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If you ask Natalie Ramsland, Portland is a great place to build bikes. And, considering the number of local custom frame builders has increased nearly fourfold in the past two years, it seems she's not the only one holding that belief.
Ramsland created Sweetpea Bicycles in 2006 after spotting a need for bikes sized specifically for women.
"There were too many bikes that were designed for male, European racers' bodies," says Ramsland, a 31-year-old former bike messenger.
Ramsland completed a frame-building class in Ashland three years ago and started producing steel bike frames in Portland in 2006. A former architecture student, Ramsland is now the only woman building bike frames in Oregon, and one of a handful in the United States.
Her handiwork, as well as the creations by an estimated 110 builders, will be on display at the fourth annual North American Handmade Bike Show this weekend, Feb. 8-10, at the Oregon Convention Center. The selection of Portland for the show reflects the growth of a niche industry since 2006, an expansion that insiders credit to Portland's vibrant bike culture and support of small business.
"Portland probably has more builders than other cities with high concentrations [of cyclists], like Boston and San Francisco, and they have much higher populations," says Don Walker, the bike show's founder and CEO.
Since 2006, the number of local custom frame builders has ballooned from four to 15 (one of the operations—Daedalus—builds with bamboo tubes. Another—Renovo Hardwood Bicycles—uses solid wood).
A city-comissioned study of the industry doesn't break down handmade-bike outfits, but calculates total economic activity for the bike industry, including everything from retail to tours, racing, professional services and manufacturing, at $63 million in 2006.
Ramsland thinks increased competition equals more demand.
"We all have the sense that the more of us there are, the bigger it grows," she says. "It's just become one of the natural choices a cyclist in this area has."
She shares shop space in the Goose Hollow neighborhood with veteran frame-builder Andy Newlands of Strawberry Cyclesport, drawing on his 37 years of experience and large collection of equipment and tools. Newlands' Southwest Portland shop is also his home—a simple building with no sign on the outside but with a cool interior containing copious gadgets, tools, unfinished bike frames and the obligatory playful dogs.
Like Ramsland and Newlands, most frame builders run one- or two-person operations, so they don't represent big employment numbers in the industry. But Newlands thinks their passion has helped make Portland the hub of custom building in the U.S.
"Portland is known as a do-it-yourself city," Walker says. "Who knows where it's going to stop?"
Portland also scored when Chris King Components moved here from California in 2003. The business makes high-end headsets and hubs, and has "between 50 and 100" employees at its Northwest Portland facility.
"We moved here because of the quality of life, the cycling culture and the employment pool," says company spokesman Chris DiStefano. "Why not be where there's a rich culture of racing and builders?"
He's impressed with the builders who've appeared on the scene in the past couple of years. "They're serious about building bikes. They have real skills," DiStefano says. "They've taken classes, created brand identities, and show a maturity about the industry."
The general public can attend the bike show on Saturday (10 am-6:30 pm) and Sunday (9:30 am-5 pm) for $15 with an advance ticket or $18 at the door. A two-day pass is $28 with advance ticket, or $32 at the door. Friday is industry and media day, but the general public can enter at 1 pm with purchase of a three-day pass, $75 with advance purchase or $90 at the door. Admission is reduced with industry credentials. For more info, visit handmadebicycleshow.com/2008 and check out
FACT: So, you want a custom bike? Pursuing one is like any good relationship—it takes time and money to get it right. Complete Sweetpea bikes start at $3,500—and it will take about a year to get your hands on the final product. Sweetpea is currently booked out for a year, and some builders say they have a five-year wait list. However, some are faster. And if you don't have a special bike in mind, they often have frames ready to go and you could be up and pedaling within a few weeks.


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Braunger, 39, graduated from Northeast Portlandâs Grant High School. He built his comedy chops in Chicago and went on to join the cast of Madtv during the showâs final season. His success, moreover, has helped pave the way for a number of Portland comics, including Ron Funches and Ian Karmel, both of whom have recently joined Braunger in the ranks of LA transplants. All three are headed back home for the 1st Annual Darkest, Coldest Time of Year Spectacular, happening Friday, Dec. 27 at the Mission Theater. Braunger, whoâs currently at work on a new hourlong special and has been appearing on The Michael J. Fox Show, spoke with WW about the state of comedy in his hometown, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and the future of the local scene.
Willamette Week: What do you think about what comedy in Portland has become?
Matt Braunger: In the grand scheme of things, not just in Portland, I think itâs kind of an amazing time for comedy. The people who are doing comedy are doing it because they love it. There was a time when you would have a good set on Carson and get a sitcom the next day, and those days are dead forever, which is bad for your get-rich-quick types, but itâs good for the rest of us. Portlandâs such an art-centric town. When Andy Wood and I created the Bridgetown Festival, we were just like, âThis is a no-brainer.â Why isnât there something like this? And now youâve got all these comedians that are trying new things, very different things, and not only doing it to make people laugh but occasionally getting careers out of it. Itâs such a different, unique town that it kind of fosters a unique spirit, and a different, skewed way of looking at things.
Have you been surprised by the success of Bridgetown?
I didnât know how it was going to come out. I didnât know it was going to be the thing that itâs become. But I think we approached it with the right perspective. It was just like, letâs get famous people to get âasses in seats,â as the industry people say, and then get a bunch of people that no oneâs ever seen, and a couple people in between. There was no massive master plan to take over, to make this thing a juggernaut like the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, or the new South By Southwest. It was a thing to do for fun, to have our own little festival in the town we both love so much.
Do you expect to see Bridgetown still going strong in 15 years?
I donât see why not. Thereâs never not going to be new comedians. Really good comedians will always have new material. I donât see why it would stop. I mean, who knows? Some catastrophe could happen. Hopefully a comedian doesnât set himself on fire onstage and thatâs what weâre known for forever. I donât know why I put that out in the ether. Probably a bad idea.
How do successful comedians such as you, Ron Funches and Ian Karmel influence the comedy scene in Portland?
I think it only influences it in a positive way. Myself, and certainly Ian and Ron, none of us changed who we are to try and fit into any kind of box. We were ourselves, and boxes were made for us. Ron and Ianâs successâand Iâve said to many friends that theyâve broken the land speed record for getting jobs in Los Angeles after having just moved thereâitâs incredible. I think that fosters a positive attitude. Because you do have that moment as a comedian where youâre like, âThereâs no fucking way I can make a living at this.â And then you realize there is a way if you just keep at it and youâre doing it for the right reasons, and youâre funny. Those guys did it. I did it. Thereâs no reason why a lot of people coming out of Portland canât do it too.
When it comes to Ron and Ian, is their success thanks to Portland being a great incubator of comedic talent, or to their own hard work and dedication?
Itâs a combination. Portland is a very livable place. I started out in Chicago, and itâs great because itâs such a livable place that embraces the arts. I think thatâs a good platform to start from before you go someplace like Los Angeles, which is inarguably a lot more superficial and where the same kind of things arenât as valued. Itâs a combination of their hard work and going up night after night, and also being in a city that fosters creativity like Portland does.
How important was the role of the Helium Comedy Club in kick-starting the rise of comedy in Portland?
The guys who own Helium really wanted to have a club in Portland that Portland really likes. I was on the phone with them a lot about where they should put it. I was the one who was like, I would put it in southeast: Youâre going to get more room; more bang for the buck; itâs a really progressive arty area. I do think all of the headliners coming definitely shows itâs a destination. I feel like Harveyâs is a road clubâcomics go there to make a buck and leave.
What do you think will happen to Portland when the next group of local comedians leaves for LA or New York?
Itâs hard to imagine the bubble bursting for Portland comedy. Youâre going to have more and more people coming out of Portland that are funnier and funnier. I do think itâs better to start off somewhere other than LA or New York, because they can be very heartbreaking places. They can really be a hard places to live if you donât already have some kind of standing or some kind of connection to people there. Young comics sometimes come up to me at shows and ask about moving to Portland, and Iâm like, âDo it.â Comedy is always going to be there. Itâs almost like asking, will Portland stop having art galleries or breweries? I donât see it ending.
GO: The 1st Annual Darkest, Coldest Time of the Year Spectacular is at the Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St., 223-4527. 8 pm Friday, Dec. 27. $10-$12. 21+.

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That is out of proportion…the trillions we owe can't be reached ruth a little ladder.
Even Dick Cheney was not totally incorrect for once when he stated "Deficits do not matter".
Hey, even an analog clock that does not run tells the correct time twice each day!
And exactly why would they not matter?
Western civilization has indeed been running up a high debt level for about the last three hundred years or so, well before the US was even a separate country. Could this in turn have a possible correlation to the fact that the same western civilization has created the greatest standard of living for average (economically at least) people in the entire history of the world? Mmmmm….could be!
Also, just what is the over all worth of the US Government anyway?
I have seen figures that state that the over all worth of the US Government runs from anywhere in the neighborhood of at least $100 trillion dollars, all the way up to over $200 trillion dollars. The US government owns more than 40% of ALL the land within the borders of this country alone, what would even just that be worth?
So, if you were a loaning agency, would you loan $10,000 to someone that had a net worth of over $100,000? You better bet your bottom booties that you would!!
And just where were all of these current Republican deficit hawks when the last administration was running up a debt ?
Besides which, raising the debt ceiling is just making it possible to pay off money that has already been authorized by Congress (whether a Congress of a Republican majority, of one of a Democratic majority, does not even matter in this case).
If the US had such a bad debt, then just why every time the treasury has a bond sale does every other country on this planet jump at the very chance of buying some?
In short, I really, really do grow tired of all the pessimism exhibited by some our more ultra conservatives on these boards. Especially as I and millions upon millions of other seniors worked hard all of our lives to provide the greatest county imaginable to those some complainers!
That was meant to be "country" not "county"!
"…it was Dems who raised Taxes on SS…"
"The payroll tax holiday was intended to be temporary and there is strong bipartisan support to let that tax provision expire," said Sen. Orrin of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. "The continued extension of a temporary payroll tax holiday has serious long-term implications for Social Security and, frankly, it's not even clear that it has helped to boost our ailing economy."
"There's a growing consensus that Congress and the president can't continue to divert such a critical revenue stream from Social Security," said Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, a senior Republican on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. "More and more Americans understand that that payroll tax cut, while politically unappealing, is endangering Social Security."
Larry Summers, Obama's former economic adviser, is a lonely voice in Washington calling to extend the payroll tax cut. He said in a recent speech that the economy is too fragile to reduce workers' incomes.
Obama pushed for the tax cut in late 2010 as a way to increase workers' take-home pay to help boost consumer spending and provide a spark for the economy. Economists were divided on the economic benefits. Many said it probably helped increase consumer spending but there was no consensus on the magnitude.
The initial tax cut was for only a year, and many Republicans in Congress wanted to let it lapse at the end of 2011. But Obama and Democratic lawmakers successfully fought to extend it through 2012.
This is all from this article.
And we all know that the thing about taking 500B from Medicare is a lie.
The Fed spends 24% of the money on Defense, 24% on Health Care, 23% on Pensions, 11% on Welfare (mostly "food stamps" and unemployment benefits), 7% on Interest on the Debt, and 11% on EVERYTHING ELSE.
-— The artificial "Debt Ceiling" will go up every year until the budget is balanced. Right now we would have to cut 30% of the total expenditure in order to balance the account. Unless additional revenue is raised, in which case we could cut less, though deep cutting would still be necessary.
Since pensions and interest are obligations that can't be evaded without giving up any pretense to honesty or good faith, that means the 30% would have to come from the remaining 70%. If we don't cut the defense budget, the 30% will have to come out of the remaining 46%.
We can neither cut, grow, nor tax our way out of this. That's the truth of the matter. If we do all three, and are very careful about how we do it, we might be able to move forward without turning ourselves into a "third world" nation.
@ Rightisright – the stimulus was mishandled by incompetent and bipartisan greed. The debt ceiling is a choice, not a necessity. Republicans, in order to get what they demand, are willing to do great harm to our immediate future and saying they are trying to save our future. Wrongiswrong.
@ Sr Nonliberal – Don't borrow money to fix the roof now, just let the rain come in and destroy things inside the house? Money, like the debt ceiling, is a simple concept. It represents an exchange of good and services. As long as we can give oil, natural gas, and food to countries, our credit is good. As long as we show character and good intentions, our credit rating won't be dropped by raising the debt ceiling and interest rates won't be raised on US borrowing. We don't need a ladder, we simply need a table and chairs with people willing to work for the country instead of their party.
@ Robert Landers – I'm certain diplomats trying to persuade foreign leaders feel your pain. We're trying to get our neighbors to agree to help shovel the streets. One side doesn't want to raise taxes to pay for shoveling the roads even though it means people can't get to work, schools, or even hospitals. The other side has shown too much willingness to overspend in order to keep the roads clear and, to be honest, spend money on 'aesthetics' for which taxes probably should not have been used.
I personally blame waste and a lack of people to inspect and enforce regs and politicians allowing lobbyists to write bills. Do not let the extremists among the conservatives blind you to the many thoughtful and moderate conservative voices among us. And be ready to give and thoughtfully take on these issues. You're a good writer and help raise the debate.
@ onguard – I've read many of your posts. You should provide websites, objective sites, backing your claims. Your accusations are nuanced and debatable, at best.
@ Redkaycei, Saywhatwhat, & Doughfoot – thank you for the tone and content of your comments.
Wow, right guard. Three lies in three lines? The SS tax cut ending was a Republican idea, Obama didn't feel it was worth fighting. 500B is Medicare was proven false last fall. And the pill thing is pure right wing hate fantasy — Death Panels were the lie of the year back in 2010. Are there no actual TRUE statements that support your position? Perhaps you should examine your position.
Nantucket, you know the gullible are rarely swayed by facts.
Well rebutted, sir… But the point I haven't seen mentioned here is that the GOP has been on a campaign to drive down govt revenues for 30+ years while most of the time increasing spending. Some refer to this as their "Starve the beast" strategy.
With govt revenues as a % of GDP at 70 year lows, it seems wholly disingenuous to say "It's a spending problem." What we're seeing is the result of concerted effort.
And that's one of the disturbing things about McConnell's compromise – making the bulk of the Bush tax cuts permanent with the Republicans now saying the revenue side is "settled" and they will have no further talk about it. One of the reasons it had a 10-yr expiration date on it was because they didn't want to have the CBO project out what a big hole it was going to blow in the finances. Well, project away since the fig leaf of expiration is off.
It is going to take more revenue and spending cuts to get out of the hole that's been intentionally dug.
Sorry I have to disagree, my first example would be Spain. They ran up dept on the Spanish Armada, when it was lost many of those ships were least and Spain then had to buy them with nothing to show in return. This begain the end of Spanish influence.
Second the Wiemar Republic of Germany tried to pay off their debts by printing money and we all know how that turned out.
Riots in Greece today, this is not the country we want.
Yes and Obama is trying to put the skids on both Coal and Fracking.
A few comments from one of our founders. Their words have not diminished with age, only become more prophetic.
"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."
John Adams
"…Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the People once surrendered their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it."
John Adams
"All the perplexities, confusion, and distress in America arise, not from want of honor or virtue, but from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation."
John Adams
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Holiday Foreplay with Shawntelle Madison + Giveaway
Christmas time at The Bend of the River Flea Market, or The Bends as the New Jersey locals called it, was never a festive event. Pretty much every year, I'd get all excited about the season, and Bill, my goblin boss, would show how of much he lacked people skills by grumbling under his breath whenever possible.
"Natalya, goblins don't celebrate the holidays," he always said. "We celebrate taking the earnings to the bank."
His streak of never-ending negativity ended this year when I found him putting up holiday decorations—two days before Christmas. First of all, we didn't have decorations at the store. (We did have plenty of sale signs, though.) Second, the only time I'd see Bill thrilled was if he had a customer opening his wallet.
The Bends had plenty of space for Bill to go crazy. The building wasn't the newest, but it had plenty of space inside for holiday cheer. While I rang up an order of wind witch wands for a customer, he added lights to a plastic tree. The lights went from the tree to entwine the antique beds in another corner. After the customer had left, I thought he was done—until I heard Jingle Bells over the intercom system.
Our regular customer, an elderly wind witch who constantly bought cheap wands, looked shocked.
I approached Bill. "This is gonna sound bad, but why are you so jovial?"
He didn't look the least bit insulted. "The flea market down the street is closed indefinitely."
"Oh, no." It was never good to have a store in a small town go out of business. That meant somebody had less money in their pocket during the holidays.
"To celebrate more business for The Bends, I thought I'd do something for team spirit and such." He gestured around him. "We'll have a Christmas exchange for the employees and everything!"
"You're kidding, right?" Bill had to ill. Using my werewolf nose, I sniffed the air around him. He smelled a bit sweet today, like a rich honey mixed with iron. Then I peered at him closely, but couldn't see anything under the magic that hid his true features. He looked like he usually did, a tall, yet thin man with wire-framed glasses. Maybe he'd fallen and was suffering the effects of a concussion.
"Nope. Just show up tomorrow with a gift for someone else. Make sure to wear something Christmasy too. Like one of those ugly holiday sweaters or something." My boss continued to work as I walked away shaking my head.
The next morning, I sat eating breakfast at home, wondering how I'd manage to give away what I'd bought the evening before. Most of the employees at The Bends didn't know I had a problem with impulsive buying. And keeping what I bought. Especially if it was holiday related.
"Stop being a hoarder, Nat," my roommate Agatha McClure said. She had a mouth full of bacon and eggs and still managed to get her point across. "You'll be fine. Just give them the gift card."
"I don't think it's possible to be labeled a hoarder if I collect gift cards."
My roommate snorted. "Should I send a text to Dr. Frank, or something?"
She was rather quick on the draw. "My therapist doesn't need to get involved."
"I'm going to make this easy for you." She picked up my purse, which rested on the kitchen counter. "I'll take the gift card and wrap it until I run out of tape. It'll be like ripping a band-aid off a furry back. Quick and fast."
Before I could protest, she vanished into the guest room and locked the door. Agatha emerged ten minutes later with a package. There had to be a least five or more layers of wrapping paper around that sucker. She tossed the package into a gift bag.
"You're evil," I said as I took the bag.
"That's what best friends are for." Her eyebrows lowered. "If you come home with this thing, I'm telling Dr. Frank."
Later that day, during lunch, the crew at The Bends assembled in the back room. Bill gathered us in a circle and he announced he'd take the bags, shuffle them around, then hand them back to everyone.
"That way, I'm not choosing favorites. It's fair and everything."
Or maybe it shows you don't feel like making an effort to choose an exchange partner for everyone.
Bill took my contribution, a gift bag from the fire witch, a newspaper-wrapped parcel from the janitor, and two cake containers from the humans who helped with the cash registers, and put them all on a cart. My nose told me the humans had contributed chocolate cakes. Pretty good smelling ones, too. He headed into the private office, then a few minutes later, re-emerged. He handed each of us something different.
It was the worse Secret Santa exchange I'd ever witnessed in my life. If you've experienced a Secret Santa exchange before, you know that you get the names beforehand, then you give that person a gift. I didn't remember any behind-the-scenes switch-a-roos going on.
The fire witch got the newspaper-wrapped gift—a part of it had been ripped to see what was inside. The first human got the other one's cake. I got the gift bag the fire witch had given Bill and the fire witch got mine.
I opened the bag I received and found my wrapped gift card inside. Huh? When I noticed the fire witch had gotten her own gift too, I shrugged. Everyone seemed happy enough. Time for some shopping after work, I thought with a grin.
I mean, Aggie did tell me not come home with the gift card.
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An iPad.
Thanks for the giveaway!
What a fun story! I really enjoy this author's work and am looking forward to Kept!
^^ a print copy of both your books would be great^^
thank you a lot for this amusing short story
happy holiday
Books, books, and more books. I've been wanting to read this new series for a while. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
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I want my Secret Santa to bring me books, lots and lots of books! I can afford everything else I need but buying as many books as I want is too expensive. ~<(;/)
@49858226-aab9-11e1-8a41-000f20980440 LOL Well then, hopefully you win at least one of my Holiday Foreplay giveaways! 🙂
@Diana Neal They do get costly after a while. Especially when you keep buying more before finishing the ones you already have!
I loved the short story. My copy of KEPT arrived from amazon today! Hope you have a happy and safe holiday.
I'm with everyone else…books, well really gift cards to amazon and barnes and noble …that way I could get the right books. I would also love a paperwhite kindle.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I'd like to get lots of books.
gift cards from Amazon are always at the top of my list
Chocolates or books or gift cards are always appreciated.
I want a Galaxy phone.
A gift card! 🙂
time off to relax and catch up on reading 🙂
Always need more books. That is the one item I hoard! Merry Christmas. Thanks for the contest.
If Santa could use an extra elf.. or any job to spare that'd be great. 🙂 A job would be nice, so I'm not a drain on my family. For something slightly more frivolous, a gift card to a book store would be awesome.
A limitless giftcard to Amazon! I can wish, can´t i? =)
best wishes & Happy Holidays!
The only thing I want this year is an external hard drive for my computer so I can back up all my files automatically and won't have to think about it. Of course book gift cards are always desirable as well. 😀
Since I am putting off getting my new Kindle for my birthday in a few months, I always want BOOKS!!! So an Amazon gift card is probably the best thing for me because they get a large portion of money from me anyway!
I would love to receive a camera bag from my Secret Santa.
jochibi AT yahoo DOT com
If someone could give me an NHL hockey season somehow, I'd be so grateful! Otherwise, books are fine…
Id love some new book shelves 🙂
Amazon gift cards!
Gift cards.
Love the short story! I would love a B&N card from my secret Santa!
Books (or an Amazon GC) would make the perfect Secret Santa gift.
I want a Kindle or Kindle Fire. I also would love a gift card for some books.
Thanks for the giveaway and hope you have a Happy Holidays.
I have a Kindle – would love paperwhite or FIRE
or amazon gift card
Christmas is over but I still want to get a Kindle Fire HD from Santa. 😀


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The Media Clientelism Index (MCI), the first cross-country comparative and country-specific report on the state of media clientelism and politicization based on empirical data, was presented today in Brussels. Experimental research, i.e. the ground zero measuring of the Index, was conducted in six countries of South East Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia, and Romania.
In order to sustain the outputs and outcomes generated by the TACSO Project as well as the Project's functions, an open call was issued at the end of March 2014 for national Resource Centres (RC) - Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the region. Since the partnerships began between the national TACSO offices and the RCs, the intention has been to gradually handover TACSO's functions to the RCs while also strengthening the organisations' capacities and providing support in improving their delivery of services to CSOs.
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This spectacular walk leads you along peaceful woodland tracks and out onto windswept hillsides with breath-taking views. A true jewel in the Cotswolds crown.
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• Distance: 6 miles
• Duration: 2 ½ -3 ½ hours
• Difficulty: Moderate – some stiles and moderate slopes.
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This enchanting walk leads you through the picturesque Cotswold high street of Broadway, along historic tracks and up to the intriguing Broadway Tower with its spectacular views across the Severn Vale into Wales. The perfect chance to taste a little more of all the Cotswolds has to offer.
- Distance: 4 miles
- Duration: 2½ -3 hrs
- Difficulty: Moderate, some steep sections and stiles
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This delightful short walk leads you through the charmingly English market town of Chipping Campden, around shaded woodlands and past breathtaking views. A wonderful introduction to the Cotswolds, and a perfect start to the Cotswold Way.
- Distance: 4½ miles (Short cut: 3 miles)
- Duration: 2½ -3½ hrs (Short cut: 1½-2½ hrs)
- Difficulty: Moderate, some steep sections (Short cut: Easy, avoids climbs
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The Cotswold Way has teamed up with South Korea's Jeju Olle Trail to become one of the world's first 'friendship trails'. Follow this short walk around Stinchcombe Hill to experience one of the most beautiful meanderings of the Cotswold Way and discover a new world of walking on an island five thousand miles away.
- Distance: 3½ miles (hill only route: 3 miles)
- Duration: 2 - 2½ hours (hill only: 1 ½ - 2 hours)
- Difficulty: Moderate – firm surface, no stiles, one long steep ascent / descent (Hill only: Easy – firm surface, no stiles, mostly level).
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This beautiful little walk shows you around one of England's most treasured habitats, beech woodlands, and leads you to the site of perhaps the Cotswolds' most iconic and intriguing tradition, cheese-rolling. Follow these four short miles and discover the cathedral-like calm of Buckholt Wood, richly carpeted by bluebells in May, and wonder at the dizzy heights of Cooper's hill where for hundreds of years the foolhardy have risked their necks for cheese and glory...
- Distance: 4 miles
- Duration: 2 – 3 hours
- Difficulty: Easy. No stiles, but some moderately steep sections.
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The incredible variety of the Cotswold Way is once again explored by this stunning little walk. From woodland tracks to open hilltops, it leads you around the intriguing ancient history of Uley Bury to the more recent remains of a pestilent past. Even the few hillside climbs are rewarded by compass-wide views that spread out all around you back into the heart of the Cotswolds and across the Severn Estuary into Wales...
- Distance: 4 miles (shorter route: 1½ miles)
- Duration: 2½ - 3½ hours (shorter: ¾ - 1½ hours)
- Difficulty: Moderate to difficult – Some stiles, steps and steep sections.
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Discover a true sense of pilgrimage with this wonderful walk into the heart of Bath and the southern end of the Cotswold Way. Follow the trail as it slides from open hill top into historic city, winding its way around open farmland and down bustling alleyways to its crescendo at the majestic splendour of Bath Abbey.
- Distance: 6 miles (linear – public transport return)
- Duration: 3½ -4 hours (plus max. ½ hr return)
- Difficulty: Moderate – one stile, some steep sections.
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From the delightful village of Old Sodbury, follow the Cotswold Way up to the serenity of a medieval church, around oak-fringed farmland and along shaded paths to the breath-taking outcrop of an iron-age hillfort. Views, history, peace and rest all combine to make this simple little stroll a wonderful taster of the southern Cotswolds.
- Distance: 2½ miles
- Duration: 1½ - 2 hours
- Difficulty: Easy to moderate – no stiles, steepish slopes.
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This beauty of a walk leads you between two of the most picturesque villages in the Cotswolds, over hilltops, down valleys and through shaded woodlands. Whilst slightly more challenging than others in the series, your efforts will be rewarded by invitingly warm pubs and some of the most splendid views in the country.
- Distance: 6 miles (Short cut 2½ miles)
- Duration: 3½ -4½ hrs (Short cut 1½ - 2½ hrs)
- Difficulty: Moderate, some steep sections and stiles. Muddy sections after wet weather.
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This breathtaking walk leads you over open hilltops, across streams and through woodlands, immersing you in one of the country's most fascinating and precious habitats – limestone grassland. Over half of this wildflower and butterfly rich natural resource is within the Cotswolds and some of the finest examples are on Cleeve Common. The unsurpassed views along this route therefore, are the perfect backdrop for getting even closer to the outstanding natural beauty of the Cotswold Way.
- Distance: 6 miles (Shorter route 4 miles)
- Duration: 3½ – 4½ hrs (Shorter: 2 - 3 hrs)
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Written on: 22/09/2016 by Alsheral (2 reviews written)
So pleased with my new CCTV system so clear makes you feel secure in your home.Cannot praise the engineer highly enough the way he ran the cable around the house you would never know it was there just a great job. This CCTV system is noe in partnership with my ADT home alarm system.Have no hesitation in recommending ADT… Read Full Review
Written on: 16/09/2016 by Princess431 (1 review written)
just had our alarm system upgraded. The ADT engineer was very thorough, explained everything we needed to know, safe once more thanks, Brilliant… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/07/2016 by Garretta490 (1 review written)
I had been with ADT for several years without issue. One day I decided to buy a new front door. When the fitters arrived they obviously had to detach the ADT sensor. I called ADT and informed them that I was removing the sensor and would need it to be be fitted to the new door. They said they would send someone round (no mention of cost). I was very pleased with the speed at which he arrived and fitted the new sensor. He was at my property for less than 10 minutes. A week later I received a… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/10/2016
I had the same experience but argued that, as I had already called the engineer under the maintenace contract to repair (yet) another problem, I should only pay for the sensor and the 3 minutes of labour it took to fit it. ADT charged over £60 for the simple sensor, which you could buy online for a few pounds. Apart from their pleasant long-suffering engineers, I have nothing good to say about this company. I'm terminating my contract after 8 years of perseverance.
Written on: 23/05/2016 by Wehrmeyer (1 review written)
I've been with ADT 18 months and I am satisfied with the alarm system. I have been alerted a couple of times, my dog was probably the cause due to a sensor being too low down - an engineer has since raised it up higher. I was billed for this but on querying the amount, the accounts team waved the fee, because it was necessary work and it was done when the engineer came to fit a battery which had come to the end of its life. I will still have to pay for the replacement of the battery visit, but… Read Full Review
Written on: 24/03/2016
ADT are the absolute worst. We have a key fob alarm system which regularly break so we have to replace. They always need to send an engineer to fix and every time I have waited for days for an engineer. They can't give you a time so you just sit in your house waiting, and waiting and waiting. And then when you call them they tell you some one is on their way but they never come. No matter how cheap, it's not worth the headache. Avoid!!!!!'n… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/03/2016 by ChadBoone (1 review written)
The worst company I have ever come across. I wish I had not listened to them. They tell one lie after the other. Keep send you the wrong invoices and when you call them and they say they will put the invoices in dispute and it never happens. After that they start chasing for the money. Their contract termination fee is £900. Do not ever touch this company… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/01/2016 by Arianna404 (1 review written)
I hate working at this place as do most of my fellow engineers. The place is being driven into the ground by the manager and her weak indecisive ideas. I would never ever be a customer but the only reason we have any is the hard work done by us engineers. We have all been here much longer than Barbies Mum and she'll be gone long before our time is up… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/02/2016
I agree. If ADT Manchester was a person, it would be put on suicide watch. Feels like we are going through a self destruct phase. Barbies Mum - HA!
Written on: 19/01/2016 by zlMorales92 (1 review written)
my alarm system was installed by another company of which i had no problems with till A D T took them over not liveing in the house where the alarm is fitted but still have it serviced every year the house is rented out and has been for 9 years and the tennants have agreed to pay for service i now find that i am reciveing bill for the service this has never happend before have sent e mails to them takes them that long to reply sure the camel could deliver it quicker if i could get somebody… Read Full Review
Written on: 16/12/2015 by nickzammit (1 review written)
ADT, PROBABLY THE MOST SHOCKING COMPANY YOU WILL EVER COME ACROSS. NO CUSTOMER SERVICE WHATSOEVER. DONT BUY YOUR ALARM FROM THIS COMPANY. YOU WILL NEVER EXPERIANCED ANYTHING LIKE IN IN YOUR LIFE. NAME AND SHAME PEOPLE NAME AND SHAME. I AM CURENTLY IN TALKS WITH WATCHDOG!!! THIS WILL BE A GREAT SHOW… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/11/2015 by Zayden99 (1 review written)
We had a lovely ADT security consultant visit us so enthusiastically with so many follow up calls to soft sell us the system. He even knocked our door without an invitation to find out our decision. it worked!! suckered in we bought into it, binded contractual and all which coincidentally was not the same information as we had been told by the security consultant (I really wish that I could name and shame him). We was told that we could move with the alarm system (no problem!) at any time with… Read Full Review
Written on: 02/11/2015
I LIVE 250 MILES AWAY FROM MY 94 YR. OLD FATHER WHO IS PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND DEAF. THEREFORE I WANTED ALL HIS FUTURE PAPERWORK SENT TO ME. THIS WAS NOT ON THEIR REMIT AND I SPENT OVER HALF AN HOUR HOLDING, AND BEING CUT OFF ONCE,TO TRY AND SORT IT. FINALLY THIS WAS DONE, BUT HAVE YET TO TEST IF I DO GET THE INVOICES. ALSO WANTED AN SENSOR REPLACED, AND TODAY WAS PASSED FROM PILLAR TO POST TO TRY AND GET THIS DONE. WHAT A COMPANY!!!!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/12/2015
This company has been charging my 87 year old mother £200 per year for the "rental and maintenance for alarm fitted and purchased out right in 1983! it is unfit for purpose ( doesn't work) obsolete and they have not serviced it for 3 years.
My mother died in September and although I have cancelled the contract and pointed out the misrepresentation on the invoices, I am still receiving them!
I am sending all documentation to the Trading Standards.
Written on: 31/10/2015 by Slaughterjd442 (1 review written)
Absolute shambles of a company. Contacted the Manchester office and apparently spoke to a FLM?? who gave the impression he was not interested at all. Told me to escalate my complaint to the National Security Inspectorate!!! OK then, I will. I hope they take more interest in the inability of your repair guys… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/12/2015
Have you spoke to NSI yet? ;) Ha!
Written on: 18/02/2016
Yes which has opened a right can of worms. Short story long - I'm being interviewed for a news article. That's all I'm going to say about it here.
Written on: 22/09/2015 by MrsJoannaRead (1 review written)
Alarm went off 5am , called ADT engineer promised within 90 mins didn't appear. Called again engineer booked 9.30-10am didn't appear. Called ADT 6 or more times, no one called back. 5.45pm alarm still going off, unable to turn off. Still no engineer. Am about to get it removed and use another company… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/09/2015 by EstebanJohnston302 (1 review written)
Just about every interaction I have had with ADT since paying for my installation has been awful and I would recommend to anyone that they AVOID ADT! First I was misinformed about what the alarm service would cover and since then I have been lied to, consistently given inconsistent (and contrasting!) information. At the call centre there's a 50/50 chance that staff will be abrasive and rude. AVOID ADT!… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/08/2015 by TamekaG (1 review written)
I signed a contract with ADT in late 2009, meaning my contract was up in late 2014. Although I moved from my original address in 2013, I opted to continue to make the monthly payments versus terminating the contract and paying the lump sum. I did not continue the services at my new address as it was not allowed in the high rise in D.C. I contacted ADT to give them a new address and never received any statements at this address. I did let them know that I would like to terminate the contract… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/09/2015
If you're going to moan about ADT US of A, then pick the right company. We've got enough bad comments from our own rubbish customers in UK to ignore without dealing with more wingers from across the pond.
Written on: 12/08/2015 by Henderson308 (1 review written)
A sales guy came round the door two years ago and sold us an alarm under the premise that we took out a monitored alarm for 2 years then after that the alarm is ours to keep and would still work as a static alarm! THIS WAS A LIE!! Apparently ADT are now saying that this alarm only works if it is monitored!!!! WE WERE TOTALLY MISSOLD THIS AND ADT HAVE NO INTEREST IN LISTENING TO OUR VIEWS OR DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE MY ADVICE - DONT TRUST THIS COMPANY AND AFTER READING ALL OF THE REVIEWS I… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/08/2015 by Kaydenw347 (1 review written)
Been with ADT for 20+ years. I pay an annual maintainance fee. Did a routine inspection early August 2015. Last one was February 13. Just received an invoice for £50 for a replacement battery which the engineer omitted to inform me about. He was here 10 mins. When I called ADT I was told the battery was not covered under the annual contract. When I told the operator I was not informed the battery was faulty and needed replacing, he just apologised but that was that. There is clearly no… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/12/2015
Batteries are always chargeable, It is a consumable item. Just like your remote batteries, you would pay for them when and if they ran out.
And regards to not being told, You have signed a contract, You should try reading it, even the T & Cs which everyone blatantly clicks yes when they have not read it.
No Fault with the Company here Im afraid.
And to answer your final question. Can they do this? Yes they can
Written on: 06/08/2015 by Trevor87 (1 review written)
Stay away from this company. We are in disputed over an invoice which not only arrived 4 months later than the engineer visited but is priced at 499.20 for labour costs of a 45 minute visit. We are a business and had recently suffered a break in, the costs were for looking at our tagging system which we were told was un repairable. All the engineer did was test it and conclude it was knackered. This works out at over £10 per minute for a job which wasn't even repaired.i was never at any point… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/08/2015 by Gilbert1982 (1 review written)
Alarm was dirt cheap but ongoing monthly costs are daylight robbery compared with other firms - £45 per month!!! Also I have been charged £184 for a call out lasting under 1 hour labour only. They also tried to charge me nearly £50 for a battery at the last service. The engineer advised me to buy a better battery myself and he would fit next time he was passing. Be warned, this lot charge like a wounded rhino. There are many other alarm companies out there that give better value or just… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/07/2015 by R_Steel (1 review written)
ADT will not cover our new property as there is an existing system already in place. On discussing with their cancellations team and our contract is canceled - we are not informed of the cancellation fee and are passed around their call centers in order to obtain (after they have canceled the contract) We email our complaint to their UK MD and our file is reviewed, we are told the cancellation is c£500, that we find this unreasonable as they cannot continue our service, We are told the fee… Read Full Review
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just waiting for slw to make yet another silver deal.
I could be wrong on any or all of the following, but I believe that in the previous deals (at least the ones I've checked) SLW has paid $3/oz up front and then has to pay $3.90/oz at the time it is delivered. Why does anyone see anything different happening now? I mean the latest deal/addendum was in March '06 which wasn't exactly a low point for the price of silver!
So if SLW is going to write a contract with GG/GLG for 300 million ounces, they would need to come up with $900 million up front. They should have close to $100 mil in cash and cash equivalents ($78 mil as of the end of September and they've been making more in the current quarter as well). They can issue about a 12% dilution of current shares to GG which will boost their holdings to about 70%, which should be the equivalent of $350 mil. They can write promissory notes to GG (which they did in the previous deal) for another $100 mil or so. They can then borrow/get a line of credit for $250 mil to make up the remainder. I hope that the $350 mil in up front cash would be enough for GG to cover start up of the Penasquitos mine and then everyone is heading straight to the bank with the proceeds!
This deal will double SLW's silver sales so I would be quite alright with a 12% dilution and $350 mil in debt (that would take, what a year or two for SLW to pay off the way it makes money with double the number of ounces per year??).
So hit me with that 'D' word, if it means instead of making $.11/share on 238 million shares (per quarter) instead we make $.20/share on 266 million shares (per quarter)! This is just straight math with NO appreciation in the price of silver.
If SLW sells shares to raise the $$$ needed for the deal at decent silver-cost terms, and GG doesn't want their ownership stake to be reduced, wouldn't at least half the created SLW shares have to go to GG and be paid for by GG with cash? Which is what GG needs in the first place to build the mines...
No matter how many shell companies and weird deals Telfer does, he's going to actually need to have $$$ at the end of the day to build the mine. Which means borrowing or diluting by raising outside capital (resulting in a decreased ownership stake in SLW).
The one thing you can absolutely count on is that all GG and SLW insiders will make money on the deal, as will the bankers who set it up. The rest of us, well, we just hope for higher PM prices and take it like men.
Thank you H Brown. The price per ounce would have to be adjusted to cover the costs of start up, but don't forget the Silver as a biproduct in the other Glamis gold mines, which will help mitigate these costs, along with the copper. The way I see it, GG PPS has been held down because Telfer is quick to allow GG to bear the brunt of all the cost of mining, and the street isn't used to factoring in a 60% ownership in a spun off entity. If you don't know what I mean, a picture is worth a thousand words.
49% or Penasquito is roughly 280million oz over 17years roughly 16 million ounces a year for SLW. Which is 100% to today's SLW sales. The have about 6 months to close the deal and 2 years before the mine goes into production. I don't know how much GG BOD owns of SLW stock in their portfolios but I would image a substantial amount.
Dilution is the only way for SLW to grow to this size IMO in which SLW would benefit but also GG and GG BOD. That is if the issued shares go directly to GG not an external institution(s). In that case GG could sell silver to SLW at low price of even 3.90/oz as the increase to SLW stock would offset the low cost of selling silver.
Any major upfront cash would be substantialy dilute SLW and would affect our price in a negative way which would also mean negative impact on GG and it's BOD. Which I don't see it right now. A cash on first delivery of silver which would also be cause us to dilute would be alright but what would occur is that doing financing of this size would mean that GG's ownership might drop from 60% not to something like 40% which might not impact us in negative way but GG would loose the controling interest in SLW - which is also something I think GG BOD doesn't want to see.
Higher cash for silver at let's say 9.90/oz might be fine if silver is $15 but not right now. They're going to be making a contract 1.5 years ahead of getting silver and many things can happen. Silver could be $30 but it could also be $5. If they make a contract right now for 9.90/oz silver now SLW might drop as this would not look as such a great deal.
Will be interesing which route they go but the dilution is all but certain and if it's only dilution and it's done directly by GG gaining all the new shares that would benefit all parties involved because not only could silver be sold to SLW for low low price but everyone would benefit.
That's enough of speculation. I'm off :)
Interesting analysis guys.
If and when a deal is made for the Ag oz's it all comes down to one thing ...
the price of Ag.
But it does have the potential to turn into something big.
Thanks for the posts.
Food for thought.
I agree with most of what you've said. SLW is NOT going to get silver from the NewGG for the $3.90 that they have in prior deals...and what most people forget is that,yes, they are paying $3.90 per ounce, but the also coughed up a sizable chunk of money upfront..a total that makes their purchase price per ounce approximately $7.50 per ounce (I could be a little off in the actual price per ounce). And that's similar to what they are going to have to do again, to get a sizable (300 million ounces over say 15 years)chunk of the silver from the Penasquito project.
I'm thinking they are going to have to sell 100million shares of SLW (if this is even possible), a dilution of nearly 50%..and this would raise about $1billion...this would go a long ways towards the construction costs the NewGG will incur. This equals out to about $3.33 per ounce up front...then would then have to pay (for the sake of simplifying the math) about $5.67 per ounce upon delivery of the silver at a rate of 20 million ounces over the life of a 15 year contract. And if silver is at a price of $12 per ounce, I think earnings would roughly be $.55 per share. I don't know if they can swing something like this on this scale because of all the variables...but if they could....WOW. We'd be looking at a $25 stock, minimum...and if silver takes off to $20, $30, $40 per ounce....look out.
Is this along the lines of what you were thinking?
Live and learn...
SLW came to be as a result of CDE trying to take a run at WHT. The other theory is that WHT spin out SLW so that it's worth was fully appreciated by the market but if that was the case, they would have spun out copper instead of silver and kept WHT a pure PM stock. Anyways that is history now.
And this takes us down to the present merger. SLW has much to gain from this merger which I never said GG would give silver to SLW for free, thus the word free was in quotes. If GG is to sell silver to SLW at 3.90/oz SLW would have to pay at least another $5/oz in cash up front and SLW just doesn't have that amount of cash at present time, that's why I stated the dilution and if this all stock deal went directly to GG, GG would benefit and so would we. If they sold silver at 6.90/oz and $2oz up front, it still doesn't add up. Taken from Glamis site: http://www.glamis.com/main/?en&resources GLG has some 40million oz of silver from Marlin mine alone and with only $2/oz up front that takes us to around 80million. That's not even touching the Penasquito project.
If they buy silver at 9.90/oz from GG right now I would be surprised if the market would be so upbeat about the deal since the general market isn't too bullish on PM at this point. As Paul van Eeden suggested that the US recession could also hit PMs in the initial pullback stage and if so the silver could drop below $10/oz and therefor create losses for SLW! Mind you if silver was $15/oz and deal was for $9.90/oz then things would look different. As at present this is all speculation as to what GG will do but what numbers do you see for any possible deal without a major dilution of SLW stock????
You do not know what you are talking about. The silver deal with SLW had nothing to do with CDE...??? You have your facts messed up. SLW will buy the silver per ounce from Glamis/GG, just like the rest of their deals. Its not for free. Did I say it was for free? I have owned this stock from the first day of its existence. Long WHT for 3 years before the buyout. Now, you were saying?
GG isn't going to give the silver to SLW for "free" and hope that the appreciation in SLW share price alone would offset the loss of silver income for GG. SLW will either have to pay for it and right now looks like they just don't have the funds since they had some 52 million as of June so now maybe around $75. They would have to dilute and either go through institutions or do a private placement through GG and therefore the new shares that would be issued would go directly to GG and that would raise GG stake in SLW from 60% to 70-75%??? This way GG can sell silver at cheaper price and the loss of income from silver sales would be offset by their increase holding of SLW stock which also should greatly appreciate in price.
Original deal that was done with GG was to keep CDE from the hostile takeover of wheaton IMO, and the BOD benefited greatly from it and so did GG. And it only makes sense that BOD and GG entity benefits from selling silver to SLW for low price, other wise why sell to SLW.
GG has always borne the brunt of the cost of mining period, and sold silver, per ounce, at a fixed rate to SLW. Why should now be any different. After all, GG owns 60% of SLW, and that is where they make the extra profit. There will be no dilution, because it would cut into GGs profits from SLW. Any adjustments will be in the price per ounce that SLW pays GG. Look for one hell of a rise in the PPS of SLW, as this Glamis deal comes together.
Go to the website and review the WHT take over and the following year. Very eye opening. SLW is about to make a killing.