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Non-domiciliaries' income & gains
Current Issues | Tax | 14th May 2015
The Finance Act 2015 brings further changes to those resident in the UK but not domiciled.
Before 6 April 2008 UK residents not domiciled in the UK were only subject to tax on overseas income and gains when this was remitted to the UK [the 'remittance basis']. Furthermore, those not domiciled in the UK were not liable to capital gains tax on the gains of a non-resident trust or company, wherever those gains arose. The Finance Act 2008 changed all that.
Claiming the remittance basis
Now (unless their unremitted income and gains total less than £2,000 in the tax year) those who claim the remittance basis on overseas income and/or gains because they are not domiciled in the UK are not entitled to income tax personal allowances or the annual exemption for capital gains tax. Overseas income for this purpose includes income arising in the Republic of Ireland. Before 6 April 2008 the remittance basis did not extend to such income.
The remittance basis charge
Save where that de minimis applies, if the claimant has been resident in the UK for at least seven out of the preceding tax years, and is aged 18 or more, he or she will only be entitled to claim the remittance basis for a tax year on payment of a 'remittance basis charge' (RBC).
- If the claimant has been UK resident for 7 out of the preceding 9 tax years the RBC is £30,000; but
- if the claimant has been UK resident for 12 out of the preceding 14 tax years the RBC is £60,000 [£50,000 for 2012/13 to 2014/15] and
- (but only from 2015/16 onwards) if the claimant has been UK resident for 17 out of the preceding 20 tax years the RBC is £90,000.
The RBC is treated as tax (income tax or capital gains tax as the individual chooses) on unremitted overseas income or gains. It is collected at the usual tax due date, with interest and surcharges for late payment. If characterised as payment of income tax in respect of unremitted overseas income, it will form part of the liability which determines the level of interim income tax payments for the following year. The unremitted income or gains on which the RBC has been paid will not be taxed again if it is eventually remitted to the UK. However, all untaxed unremitted overseas income and gains will be treated as remitted before income or gains on which the RBC has been paid.
As the RBC will be either income tax or capital gains tax, it should be treated as such under double taxation agreements.
If each member of a family is non-domiciled, each parent and each adult child therefore has a choice to make.
Where unremitted income and gains are expected to be under £2,000, so no claim is required in order that the remittance basis may apply, but it is later found that the unremitted income gains are too much, the arising basis would apply automatically unless the individual is still in time to claim the remittance basis.
The definition of remittances which represent overseas income or gains (including any from a 'ceased source', even one which ceased years earlier) includes cash or property brought into the UK, and services used in the UK, by or for the benefit of the individual or his immediate family. The 'immediate family' includes spouses, civil partners (and those living together as husband and wife or as civil partners) and their children and grandchildren under 18.
There are exemptions for personal effects (clothes, shoes, jewellery and watches), assets costing less than £1,000, assets brought into the UK for repair and restoration and assets in the UK for less than nine months, but only when 'purchased from 'relevant foreign income'. Note that this does not apply to such items that represent otherwise unremitted overseas employment earnings and capital gains.
Although ostensibly only applying from 6 April 2008, this definition of remittances would have meant that events many years earlier could result in a tax liability in 2008/09 or later. However, any asset bought out of untaxed overseas income that an individual owned on 11 March 2008 will be exempt from charge under the remittance basis, whether the asset is in the UK or overseas. Furthermore, any asset in the UK on 5 April 2008 escapes the remittance charge for so long as the current owner owns it, even if it is later exported and re-imported. But, as was the case before 6 April 2008, a charge will arise if an asset bought from untaxed overseas income is turned into cash after import into the UK.
A separate exemption applies where a work of art is bought from unremitted overseas income or gains and brought into the UK for public display. Unremitted income or gains given offshore before 6 April 2008 to one's spouse, for example, will be taxed as a remittance if first brought into the UK after 5 April 2008.
As to identifying unremitted income and gains, remittances from a 'mixed source' (e.g. employment income, investment income, capital gains, original monies) are to be attributed on a 'just and reasonable' basis. A pre-existing division of bank accounts between 'capital' and 'income' holds good after 5 April 2008, so that remittances from the 'capital' account may be made tax-free.
Before 6 April 2008 interest on loans raised offshore to buy property in the UK might be paid from unremitted overseas income without a tax charge. Now such interest payments will be remittances save in the case of those paid on debts existing at 12 March 2008 that were used to buy residential property in the UK for the life of the loan or until 5 April 2028 if sooner, unless the terms of the loan are varied or any further advances are made after 12 March 2008.
HMRC now also consider as a remittance a loan raised to acquire property in the UK if the loan is secured on otherwise unremitted overseas income or gains. Before 4 August 2014, by concession, this was not applied to loans on a commercial basis that were regularly serviced from overseas income or gains. In such cases only the interest was treated as a remittance. Such arrangements are only protected if either the loan is repaid before 5 April 2016 or a written undertaking is given by 31 December 2015 (which is subsequently honoured) that the overseas 'security' is replaced by 'onshore' security before 5 April 2016.
An individual is currently able to choose for each tax year whether or not to adopt the remittance basis. Of course income and gains arising in a year when that choice is made remain taxable in any year that they are remitted, even though the individual may by then be taxable on the arising basis. HMRC are consulting on a proposal that, from 2016/17 the choice will have to be for three years at a time.
If the RBC is paid directly to HMRC by cheque or electronic transfer from overseas sources it will not be taxed as a remittance.
From 6 April 2012 a remittance of overseas income or gains is exempt if, within 45 days, it is used to make a 'qualifying investment'. That is, in shares issued to the investor in, or a loan made by the investor to, a private limited company carrying on a trade or investing in real estate, or a company which exists to make investments in such companies.
Temporary non-residence
If an individual resumes UK residence after fewer than 5 tax years of non-residence, and he or she was UK resident for at least 4 out of the 7 tax years immediately before the year of departure, any overseas income remitted to the UK in those intervening years that arose while UK resident but was not taxed as it arose is to be taxed as if it had been remitted to the UK in the tax year of return. A similar rule is to apply to overseas gains remitted to the UK in the intervening years, but only if the remittance basis applies to the individual for the year of return. Under the existing law gains realised during a period of temporary non-residence are already chargeable in the year of return where the 'arising' basis applies, save where the asset was acquired during that period.
Non-resident companies
A major change affects gains realised by non-resident companies that would be 'close' if they were resident. Gains realised by non-resident companies that would be 'close' if they were resident. are attributed to UK resident participators even if non-domiciled (if their 'participation' - including that of their 'associates' - exceeds 10%). Those non-domiciled UK residents who are on the remittance basis will be chargeable only on remittances of gains on overseas assets.
Where the non-resident company's shares are held by a non-resident trust, the gains are attributed to the trustees. The re-basing election referred to below will then extend to the company's assets held at 6 April 2008.
There is no exemption for a gain realised on disposal of a residence owned by a company, even if it is the main residence of a participator. So the common situation of a UK residence owned by an offshore company (to avoid UK inheritance tax), and in the case of 'expensive' dwellings now exposed to the annual tax on enveloped dwellings has become less tax-efficient. And it is worth noting that the benefit of living in a house in the UK may represent a 'capital payment' from a non-resident trust (in the common situation where the company is owned by such a trust), and it is clearly remitted to the UK.
Non-resident trusts
Settlors - A UK resident domiciled settlor remains exempt from charge on gains arising in a non-resident trust (even if the trust might benefit the settlor, the settlor's spouse, etc) This applies regardless of whether the settlor is taxed on the remittance basis. He or she is of course still potentially liable to tax on gains attributed to capital payment received, as with other beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries - A UK domiciled resident who receives a capital payment from a non-resident trust is deemed to have a capital gain to the extent of the capital gains of the trust ('trust gains') not previously attributed to earlier capital payments. If the capital payment exceeds the unattributed trust gains to date the excess capital payment is carried forward to be attributed to any later trust gains. A gain would then be deemed to arise in that later year.
This now also applies to non-domiciled UK residents.
Before 6 April 2008 the linkage between trust gains and capital payments was first in, first out (or FIFO); the trust gain was linked with the earliest previously unattributed capital payment. Now it is last in, first out (LIFO) for all beneficiaries in receipt of capital payments.
Trust gains arising after 5 April 2008 that are linked with capital payments prior to 6 April 2008 escape tax if the beneficiary is non-domiciled (even if he is not on the remittance basis) in the year the gain arises in the trust.
Furthermore, trust gains arising before 6 April 2008 that are matched with capital payments made after 5 April 2008 will escape tax if the beneficiary is not domiciled in the year the capital payment is received.
Capital payments to non-UK domiciled beneficiaries in the period 12 March to 5 April 2008 are never to be linked with trust gains arising after 5 April 2008, thus increasing the chance that a subsequent trust gain will be matched with a post-5.4.08 capital payment.
Trustees of non-resident trusts are able to make an irrevocable re-basing election, which will have the effect of excluding from tax for non-domiciled beneficiaries such part of the gain on a disposal made after 5 April 2008 as had accrued by that date. The election has to cover gains on all assets held on 6 April 2008 by the trust and on the trustees' participation in all assets held by non-resident companies that would be 'close' if they were resident, if the trustees' 'participation' - including that of their 'associates' - exceeds 10%.
The election must be made by the 31 January next following the first year after 5 April 2008 that a capital payment is made to a UK resident.
Finally, where a trust gain does arise to a UK resident non-domiciled beneficiary, and he is on the remittance basis, he is only taxable to the extent that the capital payment that gives rise to the attributed gain is remitted to the UK. This applies whether the trust gain arose on an offshore asset or a UK asset.
The supplemental charge (which increases the beneficiary's capital gains tax liability by reference to the delay between the trust gain arising and receipt of the capital payment) is based on the year the capital payment is received, not when it is remitted to the UK by a non-UK domiciled beneficiary.
In essence UK resident non-domiciliaries are taxable on trust gains to the extent that both the trust gains and the capital payments relate to the period after 5 April 2008.
Losses on the disposal of overseas assets
It is important to realise that one's domicile is not affected by the decision not to apply for or accept remittance basis of taxation. Non-domiciled individuals taxed on the arising basis will have relief for losses on overseas assets. Those non-domiciled who do claim the remittance basis for any year may elect (but only with effect from the first such year) into a regime that enables them to get relief for such losses in the UK in the years they are taxed on the arising basis. The election will be irrevocable and will require disclosure of details of unremitted capital gains.
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Historically, the second and third weeks of May, when all fishing conditions are right, are gangbusters for Lake Norman anglers. What could be better than nice weather, fish jumping on the surface and rods bent double with stripers, bass and catfish?
Fish will stay in the shallows throughout the month. Some larger stripers will be upriver between the railroad bridge and the Lookout Shoals Dam. Moving water energizes river fish and makes them easy to catch. Lures, live drifting baits or bottom-bumping cut baits are good bets. On most days, major feeding periods coincide with sunrise and sunset.
Downriver, Lake Norman anglers will find fish almost anywhere in shallow water. Fishermen on Reed and Mountain creeks will see some of the best action. The island area north of the State Park is also a good place to fish, if you choose to stay north of the N.C. 150 bridge.
As June approaches, fish will move farther from the bank and toward deeper water. Live baits should be pulled slowly behind a drifting boat or one maneuvered by an electric trolling motor. Daily limits of 20- to 23-inch striped bass will be common.
Bass anglers like to cast a variety of hard and soft artificial lures toward the bank where largemouth and spotted bass will be eagerly waiting to attack. Spotted bass will concentrate around rocky points, riprap and underwater humps. They bunch up, as do stripers, to hunt feeder fish in schools.
Crappie fishermen can find excellent results this month around docks and brush piles. Small jigs and minnows will attract stringers of fish. As a reminder, the daily creel limit is 20 crappie (8 inches or longer) per angler.
Cat fishing is becoming increasingly popular with Lake Norman anglers. Catfish move freely up and down river and creek channels as water temperatures, food supply and spawning urges dictate.
During the spring spawn, catfish are typically found in very shallow water. Post-spawn fish tend to remain in shallow to medium depths. As the lake water warms, they move deeper. Find a school of white perch, and flathead cats should be near by. Flatheads stalk schools of perch in hopes of snatching an unsuspecting stray or a wounded baitfish they may have missed.
White perch are fun and easy to catch. Their tasty white meat makes excellent table fare. Perch swim in large schools and are easy to locate with a fish finder. If you don't have one, simply drift until they begin to bite.
During the day, perch settle over humps, points and brush piles at depths to 35 feet. At night, they migrate to the shallows near lighted docks and piers. They can be caught on worms, threadfin shad and small minnows. Because of their aggressive nature, they will also attack artificial lures. Small spoons, crappie jigs and spinners will produce strikes.
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Fishing is good to excellent for bass, stripers, crappie and perch. Choose your favorite fishing hole and cast your favorite lure. Best bets are north of N.C. 150 for bass and stripers, Mountain Creek for crappie and Reed Creek for white perch and spotted bass.

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Congratulations to winners of the 2015 Better Practice Awards from the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
The winners of the 2015 Better Practice Awards were announced at Better Practice Brisbane conference on Thursday, 12 November.
The 31 Award winners were announced by Quality Agency CEO Nick Ryan, at the opening of the two-day conference on Thursday, 12 November.
The winning programs range from an early intervention working party to quickly identify and treat decline in health; a conversation club to enhance the work of a speech pathologist; an exercise program to prevent manual handling injuries; technology to connect rural and remote consumers with medical services; and a program that helped a male resident of an aged care home fulfill his dream of living as a woman.
Quality Agency CEO Nick Ryan congratulated the winners of this year's Better Practice Awards.
"This is our way of recognising and showcasing aged care providers that go above and beyond for the benefit of their consumers. All of the award winning programs are consumer focused, committed to understanding their consumers' needs and using research and evidence to develop and maintain a program that gets results.
You can read full profiles of the Better Practice Award winning programs by clicking on the links below:
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Public defends asst. principal after dismissal
Last Wednesday, the Bennington School District Board voted 4-1, with one abstaining and one member not present, not to renew O'Connor's contract at the end of the school year.
On Monday, petitions calling for the board to reverse its decision and allow O'Connor to continue in the role he has served in since 2012 were available at a number of businesses in town, including Willy's Variety Store, Benner's Bagels Pizza 'N WhatNosh, and Martin's MiniMart. While it was not immediately clear who was circulating the petitions, several parents, faculty members, and public figures have written letters to the Banner or posted on social media expressing their support for O'Connor and attacking the board's decision. Some of the social media posts indicated that public protests could be planned for later in the week.
Forty-seven staff and faculty members from Bennington Elementary released a signed letter asking the board to reconsider its decision. "As a staff," they wrote, "our hearts are heavy and we are concerned for the future and safety of our school going forward. Jerry O'Connor has dedicated his life to children, as a parent, teacher, coach, and for the last six years, as assistant principal. He is one of the most dedicated educators and community members. He has spent tireless hours acclimating our new principal to the school and community. We have made great strides this year because Principal Edie Dunn and Jerry complement each other perfectly.
"To bring a new assistant principal in at this time will be a setback and a huge burden on Principal Dunn. Benn El has a very challenging population that includes significant poverty, homelessness and trauma. We don't need change, we need consistency. We are asking the BSD Board of Directors to reconsider their decision and to renew Assistant Principal Jerry O'Connor's contract."
"I was truly disheartened to read that the Bennington School Board made the decision not to renew Jerry O'Connor's contract as assistant principal at Bennington Elementary School," wrote State Rep. Mary Morrissey in a letter that will run in full in the Banner in the coming days. "I have seen firsthand the professionalism and dedication to education that Jerry brings to every situation. It is obvious that he is well-respected and loved by the students, their families, fellow staff and administration... I hope the members of the BSD board will actually take the time to walk in the daily footsteps of one of Bennington's beloved educators and administrators to see the positive difference that he makes in the lives of those he comes in contact with daily."
State Rep. Kiah Morris said on Facebook that the board owed the community immediate justification for its actions. "What I have seen is his strong ability to connect with the youth who attend and meet them where they are at," she said. "The community deserves CLEAR answers to justify this vote."
"I have known Mr. O'Connor for his entire teaching career," said Sean-Marie Oller, a former State Board of Education member and chairwoman of the Mount Anthony Union and Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union boards. "He is dedicated and cares deeply about Bennington's students. Mr. O'Connor student-taught when my children were in third and fourth grade at Molly Stark under the direction of Mrs. Harrington, twenty years ago. He was chosen to be a middle school team teacher in the new MAU middle school. Mr. O'Connor, along with another teacher, ran the 21st century afterschool program at the Middle School. He was always giving his time to the students of Bennington, before school, after school and during school. After receiving his administrator's license Mr. O'Connor applied and was hired as Bennington Elementary School's assistant principal in 2012."
"In all of Mr. O'Connor's positions," she said, "he continuously looked for ways to improve students' lives, whether by coaching, listening or calling in a team of adults to work with a child or simply having lunch with them. Mr. O'Connor has given back tenfold to the Bennington community and this is how the BSD Board treats him? I hope there is a way for the Bennington School District to reverse its action."
After the decision was made, the board released a brief statement: "The Board determined to take this action because it believes that a new direction is required administratively in order for the District to move forward."
Bennington School Board Chairman Chris Murphy and SVSU Superintendent Jim Culkeen have declined to offer further comment on the personnel matter. The school board, prior to its announcement regarding O'Connor, agreed to cancel its regular February meeting. They will meet again after Town Meeting, on March 7.
Derek Carson can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, at @DerekCarsonBB on Twitter and 802-447-7567, ext. 122.
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Man faces federal charge for explosive device at Beaumont home
A 27-year-old Beaumont man is charged in federal court with possession of an unregistered destructive device after the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a controlled detonation at a south Beaumont home.
Mark Rudd was charged in the criminal complaint Friday at the federal courthouse in downtown Beaumont. An affidavit linked to Rudd's charge is still sealed.
The penalty carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and $10,000 fine.
Federal prosecutors also consider Rudd "a serious risk" to flee, according to court documents filed Friday.
Rudd did not have an attorney listed as of Friday afternoon.
The FBI Beaumont office advised residents near Dixie Drive and College Street of a controlled detonation in the area as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Rudd was arrested as part of the investigation, but few details had been provided from his arrest until the formal charge Friday.
A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office released the following statement Friday afternoon:
According to information presented in court, on Feb. 8, 2018, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Rudd's residence in the 4800 block of Belmont Street in Beaumont, Texas. Inside the residence, investigators located a cooler in a hall closet containing two suspected destructive devices. One was a 2-liter bottle filled with an unknown viscous liquid with wires extending from the top of the bottle. One of the wires connected to an unknown device inside the liquid. Because the device could not be safely identified, it was destroyed in accordance with safety procedures.
The second device was safely removed from the container and dismantled by federal agents. The second device consisted of a bottle of match heads, a friction plate or strike pad, and a pyrotechnic device with a fuse, which was duct taped to bottles of butane and capsaicin dog repellant. Inside Rudd's bedroom investigators found match sticks with the red ignition material removed, two pyrotechnic devices, electronic rocker switches, an electronic timer with wires connected to a sensor, assorted wires, and various diameters of pipe, and a ballistic vest with a neck protector attachment. Investigators also found a 21-page notebook with detailed writing on explosives and explosives construction. At the top of the first page was a handwritten note stating, "This is why you should not piss me off kabluey Chaos."
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Frankfort is a city in Kentucky that serves as the capital of the Commonwealth and the county seat of Franklin County. The population was 25,527 at the 2010 census; by population it is the 5th smallest state capital in the United States. Located on the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the principal city of the Frankfort, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Franklin and Anderson counties.
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Schools in and around Frankfort, KY
Kentucky State University
Four or more years; Public; $12,178 average out-state tuition; $5,208 average in-state tuition
Midway College
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $19,800 average out-state tuition; $19,800 average in-state tuition
Georgetown College
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $29,300 average out-state tuition; $29,300 average in-state tuition
MedTech College–Lexington Campus
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Private for profit; $13,144 average out-state tuition; $13,144 average in-state tuition
Lexington Theological Seminary
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $0 average out-state tuition; $0 average in-state tuition
Transylvania University
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $27,100 average out-state tuition; $27,100 average in-state tuition
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It was my grandson's 16th birthday yesterday and I made a Poppin' Card for him. I'd never made one before, and I was very pleased with the way it turned out.
When you pull the tray out, the flattened cube inside pops out and immediately forms itself into a cube - it works brilliantly!
To make Jack's card, I followed the video on YouTube made by Gemma Clarke - www.madebygemmacrafts.co.uk.
Gemma's video was really easy to follow, although I really had to concentrate on what I was doing!
Photographs 1 - 3: I used Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper that's currently available as a Sale-a-bration (SAB) gift.
The numbers are die cut from Dazzling Details Glimmer Paper using the Large Numbers Framelits. I die cut the oval layer using the Layering Oval Framelits.
The sentiment is the Stylised Birthday Stamp, which I inked with Versamark, and then Bermuda Bay Ink.
I stamped it onto a piece of Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (CS), sprinkled it with Clear Embossing Poder and heat set it.
I die cut the image using the Stitched Shape Framlets and layered it onto a piece of Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper that I'd die cut using the Layering Square dies.
The striped paper is from the Brights Collection Designer Series Paper (DSP) Stack.
Photographs 4 - 6: I die cut the letters to spell JACK using the Large letters Framelits.
The ribbon I used for the handle is the Bermuda Bay 1/8" Stitched Ribbon. Gemma has designed the bottom of the box to have double sides.
The advantage of this is that it covered up the ends of ribbon - it gives the box such a professional look to it!
Jack was thrilled with his card, and like me, couldn't stop playing with it!
That's about it for today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting.


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8 Infusions to Lower Cholesterol
Not only can dandelions help treat liver problems, they also good for lowering cholesterol levels. They can be combined with other herbs to maximize their effects.
Elevated blood cholesterol levels are really bad for our health. They're the result of the fats that we eat every day and can cause serious health consequences like heart attacks, for example.
In the following article, we'll discover the best infusions to lower cholesterol. Take advantage of these natural remedies to clean your arteries.
What is cholesterol?
Cholesterol is one of the most used words today (together with stress, it tops the list of the most common ailments of the 21st century).
It's a type of fat present in tissues and blood plasma and is found in even greater concentrations in organs like:
- Liver
- Pancreas
- Brain
- Spinal cord
Cholesterol (at normal levels) is natural and actually beneficial for the body because it composes the elastic membrane that regulates the entry and exit of substances from cells.
The problem occurs when the concentration of cholesterol is elevated. This is when it becomes a danger to your health. There are many consequences to high cholesterol, but the most serious is that it sticks to the walls of the arteries and interrupts normal blood flow.
This can lead to cardiac disease, for example. It's worth knowing that the risks increase with age and that high cholesterol isn't accompanied by any symptoms (high cholesterol is only detected by a complete blood analysis).
Can I really lower cholesterol with infusions?
Herbs possess many properties, among them, reducing or balancing the levels of fats in the arteries. If your cholesterol was elevated at your last check up, don't hesitate to start drinking some of these teas and infusions.
Canary grass
Canary grass is a powerful remedy for controlling bad cholesterol, but it's also good for fighting obesity and cellulitis. One of the most effective ways to take advantage of the beneficial properties of canary grass is by drinking it as a tea.
- 1 tablespoon canary grass seeds
- 1 cup water
- Boil both ingredients together for 10 minutes. Sweeten to taste and drink without straining.
- We recommend drinking a cup a day, on an empty stomach or before going to bed.
This aromatic plant is used in many dishes and is excellent for reducing triglycerides. To enjoy all its flavor, aroma and beneficial properties, you can use it to prepare an infusion.
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil leaves (or ½ tablespoon dried leaves)
- 1 cup water
- The juice of ½ a lemon
- Boil the water and basil for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice and drink, always on an empty stomach.
- After drinking the tea, wait 15 minutes before eating.
We recommend reading: Homemade Remedies to Fight Stomach Inflammation
Red, white and green tea
These three types of tea offer many health benefits, above all they can help you lose weight and lower your cholesterol. You can get them in bags or loose leaf to make tea.
You should drink 2-3 cups daily. Green tea is the most potent of all because it helps rejuvenate tissues.
This seed of American origin had been used by indigenous cultures for thousands of years and contains a lot of beneficial properties. It's not only used in natural remedies, but also in many different recipes. We'll be using it in an infusion.
- 1 handful tender leaves
- 1 cup water
- Boil the water and amaranth for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat, cover, and let brew for 5 minutes.
- Strain and drink after breakfast. Repeat after lunch.
In addition to reducing cholesterol levels, dandelion is also good for curing many liver problems, helping to regulate the functions of this important organ.
- 1 handful dandelion
- 1 cup water
As with any other infusion, boil the water with the herb and let cool before straining, then sweeten and enjoy.
This natural remedy from Greece reduces triglycerides levels in the blood.
To improve its healing powers, you can combine it with another herb called gugul (which can be found in health food stores). Drink this brew 2-3 times a day.
- 1 tablespoon fenugreek
- 1 tablespoon gugul
- 1 cup water
- Prepare like any other infusion. Don't forget to strain before drinking.
- Sweeten with a little honey.
This tropical tree found in Africa (notably in Sudan) was introduced to Latin America by the Spanish conquistadors (making it popular in Mexico and Costa Rica). It not only produces rich fruits for making juices, but is also a perfect remedy to lower cholesterol.
- 1 tamarind
- 1 cup water
- A few drops lemon juice
- Peel the tamarind and cut into quarters.
- Boil for 15 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice and consume, including the tamarind.
- Recommended on an empty stomach or before going to bed.
See also: Best Fruits to Treat Fatty Liver
There's no natural remedy more complete or effective than garlic. It cleanses the body (including the arteries), invigorates, and reduces cholesterol.
By complementing it with green tea, you'll be able to improve the levels of fats in the blood in a few weeks.
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 teabag of green tea
- The juice of ½ a lemon
- 1 cup boiling water
- Crush the raw garlic and put it in the boiling water along with the teabag.
- Let rest for 5 minutes, strain and finish by adding the lemon juice.
- Drink a cup before breakfast on an empty stomach and another before going to bed.


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Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement
- Written by Interview by Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine
Karl Mossandl GmbH & Co is a diversified southern German cement transporter. Peter Edwards recently spoke to Managing Director Andreas Mossandl about the company...
- Written by Amy Saunders & Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine
Coal provides around 90% of the energy consumed by cement plants around the world, despite the environmental harm caused by its combustion. It takes 200 - 450kg of coal to produce 1t of cement. The cement industry consumes around 4% of global coal production, around 330Mt/yr. Given the rapidly-expanding infrastructure projects underway around the world, particularly in developing countries where coal is the main fuel, coal consumption for cement is here to stay. Here Global Cement discusses the global coal industry, including trends and regulations and gives a forecast for coal use by the sector in 2050.
- Written by Amy Saunders, Global Cement Magazine
The Czech Republic is a landlocked Central European nation bordered by Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland. The country encompasses 78,866km2 of land and had an estimated population of 10.5 million in 2015. With its advanced economy and high standard of living, the Czech Republic has a healthy but slow-growing construction sector. To coincide with the 10th Global CemFuels Conference and Exhibition taking place in Prague, Czech Republic in February 2016, Global Cement Magazine has compiled a report on the country's cement industry, including the latest developments and trends.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference and its influence on HeidelbergCement's alternative fuel strategy
- Written by Sussan Pasuki, Senior Alternative Fuels Manager, Leimen, Germany
Fuel consumption is a key topic in the cement industry given the numerous issues involved, including costs, availability and environmental concerns. Every cement plant must have a well-planned fuel programme to ensure reliable cement production or else risk revenue loss. Here, Sussan Pasuki, Senior Alternative Fuels Manager for HeidelbergCement, outlines HeidelbergCement's alternative fuels strategy in view of the results of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris and its upcoming acquisition of Italcementi.
The cement industries of Central Asia - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
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Okay, so in fairness we've become an instant society so I didn't actually mean what I said in the namesake of this post. But really, do we ever mean what we say in the title? Just look at "New Zealand;" any of you heard of Old Zealand? Or Zealand for that matter? Of course not. They were just trying to be hip and trendy and heard that "New" was 'in' for the title of your continent slash country slash island slash whatever the hell New Zealand actually is. They probably heard that New york was awesome and named accordingly.
Can I say that in no way does that first part of this post reflect any historical research, political beliefs, or – as a matter of fact – any quantitative evidence of realistic.
Anyway, as the featured images hint at – I've bought this insta-print camera. Probably one of the best investments I've made in a good long while, because I don't think people appreciate the kind of forethought that our elders had to put into taking a picture back in the day. Actually, cut to now – we take pictures like they're a god damn unlimted resource that's just begging to be consumed; hell, we take pictures like they challenged us, dared us really, to "do your worst."
Like, just imageine … It's 1994 and all your freinds and family are over with their fanny packs and windbreaker jackets; you've poured a few drinks and everyones merry and willing to put up with the bullshit you manifest as the host; when suddenly, you break out the old picture collage of the last year of your life .. and in it? 42 pages of selfies that you took in the bathroom.
Art is dead, guys.
Laugh out loud, no I'm just being old. (that's coming from somone who's 24.)
But really, I think there's kind of a restorative beauty in this camera that I've purchased. Something that I thought was lost in this day and age; the kind of planning that makes you take in a moment. In Shawshank Redemption, there was this quote that stuck with me; "The world went and got itself into a big damn hurry." Don't judge me; I know .. it's all your dead beat friends that are posting inspirational quotes on social media, but I was just using Shawshank to make a point.
Sometimes we need to take a little time. And it's been kind of awesome to get to go back and see what it was like before you could just hold up your iPhone and take 2 billion pictures of the god damn steak you're having at Texas Roadhouse.
In fact, it inspired me so much that I thought of this short film revolving around the idea of a insta-print camera – where it kind of becomes this medium for the character to channel his anxiety, loneliness, and depression. Then I got to together with a couple of friends and did the do.
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General Membership Meeting Minutes
October 13, 2016
Call to Order – 7:30 p.m. by President John Cooley
Minutes from Last (May 2016) Meeting – Secretary Ed Wyse – Handout of minutes provided. Had vetted minutes with those who attended and then posted minutes on the civic association website.
Financial Report – Treasurer Liz Greene – see attached
Committee Reports:
- Membership – Julia Hale – renewals total ~ 180-185 from 438 homes
- Directory – Kirby Myers – due to be published in January
- Village Crier – Larry Mark (published 3X each year, January, April/May and September/October) – copies available if you need one
- Website – Bob Havey – as new webmaster, is essentially building a new website that will be easier to maintain than the current version
- Neighborhood Watch – Jeff Carter – passive, neighbor-watching-neighbor only
Old Business: None
New Business:
- Calendar of Events (Look for changes and updates in the Village Enews):
- 30 October - Halloween Party & Village West Pool Chili Cook Off, 4:00 p.m. – 7 p.m. at VW Pool parking lot. This is a change from the Community Directory
- 1 November – Village West Pool silent auction begins
- 6 November – Daylight Savings Time Ends
- 8 November – Election Day – change from the directory
- 12 Nov – Village West Pool BBQ, 4:00 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Village West Pool
- 15 – 23 December - Holiday Decorating Contest Judging; report winners NLT 23 December
- 17 December - Christmas Party – location TBD. Santa normally arrives to give pre-positioned gifts to children. Expect Christmas Caroling precedes party.
- Early January – Village Crier and Community Directory published and distributed.
- Audit Report – see attached audit report.Members ratified the audit report by voice vote.
- Proposed Budget for FY17 – see attached budget proposal. Members approved the proposed budget by voice vote without markups.
- Election of Officers (Board of Directors). The floor was opened for nominations.The only nominations received were for the incumbents.The slate was approved by voice vote.The officers are:
President, John Cooley,
Vice President, Don Hale,
Secretary, Ed Wyse, and
Treasurer, Liz Greene.
In addition, Kirby Myers is serving on the Board in the role of Past President, there being no past presidents able to serve. Other association positions (Executive Council) are appointed by the Board of Directors; no changes were made at this meeting.
- Status of Rolling Road (RR) Project – 4 through lanes with curbside parking only where it is now. Median is still uncertain though VDOT wants 15' or 16' raised median. RR residents want no median or flush median with continuous turn lane so they can turn either way out of their driveways. If raised median is selected – left turn lanes will be at Springfield Village Dr, Bellamy Ave, Barnack Dr, and Birmingham Ln – but not at Ashford Ct, Glover Ct, Taft Dr, and Rivington Rd. Utility cables will not be buried. East side sound walls probable from Birmingham Ln north. 30 MPH speed limit. Phased work to ensure one lane NB & one SB during 2 year project. Phase I (improve intersection at RR & Old Keene Mill Rd (OKMR), but no extended right turn lane) to start next spring. PH II to start 2021 and will include extending the NB right hand turn lane at RR & OKMR back south. Install traffic light at Greeley & RR; maintain the traffic light at Barnack & RR. RR lots to lose at/about 8' from home side of sidewalk plus new easement for construction and utilities. Water catchment reservoirs under both sides of roadbed. Expect public hearings starting in January where we'll hear and see the final design.
Program – No program scheduled for this meeting.
Adjourn –8:20 PM
Ed Wyse, Secretary
John Cooley
Kathy D'Amato
Jon & Debbie Fowler
Liz Greene
Don Hale
Bob Havey
Jim Kirkpatrick
(Rolling Valley)
Ce Li
Kirby Myers
Jane Ray
Lisa Wolfe
Ed & Margaret Wyse
Audit Report, 10/9/16
Financial Statement (and proposed budget), 9/30/2016
Attachment – Audit Report
Attachment – Financial Statement (and proposed budget)


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Whilst clearing out some junk, I found our old 'Open....' IR keyboard that was used with BSkyB's Open.... interactive TV service back at the end of the 90's.
I bet you have already guessed what I'm going to ask now haven't you?
Obviously, I want to know if and how I can get this thing paired with my Mac
I've had a quick Google and come up with nothing as yet
any suggestions?
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And while we are at it, Artist Illustrator also want to know how he can hook this baby up to mobileme...
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Haha, this one made me laugh.
Does your mac have a IR port? Some sort of finagling should be able to pair the two. Ill check with some of my blackhat peeps- they tend to excel at this kind of thing.
it sure does. and I use the Apple IR remote all the time and absolutely love it. I thought that maybe Remote Buddy would see it, but had no luck.
I haven't been able to find any answers yet. Thinking it's gonna require more geek knowhow than I can muster up myself.
And while we are at it, Artist Illustrator also want to know how he can hook this baby up to mobileme...
that would make one awesome Skype handset!
thought I'd give this a bump since there's a slew of new heisters around that might be able to help
i'd really like to get this thing working
What kind of Mac do you have?
24" iMac
from Just North of New York
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Something to think about. While the newer Intel Macs might have an IR port, Do they have the drivers to understand the keyboard?
It might be possible that it could work, so long as the basic keyboard drivers will accept input from the IR Port.
If that works, then it would stand to reason that other IR wireless devices might also work, like for presentations...
I'm thinking faster than I'm typing, or it's the lack of sleep, but does that make sense for anyone?
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While the newer Intel Macs might have an IR port, Do they have the drivers to understand the keyboard?
This is what I'm thinking. I'm doubtful that the keyboard will work even if you could get the computer to "see" it.
But if you do, that'd be pretty awesome.
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I guess this is something thats harder to accomplish than I initially though it would be.
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erniepc12 wrote:
While the newer Intel Macs might have an IR port, Do they have the drivers to understand the keyboard?
This is what I'm thinking. I'm doubtful that the keyboard will work even if you could get the computer to "see" it.
But if you do, that'd be pretty awesome.
It depends on what functionality is built-in to the IR service for the Front Row remote. You could probably pair it much like you would a Universal-Remote to any TV, it would depend on if you could change the codes on the keyboard to correspond to what codes the Apple IR Port is looking for. I'm not familiar with this product so I cannot be of much help. I have played around with the programmable port located under the battery access panel on the Cable company remote and got it working at one point. Then I had to give it back when I moved (reset to defaults, of course )
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I am 98% sure that it won't work "out of the box".
IR transmitters don't all work on the same frequency, and even if they did, they're basically each speaking their own dialect of morse-code. So what you'd need for starters is an IR receiver that chats on the same freq. as the keyboard, and does no "intelligent translation" of the incoming message, but just passes the codes on. Then you could go ahead and decipher.
However, since the "Open" is a teletext unit, I'm very skeptic that it'll ever work
But then.. you may get lucky, who knows...
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I have no idea whether it will ever work or not and no idea whether there is even a good reason to make it work, but if you do get it working you absolutely have to tell us how you did it. That would be cool as hell.
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gonna keep bumping this throughout MacHeist 3 in the hope that someone somewhere will have an answer
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I think the first step would be seeing how to get IR receiver data for use in an application. Then with some work you could read the blips send for each key press and code a program to recognize them. And I'm sure there's a way to get an application to send keyboard input.
It's beyond my abilities, but it is certainly possible.
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What about this:
Open the baby up and find out how it works, then take an apple keyboard and solder the proper parts of its controller to the open controller. Viola! Instant(read: 18 hour) bluetooth keyboard that looks like the original.
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I found this: Sky Digibox Remote and Open Keyboard Decoder
Apparently its as program that performs a decode of the BSkyB 'Open' keyboard and BSkyB Remote Control Handsets.
nothing on the page means anything to me its beyond my understanding
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I kinda told you it would include complexities
Although that which he speaks of isn't all that complex. What fascinates me the most is that they're using Manchester encoding on the data stream. That's what was used in MFM hard drives back in the day. It implies that whoever designed the keyboard actually gave data reliability a moment of thought - not a very common "issue" back in the 80's
I think you should just buy yourself one of these:
And put it on display
Tends to look good and be a conversation piece
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I think this is definitely a lost cause
@WhiteFang That's a very nice display. I could probably fill one with my Nintendo collection My better half would probably not be impressed though
Manchester code . . . . . . . Is that named after my home city? Does it have something to do with The world's first stored-program electronic digital computer, or "The Baby" as it was known?
most code makes my head hurt
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Here The Stepfather becomes yet another in the mountain of 00s remakes of horror films from the 1970s and 80s. Others amidst these have included The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Toolbox Murders (2003), Willard (2003), Dawn of the Dead (2004), The Amityville Horror (2005), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), The Fog (2005), Black Christmas (2006), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Omen (2006), Sisters (2006), When a Stranger Calls (2006), The Wicker Man (2006), Halloween (2007), The Hitcher (2007), April Fools Day (2008), Day of the Dead (2008), Its Alive (2008), Long Weekend (2008), Prom Night (2008), Friday the 13th (2009), The Last House on the Left (2009), My Bloody Valentine (2009), Night of the Demons (2009), Sorority Row (2009), And Soon the Darkness (2010), The Crazies (2010), I Spit on Your Grave (2010), Mothers Day (2010), A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), Piranha (2010), Dont Be Afraid of the Dark (2011), Fright Night (2011), Straw Dogs (2011), The Thing (2011), Maniac (2012), Carrie (2013), Evil Dead (2013), Patrick (2013) and Poltergeist (2015). The majority of these are no patch on their originals.
I had mixed feelings about the remake of The Stepfather. It is directed by Nelson McCormick who also made the disappointing remake of Prom Night. On the plus side, the script was written by J.S. Carone, who did write the remake of Prom Night, but had elsewhere made a number of smart psycho-thrillers as director with the likes of Shadowzone (1990), A Climate for Killing (1991), Shadowhunter (1993), Black Day, Blue Night (1995), Exit in Red (1996), Outside Ozona (1998), The Forsaken (2001), Mummy an the Armadillo (2005), 8MM2 (2005) and Wicked Little Things (2006). There was also the interesting casting choice of Dylan Walsh as Terry OQuinns replacement in the title role. I have admired Walsh in the tv series Nip/Tuck (2003-10) where he plays the role of an earnest nice guy and family man, something that is almost at 180 degrees remove from the flinty cleverness of Terry OQuinn in the original. The idea of the kind of bland sincerity that Dylan Walsh plays there given a nasty undertow seemed to make for perfect casting. On the other hand, The Stepfather hovered in a distribution limbo for the better part of a year since mid-2008, which never bodes well for a film.
Nelson McCormick clearly sees himself as some specialist amid the 00s horror remake fad first with Prom Night and then The Stepfather but the disappointing news that someone needs to inform him is that he has little affinity for the genre and that his directorial moves are hackneyed and formulaic. McCormicks generation of jumps and tension here is so frustratingly predictable stale shots like cats jumping out into the screen, people creeping through the house as others unexpectedly pop out that one wants to throw things at the screen. This is a film where one can predict everything that is going to happen from the outset. By contrast, the original never concerned itself with any of these cookie-cutter suspense devices. The original was also an acting tour-de-force that made the name of the then-unknown Terry OQuinn but Dylan Walsh is no adequate replacement. While Terry OQuinns mercurial changes were frightening, Dylan Walshs are all by the numbers.
J.S. Cardones script has rung up a number of changes on the original. There are a number of updatings things are brought into the era of cellular phones, while instead of being hunted by an obsessed detective, the stepfathers likeness now appears on Americas Most Wanted (1998 ). J.S. Cardone also brings out one issue that was a logic bugbear about the original how does the stepfather manage to keep setting up all of these identities around the country without IRS numbers, drivers licenses, photo ID and so on, and makes this into one of the hinges of tension in the story. On the other hand, Cardones script is missing in any of the dark satire on Family Values that the original held, while all of the stepfathers blackly funny lines have gone out the window. Where the original was relatively sparing in its body count, Cardone and McCormick have pumped up a number of supporting characters the addition of the paranoid old lady across the street, Sela Wards ex/the childrens father and Paige Turco as Dylan Walshs employer so as to create more opportunity to bump people off throughout.
To little purpose, the role of the teenager who becomes dissatisfied with the stepfather is now played by a guy instead of a girl. This gives the film an interestingly different central thrust where the relationship between the two turns into Dylan Walsh making bland homilies about male bonding. Turning the teenager into a guy also eliminates the creepy overtones of the stepfather trying to control his stepdaughters sexuality the original had, giving little frisson, for instance, to the scene where Dylan Walsh freaks out when he sees Penn Badgley kissing Amber Heard.
Moreover, Nelson McCormick has made the disastrous mistake of trying to pitch The Stepfather to the teen horror demographic. This means that the opening scene that pulls back and shows Dylan Walsh having slaughtered an entire family now comes without any blood (he presumably having poisoned them all off!) because the film has a PG-13 rating. This also means that the film is now preening to the teen audience with shots of Penn Badgleys buffed body in swimming trunks and Amber Heard parading about in a bikini. In placing the focus on good looking young leads, this means the troubled background that had Penn Badgley sent to military school is mentioned in all of two lines a troubled teen with authority issues dealing with the stepfather could have been a strong source of dramatic tension but a film like this is unable make its teen hero too anti-heroic or anti-authoritarian. Unfortunately, selling The Stepfather as a teen film also means that all the undertones of dark satire of the original and its black inversion of the notion of Family Values goes completely over the head of its teen audience. Now all that we have is just another psycho film of no distinction.
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Everyone knows the type; head down, taking notes or just listening patiently, quiet as a monk. This behavior at work doesn't exactly scream productivity (in a literal sense), but as NASA's Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) points out, you don't have to be loud to contribute mightily in the workplace.
Who are the Silent?
In a recent interview with APPEL's director, Roger Forsgren, the approach called Quiet Project Management is discussed for its potential to unlock the power of the workplace introvert. Who are these noiseless persons? They are, according to some studies, half of all individuals in any given time or place.
Thinking vs. Talking
Forsgren's interest in the topic derives from his own sense of introversion and from the book by Susan Cain titled Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. In the book, we learn that introverts are often incorrectly perceived as being shy, but in truth are simply overwhelmed by the talkers in the room. Since extroverts often formulate their thoughts aloud, it is easy to overlook the contributions of those who think and ponder before deciding to speak up.
Potential of the Peaceful
Forsgren puts emphasis on the need to unlock the potential of the introvert, first by seeking to understand them, but also in leading them to understand their extroverted counterparts. In some cases, it is even possible to encourage these quiet types to act out of character in situations where being mute on an issue might be unwarranted. One might even find among introverts the most brilliant and intrepid leaders, as Forsgren illustrates:
Gandhi was an introvert and he changed the English Empire. Rosa Parks was an introvert and she changed our country. Introverts spend a lot of quiet time thinking. Perhaps not coincidentally, some of the greatest inventors and innovators—such as Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and Steve Wozniak—have been introverts. I guess the message is: you don't want to ignore that kind of potential horsepower.
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Shopping in Gay CAPE TOWN
South African design is showcased at its best in Cape Town's eclectic and bohemian shopping distrcits
Cape Town's shopping scene is eclectic, offering a mix of high-end designer boutiques and international labels with sophisticated Afro-Euro deco stores featuring authentic Sout African artworks and craft pieces that are a long way from your typical tourist fare.
The best shopping areas can be found pocketed across the city centre and reaching as far up as Kloof street, together with the De Waterkant/Green Point districts. Whilst here, make sure you visit Cape Quarter and the Old Biscuit Mill complex at Woodstock. The entire area is spread out just over a 1 mile radius and is quite compact, however don't be fooled, you can spend at least half a day exploring each of the various quarters.
The Victoria & Albert Waterfront shopping centre is a great area for strolling and dining and international labels. The more authentic local arts are best purchased elsewhere, at a fraction of the cost.
The city centre houses some of Cape Town's quirkier stores from boutiques offering hand made garments to high end art galleries featuring contemporary African art pieces. Head for Long Street with its numerous cafes and restaurants and take in its stunning dutch-style art deco shopfronts. Take a turn off at Bree street and check out the high-end designer brands such as Paul Smith.
Greenmarket Square offers lots of African curious. Take time to browse and negotiate the best price. The nearby Pan African market offers more variety and better deals. Those looking for more authentic antiques and trinkets should detour down Church street and roam its cobbled walkway. Pass long street and head up to Kloof where you will find young fashion designers and trendy boutiques.
If all this walking sounds too much for you, then visit The Biscuit Mill in Woodstock a compact pedestrianised zone that is easy to find your way around and offers some quicky pieces and ceramics. Foodies should check out the Food Market held here every Saturday featuring the best food in the country. Think delicious breads, superb cheeses, meats, tarts, pies and more, all available to sample. It gets busy, so head there early.
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by: Michele-Lyn Ault
You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. And still, You want to hear me say it. I know what You have said, but sometimes I need to hear You say it. Again. I need to know You are working in my life, and that You are leading and guiding me. Of course I know You are, because You promised in Your word You would. But You know how we need to hear I love you from those we love, sometimes everyday, even though we already know they do? I need to hear how You love me in the ways You know I will hear. I want to hear You are pleased with me, when I cannot tell if You are.
Will You make Your presence obvious to me when I feel so very alone? Will You help me see when my vision becomes blurred? Will you help me hear when the sound becomes muffled? Will You help me to believe, when my faith becomes weak? Will You help me see the right way, when my feet fear taking the step? You made me, and You are remaking me delicately, with utmost care and consideration. Help me remain in Your hands, and help me know You are holding me.