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The 2012 summer Olympics will be held in London from July 27 to August 12. Then later in August, disabled athletes will gather in London for the Paralympic Games. Qualifying events have been under way, and paracyclists at last month's world championships have their sights set on London.
These athletes are at the top of their game. They faced off in Los Angeles in February for the Paracycling Track World Championships.
Craig Griffin, training director for the U.S. paracycling team, said most of these competitors have moved beyond their disabilities.
"They cope every day with everything that we do on a day-to-day basis and they do very well at it. So they've learned to adapt to opening a bag of potato chips, to hopping into a car, dealing with ill-fitting prosthetics," said Griffin.
More than 200 athletes from 33 countries competed in Los Angeles.
Many had lost limbs. Others are visually disabled and ride tandem with able-bodied riders. Solo cyclist Jennifer Schuble, an American, is the reigning gold medalist from the 500-meter event in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. She suffered a training injury at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and lost some of the feeling in her feet, but she said that cycling has let her return to competitive sports.
"I was a three-sport athlete at West Point. I played soccer and I ran indoor and outdoor track. And so being physically fit has always been part of my life, and with cycling, I'm able to clip my feet into the pedals," said Schuble.
American Sam Kavanagh, who lost his lower leg in a skiing accident seven years ago, says Europeans dominate paracycling and that the U.S. team will face tough competition.
"You've got your perennial favorites. When it comes to the [cycling] track, Great Britain's a pretty hard program to top. The Aussies always come flying. They're super strong. And you've got select athletes from other countries that have obviously upped the game," said Kavanagh.
Getting ready for the London games takes training and focus, says Sarah Storey, a British Paralympic gold medalist in both swimming and cycling. She was born with a deformity in her left hand.
"I think we're just going to continue the qualification period as strongly as we can, and then go straight back into training and start building up on the road again, and just trying to make sure that we're fitter and stronger and stay healthy all the way through the hopefully decent British summer, and then welcome the whole world to London," said Storey.
This summer in London, the world will be watching.


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DAEJEON, South Korea - Pope Francis agreed Friday to baptise the father of one the many students killed in South Korea's ferry disaster as he met with victims' relatives before a mass in the city of Daejeon.
"At the end of the meeting, the father of a boy killed in the accident... asked to be baptised," the pope's spokesman Federico Lombardi told reporters.
"The pope accepted," Lombardi said, adding that the ceremony would be conducted Saturday at the Vatican embassy in Seoul.
"It is highly symbolic that the Pope can baptise an adult Korean in a country that registers around 100,000 catholic baptisms a year," he added.
The Sewol ferry capsized on April 16 off South Korea's southern coast, with the loss of 300 lives, most of them high school students on an organised trip.
Francis held a private audience with eight Sewol survivors and two victims' relatives before conducting the mass in Daejeon's World Cup stadium - the first public event of his five-day visit to South Korea.
During the meeting, the relatives urged the pope to support their campaign for a full, independent inquiry into the Sewol sinking, which has largely been blamed on regulatory failings and negligence.
"We told him that we don't put any trust in what the government says and asked him to help us get a true picture of the disaster," said Kim Byeong-Kwon, a spokesman for the victims' families.
The relatives gave the pope an album of their dead children's photos, as well as a yellow-ribbon pin that he wore on his chest throughout the mass.
The yellow ribbon has become a memorial symbol for the ferry tragedy.
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"All individuals have the right to live a life free
from violence, exploitation, and victimization."
- Katie Rhoades, MSW Founding Director
Healing Action is committed to combating commercial sexual exploitation through a multi-system approach of creating awareness by sharing our experience/strength/hope with others, advocacy with/on behalf of survivors for programs and services needed to empower them, and healing action to create spaces where all can thrive.
United with our partners, we envision our communities free from exploitation.
It is virtually impossible to recognize the difference between forced prostitution and voluntary prostitution. All individuals who want out deserve a hand, regardless of how they got there.
The end to exploitation only happens when all members of our network work together to create spaces where all can thrive.
Individuals who have been involved with the sex trade have their own experiences that are unique to them. And therefore, their journey out should be just as unique.
Individuals who purchase sex fuel the market for commercial sexual exploitation.
We are one part of an interconnected network of people, institutions, and communities. The end of exploitation only happens when all members of our network work together to create spaces where all can thrive.
Healing Action was born of a Commercial Sexual Exploitation survivor's dream to provide services that didn't exist when trying to leave "the life."This dream was born over years which included Katie Rhoades, MSW Founder & Executive Director of Healing Action, earning her Master's Degree in Social Work of Washington University in St. Louis, and over years integrating herself deeply into the social service network of the St. Louis professional community and seeing major gaps in helping women viewed as members of the 'oldest profession.'
Four years ago, Katie Rhoades, MSW, began the actual work of Healing Action by developing and providing trauma-informed therapeutic services to other survivors in residential shelters and within other mental health programs across St. Louis. While also balancing a full time job, no funding, and no staff, Katie's education and advocacy work was also a voice to political leaders in the Greater St. Louis area and within the Missouri State Legislature. Rhoades started the organization as a way to educate her community, similar non-profits, and the government. Specifically, she worked on Missouri's Safe at Home Bill. The Safe at Home Bill provides, free of charge, post office boxes to victims of sex trafficking, so their abusers cannot locate them. Rhoades also recognizing that prostitution frequently occurs at hotels, trained many hotel staff teams to identify commercial sex. Thereby, Rhoades was successful in placing one more stopgap into the commercial sex trade.
In the fall of 2014, Rhoades and her business partner made a presentation to a private organization on how they could get involved with sex trafficking organizations. The organization decided that the best way to support the community was by giving Rhoades a chance to pitch her own vision for an organization. In the spring of 2015, Rhoades gave a presentation on her vision of what Healing Action would be. A second presentation detailed her multi-year strategic plan complete with budgets and financial resources. In September of 2015, Rhoades was awarded a three-year contracted partnership, which provided significant start up funding for her dream and vision, Healing Action.
After receiving the grant, Rhoades started a board of directors, hired key staff, and a Peer-to-Peer coordinator, Jennifer Hardy. The three women found a physical space for the organization and began creating programs, establishing partnerships with other St. Louis organizations, and preparing the Healing Action space for their new clients.
Healing Action has a unique opportunity to best serve and advocate for their clients. The Executive Director and the Peer-to-Peer Coordinator are former victims of sex trafficking. To best serve this population, "it is imperative to recognize the suffering, the victimization, and human rights violations that victims face." (Ren, 2013) Rhoades and Hardy are able to do this better than most because of their past experience combined with formal training.
At this time, Healing Action is in it's 1st year of operation. The staff is in the process of piloting programs to serve exploited women in commercial sex or in human trafficking. Healing Action recognizes that each client is different and has faced unique traumas. As a result, every plan is specific to the client – there is no "one size fits all" solution.
One of the most important pieces of Healing Action's mission is the idea that it is virtually impossible to distinguish forced prostitution from voluntary prostitution. Healing Action will help any person who wants to leave the commercial sex industry, regardless of how they got there. Healing Action believes that exploitation will only end when all members of our community network work together to create safe spaces where all people can thrive.
Katie currently holds a Master in Social Work from Washington University in Saint Louis, as well as a Bachelor in Social Work from Metropolitan State University. Since 2005, Katie has been raising awareness about commercial sexual exploitation through speaking about her own experience as a survivor, mentoring other survivors and consulting with agencies that support victims of violence.
Jennifer joined our team in November 2015 as our Peer Support Coordinator. She became passionate about helping other women after she was able to exit her own life of exploitation several years ago. Jennifer earned the title of Certified Missouri Peer Specialist in 2015 and is passionate about sharing her experience, strength, and hope with the community and other survivors of exploitation.
Joining our team in November 2016, Jason brings forward a passion for helping others, using interpersonal relationships as well as a stroke of technological know how to support the women, staff and organization as a whole.
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Dana joined Healing Action as a member in December of 2016. In January of 2017 she entered into the long-term supportive housing called RENT, Recovery Environment for a New Transition. In February, Dana started working in the office under our Survivor Leadership Program and since then has graduated to Leadership Intern. Dana has also become a Certified Missouri Peer Specialist through the Missouri Department of Mental Health. She currently works closely with the Development Team and is considered the "concierge" to our members. She is passionate about using her own story and life experience to help the other members become empowered survivors.


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Economics is the study of how people manage scarce resources. Economics is a broad discipline that encompasses a wide range of topics. Microeconomics examines the choices and decisions of consumers and firms. Macroeconomics explores economy-wide issues such as unemployment, inflation, and economic growth and their impact on individuals and firms. The study of economics combines a high degree of analytical rigor with economic concepts that impart general skills applicable in many areas including business, government, education, not-for-profits, research, and consulting. An undergraduate economics degree is also excellent preparation for graduate study in economics, law, and business administration.
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Latest Issue
In the latest issue of Realty we look at the new provisions impacting directly on the real estate sector from the Queens Speech, plus what happens if a contract of sale is signed by one of two joint purchasers and not the other. We also look at property VAT and a variety of other topics that we hope you will find of interest.
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New provisions impacting on the real estate sector
Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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- Make major changes to the way land is valued in connection with the installation of new communications equipment, giving communications providers (both fixed and mobile) similar rights to other utility providers;
- Remove the ability to contract out of its terms;
- Move the dispute resolution process from the ordinary Courts to specialist tribunals; and
- Allow communications providers fast interim access to a site in some circumstances.
The detail of the proposed legislation remains to be seen, but if it follows the Law Commission's recommendations it is expected that the reforms will:
- Allow both the benefit and burden of positive obligations to be enforced by and against subsequent owners. Currently, only obligations that are restrictive in nature automatically run with the land;
- Simplify and clarify the rules on the acquisition of easements over time;
- Provide more flexibility to developers to establish interconnected rights and obligations over parcels of land in larger development schemes.
- Expand the jurisdiction of the Lands Tribunal over the discharge and modification of easements.
All sign together: What happens if a contract of sale is signed by one of two joint purchasers and not the other?
Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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So what happens if a contract of sale is signed by one of two joint purchasers and not the other?
Can it be enforced or is it invalid? The two names of the purchaser will be on the document but only one has signed. Is the one who has signed still bound by it or is the deed invalid?
In the recent case of Marlbray Ltd v Laditi and another [2016] EWCA Civ 476, the Court of Appeal held that where a husband had signed an 'instruction memorandum' to instruct a solicitor to act on behalf of him and his wife in relation to the purchase of an 'aparthotel' and had signed a contract for the grant of a long lease, although the documents had not been signed by his wife, the contract was still valid. It was irrelevant that the husband had not intended to proceed without his wife being a party to the agreement.
The Court stressed that there was no rule that said whether a contract would be valid where it was intended at the time of signing the contract that another party would be a joint purchaser. The Court of Appeal held that there was no "universal rule" and the validity of the contract would depend on the intention of the parties as ascertained on an objective basis from the factual matrix in existence at the time of the contract.
In the words of Lady Justice Gloster:
"Whether or not a valid contract has come into force as between A and B, both of whom have signed the contract, notwithstanding that contemplated party C has not signed the contract, will depend on the common intention of the parties as may be objectively ascertained from the circumstances surrounding the transaction."
In this particular case, the husband had also paid deposits in the sum of £78,750. The couple sought to claim that the contract was invalid upon discovering that they were unable to obtain a mortgage to fund the remainder of the purchase price and following the developer having served a notice to rescind the contract and forfeit the deposit.
Thus a contract signed by one of joint purchasers alone could still satisfy the formalities of section 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 and the developer was entitled to retain the deposit paid by the husband.
There are a number of important lessons in this:
- Ensure that you are able to obtain the required funds prior to entering into a contract to purchase a property;
- Do not sign a contract on behalf of another - even your spouse - without clear authority;
- As there is no universal rule as to the validity of a contract in these circumstances, do not assume that you or your client can avoid liability under a contract where an additional party has not signed;
- Ensure that clients are aware that on signing a contract prior to it being signed by a joint party (or in the belief that s/he is doing so on behalf of the other party) there is a risk of the signing party incurring the entire liability alone.
Property VAT - sale and leaseback of care home did not trigger a VAT charge
Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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We look at the case of Balhousie Holdings Limited v HMRC [2016] UKFTT 0377, where the sale and leaseback to finance the acquisition of a zero-rated care home did not trigger a "change of use" VAT charge.
Charities and providers of residential care homes (amongst others) can acquire newly constructed buildings without having to pay VAT provided they certify that the building will be used for a "relevant residential" or a "relevant charitable" purpose. If the conditions are satisfied the acquisition should be "zero-rated" for VAT purposes.
There may however be a 20% VAT charge if the building is subsequently sold, or its use changes, at any time within the following ten years.
The VAT charge is designed to claw back some or all of the benefit that was originally obtained from the acquisition being zero-rated. The charge diminishes over the ten year period, depending on when the sale or change of use arises, and falls on the charity/care home provider by way of a deemed self-supply.
The First-tier Tribunal decision
In order to finance the acquisition of three new care homes, the taxpayer entered into a sale and leaseback of the newly completed buildings with a third party funder. HMRC argued that the sale transaction was a stand-alone event that triggered the VAT charge described above. The taxpayer argued that the sale should not be considered in isolation, and given that it merely formed part of the wider sale and leaseback arrangement (under which the care home provider continued to occupy the buildings for the purpose of providing residential care) the VAT charge shouldn't arise.
The First-tier Tax Tribunal agreed with the taxpayer and held that the VAT charge didn't arise on the facts. The sale and leaseback were interdependent transactions, provided for within a single agreement, and should be viewed as a single composite transaction. As a result, the taxpayer did not "dispose of its entire interest", and the care home continued to be occupied as such throughout. There was seen to be no sale or change of use of the building. The Tribunal ignored the fact that there was technically a fraction of a second during which the taxpayer did not have an interest in the property.
The decision is a sensible one and means that commercial sale and leaseback transactions, which are often used to finance acquisitions in preference to bank borrowing, should not trigger the VAT charge described above in relation to VAT zero-rated charitable and residential buildings.
Need advice or wish to talk to us?
If you like to discuss any property taxation matters please do not hesitate to contact our tax expert Mark Whiteside:
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Housing (Wales) Act
Tuesday 8th March 2016
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The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (the Act) deals with a range of subjects connected with housing and has core aims of improving the supply, quality and standard of homes in Wales.
The main area covered by the Act is the establishment of a new regime requiring the registration and licensing of private landlords and managing agents involved in residential lettings in Wales. Registration and licensing are treated as two entirely separate concepts under the Act and shall be discussed in turn. This regime came into force on 23 November 2015 and landlords have a year to comply with its obligations, failure to do so will be a criminal offence with a maximum fine of £1000.
All private sector landlords must be registered with Rent Smart Wales. For the purposes of the Act a landlord is the person who is entitled to possession of the property, which in most cases will be the owner. A landlord could therefore be a group of people where one lead owner must register on behalf of the others, or a company where the company will need to register. All properties in Wales that are let under an assured, assured shorthold or Rent Act 1977 tenancy must be included in an application for registration.
There is a positive obligation on each landlord to ensure that all details of their properties are kept up-to-date. This includes any change in name, address or contact information provided as part of registration and any change of interest that the landlord has with the property, failure to notify a change can result in a £250 fine. A landlord will have 28 days from the date of acquiring their interest in the property to notify Rent Smart. Registration will last for 5 years after which time the landlord must re-register.
Registration can be done online and will cost £33.50. There is an increased fee of £80.50 for paper applications. This figure will remain the same regardless of how many properties are being registered.
The Act requires all those carrying on letting or property management activities to have a licence. Whether it will be for the landlord or a managing agent to obtain such a licence will depend on the nature of the work that they carry out at the rental property.
Letting activities consist of the following:
arranging or conducting viewings with prospective tenants;
gathering evidence for the purposes of establishing the suitability of prospective tenants;
preparing or arranging the preparation of a tenancy agreement; or
- preparing or arranging the preparation of an inventory for the dwelling or condition of schedule for the dwelling.
Management activities consist of the following:
collecting rent;
being the principal point of contact for the tenant in relation to matters arising under the tenancy;
making arrangements with a person to carry out repairs or maintenance;
making arrangements with a tenant or occupier of the dwelling to secure access to the dwelling for any purpose;
checking the contents or condition of the dwelling, or arranging for them to be checked; or
- serving a notice to terminate a tenancy.
A landlord who carries out any of the above will be considered a 'self-letting or managing landlord' and will require a landlord license. This will apply to landlord's who intend to manage their own portfolio of properties and the cost is currently £144.
Any third party who contracts with a landlord to carry out any of the above duties on their behalf will need to obtain an agent's licence. An agent's licence will cost £3,728 if done online or £4,368 if done by paper and it will be an offence for a landlord to appoint or continue to allow a person to undertake lettings work if the landlord knows, or should know, that the person concerned does not hold a licence.
Licensing applications can be found here and must be sent to Rent Smart Wales where they shall assess whether the landlord or agent is 'fit and proper', usually by looking at any relevant previous convictions made against them, and that suitable training has been completed. The training is likely to be based on the current Landlord Accreditation Wales and will be provided by Rent Smart Wales, the costs involved are still to be confirmed.
It is advised for landlords to obtain a licence even if they are using a managing agent. This provides the freedom to carry out letting or property management activities including arranging for repairs and maintenance during the tenancy and checking the condition of the property at the end of the tenancy.
The requirement for registration and licensing will not apply for any of the following circumstances:
any property which is not considered to be an assured, assured shorthold or Rent Act 1977 tenancy;
where an application for registration or licensing has been made but not yet determined;
if the landlord is a social landlord or fully mutual housing association; or
- if a landlord is taking steps to recover possession of the dwelling within 28 days of acquiring an interest in it.
It is expected that these legislative changes will seek to address a perceived imbalance between the roles of landlord and tenant. The Welsh Government will have a greater degree of control on housing and look to impose a higher standard of service on landlords. How the regulations hold up in practice will not be seen until they become compulsory after the autumn of 2016.
Stamp Duty Land Tax - Holding Over: Are you failing to report? The repercussions may affect individuals too
Tuesday 8th March 2016
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It is now over 12 years since Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) superseded Stamp Duty. While the latter was a duty payable on documents, SDLT is a self-assessed tax payable by an individual or company, and the rules can be complicated.
If a company repeatedly fails to file a tax return on time or pay any tax due, HMRC may investigate the company's whole tax history, including tax records filed by individual members of that company – Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, VAT and Income Tax.
So it is important that you get the facts right, and file on time, to avoid fixed financial penalties and penalty interest… and to avoid HMRC investigating other tax issues.
If your Company is holding over under an SDLT lease (granted on or after 1 December 2003) there is a statutory obligation to report this to HMRC in certain circumstances, but many companies are falling foul of the rules, and failing to make additional disclosures.
If you are holding over under a SDLT lease and tax was already payable, there is strong possibility that this will be notifiable – have you filed a further return yet?
What you need to do now
review your property portfolio to check if you are still in occupation under any leases granted on or after 1 December 2003;
maintain a diary facility to alert you when SDLT leases will expire;
- file a return if necessary – you may already be subject to late submission fixed penalties and penalty interest.
How we can help
We can review your SDLT Holding Over leases and assess whether a further return needs to be filed and submit this on your behalf.
It is worth remembering that HMRC will already hold details of the original lease, including its expiry date, and has the information available to check whether tenants are still in occupation and so holding over.
If you would like any further information about this or to discuss how we can help you please contact:
Karen Stanley
Conveyancing Executive
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MIPIM - International Property Event 15-18 March 2016
Tuesday 8th March 2016
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Break clauses in commercial leases: No implied term to apportion rent
Thursday 10th December 2015
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In our Realty Newsletter (Issue 12) we look at break clauses in commercial leases, with the recent Supreme Court decision of Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas. We also focus on the Deregulation Act 2015 and its implications for residential landlords, plus a selection of other articles which we hope you will find of interest.
Break clauses in commercial leases: No implied term to apportion rent
The Deregulation Act 2015 - what does it mean for residential landlords?
A look at the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations
Chancel repair liability – medieval madness continues to reign
Other articles of interest:
Protecting tenants against forfeiture for breaches of repairing covenants
Deferred Prosecution Agreements – a cost of doing business?
Shale gas planning applications to be fast-tracked
MIPIM - A look at the forthcoming property fair on 10-13 March
Monday 9th March 2015
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Once again, Brabners will be supporting Liverpool's attendance at MIPIM.
We have been involved from the very early stages in discussions with Liverpool Vision, Liverpool City Council and Marketing Liverpool about Liverpool's presence at MIPIM in 2015. With Brabners being represented on the Steering Committee, which helps design the whole programme for MIPIM 2015, we have been involved in the organisation of this year's attendance since MIPIM last year. During this time, we have forged strong relationships with the public sector as well as many in the private sector.
There is now to be a strong and focused presence at MIPIM presenting what Liverpool has to offer as an investment opportunity.
Currently, the key sponsors who have committed to sponsor this year's event along with us are:
- Active Profile
- Arup
- Bruntwood
- City Residential
- Colliers
- Countryside
- Curtins
- Deloitte
- Downing
- Falconer Chester Hall
- Glenbrook
- Grosvenor
- Harcourt
- Innov8
- Liverpool Airport
- Liverpool BID
- Liverpool & Sefton Chambers of Commerce
- Peel
- Pochin
- Redrow
MIPIM is split into 4 key areas:
- Exhibition
- Conference
- Networking
- Events
Being part of the team of sponsors for this event we get access to all key events during MIPIM including conferences and other networking events such as a Delegation and Leadership networking event, a Regional Debate hosted by Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson and the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council Sir Howard Bernstein and a Northern Powerhouse event with Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Liverpool Chief Executives.
Organised by Reed MIDEM, MIPIM has been a key conference, exhibition, networking and transaction event in the agendas of the world's top real estate players since 1990 when it was launched in Cannes by Reed MIDEM with 2,973 participants and 837 companies from 22 countries. More than 20 years later, MIPIM gathers 19,400 unique participants and 6,800 companies from 83 countries. The idea being to reward the world's most ambitious and innovative projects from the real estate industry.
It is the world's leading property market bringing together the most influential players from all international property sectors - office, residential, retail, healthcare, sport, logistics and industrial, offering unrivalled access to the greatest number of development projects and sources of capital worldwide.
The Brabners team will comprise 3 partners from the Real Estate team, enabling us to maximise the opportunities which come from this event and building on the success of past events.
To view the full programme of conferences and events at MIPIM, please click here.
If you would more information or to discuss any property matter you may have please contact:
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The Scope of the Retainer
Monday 9th March 2015
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A solicitor is often only as good as the information or instructions provided to him or her. Two recent cases highlight the importance of ensuring that solicitors are correctly instructed and show how it is not always possible to fall back on a claim in negligence. Thus, clients need to ensure instructions are both accurate and full and should not rely on being able to fall back on a claim in negligence.
In the case of Hodgson v Richard Wilson Solicitors (formerly Richard Wilson & Co) [2015] EWHC 2015 (TCC), solicitors were instructed to act in a construction dispute. However, the solicitors were not instructed in relation to proceedings against certain third parties and the limitation period in relation to a claim against those third parties subsequently expired. The Court was asked to decide whether the solicitors retainer extended to cover a duty to advise in relation to the limitation period in the claims against third parties. The Court held that a solicitor was not under a general obligation to advise on issues outside its retainer unless it became aware of a risk or potential risk to the clients. Moreover, it was acknowledged that an inexperienced client might be owed a greater duty than an experienced business man.
In the earlier case of Rentakill Initial 1927 Plc –v- Goodman Derrick LLP [2014] EWHC 2994(Ch) Goodman Derrick LLP, a firm of solicitors, were instructed to draft a conditional contract for the sale of property.
Unfortunately, a formatting error in producing the contract later led to a dispute in relation to whether the buyers were able to walk away from the contract. The dispute was later settled and the seller sued its solicitors as a result of the defective wording. The Court was required to decide whether or not the solicitors had failed to advise the client properly.
The seller was a commercial client that would have been familiar with property documents. The solicitors had not been instructed to advise on the commercial aspects of the transaction and it was found that the sophisticated client understood the risks of a conditional contract and the importance of the conditions. The Claimant's solicitors had not alerted it to the risks. Indeed, the solicitors only advised by letter providing a brief summary of the contract.
In this case, as the clients were sophisticated commercial property clients, the Court decided that it was not necessary for the solicitors to undertake a "line by line analysis of the contract for the seller's benefit".
These recent cases are a useful reminder, of the importance of ensuring that the instructions to a solicitor are clear as the precise scope of the professional duty depends on the extent to which a client appears to need advice. The more experienced and business savvy the client may be, the more important it is for that client to peruse and consider the terms of any legal document.
Whilst considering the above, it is worth a reminder of the words of Mr Justice Laddie in the case of Credit Lyonnais –v- Russell Jones & Walker [2002](CWHC 1310) where he stated:-
"A solicitor('s) duties are defined by the terms of the agreed retainer. …. He is under no obligation to expend time and effort on issues outside the retainer".
It is therefore essential that a client ensures that all concerns are brought to the attention of the solicitor, otherwise, the client is unlikely to have any recourse to a claim in negligence.
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me or My Solar Panels
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Realty - Issue 11
Renting out your rooftop for solar panels
With solar panels spreading across the rooftops of the country, leasing out a rooftop is becoming increasingly common.
It has never been so important to consider environmentally friendly and cost effective ways of powering your home and it seems as though the nation are jumping at the chance to do just that by allowing solar panel providers to use their rooftops.
Here is how it works:
A Homeowner enters into a lease with the solar panel provider who then installs the panels onto the roof and will continue to own and maintain them. The homeowners therefore avoid the cost of buying and maintaining the panels and the lease usually allows them the benefit of free power produced by the panels which could save them significant sums each year.
The solar panel providers will usually install far more panels than would be needed to power the house to which they are attached so they are able to sell any excess energy for profit to the energy companies.
The homeowner will need to have obtained building regulations consent before the panels are installed and if there is a mortgage on the property, seek the permission of the lender. It is worth noting that some lenders are often reluctant to provide consent.
Whilst this all sounds very positive, going green whilst saving a few pounds, homeowners seem less aware about the downsides. For example, there may be penalties for terminating the lease early. There are other things to keep in mind too, like whether the homeowner should have a structural survey of the property due to the extra weight on the roof plus the fact that the homeowners may be restricted as to how often they can carry out maintenance works to the roof. Homeowners should also remember that the solar panel providers will need regular access to maintain the panels which could prove disruptive.
The lease may also effect the saleability of the property. Opinions vary on the desirability of solar panels and this may also put off some buyers, particularly those who may struggle to get their mortgage lender's consent to buy a house with panels already in place.
But don't let the drawbacks mean the sun goes down on you or your solar panels. As long as you are aware of all the issues and protect yourself, there is no reason why, with a bit of forward planning, you can't save money on your energy bills and get that green feel good factor at the same time!
If you would like more information or wish to discuss any issues you may have regarding solar panels on your property please contact:
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proceed east from Rt 60 at Cumberland Courthouse down Rt 600 to Rt 642. Go right/west on Rt 642 to Rt 641.
Go left/south to Rt 641 approximately 1/2 mile. Cemetery is on the left/east side of Rt 641.
The cemetery is walled, gated, & marked as "Booker Cemetery". It is situated on the old Woodside land, which was the home of Revolutionary War Sgt Edward Booker and wife Edith Cobb Anderson.
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I walked this cemetery in 2004. This includes all existing and legible markers and stones at that time. Cemetery was in good condition.
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Booker, E. Nash, d. 1838
Booker, Fannie Munford, b. 1884, d. 1904, daughter of Rev GE & FE Booker
Booker, Frances Eubank, b. 1850, d. 1940, wife of Rev G.E. Booker
Booker, Rev George E., D.D., b. 1828, d. 1899
Smith, Rev George E. B., b. 1871, d. 1915, son of William James Smith & Virginia Morgan Booker
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I raised an eyebrow when I saw the title of a FierceCMO opinion piece: 3 reasons to stop A/B and multivariate testing.
It's not that I hadn't heard objections to testing before. Before coming to us, many of our clients found testing difficult to do correctly and prohibitively expensive. But no one we've run into has thought testing was a bad idea per se.
In this data-driven world, I would have thought everyone had run across an outcome of testing that was counterintuitive. Or, at least, a mild surprise. Who is so bold to claim they know which approach will outperform all others, in all cases?
I'd propose that you only stop testing if you are content with your campaigns' results and your own career trajectory. And if the rationale given in this post makes you want to stop, you might be doing it wrong.
Let's take the objections point by point.
"ʽA/B and multivariate testing involve sending traffic to poorly performing pages as a part of the testing process, in order to determine which pages are the best-performing,' Dan Gilmartin, CMO at BlueConic, pointed out."
In a well-designed A/B test, you may be testing a high-performing page against an iteration in order to understand artifacts that influence your audience. If your original experience is a good one (and it should be) there will not be a "poorly" performing page in the test.
"By definition, A/B testing means showing certain sections of your audience lesser content."
Not lesser content, just different. For example, if we find that using the word "FREE" in a headline outperforms the control (identical headline without "FREE"), then we can stand to gain more conversions. Testing imagery can also impact conversions. These small changes can have significant impact, and it's a stretch to say, in this case, there is lesser content.
"If you're consistently putting out excellent product, maybe the difference between your best and bestest content is negligible."
"Negligible" can be a dangerous word when discussing increased conversion rates. "Negligible" is related to the overall traffic number. A 1% lift in conversion for a site that gets 10 million hits is significant, especially in RPL models.
"It doesn't put your best foot forward."
If you have a best foot, by all means put it forward. The fact is that most brands don't always know what will work or won't. Even when they think they have a "winner," they fail to imagine the intricacies of the consumer experience.
"Instead [of testing], marketers should consider real-time optimization."
A/B testing and real-time optimization are not mutually exclusive. Real-time optimization is great — but it's not a multi-channel solution.
What's more, after a test, you can regret that you have sacrificed some views and opens — or you can rejoice that you now know what does and doesn't work. You learn for next time. You are in a process of continuous improvement.
The risk isn't nearly as high as the poster suggests. We typically recommend clients put 80% of their investment into their tried-and-true approach and invest 20% in R&D and testing. This provides balance for hitting the sweet spot and allows you to improve. We'd argue that the risk is in not testing.
And we'd hardly settle for just two tests, A and B. We recommend multiple simultaneous tests, within the 20%. The more tests, the more you learn. And once you have a winner you don't stop testing. You continue to invest 20% (not 50%).
"It wastes time."
It's not difficult to monitor the lift in conversion vs. duration and make the call to switch to the higher-performing creative when the lift is significant. Real-time A/B platforms will do this automatically. The "extended time to conversion" would be made up with the higher-performing iteration. The A/B test after that (you'd never stop testing) could result in further improvements.
If your testing strategy takes too much time, I think that is an indictment of your agency, not testing. We can get results very quickly and change things on the fly — if not always in real time.
"It's limited."
The author argues that testing strategies "test the average online visitor, not any targeted individuals or specific segments." I'm not sure why he believes this. With proper segmentation and media planning, you can test all performance variables — creative, segments and offer.
In the end, we can agree that "Marketers need to aim instead for defining audiences and segmenting them into several complex categories that can yield a much deeper understanding of who the customer is and what they need, making it possible to better target messages, offers and content."
You can see that we're passionate about testing here at HackerAgency! We've been doing multivariate testing since our beginnings — long before digital — and consider all the learning from it essential to our success. We'd truly hate to see anyone dismiss testing as dangerous or wasteful when the data says exactly the opposite.


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In Chapter 11, Wladyslaw had to move once again. This time, he and the others had to share rooms with only essential elements. The first night there, he had a dream that his brother came up to him and told him, "We are dead now." The next day, during work, there was another selection.
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MapSketch of the battle of Fredericksburg, Dezember [i.e. December] 13th, 1862 Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) over a 2-inch pencil grid on gray tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H123 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes index to Confederate divisions' positions. In pencil on verso: 95.
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Here, we bring you some of the rich kids of famous Bollywood celebs who can give a tough competition to the billionaires around the world. Latest news from Entertainment News Desk
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The old adage "There's nothing new under the sun" might not seem applicable to the technology industry, where so much innovation takes place. But sometimes it is very applicable.
Case in point: Muse, a new online tool Adobe has launched which is supposed to make it easy to "design and publish HTML websites without writing code."
The tool is, not surprisingly, targeted at visual designers who can't or don't want to whip up HTML and CSS code themselves.
According to Adobe's Jane Brady:
What we're seeing is that the tools that have been made available for designers to be able to create digital experiences require people to learn code. And most designers either don't want to, or they're not interested--or they've learned, and it's just not the way their brain works.
What they kept telling us is that they want to be able to create a Web site or other kinds of digital content as easily as if they're working in InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop."
Muse, which is a standalone application that runs on Adobe AIR and costs $20/month, does function in many ways like other Creative Suite products. Indeed, it shares a number of layout tools that will be familiar to anyone who uses InDesign or Photoshop.
Given this, one might argue that Muse is just a prettier version of existing WYSIWYG web editors, like Adobe's own Dreamweaver. But unlike Dreamweaver, Muse is much more a design tool than an editing/production tool. In this regard, it's sort of like what Microsoft FrontPage would have been if Microsoft had design chops.
That probably conjures up all sorts of negative connotations. Fair or not? Adobe, to its credit, readily admits that Muse isn't for anyone. Its FAQ states:
The assumption is that if Muse can't do all of it, then the entire site needs to be redone with everything hand-coded. That's generally not the case, but it would clearly depend on the specific needs of the site.
Today Muse is a great tool for creating websites with high quality visual design and no CMS integration... Muse today can only create a subset of all the possible websites. However, for website in that subset, it's a far more efficient tool than hand coding.
The lack of CMS integration is a pretty big deal. A significant number of individuals and businesses use CMSes like WordPress today, and that number is only going to increase for obvious reasons.
But even for websites that don't require CMS integration, the viability of a tool like Muse is questionable. Deservedly, WYSIWYG editors don't have the best reputation, and the notion that Muse can translate create complex visual layouts into clean, standards-compliant, optimized, cross-browser compatible code seems suspect. Case in point: the Muse homepage, which was apparently generated by Muse, fails W3C validation, and more importantly, is filled with nested divs, many of which don't appear necessary on first glance.
This notwithstanding, I'm sure many visual designers would gladly pay Adobe $20/month for a tool that can turn their designs into working HTML, but the WYSIWYG paradigm has already come and gone.
Larger organizations employ front-end folks to turn designs into functional websites and for indie designers and small businesses, there are countless 'PSD-to-HTML' which offer cost-effective conversions. So at the end of the day, Muse looks like a fairly slick solution to a problem that doesn't really exist anymore.
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My main concern is simply that designing for print is completely different to designing for the web! The release of Adobe Muse just seems to show that a lot of people still don't realise this.
I've got a feeling Adobe Muse will just end up on the pile of other WYSIWYG editors which came before it.
Just what we don't need as designers - more DIY software! And then they'll ask agencies and designers why they are not getting the traffic!
And will Muse allow design for mobiles? I won't be holding my breath!


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Ways to Lower Liver Enzymes
Liver Functions
The liver is one of the most important organs in the human body. It is also the largest organ and is situated below the ribcage, above the abdomen. This organ uses thousands of enzymes to perform essential chemical processes.
The liver has many functions, including:
- Remove toxins from our body and clean the blood.
- Help with food digestion.
- Produce enzymes including digestive liquid called bile.
- Control the flow of urine.
- Store important vitamins, minerals, and nutrients.
- Help with blood clotting.
In this article we will take a detailed look at liver enzymes, the causes and symptoms of the increased enzymes, ways to lower these levels, and ways to keep enzyme levels healthy.
Please note: This article is for general information only and should not be used as an alternative or substitute for medical advice from your own doctor or other health care professionals. Always consult your GP or health professional if you are concerned about your health in any way. I wrote this and other articles about liver health after a friend experienced liver failure. I researched liver health and am now sharing some of what I found with you.
Liver Enzymes and Why They Increase
The most common enzymes produced by the liver are aspartate transaminase enzymes (AST) and alanine transaminase enzymes (ALT). These are known together as transaminases.
The liver also produces alkaline phosphatase (AP) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), which are known together as cholestatic liver enzymes.
When the liver is damaged, overworked, or diseased its walls become perforated. As a result of this, the enzymes escape the liver and enter the bloodstream. Therefore, if increased liver enzymes are detected in a blood test means that the liver is under some form of stress.
A high level of liver enzymes does not necessarily mean that the liver is producing excessive enzymes. It may be simply that the level of liver enzymes present in blood has increased. This does, however, indicate that the liver is under excessive strain. A doctor can determine the source of the problem. A doctor will consider the medicines the person takes, their symptoms, and other factors before making a diagnosis. It is good to sit with your doctor and understand why your liver enzymes have increased, as this will help you to understand how to care for your liver and avoid further damage.
Some Reasons Why Liver Enzymes Increase
- Hepatitis A, B
- Hepatitis C
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Obesity (in some cases)
- Alcohol abuse
- Medicines taken for pain relief
- Medicines to control cholesterol levels
- Cardiovascular drugs
- Anti-seizure medicines
- Fatty liver
- Thyroid problems
- Auto immune diseases
- Celiac disease
- Inflammation of the gall bladder
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Infections
- Diabetes
- Muscular disorders
- High intake of salt and herbal supplements
- Liver cancer
Symptoms of Liver Strain
The symptoms for increase in liver enzymes are not always obvious. They include:
- Jaundice, including yellowing of eyes and skin.
- Dark urine, high temperature, nausea, and weakness even after drinking lots of water.
- Cirrhosis of the liver.
- Fatty liver.
- Hepatitis.
- Pain in the lower right side of the chest.
- Brown patches on the skin.
Bringing Enzyme Levels Down
In order to bring dangerously high enzyme levels down, one must be really careful about what they eat and drink. Whatever we consume is digested or processed with the help of the liver. As a result of this, unhealthy and harmful food or drinks can be damaging to the liver.
One must also have a proper diagnosis and treatment from their doctor in order to lower the liver enzymes. Once a diagnosis is made, it is best to have liver function tests (LFT) done once every six months, or even more frequently, as advised by your doctor or health professional until the liver enzymes go back to a normal level.
There are various ways in which one can lower liver enzymes:
- Milk thistle, a herb that protects liver cells, and dandelion help with detoxing the body and hence will help to improve the health of the liver. It is good to take these after consulting your dietician and doctor. Also get them from an approved and trustworthy health store.
- Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables that are rich in antioxidants, as these will help reduce the toxin levels in the liver.
- Avoid any drugs or medicines that are not prescribed to you by your doctor.
- Even ibuprofen and aspirin can be damaging to the liver, so it is best to consult your doctor regarding an alternative for pain relief.
- Stop drinking alcohol completely for speedy recovery. Even after a complete cure, it is best not to consume alcohol at all. If you do, consume it rarely and in limited amounts as the level of enzymes can increase anytime again.
- There are so many toxins in polluted air. For example cigarette smoke, paint fumes, burnt rubber and other chemicals. One needs to stay away from these toxins as they affect the liver.
- With the help and advice of a dietician, nutritionist, or your doctor, try your best to take herbal remedies rather than other drugs to lower the level of liver enzymes.
- Take Vitamin B12 and Coenzyme Q10 (with your doctor's approval), as they help with rebuilding the damaged cells in the liver.
- It is good to be active, so that the body gets some mild exercise. Sometimes obesity is the cause of increase in level of liver enzymes. It is good to lose some weight gradually and not rapidly, for example, two pounds a week. Even a brisk walk or jogging for 30 minutes will help improve the blood circulation and bring new blood to the liver.
- Avoid foods that contain fat.
- Increase carbohydrate intake.
- Eat vegetables that are rich in proteins.
- Get enough sleep and rest, as this is very important for the damage to repair by regenerating new cells.
- Never take medicine or herbs without your doctor's approval, as even some herbal remedies can be harmful to the liver.
- It is good to sit with your dietician or nutritionist and ask them for a diet plan that you can follow and which will help improve the health and function of the liver.
- Avoid caffeine or at least limit caffeine intake.
- Drink water (at least eight glasses a day) as this helps with flushing the toxins out of the body.
- Avoid salt intake, red meat, oil, and spices
- Discuss with your doctor any other drugs you are using, for example, for lowering cholesterol or other drugs, and ask to see if you can stop them.
How Long Will it Take to Restore Enzyme Levels?
The time it takes for the liver enzyme level to get back to normal depends on each person and the severity of the condition of liver and health. It usually gets lowered in a few weeks (4 to 8) if the conditions are not too severe and if strict diet and medication are followed. In severe cases, it can take a few months before the enzyme level gets back to normal, as the damage will be high and will take time to repair.
If these enzyme conditions are left untreated, or treatment is delayed, it can lead to liver cancer and can be life-threatening.
Improving Your Liver's Health
In order to have a healthy liver:
- Consume only healthy food and drinks. Try your best to eat organic food (food grown naturally without chemicals or pesticides) including fruits, vegetables, meat, and fish.
- Avoid artificial ingredients, fizzy drinks, and fruit juice cocktails which have a high level of fructose. Limit your sugar intake to 200 calories a day (sucrose and fructose are bad sugars).
- Take fish oil and flax oil help to improve the liver function. These help lower the triglyceride levels (fat) in the liver. Take food rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
- Always cook your own food. Avoid ready-made, pre-cooked, and preserved food from the supermarkets or elsewhere, as chemicals are added. Since the liver plays a major role in digesting food, additives and chemicals put strain on the liver.
- Do not use refined sugar as it contains 95% sucrose and offers no nutritional value.
- Be sure you get your daily protein. Eat eggs, milk products, fish, meat (lean meats are good), and poultry as these can be processed by the liver easily.
- Avoid alcohol by all means, and if you do take it rarely in limited amounts.
- Do not take any drugs or over-the-counter medicines unless prescribed by your doctor or health professional. Combinations of certain drugs can harm the liver, and hence it is always best to consult your doctor (physician) or health professional before taking any.
- Stay away from cigarette smoke and any other smoke as they might contain toxins.
- Be careful about skin care products, as these products are absorbed through the skin and processed by the liver. If there are any harmful chemicals, they will affect your liver's health. Use natural products when possible.
- Exercise and get good rest. This keeps the body and liver healthy.
- Do not eat fatty food or food that high in carbohydrates.
- Eat required amount of fibrous food and cruciferous vegetables.
- Drink green tea.
- Drink at least eight glasses of water every day.
- Add these foods into your diet as often as possible as they help with cleansing the liver: garlic, grapefruit, carrots, beetroots, green leafy vegetables, avocados, apples, olive oils, whole grains, cruciferous vegetables, lemons, walnuts, asparagus, kale, and brussels sprouts.
I hope this article has been of some use to you. Please do not hesitate to leave your thoughts and feedback.
Thank you,
Questions & Answers
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Excellent article.
Excellent article. Straight to the point. My problem is my cancer of the pancreas spread to my liver,left kidney & lungs.
I had liver biopsy & my liver enzymes shoot up to 10x above normal.They hospital didn't give me anything to lower it. I'm just taking Usana liver health.Hope this will help.Thank you.
Very detailed, organized, and useful hub. I am inspired by your article. Thanks for sharing!
I do eat extremely healthy and am not overweight-in fact underweight. I was a severe alcoholic but stopped 15 months ago. I have exhausted detox centers. I do take psychiatric medications---but with most of these suggestions already undertaken what could be the culprit -after 15 months alcohol abuse still affecting or the psych meds?
My liver enzymes levels are kind of high. I was wondering if I can take fish oil supplements?
My liver enzymes got little high this year and by my physician, this is caused by high cholesterol. So by the doctor, I am taking medicine to lower cholesterol in order to lower the liver enzymes. Besides, I am using turmeric, milk thistle, green tee, drink juice made from beets, green.....Am I on the right way? Thank you for the article and advises.
I stopped drinking 5 weeks ago. I drank everyday i lost 18 lbs dieting exercising blood repeated on November 4
I loved this article, very useful information except for one thing. I'm facing a blood test in a few days. We know my liver enzymes have risen a bit, so I want to know how to lower my enzymes a bit before this test. Thanks so much!!
While I was pregnant, my liver enzymes were elevated. I ate tons of fruits and veggies and lots of lemon water to get them down. Great hub!
Thank you brother for writing this hub............
i like you aritcle too much.............
Glad to be reading it once again and share it as well, Dahlia.
Voted up and useful.
Very interesting and informative...such a vital organ needs looking after for sure...thank you for sharing:-))
Interesting to learn about lowering liver enzymes. Thanks for outlining this information for us!
Very well written and a lot of useful info here, livingsta. It is very important we keep our liver in peak performance level.
Voted up, useful and shared.
Excellent information and very comprehensive hub. Thanks!
Great tips! I have to watch my liver enzymes because of some meds I take. I'll use some of your suggestions for good liver health. Voted up!
Excellent information!
I had elevated liver enzymes caused by anti-cholesterol medications. I also had the brown patches on my skin, but didn't realize they were related to the elevated enzymes. Both symptoms are gone since I stopped taking the medication.
livingsta, this is an excellent hub. I've known several people that have had liver damage. One of my sister's in-laws actually had severe liver damage due to alcoholism. This is a very educational piece, voted up and shared!
As a child I had liver problems. I still have calcification in my right liver.
Thanks for sharing this well researched hub.
Excessive liver enzymes in the blood sounds like a serious condition. Thank you for giving a careful guide to recovery.
amazingly thorough and responsible sharing of information, my friend!
very impressive and very impressed!
i am forwarding this to my cousin, who has cancer in her liver...
will also hub-share and vote..
well done!
Remarkable! I like this hub. It has excellent information covering all the useful points about the liver. Thanks for sharing, i voted it UP!
Very useful information my young friend. Nice job of research and presentation.
I have gone through this phase in the past, so I know what you are talking about here and Indeed this is a very good article to read and know more about healthy living... thanks for sharing


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I bought this old ladies jacket from my local salvos (for $2.75 on sale!). Remade into a cute mini-skirt!
I got my inspiration from, and mostly followed the "Suit Skirt" from "Little Green Dresses" – what an amazing book!
The book suggests getting a jacket that fits around the hips / waist – wherever you want it to sit – this one was too big for me, so extra work was required to make it fit, however, the result was worth it!
Without the extra work for fitting, It is pretty much as simple as measure (from the bottom), cut, attach waist-band (and fastening), and done! – quick and easy, and good for the environment! (The top of the jacket will be edited too! … later)
Material Notes
Suit jacket from salvos: Outer 65% cotton, 35% polyester; Assume lining is polyester – it was nasty for my old janome :-(
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Arguably the cinematic face of the Marvel Universe, Clark Gregg turned a small appearance as Agent Coulson in the first Iron Man film into the glue to that holds the multi-film series together. CraveOnline had a chance to speak with Gregg about the role and how it has grown from more or less a cameo into something beyond his wildest dreams. In the excerpt below, Gregg discusses what it has all been building to: next summer's The Avengers and then, after that, a possible return for Iron Man 3.
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I was tagged by the lovely Holly Evans to tell you 20 things about myself! As some of you who have tried before are very well aware, I don't usually do tags but I do love getting to know my favourite writers and fellow bloggers! There is more to us than writing books and maintaining a blog, and I love reading who they are beyond that.
So, I thought, why not? Hopefully some of you will find this post interesting 🙂 It will also give my new followers (HELLO!!) a chance to get to know me a little better 🙂
Here ya go!
1) I didn't always know that I wanted to be a writer (shocking, I know) When I was a teenager I really wanted to study Psychology, and when I went to university I studied Photography. Got my degree in it, too! It's collecting dust 🙂 I don't regret that I studied Photography, however. It was a great course, and I earned some very amazing skills – you never know when they might come in handy 😉 I'm also the first person in my family to get a degree!
2) I've got my own darkroom! My SO built it for me as a birthday present in our attic. I've got the chemicals, the enlarger, and everything else you need to develop and print some decent black and white photographs from film. Sadly I don't have the time for it right now. It takes time to print from film, and isn't something I'm happy to spend twenty minutes here and there doing.
3) As everyone who has ever set their eyes on this blog will know, I'm a cat person. But did you know I'm a guinea-pig person, too? When I was growing up I wasn't allowed cats or dogs, but my sister and I were allowed guinea-pigs – our house never went long without one. I owned four in total – Toni, Murkel, Buffy, and Charlie.
4) I grew up with a rottweiler. She wasn't mine, she belonged to my aunt who lived in the flat over my grandma's, who I spent the days with when I was very young. My aunt was out at work, so the rottweiler came down to us so she wouldn't be lonely. She was a puppy when I was a toddler, and I have pictures of me sleeping on her back while she's sleeping on her blanket <3 I tried to find one for this post but it would seem that I've lost it 🙁
5) My parents have a huge garden, and when I was a child I wanted to be a gardener like them. I wanted to make pretty flowers grow, so I asked them for my own little spot. I had pretty big ideas for it, and dreamed of arranging my forget-me-nots to look like a horse (did I mention how tiny my spot of soil was? This was doomed.) I didn't have the patience for it, and eventually my parents planted strawberries in it – and arrangement I was very okay with. I love strawberries <3 These days my plants die just from being near me, and our garden probably hates me 🙂
6) When I was a very young child (before I started school) I had recurring nightmares of earthquakes which killed everyone I loved. They terrified me, and there were nights when I was scared to fall asleep. I have no idea what this says about me, but if any of you fancy attaching some meaning to it go ahead. I can't say I'm not curious 😛
7) If I trust you, it's a big deal. Trust doesn't come easily to me, so if I told you that I trust you and maybe even discussed ideas with you, you should know how much you actually mean to me.
8) I'm very paranoid. It was a lot harder when I was a teenager and new to it, but I cope. Most of the time.
9) My BFF and I have actually known each other our whole lives. When we were babies my grandma and her Mum went on walks together with us in our prams. She is the first person I remember playing with (it's my earliest memory, as far as I can tell), and we're still talking now despite living in different countries. We don't get to talk often, but when we do we pick things up effortlessly, and we consider each other sisters.
10) I've got a massive family, but I hardly ever see them. My grandma has five children, all of those five are married and have at least one child, and out of those eight cousins one has two children herself. I don't consider myself close to most of them, and value my extended family a lot more.
11) I love cooking and baking and find it very therapeutic. I don't have the time to do it often, but when I do I enjoy it. Especially baking. And who doesn't love the smell of freshly baked cookies wafting through the house? <3
12) When I was a child, one of our neighbours adopted three kittens. I and two friends thought that they weren't treating the kittens very well (we thought they weren't holding them right, kept them in cages, and we even sneaked into their garden to get evidence pictures of the 'dirty' food bowls – you know, to send to the police) and founded the 'cat protection club' (*ahem*). It was just us three, but we took our duties very seriously. We smuggled milk out of my kitchen to feed the cats, and even considered going to the police when we thought the cats were harmed. I don't think we ever did, though. We were six years old.
13) When I was a teenager I read a lot of thrillers (primarily Karin Slaughter), and tried writing some myself. I could never get past the opening line, though, so they never progressed.
14) I LOVE pasta and risotto, and could happily eat nothing else for the rest of my life.
15) I'm not religious, and never have been – instead, I believe that the existence of God can neither be proven nor disproven, therefore either could be true but we can't know either way.
16) I used to do karate but eventually stopped last year, because I didn't have the time for it and ended up more stressed out than anything. I miss it, and the moment I can afford to be a full time writer I'm back in that dojo.
17) I never ate a burger until I met my SO and moved here.
18) I'm a gamer, and usually spend my weekends and evenings after work playing something. My greatest addictions are Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Harvest Moon and Pokemon.
19) When I was a child my parents hired one of my sister's friends to play Santa for me at Christmas, and it scared the hell out of me. I hid under the table and refused to come out until he left.
20) Buying stationery makes me happy, and Paperchase is my happy place. It's impossible for me to walk into the store and not buy something, and I've never regretted a single notebook.
As is tradition I'm quite late to this, so I won't tag anyone. If this is the first you've seen of this tag and you'd like to do it, go ahead 🙂
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - President-elect of Côte d'Ivoire, Mr. Alassane Ouattara, has announced that a judicial proceeding will soon be initiated against outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo, his wife, Simone, and his close associates.
Gbagbo was arrested Monday to end the lingering post-electoral crisis in the West African nation.
"To ensure the rule of law, I ask the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice and Human Rights to initiate judicial proceedings against Laurent Gbagbo, his wife and his collaborators," Ouattara said in a televised speech.
"They will be treated with dignity and their rights will be respected," Mr. Ouattara promised.
He said that all arrangements are made to ensure the physical integrity of all those who were arrested during the arrest of Mr Gbagbo.
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FIFA has now fixed the date for its first worldwide Fair Play Day later this year: the dates chosen are 20/21 September 1997. September was considered ideal for this event because it is generally the most active footballing month of the year all around the world.
The initiative has been taken by FIFA with the aim of intensifying the Fair Play campaign it originally launched in 1988. Since then FIFA has actively been spreading the message of fair play in a variety of ways. At the end of 1995, it established a Code of Conduct and, at the recent 1998 World Cup qualifier in Monaco between Estonia and Scotland, it introduced a referee's FIFA Fair Play coin to decide ends before the game. Furthermore, FIFA has awarded a Fair Play Trophy at its competitions for several years and, since 1987, it has honoured teams, associations or people who have excelled through their model behaviour and sporting spirit. George Weah in 1996, the Trinidad and Tobago fans in 1989 and Gary Lineker in 1990 are just a few examples.
FIFA will involve all its 198 member associations and the six Confederations in the global Fair Play Day. The associations are being urged to emphasise the crucial importance of Fair Play in every situation and to publicise the message at specially organised events on the day.