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Because landlord laws and rights vary so much from state to state, it's often difficult for landlords and investors to know all the laws that apply to each of their properties. This guide provides you with the landlord laws you need to know, laid out in a way that is easy to understand.
Table of Contents
Finding a Tenant
Leaving your unit vacant is costly; however, you should not automatically let to the first person who applies. It's important to screen tenants to prevent costly expenditures throughout the lease term that could have been predicted and avoided. You must be sure to follow all California laws regarding finding a tenant, or you may end up sued by a tenant you turned down.
Tenant Screening
The laws regarding tenant screenings break down into three components: tenant's income, credit checks, and screening fees.
Tenant's Income
You can ask about a tenant's income and source of income; however, you cannot discriminate against a tenant based on what they tell you.
Credit Check
If you run a credit check on a tenant, you can use it to determine whether to rent to the tenant; however, you are required to tell the tenant in writing if their credit report is part of the reason or the reason why you decide not to rent to them. You must also give the prospective tenant the name, address, and phone number of the credit reporting agency and a statement assuring the tenant they have a right to get a free credit report and dispute the accuracy of the information in it.[1]
Screening Fee
You can charge a potential tenant a screening fee to screen them if it is less than or equal to what you actually pay to screen them.[2] If you pay for a credit check on the client and charge them a screening fee, you need to give them a copy of the credit check and a receipt for what they paid. You can use this calculator to find out what the maximum screening fee you can charge as of today is. Your screening fee cannot be more than what $30 was worth in 1998. In the calculator, input $30 and the date January 1998. Then add the current year to calculate what that amount is worth today. Your maximum limit depends on the current Consumer Price Index, which accounts for inflation. For example, as of May 2017, $45.43 is the maximum screening fee you can charge. The calculator will not have data on the current month when you use it. So, you should use one or two months earlier than today's date.
Occupancy Control
You can set up standards for the number of people per square foot of your property; however, you must consistently enforce the standards you set. For example, if you would let five adults rent your property, you cannot deny a family with three children.[3]
Fees You Can Charge
There are several fees you can charge a potential tenant even before they move into your property. Some of those fees are legal, like a holding deposit or a screening fee, as discussed above. However, you are not allowed to charge key money.
Holding Deposit
If a tenant is not moving into your apartment yet, and is, therefore, unable to pay first month's rent, you can charge a holding deposit to hold the apartment for them until they're ready to move in.[4]
Key Money
You cannot charge or accept "key money."[5] Key money is basically a bribe paid by the tenant to the landlord so that the tenant gets the property. If you are found doing this, you'll be fined three times whatever the tenant paid.
Writing the Lease
If you are leasing to someone who speaks Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean, you must give the tenant a copy of the lease translated into the language they speak.[6]
The Fair Housing Act
You are not allowed to ask a potential tenant questions about race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or any disability.[7]
Additionally, the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act prevent landlords from asking questions about sexual orientation, marital status, source of income, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry and/or age, in addition to the characteristics already outlined by the Fair Housing Act. The law is not limited to these explicitly stated characteristics. The California Supreme Court decided that the Unruh Civil Rights Act applies to any type of arbitrary discrimination.
You cannot deny a tenant rent because of any of these reasons or because of any personal characteristics, like appearance or sexual orientation.[8]
The Fair Housing Act protects tenants from discrimination in any process pertaining to finding a home. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, landlords cannot do any of the following on the basis of personal characteristics:[9]
- Refuse to rent or sell a home.
- Make housing unavailable.
- Set different terms, conditions, or privileges for sale or rental of a home.
- Provide different housing services or facilities.
- Falsely deny that a home is available for inspection, sale or rental.
- Advertise or make any statement that indicates a limitation or preference based on national origin, religion, sex, disability, or the presence of children.
- Threaten, coerce, intimidate or interfere with someone exercising their fair housing rights.
Additionally, if your tenant has a physical or mental disability, you must:
- Pay to make reasonable modifications to the property so that the tenant can use the home. You can require that the tenant change it back at the end of the lease.
- Make reasonable accommodations to rules, policies, practices or services, if the tenant needs them to live in the home.
If your property qualifies as housing for the elderly, you can restrict tenants to those that meet the age requirement.
California law requires you to be open with your tenant about unit conditions that could be harmful to their health, like lead-based paint and mold.
Lead-Based Paint
While you're not required to remove lead-based paint, you are required to let the tenant know that it is there. If your property was built before 1978, you need to tell the tenant that it's very likely that the unit is painted with lead-based paint before they sign the lease. As a landlord, you are obligated to tell your tenants about this before they sign the lease. You need to provide the tenant with:[10]
- A pamphlet about identifying and controlling lead-based paint hazards.
- Any information about other units or common spaces that have lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards.
You must tell a tenant if there is mold in your building that poses a risk to their health.[11] Mold is tiny organisms or fungi that grow inside in damp conditions.
Cigarette Smoking
You can prohibit your tenants from smoking cigarettes or other tobacco products on your property.[12] However, you must specify the exact areas on your property where smoking is prohibited if the lessee has not previously occupied your unit.
You need to give your tenant written notice of a change in your lease if you plan to make your unit non-smoking and your tenant moved in before January 1, 2012, when the law became effective.
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Elder Abuse
If a tenant gives you information about a previous tenancy terminated because of domestic/dating/sexual violence, stalking, or elder abuse or if your tenant terminates tenancy with you because they are a victim of domestic/dating/sexual violence, stalking, or elder abuse, you cannot disclose that to a third party unless the tenant consents in writing to the disclosure or the disclosure is required by law or order of the court because it is confidential.
Security Deposit
A security deposit can be up to three month's rent, for a furnished apartment, and two month's rent for an unfurnished apartment.
Security Deposit Refund
So long as the property is not damaged and the tenant does not owe rent, you must send the tenant their security deposit within 21 days of when they leave your property.[13]
Keeping the Deposit
A landlord can keep a tenant's security deposit for:[14]
- Unpaid rent
- Cleaning the apartment, so it's in the same condition as it was when the tenant first moved in
- Repair of damages, other than normal wear and tear, caused by the tenant
- The cost of restoring or replacing furniture or other items of personal property that were not caused by normal wear and tear
If you keep a security deposit for any of the above reasons, you must send the tenants an itemized statement of the amount you spent of their security deposit. If the amount is less than $126, you do not need to send any of the receipts or estimates. A tenant can also sign an agreement when you give them 30- or 60-day notice that waives their right to receive these receipts. Regardless of circumstance, you will always need to send the tenant an itemized statement and the remainder of their deposit within 21 days after they leave your property. This statement can be sent alone if no security deposit is being returned, or with the amount to be returned.
If you did the work yourself…
The statement should describe the work that you or your employees did, how many hours you spent working on it, and the reasonable hourly rate of your work.
If you hired a business to do the work…
You need to give the tenant the business' invoice and it needs to include contact information for the business.
If you are deducting materials or supplies…
You need to send the tenant a receipt for the supplies. If you buy the supply in bulk, you need to document the cost with the vendor's list price.
If the repairs cannot be made in 21 days…
You need to give the tenant a good faith estimate of how much the supplies or information will cost. You can deduct that estimate from the cost of security deposit. If you are waiting for a business to have availability to do repairs or for supplies to come in, you must provide the tenant with the contact information for the business or supplier.
Once the repairs have been made, you have 14 days to give the tenant an itemized receipt for the amount you deducted and any surplus security deposit refund they are entitled to. You must send any security deposit refund and receipts to the tenant's new address if they provided you with one. Otherwise, you can send the information to the property they moved out of. If you were not required to send receipts, estimates, or invoices for repairs made and cleaning done, the tenant can still request them when they receive your itemized statement, in which case, you'll have 14 days to provide them to the tenant.
Returning the Deposit
So long as the property is not damaged and the tenant does not owe rent, you must send the tenant their security deposit within 21 days of when they leave your property. If you do not return the deposit in 21 days or any of the other required information, the tenant is entitled to receive the deposit back in full.[15]
Initial Inspections
A tenant can ask you to perform an initial inspection before their tenancy ends so that they know what your concerns are. The tenant can then attempt to make the repairs or clean dirty areas of the property before moving out. The point is that your tenant can make the repairs and not have money deducted from their security deposit for them.
If the tenant requests an initial inspection, you must do one unless you've given a 3-day eviction notice. You need to tell the tenant that they have the right to the inspection within a reasonable amount of time after written termination of the lease so that they can request it. The inspection then must take place within two weeks of when the tenant vacates the property. The tenant and landlord must work hard to find a convenient time for both parties. You must give the tenant 48-hour notice, even if you've agreed on a time, unless the tenant does not want to do the inspection anymore or if you have both agreed in writing to waive the 48-hour notice requirement.
After the inspection, you must give the tenant your estimate for how much the repairs will cost and a copy of the sections of California's laws about security deposits. After the tenant moves out, you can charge them for anything they did not fix, anything that happened after your initial inspection and anything you could not see during the inspection because your tenant's stuff was in the way.
Buying a Property With Existing Tenants
If you've purchased a property with tenants, the previous owner must transfer security deposits to you. They can make deductions from the deposit. You are not allowed to charge a new deposit simply because you did not get the security deposits from the last landlord. You can only increase the security deposit if the lease says you can, or if the tenant is on a month-to-month contract. If a tenancy ends, you must return the net security deposit minus any deductions to the tenant, even if the former landlord did not transfer the security deposit to you. You're technically both responsible for it, but if the previous owner cannot be found, the burden rests with you.
Read more about security deposit law in California >
Collecting Rent
Rent is due at the end of the month.[16] You need to give your tenant the opportunity to pay by a means other than cash or electronic transfer. The other option, which is likely by check, can be revoked if your tenant gives you a check that does not clear or asks you to put a stop payment on a check. However, you cannot revoke the option for more than three months. If a tenant cannot pay you in full, you can take partial payment and, still, evict the tenant. If the tenant does not pay in full, they're violating the lease. The law allows you to evict anyone who violates the lease.[17] For more information about evicting tenants read through the "Ending or Renewing the Lease" section of this guide.
Increasing Rent
Should you choose to increase rent, California law requires that you give a tenant at least 30-days advance notice in writing, if the rent increase is 10 percent or less, according to California Law. If the rent is by more than 10 percent, you must give the tenant 60-days advance notice in writing. You can only increase rent for periodic rental agreements, where there is not a total number of weeks or months that the tenancy will last. If you mail the written notice by priority mail, add five days to the advance the tenant needs to be given. Unless the lease specifically says rent can be increased, it cannot be increased for leases longer than 30 days.
Stop Paying Rent
A tenant can stop paying rent if a landlord does not fix serious defects that violate the implied warranty or habitability, for example, if the roof collapses or if there are lots of rats and/or roaches.[18] A tenant can use this remedy so long as the damage threatens their health or safety, they did not cause the defect, they have told you to make the repairs and you have not in a reasonable amount of time.
Problem Solving
Even the best tenants can call you with problems. For example, normal wear and tear can happen to any tenant and for the most part, it is your responsibility to make the repair. Problems as simple as that have laws attached to them in California and most other states. Knowing the regulations will help keep you from accidentally getting stuck in court with your tenant.
As the landlord, you are legally responsible for making sure your property abides by all local building and health codes. The burden of your tenant living in a habitable home falls on your shoulders; therefore, you must fix anything that makes your property unlivable, like A/C, plumbing and electricity. However, some repairs that you need to make are less obvious. For example, you must make sure all parts of the building and grounds are habitable; thus, it's your responsibility to take care of rats or other vermin in the garage or garden and make sure that those locations are not filthy. Read through California Civil Code Section 1941.1 for a complete list of repairs that must be made for a property to remain tenantable.
Your tenant is responsible for fixing any damages caused by themselves, their family, or their pets. So, while it's your responsibility to ensure your tenants have a working toilet, it's their responsibility to not flush large objects down the toilet. If your tenant has done something extreme to make the property unlivable, for example, destroying the plumbing or electrical units, it's not your responsibility to fix it. The tenant cannot keep rent from you because the property is unlivable if they caused the damage that made the property unlivable. The tenant is also responsible for fixing things that fall into the "amenities" category, for example, a pool, a dishwasher or a refrigerator, unless your contract says otherwise.
If the tenant notifies you of a repair that needs to be made to make the property tenantable again, and you do not resolve the problem within 30 days, the tenant has the right to repair the problem and deduct the expenses from their rent. This is true so long as the repairs do not cost more than one month's rent and the repairs were not made because of unreasonable damage they caused. The tenant also has the option to just move out after 30 days.
Tenant Privacy
A landlord can enter an apartment only if there is an emergency; the tenant has moved out or abandoned the unit; to make necessary or agreed upon repairs or improvements; to show the unit to prospective tenants, lenders, or buyers; if a court order permits the landlord to enter; or if the tenant has a waterbed that needs to be inspected.[19] If your situation falls under the approved reasons for entering your tenant's home, you still need to give your tenant advanced written notice and enter between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a weekday. The law considers 24 hours to be enough notice.
However, the landlord can enter without advanced notice for an emergency; if the tenant has moved out or abandoned the apartment; if the tenant is present and consents to entry; and if the tenant and landlord agreed to have repairs made and that the landlord could enter on an approximate date and time.
Attorney Fees
In California, the lease designates who pays attorneys fees when the court rules. You and your tenant must agree within the lease whether the loser of a court ruling pays attorney fees or if both parties are responsible for their own attorney fees.
Safety Obligations
California requires you to take precautions regarding door locks to keep your tenants safe. These protocols are not just helpful for your tenant. They help keep your unit safe from damage too.
Additionally, your property needs to have a telephone jack inside of it.[20]
Door Locks
The doors on your property must have deadbolts, except for sliding glass doors. You must have window locks or some other form of window security.[21] You must be sure that these locks do not interfere with any part of local fire and safety codes. You will need to change the locks on the apartment if your tenant takes out a restraining order on someone and asks you to change the locks. If your tenant changes the locks on their own, they need to notify you and give you the new key within 24 hours of the change.[22] Your tenant is responsible for making sure the lock is as good or better than the old lock.
Ending or Renewing a Lease
Whether you are ending a lease amicably or angrily, there are certain legal procedures you should follow in California to be sure it ends smoothly.
Tenant Moving at the End of the Lease
At the end of a lease term, the tenant can choose to move out or to continue the lease, if the landlord agrees. If a tenant continues to pay rent and stay in the property after the lease end, and if you continue to collect the rent, the tenant is under a month-to-month contract with all the provisions of the previous lease, except for length. If the tenant does not move and you do not want to collect their rent, you can immediately file for eviction of the tenant. If your tenant is using the Section 8 voucher program and you decide not to renew their lease, you must give 90-days advanced notice. At the end of the 90 days, if the tenant has not left, you may evict the tenant.
Ending a Periodic Tenancy
A tenant with a periodic tenancy agreement needs to give you written notice equal to the time between rental payments. For example, if the tenant pays you every 60 days, they need to give you 60-days advanced notice before ending their periodic agreement.
Unless your contract specifies a different time frame, your tenant also needs to pay the first 10 days of the month after they move on a prorated basis. The only exception is if the tenant moves out before those 10 days are over and if you rent the property to another tenant who pays rent during those 10 days. You can also be responsible for ending a periodic tenancy. If all residents of the unit have lived in the unit for more than a year, the tenant is required to give you 60-days written notice before ending a periodic tenancy.
However, if any tenant has lived in the rental for less than a year or if the landlord is contracted to sell the rental unit to someone who will live in it for more than a year, you only need to give 30-days advance written notice.[23] The tenant must leave the residency by the end of the 30th day or 60th day in both situations.
Eviction Notices
You can evict a tenant with only 3-days advanced notice for the following reasons:[24]
- Failure to pay rent
- Lease violation
- Material damage of the property
- Use of the property for unlawful reasons
- Drugs
- Domestic violence, sexual assaulting, or stalking another tenant
- Dogfighting or cockfighting
- Unlawful conduct with weapons or ammunition
If the tenant does not leave, you may proceed with an unlawfully detained lawsuit.
Taking an Eviction to Court
To evict a tenant, you must file and win an unlawful detainer lawsuit. In most cases, the tenant has five days to respond to the lawsuit. The judge will likely hear the case within 20 days.[25] You must evict through a lawsuit. You cannot change the locks on the unit's doors or turn off utilities, remove outside doors, or take a tenant's belongings to force a tenant to leave.
If the court finds the tenant has a good defense…
If the court finds the tenant has a good defense, the tenant will not be evicted. Additionally, if the contract has an attorney fee clause and the tenant was represented by an attorney, you must compensate your tenant the cost of the attorney.
If the court decides in your favor…
If the court decides in your favor, the court will issue a writ of possession, which orders the sheriff to remove the tenant from the rental unit. The tenant has five days to leave before sheriff interference. The court might award you with any unpaid rent, damages, court costs, attorney's fees, and even damages. You need to deliver the writ of possession to the sheriff so that they could inform the tenant with a 5-day notice. If the tenant does not file a written response to your complaint, you can ask the court for a default judgment.
Retaliatory Eviction
The law assumes that you are evicting your tenant out of spite or for revenge if your tenant has exercised one or more of these rights in the last six months:[26]
- Used the repair and deduct remedy.
- Complained about the rental unit's condition to the landlord or a public agency after the landlord was given notice.
- Filed a lawsuit or began arbitration because of the rental unit's condition.
- Caused an appropriate public agency to inspect the rental unit or issue the landlord a citation.
Meaning, your tenant can use retaliatory eviction as a defense against you evicting them if they have done any of the above within the last 180 days.
You can still evict the tenant if they owe you money.
But you cannot otherwise evict the tenant, increase rent, or decrease services.
It is possible to evict a tenant who has done one of the above in the last 180 days. A tenant can only use retaliatory eviction as a defense against eviction once every year.
So, if your eviction has been denied because of retaliatory eviction, you can take the tenant to court again. This time, they cannot use retaliatory eviction as a defense.
However, if you are found guilty of retaliatory eviction, you will be liable for actual damages sustained by the tenant, punitive damages between $100 and $2,000 and attorney fees if you or the tenant requested they be awarded before the trial.
Read more about the eviction process in California >
Military Tenants
Tenants who are part of the military or who join the military after signing the lease can end the lease at any time because of military orders that require the tenant to be deployed or change station for more than 90 days.[27] The tenant pays for any days of the month after their deployment or move on a prorated basis. If the service member paid in advance, you must refund the excess money.
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, or Elder Abuse
Your tenant may inform you that they are a victim of domestic/dating/sexual violence, stalking, or elder abuse, which is grounds for the victim to terminate their tenancy.[28]
The tenant must give you the notice in writing and attach proof of the incident. The proof can be one of the following:
- A copy of a temporary restraining order, emergency protective order, or a protective order
- A copy of a written report by a police officer stating that the tenant has filed a report alleging that they are a victim of domestic/dating/sexual violence, stalking, or elder abuse
- Documentation from a qualified third party based on information received by that third party while acting in a professional capacity that indicates that your tenant was seeking assistance for physical or mental injuries or abuse resulting from domestic/dating/sexual violence, stalking, or elder abuse
Your tenant needs to provide you with the notice within 180 days that any of the documentation was issued.
The tenant is responsible to you for rent for no more than 14 more days following the notice. Any tenants other than the victim will continue to need to pay rent for the duration of the lease.
Tenant's Death
If your tenant has a yearly contract and dies, the tenant's executor or administrator is now responsible for the lease until the lease term ends. If the tenant has a month-to-month tenancy, the lease ends on the 30th day of the month.[29]
- The Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act, Civil Code Section 1785.1
- Civil Code Section 1950.6
- Health and Safety Code Section 17922
- California Civil Code Section 1950.7
- California Civil Code Section 1950.8
- California Civil Code Section 1632(k)
- The Fair Housing Acts
- California Civil Code Section 51
- Fair Housing Act
- Environmental Protection Agency Regulations
- California Civil Code Section 1941.7
- California Civil Code Section 1941.5
- California Civil Code Section 1950.5
- California Department of Consumer Affairs
- Granberry v. Islay Investments (1995)
- California Civil Code Section 1947
- California Department of Consumer Affairs
- Green v. Superior Court
- California Civil Code Section 1954
- California Civil Code Section 1941.4
- California Civil Code Section 1941.3
- California Civil Code Section 1941.5
- California Civil Code Section 1946.1
- Code of Civil Procedure Section 1161
- The California Department of Consumer Affairs
- California Civil Code Section 1942.5
- Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act
- California Civil Code Section 1946.7
- Miller & Desatnik Management Co. v. Bullock
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JJUA54026U International Labour Law and Corporate Social Responsibility - NOTE: THE COURSE IS CANCELLED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER 2017
Increasing globalisation involves intensified international cooperation and regulation of labour rights, with international labour standards also increasingly being incorporated into private contracts and Codes of Conduct. Migrant workers in large numbers cross borders, production is outsourced and staff out-placed to work in foreign countries, companies do business in countries at various stages of industrialisation, and private Codes of Conduct on labour rights issues are increasingly incorporated as parts of contractual obligation in business relationships. All of this results in increasing demands for knowledge and understanding of International Labour Law. Out-sourcing of production from industrialised to industrialising countries further attracts attention across borders to the status of labour rights and effective implementation of international labour law in various national settings. International labour law standards form an important part of the emerging international, supranational (EU) and in some cases national regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as well as in a number of public-private and private initiatives to regulate CSR and provide for complaints modalities.
The knowledge and understanding of international legal instruments on labour rights will aid the legal advisor to handle the fundamental principles of the labour law of most countries. It is also of increasing importance as a competitive parameter for many companies to be able to pass on documentation to partners in business, investment and the consumers that company activities are not based on or involve actions violating international standards of Human Rights, the fundamental ILO conventions, or increasing numbers of soft law instruments or voluntary business codes that draw on or relate to hard international labour law.
The course examines the major principles and mechanisms of
international labour law from both a theoretical and practical
point of view. The point of departure is taken in major conventions
– especially the ILO conventions – and their importance in national
legal frameworks and the operation of business. In this context the
course will also examine implementation mechanisms, challenges
facing effective implementation in various national and regional
settings with regard to states' obligations, implementation at
business level and emerging tendencies towards public-private
regulation of business responsibilities for international labour
law. Throughout the course, this will feed into the role of the
legal advisor in relation to effective observance of standards of
international labour law and use of complaints modalities,
including with regard to aspects of CSR that draw on International
Labour Law.
The course is organised in three major parts:
The first part will give an introduction to international labour lawwith focus on both basic concepts and an overview of the global conventions (United Nations, International Labour Organisation) as well as the regional conventions (especially the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter). This part will also give an overview of the law making procedures and control mechanisms of the different international organisations and conventions.
The second part will examine the contents of the fundamental principles of international labour law. Focus is on the core labour rights as established in the ILO-declaration of June 1998 on fundamental principles and rights at work: Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour, the effective abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. These core labour standards are examined on the basis of the relevant ILO conventions as well as some other conventions.
The third part will focus on the emerging regulation of labour rights as part of Corporate Social Responsibility. Increasingly, (multinational) companies refer to international labour standards or conventions in Codes of Conduct for internal guidance or to be incorporated as part of contracts with business partners acting as suppliers (e.g. in the textile and apparel industries). Public-private and private initiatives have established sectoral codes (e.g. for the extractives industries or diamonds trade). Within OECD countries, National Contact Points provide a new form of complaints modality for organisations or others concerned about possible violations of labour rights even in companies acting outside the OECD. Companies subscribing to the United Nations Global Compact commit, i.a., to observing the international core labour standards. This part of the course will examine the role of international labour law in these contexts and provide a forum for discussion of emerging new forms of regulation under the umbrella of CSR.
- Jean-Michel Servais, International labour Law (Kluwer 2011)
- Nordic Journal of Human Rights – Special Issue om Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR). Vol. 25 2007 No. 4
Total required reading is about 500 pages.
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Spring: June 6 - June 9, 2017 (preliminary dates)
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Introduction Time Tool App
RescueTime has been part of my working life For more than 6 decades, but I've never sat down to write a RescueTime review until a couple of months ago. Time Tool App
A few months ago declared my first full year of self-employment. I took the opportunity to re-evaluate all my tools and working procedures to make sure I had a good time balance among all of my own priorities.
After all — if You're paid Your time is the sole resource that is non-renewable. If you're going to manage anything, it should become your time.
Since almost all my priorities are on A pc — time management software (ie, RescueTime) is a core component of that.
Here is my RescueTime review with pros, cons, use Cases and following steps based on my expertise.
Click here to sign up for RescueTime today.
What's RescueTime?
RescueTime is a time direction & Productivity software firm founded in 2008. The RescueTime app runs in the background of your apparatus categorizing your own activity, measuring and monitoring.
RescueTime is a free app with a premium upgrade That allows features and more special reporting like moment input that is offline signal. It offers a reporting dash with your information diced, sliced and sorted into charts to help you manage your time.
The program relies on Peter Drucker's (the famous Management consultant) maxim that"what gets measured, gets managed."
RescueTime takes time's manual monitoring So you actually track your own time so that, and makes it automatic and painless .
Nevertheless, there are dozens and dozens of Productivity & time management tools on the Internet. What are the pros & cons of RescueTime? Here's what I've noticed over time.
Disclosure — I get referral fees Mentioned on this site. Any data or remarks are based on my expertise as a client or consultant to a paying client. Time Tool App
Rescuing Your Period
RescumeTime is a productivity tool in the to reiterate Sense that it helps you improve your time-management skills. It collects data about the programs and sites you use, and then creates reports based on that information.
To get started, you create an account and install a Desktop app on your own computer(s) and a cell app on Android apparatus ) There is no iOS app because the operating system prevents RescueTime from collecting the information it needs to carry out its purpose. Those apps quietly and invisibly monitor which programs you use and which sites you visit, in addition to the quantity of time you spend on these.
The hard nut to crack is how to make sense of all that information. To get the best results, you must customize your accounts from the RescueTime site and tell the program more about what you consider productive versus unproductive action. The more you fine-tune it to your particular conditions, the greater your results. As an example, someone who works in the finances industry may classify reading financial news on sites including MarketWatch and FT.com as a productivity job, whereas for me, that is an unproductive use of time.
You can categorize every app and website on a 5-point Scale of quite effective, productive, impartial, dependable, and very unproductive. You could even categorize action into work categorizes. By way of instance, I list Google Docs as very productive, and I categorized it as Writing, which is a subcategory of Design and Composition. Looking at Redfin.com is quite distracting when I'm trying to function, and I've categorized it .
In the desktop app, there's a simple set of controllers That allows you to pause RescueTime for a quarter hour, 1 hour, or until tomorrow, providing you easy access to switching the program off for days or breaks when you wrap up early.
When confronted with RescueTime's proposal –We'll monitor Everything you do and provide you insights about your habits! –some individuals might, justifiably, be worried about their privacy and the security of information on their hardware. If you work with sensitive info online or store sensitive information on your own computers and mobile devices, you are going to want to browse RescueTime's privacy and safety statements carefully.
For everybody RescueTime's privacy policy Contains a summary at the top, only a few condensed lines which are worth studying.
If your worries are somewhat more relaxed and You Just Don't Want RescueTime tracking you on the weekend, so you've got control over the days and times the app monitors your behavior. You can easily set it to just watch your action from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or whatever schedule suits you.
I have used RescueTime for decades, and that I do not check my Daily, productivity reports. I like to allow the service run in the background so that when I do want to get a better picture of how I've been spending my time, a fantastic quantity of information is awaiting me.
While I do go through the reports, however, they're Magnificent. I really like the variety, providing you get multiple ways of knowing your productivity and habits, from bar graphs and pie charts that show lump sums of action, to line things of software you employed.
One simple but powerful piece of advice RescueTime Provides is an investigation of when during the day you are inclined to be the most successful. I wasn't surprised to observe that my brain peaks in the morning and slacks off after 2:00 p.m., as that fits pretty well with what I know about my habits. If you've never studied your productivity, however, that might be a useful revelation for you, one that may help you schedule your days more productively.
The more time you use RescueTime Premium, the more applicable the Data becomes, because you may see your statistics by day, week, month, or year. And as you might expect, it is possible to toggle which days and times RescueTime records your activity so it turns off automatically on weekends, for example. Time Tool App
Additional Features
Much of the value you get from RescueTime comes from that which You make of this data and the way you use that data to influence your behavior. Changing behavior is hard, but getting rich insights does not need to be.
Among the ways RescueTime makes it Simple to understand how To interpret all the information that it collects is using a Productivity Pulse score. This daily evaluation, shown as a percent, comes from calculating the percent of time spent very productive, productive, impartial, unproductive, and incredibly unproductive tasks. To be clear, nobody is advocating you aim for a 100 percent Productivity Pulse score.
A RescueTime blog article explaining the productivity Score notes that the score is 67 percent, and the average is 79 percent. Most people need to do some job which isn't considered"very productive" throughout their day. The entire purpose of using RescueTime will be to help you work out how to concentrate on productive and very productive tasks if you need to and perhaps save productive activities for times when your ability to focus has been waning anyway.
Tasks are not exactly the Exact Same thing as distractions. RescueTime has a smart and simple attribute for curbing behaviour that is unwanted, such as getting sucked into deflecting sites , too. A feature named FocusTime, when enabled, blocks your ability to access websites for a period of time you specify. It takes a little setup and customization, but it's quite effective, once it's ready to deploy. As an example, let's say you want to finish a record, and also to make progress on it, you need to concentrate hardcore for the next thirty minutes. It can block you from looking at email, posting on Twitter, checking sports scores, or other websites and activities, and switch FocusTime you deem distracting.
The RescueTime mobile app has Mechanically silence your phone you empower FocusTime. Likewise, you can set up other automation with the support of third party providers IFTTTFree in iTunes Store and Zapier to obstruct or silence additional distractions. By way of instance, you can create a rule using IFTTT (it stands for"if this, then that") that says,"When I empower FocusTime, then mechanically set my Slack status to active."
RescueTime also Provides you the option Idle time. Whenever RescueTime finds that the computer was idle for several minutes in a row, so it pops up a dialogue asking if you're in a meeting, on the telephone, taking break, etc, and permits you to classify the idle time accordingly.
Pros of RescueTime
Here's a Number of the advantages of using RescueTime Over solutions. Time Tool App
Feature Set
At its core, RescueTime does something — track time. It is not super special, When you look at it that way. Technically, you could do any of those dozens of free programs or this with a spreadsheet online.
However, RescueTime's feature set The way that it monitors time and what it does with all the information (aka, you you'll really use).
Click here to sign up for RescueTime today.
RescueTime watches that windows have Action, looks at the window name, and times the activity in this window. It's always running in the background watching.
Unobtrustive, 100 tracking makes RescueTime rewarding. There's no friction or hurdle to monitoring time.
Since RescueTime's tracking feature simplifies that Problem, you will have data that's complete, correct & useful.
RescueTime's other attributes focus on making their Core feature better. Like time-tracking & billing for 15, they do not try to add. They do not try to enter any side businesses.
They do have a few attributes that use the monitoring Attribute in an interesting manner. By Way of Example, the Get Focused! When selected from running feature blocks deflecting sites and/or programs.
They have goals and alarms that allow you to pick What you want to occur when X happens — and RescueTime will do this based on which it's tracking.
I love RescueTime does Offline Time Tracking. Rather than having to search and put in it 100% manually, then you select a time period that's unlogged and fill in the blank.
You can customize the buttons to create logging Offline time easy and quick.
It is a minimalist feature but that is precisely What makes it great. It's simple, straightforward and well-done.
Pricing and Strategies
RescueTime offers two tiers of support: Lite (free) and Premium ($9 per month or $72 per year). Businesses or organizations that are looking to use RescueTime across a bunch of people pay the same speed as Premium subscribers.
RescueTime Lite offers Monitored her or his period before. The program monitors which sites and applications you use, and also how much time spent in or on each of these. You may categorize every app and site you are using on a Productive/Unproductive scale, and RescueTime creates a few primary reports demonstrating the best way to spend your own time. Lite members can set weekly objectives, such as"spend X hours per week on productive tasks and fewer than Y moments on unproductive products." You can get a report email to you. For reports, you're limited to some history.
Paying subscribers get everything in the Lite plan that is free, Plus extra features and reports, including an infinite report history. Premium comes with alerts you can empower for when you hit on objectives. You can more accurately log time spent away from the computer, noting if you were in a meeting, on a phone call, or just out to lunch. Furthermore, there is a Get Focused option, which permits you to block websites you place. Time Tool App
Assessing RescueTime's cost to that of other apps Requires an open mind as programs do precisely what RescueTime does. Qbserve is one and it charges a flat one-time fee of $40.
We could, but look at more traditional time-tracking Programs for freelancers who typically contain tools for invoices. HarvestFree in Harvest is a example. At $12 per person per month for Premium, it costs more than RescueTime, but it has a clear return on investment since it helps to ensure more accurate charging. How you will interpret RescueTime's reports and make better use of your time as a result is not as clear.
Another Classic program that's, toggl Popular among freelancers, costs $9 a month, and it also provides you definite tools for monitoring time spent on projects with charging clients' typical end aim. Toggl doesn't contain its own invoicing tools, but it has integration options for linking with additional invoicing services.
A few apps are nearer to RescueTime in what they have to Offer, for example Slife, even though they have a tendency to have fewer attributes even if they are free (and Slife is).
Either way — RescueTime is a no-brainer pricing-wise. It's totally free to use.
And when you are saved by the reporting/advanced attributes just 1 hour per month it is paid for itself even if you are simply earning US minimum wage.
RescueTime is.
Program Quality
A Frequent problem with monitoring apps of all types is That they always have to be on. The"always on" attribute can lead to performance problems on laptops & desktop computers. It can induce battery problems .
But in my own experience, RescueTime causes neither. It is running from startup in my Macbook Pro, my Windows PC, along with also my Nexus 5x phone. I have never monitored any functionality or battery life problems.
It's lightweight and well-built.
I enjoy the fact that the mobile app does not demand Dozens of permissions that are absurd. It requires access but doesn't try to track location, contacts, emails, or some of those privacy that is normal violating programs that are permissions request.
It's quick to set up and syncs with an internet dashboard. It crunches the information quickly if you're on the Premium program or from next day to the program, and pulls in data from all sources in the period.
What's the point of information if you can't interpret it Or place it to use? Time Tool App
RescueTime's accounts solves this problem — and in Many ways is the whole point of using the program.
RescueTime's Dashboard uses bar and Pie graphs to show just what you are (and are not) doing.
You can opt to receive reports every day, Week or month.
And on Top of That, you can dig deep to the Reporting with numerous filters and overlays to find your habits out.
It's really eye-opening to see that the amount of Time that each task takes.
When I working for a marketing agency in Atlanta — The time monitored to Gchats and Instant Messages was astounding. It changed my job supervisors , but also processes not just for me personally.
Now I'm on my own with no employees — I can see the precise time I devote to tasks that matter. I am able to construct .
And just to reiterate the reports are Built-in into the software. The Dashboard is on my default — and reports that are advanced are pre-built.
It's all seamless, fast and powerful so that you While analyzing your time Are not ironically wasting time.
One of the selling points of RescueTime is their feature set minimalism. They do something and they do it nicely.
That said all people using their product Have applications requirements. When it's staff time monitoring, charging, project management or something else — your time needs don't stop with measuring monitoring and categorization.
To solve that problem, RescueTime's applications Integrates with a huge range. They have an open API and direct integrations with applications that is common.
Whether you are a freelancer trying to integrate Time monitoring into invoicing applications like FreshBooks or even a job manager that needs to collate team member's time, RescueTime will likely integrate with this.
Cons of RescueTime
Like any software however — RescueTime is Nor can it be the best fit for everybody. Here's some pitfalls that I've noticed through the years. Time Tool App
Default Get Focused! Categories
Generally, RescueTime's classes good. Websites like Reddit, Facebook and Twitter are"Very Distracting"…for many people. And for tracking, RescueTime's categories are fast & simple to repair.
However, RescueTime's categories can be off with overall News, research websites and sites' subdomains.
I can't use the Get Focused! Performance for any Task which requires research (aka visiting a bunch of different sites ).
The time that I need smart blocking Performance is when I'm doing research for a post
There's a fine line between which really is effective and When I am researching This really is distracting. It'd be great to use RescueTime, but the classes are not true enough for it to work.
The root issue is that the Block Sites function Is unavailable in reverse (ie, add specific sites to block). I am only able to add websites to unblock.
And if I am visiting dozen blocked sites — Adding them becomes the time wasting.
If You're Looking for an app that will block only Specific sites — RescueTime is not it.
Effectiveness vs. Efficiency
RescueTime (or some time management software) Heightens the bias towards efficiency over effectiveness.
If you do the wrong thing for 18 hours Every Day, Every day with focus — you are still doing the wrong thing.
The most important factor in time direction is to Work on the things that are ideal — the 20% of time input that will generate 80% of your outcomes.
And that. RescueTime Can't solve that problem.
In fact, in certain ways, RescueTime can hurt your By pushing you towards efficient doing over planning, research and approach efforts.
If efficacy is your heart issue, then RescueTime is not for you. It'll only make matters worse.
Rather, I'd recommend reading a few of them books.
RescueTime continues to be an invaluable tool for me. It's not for everyone and has pitfalls and some feature quirks.
Nevertheless, the best thing it is supplied is perspective. It's easy to think that you just"work a ton" or are"not addicted to a phone" or"spend so much time composing" or are"barely ever on Facebook."
But the information doesn't lie. And using RescueTime to Get precise time data on your time will be able to assist your time is literally rescued by you and put your own life. Time Tool App
Click here to sign up for RescueTime today.


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Most know that insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas that helps regulate our blood sugar levels, the storage of our calories and can increase the storage of our fat.
I am hoping you can explain what is insulin-resistant metabolic syndrome. I know your book discusses it. I know your book discusses it and how does that relate to a women's overall heart health?
Dr. Nieca Goldberg:
Well, one of the chemicals that is secreted by glands all over our body and it's very interesting that they often affect areas of our body that are really remote from the glands from where they are secreted.
One of the issues is insulin -- a very important hormone as you mentioned -- works with the regulation of our blood sugar. However, when you are overweight and particularly when you gain weight around the middle, your blood sugar regulation gets a little more complicated.
Although you may have very high levels of insulin, the cells in the body seem unresponsive to the insulin's action because they're so overloaded with sugar.


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It's been a while since our last mailout, but it's been a busy couple of months!
Next GPTU committee meeting – WEDNESDAY 26th October, 7pm
Our next GPTU Committee meeting will be held next WEDNESDAY 26th October at 7pm. We will be meeting in Central London and members can also participate online via Google Hangouts.
All of our committee meetings are open to GPTU members. We will be discussing our campaigning over the next few months in the run-up to Spring Conference – so if you'd like to get involved or if you have any ideas, please come along!
Check this page for meeting venue and Google Hangouts details very soon, or get in touch to find out more.
Green Party at TUC Congress 2016
The Green Party, and the Green Party Trade Union Group, made an impact at this year's Trades Union Congress in Brighton, promoting the Green Party and its policies for workers' rights and Trade Unions.
Green Party co-Leader Jonathan Bartley spoke at the Congress and spoke about both the importance of Trade Unions, and about his wish to work with them to secure a progressive alliance for electoral reform.
Green Party unanimously opposes Trade Union Act and calls for new rights for unions to access workplaces
GPTU made an enormous splash at Green Party Autumn Conference, getting its two policies – which were ranked at the top of the agenda in 1st and 5th place – passed unaminously by Green Party members.
This means that the Green Party has overwhelmingly backed proposals to stand against the Conservatives' Trade Union Act and to give Trade Unions new rights to access workplaces.
We hope to see you on Wednesday, or at another event very soon!
In solidarity,
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France: More than 1,200 in custody after 'yellow vest' riots
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President Emmanuel Macron will speak to the French people after a fourth week of protests that have shaken the country. Unrest sparked by proposed fuel tax hikes has morphed into a general anti-government revolt. French authorities said on Sunday they … Read More


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Newhaven offers best value land at Piara Waters
The Sunday Times, Real Estate Lift-Out, 22 July 2018
Homebuyers are jumping at the chance to secure an affordable block of land in Newhaven at Piara Waters, with the Stockland community quickly becoming recognised for its value for money. Home sites at Newhaven start from $159,000 for a 188sqm block, which is $115,500 less than the median land price at Piara Waters of $274,500, according to data from reiwa.com.au. House and land packages at Newhaven start well below established homes within Piara Waters. According to reiwa.com.au, the median property price for a home is $515,000 in Piara Waters. This compares to house and land packages at Newhaven, which start from as low as $299,000 for a three-bedroom home.
Stockland WA general manager Col Dutton said Newhaven provided excellent value for money for first homebuyers through to downsizers, offering a fantastic opportunity to downsize their mortgage while upsizing their lifestyle.
"The affordability of land at Newhaven is attracting buyers right across the spectrum, from those taking their first steps on the property ladder to downsizers looking to reduce their mortgage and improve their lifestyle," he said. "Buyers are discovering they can build a new home that meets their exact specifications in a masterplanned community for a price more affordable than the surrounding area. "Newhaven also offers a range of other benefits, including being within walking distance of our retail town centre, schools, public transport and great recreational facilities, including Robot Park, which is great for the kids."
The community is less than a kilometre from the new Stockland Harrisdale Shopping Centre, which offers two supermarkets and 30 speciality shops, and is close to Piara Waters Primary School. For recreation, there are more than 13km of walkways and bike trails, as well as the Piara Waters sports oval and pavilion, which offers a world-class sporting facility for local cricket and football clubs. There also is a robot themed park which features a cubby house, climbing structures, a flying fox, slides and barbecue facilities, and a new dog adventure park is planned for 2019. Newhaven is close to Stockland's Calleya community in Banjup, which offers townhouses, completed homes and Aspire over 55s living to ensure all life stages are catered for.
For more information on Newhaven, visit the sales and information centre on the corner of Mason Road and Doryanthes Avenue at Piara Waters, call 135 263 or visit www.stockland.com.au/newhaven. The sales and information centre is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am-5pm and Mondays from 1-5pm.


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Well aware of environmental issues, EcoTree has set up several large projects to preserve and develop the biodiversity of its forests.
Forests are the main reservoir of plant and animal biodiversity worldwide. Forests alone contain about 50% of living species.
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The Ashtabula County District Library welcomes donations in memory of a loved one.
Donating a specific book
We want to ensure that donations meet the Library's needs as well as honor your loved one's memory. To that end, please contact the Library ahead of time before donating a specific book or other item. We'll work with you to select an appropriate title that meets the Library's needs.
Monetary donations
You can donate a cash amount directly to the library, recommending a subject area of interest to your loved one. The Library staff will help select a title using your donation, and a bookplate will be added to the item. The Library will let you know when the item is available for the public.
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DEEP TISSUE: This particular type of massage is for overworked and fatigued muscles. Deep Tissue is used to release chronic patterns of muscular tension. This massage uses slow strokes, direct pressure, or friction, usually on a focused problem area. The movements are directed across the grain of the muscles (cross-fiber friction). Strokes are applied w/ greater pressure and at deeper layers of the muscles than the traditional massage strokes.
NEUROMUSCULAR: Retrains damaged or affected muscles to release restrictions and imbalances caused by, for example: vehicle accidents, physical trauma, poor range of motion, Parkinson's, Muscular Dystrophy, MS, etc.
PARAFFIN WAX TREATMENT: Provides deep, sustained heat to the points of your hands and wrists/feet and ankles. This treatment signals your brain to naturally send more of the body's own lubricants to the joints/where it is needed.
HOT STONE MASSAGE: Thermo-therapy ... involves general application of warm stones (sometimes cool) in conjunction with deep tissue and/or relaxation massage or meridian therapy. Prolonged localized application of heat produces vasodilation and increases circulation of fluids in the area of focus. Increased circulation enhances the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the organs and nerve cells, as well as polarity balancing benefits derived from the stone's geomagnetism.
REFLEXOLOGY (Certified Foot Reflexologist): The principle of dividing the body into ten zones ... aiding us in our ability to locate the reflexes in the feet relative to every part of the body; organs, glands, nerves, etc. Reflexology is used to relieve many an ache or pain by removing obstructions i.e. energy blockages, and freeing circulation, thus giving tone to nerve and muscle tissue.
FULL BODY REFLEXOLOGY: Body alignment techniques from the top of your head to the tip of your toes i.e. hips, legs, low back, pelvis, sacrum, shoulder blades, tailbone, sciatic, neck, etc. Also unblocks body toxins (foot reflexology included),
ONCOLOGY MASSAGE: Massage for cancer - bodywork that is adapted to your particular cancer situation. Treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, as well as medications can all take a vast toll on the body. The goal of oncology massage is to enhance natural healing and support the body during the process. Oncology massage can actually assist your own body in the healing process and help to reconnect the mind, body & spirit.
CORPORATE CHAIR MASSAGE: A portable specialized chair for seated massage is used. Chair massage is often found in the work place where business individuals can receive the benefits of massage while fully clothed. Massage is a great way to reduce stress and bring healthy blood/energy to depleted areas of the body. With a few minutes if massage, the recipient will feel rejuvenated with a sense of well-being.
REIKI (ENERGY WORK) The Usui System of Natural Healing: This therapy supports the body's own energy; revitalizing body, mind and spirit. Reiki relieves fatigue and anxiety, accelerates the healing process after surgery, helps prevent and/or add relief to that "burnout" feeling. Reiki integrates easily into conventional healthcare as it has no contraindications, offers rapid stress reduction, facilitates the delivery of invasive interventions, and empowers physicians and patients alike with a simple effective technique of self-healing. Reiki is a non-invasive hand placement technique on your fully clothed body, and can be incorporated into any massage therapy modality.
FACE & SCALP: This massage includes the neck & shoulders. You've got to experience this to appreciate it. Relieves headaches, neck & back pain and generalized tension. Improves circulation, lifts energy levels, which improve concentration. Gives sense of general well-being and peacefullness. Releases pent up emotions ... the benefits are endless.
CRANIAL-SACRAL THERAPY: is a gentle, non-invasive method of evaluating and enhancing the function of a physiological body arrangement called the cranial-sacral system. This manual therapy enhances the body's natural healing process and has proven effective in treating a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction within the cranial-sacral system. This therapy can be incorporated in other massage therapy modalities.
MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE: Strokes applied are intended to stimulate the movement of the lymphatic fluids in order to assist the body in cleansing. This is a gentle, rhythmical technique that cleanses the connective tissue of inflammatory materials and toxins, enhances the activity of the immune system, reduces pain, and lowers the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. MLD assists in moving the lymph through the body.
EAR CANDLING: An ancient, natural, painless, non-invasive American Indian method of cleaning the ears.
CASTOR OIL PACKS: Castor oil has been used throughout the ages as a natural therapy ... applied externally in the form of packs, and is very popular with natural health practitioners. Castor oil packs are used to improve assimilation, elimination, and circulation; especially of the lymphatic system.
SHIATSU: Similar to accupressure; shiatsu concentrates on unblocking the flow of life energy and restoring balance to the meridians and organs in order to promote self-healing. This treatment brings about a sense of relaxation while stimulating blood and lymphatic flow. The benefits of this treatment may include pain relief and a strengthening of the body's resistance to dis-ease and dis-order.
I also do CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME techniques, as well as FIBROMYALGIA BODYWORK TECHNIQUES in which I am certified.
HOME VISITS to be considered at my discretion (for the homebound).
GIFT CERTIFICATES are available for any modality.
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Chinese PPC, or Pay per click advertising, is a great way to reach customers in China.
China offers great opportunities to UK businesses and already makes up a quarter of our exports.
ExtraDigital manages many international PPC campaigns and knows that this avenue can be a great way to reach customers overseas as well as increase awareness of your business and brand. However, to be successful the campaigns must closely match your business goals as well as the target audience.
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Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Lunch 12:00 – 1:00
Four, four-hour sessions scheduled at the convenience of the client
Exam dates for Level 2 Awards are scheduled for approximately three weeks after the final day of instruction typically from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Exams are offered monthly and students have up to one year to sit the exam. Students must register with Deborah Parker Wong three weeks in advance of a desired exam date.
More information about WSET Level 2 and 3 certifications can be found at –http://www.wsetglobal.com/qualifications/default.asp.
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We offer the FDA approved diamond microdermabrasion. natural diamonds- the toughest known substance to man polishes the skin and removes surface layer of dead skin cells. Although results are noticeable after just one session- we recommend a series of these treatments to produce best results.
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Most thorough microdermabrasion experience around in Norwich and Norfolk. Choose from our 8 Step or 11 step procedures.
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Diamond microdermabrasion-better than crystal mcrodermabrasion.
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2. No environmentally hazardous material to dispose of after each procedure.
3. No crystals left in the hair and clothes of both the patient and clinician.
4. No need to wear a particle mask or eye protection or remove contacts.
5. No crystals to cause irritation in eyes and airways after the procedures.
Who Can Benefit?
Diamond microdermabrasion offers benefits to anyone who wants to improve specific skin conditions and rejuvenate the overall health and appearance of their skin.
*Rejuvenates sun damaged skin - face, neck, shoulders, back, arms and legs
*Reduce age spots
*Minimize blotchy skin coloring
*Reduce acne and superficial scars from past injury.
*Extract blackheads and whiteheads
*Stretch marks
*Improve overall skin health
For people on the go, a exfoliation treatment using the Diamond medical microdermabrasion offers exceptional benefits. Ideal for a special event or as a program for overall skin rejuvenation, this treatment is non-invasive, painless and requires no downtime from work or social activities. Normal activities may be resumed immediately after treatment. Your skin is free of redness, irritation and particle contamination.
Who should not have it?
You should not have a microdermabrasion treatment if you have recent herpes outbreak, warts, active weeping acne (stages 3-4), active rosacea, unstable diabetes, auto-immune system disorders, recent laser surgery, recent start of Retin A, recent medium/ deep chemical peel, recent waxing, and if prone to hyper pigmentation. Active eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, vascular lesions (haemangiomas or "port-wine-stains) and telangiectases ("broken capillaries"). You must not have it if you are HIV or hepatitis B or C positive. Bleeding disorders, warfarin and aspirin therapy are relative contraindications. Accutane therapy should have been stopped at least 2 months before the procedures.
How often to have it?
Clients should come for a microdermabrasion session every two weeks. A proper skin care program combined with microdermabrasion is key and will augment and enhance the results of the treatment. A series of 6-12 treatments can be carried out. After this you can have maintenance treatments once every three months. The fact that microdermabrasion is performed in a series of treatments allows the clinician to gradually and safely take the skin to new levels of health and beauty without compromising its delicate nature.
What is oxygen facial?
After the microdermabrasion procedure, we apply a mask to your face and can turn up the oxygen flow in order to give you a complete "Oxygen Facial".
The oxygen oxidizes the oily sebum found inside the pores, helping to eliminate the oil as a food source for bacteria which have a role in active acne.
What preparation is necessary?
Stop following at least 5 days before and after the procedure
Chemical depilatories
Lofah sponges/facial brushes
Facial scurbs, masks
Alpha hydroxy/glycolic acid/salicylic products
Topical retinoids
Sulfur/sulfa medications
Benzoyl peroxide medications
No tanning of any kind during the series of treatments.
Do not wear make-up during the day of treatment.
What happens after the treatment?
1) Skin will be pink and renewed
2) Skin may be dry and flaky, it's a sign that the skin is repairing it self. Do not use Glycolic, RetinA, exfolients or astringents for five days after treatment.
3) Avoid direct exposures to the sun, sauna, hot tubs, Jacuzzi and tanning beds
4) Daily use of SPF 25 or higher is highly recommended.
5) Use the recommended After Care Products.
Experiencing initial dryness, flaking, and a feeling of a mild sunburn is a normal result of the procedure. Excessive swelling or pain must be reported, because it may indicate the onset of an infection. Combined UVA and UVB sun protection should be used to prevent potential hyper pigmentation. In addition, the skin should be kept well hydrated. Makeup can be applied immediately if there is no weeping in the treated area. You may experience some crusting from dried serum after aggressive microdermabrasion when performing superficial scar revision or stretch mark treatments.
Who performs the procedures?
Our trained aesthetician performs these procedures.
How much do you charge?
8 step protocol- £ 65 one area, £ 95 two areas, £ 25 per additional area.
11 step protocol-£ 95 per area, £ 40 per additional area.
Face, hands, neck and decolletage, half abdomen and half back are classed as one area each.


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Tanton, C; Johnson, AM; Macdowall, W; Datta, J; Clifton, S; Field, N; Mitchell, KR; Wellings, K; Sonnenberg, P; Mercer, CH; (2016) Forming new sex partnerships while overseas: findings from the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes & Lifestyles (Natsal-3). Sexually transmitted infections, 92 (6). pp. 415-23. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052459
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OBJECTIVES: Travelling away from home presents opportunities for new sexual partnerships, which may be associated with sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk. We examined the prevalence of, and factors associated with, reporting new sexual partner(s) while overseas, and whether this differed by partners' region of residence.
 METHODS: We analysed data from 12 530 men and women aged 16-74 years reporting ≥1 sexual partner(s) in the past 5 years in Britain's third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3), a probability survey undertaken 2010-2012.
 RESULTS: 9.2% (95% CI 8.3% to 10.1%) of men and 5.3% (4.8% to 5.8%) of women reported new sexual partner(s) while overseas in the past 5 years. This was strongly associated with higher partner numbers and other sexual and health risk behaviours. Among those with new partners while overseas, 72% of men and 58% of women reported partner(s) who were not UK residents. Compared with those having only UK partners while abroad, these people were more likely to identify as 'White Other' or 'Non-White' (vs White British ethnicity), report higher partner numbers, new partners from outside the UK while in the UK and paying for sex (men only) all in the past 5 years. There was no difference in reporting STI diagnosis/es during this time period.
 CONCLUSIONS: Reporting new partners while overseas was associated with a range of sexual risk behaviours. Advice on sexual health should be included as part of holistic health advice for all travellers, regardless of age, destination or reason for travel.

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|Spotted these Disney Springs banners this weekend over in the Marketplace. All of them use the "Coming Soon" theme; this one featuring that new indoor mall / awning-covered structure behind Planet Hollywood and the Coca-Cola store.
|This one features the new STK steakhouse.
|This one is an overview of the springs of Disney Springs. Interestingly, this features long-expired concept art since Mannequins is displayed as such without the outdoor dining and glass that now makes up the Morimoto structure.