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Winter's here, and Franschhoek's soaring peaks are now sporting that tell-tale dusting of snow so typical of the colder months. And whilst the region is perhaps best known for its summer offerings, there's an undeniable charm about winter's chillier climes, when the valley takes on a magical, almost ethereal air.
And while al fresco wine tastings and picnics might be off the menu come mid-July, there's still plenty of outdoor adventure on offer for those not afraid to risk the chill. For ardent snow-seekers, there are plenty of spots in the nearby surrounds where you can treat yourself to a frosty frolic.
Here are a few of our favourite spots to get acquainted with the slushy stuff:
Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
A mere 30-minute drive from Franschhoek, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve is home to the majestic Jonkershoek Mountains, which serve as an ideal backdrop for winter family outings and hikes during the colder months.
The crisp winters are a magical experience and visitors are often lucky enough to see a dusting of snow on the higher mountain peaks as they explore this sprawling mountainous terrain.
There's no better place to take in the majestic views of the Helderberg's snowy peaks than Lourensford Wine Estate.
Wrap up warmly and take the whole family to the Red Riding Hood Deli for the perfect snowy mountain vantage point, and indulge in freshly baked goodies and hand roasted coffee as you soak up the scenery.
Should you fancy warmth of a different kind, book a wine tasting or wine pairing session at The Tasting Room. Cap the day off with a heartwarming winter lunch at The Millhouse Kitchen and delight in seasonal, rustic fare in a beautiful setting.
Franschhoek Pass
Take a scenic drive up Franschhoek Pass and drink in the increasingly dramatic views as you ascend. If you're lucky, you'll spot a sprinkling of snow as you survey the breathtaking views of the surrounding valleys, gorges and mountains.
Klondyke Cherry Farm
Travel a little further to Ceres' Klondyke Cherry Farm, a working fruit farm on the outskirts of the Ceres Valley. In warmer climes, you can spend the day picking cherries, picnicking, or braaing in the shade under the pine trees.
The crisp winters bring a different, more special experience, with the farm being transformed into a snowy winter wonderland – sometimes a sprinkling on top of the mountains, but often a thick blanket covering the farm.
Enjoy a fun family outing and while away the day building snowmen and frolicking in the snow while the children revel in this rare sight.
Matroosberg, Ceres
When snowfall season begins, Matroosberg peak, the second highest in the Western Cape, is always first on the list of places to visit. Located about 30km from Ceres, it is a picturesque 3-hour drive from Cape Town.
Rev up your 4×4 to access the snow-clad mountain road, and navigate the slopes to view the panoramic surrounding mountain peaks.
Adventure enthusiasts can enjoy a ski session on the private ski slope or go ice-climbing at Matroosberg Private Nature Reserve.
Mont Rouge
The perfect place to create everlasting memories with your loved ones, Mont Rouge is situated 12 km north of Tulbagh. This working fruit farm, nestled amongst the Winterhoek Mountains, seldom disappoints the day visitor, who will be treated to breathtaking scenery of snowcapped mountain peaks.


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I have yet another quick and simple manicure to show you guys today!
So first I applied three coats of Essie Resort Fling and then I just added a bit of Essie Set In Stones to each nail using a cotton bud. I really liked this manicure, it's so simple, but it's also very pretty! The combination of that coral base and those silver glitters was quite fun and summery. The weather has been anything but summery here lately, so it has really made me want to wear something fun and bright on my nails.
I only have those mini polish versions of all the Essie Resort 2014 polishes, so that means that the brush is also quite small and tiny. That didn't really help with the application and the polish itself was quite thick also, but with three coats Resort Fling was opaque enough and it levelled out quite nicely too.
Set In Stones is really the perfect silver topper as it has great mix of smaller and bigger silver hexes, excellent one for these type of glitter gradients too!
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What do you guys think about this simple manicure? Does the weather also have an effect on which polishes you choose to wear?

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The BBC is funded by a television tax, which inflict grossly overpaid state 'entertainers'. 1.2 million people are expected to be made unemployed because of government cuts – cutting Jeremy Clarkson would save the annual salary of about 100 workers.
The is first on the list, because of his gross offensiveness, which we pay for. Others to follow soon after.
You pay him to
Is he worth the several hundred jobs which the government will cut elsewhere?
About time. Excellent idea
It isn't just Clarkson. You get the same old scroungers on the BBC all the time. People like Michael Palin who was vaguely amusing for about 10 minutes 50 years ago. Still hanging around the inside of our tellies living on our licence fees. These people are the best paid social security scroungers in the world. Bill Odious etc etc.Abolish the licence fee and sack them all!
if we all followed what you ask for we would be left with the test card?.
Worst idea I've ever heard you should get out more.
Bad idea. Clarkson just happens to sell lots of books and TV programmes (Top Gear is an international money-spinner for the BBC, so dropping him would result in a loss), so is clearly liked by a lot of people. If you don't like him, don't watch/listen.
Clarkson? Needed? They said the same thing about Beckham at Man Utd…and Ronaldo. No one is too big to fall, least of all Clarkson. The BBC should do something revolutionary, like put Graham Norton in his place. Cutting edge huh?
This man is a raciest, fowl mouthed, shabby, over paid, and not a British treasure, because British do not behave this way when there watched all over the world, wanted or unwanted representing our country we are the laughing stock of Europe by producing bad mannered, racist, violent, TV presenters who are watched by children all over the whole. By time the BBC had guts to get rid of the scum on TV this is not what we pay very expensive licence for fire him his disgusting.


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Before threatening to shoot the employees at a Mount Vernon art supply store and stealing $335 in cash, the robbery suspect made a crucial mistake, police say: touching two newspaper boxes outside of the store.
Kevin Younger, 50, is now facing federal robbery and gun charges after police traced the prints to him, an identification bolstered by witnesses who picked him out of photo lineups as the suspect, records show.
The robbery occurred on Sept. 27, 2011, in the first block of W. Chase St. at the Utrecht Art Supply store. Three employees were inside the store at about 6:30 p.m. when a man walked in, walked down an aisle, and grabbed a can of paint, according to court records.
When he walked to the register, he placed a bag on the counter and raised his shirt to show a silver handgun. He told them to empty the register, and to hurry up. "You know what a person look like that's been shot with a .22 calibert handgun," he allegedly told them, according to the records.
The man made the employees get down on the ground, and fled. Detectives were given a description, but also were told that prior to the robbery he had touched two newspaper boxes outside. An impression from one of the boxes was identified as the left ring finger of Younger.
Lots of people touch newspaper boxes, but in a criminal complaint, an FBI special agent said that the witnesses identified Younger as the suspect. He was first charged in state court, and the charges were all dropped in August. A criminal complaint was subsequently filed in federal court, and Younger will make his first appearance there next week, records show. An attorney for Younger in the federal case is not listed.


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It has been awhile since I had a wash.rinse and repeat type of wash day. this wash day was one of those deja vu wash days. I try mixing up the products I used each week because I feel it keeps my hair guess. Can hair think?, well if it can my is confused most of the time.
Anyway here is how this wash day went:
Prepoo- Detangled with coconut oil and prepoo with Burt's Bees avocado butter pre-shampoo under my conditioning cap for 45 minutes.
Shampoo- After rinsing out the prepoo treatment, I shampooed with Creme of Nature red clover and Aloe soothing shampoo; I lathered once before rinsing. I might actually like this shampoo, my only drawback is that it doesn't lather a lot.
Deep Conditioned- Deep conditioned with Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Strengthen, grow & restore treatment masque under my conditioning cap for a little over an hour. I had intended to deep conditioned for 30 minutes but I was busy running my mouth. After my hair cooled I rinsed with warm water followed by cool water to close the cuticles.
Leave-In Conditioner and Moisturizer- T-shirt dry until my hair was about 50 percent dry, before applying Shea Moisture Jamaican black castor oil strengthen, grow & restore leave-in conditioner, followed by Ettenio moisture reign. After applying the leave-in and moisturizer I left my hair to air dry.
Once it was completely dry I oiled my scalp with JBCO and ends before installing about 25 orange perm rods. I don't normally use an holding product because my hair would hold the curls. However, the longer it gets I finding that the curls fall, so was the case with my perm rod set.
What are some of the products you use for extra hold?
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Gold coin boosts Salvation Army's Red Kettle drive; others still need help
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We at the Salvation Army want to thank the anonymous donor who placed an American Eagle gold coin into the Red Kettle. The coin was estimated to be worth about $1,200 and was sold to a local jewelry store. The money received from the selling of the coin will be used as the donor had written on a note attached to the coin.
As the winter season jumps into high gear, the snow is falling, the thousands of people in our Salem community are filled with holiday cheer, while thousands more are reaching out to the Salvation Army for food, clothing and other basic needs. To provide these services every year, we rely on donations from our annual Red Kettle campaign. This year, our kettle goal is $46,000 and we are currently at 50 percent of our goal with only a short time left in the giving season.
As commanding officer of the Salvation Army Salem Corps, I see first hand the hope and joy that we provide to so many seniors, single parents, veterans, homeless men and women, and families in need. Last year we provided 5,617 hot meals to the hungry; 1,228 people received Christmas assistance; 1,338 toys and 820 articles of clothing were given to over 300 needy children; 55 households received energy and heating assistance; 718 grocery orders were provided; and 15 young individuals were able to spend a week at a residential Salvation Army camp called Camp Neosa. Over 7,000 individuals received direct social services assistance and programs. All this was directed to people right here in Salem.
With only a few weekends left, I urge my fellow residents to donate to our kettles, make an online donation at www.salvationarmyohio.org or to stop by the Salvation Army Corps at 1249 N. Ellsworth Ave. With a little help from a lot of people we can ensure that we are able to help feed empty stomachs and hungry souls this winter, and all year long.
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At the Alexandria Catherine Events team, we firmly believe that hands-on experience is the best way to learn and grow as a professional in this industry, and so we make sure to immerse our interns as best we can. You'll not only see the back end of the planning process, but will have an opportunity to engage and interact with clients and assist on their wedding day as we bring all of their dreams to life.
We look for seasonal interns to assist our team members. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and highly motivated with a flexible schedule. We also look for candidates who are fun and enthusiastic with positive attitudes. An affinity for champagne isn't required, but is certainly preferred.
- Attendance and assistance at site visits, rehearsals and other related meetings
- Day-to-day assistance with roles across the company's event planning process
- Gathering and confirming event details
- Conducting meetings and walkthroughs in-person with clients, vendors, etc.
- Coordinating and confirming vendor and event logistics
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Heather Staten of the Save Our Library committee reports that the Hood River County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday evening approved asking voters to support a levy of 39 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
The measure, to be placed on the November 2 ballot, would be the second funding proposal to go before Hood River County voters. In May, voters rejected a request for 70 cents per $1,000.
Hood River Mayor Arthur Babitz presented the Board of Commissioners with the report and recommendations of the Save Our Library committee's 16-member model budget committee. The lower tax rate is based on a budget model that offers fewer library services, increased dependence on non-tax revenue including private donations, fees and charges, in-kind contributions from county/city government and grants. Volunteer hours would also help avoid need for additional revenue to pay staff.
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The way in which people work, interact, and transact has drastically changed, but we're still following the same dated leadership model from the industrial age---an unrecognizable time when knowledge was scarce, talent seemingly limited and privacy still possible.
We now live and work in an age where everyone and everything is connected, ordinary people are highly empowered, and leaders stand completely exposed. In this era, the way to lead is with an open-source leadership style, argues Rajeev Peshawaria, author of OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP. The book is based on original research with contrarian findings. At a time when democratic and all-inclusive leadership is all the rage.
"In order to create an environment in which the next generations can thrive, we need to take today's challenges head-on. We need to recognize that current thinking around leadership will not be adequate to do so, and redefine leadership away from follower-ship," Peshawaria explains.
Great leadership has nothing to do with shallow external symbols of personality and charisma. Instead it has everything to do with character, which is deep and internal.
Good leaders and bad leaders come in all personality types. There is not an ideal personality profile in determining leadership potential.
The leader in you is born when two things happen to you simultaneously. First, you feel deeply about the inadequacies of current reality, and second, you decide to do something about it. Both must occur together for leadership to surface.
Whether we like it or not, the open source era is upon us. Rather than trying to resist the trends shaping society, we need to accept the new reality and ask ourselves what we need to change about ourselves and our organizations to compete at our full potential.
Source: Rajeev Peshawaria: Open Source Leadership: Reinventing Management When There's No More Business as Usual
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The 2020 City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) refresh closed for consultation on Friday 18th October. Urban Design Forum put forward a submission on behalf of their committee and membership in support of the CCMP update and the Access for Everyone proposal.
Overall, UDF was in support of the proposed refresh of the City Centre Masterplan.
We believe that this is an important document providing vision and direction for the delivery of a quality built outcome and an inclusive, prosperous and accessible heart of Tāmaki Makaurau for all residents and visitors.
We were pleased to see that the first Transformational Move is focused on Maori outcomes, and appreciated the strong alignment between the Auckland Plan and the CCMP's Future Outcomes.
Our recommendations gave direction on how we create an accessible and equitable city centre for all socio-economic backgrounds, asked that CCMP showcase what has been delivered to date with metrics, suggested strategies that ensure the delivery of the masterplan, and asked for clear alignment on how Access for Everyone manifests through the Transformational Moves.
We hope that our submission helps Auckland Council further the development of the City Centre Masterplan and Access for Everyone, as they have the ability to empower, strengthen and unlock the potential of Tāmaki's centre.
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But an immersive UI, an app that caters to the modern worker, and an iron-clad back end aren't enough to win the overcrowded (100 plus vendors according to Gartner) EFSS marketplace. Not only are there mega-vendors like Microsoft and Google to contend with, but also smart well-funded start-ups like Dropbox (for Business) and Box who created the space to begin with.
While all of that may (and likely will) cause some EFSS providers to reexamine their plays, pitch themselves to other vendors or just plain throw in the towel, EMC's Syncplicity just keeps improving on an already good offering, differentiating itself from its competitors via its hybrid model and raising its game.
And today it's got a new rabbit in its hat, plus a few carrots.
No Silos
This morning EMC unveiled Syncplicity Panorama which gives workers the ability to access their content in multiple enterprise content sources -- such as home directories, file shares and SharePoint -- from their mobile devices through the Syncplicity app. The beauty here is that there's no need to log into a VPN while you're on the move, nor to try to guess what documents you might need while in transit and lob them to the cloud in anticipation. Instead everything will be instantly available to you via your mobile device.
"It's completely frictionless," says Jeetu Patel, general manager, EMC Syncplicity.
Syncplicity Panorama offers end users:
- Mobile, VPN-less access to files in home directories, file shares and SharePoint
- A built-in editor to edit MS Office files and annotate PDFs
- Ability to upload new content
- Native features such as SharePoint check-in/check-out capabilities
- Offline file access
- Access files without needing to constantly re-enter credentials
Syncplicity Panorama offers IT:
- No migration of files, permissions or authentication required
- Three-tier architecture, which conforms to standards mandated by most CISOs
- Mobile administration and policies such as remote wipe, passcode enforcement and "open-in" restrictions
Can You Say Free?
If you use Syncplicity, Panorama is already in your Syncplicity iPad app. You'll have to enter some sign-in information and you're good to go. (Support for Syncplicity iPhone, Android and Windows 8/Windows Phone platforms will be available soon.)
If your company uses EMC products anywhere in the organization (and with EMC's storage footprint in large and mid-sized companies, it would be an exception if they didn't), Syncplicity Panorama for Network Shares (standalone) is free. That's right, users get mobile access to any CIFS/SMB file share they have permissions for via Syncplicity's mobile app without spending a dime. This includes file storage on non-EMC storage solutions. See your sales rep for details.
What's With the Free?
If Dropbox, Box, Microsoft, Google, Citrix and the like have an advantage over EMC Syncplicity, it's market share. And we all know that giving something away for free ideally leads to paid accounts.
Syncplicity's freemium is geared to enterprise users versus consumers, so that's who's going to be asking IT departments for access to Syncplicity first at no cost, and, if their experience is as delightful as Patel says it will be, they'll be asking for premium accounts that their employers will have to pay for.
How Much of the Market Will EMC Grab?
What worker doesn't want to seamlessly access fileshares from their mobile devices? The potential here is gargantuan. And because we already know that the end user experience is delightful and highly rated, employees are likely to ask for the fully-featured enterprise edition.
The burden here lies on signing up users or getting them to download the app for something related to work. And to have IT bless it from the get-go. If that happens, the rest will likely take care of itself.
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Connecting to The Divine Feminine – 30 Day Blog Challenge
In my Workshop 'The Goddess Retreat' (and soon to be online course) I teach Women How to Have It All … By Connecting to their Divine Feminine Power.
Most self-development programs are written by men … and tap into the 'Masculine Model' of Self Development
… so when Women try to adopt this male way of thinking and goal setting … it creates inconsistency in attraction of prosperity, fatigue, hopelessness, lack of self-confidence, self criticism and low self-esteem.
This is why women who go to self-development seminars taught by men (not that I have anything against men xxx ), often leave feeling pumped up …. but soon crash and lose confidence … they are being pumped up on adrenaline (this technique works well for Men) … which is inconsistent with their DNA or cellular memory and their Inner Feminine.
The Goddess Retreat is different … this program was created by a Woman for Women … it allows Women to tap into their Divine Feminine Power, and by adopting this more natural female model it opens the floodgates to harmony, creativity, empowerment and abundance.
Embrace your Feminine Power
It is no secret that women have a critical role to play in shaping the future. We women carry the feminine energy of the world. It is our task to honour the feminine energy inside us and insist it be honoured by others.
The Dalai Lama's proclamation last year that "the world will be saved by the Western Woman" has seen women emerging as the leaders of the global change movement.
It takes a toll on a woman when she operates out of her masculine energy all the time.
While women are clearly making great strides in the business world, there is a sense of disconnect and lack of satisfaction going on for many women. In other words, even though they may have a huge track record of accomplishments, they don't necessarily feel good inside.
We all move in and out of states of masculine and feminine energy but, in most cases, it's more natural for a man to act from his masculine core and a woman from her feminine.
Learning to understand and how to feel and develop feminine energy is the basic thing that will allow you to attract and create all the love, happiness and prosperity you have ever wanted.
…. And like a pebble tossed in the water … it will ripple across to many others across the world.
Many women have attempted to adopt this masculine model to get on in the business world. They attempt to use a left brain analytical approach, but when a woman attempts to express herself using the masculine model , she feels stress and exhaustion, which manifests in illness, depression, abdominal fat, loss of focus, low confidence and low or no sex dive. It wears her out and burns her out on all levels.
Women who follow this pattern, soon find the emergence of the Inner Bitch, because she's going against her nature, her inner wisdom, so she becomes frustrated, stressed out, critical and judgemental because she is confused biochemically.
Tapping into your Feminine energy is not about wearing pretty pink dresses and giggling (although you can if you want ) it is about healing our wounds and giving ourselves compassion so we can create things such as love, intimacy, spiritual connection, self-expression, creativity and intuition in ourselves.
It is about giving birth to a new way of thinking.
The 'Goddess Retreat' will show you how to create a Fabulous, Happy, Abundant Life,
discover the Fabulicious, Babelicious, Luscious Goddess within and get your 'Sexy Back' by connecting with your Divine Feminine Power.
The next Goddess Retreat is on Sunday the 16th January … please visit www.savvyinspiredwomen.co to find out more
Today I am Grateful for …
I am safe and dry in my beautiful apartment
Amazing Energy
That I live my life with a smile on my face
My beautiful Mum and Stepfather … who I visited on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday
My amazing body … it keeps working without me having to remind it to !
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Building Competences for Spatial Planners
Methods and Techniques for Performing Tasks with Efficiency
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Spatial planning is a process. The focus of this book is on the sequence of key tasks that constitute the process and on special techniques that are suitable to conduct these tasks. Spatial planners require a number of skills to manage this process in an efficient manner, select the necessary tasks for each specific planning context, as well as the appropriate techniques for each task – always considering the people with whom and for whom they plan.
Rather than recommending options, or 'recipes', this book stimulates critical thinking and questioning: What do we want to achieve? How can we do that? What options do we have? Which option is the best for our case? This book contains enough planning theory to discuss the function of the planner and the alternative approaches, as well as to provide the background for defining a core set of planning tasks.
Building Competences for Spatial Planners is ideal for both planning students and newly qualified planners who are rapidly accumulating knowledge and experience. Perdicoulis uses practice examples, diagrams and thought provoking chapter questions to help planners develop high-level skills such as efficient organization, communication and thinking. His engaging style carries the reader through areas such as team functions, how to define the planning problem, organizing timings and how to use charts and diagrams to help planners and their clients.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Starting Point 3. Desired End Point 4. Action Proposal 5. Test-Flight, or Ex-Ante Assessment 6. Proof of Performance, or Ex-Post Assessment 7. Epilogue: Facing the Future
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Anastassios Perdicoulis is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, in Portugal, a Research Fellow at the CITTA research centre of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal. He is also a visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, UK.


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...because there will be that day where you wake up + realize that perhaps the things you thought were meant to be yours were in fact not meant for you. Awoken with the notion that there is no use in playing it small or in settling. Why settle for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. If you can imagine it, it is meant for you. Wake each new day + realize that we are each bound for greatness + nothing can get in your way if you determined...determined to seek it, the life you have imagined in your wildest dreams...let nothing hold you back.
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I love the way the light changes in Autumn. You know it's time for an extra blanket, thinking about knitting yourself something before Winter, and foraging for feijoas.
Lately I've been eyeing up this abandoned chair near my house. I really like its Autumnal-coloured upholstery fabric...what's left of it anyway. I wish I had some upholstery skills so I could rescue it!
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Everytime I come back to this house in Johor where I spent most of my childhood, I get hit by lethargy from the generally more relaxed atmosphere because I have a huge collection of dvds to choose from for my bouts of boredom, and somehow the air here makes me sleepy.
Unless it rains, of course.
And somehow I feel like I've got more mood to start playing the piano again, especially when it rains. The piano sorta accompanied my sisters and me throughout our childhood. There are too many memories that came with it.. And I'm always prone to reminisce everything about my childhood when I set my eyes on that piano..
Talking about that piano, I just went to KL to visit my first ever piano teacher, Ms Chong, who's currently based in Selangor.. It was lovely, she had a friend who came along to join us for the day trips to the endlessly huge malls (we went to 1 Utama and Mid Valley on monday and tuesday respectively…didn't manage to hit Bangsar for the nightlife since we were already knackered from the days' shopping and talking and walking) and we had so much to talk about among the 3 of us..
Although we each belong in different decades (I just ventured into my 20's, Ms Chong in her 30's and her friend, Michelle probably in her early 40's), we never ran out of things to talk about, from politics to pet peeves to ambitions to relationships to frustrations of a changing time to family inside jokes to books, etc. It's therapeutic. Especially on monday night when we dined at the restaurant inside IKEA till closing time. haha. I think KL's kinda like Singapore, but more dangerous, which gives it character. Only if I spoke cantonese. All chinese people speak cantonese in KL. No wonder Hong Kong stars are buying property in KL. Anyways.
Back in JB, my mom got emotional today, when she felt nostalgic about the time around my childhood, when my sisters and I were all living with my parents..She just suddenly cried, sliently. Like everything just contracted somewhere between her throat and her heart and made her tear ducts work. I'm also kinda like that, getting emotional all of a sudden. Joey will swear it's true, leave me alone for an afternoon and I get all paranoid and upset because I let my imagination run wild and my memory surface. It's like that for the womenfolk in my family, so I can't really help it. :p
It kinda made me cry to know that she still cries whenever she recalls the time when she made my eyes and scalp sting from the solution that treats head lice when I was about 11years old. Got the bug from school mates, most likely, and according to my mom, I was sobbing so hard, I made my sisters cry with me. How it was like for my mom to be helpless about my pain, I'd have no idea, but how she remembers the way she hurt inside while trying to help with no experience of dealing with a crisis like that, I was beyond words for the kind of love she has for me…
As for myself, I think living by myself in S'pore gave me a lot of space to learn about myself and grow into someone more independent. (I'm talking about the freedom of getting drunk and going home without my mom waiting in the living room to discover I reek of cigarette smoke and alcohol…among other things….lol)
Friends from my younger days see me and tell me I've changed, grown older, more jaded and more solemn. I dunno if that's good or bad, the last part, but I know I've definitely become a more honest person to myself and people ar0und me. Brutal honesty is the way to go from what I see. People need to stop pretending things are going great when they complain all day and do nought to change the way things are. Like if you're stuck in a torturing relationship it's better to ditch the bitch and move on.
Life's too short to waste time enduring bullshit, eh?


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Gladiolas in August from Route One Farms, one of our suppliers
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Gabriella features local artists' exhibitions. Pictured: Charles Prentiss' "Salina valley Morning"
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Heirloom Tomato Melon Salad with feta, red onion, mint, chili oil - by Sous-Chef Telos Deosil.
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Nest of Orange-Crowned Warbler Fine Art Intaglio Etching
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No, seriously, these posters are actually pretty awesome.
No, seriously, these posters are actually pretty awesome.
In the wake of the leak WB released the new trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and now that you can see everything that's going on its not any better at all.
Let's watch!
Two things: First, "leaked". Heh. Second, they still haven't changed the name. Anyway, hit the jump to watch while you still can.
Here you go folks. Zack Snyder tweeted an official image of the new Batmobile. It looks… fine. There were some photos posted yesterday by a bystander of the thing parked in the street which I didn't post, partly because i am on holiday and partly because they were terrible photos, but this gives a much better idea of the actual look.
Yes, there's a big gun on the front. Apparently there is more than a little backlash around the web about the gun but I don't really care. Every Bat-vehicle so far has had lots of guns and Zack Snyder's style isn't exactly subtle, so why are we at all surprised?
Besides, this new franchise has already missed the point of Superman and this movie in particular only exists to set up more movies in the future. Another studio tried that with one of the most popular superheroes on the planet this year and it went, uh, poorly.
Don't get me wrong here: I sincerely hope this movie turns out to be fantastic. I really do. WE're living in a golden age of nerd properties being cool and I want to revel in every moment of it before it passes. I just have no faith that this director and this writer are going to deliver a good movie. They couldn't even come up with a good title after all.
Remember how a few months back we figured out that both DC and Marvel had movies scheduled for the same weekend in May 2016 and it turned out that it was going to be Batman v Superman opening at the same time as Captain America 3 and neither camp said they'd consider moving their movie? Well turns out that Warner Brothers and DC have changed their mind and moved Batman v Superman ahead two months to March 2016 and announced 9 new release dates to boot.
It's that time again folks! After nearly a month without an episode we're back to talk about all the news that is the news from July and the lead up to Comic Con 2014. We also have _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ and _Snowpiercer_ to talk about as well as _A Good Day To Die Hard_ which Simon saw for the first time this month (spoiler alert: he didn't like it).
Ambitious is a word you could use to describe this.
Khal Drogo will be the king of the sea for DC.
This is the reason we're not getting any good DC movies any time soon.
Unbelievably bad. Jebus H. Christmas.
Zack Snyder shows us the goods and they're actually pretty good.
Zack Snyder tweets an image of a car under a tarp which looks a lot like it might be a Batmobile. So it's probably a Batmobile. Remember when Man of Steel 2 was going to be a Superman movie?
The Wall Street Journal finally got it on the record. Justice League will follow Superman vs. Batman and Zack Snyder is going to direct it. Ugh.
The new working title for "Man of Steel 2" must be something like "Superman vs. Batman Featuring Wonder Woman, with Cyborg, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor"
The CEO of Warner Brothers spoke to the New York Times and let slip that they are going to do the thing that we all knew they were going to do.


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The pleas are almost impossible to avoid. From the dinnertime phone calls, to the letters and postcards in the mail, and the emails flooding your inbox, charities are pulling out all the stops to gain your confidence and your donations.
The National Center for Charitable Statistics reports there are roughly 1.6 million nonprofit organizations registered with the IRS, up 24 percent in the past 10 years. Deciding which ones deserve your generosity can be tricky business.
Consider the case of Jim Reynolds, profiled on the latest episode of CNBC's "American Greed." Through a network of supposed charities including the Cancer Fund of America, Reynolds and his family raised $187 million that he claimed would go toward patients with advanced cancer, funding things like hospice care and medical supplies.
Instead, patients received boxes of random items, many of which were useless to cancer patients — like candy, makeup and DVDs. Meanwhile, Reynolds and his family got rich.
"Less than 3 percent actually went to cancer patients and victims," New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas told "American Greed." "That's appalling. This would offend even organized criminals and mobsters."
Yet running a charity that spends the vast majority of its resources on "fundraising," as Reynolds did, is not in itself illegal. That is because the Supreme Court has recognized charitable fundraising as a form of free speech.


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For those just resurfacing from the Oscars, here's a rough timeline of Trump's non/reluctant disavowal of an endorsement by ex-Klan Leader David Duke, who earlier praised the Donald as someone who would shut the border and dismantle the"Jewish controlled" finance industry :
Sunday morning: Trump tweets "As I stated at the press conference on Friday regarding David Duke- I disavow."
Earlier Sunday: "Well, just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke. I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists."
Feb 2000: Trump withdraws as presidential candidate for Reform Party after claiming: "The Reform Party now includes a Klansman, Mr. Duke, a neo-Nazi, Mr. Buchanan, and a communist, Ms. Fulani. This is not company I wish to keep."
And just to drive home how little he cares about the company he now keeps, prior to his Sunday comments, Trump took a moment to re-tweet a quote from Mussolini. ["It's better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep"]. He later told NBC's Meet the Press, ""Mussolini was Mussolini… What difference does it make? It got your attention, didn't it?")
One is tempted to call the top of the Trump Market — there's no way he can maintain this — what shall we call it, casual fascism? — and still get the nomination, right? Except that blithe fascism seems not only likely to further arouse a key part of his base, but may now also be attracting mainstream political opportunists — Christie and now Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. Who else might we expect to jump on the Trump Train (which, naturally, will always run on time?)
Pundits, too, despite months of insisting that Trump is un-nominatable — are now starting to whisper about the "inevitability" of his nomination. Certainly, the media love a disaster story, and if they can't find one, they will make one: and most GOP voters, we're told, do not support Trump. But according to one recent poll, 80 percent of GOP voters think Trump will win the nomination.
There is still plenty of time for the Donald to fall on his own sword. Surely, all but the actual racists and fascists and inbred hillbillies must take Il Duke's latest salvo as proof of fatal recklessness.
But we've been saying that for a year now — just like we've been saying that, even if he does win the nomination, there is NO WAY HE COULD WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
I still think Trump is unelectable. But I also think a lot of us — especially in the media (right and left) — have no fucking idea what the rest of America is really thinking.
So, once again: where, exactly, is this firewall?


text: Formerly a new frontier, the Internet has now become a very crowded place. Businesses face intense competition as they try to get noticed in search engine results. At the same time, Internet users are constantly on the lookout for goods and services that will improve their lives. As businesses … [Read more...]


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Combating animal activists top of UDV conference agendaBy Geoff Adams
The Labor Party's proposal for a floor price for milk was cautiously welcomed by national dairy advocacy groups at the UDV Conference in Melbourne on Friday.
Although some reservations were expressed about how it would work, most of the state-based groups expressed the thought that the adoption of a policy by the ALP was a sign that the party was interested in dairy, and the groups were interested to see where the proposal went, if Labor made it into government.
UDV vice-president John Keely warned there were some practical difficulties in setting a floor price when there was such a wide range in the cost of production, even within states.
Queensland Dairy Organisation chair Eric Danzi said it was interesting to see the ALP was taking the dairy industry seriously and trying to do something to assist.
West Australian Farmers dairy chair Michael Partridge said the present system was not working so the group supported an investigation into new system.
VFF president David Jochinke warned conference delegates of the emergence of animal rights groups and their impact on farming.
He said the VFF had been active in running forums prior to last year's Victorian state election, but since then there had been very little action from the government on the issues discussed at the election.
Mr Jochinke urged farmers to look out for each other, to take care with farm safety and to not be afraid to ask for help.
Five uniformed Victoria Police officers were stationed in the foyer of the conference venue at the MCG. Speculation abounded they were there in case of protest action by an animal activist group.
The conference carried a motion urging changes to food labelling which would limit the use of the word 'milk' to the products of mammals.
The Colac branch successfully put a motion to the meeting arguing that food labelling had become misleading and other products were trading off milk's reputation.
''The average consumer is led to believe that consuming a plant-based product has the same nutritional value as milk from a mammal,'' the motion from the branch said.
About 160 people attended the annual conference, which discussed pricing, advocacy effectiveness and membership.
New South Wales Dairy chair Erika Chesworth said the dairy industry had fallen behind in food innovation.
''Look at the dairy cabinet,'' Ms Chesworth said.
''There is very little innovation. We need new products. We need to be the next smart industry.
''I think it's our job to be courageous and come with some innovation. Because where we are is not good.''


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Netvibes Dashboards aggregate and analyze data to deliver real-time insights into markets, brands or any topic—including political elections!—in order to drive better decision-making. Over the past year, the Netvibes team has created custom dashboards to analyze the 2016 US Presidential Election and the 2017 French Presidential Election. Now it's the United Kingdom's turn.
Netvibes answers your business Questions by delivering the sharpest Insights via the most efficient Outcomes. In this case:
Yesterday, June 8, voters in the UK went to the polls in a special snap election. Prime Minister Theresa May had called this election—which was originally scheduled for 2020—three years early in the hopes of gaining a stronger political mandate ahead of the looming "Brexit" discussions to sever the UK's ties with the European Union. Although earlier polls had showed strong support for Mrs. May, the final results came as a bit of a shock. In the end, May's Conservative party failed to achieve a majority in Parliament, causing a serious blow to May's political power. Rival Jeremy Corbyn claimed victory for the Labour party.
As we learned from our analyses of the American and French presidential elections this past year, polls have often been wrong. However, Netvibes' dashboard analysis shows that other metrics, such as #hashtags and social trends, can be more useful in predicting election outcomes.
The Netvibes 2017 UK Election dashboard analyzes a wide variety of election content online, including news, social media, polling data and more, to discover real-time election intelligence. Here are 3 insights from the dashboard that help explain what happened in the UK yesterday:
- Theresa May's not showing up for the debate last week was a big deal.
As we see in the chart below, the largest number of UK Election mentions occurred on May 31, following the most-recent debate. While Mrs. May neglected to show up for this debate, her opponent Jeremy Corbyn did. UK voters clearly took notice of May's absence.
- Following the May 31 debate, the top five Twitter authors by engagement were Pro-Labour.
Last month when Netvibes analyzed the top Twitter authors around the UK election, we found the authors tended to be conservative-leaning, as seen in this chart:
After the May 31 debate, however, we saw the pattern change. After that date, the top 5 most prolific Twitter writers on the UK Election were accounts with Pro-Labour stances.
In other words, we can see a pattern of growing pro-Labour sentiment leading up to the UK election. In retrospect, perhaps it shouldn't have been a surprise that the Labour party performed so well among voters.
We observed similar patterns during the 2016 US and 2017 French elections. The overall number of mentions seemed to be less important than growth trends leading up to the election. For instance, in the United States, the Vice-Presidential candidates with the most mentions were Marco Rubio (Republican) and Elizabeth Warren (Democrat). However, the VP candidates with the fastest-growing mentions were Mike Pence (who was ultimately named Trump's VP) and Tim Kaine (was won the VP nod for the Democrats). For a full analysis of the US Vice-Presidential candidates, please read our blog.
In the 2017 French election, the candidates who increased their hashtag shares before the first voting round also increased their results vs. expected poll numbers. For the full analysis, please read our blog.
- Reddit had a higher share of voice than normal, and all the top conversations were pro-Labour.
This chart shows us the online domains that generated the most UK Election mentions in the past 30 days. Twitter, unsurprisingly, is #1. Reddit has a strong showing in Second Place.
When we look at the most popular UK Election-related posts on Reddit over the past 30 days, we see that all the top conversations were Pro-Labour.
Thus, it appears that engagement patterns on Reddit, especially leading up to voting day, can be a good indicator of election outcomes.
You can visit Netvibes' Election Dashboard and explore the data for yourself at http://electiondashboard.netvibesbusiness.com/. Be sure to join us again for insights around the next election. France's legislative elections begin Sunday, June 11.
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Written by Kim Terca and Garrett Flanagan of Netvibes. Any opinions expressed are our own, not our employer's.
Analytics are based on a wide variety of online sources collected by the Netvibes dashboard, including news publications, blogs, videos and social media. To see all sources, please visit the Dashboard Tab titled "Sources."
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- Don-Alvin Adegeest |
Louis Vuitton has been awarded the Butterfly Mark by Positive Luxury for excellence across areas of innovation, social and environmental practices, governance, and philanthropy.
Positive Luxury's mission is to inspire people to buy better and influence brands to do better. The company awards the Butterfly Mark to luxury brands that are committed to sustainability, helping consumers shop with confidence.
Since 1854, when Louis Vuitton was founded, the brand has continually embraced the notions of innovation, collaboration and daring, challenging the boundaries between craftsmanship, art and design.
"Great design, sustainability and a great business do go hand in hand," said Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke in a statement, describing how sustainability is integral to its business.
Founded in 2011, Positive Luxury celebrates brands that act with a deep respect for our world and generations to come. They provide transparency through the interactive Butterfly Mark, showcasing luxury brands who are proactively taking the lead on sustainability.
Luxury brands can have a positive impact on the world
To be awarded the Butterfly Mark and be part of the Positive Luxury community, a brand must make a positive impact on people and the planet. The assessment ensures they go beyond achieving a minimum sustainable business standard that is compliant with international law and best practice principles. The assessment evaluates companies across five criteria, which include governance, social framework, innovation, philanthropy, and environmental framework.
The Butterfly Mark originates from the success story of the Large British Blue Butterfly. This species was extinct in Britain in 1979, yet was brought back to the natural world due to the dedication of multiple organisations and individuals.
Today, the story of the Large Blue Butterfly is known as the most successful insect reintroduction in the world.
This story was told to co-founder and CEO Diana Verde Nieto by Sir David Attenborough in 2010, when she had the honour of presenting him with his Lifetime Achievement Award. It inspired her to consider how if everyone put our minds together, together we can reverse the negative impact we are having on our planet's resources.
Photo credit: Positive Luxury website
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text: Industrial production in the U.K. rose in February, with the Office for National Statistics reporting Tuesday a rise of 0.9% on seasonally adjusted basis compared with January. That increase was well above a consensus estimate of 0.3% growth. A 1% increase in manufacturing was the largest contributor to the headline output figure, marking a third consecutive rise for the sector. Industrial production in February from the year-ago period increased by 2.7%, in part reflecting a 3.8% rise in manufacturing. There was an 8.8% decrease in the output of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning as the average temperature in February of this year was warmer than February 2013.


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Roadmap study
In the project 'Power-to-Gas, Roadmap for Flanders', that has been running in 2014-2015, a consortium of eight Flemish industrial partners has analysed the different Power-to-Gas options available today. Business cases for various valorisation pathways for hydrogen, produced from renewable energy sources, have been evaluated with an outlook to 2030-2050. Recommendations were formulated about how the Flemish industry can position itself in this future promising market (in Flanders and worldwide).
This project was funded by the Flemish 'Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen', Under the Grant Agreement: NIB.2013.CALL.001 "Roadmaps for Economic Challenges: Power-To-Gas Flanders" (01.10.2014 – 31.01.2016).
The conclusions of the roadmap study have been summarised in a report and a webinar:
Full Report
Executive Summary
- Webinar (PPT) / Webinar (video)
- Definition of business models for various valorization routes (Power-to-Power, Power-to-Gas, Power-to-Mobility, Power-to-Fuels and Power-to-Chemistry);
- Future outlook of these business models (technological and economical) with a medium (2030) and long term perspective (2050);
- Recommendations for successful implementation of the Power-to-Gas concept in Flanders and abroad (appropriate regulatory framework);
- Definition of a Flemish value chain and creation of an industrial cluster around Power-to-Gas.


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Latent cooling load
Latent cooling load is a measure of the amount of energy that is necessary to dehumidify the air in a building, for example, regardless of the outdoor humidity.
Laws of affinity
The laws of affinity express the mathematical relationship between flow, pump speed (rpm), head and power consumption for centrifugal pumps.
Leakage control
Air conditioning and heating systems in buildings that have special inventories or which are especially vulnerable to the effects of water damage can have leakage-protection installed.
Legionella bacteria can be the cause of two illnesses in humans: Legionnaires' disease, an infection that produces pneumonia and Pontiac fever, which resembles acute influenza.
Legionella in cold water systems
When designing cold water systems water temperature, retention time, pipe material and regular system maintenance is of great importance in order to prevent micro bacterial growth.
Legionella in cooling towers
Cooling water in cooling towers for air-conditioning purposes are often subject to microbacterial growth. A disinfection system should always be installed.
Legionella in hot water systems
When designing hot water systems the water temperature, water retention time, pipe material and making way for regular system maintenance is of great importance in order to prevent microbacterial growth.
Legionnaires disease
Legionnaires' disease is a serious lung disease which is caused by breathing in aerosols infected with the bacteria Legionella Pneumophila. Of those who are infected up to 30% will die.


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Friday, November 19, 2010
Book Blogger Hop
I am most thankful for my family and their health.
My holiday traditions include my green bean casserole and sweet potatoes with marshmallows.
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Just stopping by to say Hi from the Hop... I'm relatively new to the world of book blogging (2 months – 60ish posts) and learning something new and exciting every week!ReplyDelete
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Hi there! Thank you so much for hopping by today :) I cannot believe I've never tried the traditional sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Perhaps this shall be the year, because those are two of my favorite foods. Happy Friday!ReplyDelete
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Yum!! Sweet potatoes!! My fave thanksgiving food too!ReplyDelete
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Mmmm! I love sweet potatoes, and they are even better with marshmellows! Screw the books! Lets eat! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I hope you got to enter my giveaway! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
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I must admit, I've never had sweet potatoes with marshmallows, but it seems that everyone is talking about it. I think I feel left out ;) Hope you have a great weekend and Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
I found your blog on the hops and look forward to following along and hope you may wish to do the same! I just posted my first book review and hope to do many more! I am a mum to three little ones and we are in the process of adopting twins from Ethiopia so we'll see how much time I have to review :) I LOVE sweet potatoes and marshmallows! It's a Thanksgiving meal highlight!ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my blog, hopping back by to return the favor :) I also have to agree, sweet potatoes with marshmallows are a must have during our holidays.ReplyDelete
Just stopping by for the hop!!! thaks for stopping by my place!! I just love this time of year, and being able to spend it with my family. There is truly so much to be thankful for!!! Hope you are having a great weekend.ReplyDelete
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Hi, I'm your newest follower. I have to say, I'm not the biggest fan of green beans. Yuck! With that being said, Happy Thanksgiving :)ReplyDelete
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Defense Motion for Summary Judgment in Song-Beverly Class Action should have been Granted because Zip Codes do not Constitute "Personal Identification Information" within the Meaning of Song-Beverly Act California State Appellate Court Holds
Plaintiff filed a class action against Party City alleging violations of California's Song-Beverly Act, Cal. Civ. Code, § 1747 et seq.; specifically, the class action complaint asserted that the retailer requested zip codes from customers in connection with credit card purchases, and alleged that this violated Song-Beverly which, inter alia, prohibits retailers from seeking "personal identification information" in connection with credit card/debit card purchases. Party City v. Superior Court, 169 Cal.App.4th 497 (Cal.App. 2008) [Slip Opn., at 3]. According to the allegations underlying the class action, plaintiff made a purchase at defendant's store and the cashier "asked for and recorded her five-digit zip code before completing her credit card transaction." Id. The class action alleged that a zip code constituted "personal identification information" within the meaning of Song-Beverly, and that defendant used its customers' zip codes "to further its own business purposes, including target marketing to increase product sales." Id., at 4. Defense attorneys moved for summary judgment on the ground that zip codes are not "personal identification information" within the meaning of the statute, and that defendant's cashier did not require plaintiff to provide her zip code as a condition to using her credit card to purchase merchandise, id., at 5. The trial court denied the motion. Id., at 2. Defense attorneys filed a petition for writ of mandate with the California Court of Appeal, id. The appellate court granted the petition and reversed the trial court, ordering that summary judgment be entered in favor of Party City in the putative class action.
Federal regulations define the Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) Code system as "a numbered coding system that facilitates efficient mail processing." Party City, at 6, n.4. The defense argument was two-fold. First, Party City submitted evidence that it "trains its cashiers to ask for the customer's zip code before the type of payment is known, and to enter '99999' into the register if the customer does not provide a zip code, and then to complete the transaction." Id., at 5 (footnote omitted). The appellate court found it unnecessary to address this aspect of the defense motion because its interpretation of "the definitional issue" compelled judgment in favor of Party City. See id., n.3. Second, and the "key issue" identified by the appellate court, the defense argued that a zip code does not constitute "personal identification information" within the meaning of Song-Beverly. Id., at 5. Party City explained in its summary judgment motion that it "use[d] zip code information requested from customers for demographic purposes, to send promotional mailer to various zip codes throughout the country." Id., at 5-6 (footnote omitted). To prove the point, defense attorneys submitted evidence that as of the year 2000, there were 25,000 individual addresses that shared plaintiff's zip code and 27,500 individual addresses that shared the zip code of the trial court. Id., at 6. Moreover, Party City assures that "zip code information is made available only to the company's marketing department, and zip code data is transmitted there alone, without customer names or credit card numbers." Id. Further, "the company does not maintain a system or database that would allow it to locate a particular California customer's address or phone number utilizing only zip code, name or credit card number." Id., at 6-7.
The trial court found it "clear and unambiguous" that zip codes fall within Song-Beverly's definition of "personal identification information." Party City, at 7. The Court of Appeal disagreed. It began by noting that the issue it was addressing was a "narrow" one, see id., at 9, and followed with a detailed discussion of the general principals governing statutory interpretation and the legislative intent behind Song-Beverly, as well as case law interpreting Song-Beverly (none of which "answer the question of what definition should be given with regard to zip codes under the Act"), see id., at 11-22. On this point, the appellate court observed that "a zip code is not of itself specific or personal information about an individual, but rather it serves as a group identifier about location; in this case, the individual is one of some 24,000 addresses there." Id., at 24. Moreover, the evidence showed that Party City "does not match zip codes with credit card numbers," id.
Plaintiff argued that it was irrelevant whether Party City uses the zip codes to obtain specific information (an act known as "data mining"). Party City, at 24. The appellate court disagreed. Based on the "plain language" of the statute, and federal regulations concerning zip codes, zip codes are not "personal identification information": "A zip code is not an address, but only a portion of it, and knowing a stand-alone zip code has not been shown to be potentially more helpful in locating a specific person than knowing his or her state or county of residence. A zip code is not an individualized set of identification criteria, such as telephone numbers would be, but rather zip codes provide identification of a relatively large group, on the present record." Id., at 28. In sum, the Court held at page 28, "A five-digit zip does is not, as a matter of law, that kind of personalized or individual identification information within the statutory terms [of Song-Beverly]." Accordingly, it granted the petition for writ of mandate and ordered the trial court to enter summary judgment in favor of Party City, id., at 34.
NOTE: California Civil Code Section 1747.08(a)(2) provides that a retailer may not "request, or require as a condition to accepting the credit card as payment…, the cardholder to provide personal identification information" which the retailer "writes, causes to be written, or otherwise records upon the credit card transaction form or otherwise."
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There was a fatal workplace accident early Thursday (June 23, 2016) in Plainfield. The accident involved a worker being fatally injured involving an accident with a steel baler.
According to Plainfield Police, they responded to the call regarding a workplace accident shortly after 1:30 a.m. The accident occurred at Coilplus, Inc. and involved the worker being caught in a steel baler.
The worker was identified as Carlos Rivera, 50, of Joliet. According to the Will County Coroner's Office, he was pronounced dead at the accident scene at 2:15 a.m.
An autopsy determined that Rivera died from multiple injuries sustained in the accident.
OSHA has opened an investigation regarding this fatal accident.
Additional details and possible updates can be seen in a variety of media sources, including the June 23, 2016 Chicago Sun-Times article titled "Man killed in workplace accident in Plainsfield" as well as the June 23 Bolingbrook Patch article titled "Worker Pulled Through Steel Baler at Coilplus in Plainfield."
Should you or someone you care for experience injury or other harm in Illinois, please contact the Elman Joseph Law Group for a free consultation to discuss the situation and to see if filing of a personal injury lawsuit is warranted.
Elman Joseph Law Group's Lead Attorney, Tony Elman, is a personal injury trial lawyer. Over the last 25+ years Elman Joseph Law Group has handled over 10,000 Illinois personal injury lawsuits.
During this 25+ year period, Elman Joseph Law Group has built a reputation for its courtroom trial performance, including getting large verdicts for smaller cases. In fact, because of these court trial accomplishments, many well-known law firms choose to have Elman Joseph Law Group take cases to court.
To speak directly to Tony Elman, Lead Attorney of the Elman Joseph Law Group, call (773) 392-8182 at any time. This legal consultation is free.
Elman Joseph Law Group works on a "contingency" basis…Elman Joseph Law Group's clients never pay a fee unless and until they receive monetary compensation.
Elman Joseph Law Group, LLC handles Chicago area and other Illinois personal injury lawsuits as well as wrongful death lawsuits.


text: Yeti did something nearly two decades ago that continues to be the brand's most defendable position: they started the Tribe. Yeti Tribe is an owners club that celebrates the relationships between fellow men, women, animals, landscapes and their shared love of mountain biking. GFC's task was to reestablish Yeti's commitment to the Tribe, and to prove that when you ride a Yeti you take on more than just ownership of a bicycle. But we know full well that talk is one thing, and delivering on it is quite another.


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A couple years ago my grandmother presented my with a stack of index cards, requesting that a write a prayer to say before the Thanksgiving meal. By stack, I mean at least half a dozen cards: she evidently thought I was going to prepare a heartfelt, touching, lengthy statement on the bounty of the previous year and hopefulness for that ahead.
She should have known better. I don't do sentimental.
This is what she got:
Dear Lord,
Thank you for food, family, and Franciscan Starburst dinnerware.
My parents and Youngest Brother, endowed with more of a sense of humour than Grandma, were amused. She herself, of course, was less than impressed by the brevity and lack of solemnness. But it was not going to be a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving meal anyway—with a resident alien (the Mother) in the room, my grandfather's comments about the irrelevance of foreigners guaranteed a tense dinner. So much for the family part.
Franciscan Starburst, however, continues to be worthy of gratitude, so I offer my prayer once more. Happy Thanksgiving.


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Related to Fortran: Fortran compiler, COBOL
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a programming language; more precisely, a family of such languages that evolved from the original version developed in 1957 in the USA under the supervision of J. W. Backus. The name derives from "formula translation," referring to the translation of programs written in FORTRAN into machine language. FORTRAN contains statements for assignment, conditions, cyclic operation, subroutines, storage allocation, and real and complex variables, which may have logical, integer, real, or complex values; it also includes highly developed statements for input-output. FORTRAN is the most widely used programming language for scientific and engineering calculations. The language's specifications are fixed in several national and international standards.
REFERENCESPervin, Iu. A. Osnovy FORTRANa, Moscow, 1972.
Germain, C. Programmirovanie na IBM/360, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1973. (Translated from English.)
Fortran (programming textbook). Kiev, 1976.
American Standard FORTRAN: Approved March 7, 1966. New York, 1966.
(computer science)
A family of procedure-oriented languages used mostly for scientific or algebraic applications; derived from formula translation.
(Formula Translation) The first and, for a long time, the most widely used programming language for numerical and scientific applications. The original versions lacked recursive procedures and block structure and had a line-oriented syntax in which certain columns had special significance.
There have been a great many versions.
The name is often written "FORTRAN", harking back to the days before computers were taught about lower case, but ANSI decreed, in about 1985 via the ANSI FORTRAN Technical Committee TC, that it should be "Fortran".
See also: Fortrash.
There have been a great many versions.
The name is often written "FORTRAN", harking back to the days before computers were taught about lower case, but ANSI decreed, in about 1985 via the ANSI FORTRAN Technical Committee TC, that it should be "Fortran".
See also: Fortrash.
FORTRAN(FORmula TRANslator) The first high-level programming language and compiler, developed in 1954 by IBM. It was originally designed to express mathematical formulas, and although it has been used for business applications, it is primarily used for scientific, engineering and mathematical problems. FORTRAN IV is an ANSI standard, but FORTRAN V has various proprietary versions. The following FORTRAN example converts Fahrenheit to Celsius:
write(6,*) 'Enter Fahrenheit ' read(5,*) XFAHR XCENT = (XFAHR - 32) * 5 / 9 write(6,*) 'Celsius is ', XCENT stop end