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One of the greatest things in life is achieving that inevitable 'just-spent-the-night-in-a-sexathon' type of glow (ok, baking epic brownies and holidays are maybe a little higher up there). But for us single gals, that glow isn't the easiest of things to achieve #ManDraught. This is where we call in the troops… the big guns … the A-Team! The team that gives us that glow sans the man – cause let's face it, make up and skincare is a heck of a lot easier to come by than finding 'The one' in London ** Can I get an amen?! **
So, what is it that I have been using religiously of late to give me that glow that everyone keeps commenting on?! Well, where do I start?
Guinot Hydra Finish Face Cream
Glows radiate from within – but sometimes we need a bit more help. I dont rely on heavy machinery to get that glow – I leverage what is in my beauty arsenal – and the Guinot Hydra Finish Face Cream has got magical powers… and then some!
This purple pigmented moisturiser is a winner, no matter the weather, thanks to its powers of transforming my dull, grey skin to something that is dewy, glowy, but foundation-free! No longer do I whip out the foundation for daytime; ohhhh hells no! Instead, I use this tiny tube of goodness to cover up blotchiness, create a great base for blush and to make my skin look bright, but still see my freckles. It is rather decent if you ask me 🙂
Colbert illumino Anti-Ageing Brightening Mask
I was given a Space.NK voucher for Christmas and thought I might as well treat myself to a little bit of luxury. So, as my Mum always taught me – quality over quantity – I hit up Space.NK and got myself the bees knees of luxury… The Colbert illumino Anti-Ageing Brightening Sheet Masks. And boy is it worth every penny.
These masks make my skin glow. Literally, burst out with dewy goodness – even after a hard-days slog at work, too much caffeine (never enough water) and not enough sleep, my skin fakes it for me. Probably the best invention made, these sheet masks have become my achilles and help my face put on a show, that I was clearly not invited to.
Because it contains Niacinamide (an ingredient to help reduce the appearance of pigmentation), my skin looks a hell of a lot more calmer and even – even after one use. Dr Colbert – you deserve a medal for these packets of heaven. Sure, they are not the easiest thing on my budget, but I would happily skip a lunch each week to splurge on these next level beauty necessities.
Frank Body Coconut Coffee Scrub
If you are silky, touchable, kissable, sexy, smooth, glowing, gorgeous skin…. all over – then lets talk dirty. Like REAL dirty. Let's pillow-talk girl… With Frank!
Frank Body is my main man, so it seems. This dirty, dirty (read: positive kind of dirty) man sure knows how to rub me up the right way. If I ever required loving attention from a man – Frank would be it (ok, I always need loving attention from a man, hence why I get naked with Frank 1-2 x a week). Frank has become my shower buddy of late, and let me tell you why?!
This body scrub like actually, for reals… heaven! My whole body gleams with that after-romp glow and I can't stop stroking myself (above board, people) after usage. Sure, it gets a bit nippy waiting around starkers in the shower for the scrub to take affect, but my golly, the after result is worth it. Skin shines, is silky smooth and well.. Any guy would want to slide up to me after I get down and dirty with Frank… And I still wonder why I am single?! lol
I have never met an eye cream that I LOVED until I fell really hard into (basically buying stocks in) Cosmedix Opti Crystal Eye Serum – a revolutionary, wake-me-up style eye cream that literally illuminates the eye area (thanks to its purple, sparkly pigment) whilst also offering the works in terms of benefits. It helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and boost collagen and restore vitality, all the while with it's sexy purple hue that means you could leave the house sans makeup and still look backlit… every gals dream!
BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector (pressed) in Moonstone*
It is funny, over the past 3 months, I have had numerous comments about how glowy and dewy my skin looks – like it had been lit from within (as many have said). And when they asked what I was using, they were amazed that it was a makeup product. My go-to favourite makeup product of the moment – the Becca pressed skin perfecter in Moonstone (the most flattering colour for my ghastly-ghostly skin) is without-a-doubt, the best makeup invention that ever did exists. Not only is it a bloody brilliant product worn by itself, but it also ensures that any skin looks lit from within and just darn radiant. 100% worth every penny.
If you are after a natural mask that doesnt cost the earth (or damage it, for that matter), then I would always hit up Lush. Lucky for me, I stumbled across a mask that not only gives me that 'just stepped out of an all night romp sesh with Fabio' and actually helps my congestion… We are onto a winner here.
The Lush Love Lettuce Mask is perfect for those that have oilier skin (like me) who want to brighten up dull skin with the power of mother nature. This mask contains all natural ingredients and is designed to calm the mind and help rebalance the skin's sebum production. A generous whacking on each week will certainly keep any stringers on at bay (they will definitely think you have another man in your life).
What puts a dampener on radiant skin? Dark spots. They are literally the god-damn-bane of my existence. But I recently started on the hunt to obliterate my dark patches; once and for all. Enter Verso Dark Spot Fix with Retinol 8 and I think I may well be on my way to saying Hasta la Vista, baby to my patchy-prone skin.
Because I am an eternal sufferer of spots #AcneIsntJustForTeens, this concentrated formula is helping to reduce the appearance of minor (and very unwanted) dark spots caused by my past spot-offences, as well as help to alleviate the severity of my past sun-sins. All-in-all, helping me on my quest to more radiant skin. I have used for less than a week and I am already impressed – that is not usually said by a product of less than 4 weeks of trialling it. I think we are onto a keeper, here!
** Royal waves to my radiant skin as it walks past the mirror **
How do you achieve that 'after-glow' glow?
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Progressive Guitar Method For Young Beginners: Book 2 contains very easy arrangements of over 20 songs and introduces the student to eighth notes, eighth note strum patterns and dotted quarter notes.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Granny Square - Building Blocks Tuesday
I've got no new blocks to share this week as I've been furiously working on my Michael Miller Pastel Challenge. It isn't going as well as I hoped, but I should have something to enter. Because of holiday plans, I have to finish this week even though the deadline is the end of the month.
I am sharing this little Granny Square block that I made ages ago for a bee mate. I do love Granny Squares! I really should make a quilt for myself with these adorable blocks, perhaps in Flea Market Fancy fabric - after all, I have been hoarding it for ages.
What blocks have you working on? I would love to see. Link up your fabulous blocks. You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off! This free linky will stay open until the first Monday of next month, but I will repost it every Tuesday until a new month starts.
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great granny block. No new blocks from me but today I have been looking at making some to add to the 17 I have from the littlebunny quilts BOM, would like to add a further 13, next week it will be as I am going to the K & S show in Harrogate this week so will be busyReplyDelete
Have yet to see anything other than an adorable Granny block and yours is particularly lovely Jen! Hope you make your deadlineReplyDelete
Granny squares are a favorite of mine, too!ReplyDelete
some lovely blocks in the links, and your granny square is fab!ReplyDelete
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Huber Convicted in Fatal MN Farm Confrontation
WILLMAR (AP) - A jury in Kandiyohi County has convicted a man of second-degree murder but acquitted him of first-degree murder in a fatal farm confrontation.
Jurors Tuesday found 47-year-old Timothy Huber guilty of two counts of second-degree murder, but not guilty of first-degree premeditated murder.
Huber was on trial for the death of Timothy Larson at the victim's family's farm in rural Belgrade in 2011. Larson had ordered Huber and his father to remove their farm equipment from the Larson property before he was fatally shot.
Huber's father, Delbert, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and admitted he shot and killed Larson. The elder Huber was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.
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Israel targets top Hamas leader
Israel hits home of Hamas leader, the first apparent targeting of its kind in the current conflict. Paul Chapman reports.
This was the home of Hamas political leader Mahmoud Zahar in Gaza. It was destroyed in an Israeli air strike apparently targeting a top Hamas official for the first time in the current conflict. Zahar's thought to be in hiding elsewhere. Israel said it had also warned residents in the northern Gaza Strip to leave their homes ahead of further attacks. Gaza's Interior Ministry dismissed the warnings as psychological warfare. The Israeli action follows the collapse of an Egyptian-brokered truce rejected by Hamas. (SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) GAZA RESIDENT SAMIRA ABU HALIMAH SAYING: "There is no truce, no truce at all. Hamas won't accept a truce. Hamas says we live in a prison, there'll be no truce unless they open the crossings, free our prisoners and get us medicine." (SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) GAZA RESIDENT BASSAM ABED ALMAJEED SAYING: "They have everything - tanks and aircraft. What do we have in Gaza? They're fighting an armless nations that has nothing, a poor nation, what can we do?" Israel said on Tuesday it would step up its Gaza offensive which had claimed the lives of at least 105 Palestinians and one Israeli by Wednesday.


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Wholesale Furniture Brokers has just expanded its online store to include a brand new category of fireplaces and you get to take advantage of it! So why am I posting this in the 100 degree heat of July you ask? For a few reasons, actually; A) these are electric and gel fuel fireplaces, not wood burning fireplaces, making them much easier to maintain as a year-round home accessory B) these fireplaces make for a quick and simple home renovation that can change the look and feel of any room in a snap C) to celebrate the new category Wholesale Furniture Brokers is holding a 20% off sale on select fireplaces with our exclusive coupon code! Who can resist?


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We are in the studio this week (Nov 10- 17) cutting Glen's new CD, "Redemption". It has been an amazing experience, seeing Glen's vision come to life. Yesterday, Ivan Neville came in and contributed his talent on three tracks, playing B3 organ and clavinet and trading vocals with Glen on "Bad By Myself". I think you will all be blown away by Glen's brilliant cover of Gavin DeGraw's "Chariot". Tomorrow we'll be adding his aunt and cousin on backing vocals. That is going to be one of the many surprises for fans on the release.
The players on the CD include Jamison Ross (Thelonius Monk Competition Winner 2013) drums, Alex J Hall - drums, Barry Stephenson - bass, Josh Starkman - guitar, James Martin - sax, Ricio Fruge - trumpet, Ivan, and Anders Osborne. The CD is being produced by Leo Sacks, who has re-mastered over 200 releases for Sony, produced the New Orleans Social Club, and is currently working with Bill Withers. The CD will be mixed by Leo and Ray Bardani, a multi-Grammy winning engineer who worked with Luther Vandross for many years, and recently won Grammys with Kem, and Ledisi.
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I heard last week that we were to expect snow this Sunday, however, I was skeptical since we've had more and more sunshine as of late. Then I noticed a lot of people were starting to talk about it snowing in different parts of Washington today, but Tacoma is usually the last to get any - until I opened the door this afternoon and there it was.
On top of creating this blog for Jeremy while he's deployed, I've decided to do my best to also make it a blog representing their life. I take an abundance of pictures of them throughout our journeys, adventures, and daily life. Some day I won't be here and aside from my archival of photos, keeping an organized online journal is a way for my kids to someday see and read what we've done during times they may not remember the way I do.
For Alyx and Kaydence - you two are my world, my everything and while I'm not always the best, I most certainly try and I hope and pray that you grow to be respectable, well-rounded people that always have a great relationship with me, as well as the rest of the people in your world. Life goes by so quickly and as you get older, you'll start to feel that like I do now. Love and embrace life and love with everything that you are. Be something and make a difference where it counts. More than anything in this life, don't waste it. Just know that no matter what happens in our lives, you can always come home and even more than that, you can always come to me.
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Only stupid people.
I just can't get over how Goddamn stupid people are.
For the last damn time, what I write here is HUMOR...
Not to be taken seriously.
Have I made myself perfectly crystal-clear on that, you fucking dolts?
Far too many of you out there in Cyberland take me seriously.
I know my brand of humor isn't for everyone, and if you don't get it you probably never will, so stop emailing me trying to right some wrong or mistake I've made. I deal with irony, with a dash of absurdity, despair and hopelessness thrown in.
But I'm constantly getting emails from people who JUST DON'T GET IT...
"Tom, in your post about the extra "Y" chromosome you were wrong..." And "Sir, I'm taking offence to your put-down of PETA..." Or "You don't know what you're talking about, the army was never..." And several like "Tom. You really should re-consider the plight of the dolphin by consuming only dolphin-friendly tuna..." Blah, blah, blah.
It's a joke, ok?
I will find humor in ANYTHING. (I'm the guy who joked about a watch on a severed arm I was holding, remember?)
If I have to explain it, it isn't funny. If you don't like my blog, great. Don't fucking read it. No one is holding a gun to your head. Gallows humor isn't for everyone and I shouldn't have to explain myself about every damn post I make. I DON'T make anything up here, but a lot of times I do change places, times and events and I NEVER will mention names or specifics, unless those said names or events are already in the public domain, and only then to protect the guilty.
This isn't a serious blog. It's humor. I'm not talking about things of great social import here. If that's what you're looking for, look elsewhere. I talk about farts, people that piss me off, farts, things that piss me off, farts, stupid folks, funny things I observe during my day and farts.
Shit like that.
If you find offence in my blog, good. You're probably one of those prigs that would piss me off in person anyway and I'm glad I offended you.
For the last time, I'm not going to explain my humor. If you don't get it, you're a moron who should be dragged out into the street and shot and were most probably a waste of sperm when you were conceived. You are an oxygen thief who is sucking up air that I could be breathing.
I really don't want to sound ungrateful because I do get many positive messages, which does keep me plugging away day in, day out. But I have to say, if you read my blog, and get it, enjoy... If you don't get it, move on. Please don't try to right my alleged wrongs. You're wasting your time.
I'm glad I got that off my chest.
I'll put my rifle and explosives away now...
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'Shirdi Sai' First Telugu Film to Release in Africa
Chennai: Southern superstar Nagarjuna says his "Shirdi Sai" will be the first Telugu film to release in Africa and that the story will be uplifting and touching.
Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, the film is releasing in around 800 screens globally Thursday.
"'Shirdi Sai' is the first Telugu film to release in Africa as it is home to thousands of Sai devotees. The film is also releasing in many other countries where previously no Telugu films were screened", Nagarjuna told IANS over phone from Hyderabad and added that "the film will be uplifting and touching."
Shot in about 60 days, "Shirdi Sai" will be highly message-oriented and spiritual.
"Though it sounds cliched, but I'm fortunate to get these kinds of roles. I'm very excited. I will be carrying forward the legacy of my previous films 'Annamayya' and 'Sri Ramadasu', also directed by K. Raghavendra Rao", said the 53-year old.
Almost 80 percent of the shoot happened at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad, including dubbing, VFX and digital processing.
The cast also includes Srikanth, Srihari and Kamalinee Mukherjee in key roles.
This is dailogue-writer Paruchuri Brothers' 333rd film. M.M.keeravani has composed the music for the movie.
Meanwhile, Nagarjuna's "Damarukam" is almost done and will enter post production very soon, while his "Love Story" will be wrapped up by November and will hit screens during Makar Sankranti.
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My original plan was for Declan to be in a bassinet. With Bella, we kept her in a bassinet in our room for the first two or so months before moving her to her crib.
But my plans changed when I awoke one night to Declan choking. Needless to say, I was really, really scared. He was in the bassinet, a few feet from me, and I just kept thinking, "What if I hadn't heard him?" He hadn't been very loud. And I was terribly sleepy from being up a few times each night. I moved him to our bed that night. He slept between Danny and me on a firm memory foam pillow that had a dip in the middle. The pillow kept Danny from rolling over on him (one of the warnings given about co-sleeping is that fathers aren't as aware of the baby as mothers) and also kept him from getting covered by our blankets.
Once he outgrew the pillow, (which he did, quickly!) we moved a chair next to our bed. At this point, I had no clue about "sidecarring" a crib; I thought the only way to co-sleep was to 1- have the baby in bed with you, or 2-buy an expensive side car co-sleeper. I didn't like #1, since I was worried about Danny rolling on him. And no way was I forking out a hundred dollars or so for a side car. The chair is a very square, high armed chair with a firm cushion. I used quilts to build the cushion up to the height of the mattress. Of course, a chair isn't that wide, and Declan soon outgrew that as well.
When Declan was about 5 weeks old, I read online about someone who had sidecarred a crib. What a novel idea! I set to work that very day. (It hurt. I had the crib set up in his room and had to take it apart. I had an appendectomy when he was 2 weeks old, and was still sore from that. It took a loooooong time to get that crib down, back up in our room, and the bed moved to it. Stupid idea to do it myself; I should have asked Danny to help.) I left the drop-side off of the crib and pushed it up against the wall. I then pushed the bed up against that.
Some people have used bungee cords to stretch across the opposite side of the crib to the opposite side of the bed to keep them together; I never had a problem with ours staying. HOWEVER, if I were going to co-sleep with an older baby, I would attach the crib to the bed. (For pictures on how they used the cords, see "How We Sidecarred Our Crib." Our crib fit perfectly and the mattresses were the exact same height.) Older babies move a lot more, and I think Declan would now be able to do something crazy like push his hand between the mattresses.
What about the pillows? Experts recommend that parents not use pillows or heavy blankets when co-sleeping, as a baby could get tangled and smother. I can't sleep without a pillow, so I improvised. I slept with my face right at the edge of the pillow and my arm up against the edge. I also kept Declan lower than my pillow.
Another handy tip: I kept a large baby quilt stretched across the crib and my part of the mattress. This way, whenever a diaper happened to leak, I could remove the blanket and have a dry surface. I also kept diapers, wipes, and extra sleepers at the foot of the crib in baskets.
I was very aware of Declan the whole time we co-slept. Many times, I would wake up to his movements before he would cry. I knew where he was at all times; I fell asleep to the sound of his breathing. I loved co-sleeping.
Declan moved to his own room when he was 4 1/2 months old. I think he slept better than I did that night; I missed his snuggling up against me at night. I also missed seeing him playing with his hair while going to sleep.
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1. South Surry train victim's friends remember Jack: 'He was a gift'
The 15-year-old boy died on Wednesday night after being struck by a train. See more >
2. 10-year-old missing Vancouver girl found
The girl was missing for nearly 24 hours. See more >
Great news! Missing 10-year-old Maryjane Tom has been located, safe and sound. Thank you for the RTs.
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) July 9, 2018
3. Gypsy, a 6-foot-long ball python, missing in Delta
The snake went missing in the Ladner area on June 30, after somehow escaping from a farmers' field, according to Delta police. The snake wasn't reported missing until July 6. See more >
4. ATV rider airlifted to hospital
A medevac helicopter landed at Albion elementary and the rider was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital. See more >
5. One person is dead after a fatal accident in Mission
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According to the Secretariat of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), there are 88 individual, regional trade agreements currently in force (Fischer, 1998). Not less than 77 new preferential trade agreements on the regional level have been registered from 1992 to 1996 (Denman, 1998). Virtually all 132 members of the WTO now participate in at least one agreement to advance regional trade liberalisation in goods and services (Fischer, 1998). Twenty-five per cent of global output is being exported (Ruggiero, 1998). World trade growth doubled from 4 per cent per annum between 1980 and 1993 to 8 per cent in 1994-1996, outpacing world output growth by a widening margin (Fischer, 1998). "Recent trends in intra-regional and extra-regional trade allow for some tentative conclusions, according to "Intereconomics", on whether regional trade rather than global networking was the dominant feature in the world economy during the 1980s and early 1990s" (Fischer, 1998, 164).
The phenomenon of regionalisation needs to be analysed not only in terms of economic processes underway, but also in terms of its implications for possibilities to increase the role of regional arrangements and agencies in the maintenance of international peace and security, in general, and in the prevention of intra-state conflicts in the post-Cold War world, in particular. As the same time, it is important to assess the pattern of actual interaction of regional and global approaches to maintenance of security and its sustainability. The problems of security on national, regional and global levels are acquiring qualitatively new dimensions after the end of the Cold War. With the collapse of one of the 'superpowers', and its consequent collapse of the bipolar system of international relations, foreign policy doctrines of many countries around the globe started to evolve.
It is only partly true that all these large-scale foreign policy changes, in so many states, have originated from the disintegration of the 'superpower' Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation. It is also true that these changes in world politics are going on intact with the radical transformation of societies in the former Soviet Republics and the USSR's allied countries all over the world. This transformation of societies toward widening democratic freedoms and market economies creates more favourable preconditions for integration processes between like-minded states, with compatible systems of market economies. These preconditions result in the creation of an expanding network of regional and sub-regional organisations of different kinds as well as in the deepening of mutual economic and political interdependences between participating states, having an obvious impact on the formation of future security architectures on a regional level, and on entire grounds upon which regional security systems will rely. Furthermore, a novel system of international relations is gradually emerging, providing better conditions for prevention of both inter- and intra-state violent conflicts and for partnership relations not only among contemporary states, but also between different regional groupings and organisations in the maintenance of international peace and security.
While designing the security system after World War II, the founders of the United Nations (UN) envisaged a possibility of pacific settlement of local disputes through regional arrangements or by regional agencies before referring them to the Security Council (Article 52.2 of the UN Charter). On the other hand, the Security Council in its turn, "must encourage the development of pacific settlement of local disputes", by such regional agencies either on the initiative of the states concerned, or by reference from the Security Council (Article 52.3). As far as enforcement actions under its authority are concerned, the Security Council (SC) may utilise such regional arrangements or agencies for these purposes, but no enforcement action shall be taken by them, without the authorisation of the SC. The Security Council "shall at all times be kept fully informed of activities undertaken or in contemplation under regional arrangements by regional agencies for the maintenance of international peace and security." (Article 54).
The efficiency of the security system, established after World War II, on both global and regional levels, was dependent on the ability of the permanent members of the Security Council to cooperate and to undertake effective collective measures. However, due to the confrontation between some of its permanent members during the Cold War, the Security Council was unable to do so. This means that the regional aspects of the systems of international peace and security, stipulated particularly in Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, could not work in the way that they had been designed by the UN's founding fathers.
By the existing military-political realities the UN member states were forced to seek an efficient substitute for the functions of the Security Council as the main 'peace-keeper' and to establish a network of bilateral and multilateral military-political alliances in different regions of the world. The regional military-political alliances could not be qualified as regional arrangements and agencies, corresponding to the conditions of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter: pacific settlement of local disputes before referring them to the Security Council was not the main incentive for establishing them. These bilateral military agreements and multilateral regional military-political alliances had to be able to repulse a military threat to security of their members, posed by hostile states and alliances in accordance to Article 51 of the UN Charter (concerning the right to individual and collective self-defence).
The confrontation between East and West was based on the perception that the other social system was a threat to the basic values of human society. This polarised the world along political, military, economic, cultural and ideological lines. Pacific settlement of this basic contradiction was out of the question. The 'superpowers' and their allies tried to enlarge their spheres of influence among developing countries, where two thirds of the world's population lives, by convincing them to support and select a particular type of socio-economic and political development and turning them in this way into their 'clients'. The quest for the unity and cohesion of the military-political alliances within the common strategy of confrontation with adversaries gave birth to attempts, not only to achieve military cooperation between allied countries, but also to consolidate their political, economic, technological, scientific, cultural and ideological policies. Such an approach precluded any productive interaction, not to mention, integration between 'antipodes': they were considered unfeasible, dangerous and counter-productive.
Attempts from the 'superpowers' to 'cement' the unity of the allied countries by setting a common economic basis for the international strategy of the alliances, through promoting integration processes between their member states, cannot be characterised as a success story. Neither North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), nor the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO) were properly 'equipped' to implement this task. Strong political and military incentives for this were not able to bridge the gap. As a result, processes of regional economic cooperation and integration started to develop outside frames of the military-political alliances in Europe, namely within the European Economic Community (EEC) and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON). It is important to emphasise that under conditions of the Cold War, these integration processes, as far as their participants were concerned, continued to follow the pattern of confrontation and were taking place separately in the East and the West.
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in Helsinki in August 1975, and the approval of the Final Act of the CSCE, were important milestones on the way to overcoming the East-West confrontation in Europe. The CSCE was a successful attempt of European states, the USA and Canada to determine a kind of 'rules of conduct' in regulating hostile relations between the competing military-political alliances under conditions of 'Cold War', in order to prevent their transformation into a military conflict or 'hot war'.
At the same time, the emergence of the CSCE manifested an initial state of formation of a new type of a regional organisation, one which was universal in terms of participating states across the East-West confrontation line and the scope of problems with which it had to deal. The Final Act of the Helsinki Conference in August 1975 constituted these 'rules of conduct' as the basic framework for construction of a system of European Security and Cooperation. This framework included also principles of economic and technological cooperation and interaction between the CSCE states. But at that moment, i.e. in the middle of the 1970s, these principles were more a declaration of intent than a real basis for development of integration processes on a pan-European level: apart from the obvious political obstacles to be overcome they declared development of mutual beneficial economic and technological cooperation between states with incompatible economic and political systems.
Actual transformation of political and economic systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and in the newly independent states on the territory of the former USSR does promote the removal of these obstacles for the formation of a common European economic space. The forms, content and directions of the so-called 'socialist economic integration' were determined by ideological and political motives. Integration ties were planned and implemented by bureaucratic methods through centralised systems of economic management, without proper consideration of their economic profitability and expediency. Such a politically predetermined, planned 'integration' turned out to be quite artificial and not promoting real and deep economic interdependence between states involved, in contrast to integration processes between politically independent democratic states as directed by their national interests and, consequently, by the most profitable economic solutions within the market economy. Cooperative economic ties, based predominantly on political and ideological grounds and without a base of parallel economic interests, turn out to be precarious and short-lived.
With the end of the Cold War, the political tasks of the 'socialist economic integration' fell away, but any deep interdependence between member states in the economic field, which would have induced them not only to keep, but also to strengthen political cooperation, had not been created. COMECON fell apart and its member states did not demonstrate any strong interest to preserve it. The collapse of their cooperation in the military-political field as well as the gradual drift of the former COMECON countries towards integration with the European Union, should be seen as quite a logical outcome of the 'socialist' pattern of integration.
Integration processes within the European Union (EU) were based on regulation of economic problems in the interests of politically-independent, democratic member states under conditions of a market economy. The experiences of integration processes, gained within the EU, demonstrate that they were developing - although not without difficulties, contradictions and even crises - but invariably progressively, and so they promoted the emergence of broad spheres of common, coinciding or interwoven interests of their citizens, businessmen, banking circles and state structures. In this way, a critical mass of mutual interdependence was being formed gradually and 'from below', which, at a certain stage, gave birth to the necessity of deepening cooperation among member states also in other fields, including political, monetary, financial, social, legislative. Now this cooperation tends to include problems of security and defence.
The formation of the EU as a regional arrangement was initiated by the agreement of the states involved to deepen economic interaction between themselves in certain fields of common interest. The need to develop further economic cooperation in order to make it efficient and profitable for all countries involved was the main incentive for them to widen and enlarge cooperation in other non-economic fields. Of course, the development of such regional organisations is a time- and labour-consuming process of balancing economic interests of participating states. But every step forward in this direction increases the foundations for stable and peaceful relations between the participating states in the long-term perspective.
The deep and broad interdependence of the EU member states made the risk of violent resolution of interstate disputes and contradictions, within the EU, irrational and non-existent. Due to weighty economic reasons any attempt to resolve such disputes and contradictions by violent means would have brought too large and painful damage to all sides involved. This inspired them to look after political, economic and other pacific means of settlement for disputes and contradictions, making this way of such a settlement the most efficient and least expensive. While doing so, they did not even think to refer their disputes to the UN Security Council.
These mechanisms have already promoted the erosion of military tools of conflict settlement between the participating states. The West European countries (members of the EU) are opening their borders to each other and gradually reducing their frontier guard formations inside the EU. Inner-European border controls within the EU are planned to fall away completely. A single currency and broadly uniform economic policy within the EU would not be possible without a considerable degree of political integration (see Elliott, 1997).
The ongoing integration processes of such a comprehensive magnitude, as within the EU, in combination with other European legal and institutional arrangements create pre-conditions for the prevention of deadly intra-state conflicts, as well by ensuring free movement of persons; freedom of establishment of nationals of a member state in the EU in the territory of another member state; close collaboration between member states in the social field, particularly in matters relating to employment, labour legislation and working conditions, occupational and continuation training; social security; the enjoyment and protection of the rights of migrant workers from the EU states, under the conditions granted by each state to its own nationals. All these and many other regulations of this kind are strictly observed and implemented by different EU institutions, such as the European Commission, the European Council, Council of Ministers and Committee of Permanent Representatives, European Parliament, Court of Justice of the European Communities, European Social Fund, European Training Foundations, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and by other national and international bodies. These measures contain and limit considerably the very possibility of different political forces inside EU member states to misuse nationalistic, ethnic, or religious motives, as well as phobia of foreigners and migrants, in their political aspirations.
War has become unthinkable among the countries of the EU. Helmut Kohl, as the German Chancellor, in one of his speeches rightly stated: "European integration is in reality a question of war and peace in the 21st Century .." (Elliott, 1997, 4). The objective set by the founding fathers of the UN in the Chapter VIII of the UN Charter before the regional agencies and organisations in the sphere of pacific settlement of conflicts is being practically achieved, not as a result of diplomatic efforts of state authorities, but as an outcome of development of economic integration processes within the EU, which caused far-reaching consequences for the international relations of all countries and nations involved. Involvement of different countries, people and territories in similar integration processes, also on regional and sub-regional levels, with proper legal, institutional and financial arrangements, can result in a long-term perspective in the creation of a firm ground for the prevention and peaceful settlement of both inter-and intra-state disputes and deadly conflicts. This is the most promising way for gradual enlargement of a peace and sustainable security zone to include all parts of Europe.
The EU forms one of the key institutions within the regional European Security Architecture, whose functions cannot be substituted for the member states by any other organisation or grouping in Europe. Similar functions, at least theoretically, can be acquired by the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In the future, the EU not only will continue to enlarge by integrating new members, but will also acquire some additional functions. Under the Treaty on a European Political Union, the member states pledged to work toward the framing of a common defence policy which might, in time, lead to a common defence, compatible with that of the Atlantic Alliance. The EU is developing its own security and defence identity, not necessarily because the security arrangements provided by NATO to its EU members are considered by the latter as insufficient.
The political integration of EU member states is going on outside the frames of NATO and will have its autonomous dynamic of development and independent economic ground also in the future. This means that the development of a common foreign and security policy within the framework of European integration processes is not similar to the processes rooted in the post-Cold War evolution of NATO. Even from this point of view, NATO cannot be deemed to be a universal all-European security arrangement for the future. Formally, the European members of NATO did not resist the development of the European Security and Defence Identity (ESDI) within the Alliance at this stage of its evolution, but at the same time, some of the EU members are undertaking different initiatives aimed at gradually building a common European defence policy.
On the eve of the 40th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, six EU members (France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Luxembourg) launched a joint initiative, calling for all 15 EU members to eventually subscribe to the mutual-security guarantee contained in the founding Treaty of the Western European Union (WEU) Defence group. The thrust of the proposal is to gradually incorporate the 10-nation WEU in the EU "to make defence no longer a theory, but a real prospect" (International Herald Tribune, 1997, March 25, 5). In this context, it is worth mentioning that in May 1994, associate partnership status was granted by the WEU to Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
The initiative to gradually incorporate the WEU into the EU, "reflects the long-standing ambition of continental countries", wrote Tom Buerkle, "to win greater independence from American tutelage and to give Europe military strength equal to its economic might" (Buerkle, 1997, 5). No doubt that prospective Central and Eastern European members of the EU will strengthen this long-lasting ambition, challenging aspirations of the NATO leader to be the determining force of a new European Security Architecture. However, the EU is not yet the all-European institution and will hardly become this in a medium-term perspective. It provides above-mentioned merits and advantages only to member states directly and to those states and peoples who aspire to enter the EU, indirectly. The understandable inclination of many post-communist states to utilise the tried and tested methods of development within the EU to the benefit of their countries and peoples, inspires them to integrate with the EU.
Under conditions of acute internal opposition between different political forces in new democracies of Central and Eastern European countries, the establishment of a firm legislative ground for successful economic, political, social, technological, and cultural development, is a too painful and time-consuming process, which nonetheless, does not ensure the optimal course of economic and political reforms and reliable security arrangements. Prospects of being integrated into the EU create commonly acceptable streamlines for economic, social, legislative, ecological development of these countries, in view of the necessity to adjust it to the demands of the EU, constitute a factor of stabilisation of their political life, by promoting the formation of consensus in these countries on the problems of their domestic development.
This creates qualitatively new perspectives for widening democratic freedoms in many countries and strengthening integration processes between like-minded states, with compatible systems of market economies. This means that a consistent course of Central and Eastern European countries towards integration with the EU is deemed to be the optimal way of lessening the burden of transition and of speeding up the socio-economic progress of these countries. Possible membership of Central and Eastern European countries in the EU will undoubtedly correspond to their long-term strategic interests. But to become true, this perspective requires extensive, expensive and time-consuming efforts to adjust their economic, social, financial, legislative and other systems to those of the EU. By doing so, these countries are creating preconditions for conflict prevention and settlement, existing within the EU, in their own states, as well as in a larger part of Europe.
At the same time, EU membership is not available for countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the short-term perspective. The EU would not include some of the former Warsaw Pact members before 2002 at the earliest. The formal support of NATO enlargement to the East helps the EU to delay real negotiations with the Eastern Europeans on entry to the Union to the moment when not only Eastern Europeans, but also the EU itself, will be better suited to accept and integrate new members.
On the way to their strategic goal, namely the membership in the EU, countries of Central and Eastern Europe are entering different regional and sub-regional agreements with other European states in order to join an all-European economic space (see Bulajic, 1998). There are several sub-regional cooperation links, associations and groupings with the participation of CESEC countries, which are already part of overall integration processes:
* Council of Barents/Euro-Atlantic region includes six member states (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Finland and Sweden) and nine observers (Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, France, USA and Japan.
* The Baltic Sea States Council unites nine states (Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estland) with a population of more than 300 million.
* The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council consists of 11 states (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine) with a population of more than 300 million.
* The Central European Free Trade Association (CEFTA) attracted six countries, (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Romania) with a population of 65 million.
* The Central European Initiative is supported by 16 countries with a population of about 250 million (Austria, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Croatia and the Czech Republic) (Fischer, 1998).
Other sub-regional groupings with participation of the former republics of the USSR are also taking shape.
The member states of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council (BSECC), in the Declaration of Intent, concerning an establishment of a Black Sea free-trade zone, accepted in Istanbul on February 7, 1997, confirmed their aspiration to develop mutual economic cooperation, seen by them as their contribution to the creation of an all-European economic space and as a step forward towards greater integration of the participating states into the world economy (Diplomaticheskyi Vestnik, 1997). According to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, V.V. Posuvaliok, "Russia assumes that the Black Sea free-trade zone shall become a part of a new European architecture, free from any dividing lines in economic and military political matters" (Diplomaticheskyi Vestnik, 1997, 22).
Different sub-regional economic groupings with participation of both CIS members and other states outside the Commonwealth may be helpful for development of integration ties not only inside the CIS, but also in a broader perspective. By doing so, they can promote a formation of deep interdependences among states involved with all consequences for peace, security and stability, resulting from these interdependences. Further development of such sub-regional cooperation and integration in different parts of Europe is an efficient means, promoting the formation of an all-European economic space.
This all-European economic space in making may lay down a firm economic ground for the peace-making activities of the OSCE, which no longer regulates hostile relations between rival states, but is constructing a new pattern of international relations and sustainable security order in Europe, by concerted efforts of all pan-European, European regional and sub-regional organisations, trans-Atlantic institutions and like-minded European states. Participation of individual countries in several sub-regional economic agreements is a commonly accepted practice today. This helps them to get more deeply involved in a broad network of international economic cooperation and by doing so to contribute to the creation of such a system of multi-lateral interdependencies, within which any attempts to 'settle' disputes and conflicts by violent means would be harmful to all sides concerned.
Involvement of individual states in different sub-regional agreements helps 'construct bridges' between these sub-regional groupings and form an extensive network of intra-regional agreements and cooperative ties, in a broader sense. This is not an exclusively European phenomenon. Regionalisation has gained momentum in the last two decades all over the world involving economies at all levels of development. The regional agreements vary in coverage, scope and completeness (see Fischer, 1998). Regional trade agreements of different coverage, scope and completeness are spreading, enlarging and deepening over the last decades.
The obvious trend towards the intensification of cooperation on intra-regional levels is gaining momentum. After the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by the USA, Canada and Mexico, the exploration of possibilities for cooperation and interaction between NAFTA and the EU in the form of a Transatlantic Free Trade Area - TAFTA - has intensified. TAFTA supporters point out that the combined US-EU GDP represents 57 per cent of the total world GDP (Barfield, 1998). The USA and NAFTA would like to establish a free-trade zone on the whole American continent - a Free Trade Area of the Americas - by 2005 and by doing so, integrate NAFTA and other regional and sub-regional groupings like CARICOM, MERCOSUR, the Andean group and other Central American and Latin American groups. This free-trade area would come in at about 70 per cent of the world GDP (Barfield, 1998). The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) gathers together 18 countries with 2.1 billion people, including the USA, Japan, China and the 'Asian Tigers' It realises about 55% of global GNP and 45% of global trade. This grouping should be enlarged by 2000 with 10 Asian and Latin American countries and possibly Russia (Bulajic, 1998). On the basis of the Lomé conventions, the EU continues its economic cooperation with 71 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP). Annual summits of 15 European and 10 Asian states are discussing means of improving cooperation between the EU and ACEAN on the intra-regional basis.
Some of the regional and sub-regional economic arrangements started to take part in conflict prevention and conflict settlement activities in their regions as Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) itself and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Asia, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and Maghreb Arab Union in Africa are doing, to name but a few. At the same time, such a continental organisation as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) is entering its third decade as a continental conflict management forum. In 1991 state representatives and private citizens of Africa convened at the African Leadership Forum, in cooperation with the OAU and the UN Economic Commission for Africa, and adopted the charter of the Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA), which has the OSCE as an example. Regional organisations of a political nature are still playing a tremendous role in conflict prevention and settlement activities in different parts of the world. Processes of economic integration on a regional level are able to do the same, but by other, non-military and non-violent means.
Through integration processes at a regional level, development of ties between different regional groups and their individual participants, as well as through the liberalisation of world trade and the activity of multi-national corporations, the firm ground for a highly-integrated and interdependent, future world economy, is being laid.
Ties of integration and mutual interdependency among contemporary states are being formed over a long period. Their impact on conflict prevention is felt from a short-term perspective, not simultaneously in different parts of the world. Promoting such integration processes has to be considered as one of the most important elements of a long-term strategy of conflict prevention and stability strengthening.
Barfield, Claude E. 1998. "The Deceptive Allure of a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement: A US Perspective". Intereconomics, September/October, pp. 203-211.
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Denman, Roy. 1998. "Take the Multilateral Road, avoid Spaghetti Junctions". International Herald Tribune, April 21, p. 8.
Elliott, Michael. 1997. "A new Europe". Newsweek, February 3, pp. 9-14.
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"6 EU-Nations Draft a Defense Plan". 1997. International Herald Tribune, March 25, p.5.
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Our latest photo collection comes from the family of Mart Williams. Mart Williams' (of Sulphur, Louisiana) early teens years were spent racing anything that had wheels on it, he had a great interest in speed. After a short period of time, he found ways to make machines go faster, without realizing he had now entered the racing world. He ended up being a competition rider of motorcycles, three wheelers, sand drag racing and eventually monster trucks. He won many races and received trophies in all of these divisions.
In 1982 the Williams family business ventured into paint and body shop and used car business. Mart and his brother Glenn were both avid painters, and would create any type of paint on any vehicle. Marts attention then turned around to concentrate on trucks when he was inspired by BIGFOOT and USA1. He told Glenn, "I need to build one of those trucks, but better so I can compete with them". He never gave up on any idea that he put his mind too. In a short time his dream became a reality, this was the beginning of Southern Sunshine. The early 80's Chevy would sit high above the 66" tires, and be powered by a 454cid motor, the axles were borrowed from a Pettibone cherry picker, and the truck would weigh in at over 15,000 lbs.
It wasn't long before the truck and crew ventured into all parts of the nation at stadiums and outside events. Fast forward to 1984, Mart's next creation would be called the Cajun King, a Monster Cadillac on 66s. Sadly on June 5th 1986, Mart's life came to end, in a freak accident. After Mart's death both vehicles were parked and put away for the next 25 years. It wasn't until long time Southern Sunshine fan Matt Ison tracked down Mart's family and encouraged them to bring the trucks back out into the public eye. In the spring of 2011 Glenn Williams brought both trucks out of storage, and celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Southern Sunshine Racing, at public car show and local events.
The last remaining Southern Sunshine original merchandise is on display at the Hall of Fame, Auburn, Indiana.
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3) Purchasing
A Good Initial Offer
Given these factors and your budget, what is a good initial offer for the house?
Typically, your initial offer should be below the seller's listing price, should be based on your analysis of the value of the property compared to similar properties, and should be below the top price you are willing to pay. You want room to negotiate.
Should you discuss these factors with your agent to arrive at a strategy? If you are working with an exclusive buyer's agent, such discussion can be very helpful. But keep your strategy and the top price you're willing to offer to yourself when talking or working with a dual agent or seller's agent; they are legally required to pass along such info to the seller.
Can you make an offer below listing price and negotiate the cost for new construction?
Most developers and builders will say that because they are building homes "on spec" that they have fairly small profit margins and their list price for the home is fair and not negotiable. In the real world, you may be able to negotiate a number of things including the price of the home. Many builders list a price with a small profit margin for the basic model of the home, then offer a number of upgrades for which they typically charge a bundle. In practice, the average cost for upgrades is typically inflated enough that many experts recommend that you purchase the basic model and then later install upgrades such as flooring or countertops by contracting with independent suppliers/contractors. If you wish, you might try to negotiate for "free" upgrades as part of the purchase price. In some cases perhaps the builder needs to sell the model quickly or just has a couple of homes left in a slow market and would be willing to come down on his price. You'll never know unless you make that lower initial offer.
Information Edge Tip: Many developments have on-site agents who exclusively represent that development. You would be wise in such cases to have your own representation, a buyer's agent or real estate attorney, and not work solely with the development's exclusive agent. This is particularly important if you wish to negotiate price and other terms.
How do you make the offer? What terms and contingencies should your offer include?
Theoretically, you could make an offer to buy a property by writing a simple statement such as "I offer to buy ____ property for $_______ by such-and-such a date." But in reality, to protect both you and the seller, you will make in writing an "offer to purchase" or "contract to purchase" using a formal document that serves as a legal contract that contains the terms, conditions, and contingencies under which both buyer and seller agree to the sale.
A contingency, by the way, is a condition that must be in place for the contract to go through. If the condition is not met, you have the right to withdraw your offer. It's one of the ways you have to make sure that you are protected financially and that you get the house you think you are getting.
You need to consider several terms and contingencies as seriously as you do the price you're willing to pay.
Recommended contingencies for inclusion in your offer to buy.
- Your ability to get a loan for purchase.
An offer typically contains not only the price that you are offering for the house but the size and terms of the mortgage loan that you are applying for. And the offer specifically states that your offer is contingent on obtaining this financing. Obtaining pre-approval for financing your home before you start house shopping not only helps you confirm what you have to spend on a home but it also lets the seller know that your loan application will probably be trouble free. The contingency clause says that if, for any reason, you are not able to get a mortgage at the terms stated in the contract, then you may withdraw your offer.
- The house passing a home inspection.
Whether your intended home is an existing resale or new construction, failing to have it inspected by a certified professional home inspector is asking for trouble. A thorough home inspection assesses the structural condition of the property, including inspecting roof, basement, crawl space, electrical, plumbing, appliances, and heating and cooling systems. The inspector looks at any signs of previous problems as well as current existing problems; the inspector also looks at positives. You should plan to go along on the inspection visit so that you can ask questions and hear what the inspector has to say. Given the readiness with which many folks file law suits, inspectors may be more expansive informally than in their written report.
The inspector may make notes during the inspection and provide you a written report within 1 to 2 days or may enter his or her observations into a computer and produce a report on site. You, the buyer, pay for the inspections. The average cost ranges from $300 to $500, some of the best dollars you can spend.
If you have observed some potentially big problems with specific structures or mechanicals (such as cracks in the foundation, possibly leaky plumbing or heating/cooling system that seems on its last legs), you may wish to include clauses requiring inspection by specialists in these areas.
Requiring a "termite or wood pest infestation" inspection, even in areas where these are not required by law, is certainly a good idea. Depending upon the home's age and the geographical location you may wish to consider requiring testing for other toxic substances such as asbestos or radon gas.
If the home inspection results reveal the home does not meet your criteria or approval or the inspection reveals problems that the seller refuses to fix, then you can withdraw your offer. If the problems are fixable, then you may ask the seller to fix them or perhaps negotiate a new lower offer/price that takes into account the estimated cost to make the repairs. If you are making an offer on new construction, then you typically would create a "punch list" of work that needs to be completed or corrected that the builder agrees to perform.
In all cases, but particularly when the seller agrees to make repairs or when certain property (including appliances) is to remain with the home, you should also request in your offer the right to a walk-through inspection right before closing. If you are buying a newly constructed home, a walk through to check that the "punch list" has been completed properly is important.
Because the inspection must take place quickly after your offer has been accepted (usually within about 5 days), it's important to evaluate and select the home inspector you wish to use before you suddenly need one. See Tips for Finding a Professional Home Inspector.
- Having the offer or contract to purchase reviewed by your attorney.
Many experts recommend that you have your offer-to-purchase contract reviewed by a qualified real estate attorney—even if you are working with a buyer's agent and particularly if you are a first-time buyer. Experts insist this step is a must if you are working without help and buying a FSBO home.
For any offer, it's a good idea to have the attorney look at the contract before you sign it if time allows. Even if your attorney looks at the offer before you sign it, experts still recommend including a contingency that requires that your attorney approve the contract.
- Making your offer subject to your approval of the home after you've viewed it in person.
We recommend that you never offer a contract to purchase a home or property that you have not seen in person. But if you think you've located just the right home via the Internet and are convinced it might be snatched out from under you, then at least protect yourself by reserving the right to withdraw the offer if you find problems after you see it in person. This same contingency clause may be advisable even if you have seen the house and your spouse has not, but you think you'd better immediately offer a contract because other prospective buyers are drooling over the house. Include a clause that says something like, "subject to the approval of my spouse Judy (or Joe)."
Other common contingencies included in offers to purchase
Here are a few other contingencies that buyers have found useful in certain instances. Just remember not to go overboard with a load of frivolous contingencies that could work against the seller's accepting your offer. If you are adding a contingency that is not on the contract form you are using, then having your real estate attorney check the wording can be a good idea.
- Your approval of the seller's disclosures about the property.
For example, you may wish to have the seller provide you with a copy of the CLUE "loss history report" for the property. CLUE stands for Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange, a database to which most companies providing homeowner's property insurance report claims. Recently a number of buyers have been finding that they may not be able to get insurance on the home they wish to purchase or may have to pay much higher rates to insure the home if the property has a history of problems and insurance claims. Although many consumer advocates find this trend alarming, it may be a while before any changes take place in these underwriting practices and you should protect yourself. Only the homeowner or insurance company can request the CLUE report, which is why you must request it from the seller. A-PLUS is another company that provides loss history reports.
- Sale of your current residence.
If you are trying to buy a new home before you are able to sell your old home—this situation often occurs when you must relocate due to your work—then you may wish to include this contingency.
- Approval by the board of the co-op or condo you wish to purchase.
Where board approval is required for you to "buy into" a co-op or condo, then this contingency is a must.
- Compliance with the building codes.
When considering new construction or an extensively remodeled existing home, such a contingency may be wise even if the property has a "certificate of occupancy" indicating the government inspectors have signed off. The home inspector you hire should be qualified to check such compliance in this case.
- The home appraises at or above your agreed upon offer.
Perhaps you are afraid that the fact that home backs up to the buffer zone of a shopping center makes it worth less than you've agreed to pay. Or you've gone a little higher than you think the home is worth because you badly want the house. In such cases this contingency clause can protect you and may in the second case help the seller say yes to your offer.
- Certain timing may be of the essence.
For example, you may wish to say that seller has only a certain amount of time to respond to your offer or you might indicate that you must be able to take possession by a certain date or the deal is off. Sellers typically desire a limit to the time you have to obtain a mortgage. If you're pre-approved by the Credit Union when you start shopping, you've probably already answered that requirement.


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Sunday, 20 January 2013
Project (semi) Sourdough: First loaf of 2013
I decided that I wanted to bake my first loaf of 2013 this weekend. With the cold snap that is currently going on in the UK I wasn't sure how a pure sourdough loaf would stand up and I didn't want to be tied to the kitchen if proving times were taking longer than expected, so decided on a semi-sourdough loaf instead.
I also had in the mind to try and re-create the excellent pain de campagne that I bought from Dégustation in Brockley a few weeks ago. Searching for "semi-sourdough pain de campagne" didn't yield many results, but I did find this recipe on the Wild Yeast site. It looked like just what I wanted so I decided to give it a go.
The results turned out pretty well. I tasted the bread alongside a slice of the pain de campagne I had in the freezer. My loaf isn't as good, but not far off which is pleasing.
My bread had some reasonable oven spring and a nice structure to the bread. I would have preferred a thicker crust (I think I could bake it for a bit longer next time) and there is still a faint taste of the dried yeast in the bread. Must try a full sourdough next time.
Over the past week I've been thinking of buying a new oven and baking this loaf has firmed my resolve to get one. The oven took an hour to get up to temperature, I really don't trust the temperature and had to bake the loaf for twenty minutes longer than prescribed and when I through some water on the base of the oven it dripped back out rather than turning to steam. Clearly something not right with the temperature.
The only question is could I install a new oven without electrocuting myself or blowing up the oven?
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- Anonymous21 January 2013 at 03:46
I'm sure you could do it Richard. A new oven would sound very enticing if your current one takes an hour to cranking. Eeek, thats a long time.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous looking snow you are having at the moment.
So good to see you're keeping up the bread making! When I eventually get to your side of the world again we'll have to pop in for a sample ;)ReplyDelete
I have been given a sourdough starter,the the lady said that it was at the sponge stage. I have had to keep it in the fridge since March 27th as I have been so busy. I haven't fed it. I have bought it up to room temperature and it is bubbling really nicely. How do I use it from now to make a loaf.ReplyDeleteReplies
Karen, welcome to the world of sourdough! It's a very rewarding hobby once you get the hang of it.Delete
If you have your starter out of the fridge it needs to be fed. I fed my started with equal parts of flour and water (by weight). The theory is that your starter should double after every feed. If you have 50g of starter already added 25g of flour and 25g of water when you feed it. This will double the total weight to 100g. Every few days discard some of your starter so it isn't relentlessly doubling and using up all your flour!
If you keep your starter in the fridge you don't need to feed it. I regularly keep mine in the fridge for a couple of weeks without feeding it and it is ok.
If you want to bake I like the sponge method:
I'd recommend buying a bread book as you'll find it quite helpful on tips and tricks. The River Cottage Bread Handbook is a great starter book. It focuses mainly on yeasted breads, but there are some sourdough recipes too.
Good luck!


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text: On the basis of the rankings in 10 countries, it is obvious that Dylan's second album with "Sinatra" songs, Fallen Angels, is not doing so well as the first one (Shadows in the Night). The first week entries are lower (highest in this map a number 5 position in the UK) and in the second and third week the album is quickly dropping (in 3 countries out of the top 100 charts, in 3 countries almost out of the top 100 with positions 82, 88 and 100). The albums seem to do best in Norway, the Netherlands, Ireland and Italy. Also the Metascore and user score are less than the ones for Shadows in the Night: respectively 77 versus 82 and 73 versus 76. It confirms my own judgement that Fallen Angels does not match the quality of Shadows in the Night (with the exception of the excellent Melancholy Mood).


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(CNN) - CNN has learned that John McCain met Tuesday night with top advisers to start the process of setting up a political action committee.
A senior McCain aide says that was done to send the signal he intends to run for another term as senator from Arizona.
He is up for re-election in 2010.
Oh, don't scare me CNN, I thought you meant he was going to run again for the presidency. Whew.
Does he not want to be stuck at home with Cindy or something? He needs to retire already and enjoy the rest of his life.
Dear Lord, say it isn't so. John McCain is setting himself up for another good spanking in 2012. His Aides should know BETTER by now. What is this old man thinking?? Has he NOT learned his lesson yet?
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!!!
Poor man. He doesn't get it.
don't worry, he'll be granted an amunity
Oh my.
Good luck, McSame.... sad, but true... no more maverick in the old dude! 🙂
Oh, puh-leez ... Senator McCain, you've done your bit in Washington. Hang it up and make room for the next generation of leaders.
He should just retire and enjoy the millions he sold his soul for.
Gracie: Did you read anything past the title? It is talking about re-election to the Senate in 2010 and does not mention anything in the year 2012.
Gracie.....he is not running for president...he is running for senate for arizona
Gracie, hon, read the story......not for POTUS but for Senator again in 2010. and take a Prozac while your at it
Give me a break. This man needs to go have fun living in his 7 0 9 homes and driving his 13 cars. He also needs to help his wife spend some of that money that they make. Live on that flower bed of ease Senator. Drive off into the sunset. Why don'tcha. YOU BETCHA!
You are an idiot!!!! His Political ACtion Committee is for re-election for the Senate seat he hold for Arizona. Next time before you post a comment, do us all a favor and do your research and homework.
Gracie – The article say McCain is seeking re-election for his Senate seat in 2010, not the presidential election in 2012. Just to clarify!
Go Obama!!!!
Gracie, I believe it's RE-election for his senate seat.
retire, we need new people in government. so, far, barack is the only new guy in washington. his cabinet picks are same old same old. waiting for the change.........
Another mentally vacuous ideologue. Gracie, this article refers to Sen. McCain's 2010 *Senate* campaign–not a 2012 presidential run. It's always good to read the article before offering inane comments.
Good for him. He should continue his work in the Senate. I'm wondering if Gracie here actually read the article, or simply the headline.
*walks out the room shaking my head*
HA! HA!! HA! Why? Judgement deficiency. Retire now I have some peace while it is possible.
McCain has served the people of Arizona well during his four terms. I think you'll see him drift away from the right wing sooner rather than later. He had little use or respect for them before he decided to run for president and particularly didn't like the evangelicals. He can hopefully go back to being the maverick that he was in 2000. He had to compromise his positions to placate the right wing to get the nomination and in the process he alienated the moderates and independents that were HIS base.
I think they mean running for ARizona Senator seat not Presidential. If Im wrong, then ..........Oh Boy!
It will all depend on how bi-partisan he becomes in the next year... If he backs Obama's agenda ... he might fair alright.
If Arizonians don't realize that it is time for a change then who cares!