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Let's take a little twist this time and take a look at a different but quite amazing writing style called shorthand writing. It is also known as stenography, brachygraphy or tachygraphy, which translates from Greek as narrow writing, short writing and speedy writing respectively, each flavor focusing more on either compactness or speed. The purpose of shorthand writing is to take less space and be much faster than a regular writing. This is achieved by introducing special symbols for alphabet letters, words and common phrases, which greatly depends on the chosen shorthand writing system.
Shorthand from Past to Present
In the past shorthand writing was used widely by journalists and secretaries. A person trained in shorthand often could write as fast as most people speak. With the advance of speech recording devices and computer-aided transcription, shorthand is losing its popularity. Despite that, shorthand is still used as a tool for taking personal notes and sometimes as a business tool. In some regions, journalists are still required to take shorthand courses and pass shorthand tests. And of course, many enthusiasts and hobbyists love it for its compactness and rapidness of writing, and use it for making personal notes and records.
An interest in short writing development started in the 16th century. Sir Isaac Newton was one of the most widely known historical persons who used shorthand in some of his notebooks. It feels somewhat sad seeing such great tools and techniques developed across centuries becoming obsolete and with time forgotten. There is still a hope this is not the case with shorthand, as it can become a valuable tool in your own personal productivity arsenal.
Top shorthand writing systems
Now let's just put history aside and take a look at the top 3 shorthand systems most widely used nowadays. Pay close attention and decide for yourself how much they fit your style and taste, and whether they deserve a place in your own skill set. Here they go.
- Pitman shorthand. Sir Isaac Pitman introduced this system in 1837. Since then, it was updated and improved many times. It was so successful that it was used all over the English-speaking countries, and so it has been adapted to many languages other than English. One of the performance improving features of this system is the idea that although full range of vowel symbols is available, their use is optional when consonants are sufficient to determine the word under question. Pitman system is still widely used in some countries.
- Gregg shorthand. Gregg's system (1888) is similar to Pitman in that it is also phonetic. As an additional speed enhancing feature it uses thin strokes only, which is different from Pitman utilizing both thin and thick strokes in order to distinguish related sounds. It also dropped awkward diacritic marks found in Pitman. Stroke length plays an important role in Gregg shorthand system. It's best suited for transcription soon after it is written, since deciphering it after a long period of time can become a really painful experience.
- Teeline shorthand. Teeline system differs from Pitman and Gregg in that it is spelling based in place of phonetics. This has both good and bad sides to it, as it is connected to a conventional alphabet we are used to, at the same time retaining some of its inadequacies. It was developed in 1970 by James Hill, an instructor of Pitman shorthand. Its primary purpose is to aid in taking dictations, and it also needs to be transcribed soon after it is taken, so its primary aim is professional use rather than personal. Teeline shorthand is used mainly in the UK, and is little known anywhere else.
Learning shorthand writing is not easy. It can provide up to ten times increase in writing speed, but at the expense of readability. You can get all of the benefits of shorthand writing once you learn to sight read all the outlines (or brief forms), which number can go up to hundreds and even thousands. Learning just the basic set of symbols will do no good.
Just to sum it up, it's worth saying that every action in this world provides its benefits but also has its cost. Shorthand can be a valuable tool, but learning it can take a significant amount of time and effort. If you would like to give it a try, consider all pros and cons, and decide for yourself, how much benefits you would get by mastering it. If you decide you need it, go for it. A great place to start would be the following excellent books:
|Get Started in Shorthand: Pitman 2000
|Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified
|Teeline Fast
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The word that came forth from the pulpit today was like a loving post script from my PapaGod. Let me explain. When God gives you a promise. When he sends you a word concerning your life. You have got to be radical about how you hold on to it. You cannot allow the '10 spies' that live in your head infect you with their negative, self-destructive, 'I am nothing but an ant' way of thinking. You have got to be more like dear Joshua and Caleb in the way we think for as a man thinks......yep, so shall he be. So we cannot afford to allow our minds play back any of those self-defeating thoughts that seem to plague us. When those thoughts come, we have only one thing to do - Hit the DELETE button pronto!
Yes, if I take the entire sermon I heard today and sum it all up into a one-line P. S from God, it would say this: And remember my Beloved daughter, if you begin to think any thoughts that contradict me and all that I spoke over and into your life yesterday, HIT THE DELETE Button!
Yes, we have the weapon of the Word of God and we must use it to wage cerebral and spiritual war! We must over-write all our thoughts and imaginations that do not line up with what God has told us. God has promised to do a new thing in our lives and he will. Anything we see or hear that tries to make God a liar in our lives must be deleted with alacrity and replaced with our truth. And our truth is in the Bible. Our truth is in all that God has told us he would do in our lives - A NEW Thing. Nothing less. Nothing more. And I don't know about you but I refuse to let anything or anyone stand in my way. Are you with me?
So tell me, what we gonna do when those so-called facts that negate our God-given destinies present themselves? Hit the 'Delete' button!
And how about the contrary signs we see and/or the anxious thoughts we think as we wait for God to move? What do we do to them? Hit the 'Delete' button!
Ah, here come those intelligent people with their commonsensical theories and logical reports? How do we handle their words? Click the 'Mute' button!
*tut tut tutting* Did you think we were going to delete them? Lol! Thou shall not kill o! But our ears shall hear no evil in Jesus Christ's name. Amen! So anyone one who seems to be in the habit of enabling negative thought patterns will eventually have to go! This is not the time to have '10 unbelieving spies' around us. Lailai!
This is the time to guard our hearts and minds with extreme-my-eyes-are red-do not even try-me-now caution! This is a time to live with your finger poised over the computer key board of our lives ready to click at the drop of the hat! Yes, this is the time to be on high alert. Any self-destructive, self-defeating thoughts even think of hovering around our mind-space and CLACK!!!!!
We HIT THE DELETE BUTTON!
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Architects get a lot of attention for their vision and inspiration in the design phase of their work.
During construction, they have to be more practical, snuffing out problems quickly to keep to the schedule. But what happens when they hand off a building? When the public swarms their school or mall or office building, is the architect done?
Michael Kocher, Project Leader at Behnisch Architekten, recently walked through the new Portland State Business School Karl Miller Center, keenly looking at details. He explained how much of a customer service role an architect plays in a building's long tail.
Kocher was there to oversee the building being photographed, but he said there was plenty to be checked with how the building is working out.
For example, the huge stairways have black and yellow caution tape on their first and last steps, because so many students walk around looking down at their screens. He's seen some stumble, and the plan is to make the warning clearer by replacing the tape with a stainless-steel inlay.
"You can plan for some of these things, but until I see people use a space, I can't tell. Then I react." The school was worried that people would walk into the glass walls of the classrooms. His firm put white vinyl stickers at waist level to make the glass show up.
"That's part of the game. You're never going to design something perfect," says Kocher.
It's a weekday and students between classes are using the desks, work bars (wooden rails with pop up outlets) and ottomans. Kocher explains that in college buildings furniture gets dragged around — including some very heavy couches. He can't really stop it, just draw up a plan.
"Once you find an organization (of furniture) you want, the cleaning crew can move them back in place once a month."
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"The University is a public institution and they want to be inclusive. That's a testament to them. The idea is to be forward thinking and having high ideals. We design for it."
If the public becomes a burden, it wouldn't be hard to switch to a card entry system.
At PSU, the job was to take a building where people would sit in the corridors or their cars between classes, and expand it, turning it into a welcoming, light-filled space. The rooms too come in a variety of sizes, from tiny study rooms to boardrooms to 50-person classrooms.
"As flexible as people are, and as digital as people are, you want to create that variety so they want to use the space."
"You plan for those type of goals, but as you move into construction you're more worried about scheduling or details or what this material is or how this foundation is working, so you kind of go away from those focuses," says Kocher.
The work has a warranty, usually one year. If something is defective, it's their job to get the right people in to fix it, on the tab of the construction company. "If the client wants a whole room redesigned, then that's additional services," he says, meaning the client pays.
"If there's a problem we want to fix it, and it's potential future business," he says, stressing the customer service nature of the relationship. "We don't brush our hands and walk off. If something's not working, our mechanical engineer sends us an email and we fix it."
Behnisch Architekten's U.S. office is in Boston, Massachusetts, so they partnered with the locals at SRG Partnership. "SRG come through here every day. They're only a few blocks away and they're working on another PSU project at 4th and Montgomery. We're lucky to have them here, and they're good at communicating with us."
Now that building performance is such a big issue, architects spend more time finessing the energy use of a building in the year after it opens. They want to see how the actual data compares to the model.
"Our mechanical engineer had worked at Chemekta College, which performed better than predicted. So, the university said 'We want you to monitor it.' We always want to refine our architecture, and use (what we learned) on the next building."
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At smaller firms, doing smaller work, the hand off process is less complicated. If it's a single-family home, however grand, there is usually a one to one relationship with the owner.
Richard Brown of Richard Brown Architect (RB/A), a firm based in Northwest Portland, has done a wide variety of work. It ranges from an auditorium for a chiropractic college, to the Cedar Mills House, a 3,500 square-foot luxury home with a pool, all operable windows and mahogany trim.
"We always make ourselves available, and it's important to maintain a relationship with clients beyond the one year (warranty) time," Brown told the Business Tribune. "If it's a winery or a residence, they call us if there's a problem and we can direct them to a solution."
Brown says most architects maintain the relationships long beyond the warranty of the physical building.
"We care about our clients, this is a small office and we don't want them to forget about us. And, it leads to referrals. We want to be able to use their names as references."
It comes down to one simple thing: "The question is, can you solve the problem? Give them the right customer service?"
Institutions are harder to stay in touch with.
"When you design something, say, for a college, getting it through a board approval, raising the money and building it, that's about all they can handle!" That group retires, exhausted.
"So, you have a new group who have no connection to you. It's a problem lot of people have in the design industry. Then again, sometimes they move and on they think of you for new work."
Architect Charles Dorn, a principal at Hacker, says most firms establish a date of "substantial completion," the official point at the end of construction when the one-year work warranty starts.
"That's the point at which we begin close out," Dorn told the Business Tribune. "We do a warranty walk-through at the eleventh month, to make sure they can collect on any warranties from the contractor."
He says if a building is sold and turned into townhomes, or an institutional building is maintained by someone new, "once it's turned over it's less of us." At this point, it's the architect's job to make sure the construction documents are complete and archived, ready for anyone who wants to change the building in the future.
Keep in touch
Hacker has a number of projects right now in Portland, apartments on Southeast Division Street, the Field Office mixed on the Front Side district in Northwest, and of course, the recently completed Japanese Garden Visitor Center, in partnership with designer Kengo Kuma.
How much work will that be in years to come?
"It depends on how people live in it," he says, meaning use it. "It's a very public building. We make sure the project is designed to anticipate the actual data for numbers of visitors. It may receive twice the expected number, which leads to things that need to be adapted."
That could mean adding a handrail here, or a window treatment there. There are surfaces to pay attention to. How do they function when wet?
"A lot of times it's acoustics, particularly in these high-end buildings. For example, a recording studio."
Hacker designed Berwick Hall for the Oregon Bach Festival at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
"There was a lot of tuning of spaces. There was a big effort to bring in the different instruments and make adjustments to angles. They were looking for a space that enhances every instrument."
Dorn says he personally tracks all Hacker projects to completion, around four or five per year. As the firm is committed to doing only carbon neutral work by 2030, energy metrics are now a big part of the firm's after care. They calculate Energy Use Intensity, which is how many British Thermal Units (the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit) are used per square foot.
They keep a database of EUI values for each type of building, so if they build another apartment block they aim to make it more energy efficient than the last one. This requires installing lots of sensors and meters, and getting the cooperation of the building maintenance crew.
"Some institutions are going to be more supportive of you in that than others, especially if they are paying the energy bills. The least interested are multi-family housing owners, because they are charging the tenants for the energy. They're probably more concerned about first costs."
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I'd be willing to bet exorbitant sums that most of you readers weren't aware that California-based power poppers best known for the eternal torment of anyone cursed with the digits 867-530-NI-EE-I-INE, Tommy Tutone, still gig around. Don't let their web site tour section, which hasn't listed a show since late June, fool you, they totally still play out.
The gents, playing as a duo, are making a pit-stop, perhaps in search of more bathroom wall dial-ups to inspire another numerically-based hit, at Arizona's own Cave Creek Coffee Company on October 2.
This means for $20 to $22, ticket pre-show or the day of, respectively, you, one who has presumably heard this song on the radio countless times and hummed it to the chagrin of not only your co-workers, but also yourself, can bear witness to a live performance that has a damn good chance of including "867-5309/Jenny."
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For the Love of Living Debut – The Beach House Collection Yzerfontein
Upon reflection, it is such a difficult thing to pinpoint the moments that made these two incredible experiences that we have just hosted at The Beach House Collection, in Yzerfotnein, so special…. there were SO many! Was it the magnificent beach house venue? Was it the food prepared with love? Was it the perfect mix of fabulous […]Read More
Leaving Singapore was sad, we had such a good time there, but always remember, it is always great to leave wanting more, and I am sure we will be back. The Airline lounge has a buffet of all this fabulous Asian breakfast specialties, from prawn dim sums to potsticker dumplings, edamame beans, gorgeous Asian broths […]Read More
Xmasy Shredded Ginger Gammon & Glazed Pineapple Rice Paper Rolls
To make the Gammon: 1 x 5.5 kilograms mild-cure boneless gammon joint 2 litres dry ginger ale handful of aromatic spices like star anise, cloves, cinnamon, allspice, fresh ginger sliced 350 grams chunky ginger preserve (or orange marmalade) 2 T 5 spice 2 T Chinese 5 spice 2 tablespoons hot English mustard 100 grams soft dark brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 ½ cups chopped pineapple Method […]Read More
Fresh Spring Mint & Pea Risotto
What you may need: 2 cups mint leaves 1 t sea salt flakes 1 T olive oil 75g unsalted butter, chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 2 grate garlic cloves 1/3 (80ml) white wine 2 cups (400g) arborio rice 1.5 l chicken HOT stock 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan 2 cups peas (fresh or thawed frozen) […]Read More
Heritage Day Braai Ginger & Lime Style
This weekend boasts Sunday as Heritage Day, more fondly known by South African's as National Braai Day. This holiday is abuzz with buying firewood, charcoal, great produce, delicious wine and visiting with family and friends over fire and food. We thought we would share some of our most favourite patio pleasers for this weekend's braai fiesta plans! […]Read More
Year End Function & Team Build Venue – Fresnaye
We would love to share our versatile space with you! The Peppermint Palace (as it is affectionately known) is the private home of Denise and Gavin Levy on the hillside of Fresnaye. The unique gem, Ginger & Lime, was first created by Denise to fulfill a long time dream of sharing her passion & knowledge of food & her travels with […]Read More
Join us at the Enchanted Cirque Production this September
We are excited to announce that the Ginger & Lime food studio is partnering with the Enchanted Cirque Production as they begin their world tour in Cape Town this September. We have now been welcomed into the Enchanted family and we are thrilled at the opportunity to contribute to the success of their incredible productions this season! Please come join […]Read More
The Power of Food in Connecting People
We received this amazing email about a guests experience at Ginger & Lime food studio. Food really does connect people. Firstly a big thank you for the amazing morning at Liam [Tomlin's] cookery class in Ginger and Lime last Saturday. It was the perfect end to our holiday and we really appreciated your hospitality. As […]Read More
Creamy Seafood Cottage Pie Topped with Creamy Mash Gratin
CREAMY SEAFOOD COTTAGE PIE TOPPED WITH CREAMY MASH GRATIN 100g Butter 1 Onion peeled and roughly chopped 3 Garlic cloves 1/4 bunch fresh thyme 50ml white wine (optional) 400ml whole milk 100 ml fish or chicken stock 1 bay leaf 500g firm fish like Salmon, Kingklip, smoked haddock (you can add mussels, calamari and clams […]Read More
Wintery Thai Tomato, Red Pepper and Ginger soup
Spicy Thai Tomato, Red Pepper and Ginger soup topped with Avo and coriander Serves 6 – 8 Take a rough mix of the following: Roma, vine and cocktail tomatoes halved (about one kg) 2 -3 Red Onions quartered 3 -4 Sweet Potatoes cut roughly into chunks 6 Garlic cloves squashed 2 inches of ginger sliced 3 Red Peppers, […]Read More
Love Cape Town Tourism International Media Lunch
The Cape Town Tourism International Media Lunch at Ginger and Lime food studio Cape Town tourism brought international media to Ginger and Lime for a South African feast. The Food SNOEK PATE WITH HOMEMADE MIELIE BREAD VEGETARIAN SAMOSAS WITH A DANJA CHUTNEY BOEREWORS SNACK on braai with tomato relish/ mustard/ caramelised onions/ rolls SEARED VENISON […]Read More
Avanti – Creole for Adventure – Denise visits the Seychelles
I believe that things can't stay still, they need to continually grow and evolve. And so it is with Ginger & Lime. Once the rough concept became a reality, it seemed to have a life of it's own, on a journey that almost runs parallel to my own life, and I am able to detach […]Read More
Food of the Seychellois – Créole Fish Curry
Inspired by Denise' recent trip to the Seychelles Créole Fish Curry Ingredients 200g firm white fish cut in chunks 40g chopped onion (1/2 cup) 230g chopped fresh tomato (1 cup) 15g crushed garlic (2 T) 4g turmeric powder (2 tsp) 30g olive oil (3T) salt and pepper to taste 1g curry leaves (6) 10g curry […]Read More
Ginger & Lime is on Travelstart!
Travelstart featured us in their favourite foodie and cooking experiences on their website. If you live elsewhere in the country, book your cheap flights via Travelstart and come and share a dining experience in Denise's beautiful home and cook your heart out!Read More
Arabella visits us with a plant based menu
MENU for 13 May 2017 @ 10am PLANT BASED WITH ARABELLA Quinoa and chia porridge with coconut cream, vanilla and cinnamon topped with seasonal fruit, almonds, buckwheat and a mint jus Buddha Bowl with spice paste, baby corn, beans, snap peas, mushrooms and broccoli with brown rice served with fresh coriander and chilli Saffron flatbreads […]Read More
Autumn favourite Recipe Beef Bourguignon
Beef Bourguignon French Slow cooked beef with mushrooms and red wine · 1.5kg beef shin, cut into chunks · 4 large shallots, peeled · 400ml red wine · 350ml beef stock · 50ml ruby port · 2 Tbsps. Tomato puree · 10g porcini mushrooms, soaked · 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce · 3 sprigs of thyme · 125g brown mushrooms · 250g portabellini mushrooms · 250g baby button […]Read More
Liam Tomlin and his all new Thali Indian Tapas
Liam Tomlin, the creator of Thali and Chef's Warehouse in Cape Town visits our food studio each month to bring us mouth watering TAPAS in a demo style cooking workshop. You may have noticed chef John Van Zyl sous at some of these events and he joined once again in April. John will be back […]Read More
Travel Agent & Cape Town Tourism Brunch
The Ginger & Lime food studio team hosted a brunch at the Peppermint Palace in March for travel agents and other like minded individuals in the Cape Town Tourism scene. Much fun was had and we think the fig dessert went down rather well! For more information on how we can work together please email […]Read More
Cooking Courses for Au Pairs and Housekeepers – Cape Town
Introducing by request THREE BRAND NEW Weekday lunchtime courses Mon 13 March: Cooked with Clara: real, honest food made simple (see menu) 10.00am- 1pm R575pp Thurs 23rd March: Home Cooking made Easy Part 1 for Home based executives & Housekeepers (see menu) 9.30 – 1.30pm R850pp (10 max) Thurs 20 April: Authentic Indian Curries with Saba (see menu) […]Read More
Vegan and Plant Based Cooking – Nathalie Larsen
Nathalie is a private chef who's foodie intentions are pure! With a passion for healthy, honest, clean cuisine she aims to inspire you to get back in the kitchen where the real magic happens. Let's live better and feel better by eating better. Her recipes are all delicious and with commitment, is easy to integrate […]Read More
Japanese Cuisine in February 2017
We had such good fun at our recent Asian Fusion course – this one aptly named 和食 Japanese Cuisine. Adrian Shields visit us for some delicious food including a gorgeous beef dish and the new style sushi we experimented with. The menu in February included: On arrival Edamame beans with chili salt Roasted baby carrots with […]Read More
Ginger & Lime ON SET in Yzerfontein
It is these early mornings that allow for reflection. It is so peaceful and calm at this time of the day, the silence is comforting. Sometimes you fight against it, "Just another hour of sleep, please…… I am SO tired!". But then that first cup of strong tea, and the slow awakening of the […]Read More
Recipe | Festive Mince Pie Ice Cream
FESTIVE MINCE PIE ICE CREAM Take one tub of good bought vanilla ice-cream and let this soften slightly out of the fridge. Break up one packet of mince pies in smaller pieces. Mix these together, and add in some extra cinnamon, and a few mixed unsalted nuts (optional). You could add a glug of sherry […]Read More
A Gift that Keeps on Giving
Stuck on what to get that special someone this Christmas, or maybe you are attending a wedding and are loathed to buy the couple yet another toaster. Well how about a voucher to attend one of our cooking experiences. An interactive and hands on cooking class in Fresnaye. Vouchers can be purchased for yourself and […]Read More
The Exclusive Supper Club at Ginger & Lime food studio
GINGER AND LIME SUPPER CLUB at The Peppermint Palace ~ launching February 2017 ~ This is a new division of Ginger and Lime which will allow a limited number of priority guests to be part of a series of magical evenings where they will be treated like royalty and enjoy a special feast at the PEPPERMINT PALACE. […]Read More
2016 Fab Festive Food Cooking Course
TBC*: INSPIRATION MENU for 13 December 2016: FAB FESTIVE FOODS COURSE a Cape Town Interactive Cooking Class in Fresnaye Bookings: email@example.com includes menu, drinks & menu booklet a tantalizing platter of: Smokey cocktail tomatoes Olives marinated in thyme, lemon rind and roasted garlic oil Grilled Red Peppers and Baby Marrows Lemony marinated mixed mushrooms with […]Read More
Denise Travels to England November 2016
I love what I do, I am so truly blessed to have all these awesome experiences, and it just feels so wrong not to share some of the highlights from this recent trip with you. Of course some of them will appear in the dishes that we create, but just in case you don't come […]Read More
Denise Travels to Paris November 2016
If you haven't joined us already on the England leg of this journey, click here for Part I of Gavin and my travels to Europe this month. We were staying on the Blv Haussmann, which again was so central that we walked everywhere. The AMBASSADOR is one of the Marriott hotels, and as Gavin is […]Read More
Easy Entertaining – the December edition
Don't miss our Easy Entertaining – the Light & Healthy Edition Thursday 8 December 2016 from 6:30pm Bookings: R650pp – email@example.com includes menu, drinks & menu booklet Inspiration Menu Roast red pepper Hummus with grilled cumin carrots and roast sweet potatoes chips Halloumi grilled with fresh lemon and oregano served with coriander chutney Zucchini Carpaccio Poached Fish (salmon […]Read More
Summer Seasonal Menu in November
Don't miss our Summer Seasonal Menu on Tuesday the 29th of November at 6:30pm. Cost to book is R575pp and in addition to all dishes made as the meal it includes drinks and your recipe booklet. To book please email firstname.lastname@example.com or give Kim a call on 0720411038 According to PicknPay our November seasonal list looks […]Read More
Recipe: New Style Sashimi
If you have not yet had a chance to visit one of our Asian Fusion evenings, please do! Our next Asian Fusion cooking experience will be on Tuesday, 8 November 2016 at the Peppermint Palace from 6pm. To book or for more details please email Kim on firstname.lastname@example.com. In the meantime, try this lovely recipe at […]Read More
Mediterranean Italian Cooking Experience
Inspiration Menu for 11 October – 6:30pm Bookings: Kim on email@example.com Light, fresh and healthy: Mediterranean lifestyle APPETISER: Griddled Halloumi with smokey tomatoes and fresh oregano SOUP: Creamy Cucumber soup with fresh herbs PASTA: Linguine with lemony Prawns, baby tomatoes and rocket Penne Gorgonzola SALADS/SIDES: Deconstructed Salad Nicoise with freshly griddled tuna Grilled Artichokes with […]Read More
Spring has Sprung at Ginger and Lime food studio
On September the 20th Ginger & Lime food studio hosted a Spring Menu feast at the Peppermint Palace in Fresnaye. Our guests had an incredible time getting stuck into the menu recipes, the evening flowed wonderfully and the kitchen chatter was delightfully deafening. We were also super fortunate to have editor of Eat Out and food […]Read More
Tapas Lunch with Le Creuset
On Friday 23 September 2016, Le Creuset invited some of their loyal customers for a taste of contemporary cool as chef Ivor Jones (of Chef's Warehouse at Beau Constantia) served up a mouth-watering tapas menu, creatively bringing together different cuisines for an enticing fusion of flavours. Award-winning Chef Liam Tomlin was also on hand to join […]Read More
TV Show Star and Private Chef Neill Anthony visits Ginger & Lime
You're invited to a master interactive class that will show you how to cater for the ultimate dinner party! Who better to lead the "lesson" than our favourite Food Network chef Neill Anthony from the hit series "Private Chef". Neill will demo all dishes and talk our guests through what you can pre prepare so that you […]Read More
French Cuisine Experiences at Ginger & Lime
Please arrive hungry and drinks/recipes are included in the booking fee. Bookings for this Cape Town cooking class: firstname.lastname@example.com List of cooking classes & experiences in Fresnaye this month: click here Our menus often look like this: To start: Aubergine Pate with Toasted French Bread French Onion Soup Then: Sliced Seared Entrecote (Beef) topped with a Cafe […]Read More
Cape Malay Interactive Cooking Class
Cape Malay cooking is regarded as the closest thing to local traditional South African Cuisine that we have. The Cape Malay food is unique to the Cape Town area and consists of a fusion of Asian, Malaysian, African and European traditional ingredients. The Bo-Kaap district is where the Cape Malay people historically lived and it's where you will find the […]Read More
Sunday Morning Musings by Denise
… And my very appropriate angel card for the day! I was reminiscing over the past few days, about the path that I have been on with Ginger & Lime, and all the fantastic things that have been happening. The journey has been an incredible one, and has personally stretched me beyond anything I thought I […]Read More
Himalayan Salt Slabs for Cooking
5 Easy Steps to Cooking on Himalayan Salt: Heating Himalayan salt slabs requires following some basic steps. Allow between 30 to 45 minutes to achieve the desired cooking temperature. Your Himalayan salt plate will crackle slightly while heating, especially the first time, as micro-fissures appear, giving the pink salt the elasticity it needs to expand […]Read More
Our tables decked with Clear World's San Pellegrino
You may have noticed the gorgeous shelves filled with delish water, thanks to Clear World (South Africa) our guests enjoy this at most of our food experiences. The primary item that Clear World sponsor to Ginger & Lime is the world renowned S.Pellegrino, this bottled water origins pure from a source at the foothills of […]Read More
A little visit to Italy and Aurora Restaurant
Almo and I can just not stay out of the kitchen, here are a few snaps from our incredible day at the Hotel Villa Aurora Lezzeno, Lake Como in Italy. Below is an excerpt from their website. AURORA restaurant overlooks Lake Como, one of the most beautiful views in the world. The beautiful position of the […]Read More
Make Dim Sum with Chef Kuan Lai
Ginger and Lime welcomes back ex-Executive Chef from Kitima restaurant, Kuan Lai! Kuan has recently launched a series of Asian Master Classes that form part of the amazing Kuan Kitchen Club. The next class Kuan will be putting on will be on the art of Dim Sum making. A favourite with almost everyone, Dim Sum is so tasty […]Read More
Ginger & Lime signs up with Street Smart
#EatOutHelpOut Eating and donating in a StreetSmart Restaurant is a responsible way of helping a street child. When you donate to this initiative your donation works towards helping street children and children at risk re-integrate into society, your donation gives hope through family reunification and education and skills training. Find out more about how a difference has been […]Read More
This is Me shoot with Adrian Shields
I thought I would share some of the photos I had done with Cape Town Photographer, Adrian Shields in 2015 with you. Adrian first visited our food studio with his wife Jaimi, who is our social media assistant, in February 2015 after she started working with us, since then their faces are regularly among the […]Read More


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Life Advice from the Ultimate Business Chick, Arianna HuffingtonBy
Today's post is contributed by NYC intern Rachael Collins
Co-founder, president and Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, recently spoke at the Business Chicks Luncheon in New York, NY on her life experiences, daily habits and views on getting enough sleep. I was lucky enough to volunteer helping Business Chicks with coordinating and running the event, which proved to be an extremely valuable experience.
The focus of Arianna's address was placed on her newest book, The Sleep Revolution, which explores sleep from all angles. It covers the history of sleep, the role of dreams in our lives and the consequences of sleep deprivation, all of which are backed by sleep science.
Huffington shared her belief that our relationship with technology means that we are now more hooked on our smart phones than ever before. She urged the audience to change their habit of charging mobile devices in the bedroom. This removes the temptation to check in on work emails and social media during a time when we should be recharging ourselves.
Arianna shared her advice that "a good day, begins the night before" and continued with one of the best analogies of sleep I've heard yet: "you're either entertaining the guests or cleaning up the house. Not both." Here she is referring to the science of sleep and how it plays a crucial role in providing our body time to clean out toxic waste in the brain from the day. Essentially, she said we need to "wash the day away" to enable us to perform better. She referred to several top tier media pieces which have recently covered the topic, however more specifically she called out a Harvard Business Review piece on the link between effective leadership and sleep (tip: it's a great read).
Continuing on the theme of sleep, she gave advice on a few items to keep on your nightstand inlcuding: an old fashioned alarm clock (since your phone shouldn't be anywhere nearby), a glass of water, a dream book to note down the themes in your dreams, a picture of something you love and a fresh flower. As usual, Arianna's sense of humor shined through and she suggested that "flowers can be expensive, so if you are a college student, just pick one on your walk home…I'm sure your neighbor won't mind!"
Arianna left me with a few additional pieces of advice which I will keep in mind in future career and life situations: live life as though everything is rigged in your favor, never listen to the voice of doubt in your head, disconnect from the treadmill of your life to get creative and read books that remind you that you are more than your job.


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It's a mystery that has baffled his family and police…an incident in which a man steps from a taxi to walk up the driveway to his home in the Australian Blue Mountains, but fails to go indoors. And has vanished.
Kim Mackell, a 64-year-old talented artist, has been missing since December 18 after travelling by train from Sydney to the mountain-top village of Blackheath, the closest community to his home on a sprawling bushland property, some 5km from the railway station.
The property was once owned by the late author Kylie Tennant, who wrote The Battlers, an epic work which won her international acclaim as the 'Australian John Steinbeck'. So Kim lived on – and vanished from – a beautiful environment that inspired those with an artistic mind.
'It's a complete mystery,' his nephew, Austin Mackell, 33, told me as we drove to the clifftop house where Kim has lived for many years, having purchased it with a legacy from his late mother.
It is there he has spent many happy days painting the scenes that surrounded him – one of his works, portraying a flock of flying foxes, has been hanging for a long time in a food outlet in Sydney.
'The police, volunteers, State Emergency Services personnel and searchers in a helicopter have scoured every bit of land but there's no sign of Kim anywhere. There were concerns he might have fallen over a cliff, but as best they can tell that didn't happen. They just can't find him.'
Hours after we had chatted in depth about his uncle's disappearance, Austin spoke to three people in the town of Lithgow, 26km from Blackheath – and they all said they were convinced they had seen a man answering Kim's description walking along the main street in the week before Christmas, the time period after he had vanished from Blackheath.
'They were 100 per cent sure it was him because there was a photo in the paper which they were able to compare the man with. They said they'd told the police about their sighting but it seems the police haven't taken it seriously. They still seem to think he's around the area where his property is in Blackheath.'
How could Kim, who has never married and who enjoyed his secluded lifestyle, have travelled to Lithgow? He had lost his driving licence following an accident so his van remains idle at the property and there is no sign of him having used his Opal Card to take the train from Blackheath to Lithgow.
'The only possibility is that somebody gave him a lift, but so far no-one has come forward to say that,' says Austin.
Kim needs medication for his bipolar condition and for a heart problem but that doesn't explain why he should vanish literally after stepping from a taxi at around 10pm on December 18 and heading up the bushy driveway in the dark towards his home. Police have spoken to the female taxi driver who can't help any more than telling them that she was the driver who dropped him off.
Here are Kim's known movements, as described to me by Austin:
Family members picked him up on December 18 to drive him to Sydney where friends were preparing a barbecue. As they headed away from Blackheath Kim asked where they were going, because he'd been under the impression that the barbecue was being held locally.
'It's OK – we're just kidnapping you,' his niece's husband said jokingly.
Is this a lighthearted comment that caused some kind of panic in Kim's mind?
Kim had a cider and a beer at the Sydney barbecue gathering with Austin before the event got under way, but his nephew is convinced that Kim wasn't affected by alcohol when he was later driven to the central railway station to travel back to Blackheath. 'He was lucid…just normal,' says Austin.
He had been driven to the central station in a vehicle that wasn't familiar to him – so did that cause added confusion following on from the jokey kidnapping comment?
It's a thought that has been among many scenarios considered by Austin.
Arriving back in Blackheath, carrying a hessian bag containing a kilo of sugar that he'd purchased earlier in the day, Kim was not able to phone for a taxi because he'd left his phone behind at the house when he'd been picked up earlier that day. So he'd walked across the road from the station to a pub and ordered a beer while the staff arranged for a taxi to pick him up.
The driveway of his house in Shipley Road was pitch black, so even if she was watching him walk away the taxi driver would have quickly lost sight of him.
Kim's family is convinced he never entered the house because the packet of sugar was nowhere to be found and there's a report that a man answering his description – carrying a hessian bag – had been seen in Lithgow's main street.
Another 'sighting' claimed he had been seen on a main road leading out of Lithgow, but whether Kim was ever there cannot be proved at this stage.
Austin, along with Kim's family and friends, has put posters up all around the Blue Mountains towns but the alleged sightings are few and far between.
'We live each day in hope,' says Austin. 'We live each day hoping that he'll just turn up and we'll be able to sit down and listen to his adventures.'
UPDATE: Austin has now shown 'new' CCTV footage of an elderly man walking along the main street of Lithgow to two people who were certain they had seen Kim. When shown the footage, the couple confirmed that was the man they had seen.
'Unfortunately, he's not my uncle,' says Austin. 'The man in the footage has a beard and Kim didn't have a beard. So it's back to square one.'
Where is Betty O'Pray?
How can an elderly lady, 77 years old, vanish into thin air as she strolled along a fairly well-worn track in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales??
Elizabeth – Betty to her friends – is believed to have set off for a walk along the track that leads from her home in Medlow Bath to the main Blue Mountains town of Katoomba, some 6km away, on Monday March 7.
A family member spoke to her on her mobile phone at about 11am that day but by 11pm she hadn't returned home – so the police were alerted. They managed to contact Betty by phone but then lost the connection. In that brief conversation, she was not able to tell police exactly where she was, but said she was all right, although she was running out of water. She was in a clearing, she said.
In following days, helicopters flew over the area where she might have been, based on calculating the signal from her phone to its the connection with a mobile transmission tower. Teams of searchers grew, but there was no sign of the elderly lady, who had been born in Scotland but had lived in Medlow Bath for a number of years.
By Monday, March 21, Betty will have been missing for two weeks – and that's a long time for an elderly person to be lost in the bush. She might be able to find water, particularly as it has been raining occasionally, but she certainly doesn't have any food.
So where is she? Searchers have combed virtually every inch of the bushland alongside the track she regularly walked along. It wends up and down, but it's virtually impossible for anyone to lose their way because it's wide and runs beside a fenced-off railway line, which in turn follows the Great Western Highway. The sound of large trucks is always within earshot of the track.
For Betty to become lost after setting out that day she would have had to step off the main path and head into the bush. And while there are minor tracks she could have followed, search teams have been through them and also broken away into the thick undergrowth. They've called her name, they've shouted 'Coo-eeee!' – then listened in the hope of hearing a reply from the missing woman. But nothing.
There were reports of a resident living on a plateau hearing cries for help from the bushland below, but another thorough search failed to find any sign of Betty and there is the possibility that the cry had a reasonable explanation – such as searchers shouting to one another.
But how far could Betty have got, had she indeed struck off into the bush for an unknown reason (perhaps because she had become disoriented, as she is reported to have suffered from mild dementia)? She is unlikely to have been able to travel far into the undergrowth, which grabs at the face, entangles itself in legs, snares feet and has steep slopes that can easily provoke a fall.
Experts have rappelled down cliff faces on the off chance that Betty was down there but the result has been the same – no sign of her.
Teams of police, firemen, State Emergency Service volunteers and civilians have all contributed tirelessly, knocking on doors in a wide radius in the hope that someone might have seen Betty somewhere – perhaps as she walked into a built up area. Police have also asked for anyone who was in the Medlow Bath vicinity to provide them with photos they might have taken in the days before, during and after Betty first went missing in the hope that they might glean something from the direction she was walking.
A resident who lives beside the path told me that she spoke to Betty recently on one of her walks and the elderly lady seemed a little confused. The resident asked Betty if she was all right and she assured the resident she was fine, thank you, and carried on her way.
Perhaps there's a clue there – that on the day she set out she ended up becoming disoriented. But it doesn't explain why she can't be found.
The search appears to be winding down. But it is to be hoped that everyone in the region remains vigilant. It would be wonderful to run a headline along the lines of 'Miracle in the Mountains'.


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FitYoga is a dynamic fusion of traditional Hatha yoga and modern Vinyasa Flow which makes the FitYoga sequence powerful. It is a brand new yoga style which gives you great advantage on the market to become unique and different from the mainstream yoga instructors.
The program is limited to maximum of 8 people, which gives you more personal attention to achieve personal transformation. The price includes full board accommodation with vegan lunch which will boost your energy level and detoxification process to become pure physically, mentally, and spiritually. You walk out confident, self-aware, and professional, as a ready-to-teach and walk-the-talk yoga teacher.
The training involves a lot of practical knowledge with hands-on adjustment, yoga anatomy, and asana alignment, so that you will be very effective on working as a private yoga teacher as well. You will be learning directly from the founder of FitYoga, Balazs Heller, who has 25 years of professional gymnastics, yoga, and spiritual life coaching, Reiki healing and intuitive massage experience.
Initial consultation is required prior to booking to clarify all questions.
This teacher training course will take place in Malta. Malta is surrounded with crystal clear sea and blessed with sun for most of the year. It's no secret that Malta is a jewel in the Mediterranean. You will find prehistoric temples, fossil-studded cliffs, hidden coves, thrilling scuba diving and a history of remarkable intensity.
Following our morning yoga practice we will have a short break for fruits. Lunchtime meals will include vegan cooked dishes or soups and 1-2 salads. We do not serve dinner on the teacher training, but the area is full of shops and restaurants.
When time and schedule allows, we like to show our students our favorite spots, some of these include:
After enjoying the beach of the magnificent Golden Bay, we head north to discover some hidden cliffs and countryside boathouses.
The most beautiful beach in Malta surrounded by green hills and spring flowers from November till May also offers a short hike to a moon-like place.
Sunbathe where the locals go, with close proximity to the village of Mgarr, Gnejna bay offers amazing scenery of green hills and cactus fields.
Optionally you may also like to visit the towns of:
Please book your flight to arrive at Malta International Airport (MLA).
For this organizer you can guarantee your booking through BookYogaRetreats.com. All major credit cards supported.


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Three Crucial Tips for Turning Your Audience into Rabid FansMay 6th, 2010
So you've connected with your prospects and presented an offer on a product or service too tasty to resist … now what?
Obviously the process of connecting with your audience and converting prospects into customers isn't so cut and dry (we'll cover connecting and converting in other posts), but the nuts and bolts of the follow through is as simple as you make it.
More often brands that shoot themselves in the proverbial foot with their ongoing marketing efforts, do so after disappearing once the excitement of engaging their audience and selling a few products wears off.
So if you've engaged your target audience, sold a few products/services and are not sure what to do next, here are three crucial tips for turning that same audience into rabid fans and not just a bottom line:Marketing | Tags: audience, brand marketing tips, creating a human connection, digital marketing tips | 1 Comment »


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New apps need lovin' too, right? Every day there are thousands of additions to the Google Play store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. We've shown in the past that this community can discover great apps and propel them to new heights. Our weekly Fresh Meat column highlights new apps with fewer than 100,000 installs. Browse our new Android app picks below and let us know which ones you enjoy.
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Description: KineMaster is the first and only professional video editor available for Android devices that is truly on par with any PC video editing software in terms of functions. The best part is, everything you need is in the palm of your hand!
Description: Seene lets you capture and share the world in lifelike 3D by combining image, depth and movement into a shareable 3D photo, video or gif.
Military Digital Watch Face
Description: Cool Military Watch Face for Android 5 (Round and Square) made by RichFace watches.
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By Larry Roberts February 5, 2018, 2:50 PM ESTLaw360 (February 5, 2018, 2:50 PM EST) -- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke welcomed 2018 with a proposal to reorganize the Department of the Interior's regions by watersheds and ecosystems. Reported as his largest priority, Zinke advocates that the 13 reorganized regions, or joint management agencies (JMA), will better manage land and water and will better respond to crisis as a coordinated unit. The secretary has described it as a reorganization plan for the next 100 years (see the Interior Reorganization video) and reportedly "was inspired by the U.S. military's Joint Special...
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In June 2008, the Law Society sent letters of intervention to Congolese
authorities expressing its concerns over the news that lawyers Charles Cubaka
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Charles Cubaka and Jean-Claude Mubalama are Congolese lawyers. They are all
involved in a high-profile appeal before a military court. The four accused were
sentenced to death in August 2007 for the murder on June 13, 2007 of radio
journalist Serge Maheshe.
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that warn them to stop criticizing the conduct of the appeal hearing, to stop
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Computing speed figures used to be a laborious task, requiring the horse racing handicapper to spend many hours putting together a system to determine accurate figures at a particular track or tracks. The point of creating speed figures is to compare the "true" time of each horse compared to the relative quickness or slowness of the track surface on a particular day. Then along came "Washington Post" racing writer and avid horse player Andy Beyer, who, in the 1970s, explained how to calculate a sophisticated set of speed figures in several books. In the early years of the 21st century, Beyer speed figures began appearing in the "Daily Racing Form," so you no longer need to calculate your own figures. However, for those so inclined, making your own speed figures enables you to check your own figures against the Beyer numbers. Especially at smaller tracks, Beyer figures might not be as good as your own figures, especially if you have an in-depth knowledge of the horses at your local track.
Acquire par figures. Par figures are the average times that horses run in terms of distance and classification: For example, $10,000 claiming races for horses racing 6 furlongs. You calculate par times by looking at result charts from races at a particular track and comparing the times run by horses on that day in different classifications of races to the par figures.
Calculate the par figure for each day of racing. You might average the differences from par in each race to derive the par figure of the day, or take a more subjective and sophisticated approach to determine what overall par number for the day makes the most sense.
Apply the par figures to the horses you are evaluating. For example, Horse A in a $20,000 claiming race runs 1 mile in one minute, 36 seconds on February 14 and the par for that classification is one minute, 37 seconds. The horse has run one second faster than par. One second equates to roughly five lengths. Therefore, the horse has run five lengths faster than par and his "true" figure for the race is one minute, 35 seconds.
Compare the "true" times for each horse in the race. Using the above example, let's say Horse B ran a mile in one minute, 36 seconds on February 21, when the track was rated one second faster than par time. Therefore, the "true" time for Horse B would be one minute, 37 seconds. Although both horses ran the same "raw" time, one minute, 36 seconds, Horse A is actually two seconds, or a whopping 10 lengths, faster than Horse B.


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The Chancellor unveiled a new savings account called the Lifetime ISA in his 2016 Budget. We look at what they are and you can benefit from them.
In the 2016/17 tax year, any adult can save up to £15,240 into an ISA.From April 2017, the allowance will increase to £20,000.
Contributions can be put into cash, shares, investment funds or a mix. However, Cash ISAs are a less attractive proposition due to a combination of low interest rates and the new Personal Savings Allowance that comes into effect in April 2016.
The new allowance means the first £1,000 of interest on all cash savings is free of tax for basic-rate taxpayers. That means a basic rate taxpayer could have £100,000 in the bank earning 1% before they started to pay interest. Even 40% taxpayers, who get a reduced £500 savings limit, could have £50,000 worth of savings.
How ISA taxation works
Contributions to ISAs are made from your taxed income, but savers can make tax-free withdrawals whenever they wish. It is the exact opposite of pensions, where contributions are made from gross pay (before tax), with withdrawals from age 55 being taxed – after the right to 25% tax-free cash.
The Lifetime ISA is designed to help first-time buyers and the self-employed to save for a pension. Although a workplace pension is still the most tax-efficient way to save.
It sits between a traditional ISA and a pension. Contributions come from your taxed income and the Government gives you a bonus if you keep your savings in until you use the money for a deposit on a first time home or turn 60.
For every £4 a lifetime ISA investor contributes, the Government will put in an additional £1.
Who qualifies for a Lifetime ISA
The new ISA will be available from April 2017 if you are under the age of 40.
You will be allowed to contribute a maximum £4,000 a tax year – with the Government topping up this amount by up to £1,000 a year until the plan holder hits age 50 when no more bonuses will be paid.
You will still able to put aside up to £16,000 into a conventional ISA too.
The Chancellor designed the savings plan for first time buyers and saving for retirement. So unlike standard ISAs that allow you to access money at any time without penalty, the Lifetime ISA comes with penalties if you withdraw early.
A 5% exit charge will be levied on any withdrawals made before age 60 – and not used to buy a first home – the Government will take away some of the bonus it has put into your Lifetime ISA account and any subsequent investment growth that bonus money has enjoyed.
So is a Lifetime ISA worth it?
The government bonus is the equivalent of a 25% interest rate on your savings. That's incredible given current interest rates. You can also achieve interest and investment growth on top of that.
The tax treatment is beneficial too. Most pension schemes only let you take 25% of your pension pot tax-free, the Lifetime ISA enables you to take all of your savings tax-free after your 60th birthday.
Legal & General Investment Management estimates that a 25-year-old paying the maximum allowance of £4,000 a year into the new ISA could end up with a tax free retirement pot at 60 worth around £416,000. This is based on £1,000 added a year by the government and assuming 5% annual fund growth.
Is it better than a pension scheme?
Choosing ISAs over pensions can be a good choice if you are a younger saver, because it can be accessed before your retirement. The Lifetime ISA makes this choice easier, especially if you are saving to buy your first home.
It is a good option if your are self-employed too, as you won't be receiving contributions into a workplace pension.
A pension is still the most tax-efficient way to save for retirement, even for under 40's, as they come with tax relief on your contributions from the government and employer contributions.
Who should steer clear of the Lifetime ISA?
Lifetime ISAs cash cannot be put towards buying a home if you already own one, its for first time buyers. If you think you will need your cash before you are 60 other than to buy your first home, you will lose the government bonuses, plus interest and growth on your savings and be hit with the 5% penalty.
Who could benefit most?
It's good news if you are a parent and want to help your children in a tax efficient way. You could put the equivalent of your Inheritance Tax annual allowance into the lifetime ISA and this would not be subject to inheritance tax. You can do this now with a pension, but your child can't access the money except when they retire.


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VI. Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: Democratic Representatives Bennie Thompson (Mississippi) and Robert Brady (Pennsylvania) have sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting that the committee allot $400 million for states to update and secure their voting equipment.
Florida: Rep. Cyndi Stevenson and Sen. Tom Lee have each filed legislation that would shield the personal information of voters and pre-registered minor voter registration applicants. The bill would exempt the "legal residential address, date of birth, telephone number, and e-mail address of a voter registration applicant or voter" from public records requirements, in addition to "information concerning preregistered voter registration applicants who are 16 or 17 years of age." Election officials, as well as political candidates, committees, and parties, would have access to this information.
Georgia: Rep. Bob Trammell (D) has introduced legislation that would repeal a state law that has allowed elections officials to remove voters who haven't recently cast ballots or had contact with state or local elections officials.
Illinois: Sens. Kwame Raoul (D) and Bill Cunningham (D) announced plans to introduce legislation that would end the state's participation in the Interstate Crosscheck. "If the Board of Elections will not act to protect Illinois voters, then it is our duty as legislators to do so," Raoul said in a written statement. "The right to vote is sacred, and citizens in our state should know that their information is secure when they cast their ballots."
Montana: The Gallatin County commission has approved a resolution that would change who is in charge of the county elections. The resolution proposes splitting the elections duties from the clerk's office to a separate, hired elections administrator.
New Hampshire: House Bill 1540 would bring ranked choice voting to New Hampshire in races where more than two candidates are seeking a seat.
An amendment to House Bill 372 that would limit voting to New Hampshire residents passed a Senate committee this week. The proposed change would require residency in the state, setting a higher bar for eligibility than present election law, which requires only that voters be "domiciled."
New York: The New York City Council has approved a bill that will require the New York City Campaign Finance Board to create a secure website and app so that residents may register, or update their registrations, online.
Wisconsin: Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls) has introduced a bill that would allow clerks to conduct early voting using electronic voting machines, not just paper ballots. The decision would be left to local governments.
Also in Wisconsin, Sen. Dave Craig (R-Town of Vernon) has introduced a bill that would legalize ballot selfies in the Badger State.