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Like all of you guys, I love video games. However, when I want to check out a certain retro game, for example, Wolfenstein 3D, it literally makes me sick and I can't play it. For some reason, the pixelated graphics, the movement, I don't know but I feel dizzy and nauseated from playing it. Same thing happened when I was watching Doom and Minecraft. Does this happen to anyone else or am I just crazy and weird? Does anyone else have a situation where they physically cannot play a game no matter how good that game may be?
Doom 2 used to do that to me, and Half Life 2. I think it's something to do with monitor refresh rates or something since I tried them with a different setup later and I was fine. Then I tried HL2 again recently and got the same nausea on new hardware. *shrugs* Perhaps just down to environmental factors, but it's certainly odd.
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I was trying my hardest to play Kane & Lynch 2 with the camera sway on but after about an hour I had to turn it off it was making me get really twitchy. The Death Star level at the end of Lego Star Wars 2 literally made me feel sick because of the noise and flashing images... that was no fun at all.
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I get it with most valve games, eg: Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, Portal (Even more). I heard that they have the view bracket set to like 70 degrees as opposed to 90 like most shooters meaning everything's a little more crazy.
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It happens to a lot of people; it's not all that strange.
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Half Life, the original. I played it on... some console. PS1? (Just looked it up and I guess it was on PS2, so yeah, probably played it on PS2. I'll leave my original post as is for humiliation.)
Anyways, it totally made me want to throw up. I may have already been sick before I started so I bet that's what caused it. But man, that was BAD.
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Watching the Kane & Lynch 2 quick look almost made me vomit. The shaky camera was awful.
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Half life on the PS2.
A few years ago I was in the Wizard 101 beta (an MMO for kids, and since I was a kid (12ish) at the time, there's nothing wrong with that), it was kinda fun in an overly simplistic kid friendly way. Anyway, if I played it for more than half an hour I would get really bad headaches, which was pretty strange.
The Ravenholm demo of "Half Life 2" (PC) dark scenes, crappy framerate on my PC and not being used to playing fast FPS on a monitor might have contributed.
Drakan 2 (PS2): The camera in that game is just really ugly and a good way to give you motion sickness.
Metroid Prime (GC): The HUD and helmet,the small field of view and a whole lot of jumping in that game just gives me a headache.
Honorable mention: Descent 2 with a VR helmet, not something you ever would want to play for long, but it just looks so damn cool :)
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There's a wide range of games that can get to me - sometimes I can just feel a little ill, others it's really bad, I start sweating a great deal and have to go and lie down, not just a matter of swapping to another game.
It all started for me with the likes of Ico and Dark Cloud, but anything with a frisky camera or head bob is a definite contender.
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Really shallow stories and horribly-planned game mechanics make me feel sick.
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Tetrisphere made my eyes feel like shit. Does that count?
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COD3. The screen is constantly shaking. Reloading? IT'S SO FUCKING INTENSE THE SCREEN BOBBING UP AND DOWN MY GUY LOOKS DOWN AT THE GUN LOOKS BACK UP SCREEN SHAKING AND BOBBING. First game I ever stopped playing due to the fact that I got nauseous after playing it for more than 10 minutes.
This is a very very rare thing but two games that I can remember have given me motion sickness: Super Mario Galaxy and Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.
I think K&L 2 is for obvious reasons and as for SMG I think it was just getting used to moving around the spheres.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl's head bobbing made me feel like I was on a boat. Severe swinging from side to side when you're just walking and no easy way to turn it down or off in the menus. Twenty or so minutes in I was very nauseous and ready to vomit.
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There were a few times in Prototype, Naruto: The Broken Bond, & HalfLife 2 that made me feel kinda dizzy, mainly times in games where you fall from incredible heights at fast speeds.
Predictably, it only took three minutes from the start of this valid thread for smartasses to just start naming games they don't like.
On topic, I don't think this has ever happened to me, though I knew a non-gamer back in the day who got really dizzy trying to play Doom.


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International Data Corporation (IDC) today released the latest results from the Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker. For the first half of 2012 (1H12), the worldwide software market grew 4.7% year over year reaching a total market size of $167 million, which was in line with IDC's forecast. IDC expects 2012 to be the beginning of a more conservative growth period with gains in the single digits, down slightly from the growth experienced in 2010 and 2011.
On a regional basis, the overall software market was heavily influenced by the downward trend in Western Europe, which represents more than 27% of the worldwide market and was the only region to experience negative growth in 1H12. The U.S. market, which represents more than 45% of the overall market, grew 6.8% year over year while the emerging markets in Latin America and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) also experienced solid year-over-year growth. The countries with the greatest growth in 1H12 were Colombia, Russia, Philippines, China, Peru, and New Zealand.
Among the three primary segments of "commercial" software in IDC's software taxonomy, the Applications segment, which holds almost 49% of overall market share, was the fastest growing market group with a 5.1% year-over-year growth rate. The Applications market was largely driven by the Collaborative Applications and CRM Applications markets. Within the other two primary "commercial" software segments, Application Development and Deployment (AD&D) and System Infrastructure Software, the most positive growth rates came from the Virtualization-related markets.
A graphic showing the year-over-year growth for the three primary segments and five key software markets in 1H12 is available at IDC.com. The chart is intended for public use in online news articles and social media. Instructions on how to embed this graphic can be found by viewing this press release on IDC.com.
In the Collaborative Applications segment, Team Collaborative Applications and Enterprise Social Software stand out with strong growth rates over the last two years. Not surprisingly, the Enterprise Social Software has moved from 3% market share within the Collaborative Applications secondary market in 2008 to more than 11% in the first half of 2012. Meanwhile, the Team Collaborative Applications market grew almost 15% during the first half of 2012.
"Increasingly, companies are thinking of social solutions as decision support and ad hoc work facilitators and are looking for richer features that integrate data and content with people and systems," says Vanessa Thompson, research manager, Enterprise Social Networks and Collaborative Technologies. "In the new collaborative enterprise, companies are extending asynchronous data and content sharing capabilities to enable collaboration with a broader range of external constituents, including customers, partners, and suppliers."
Among the Enterprise Applications markets, the Customer Relationship Management Applications market stands out as three out of four CRM market segments performed at a double-digit rate in 1H12. The only CRM segment that experienced single-digit growth was the Contact Center market. The other three markets, Customer Service, Marketing, and Sales, had a combined growth rate over 12%.
"The CRM applications market experienced a rebound effect in 2011 that is being carried through well into 2012. The 'century of the customer' has centered on increasing customer experience and, powered by social media, is motivating organizations to invest in their customer handling infrastructure. The move to interact with customers when, where, and how they want is changing the go-to-market strategies of many organizations. Technology is now a requirement to be able to deliver consistency at scale," said Mary Wardley, program vice president, CRM Applications and Customer Experience.
Both virtualization markets, Virtual Machine and Cloud System Software and Virtual Client Computing, were among the fastest growing software markets. The Virtual Machine and Could System Software market experienced somewhat lower growth of 17.8% in 1H12 while the Virtual Client Computing market maintained the low double-digit growth rate it has experienced over the past three years. Other virtualization-related technologies, such as the Workload Scheduling and Automation market, are following the same high-growth patterns as the core technology segments.
"Virtual machine software unit shipments still remain healthy and growing, but have seen some slowdown in mature markets that have high virtualization rates. Business models are shifting as well, with the hypervisor drawing less direct revenue and increasingly becoming an embedded feature of operating systems and cloud system software. Competition in the market is fiercer than ever, with vendors like Microsoft and Red Hat challenging market leader VMware with increasingly capable and cheaper solutions. Cloud system software, which includes platforms such as vCloud, OpenStack, and CloudStack, remains a nascent market, but holds a lot of promise as customers evolve from virtualized infrastructure to cloud infrastructure. On the client side, virtual client computing remains on a steady growth path as the industry matures its solutions and customers begin to transform their desktops and workspaces," said Gary Chen, research manager, Cloud and Virtualization System Software.
IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the eighty-two segments of the global software market. Measurement for this tracker is total software revenue, which includes license plus maintenance plus SaaS and other subscription revenue. The Tracker covers more than 800 software vendors across a total of 49 countries globally. Annual five-year market forecasts for this Tracker are updated semiannually and include five-year annual market projections. Forecasts are available at worldwide, regional, and country levels.
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The world's leading Cloud event, Cloud Expo has launched Microservices Journal on the SYS-CON.com portal, featuring over 19,000 original articles, news stories, features, and blog entries. DevOps Journal is focused on this critical enterprise IT topic in the world of cloud computing. Microservices Journal offers top articles, news stories, and blog posts from the world's well-known experts and guarantees better exposure for its authors than any other publication. Follow new article posts on Twitter at @MicroservicesE
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SYS-CON Events announced today the IoT Bootcamp – Jumpstart Your IoT Strategy, being held June 9–10, 2015, in conjunction with 16th Cloud Expo and Internet of @ThingsExpo at the Javits Center in New York City. This is your chance to jumpstart your IoT strategy. Combined with real-world scenarios and use cases, the IoT Bootcamp is not just based on presentations but includes hands-on demos and walkthroughs. We will introduce you to a variety of Do-It-Yourself IoT platforms including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Spark and Intel Edison. You will also get an overview of cloud technologies s...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that SafeLogic has been named "Bag Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo® New York, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. SafeLogic provides security products for applications in mobile and server/appliance environments. SafeLogic's flagship product CryptoComply is a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic engine designed to secure data on servers, workstations, appliances, mobile devices, and in the Cloud.
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After making a doctor's appointment via your mobile device, you receive a calendar invite. The day of your appointment, you get a reminder with the doctor's location and contact information. As you enter the doctor's exam room, the medical team is equipped with the latest tablet containing your medical history – he or she makes real time updates to your medical file. At the end of your visit, you receive an electronic prescription to your preferred pharmacy and can schedule your next appointment.
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Wearable technology was dominant at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) , and MWC was no exception to this trend. New versions of favorites, such as the Samsung Gear (three new products were released: the Gear 2, the Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit), shared the limelight with new wearables like Pebble Time Steel (the new premium version of the company's previously released smartwatch) and the LG Watch Urbane. The most dramatic difference at MWC was an emphasis on presenting wearables as fashion accessories and moving away from the original clunky technology associated with t...
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Containers and microservices have become topics of intense interest throughout the cloud developer and enterprise IT communities. Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 16th Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York June 9-11 will find fresh new content in a new track called PaaS | Containers & Microservices Containers are not being considered for the first time by the cloud community, but a current era of re-consideration has pushed them to the top of the cloud agenda. With the launch of Docker's initial release in March of 2013, interest was revved up several notches. Then late last...
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The WebRTC Summit 2014 New York, to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY, announces that its Call for Papers is open. Topics include all aspects of improving IT delivery by eliminating waste through automated business models leveraging cloud technologies. WebRTC Summit is co-located with 16th International Cloud Expo, @ThingsExpo, Big Data Expo, and DevOps Summit.
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SOA Software has changed its name to Akana. With roots in Web Services and SOA Governance, Akana has established itself as a leader in API Management and is expanding into cloud integration as an alternative to the traditional heavyweight enterprise service bus (ESB). The company recently announced that it achieved more than 90% year-over-year growth. As Akana, the company now addresses the evolution and diversification of SOA, unifying security, management, and DevOps across SOA, APIs, microservices, and more.
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GENBAND has announced that SageNet is leveraging the Nuvia platform to deliver Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) to its large base of retail and enterprise customers. Nuvia's cloud-based solution provides SageNet's customers with a full suite of business communications and collaboration tools. Two large national SageNet retail customers have recently signed up to deploy the Nuvia platform and the company will continue to sell the service to new and existing customers. Nuvia's capabilities include HD voice, video, multimedia messaging, mobility, conferencing, Web collaboration, deskt...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Cisco, the worldwide leader in IT that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, has been named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Cisco makes amazing things happen by connecting the unconnected. Cisco has shaped the future of the Internet by becoming the worldwide leader in transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco and our partners are building the platform for the Internet of Everything by connecting the...
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Temasys has announced senior management additions to its team. Joining are David Holloway as Vice President of Commercial and Nadine Yap as Vice President of Product. Over the past 12 months Temasys has doubled in size as it adds new customers and expands the development of its Skylink platform. Skylink leads the charge to move WebRTC, traditionally seen as a desktop, browser based technology, to become a ubiquitous web communications technology on web and mobile, as well as Internet of Things compatible devices.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that robomq.io will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. robomq.io is an interoperable and composable platform that connects any device to any application. It helps systems integrators and the solution providers build new and innovative products and service for industries requiring monitoring or intelligence from devices and sensors.
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Docker is an excellent platform for organizations interested in running microservices. It offers portability and consistency between development and production environments, quick provisioning times, and a simple way to isolate services. In his session at DevOps Summit at 16th Cloud Expo, Shannon Williams, co-founder of Rancher Labs, will walk through these and other benefits of using Docker to run microservices, and provide an overview of RancherOS, a minimalist distribution of Linux designed expressly to run Docker. He will also discuss Rancher, an orchestration and service discovery platf...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Solgenia will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to "Bridge the Gap" between Personal and Professional Social, Mobile and Cloud user experiences, our solutions help large and medium-sized organizations dr...
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@ThingsExpo has been named the Top 5 Most Influential M2M Brand by Onalytica in the 'Machine to Machine: Top 100 Influencers and Brands.' Onalytica analyzed the online debate on M2M by looking at over 85,000 tweets to provide the most influential individuals and brands that drive the discussion. According to Onalytica the "analysis showed a very engaged community with a lot of interactive tweets. The M2M discussion seems to be more fragmented and driven by some of the major brands present in the M2M space. This really allows some room for influential individuals to create more high value inter...
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The list of 'new paradigm' technologies that now surrounds us appears to be at an all time high. From cloud computing and Big Data analytics to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the Internet of Things (IoT), today we have to deal with what the industry likes to call 'paradigm shifts' at every level of IT. This is disruption; of course, we understand that – change is almost always disruptive.
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Wash and grate cauliflower. Squeeze out excess water from gobi.
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, hing, onion and saute till it becomes translucent.
Add green chillies, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.
Add coriander powder, red chilli powder and cook for a minute.
Add grated gobi, add some salt and cook for 7 to 8 mts till gobi is cooked and moisture starts to evaporate from it.
Add lemon juice and chopped coriander.
To knead dough take whole wheat flour in a bowl. Add salt, chopped green chillies, carom seeds, kasoori methi, coriander leaves and knead till it becomes soft. Let it rest for 30 mts.
Make small ball from dough. Deep ball in a dry flour, roll like a poori.
Stuff gobi feeling, seal the edges and roll like a roti.
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You arrive outside a blank concrete wall with an imposing metal gate. You ring the bell for attention and a voice asks us who you are. After identifying yourselves, the gate clicks open and you enter a tropical paradise.
This isn't a Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton, but wending our way through the exuberant growth, you can imagine yourself in the Garden of Eden. You are shown your cute little bungalow (no A/C but a nice fan) and have time to wander around the grounds past the swimming pool, lounge area and restaurant (which was closed, it being the low season when we were there).
At the reception desk you can book sightseeing tours and order food brought in from neigbouring restaurants. We ordered dinner from the local "chifa" (Peruvian Chinese restaurant).
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We woke up this morning at 4:45am to get our bag ready and start hiking back up the canyon at 5am. We went to the bar area were the rest of the group was waiting and there was no sign of Roy. We spoke to Jessie (the other Jessie) who informed us that at 4am Roy could still be heard singing. We decided to wait another 15 minutes and then the group would walk up themselves. It was quite straightforward, just a winding path ...
Colca Canyon Day 1
We were picked up today at 3am by our guide and taken to the minivan that would drive us 3 hours to the entrance of the national park. There were around 12 people in the minivan but some would just get dropped off, others were on a 2 day tour and then 7 of us were on the 3 day tour. After some split sleep we arrived at the entrap and paid our park fee and then went to a viewing point where you can occasionally see Condors. Unfortunately we ...
Peru - Chivay & Colca Canyon
Road to Chivay and Colca Valley: We took a five hour bus ride to Chivay. Along the way we stopped at a herbal tea shop for coca tea for altitude, and other teas that help with digestion, headaches, and coughs. There was also a mixed tea called the Inca tea that is a combination of all four tea leaves. Feeling refreshed and ready for the remainder trip we continued the windy mountain trip. There were hundreds of wild Alpaca and Llama feeding in ...
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Curds are a dairy product obtained by curdling (coagulating) milk. The coagulation can be caused by adding rennet or any edible acidic substance such as lemon juice or vinegar, and then allowing it to set. The increased acidity causes the milk proteins (casein) to tangle into solid masses, or curds. Milk that has been left to sour (raw milk alone or pasteurized milk with added lactic acid bacteria or yeast) will also naturally produce curds, and sour milk cheeses are produced this way. Producing cheese curds is one of the first steps in cheesemaking, the curds are pressed and drained to varying amounts for different styles of cheese and different secondary agents (molds for blue cheeses, etc.) are introduced before the desired aging finishes the cheese. The remaining liquid, which contains only whey proteins, is the whey. In cow's milk, 80% of the proteins are caseins.
In the Indian subcontinent, the words "curd" or "curds" are used to refer to "yogurt".[1] In the Indian subcontinent, another word "paneer" is used to denote a dairy product discussed in this article.
Curd products vary by region and include cottage cheese, curd cheese (both curdled by bacteria and sometimes also rennet), farmer cheese, pot cheese, queso blanco, and Indian paneer (milk curdled with lime juice). The word can also refer to a non-dairy substance of similar appearance or consistency, though in these cases a modifier or the word curdled is generally used.
In England, curds produced from the use of rennet are referred to as junket, with true curds and whey only occurring from the natural separation of milk due to its environment (temperature, acidity).
Cheese curds, drained of the whey and served without further processing or aging, are popular in some French-speaking regions of Canada, such as Quebec, parts of Ontario, and Atlantic Canada. In Quebec, Eastern Ontario and the Eastern provinces such as New Brunswick, cheese curds are popularly served with french fries and gravy as poutine. In some parts of the U.S., especially in Wisconsin, they are breaded and fried, or are eaten straight.
In Turkey, curds are called keş and are very commonly used as an aphrodisiac and for breakfast served on fried bread and are also eaten with macaroni in the provinces of Bolu and Zonguldak.
In Mexico, the chongos zamoranos is a dessert prepared with milk curdled with sugar and cinnamon.
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Lactobacillus is a kind of bacteria which can convert a sugar into an acid by means of fermentation. Milk contains a sugar called lactose, a disaccharide (compound sugar) made by the glycosidic bonding between glucose and galactose (monosaccharides). When milk is heated to a temperature of 30-40 °C and a small amount of old curd added to it, the lactobacillus in that curd sample starts to grow. These convert the lactose into lactic acid, which imparts the sour taste to curd.
Curds are mentioned in the Middle Irish parodic tale Aislinge Meic Con Glinne (The Vision of Mac Conglinne), the relevant portion of which reads:
Stately, pleasantly it sat,
A compact house and strong.
Then I went in:
The door of it was dry meat,
The threshold was bare bread,
cheese-curds the sides.
Smooth pillars of old cheese,
And sappy bacon props
Alternate ranged;
Fine beams of mellow cream,
White rafters - real curds,
Kept up the house.[2]
Curds also appear in the nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet.


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These ready-made tables and charts provide for snapshot of aid (Official Development Assistance) for all DAC Members as well as recipient countries and territories. Summary reports by regions (Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the world are also available.
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This country note from Going for Growth 2015 for Austria identifies and assesses progress made on key reforms to boost long-term growth, improve competitiveness and productivity and create jobs.
This periodic review (roughly every five years) of the individual development co-operation efforts of Austria assesses the performance of Austria's programme, not just that of its development co-operation agency, and examines both policy and implementation. It takes an integrated, system-wide perspective.
Austria should set a timeframe to increase its aid budget in line with a pledge to allocate 0.7% of its gross national income (GNI) to development aid, according to an OECD Review.
Austria should set a timeframe to increase its aid budget in line with a pledge to allocate 0.7% of its gross national income (GNI) to development aid, according to an OECD Review.
Institutional investors (investment funds, insurance companies and pension funds) are major collectors of savings and suppliers of funds to financial markets. Their role as financial intermediaries and their impact on investment strategies have grown significantly over recent years along with deregulation and globalisation of financial markets.
This publication provides a unique set of statistics that reflect the level and
Austria has low levels of labour migration from non-EU/EFTA countries. At the same time, intra-EU free mobility has grown significantly and since 2011, overall migration for employment is above the OECD average. It recently reformed its labour migration system, making it more ready to accept labour migrants where they are needed, especially in medium-skilled occupations in which there were limited admission possibilities
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The tax burden in Austria increased by 0.9 percentage points from 41.7% to 42.5% in 2013. The OECD average was an increase of 0.4 percentage points from 33.7% to 34.1%. The Austrian standard VAT rate is 20%, which is above the OECD average. The average VAT/GST standard rate in the OECD was 19.1% on 1 January 2014.
In 2012, the total inflow of foreign nationals to Austria increased to 125 600 persons, which represented a 13% increase compared to the previous year.
This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery. It also includes a set of country pages featuring, among other things, new data on skills supply and demand at the level of smaller OECD regions (TL3).


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Okay, quick, which states have these abbreviations? MD? IA? MT? NE? VT? It may seem easy, but some people don't have the same memory as you, and might need these United States Blocks to learn them all. Obviously, kids could learn from these, but I'm talking about some of your co-workers. Fifty wood blocks by House Industries show state images, names, capitals, mottos, birds, flowers, and trees. Everyone could probably stand a refresher, as it doesn't hurt to keep the mind sharp with civics data, right?
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Ford Motor Co . says it made $2.7 billion in 2009, its first annual profit in four years.
Ford says it benefited from cost-cutting, debt reduction and popular cars and trucks like the Ford Fusion sedan and Escape SUV. It's enjoying customer goodwill for avoiding bankruptcy and refusing federal aid.
Ford's net income of 86 cents per share rose from the year before, when it lost a record $14.6 billion.
In the fourth quarter, Ford says it earned $868 million, or 25 cents per share. That is up $6.8 billion from a year earlier. Ford earned money in three of the four quarters last year.
The earnings report comes just days after Ford announced it would seek to hire about 1,200 new employees at its Chicago plant.
Ford says it expects to be profitable next year as well.
Ford gained market share in North and South America and Europe, despite the economic downturn.
Ford Reports $2.7B Profit, 1st in 4 Years
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A witness says a visibly angry Dolcefino hauled personal mementos and trophies out of his station office, including the Emmy awards he had dubbed "Emmy Lou and Emmy Sue," packed them in his car and departed late Friday afternoon.
Dolcefino could not be reached for comment. His longtime friend, lawyer and fellow player in the band Miss Frances and the Rhythm Fish, state Representative Ron Wilson, said Dolcefino had neither been fired nor had quit his position with the Disney-owned KTRK. Channel 13 General Manager Henry Florsheim did not return a Press query on Dolcefino's status.
Dolcefino's investigative reports on former mayoral candidate Sylvester Turner in 1991 resulted in a $5.5 million libel judgment by a Harris County jury two years ago against both the reporter and KTRK. The station is appealing the verdict.
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County levy 1.4 percent, but some values shoot up
Next Tuesday, Dec. 22, the Becker County Board is expected to finalize a 2009, payable 2010 property tax levy of just over $17 million. This levy marks an increase of $238,552, or 1.38 percent, over the previous year's levy.
On Tuesday night, the commissioners held a public hearing to receive input on the levy and proposed 2010 county budget. Though attendance was sparse, there were roughly 12-15 people at the hearing.
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NMSU's Recreation Center enhances the NMSU experience by providing programs, services and facilities that promote healthy lifestyles, build community and enable student success. NMSU Rec Sports offers a variety of recreation, fitness and sport opportunities that include aquatics, intramurals, group fitness, personal training, outdoor and instructional classes.
Get involved and get AggieFit! As a full-time NMSU student, you are already a member of AggieFit. All full-time students who have paid the appropriate fees through their tuition have access to NMSU Rec Sports facilities by simply showing their NMSU ID card. Part-time students may utilize the facilities and programs by purchasing the membership for a fee of $40/semester.
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The NMSU Climbing Series is a collection of 6 competitions spread throughout the fall and spring semesters. Compete with other students or push yourself to new heights with boulder problems specially set for each competition!
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The First Aid/CPR/AED course gives individuals the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses. Students will also learn how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
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Convoy 2015: Easter Bank Holiday Weekend
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Long Marston Airfield,
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Easter Bonnets
Our Off-
Our Parade of Land Rovers
Our Entertainment
Our Twilight Parade
A taster of all the exciting things that are at our Easter event.
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CHILDREN's ENTERTAINMENT
This year, Convoy for Heroes has an exciting line up for the younger campers, as well as the usual favourites like the Easter Egg scrambles, the code hunt, crème egg decorating, children's film etc.
We have Laser tag!!
Laser Tag is a fun game of high tech hide and seek. Laser Tag in a Box brings the entertainment right to your backyard.
Gamers play around trees or inflatables and tag the opposing team members.
Despite being called "Laser Tag" there are actually NO LASERS.
Laser tag is a non-
Our "fun-
Live Music
Convoy for Heroes is pleased to announce its line up of live music for the 2015 event.
Betsy Harmony will entertain us in the main marquee on Saturday afternoon.
Betsy, a diverse performer, full of energy, Betsy creates a sparkling atmosphere with her dulcet tones, rousing melodies and vocal prowess mastering the artistry of true entertainment through song. As Betsy Harmony, she brings a polished vintage style in her looks and with her music and is a delight to behold.
Then for Saturday evening we have not one, but 2 groups to entertain us. Early evening, Rough & Ready have kindly offered to play us a set.
Rough & Ready provide an electric and acoustic guitar covers act with over 20 years of experience in the music world. They have impressed audiences with their unique take on rock and pop classics from Maggie May, Honky Tonk Women,The Eagles, Baker Street and many more hopefully providing you with a evening to remember.
The duo pride themselves on the versatility of their sound and on their professionalism.
And for a finale, back by popular demand, Tyburn will perform later Saturday.
Tyburn are a 4 piece originals rock band local to the Watford area. They have many influences ranging from all genres of music and are inspired by the 70's & 80's rock scene, the band formed back in 2009. Tyburn are a fantastic live act and like their motto they live hard and rock hard!! You'll get a chance to see the new look Tyburn @ Convoy 2015!!
And of course, none of this will be possible without the superb PA systems kindly loaned to us (and operated for the weekend) by the Sound Monkeys
So use the caterers to keep yourself fuelled for a fantastic days entertainment….
Every year Convoy for Heroes proudly parade our Land Rovers for Help for Heroes. In 2011, we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest Parade and each year we attempt it, as yet, we haven't had the numbers to break our record, but with your help, we'll make it one year.
Convoy @ Easter is our chance to say 'Thank You' to 'our blokes', the men and women of our armed forces for the dedication they show. We support Help for Heroes because we feel it encompasses all the services.
Help for Heroes supports veterans and serving personnel who have been wounded or injured, or have become sick as a result of serving their country. Additionally their families and dependents receive support from the Charity as they care for their loved one, and adapt to the new challenges that they face. The primary focus is on those affected by recent and current conflicts due to the urgency and extent of their needs.
Help for Heroes works closely with other Service charities to ensure that money goes to the right places and that there is no duplication of effort. Help for Heroes also supports many Service charities with funding and grant giving and collaborates in joint fundraising partnerships.
So, get your flags out, attach them to your Land Rover and get booked in to join us for the weekend or just Easter Sunday for the Parade of Land Rovers.
New for 2015, we have a trophy for the 'best use of flags'. Get your thinking caps on and come up with an imaginative way to fly them.
The best (judged independently) will get photographed with the new trophy* and a framed picture of the presentation. (*You don't get to keep the trophy, just a picture that we'll send on to you and your name on the trophy's brass plaque.)
CONVOY's PARADE OF LAND ROVERS
Convoy for Heroes started a couple of years ago, a twilight tour where we light up our Land Rovers and parade them around the airfield at… yup you guessed it Twilight…
Having proved very popular, we have made this part of the weekend, Sunday evening after the Children's film, . light up your Landy with fairy lights, rope lights, blinkers, etc. (try not to dazzle/blind the vehicle in front or behind!) and join us for a speculator illuminated tour of the airfield. How does this help, we ask for a donation of 1p per light (max. £5.00) all for Help for Heroes.
New for 2015, we have a trophy for the 'best use of lights'. Get your thinking caps on and come up with an imaginative way to light up your Landy.
The best (judged independently) will get photographed with the new trophy* and a framed picture of the presentation. (*You don't get to keep the trophy, just a picture that we'll send on to you and your name on the trophy's brass plaque.)
Here are some pictures from the antics at the off-
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No event is complete without something to eat and somewhere to spend… Here's a list of the traders attending Convoy 2015.
Afias Samosas
Burgers & Breakfasts
Fourby 4x4 & overland
Jo's Coffee
Karnage Autoparts
Barney's Gizmos
LowePowe Noodles
SMS Clothing Supplies
General Stores
Rustic Crust Pizza
Harvey & Capon
MK Performance Hoses
UK 4x4 Centre
Moulton doughnuts
Heather's Harvest
See @ the back cameras
TG Ices
D's Cottage Products
CV Lighting
Some of the Auction Items that have been kindly donated to Convoy for Heroes


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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2008 RICHMAN GREER WEIL BRUMBAUGH MIRABITO & CHRISTENSEN, P.A., Appellant, v. MICHAEL CHERNAK, KATHLEEN CHERNAK, and THE WATERSHED TREATMENT PROGRAMS, INC., f/k/a THE WATERSHED-ACT II, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellees. No. 4D07-647 [March 12, 2008] CONNER, BURTON C., Associate Judge. Richman Greer, P.A., (the "Richman firm") appeals the trial court's order granting a motion to strike its motion for charging lien. The Richman firm filed the motion for charging lien against its former clients, Michael Chernak and Kathleen Chernak (the "Chernaks"). At issue in this case is whether a charging lien can be litigated in a suit which has been dismissed, when the funds to which the lien would attach were obtained through a separate arbitration proceeding. In February of 2004, the Richman firm filed a single count complaint on behalf of the Chernaks (the "original Watershed suit"). The Chernaks alleged that Watershed Treatment Programs, Inc. ("Watershed") failed to hold an annual shareholders' meeting in accordance with the corporation's shareholder agreement and Florida law. Early in the course of the Richman firm's representation, the Chernaks and Jeffrey and Lisa Miller (the "Millers"), co-shareholders in Watershed, were negotiating a pooling agreement relating to their respective interests in Watershed. Jointly representing the Chernaks and the Millers, Gerald Richman of the Richman firm negotiated the material terms and conditions of the pooling agreement and produced a final document. The Chernaks determined that the Richman firm did not protect their interests in the pooling agreement and did not advise them as to the inherent conflict of interest. The conflict of interest required the Richman firm to withdraw from representing the Chernaks in the original Watershed suit when the Millers sued the Chernaks for breaching the pooling agreement. The Millers sued the Chernaks for breaching the pooling agreement, requiring the Richman firm to withdraw from representing the Chernaks in the original Watershed suit. The Richman firm withdrew from representing the Chernaks in February of 2005. Prior to withdrawing, the Richman firm filed a notice of charging lien in the original Watershed suit for fees and costs. The Richman firm claimed a lien on any proceeds derived "in this claim through settlement or trial." The Chernaks retained McClosky, D'Anna & Dieterle, LLP, and a Colorado law firm to take over representation of them in the original Watershed suit. Thereafter, the Chernaks filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in the original Watershed suit without prejudice to re-file. In March of 2005, the trial court dismissed the original Watershed suit and closed the case. In late March of 2005, the Chernaks filed a new action against Watershed (the "second Watershed suit"). In the second case, the Chernaks added additional parties and raised some additional issues regarding Watershed's refusal to hold an annual shareholders' meeting. However, on appeal, it was conceded that the second Watershed suit alleged the same material facts as the first Watershed suit, and the Chernaks asserted the same claims and substantive statutory causes of actions for Watershed's refusal to hold an annual shareholders' meeting. The second case was assigned to the same judge. The Richman firm filed a notice of charging lien in the second Watershed suit. In the second suit the notice of charging lien stated the amount the Richman firm was seeking for fees and costs, $74,041, and added a claim for interest and a claim for attorneys' fees in pursing the lien. While the second Watershed suit was pending, the Chernaks were named respondents and counter-claimants in an arbitration proceeding initiated by Watershed against them. The issues raised in the arbitration proceeding were the same as those raised in the first and second Watershed suits. The Richman firm also filed a notice of charging lien in the arbitration proceeding. In June of 2005, the Chernaks and Watershed executed a handwritten settlement agreement which outlined the terms by which Watershed would purchase the Chernaks' stock in the company as well as other provisions, including dismissal of all pending claims. In September of 2005, following Watershed's motion to enforce the -2- settlement agreement in the arbitration proceeding, a final hearing was held in the arbitration proceeding to determine whether the handwritten settlement agreement was valid and enforceable. In November of 2005, the arbitration panel granted Watershed's motion to enforce the settlement agreement and entered the arbitration award enforcing the settlement agreement. In addition to requiring the parties to dismiss the second Watershed suit, the arbitration award required McClosky, D'Anna & Dieterle, LLP to hold $75,0451 in its trust account in order to satisfy any outstanding liens. In December of 2005, a joint stipulation dismissing the second Watershed suit with prejudice was adopted and approved by the trial court. There was no language in the order expressly reserving jurisdiction in the trial court to entertain any post-dismissal motion to enforce a charging lien. In July of 2006, the Richman firm filed a motion to enforce its charging lien in the original Watershed suit. The Chernaks filed a motion to strike the Richman firm's motion to enforce. The trial court heard arguments on the motion to strike and granted the motion. The trial court's order stated that the "Motion to Enforce Charging Lien is stricken, without prejudice to the Law Firm's right to pursue a lien against the arbitration proceeds within the ambit of that proceeding or by a separate proceeding." The trial court reasoned that "the charging lien only applies if there are settlement proceeds" and "there are no proceeds from the 2004 case . . . . because the case got dismissed." During the hearing, the Richman firm agreed that "the corpus didn't spring directly from this case," and that the corpus came from a settlement agreement in the arbitration proceeding. The trial court opined that what the Richman firm was trying to do was "assert a lien on something that is not in front of [the court] . . . . And I think that has to be brought by an independent action." The trial judge found "there is not a lien within the ambit of the 2004 case that I can enforce." On appeal, the Richman firm argues that the trial court abused its discretion because it is not necessary to have a specific settlement sum to activate the court's jurisdiction to grant or deny a motion to enforce a 1The arbitration award was not produced on appeal. The $75,045 figure was taken from the Chernaks' answer brief. However, the Chernaks' motion to strike motion to enforce charging lien and incorporated memorandum of law alleges the amount held in trust is $73,690.44. -3- charging lien. The Richman firm asserts all that is necessary to invoke the court's jurisdiction to grant or deny a charging lien is the filing of a notice of charging lien prior to dismissal of the action, which the Richman firm filed. The Chernaks assert that the Richman firm cannot get around the fact that there was no judgment or settlement obtained in the original Watershed suit, and litigation over the charging lien should attach to the arbitration proceeding or the second Watershed suit. Legal Analysis "The charging lien is an equitable right to have costs and fees due an attorney for services in the suit secured to him in the judgment or recovery in that particular suit." Sinclair, Louis, Siegel, Heath, Nussbaum & Zavertnik, P.A. v. Baucom, 428 So. 2d 1383, 1384 (Fla. 1983); Rudd v. Rudd, 960 So. 2d 885, 887 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). In Litman v. Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, P.A., 517 So. 2d 88, 91 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), the court explained: Although Florida, unlike many American jurisdictions, has not codified this common law lien, its courts have long acknowledged the appropriateness of such a lien and the justification for allowing resolution by proceedings in equity: "The law is settled in this jurisdiction that a litigant should not be permitted to walk away with his judgment and refuse to pay his attorney for securing it. It is further consistent with law that an attorney's lien in a case like this be enforced in the proceeding where it arose. The parties are before the court, the subject matter is there, and there is no reason whatsoever why they should be relegated to another forum to settle the controversy." In re Warner's Estate, 160 Fla. 460, 464, 35 So. 2d 296, 298-99 (1948) (citations omitted). In order for a trial court to properly impose a charging lien, an "attorney must show: (1) an express or implied contract between attorney and client; (2) an express or implied understanding for payment of attorney's fees out of the recovery; (3) either an avoidance of payment or a dispute as to the amount of fees; and (4) timely notice." Daniel Mones, P.A. v. Smith, 486 So. 2d 559, 561 (Fla. 1986) (citing Sinclair, 428 So. 2d at 1385). Timely notice is the only requirement for perfecting a charging lien. See Sinclair, 428 So. 2d at 1385. "In order to give timely notice of a charging lien an attorney should either file a notice of lien or otherwise pursue the lien in the original action." Daniel Mones, P.A., 486 So. 2d at 561 (citations omitted). "It is not enough to support the imposition of a -4- charging lien that an attorney has provided his services; the services must, in addition, produce a positive judgment or settlement for the client, since the lien will only attach to the tangible fruits of the services." Rudd, 960 So. 2d at 887 (quoting Mitchell v. Coleman, 868 So. 2d 639, 641 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)). The Chernaks do not dispute that the Richman firm has a right to litigate a charging lien for its services, although they contest that the Richman firm did anything that produced "tangible fruits" for its service. The Chernaks also do not dispute that the Richman firm had a legal right to file a notice of charging lien in the original Watershed suit. Instead, the Chernaks contend that because the original Watershed suit was dismissed with no judgment or settlement obtained, the original Watershed suit is an improper forum for the litigation. The Chernaks further argue that the arbitration proceeding, or perhaps the second Watershed suit, is the proper forum for charging lien litigation since the fact finder in those forums will be better able to determine the significance of the work that the Richman firm did as it relates to the corpus of the settlement agreement. There are two problems with the Chernaks' argument. As discussed above, if an attorney's charging lien "is an equitable right to have costs and fees due an attorney for services in the suit secured to him," Sinclair, 428 So. 2d at 1384, it does not appear appropriate to seek enforcement of the lien in forums where the attorney has not directly participated. Moreover, the Chernaks' argument ignores the common law in this state that timely notice is the only requirement for perfecting a charging lien. See Sinclair, 428 So. 2d at 1385. The lien cannot be pursued if it is not perfected. Perfection of a charging lien typically occurs before the outcome of the case is known. For a lien to be enforceable, an attorney must prove his or her services resulted in "tangible fruits." Whether the attorney's services produced "tangible fruits" is an issue of proof, but it is not an issue of subject matter jurisdiction. As the Richman firm points out on appeal, it may not prevail in proving its services in some way contributed to the production of a settlement agreement which brought legal proceedings between the Chernaks and Watershed to an end, but that does not deny the Richman firm access to litigate that issue in the forum where it directly represented the Chernaks. There is a preference in the law for pursuing charging liens in the original action where the attorney's work is performed, and there is a policy reason for that preference. As our supreme court explained in Sinclair, 428 So. 2d at 1385: -5- The policy underlying the granting and enforcement of charging liens was clearly expressed early in their development in this state: While our courts hold the members of the bar to strict accountability and fidelity to their clients, they should afford them protection and every facility in securing them their remuneration for their services. An attorney has a right to be remunerated out of the results of his industry, and his lien on these fruits is founded in equity and justice. Carter [v. Bennett], 6 Fla. [214,] at 258 [1855] (emphasis in original). The intervening years have not diminished the attorney's duty of loyalty and confidentiality to his client. For this reason, proceedings at law between attorney and client for collection of fees have long been disfavored. The equitable enforcement of charging liens in the proceeding in which they arise best serves to protect the attorney's right to payment for services rendered while protecting the confidential nature of the attorney-client relationship. Granting the motion to strike in this case was comparable to granting a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In ruling on the motion, the trial court focused whether or not the corpus was within the "ambit" of the court's control. The trial court concluded that because the corpus of the settlement in this case was never under its "ambit" in the original Watershed suit, the court had no jurisdiction to grant or deny a charging lien. Research reveals only two cases in Florida which discuss charging liens and the control of the court over the corpus sought to be impressed with the lien. In a footnote in Litman, the court discussed charging liens as they pertain to settlement cases, and stated the following: In settlement cases, the attorney is no less entitled to have a properly asserted charging lien enforced by the court, but if the underlying proceeding has been closed, the attorney may be relegated to an independent suit in equity to enforce the lien. Where the funds sought to be impressed by lien are part of a recovery by judgment, the court retains jurisdiction to hear any motion affecting the judgment until it is fully executed, and the attorney may proceed in that suit to have his lien established. Where, however, there has been a -6- settlement, the funds may be outside the custody of the court, making the assertion of a lien "before the close of the original proceeding," Daniel Mones, P.A. v. Smith, 486 So. 2d 559, 561 (Fla. 1986), essential to maintenance of the right in the original action to enforce the lien against the settlement proceeds. 517 So. 2d at 92 n.4 (Emphasis added). There is also the concurring opinion by Justice Boyd in Daniel Mones, P.A. in which Justice Boyd concluded that a charging lien was improper for a reason different from that stated in the majority opinion:2 I agree that there was no charging lien on the settlement proceeds because after settlement and dismissal of the litigation there was no judgment, fund or res, within the control of the court, to which the lien could attach. (Citations omitted). The charging lien does not simply exist by operation of law but depends on some action of the court. There have been cases where this Court has approved imposition of equitable lawyer's liens on real and personal property after termination of the proceedings, but all such cases showed special equitable circumstances. Daniel Mones, P.A., 486 So. 2d at 562 (citations omitted). There are a number of cases which speak generally about a charging lien attaching to a "judgment," "settlement," "funds," "res," or "tangible fruits," and the requirement seems to be that the attorney's services contributed to, created, or protected the corpus sought to be impressed by the lien, rather than the court having control over the corpus. For example, in Gay v. McCaughan, 105 So. 2d 771, 773 (Fla. 1958), the supreme court stated, "This right to recover fees against one's client, in the proceeding in connection with which the services are rendered, is solely incident to the enforcement of an equitable charging lien against the fund or res created by such services." (Citations omitted). In Robert C. Malt & Co. v. Carpet World Distributors, Inc., 861 So. 2d 1285, 1288 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), this court stated, "Because the charging lien was not attached to a judgment, settlement or some other tangible fruits of the attorney's service, we find that the trial court erred as a matter of law in disbursing the funds." In Kucera v. Kucera, 330 So. 2d 38 (Fla. 4th 2The majority opinion concluded that a charging lien was improper because the attorney did not file notice of the lien in the suit in which the work was performed. -7- DCA 1976), this court denied the imposition of a charging lien held in an attorney's trust account, not because the trial court did not have any control over the funds, but because a successor attorney was seeking to impose the charging lien upon funds deposited into the trust account maintained by prior counsel when the successor attorney did nothing to recover the funds for the client.3 Even if this court were to conclude that the common law of Florida requires a court to have some control over the corpus sought to be imposed with a charging lien, this case would fall into that category of cases mentioned by Justice Boyd in Daniel Mones, P.A. which justifies the imposition of a charging lien as a matter of equity even though the court no longer has control over the corpus.4 The same basic claim was litigated in all three proceedings. The same judge handled both court suits. The Richman firm gave notice of its charging lien in all three proceedings. Because a charging lien is an equitable right, it can be imposed only by a court and not an arbitration panel. The settlement corpus was created by an arbitration proceeding. Whatever control the circuit court has over the corpus is dictated by a settlement agreement generated through the arbitration proceeding. All the circuit court can do is determine who are the claimants to be paid from the funds and enter money judgments for those amounts.5 Because the Richman firm is a claimant having an interest in the settlement corpus who participated only in the original Watershed suit, and since the charging lien would not have been perfected if it were not filed in the original Watershed suit, it would be more appropriate to litigate the charging lien in the first suit, rather than the second suit. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. FARMER, J., concurs. WARNER, J., dissents with opinion. WARNER, J., dissenting. 3The funds were voluntarily given to prior counsel by the client in connection with a dissolution of marriage proceeding. 4This contention assumes that the Richman firm can prove its services contributed to the corpus. 5Similar to Kucera, the fund sought to be imposed with a charging lien is money in an attorney's trust account and is not a res over which the court has direct control. -8- The majority relies almost exclusively on Justice Boyd's concurring opinion in Daniel Mones, P.A. v. Smith, 486 So. 2d 559 (Fla. 1986), to support the position that the Richman firm can assert a charging lien in a case which was dismissed without any recovery whatsoever in the action. Justice Boyd agreed that the attorney in that case did not have a charging lien where the case was settled, dismissed, and there was no judgment or res within the authority of the court to which the lien attached—exactly the reason why the trial court determined that no charging lien existed in this case. Justice Boyd noted that some cases permitted the imposition of an attorney's equitable lien "on real and personal property after termination of the proceedings in which the fund or property was recovered, but all such cases showed special equitable circumstances." Id. at 562. This is the language used by the majority to permit the assertion of a charging lien in this case. However, the cases cited by Justice Boyd do not have any resemblance to the facts of this case, and in each of these cases the attorney had pursued a case to successful conclusion either by judgment or settlement. Justice Boyd cites Forman v. Kennedy, 22 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 1945), in which the court held that where an attorney recovered a judgment for the client, the attorney was entitled to a contingent fee based upon the entire judgment and not the amount the client settled for without the attorney's consent. See also Alyea v. Hampton, 150 So. 242 (Fla. 1933). In Ward v. Forde, 17 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 1944), the court determined that the attorney was entitled to a reasonable fee for representation in a successful suit removing restrictions on real estate, and an equitable lien could be asserted against the real estate encumbered by the restrictions which were removed by the suit. The supreme court later receded from this result in Billingham v. Thiele, 109 So. 2d 763 (Fla. 1959), and held that an attorney could not assert a charging lien against the real property of his client unless authorized by statute or by express agreement. Knabb v. Mabry, 188 So. 586 (Fla. 1939), allowed an attorney an equitable lien against a client's real estate where the services rendered arose out of the real estate which had been made the rem of the suit and on which the attorney had been successful for his client. To the same effect is Scott v. Kirtley, 152 So. 721 (Fla. 1933), which dealt with an attorney who successfully obtained a judgment and recovery for his client. In short, these cases all involved an attorney's successful recovery for a client before a charging lien could be imposed. There is no case which extends an attorney's charging lien to recover for fees expended in proceedings which do not result in the recovery of a -9- judgment or res in that action. That is because there is nothing against which to "charge" the attorney's fees. "The charging lien is an equitable right to have costs and fees due an attorney for services in the suit secured to him in the judgment or recovery in that particular suit." Sinclair, Louis, Siegel, Heath, Nussbaum & Zavertnik, P.A. v. Baucom, 428 So. 2d 1383, 1384 (Fla. 1983) (emphasis added). The Richman firm also asserted a charging lien in the re-filed suit which ultimately resulted in an arbitration settlement. Although the majority suggests that there is something inappropriate in enforcing a lien in a case where the attorney has not directly participated, I disagree. To the extent that the attorney's service produced a positive outcome for the client in that case, then the attorney is entitled to the lien on the recovery. See Rochlin v. Cunningham, 739 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (discharged attorney not entitled to a charging lien where her services did not produce a positive judgment in a child support proceeding where mother did not receive more in child support than father's original offer and mother pursued further litigation based upon the erroneous advice of discharged attorney). If the Richman firm can prove that its services in the first lawsuit (such as the use of extensive discovery or trial preparation) were used directly to produce the settlement in the second lawsuit, then the Richman firm should be entitled to a charging lien. On the other hand, if the services in the first lawsuit did not contribute in any way to the ultimate recovery, then no charging lien should be imposed. In such a case, the attorney is not without a remedy. As noted in Litman v. Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, P.A., 517 So. 2d 88, 94 n.7 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), "if an attorney has not claimed a charging lien or there are no proceeds to which a lien can attach, he nonetheless retains the right to sue the client on the contract in an action at law in which the client is entitled to a jury trial." (emphasis added). If the Richman firm cannot prevail on its charging lien in the second suit or arbitration proceeding, then it still can pursue an action at law. Because no recovery or judgment was obtained in the first suit, no charging lien may exist. I dissent. * * * Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Elizabeth T. Maass, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502004CA01597XXXXMB. - 10 - Gerald F. Richman and John R. Whittles of Richman Greer, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant. Gordon A. Dieterle, Jennifer J. Kramer and Diea D. Kroulik of McClosky, D'Anna & Dieterle, LLP, Boca Raton, for appellees Michael Chernak and Kathleen Chernak. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing - 11 -
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