in Beta.
2. Payday 2 (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
In the sequel to Payday: The Heist, players perform bank heists and robberies. When compared to the original Payday, this sequel has a vastly improved and expanded gameplay, with multiple new abilities. Coordinating attacks and infiltrating locations in a stealthy manner is a must and those players who play cooperatively will be rewarded. Money that's received from a heist can be used to receive new weapons or modify the ones you already have. There are also a variety of skill trees to customize and equip some handy abilities.
1. Dead Island (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
In this terrific action role-playing game survival horror game, you and a couple of other survivors are in a zombie-infested open-world island. Dead Island puts a lot of emphasis on melee combat and unlike Left 4 Dead, you are encouraged to complete quests to gain more experience. But the core elements are all here: there are zombies and you have weapons that you use to kill them.
These are some of the titles that were considered for this list, but didn't make it to the final cut: Dead Island: Riptide, Alien Swarm, SWAT 4, Resident Evil 5, Lost Planet 2, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Gears of War, Payday: The Heist and Dead Space 2.


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Camping Key offer: 10% discount when a customer presents the camping card in store or mentions it prior to ordering on the phone. The discount will not apply to Special Offers, Clearence items, Stock already reduced to clear or on Sale, Trailer Tents, Tent or accessory package deals which already have a discount, Gas Cart & Gas Refills.
O Meara Camping - Irelands Biggest Online Camping Store. Although principally a Camping & Leisure store the range of products in O Meara Camping has also evolved with the requirements of our customers
Camping Key offer: 10% discount on family and adult admission tickets all year round.
Rothe House & Garden: The only 17th century townhouse in Ireland, open as a museum, family history centre and garden. Explore our courtyards and garden (watch out for the ducks!). Find out more about Kilkenny city and county with our large collection of artefacts.
4 nights for the price of 3 except July and August.
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Stay with us with your caravan, camper, trailer tent or tent for €20 per night for 2 people including electrick hook-up, hot water in wash-up area, showers, awning, porch, Wi-Fi and hard standing. Offer is valid Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday nights only for the remainder of the season* Please quote special offer 2 when booking.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Darwin Award competition continues
Four other serious contenders for the Darwin Awards, this time in South Korea. People there celebrate Lunar New Year by, among other activities, burning a large pile of dried grass to the ground. In this instance, ie in Changnyeong, about 275 km (170 miles) southeast of Seoul, they carefully chose to burn it surrounded by fields of even more dried grass. Gusty winds developed as the show was on the road, and the meager fire-proof fencing didn't do the trick. Guess what: the fire spread quickly, killing at least four on-lookers, leading to a stampede among the folks attending the event. Clever, clever.
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Catholic Communications
14 September 2015
1. Following His Grace's installation in November 2015, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP asked the Archdiocese to conduct a review of its processes and procedures for responding to claims of child sexual abuse.
2. This review has included conducting a detailed review of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse's Report of Case Study 8 regarding Mr John Ellis' experience of the Towards Healing Process and Civil Litigation (Ellis Case Study Report).
3. The Archdiocese accepts the criticisms regarding its response, and that of the Professional Standards Office (NSW), to Mr Ellis. In particular, the Archdiocese accepts that it failed Mr Ellis in responding to his Towards Healing complaint andthat in defending litigation brought by Mr Ellis, it did not adequately take account of Mr Ellis' pastoral and other needs as a victim of child sexual abuse.
4. On the last day of the Ellis Case Study, Cardinal Pell apologised to Mr Ellis. He said: "As former archbishop and speaking personally, I would want to say to Mr Ellis that we failed in many ways, some ways inadvertently, in our moral and pastoral responsibilities to him. I want to acknowledge his suffering and the impact of this terrible affair on his life. As the then archbishop, I have to take ultimate responsibility, and this I do…I want publicly to say sorry to him for the hurt caused him by the mistakes made and admitted by me and some of my archdiocesan personnel during the course of the Towards Healing process and litigation".
5. The Archdiocese repeats Cardinal Pell's apology to Mr Ellis. Lessons have been learned by the Archdiocese since Mr Ellis' matter was litigated and significant changes have been effected to ensure that the mistakes Cardinal Pell referred to in his apology will not occur again.
6. Following the conclusion of Mr Ellis' litigation, the Archdiocese sought to respond to Mr Ellis more compassionately.
Cardinal Pell and Monsignor Usher (appointed Chancellor in 2005) met pastorally with Mr Ellis and Mr Ellis was provided, in accordance with practices established by Cardinal Pell, with significant financial assistance. It has offered ongoing counselling to Mr Ellis. The Archdiocesehopes that it has been able to bring Mr Ellis some measure of healing.
7. In addition to seeking to assist Mr Ellis following the conclusion of his litigation, under the leadership of Cardinal Pell, the Archdiocese also sought to improve how it responded to victims of abuse generally both in pastoral processes such as Towards Healing and in litigation building on learnings from the Ellis matter.
8. The Ellis Case Study Report acknowledged that the Archdiocese ultimately responded compassionately to Mr Ellis. It also acknowledged the improvements made by the Archdiocese in its response to Towards Healing complaints, largely as a result of the appointment of Monsignor John Usher as Chancellor by Cardinal Pell.
9. Since the Ellis litigation concluded in 2009, the Archdiocese' s approach to litigation of abuse claims has also changed significantly reflecting learnings from the Ellis case and in particular that even in the context of litigation, the Archdiocese has pastoral responsibilities to victims. The Ellis Case Study Report acknowledged the submission by the Church parties that the Archdiocese's current practice is to respond to questions about the proper defendant by providing plaintiffs with information about which entity or person was responsible at the relevant time for the appointment and supervision of a person accused of sexual abuse and that damages awards will be paid through insurance or otherwise.
10. The Archdiocese is continuing to work to improve its response to victims of abuse to reflect that helping victims is the Archdiocese's priority.
The Archdiocese of Sydney's response to each finding of the Ellis Case Study report can be found on the Archdiocese's website at: http://www.sydneycatholic.org/justice/royalcommission/ResponsebytheArchdioceseofSydneytotheEllisCaseStudyfindings.asp


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HackCollege Podcast Episode 10: Happy Holidays!
Thanksgiving weekend got you bored? Are your home-friends not as cool as you remember? We're here to (try to) entertain you.
This week's topics are:
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What Can You Do With A Major In Financial Services?
The major in financial services is designed for the student who is interested in a career in the dynamic financial services sector which includes personal financial planning, banking, insurance, and related areas. The financial planning track integrates finance, accounting, employee benefits, and insurance. The objective is to prepare the student for careers in the growing fields of financial services and financial planning. This track also emphasizes communication skills. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for the examinations leading to professional designation such as Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC).
ExaminerCommodities TraderCredit CounselorCredit AnalystActuaaryAppraiserFinancial Planner
Audit ManagerBank ManagerPayroll Administrator
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Payscale.com- What Are Typical Salaries?
National Average: Entry Level with a Bachelor's Degree: $49,000 -From the Spring 2008 NACE Salary Survey (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Note: starting salaries directly correlate with level of each student's GPA, Internship Experience and professionalism.
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The Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida offers a Bachelor of Business Administration in Financial Services.


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Gomez Law Firm Victories
At Gomez Law Firm, we are gratified to know that our work with personal injury law has helped a client through a difficult time. Gomez Law Firm provides legal services for all of Texas. The following comments are from some of our clients:
"At such a difficult time, Jorge represented me the best possible way. He was always at reach, he focused on my case like it was the most important and he kept me informed at every stage of the process so no decision was made without my involvement.
Jorge is a very hard worker, his knowledge of the law and my case made me feel comfortable and at ease.
Once again thanks for all your hard work, the experience & professionalism of you & your staff will always be appreciated.
I am truly a satisfied customer and I highly recommend you to any friends or family that need a great attorney that really cares."
KM Houston, Texas
"I'm a UK citizen who has residency in Thailand. Back in January 2014, I was working offshore Malaysia when I suffered a serious injury, leaving me requiring a double cervical fusion & a double lumbar fusion & unable, for the foreseeable future, to work.
I communicated with my employer's ombudsman to find out what was available to me in a way of compensation, for my damages & loss of wages etc. I was told by the ombudsman that she didn't know of any historical precedence where she could help me with my inquiry.
I contacted lawyers in both Malaysia & Thailand, and although they said they could possibly help, there was a maximum cap to which I could possibly be awarded & I would have to pay the lawyer's fees up front without any guarantee of success.
I contacted lawyers in the UK but they declined the case due to its complexity.
After many months of rejection or no guarantees of success, my Wife found a lawyer in Houston with an internet search, who in turn introduced me to Mr. Gomez.
I found Mr. Gomez to be very polite, professional & straight forward. He made no promises, other than the, 'no win, no fee'.
During my association with Mr. Gomez I found him very prompt, proficient & his knowledge of the offshore oil industry, vast. And even with the time difference between Bangkok & Houston, he would often answer my e-mails straight away & on weekends too. His dedication to my cause & betterment was second to none.
Eventually, the company I worked for asked if I was willing to attempt mediation & with Mr. Gomez's blessings, my wife & I traveled to Houston & after many months of e-mails & phone calls back & forth I finally got to meet Mr. Gomez & his staff.
From the very beginning when Mr. Gomez took my case he made me feel as though I was special & that mine was the only case he was working on, which I know is far from the truth because, in reality he works on many cases but, I was never left feeling that my case was any less important than any of the other cases he was working on.
Mediation was successful & I came away with a package that would set me up until my retirement age & beyond.
I would like to add, I made a silly joke about lawyers whilst in Mr. Gomez's company, to which he took offense. I was taken back a little, because I meant no harm but I could see that it hurt Mr. Gomez. I know he was hurt because he had put a lot of time & effort into my case & for my eventual betterment. At that moment Mr. Gomez changed my philosophy about lawyers, the law & how it works. I am better off financially for Mr. Gomez's involvement in my case & I have a greater respect for lawyers too.
Gomez Law Firm are a credit to a service that gets too little respect until it's required to do a service. I would have no apprehension in recommending Gomez Law Firm to anyone requiring a lawyer's services.
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ST Bankok, Thailand
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I observed Mr. Gomez in a jury trial and saw exactly why he is considered one of the best plaintiffs trial lawyers in Houston. I could tell he knew his case and the law inside and out and connected very well with the jury. He is a great advocate and is very comfortable in the court room. He is not afraid to go to trial like many other attorneys. I strongly believe that for this reason he obtained such a high settlement in my case. Now I understand that an attorney with a strong trial reputation goes a very long way. If I ever need an attorney again, I will not hesitate to contact Mr. Gomez and always recommend him to my dearest friends and family. I could not be more satisfied with my experience with Mr. Gomez and the settlement he obtained for me."
NL Houston, Texas
"Jorge Gomez is a dedicated professional, who took the time to listen and understand the argument I brought forward. Not only is he a good listener, he is empathetic as well. These are key characteristics for not only a good attorney, but a great one! This was my first time through this process, and Jorge worked diligently with me to prepare. He even took time away from his family to ensure I understood what was expected of me, and so that I would be ready. The case was a tough one to prove, yet he believed in me and in the lawsuit. I had such a wonderful experience with the Gomez Law Firm. Jorge understood what I wanted from the beginning, and he worked intensely to prove my case. I truly wanted to make a difference with the case, for change to occur so no one else would get hurt. I am happy to report this is exactly what happened!
TM The Woodlands, Texas
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Estel H. Hicks
Estel H. Hicks, 89, of Athens, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at his residence. A native of Polk County, he lived in McMinn County for 44 years. A son of the late James L. and Martha Jane Shell Hicks, he was an employee of the L&N Railroad for […]Continue Reading →
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