text:
module HttpdCookbook
  class HttpdModuleDebian < HttpdModule
    use_automatic_resource_name

    provides :httpd_module, platform_family: 'debian'

    action :create do
      package package_name do
        action :install
      end

      directory "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-available" do
        owner 'root'
        group 'root'
        mode '0755'
        recursive true
        action :create
      end

      directory "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-enabled" do
        owner 'root'
        group 'root'
        mode '0755'
        recursive true
        action :create
      end

      template "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-available/#{module_name}.load" do
        source 'module_load.erb'
        owner 'root'
        group 'root'
        mode '0644'
        variables(
          module_name: symbolname,
          module_path: module_path
        )
        cookbook 'httpd'
        action :create
      end

      link "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-enabled/#{module_name}.load" do
        to "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-available/#{module_name}.load"
        action :create
      end
    end

    action :delete do
      directory "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-available" do
        recursive true
        action :delete
      end

      file "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-available/#{module_name}.load" do
        action :delete
      end

      link "/etc/#{apache_name}/mods-enabled/#{module_name}.load" do
        action :delete
      end
    end

    include HttpdCookbook::Helpers::Debian
  end
end


A couple weeks ago I was exploring the different CRM tools that exist for small businesses. Now, I know the major players in the game like Sales Force and Oracle. But what about small businesses and independent consultants who are looking for an easy, simple, and efficient way to manage their leads, calendars, and track projects? I didn't really know what kind of affordable solutions were out there for small businesses and I wanted to find out.
I really lucked out because right around the time I was doing my search for a CRM tool in my own consulting business, an opportunity came up through Sverve (an influencer network I belong to) to review Insight.ly – a CRM tool for small businesses. I wrote to Insightly and told them about my need for a CRM tool and they picked me to write a review for them. Sweet! I was excited to a) Find a CRM tool I could use in my business and b) Have access to the company and ask them questions not only for my own benefit but also for the purposes of the review.
One of the first things that I liked about Insightly was its integration with Google Apps. I recently switched email servers for my business over to Google Apps so all I had to do was add Insightly as a Google App and then it's right there in my Google Apps. That was easy. And I like easy.
This allows you to easily add your emails into their CRM tool. If you are using a program like Outlook or Apple Mail, Insightly gives you your own custom unique email address where you can forward emails. It automatically stores the emails for viewing and it saves your contacts. Pretty neat.
The service is free for up to 3 users, and so far I have been happy with the free version of the service for my needs. The premium features like Contact Sync, MailChimp Integration, and Custom branding are beyond my needs right now but I could see how this would be a beneficial service for a small business.
Insightly also has a feature to integrate with Evernote, which I also love because that is the other program I use to help me organize my website chaos.
Overall I am really happy I was able to connect with Insightly and I plan on using it in my business and helping me to better organize my leads, projects, contacts, and everything else that goes into running my own business that I never had to think about until now.
Fore more information on Insight.Ly, you can visit them on the web by clicking here.
What about you? What tools do you use in your business to help you track projects and stay organized? Post in the comments and let me know!
My most recent post on Resources I use in my digital marketing business has gotten a lot of attention which is exciting. It's been so nice to directly point people to that page instead of having to say the same thing over and over again in conversation. I'm going to try and do a lot more of these types in the future as long as I know people are finding them to be valuable.
Another resource page I've decided to write is specifically for those in the blogging community. There are a lot of bloggers out there who get sent free products to review, get sponsored posts, or are contacted by brands to do giveaways and sweepstakes. It's been so intriguing to me (both as a marketer and a blogger) that I decided to put together a list of all the different blogger / influencer networks that are out there. When I first started blogging, I had no idea these types of groups existed. In fact, I wanted to create one myself. There are so many out there, and my goal is to make this a comprehensive list of all the opportunities for bloggers that are out there.
The way these networks work is you sign up and add your blog, social networks, and a bit about yourself. You may even tag the different areas of influence you think you fall into (health, fitness, paleo, marketing, technology, moms, etc). From there, most of these sites have a list of campaigns. What you do is apply for the campaign and either the brand or the network vets them to see if you qualify and would be a good fit for the brand's campaign. Sometimes these are paid opportunities, and sometimes they are just for free product. Some networks like Social Spark even allow you, the blogger, to negotiate your price. Other networks like Sverve allow you to set your own price for a post. I will get into more of this in a future post, but for now take a look at these different networks. If you have more questions, ask them in the comments so I can make sure to address them in the future.
If you see something is missing here, please contact me and let me know.
Sverve: They are a newer player in the game and focus on connecting female social media influencers with brands and businesses for partnerships. What you do is you sign up add your areas of influence. You can "Endorse" other bloggers in their respective areas of influence to help improve their influencer score. A lot of times brands will have a certain threshold or influencer number a person must meet in order to be considered for a campaign. Sverve is part of the incubator 500 Startups and based in the Silicon Valley.
If you are interested in learning more about Sverve, Click here to Sign up.
BrandBacker: They are a Fashion & Beauty product promotion network online. In their words, they "connect brands who want to get exposure on blogs and social networks to over 5,000 bloggers looking for opportunities." When you fill out your profile on BrandBacker, you give your blog details as well as links to your social media presence and tag your specialties. You can choose the types of promotions you are interested in: product reviews, contests, free samples / giveaways, and what the minimum price you'd like to be paid per post would be.
If you are interested in learning more or joining BrandBacker, Click Here to Sign Up.
Massive Sway / SITS Girls: This is part of The SITS girls (The Secret's In The Sauce). Their goal is to create a place for bloggers to connect with one another and become a resource for blogging. They post a lot of great articles on resources and tools to help you blog. Massive Sway is a joint venture between The SITS Girls and The Sway Group and is a portal for bloggers to learn more about sponsored opportunities. One unique thing that they do is they have you Authorize your Google Analytics account to be viewable. So not lying on your numbers, folks. And if you don't have Google Analytics on your blog yet, get on that.
If you are interested in joining Massive Sway, Click Here to Sign Up.
Linquia: Another Influencer network that refers to themselves as the matchmaker for communities and brands. Members are invited to participate in paid campaigns and notified via email. Linquia stresses that stories are shared in an authentic, meaningful way - which is good. Their goal is to empower individuals to grow their communities.
If you are interested in joining Linqia, Click Here to Sign Up.
Triberr: An influencer marketing platform that connects brands with bloggers. They are a newer site and I haven't done a campaign with them yet, but they did have a cool one recently for TOMS shoes that I am eagerly awaiting to hear back from them on.
If you are interested in joining Triberr, Click Here to Sign Up.
The Clever Girls Collective: They have a network of over 8,000 female influencers and connect them with content marketing campaigns. They also have their own unique campaign platform and set of tools. They believe in the power of direct brand to consumer communication through social media through engagement and partnerships. Right now some of the current campaigns they have available are with Nordstrom Rack and Audible.com.
If you are interested in joining Clever Girls Collective, Click here to Sign Up.
A lot of people ask me about the different marketing tools and resources I use in my business so I decided to post the things I've found useful.
StudioPress Themes for WordPress: All of my websites except for Fit & Awesome are built using the Genesis Framework. I really like Genesis because it's easy to use and the themes are very classic and clean. This site is currently built on the "Freelance" theme.
Media Temple: My sites are all hosted on a Grid Server through Media Temple. I can host up to 100 domains on my monthly server. The Grid Service is $20 a month but I find it to be well worth it. I love Media Temple. They've been very good to me and are always able to quickly respond to any issues I am having.
BlueHost: If you are just starting a website or blog and don't want to commit to $20 a month just yet, I recommend checking out BlueHost. They have hosting plans starting at $3.95 per month. Please note that Media Temple is my first choice, and Blue Host is my second if you are looking for a more affordable option (which many of you who are starting out are). I do not currently have any of my sites on BlueHost, but a lot of my clients host through them so I am familiar with their platform.
MailChimp: All of my email lists are currently hosted through MailChimp. I am happy with their service and it suites my needs for right now. In the future I would like to move everything over to Aweber but have not done so yet.
Dropbox - I use Dropbox for sharing files with all clients and freelancers I work with. I also use it to automatically sync my iphone photos to my Dropbox folder when I'm connected to Wireless. You never know when you might drop your phone in the toilet! Yes, I have had that happen to me before and it is NOT fun.
Tweet Adder- Twitter is one of my favorite social media platforms. I am one of the first million members and have been using it since 2007. My Twitter account has grown significantly over time to around 9,000 followers. Additionally, I now run additional Twitter accounts for both my blogs and my clients. Tweet Adder is one of the most effective Twitter marketing tools I've used for my clients to build their follower base. I am able to do searches and specifically target followers who would be interested in what my account is about. For example, if I am running a gluten-free twitter I can do a search and see all people who have tweeted about gluten-free in the past few days and do a targeted follow. There's really so much I could say about this tool that I will just stop here and say that I am going to post more on this topic in a blog later.
Lead Pages - This is a new one I have recently started using to set up landing pages and opt-in forms quickly. It has a smooth integration with WordPress and is easy to set up. If you would like me to help set up landing pages for your business, contact me and I can help you out.
AdRoll- I use Adroll for all of my retargeting campaigns. You know when you visit a website and then all of a sudden you see ads for that website all over your browser? That's retargeting in action. Adroll is also a Facebook preferred developer which is why I prefer working with them. If you need help setting up your AdRoll account, contact me and I'd be happy to help you out.
Books: I read. A lot. Here are some of my favorite business books.
Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I earn commission if you decide to make a purchase. I am recommending these companies and products because I use them in my business. If you are not comfortable with this, you can go directly to the website and make your purchase. I won't be offended, I promise.
Many of you are probably aware that Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, recently released a book called Lean In about women, work, and the will to lead. I highly recommend you read it. Back in March I went and saw Sheryl Sandberg speak at The Writer's Guild in West Hollywood in support of this new book. It was a great experience.
I love that Sheryl Sandberg is bringing the subject of women in the workplace to light. Many women feel like they can't have it all and balance a successful career and a family at the same time. They think that one area of their life will suffer but that is not true. I love that Sheryl Sandberg is starting this conversation and empowering women to say yes they can have it all. Someone has to. And she's a great person to get this message across. It's important.
On the flip side, I think this book may not be relatable to all women because they are not in the same high powered executive role like Sandberg. Yes, it's easy for her to pump while she's on conference calls because she has her own office. And she can create maternity parking spaces because she's at an executive level and can and should be the one to raise this point. But what about the rest of women? What do they do? Do they speak up? Not everyone is as willing to listen in other workplace environments.
Women need to come together and support each other in the workplace. The stereotypes of women being bossy (and dare I say it – b****y) in the workplace often tend to be true. Why is that? We should all be coming together not working against each other. I am happy Sandberg brings up this point. I am all about girl power so bring it on!
She talks about shared responsibilities and chores with your spouse around the house. I love this. My husband and I share most of our household responsibilities and I love that she makes a point to bring this up.
What about you? Have you read Sheryl Sandberg's book? What are your thoughts on the Lean In Movement?


Just wanted to say I hope you are working as much on your eating disorder as your acne. You say your eating disorder "aint serious" but at 25-30 lbs underweight, sure sounds serious to me. As much as acne is an inconvienience and incredibly annoying, it isnt fatal like eating disorders are.


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Changmin to join 'Athena' cast
How do you keep a sinking drama from capsizing? You throw an idol star in the cast at the last minute and hope that things will get better.
SBS' Athena: Goddess of War was billed as the spin-off series to the wildly popular Iris, but despite its strong start in the ratings race, Athena has been averaging a 12 percent weekly viewership – which, for the high budget drama that it is, does not spell good news.
But, of course, the God of the East comes in and saves the day. Maybe.
DBSK's Changmin started filming for Athena last week, and will appear in the last four episodes of the series as a nuclear weapons' specialist for the National Intelligence Service. His first appearance will be in the episode airing tomorrow (February 7th).
Funnily enough, Changmin's current drama, Paradise Ranch, airs directly after Athena…so viewers will be able to see Changmin's fine derriere in a suit (A SUIT!!!) for two hours in a row every Monday and Tuesday.
But suit or not, I can't help but raise an eyebrow at this casting decision because a) it's another idol star in a drama – which, to me, translates into this:
…and b) it's a little too obvious that the producers are grasping at straws to pull up Athena's ratings for the last few episodes. I mean, they started filming just last week for an episode that's going to air tomorrow? And they pulled a guy from the same company that already has its grubby hands all over this drama?
Props to them for at least trying to pull it together in the end, but I can't help but chuckle at their desperation. Just a little. Call it schadenfreude.
(newsen)
Tags: Changmin, DBSK (TVXQ)
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Here at Orchard, we receive many requests for our squeezy fruit, mostly from our clients, but we sometimes get requests from strangers, too. In mid-2011, one such request came in from a nice lady in North Carolina, Ms. Kathleen. She stated that she had been given an Orchard squeezy pear to hold while she had her blood drawn at her doctor's office. She saw our logo on the pear and decided to reach out to us.
Her inquiry was sent to one of our Sales Coordinators, Kevin Bruggeman. In her request, Ms. Kathleen explained that she is an elementary school teacher and that she would like to give the squeezy fruit to her students to occupy their hands while working. She mentioned that the squeezy fruit helps them maintain their focus and helps strengthen the muscles in their hands, which is beneficial when learning to write.
All of the cards were addressed to "Mr. B." Kevin's new nickname became a badge of honor not only to the kids, but at Orchard, too. Ms. Kathleen included a note asking if Mr. B could please send more trucks, explaining that she had an idea for a lesson plan. Orchard has plenty of trucks to share, so Mr. B sent them crates full of the blue squeezy apple trucks.
This time the children responded, not with thank you cards, but with a beautiful book of crayon art. The book, entitled "The Blue Truck," contained drawings of the blue truck, full of apples, traveling the countryside. Each drawing is unique and delightful in its own way, and everyone at Orchard was enchanted by them. One student wrote on his page of the book that he was really grateful for the truck because his family's truck had broken down.
As the year drew to a close, Mr. B received a package brimming with delicious, homemade cookies and brownies. The students wanted him to know how much they appreciated his generosity and thoughtfulness throughout the year, and wished him a happy holiday season.
In February of 2012, Mr. B received an envelope full of Valentine's Day cards, and glued on the front of each one was a blue construction paper truck hauling shiny red heart stickers.
The most recent correspondence Mr. B received from the students was a package of beautiful, handwritten letters about driving the truck to the beach for summer vacation, packed with big umbrellas, beach balls, and, of course, lots of apples. Ms. Kathleen and some of her students mentioned that due to a high amount of usage, some of their trucks were breaking apart. Mr. B responded by sending Ms. Kathleen a fresh crate of blue squeezy trucks for the students to take home and enjoy over the summer.
Thus goes the story of Mr. B and the blue truck so far—we bet there's more to come!


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Ena North Beach, Inc. v. 524 Union Street
California Court of Appeals, First District, Second Division
ENA NORTH BEACH, INC., et al. Plaintiffs and Appellants,
524 UNION STREET et al., Defendants and Appellants. ENA NORTH BEACH, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,
524 UNION STREET et al., Defendants and Appellants.
CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION[*]
After filing of partially published opinion on 12/12/19
San Francisco County Superior Court No. CGC-15-547922. Hon. Richard B. Ulmer, Jr. Trial Judge.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Appellants: Wood Robbins B. Douglas Robbins Leyla M. Pasic Kelley A. Harvilla
Attorneys for Defendants and Appellants: Kerr & Wagstaffe Wagstaffe, Von Loewenfeldt, Busch & Radwick James M. Wagstaffe Michael Von Loewenfeldt Draper Law Firm Ann McFarland Draper
ORDER MODIFYING OPINION
THE COURT:
On the Court's own motion the opinion filed herein on December 12, 2019, is modified as follows:
On page 48, under the "DISPOSITION" heading, the first full paragraph is deleted, and the following sentence is added to read: The judgment is affirmed.
KLINE, P.J.
After leasing premises owned by 524 Union Street for purposes of opening a restaurant, respondent ENA North Beach was unable to open because the San Francisco Planning Department determined that an existing conditional use authorization for the property was no longer effective and a new one could not be granted. ENA North Beach filed suit against the lessors, claiming false representations and failure to disclose material facts regarding the problems with the conditional use authorization. A jury found in favor of ENA North Beach and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. This appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict. ENA North Beach's cross-appeal challenges the trial court's decision to reduce the amount of the punitive damages award against 524 Union Street. We conclude that the jury's verdict on liability, including liability for punitive damages, is supported by substantial evidence. Although we conclude the trial court employed an improper procedural mechanism in reducing the amount of the punitive damages award, we affirm the judgment for the reasons explained herein.
Natasha Hong, the president of ENA North Beach, sought to open a restaurant with a license to serve beer and wine in a building owned by 524 Union Street (524 Union), a space which had housed restaurants for many years. 524 Union is a general partnership, of which Beverly Smucha is the managing partner and her son, Barak Smucha, a partner.[1] Beverly estimated she had owned the property for 35 or 40 years. Prior tenants had operated under a conditional use authorization[2] for a "full-service restaurant and bar" obtained in 1998. Under the San Francisco Planning Code (Planning Code), a new full-service restaurant could be operated in this space only if there had not been a gap in operations of such a restaurant for more than three years, as the conditional use authorization would lapse if the approved use was discontinued for more than three years. (S.F. Planning Code, § 178, subd. (d).)[3] The continued validity of the existing conditional use authorization was critical to Hong's ability to open her restaurant because an ordinance adopted in 2012 prohibited approval of a new conditional use authorization for a full-service restaurant in this location. (S.F. Planning Code, § 780.3, subd. (c)(1) [North Beach Special Use District].)
The meaning of the term "full-service restaurant" was a matter of some dispute at trial. According to the San Francisco Planning Department (Department) planner who testified at trial, under the applicable definitions in the Planning Code, a "restaurant" or "full-service restaurant" had to have "a majority of food service" but could also serve alcohol, while a "limited restaurant" would have no alcohol service.[4] She testified, however, that the San Francisco Zoning Administrator interpreted the definitions as requiring that a full-service restaurant have a liquor license, so that a restaurant that did not serve alcohol would be a "limited restaurant." Beverly maintained that a full-service restaurant was allowed to serve alcohol but not required to do so, and differed from a limited restaurant in that full service meant a sit-down restaurant while a limited restaurant was "more like a takeout place."
Prior to ENA North Beach, a restaurant called Le Bordeaux had operated at 524 Union for part of 2011. Although Le Bordeaux had closed less than three years before ENA North Beach's tenancy, the Department concluded the conditional use authorization had lapsed for two reasons. One was that there had been a long gap between Le Bordeaux and the previous restaurant, The Field, which had a lease running through August 2008, but in fact left the premises in 2004. The second was that although Le Bordeaux had been approved as a full-service restaurant, the Department took the view that it did not operate as such because, while it had applied for a liquor permit from the state Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control (DABC), it had not actually received the permit before it ceased operating. As explained by the attorney Hong later hired to help her negotiate the permit issues, because the Department considered running a bar part of the approved use under the 1998 conditional use authorization, that authorization would lapse if there was a three-year period in which a bar was not run.
As will be explained, Hong initially obtained approval for her restaurant from the Department but that approval was subsequently rescinded after the gap in operations between The Field and Le Bordeaux was brought to the attention of the Department and the Department learned that Le Bordeaux had been operating without a liquor license. Unable to obtain approval to open the restaurant, ENA North Beach sued 524 Union and Beverly, alleging that Beverly falsely told Hong there had been full-service restaurants in the space "continuously, " failed to disclose the more than three-year gap, and falsely represented that Le Bordeaux had an alcohol license.[5] Beverly maintained that she made all necessary disclosures regarding the history of the leased premises and that the Department interpreted the Planning Code incorrectly, an error Beverly could not have anticipated.
Hong testified that when she first visited the property in June 2014, Barak told her Le Bordeaux had a beer and wine license. She testified that Beverly told her there had always been a liquor license at the property, which had always been used as a full-service restaurant; never said Le Bordeaux did not receive a license to serve alcohol but rather said it obtained the license; never said the space had been abandoned or "discontinued" for three years, and never discussed the need for a conditional use permit. Before signing the lease, Hong went to the Department, asked the clerk whether there would be any problem opening a full-service restaurant at 524 Union and was told "no" and "everything is fine."
In mid-July 2014, Hong asked Beverly to delay the lease start date from August 1 until September 1, as she was looking for a wine and beer license broker to help her obtain a type 41 alcohol license and was not sure how long processing would take. Beverly agreed to the change in start date but said she could not delay signing the lease. Her email to Hong stated, "You should be able to get a type 41 liq. license (beer and wine) without a broker for a full-service restaurant. You will not be able to move forward with licensing without a fully executed lease." Because she was very busy, Hong hired the broker who had helped her when she opened her existing restaurant.
Hong signed the lease sometime on August 14, 2014. That afternoon, the broker emailed her, "[u]nfortunately, you are not allowed to obtain Liquor license, at all, " attaching an email from the Department stating that, according to the zoning administrator, "the site will not be able to accommodate a new liquor license." Hong testified that this was a big deal because a restaurant cannot make a profit without selling alcohol. She contacted Beverly, who replied that evening, saying all of the prior tenants had had type 47 (hard liquor) licenses and the French restaurant was "approved for beer & wine." Beverly sent Hong a list of prior tenants from June 22, 1934, to October 7, 1999, describing all but one (in 1936) as "Bar & Restaurant, " as well as some documents related to permits obtained by the tenants. Beverly told Hong she had delayed executing the lease and depositing Hong's check "because of your phone call, " and suggested Hong take a few days to decide whether the space was right for her. Beverly subsequently signed the lease on August 17, 2014.
The lease states that "[t]he premises are to be used for the operation of a Restaurant, to serve food to the public as a Full Service Restaurant and alcoholic beverages of beer and wine. Lessee covenants and agrees with Lessor, as a condition of this lease, that the purpose of or use of the premises will not be changed or altered by Lessee without the prior written consent of Lessor. Lessee shall use said premises continuously and constantly during the term hereof for the purpose of conducting the above mentioned business."
On September 2, Department planner Marcelle Boudreaux signed a "Zoning Affidavit" to be submitted to the DABC for ENA North Beach, indicating the existing conditional use permit could be used and attaching the 1998 conditional use authorization.[6] Hong understood this form to be saying the previous tenant's conditional use permit remained valid, which was consistent with her understanding from her visit to the Department.
Around December 2014, Hong obtained the DABC beer and wine license. Renovations of the premises continued, with the aim of opening the restaurant around March 2015.
On January 20, 2015, planner Carly Grob emailed Hong that the Department "cannot approve the Dept. of Public Health or [DABC] referral for [ENA North Beach]. Planning Code section 780.3 states that a restaurant may be permitted as a conditional use if it does not occupy a vacant space last occupied by a permitted conditional use that has been abandoned or discontinued for 3 years. Because the former tenant, Le Bordeaux, never received a DABC license to serve alcohol, they were operating as a limited restaurant instead of a restaurant. Therefore, the restaurant use was abandoned more than 3 years ago, and cannot be reinstated at this location."[7]
Hong emailed Beverly about the specified ordinance. Beverly responded, "[t]his came into effect because there were restaurants going into spaces that were previously other uses. [¶] [524 Union] has always been a restaurant bar; it's a 100 yr old space. This is not a new use but the same use for decades, and one of the oldest if not the oldest restaurant spaces in North Beach. [¶] Also they know Le Bordeaux has not been out of there for 3 years. They are just trying to come up with something else. Makes no sense. It will work out, just need to get to the right person. These planners need to be fired." A few days later Beverly told Hong, "The planner's opinion that Le Bordeaux became a limited restaurant because of the processing of his beer and wine license was delayed is incorrect."[8]
Hong hired attorney David Silverman to help her with the conditional use permit issues. On February 8, 2015, when Hong forwarded to Beverly an email from her attorney's office indicating that in order to fight the abandonment issue they would need "the use/lease/occupancy history of the building laid out, and all the efforts to try to find a tenant over the last several years that hopefully would toll the ticking of the abandonment clock, " Beverly replied, "Doesn't sound like this attorney is up to speed with the laws. We will try to come up with some names."
In a March 12, 2015 email, Beverly told Hong that the premises had never been used as a limited restaurant but "always and only" full service, the insurance on the premises was for a full-service restaurant, "which is more expensive and difficult to get, " and the previous tenant's insurance was for a full-service restaurant with a beer and wine license.
Silverman testified that Beverly told him The Field left in 2008 and gave him a copy of its lease, which stated a termination date of August 31, 2008. On this basis, Silverman argued to the zoning administrator that the gap between The Field and Le Bordeaux was less than three years. The zoning administrator found The Field's lease insufficient to demonstrate that it remained in operation until its termination date because the DABC website indicated The Field's licenses were cancelled in August 2004. Beverly told Silverman she thought the administrator was mistaken.[9] Based on Beverly's representations, Silverman prepared a declaration that she executed on March 16, 2015, stating that "the space has been used as a full-service restaurant and bar continuously after we obtained the conditional use authorization in 1998 except for periods of turnover between tenants, when we advertised for full-service restaurant tenants, " and that "The Field Restaurant and bar was the Lessee under a Lease Agreement that was in effect from August 26, 1998 until August 31, 2008." The zoning administrator again found this was "not enough to substantiate that the conditional use was not abandoned."
Silverman testified that when he tried to get documentation from Beverly to refute the gap in operations between The Field and Le Bordeaux, she responded with statements about Le Bordeaux's liquor license application and arguments that the Department's determination was wrong.[10] At this point, Silverman was "starting to think that [the zoning administrator] might have a point because I'm not getting any evidence to the contrary."
In an April 2015 email correspondence, the zoning administrator informed Silverman that "any approval of Le Bordeaux in 2011 was in error" because the previous restaurant use had been abandoned after The Field discontinued operation in 2004. Silverman's requests for additional documentation from Beverly met with arguments that the department was acting improperly. The zoning administrator denied Hong's request for a hearing, and Silverman told Beverly they had reached a dead end.
Hong testified that she had believed everything Beverly told her about the use of the premises and realized Beverly "was lying to me from the beginning" only after her attorneys told her there was nothing more to be done and she would not be able to open the restaurant. She gave notice of termination of the lease on April 24, 2015. Asked why he believed, as stated in the termination letter, that Beverly "failed to disclose to [Hong] the existence of the abandonment of the conditional use for the premises, " Silverman testified, "[b]ecause she had been telling me the opposite... [t]hat the restaurant had operated continuously... [a]s a full-service restaurant and bar." He testified, "the situation was actually worse than I wrote in this letter. I wrote that, 'You failed to disclose to our client existence of the abandonment.' [¶] Actually, she lied to our client about it because she told her over and over again that there had been continuous operation. And she told me that, and she told the zoning administrator that."
Planner Carly Grob testified that it initially appeared Hong's restaurant could be approved with the existing approval for restaurant use, but it was later discovered that Le Bordeaux had been operating as a limited restaurant, without liquor service, and the zoning administrator interpreted the Planning Code as requiring a restaurant to have an alcohol license. When Grob asked Beverly for documentation relating to use of the property, Beverly responded with complaints about the permit expediter who had complained about the conditional use issue (see fn. 7, ante, at p 6.) and assertions that Le Bordeaux had gone through a "very thorough" planning and zoning process to receive approval. Beverly never said there was a vacancy at the property. Grob testified that the Department had not revoked the September 2, 2014 zoning affidavit indicating Hong did not need a new conditional use permit, but had "acknowledged" that position was incorrect and so advised the DABC.
Sylvain Castet, the owner of Le Bordeaux, testified that when he rented the premises intending to open a French restaurant serving beer and wine, Beverly did not tell him about a prior vacancy of more than three years or possible need for a new conditional use approval. After he signed the lease, neighbors told him the property had been vacant for 10 years. When he asked Beverly about this, she responded, "[n]o, it hasn't been vacant for 10 years" and advised him not to listen to the neighbors; she never told him there was had been a vacancy of more than three years.[11]
Optimist Prime, a company owned by James Bryant Bourque, his mother and his stepfather, signed a lease for the 524 Union premises on October 8, 2015, with the intention of opening a restaurant. For tax reasons, a contingency was being able to open by the end of 2015, and Beverly assured them she would make sure they got timely approvals to be able to meet the deadline. From his conversations with Beverly, Bourque understood they would need to go through the conditional use process but this would not stop them from opening the restaurant; Beverly did not disclose that zoning for this purpose had been lost entirely, did not mention a problem with a prior tenant or with ENA North Beach, and told him the owner of Le Bordeaux had received a liquor license but had to leave the country due to a visa issue before he was able to start using it. Beverly said the space had always been used as a restaurant and both she and the lease itself said it could only be used as a full-service restaurant. His understanding from Beverly was that the premises had been vacant because they were being selective about who to lease to, not because they were having trouble getting tenants.
Beverly provided Bourque with a written disclosure statement that stated the premises had "always" been used as a restaurant and had last been leased by ENA North Beach, which "did not get open"; that Beverly had been told it was "scheduled to open, with all approvals including the issuance of their beer & wine license, " until expediter Marsha Garland, who represented competing interests, complained to the Department; and that ENA North Beach, "already in violation of her lease was unable to navigate the permitting process with their attorney and was adverse to the potential of a Conditional Use process, opting instead not to pursue the issue formally." The disclosure described Le Bordeaux as a full-service restaurant "specializing in Bordeaux regional wines, " and stated that it "received the required approvals and permits from the city prior to opening" but processing of its beer and wine license was "delayed because of corporate issues" and "they got approved for issuance, however just prior, they had to close due to immigration visa issues." According to the disclosure, Garland and the Department had an issue with Le Bordeaux having been approved to open without going through the conditional use process, and the Department changed its interpretation of the definitions of types of restaurants and acted "as if Le Bordeaux had never opened and withdraw [sic] ENA's approval." The disclosure referred to the "discrepancy with the last tenant" and stated that the premises had "never been a dormant space."[12]
Bourque first learned there might be a problem from the owner of the restaurant next door. Although the Department initially said it looked like there should not be a problem opening "some kind of food service, " an attorney alerted Bourque to the zoning issues, further inquiries at the Department revealed that The Field sold its liquor license to another enterprise in 2004, and Bourque learned they would be able to open only with a special exemption from the supervisor of the district, who was a proponent of the special use district trying to limit restaurants in North Beach.
Bourque testified that Beverly told his mother about the present lawsuit about four days after the lease was signed but said it would not impact Optimist Prime; they came to realize the suit was linked with the zoning issues and gave notice of termination of the lease on October 31, 2015. Bourque denied Beverly's claims that they terminated the lease because she would not approve unpermitted work they wanted to do on the premises and that they damaged the premises.
Grob testified that it seemed the landlord was continuing to market the space as a restaurant because she continued to get calls from prospective tenants seeking to open a restaurant there; she would tell them that they could not do so, in accordance with the Department's "practice and opinion" that the space cannot be used as a full-service restaurant and bar.
Beverly testified that when Hong first contacted her about the premises, she did not believe a conditional use permit would be needed because the previous tenant had been approved without a new one, there was still a conditional use permit recorded against the property, and her understanding was that the permit would have to go before the San Francisco Planning Commission to be revoked. The 1998 conditional use authorization included the statement that a "full-service restaurant and bar previously existed at the Project Site, but has been closed for over three years. Per Planning Code Section 178(d), conditional use authorization would not be required had the business been closed for less than three years." Asked about her awareness of this point in 1998, Beverly testified that she did not know whether the new authorization was required because of "the three years or it was a different kind of business or a different kind of liquor license."
Beverly acknowledged there was "at least" a three-year gap between The Field and Le Bordeaux, as The Field vacated before the end of its lease. She testified that "[p]robably all of North Beach" knew about The Field vacancy. Asked why she did not disclose it, Beverly said, "[t]here was nothing to disclose" and "we disclosed everything." She denied having suggested to Grob that the vacancy period was less than three years and testified that she did not correct the misunderstanding reflected in an email suggesting she had done so[13] because she was "trying to figure out what was going on because they had approved Le Bordeaux and they approved Hong, " and she was shocked that the city was "going back to a previous tenant" after having approved Le Bordeaux. She denied knowing that a three-year gap in use would jeopardize the conditional use permit or representing to other people that the property did not have a vacancy of at least three years.[14]
Asked about the statement in her declaration that the space had been used "continuously" as a full-service restaurant and bar since the conditional use authorization in 1998, she testified that her understanding of "continuously" was "repeatedly, " the statement was true "except for the time when it was vacant, " and the use of the space was never changed. Beverly believed a conditional use authorization would not lapse if the owner did not intend to abandon the use, a view she believed to be supported by a 2004 letter of determination by a previous zoning administrator which she described as concluding there was no abandonment of a conditional use permit where "the owner's intention is to find a replacement tenant for the same use."[15] She testified that her declaration was meant to prove there was no three-year abandonment, and denied that it was misleading to say The Field was the lessee under an agreement that was "in effect" until August 31, 2008, when The Field had left before the end of the lease term.
Asked about the email in which she told Hong that Le Bordeaux had been "approved for a type 41 liquor license, " Beverly testified that she meant the owner was "approved with the city as a full-service restaurant to operate with a Type 41 liquor license, " but acknowledged that the city does not issue liquor licenses and that the owner closed the restaurant "prior to the final issuance and approval" of a liquor license.
Beverly denied having a disclosure problem with Optimist Prime; denied that the written disclosure statement failed to disclose that ENA was not able to use the 1998 conditional use authorization or get a new one; denied that saying the premises had "never been a dormant space" was intended to communicate that there were no vacancy issues; and claimed to have discussed the issues about The Field with the lessees when they first looked at the space. Beverly testified that Optimist Prime left because she would not approve plans for unpermitted alterations of the space; asked whether the real reason was that the lessees discovered they would not be able to open a full-service restaurant and bar because of the issues Hong had, Beverly responded, "that's what they said. However, we were very suspicious that maybe we were set up in them coming in at some point."
Barak testified that when he first showed Hong the space, she knew about Le Bordeaux and asked "how he survived being a French restaurant without the liquor license, " and that he discussed with Hong the problem of The Field having left before the end of its lease and told her, as he tells everyone, there had been a three- or four-year vacancy before Le Bordeaux. He testified that Castet knew about the "three- to four-year" vacancy prior to Le Bordeaux and denied that the contrary was indicated by an email in which Castet said he needed to know the departure date of the last tenant because the Department needed to know if it was less than three years so he could be allowed "a 'continuation of existing use.' "
Barak testified that when he first showed the space to Bourque, he gave his "usual" disclosure speech, so "they knew going in that there were unresolved zoning issues, " but they "weren't really that interested" and said they had a contact at a lobbyist firm. He told Bourque that the Department was misreading a law and there was more to be done to deal with the issue. He denied having been told Bourque had a definite timeline for opening his restaurant and claimed they would not have leased to him if he had, denied that Bourque was told a beer and wine license had been issued to Le Bordeaux, and stated that Bourque wanted to do extensive unpermitted work on the space. Barak testified he still believed there will be a restaurant with a liquor license in the space, as neighboring properties with long vacancies had gotten licenses in same time period.[16]
The jury returned verdicts in favor of ENA North Beach on the claims for intentional misrepresentation, concealment, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and found damages of $91, 692.50, and clear and convincing evidence that Beverly acted with malice, oppression or fraud. The jury found in favor of Beverly on Ena North Beach's claim for breach of contract. The jury subsequently awarded punitive damages against 524 Union in the amount of $916, 925 and against Beverly personally in the amount of $91, 692.50. After the court entered judgment on the jury's verdict, Beverly filed motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and for a new trial. The trial court denied the new trial motion, granted the motion for JNOV in order to reduce the award of punitive damages against 524 Union to $131, 500, and denied the motion in all other respects. The court granted ENA North Beach's motion for attorney fees in the amount of $401, 584 ($385, 874 for fees accrued up to entry of judgment and $15, 710 for fees accrued after entry of judgment), and subsequently granted a supplemental motion for attorney fees in the amount of $75, 537. The final judgment was filed on August 28, 2017. This appeal and cross-appeal followed.
Beverly challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict. In resolving this issue, "[a]ll conflicts in the evidence are resolved in favor of the prevailing party, and all reasonable inferences are drawn in a manner that upholds the verdict. (Greathouse v. Amcord, Inc. (1995) 35 Cal.App.4th 831, 836-837, citing Crawford v. Southern Pacific Co. (1935) 3 Cal.2d 427, 429.)" (Holmes v. Lerner (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 442, 445.) "All issues of credibility are likewise within the province of the trier of fact." (Nestle v. City of Santa Monica (1972) 6 Cal.3d 920, 925.)
         The theory of Hong's case was that she was fraudulently induced to enter the lease agreement. " 'The necessary elements of fraud are: (1) misrepresentation (false representation, concealment, or nondisclosure); (2) knowledge of falsity (scienter); (3) intent to defraud (i.e., to induce reliance); (4) justifiable reliance; and (5) resulting damage.' " (Molko v. Holy Spirit Assn. (1988) 46 Cal.3d 1092, 1108; see Seeger v. Odell ...


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Spain's unemployment rate rises to one in FIVE as investors fear debt crisis of Greek proportions
By Sam Fleming for MailOnline
Updated: 19:51 EDT, 30 April 2010
Spain's jobless rate has surpassed 20 per cent for the first time since 1997, sparking investors' fears that the country could soon be facing a debt crisis of Greek proportions.
The Spanish government revealed the figures today as it offered more dismal news for a recession-plagued economy that is being dragged into Europe's debt crisis.
The National Statistics Institute said the rate rose 1.22 percentage points in the first quarter to 20.05 percent.
The announcement came as the Greek government, European Union and the International Monetary Authority raced to seal a bailout deal for Athens by the end of weekend.
Unpopular measures: A demonstrator hurls a water bottle at riot police protecting the Greek parliament in Athens last night
Without a bailout, Greece risks defaulting on billions of euros in debt - causing 'incalculable' damage across the eurozone.
Spain - the eurozone's fourth-largest economy - is still contracting after the collapse of a construction boom that had fuelled years of expansion.
The government said that as of the end of March, there were 4,612,700 people out of work in the country.
The jobless rate is the highest since the last quarter of 1997, when it stood at 20.11 percent. Since Spain slipped into recession in 2008, the rate has roughly doubled, a dramatic development for a country that had been one of Europe's top job-creators.
No to austerity: Demonstrators battle riot police as they protest against tough economic measures
Now, with the recession forcing the government to spend heavily on joblessness benefits and stimulus measures, the deficit is soaring, triggering worries among investors that Spain might be in danger of a debt crisis like the one that has engulfed Greece.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded Spanish debt from AA+ to AA this week.
Finance Minister Elena Salgado called the figure released today 'very high'.
She noted, however, that fewer jobs are being destroyed than last year - about 290,000 in the quarter that just ended, compared to a stunning 800,000 in the first quarter of 2009.
Outside an unemployment office in Madrid, Francisco Javier Moreno, a middle-aged man who has been jobless for four months, said things couldn't be worse.
'Everyone I know is unemployed, on the verge of losing their job or their benefits are running out. The truth is the very situation is very bad,' he told APTN.
'We will do whatever it takes': Greek prime minister George Papandreou yesterday
Spain, once among Europe's largest creators of jobs and boasting more than a decade of solid GDP growth, is now suffering its worst recession in decades.
It has been in recession since the third quarter of 2008 after the collapse of a boom fuelled by residential construction and credit-fuelled consumer spending. The building sector and related industries had accounted for nearly 20 per cent of the country's economic output.
Immigrant workers provided a lot of that manpower. The jobless rate among foreigners living in Spain is now almost 31 per cent.
Last year the government ran a deficit equivalent to 11.2 per cent of GDP.
Meanwhile new austerity measures announced by Greece announced in hopes of securing a massive EU bail-out sparked more protests last night.
But as austerity measures go, they are hardly shocking in the eyes of most British workers.
Ministers in Athens aim to abolish a two-month pay bonus state workers receive each year, raise VAT and the retirement age from 61 to 63.
European leaders stoked hopes that a rescue package for Greek crisis is on the verge of being hammered out, triggering gains in the euro and a rebound in the financial markets.
Demonstrators clashed with police in Athens as civil servants and teachers staged protests outside the Greek parliament in protest against the measures.
Yesterday Prime Minister George Papandreou met unions to discuss the European Union and International Monetary Fund bailout, expected to be finalised within days, to prepare the ground for what are set to be unpopular measures.
'The immediate emergency measures will be a strong bridge to cross over to great changes, secure the life of every citizen and have dynamic growth in a more just society,' he told his socialist party.
'We will do whatever it takes to save the country,' he said.
The elimination of Christmas and Easter bonuses, the equivalent to 13th and 14th monthly salaries, would mean an additional 10 per cent cut in public sector base salaries over an already agreed 4 per cent cut, saving the state about 1.4 billion euros a year.
Domestic opposition: Another protester clashes with police in Athens last night
The EU's Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn said leaders were on the verge of concluding talks on a rescue package.
Mr Rehn said the package would give Greece 'breathing space from the pressure of financial markets to decisively restore the sustainability of its public finances'.
He did not say how big the bailout would be, but German politicians have suggested it could be worth more than £100billion and last three years.
Markets have been on high alert all week amid fears that the panic over Greek debt could spread elsewhere in the eurozone. Today the euro gained 0.3 per cent to $1.32 against the dollar.
Eurozone and IMF negotiators have held 10 days of talks in Athens and are demanding the Greek authorities sign up to an even more far-reaching austerity programme than was previously mooted.
Investors have been desperately urging the parties to step up the pace, amid fears that the crisis is spiraling out of control.
Nouriel Roubini, the the New York University professor who predicted the credit crunch, warned that a number of countries including Britain could be swept up in the sovereign debt crisis.
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He said: 'The bond vigilantes are walking out on Greece, Spain, Portugal, the U.K. and Iceland.'
Fightback: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, left, and Chancellery Minister Ronald Pofalla talk at a cabinet meeting in the Chancellery in Berlin yesterday. Westerwelle has since called for Europe to have its own ratings agency
Angel Gurria, the secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, on Wednesday warned the government debt panic was spreading like an outbreak of the 'ebola' virus.
Yesterday German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said failure to find a solution for Greece could risk a 'domino effect' through the euro zone, adding: 'Then the stability of the euro as a whole would be in question.'
In a bid to sell the merits of a rescue to a sceptical German public, he said: 'If it succeeds, it won't cost any taxpayers' money at the end of the day.'
However he added that it was not yet certain that Germany would approve a financial aid package, adding that a budget consolidation plan for Athens would be critical.
He said the hope is to seal a deal by the weekend. 'We are not defending Greece, we are defending the stability of our currency,' he said. 'We will see on Sunday whether we can accomplish that.'
Sinking feeling: Journalists point to a graph showing the last eight days of the stock market indexes of PSI-20 (red), IBEX 35 (yellow), CAC 40 (white), Dow Jones (green) and Nikkei (blue) at the stock exchange in Lisbon yesterday. Markets around the world fell yesterday after S&P's downgraded Greece, Portugal and Spain
Greece's Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos Greece is aiming to slash operating costs by up to 25 per cent in 2010 from 2009, instead of the planned reduction of 12.6 percent listed in this year's budget.
'That is a colossal amount, reaching the margin of our operating needs,' Mr Venizelos said.
But Germany has expressed deep reservations in recent weeks at the thought of handing over loans to a profligate Greece, which previously misled partners over its catastrophic finances, and is demanding fierce budget rigour in return for any cash.
Worse than we thought: IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a news conference in Berlin yesterday. The IMF has warned that a Greek bailout could cost billions more than estimated
'We realised we stand before a done deal,' complained Ilias Iliopoulos, general secretary of public sector union ADEDY after meeting the Greek prime minister to discuss the salvage plan.
'This will acutely burden people, and what is worse, unfairly,' he added.
Sources familiar with the talks said officials were expected to announce the details of a three-year package by Monday, ending months of uncertainty. That was enough to spark a relief rally in markets fearful of contagion across the eurozone.
The euro rose timidly, rebounding from a one-year low set the previous day, peripheral euro zone bond yield premiums eased and the cost of insuring riskier debt dropped on hopes an accord was imminent.
Crucially, German resistance appeared to weaken following a wave of dire warnings that a Greek default could sink the euro and stymie a fledgling recovery across the continent.
If Greece defaults on its debt the effects across Europe could be 'incalculable,' ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber said yesterday.
'In the current situation, the impact (of a Greek default) on financial markets and other states would be incalculable,' Weber said. 'Financial aid tied to tough conditions is for all parties concerned the best solution.'
Weber, who is president of the German Bundesbank, also dismissed calls by some in Germany for Greece to be expelled from the 16-nation currency union.
He said there was no legal basis for such a move and that it could spark huge economic and financial upheaval.
Greece debt crisis: Austerity measures spark riots but won't shock UK workers


People have this idea that I am a Lady of Leisure.
I have no job, someone else does all household chores and I even have someone cooking meals for me. Wow!
How the other half live, right?
On the other hand you work all day then come home and have to tidy up, do the laundry, cook a family meal, get the kids sorted, do a bit of cleaning and then fall into bed only to do it all again the following day. What you would give to be able to just chill in bed, right? How lucky I am that I have these people doing all these things for me, right?
Choosing to stay in bed means you have the option of getting up and doing whatever you want whenever you want.
Being Stuck in bed is a different thing altogether. To say that we have lost our independence does not begin to explain how we truly feel. We are dependent on everyone around us and feel more like a one tonne burden than a person. We struggle to manage the simplest of tasks, are always frustrated with ourselves and are petrified of not being good enough parents. And we would give anything to be able to do it all without any help.
Sometimes I wake up and think I'll make pancakes for breakfast then take the kids to the park and run around with them but when I actually try to do it I am flooded with the reality of my body not following my brain.
Please do not be fooled into thinking that we have taken an easy option or that we are just being lazy or that we lack motivation to go out and start 'living' because, though it may not seem like it, we are already living and we're doing the best we can.
Next postIt's just not fair!


4/12/2012�� Not sure if you had iTunes set to desktop or fullscreen, but i have always had previous versions full screen and adding/importing songs, movies etc, not a problem, couldn't import with this version in full screen, so just by chance i closed program, opened up a new desktop, opened up iTunes 11 in the desktop, not full screen however... Click and drag the new songs toward the right. As you drag, a sidebar appears with your iPhone device listed. Drop the songs onto this label to manually sync the new song without removing existing songs.
Some users suspect that there is something going wrong during the update or restore and making them unable to transfer songs to iPod with iTunes. Actually, the new iOS should not be the problem. Tried these tricks instead: Update your iTunes to the latest version. Make sure you are using a workable USB cable. If you are syncing iPod Touch with iTunes via Wi-Fi. Make sure that you have a strong how to draw a tumblr meadow Click and drag the new songs toward the right. As you drag, a sidebar appears with your iPhone device listed. Drop the songs onto this label to manually sync the new song without removing existing songs.


Nicky Romero releases his new single, 'Feet On The Ground' with the Dutch rockstar Anouk, on Beatport via his Protocol Recordings label. Nicky moves into the heat of this year's festival season armed with this new collaboration that he premiered at Miami's Ultra Music Festival.
'Feet On The Ground' is a rock-infused big-room track that should do quite well.
For this release, Nicky teamed up with the decorated singer/songwriter, Anouk, who has had numerous hits singles in the Dutch and Belgian charts. In 'Feet On The Ground', Nicky builds upon Anouk's piercing vocals with a blend of big rock guitar riffs, synths, piano chords and heavy drums and bass. It's out now, check the video below.


To blend other colors in blue hair successfully, they should be in the same color spectrum. However, if the colors aren't excessively saturated, it's possible to create a gradual transition between almost any mix of shades. Take, for example, these galaxy-hued soft ringlets. The ombre effect from blue to green through purple is just out of this world.
Even if you're not a big fan of the beverage, it a good way to get inspired with its exquisite color combinations, like this blue cherry cocktail that follows the shades of the late evening sky. Loose curls make this berry look even sweeter.
Can you think of better shades for the sea nymph's hair than those recreating the colors of the sea bosom? Start at the roots with teal and blend it into electric blue a couple inches above the ends. Add random purple streaks to enhance the color play. Use a curling wand with a big barrel to recreate the waves with your hair for a more realistic and simply cute look.


Small herbaceous shrub, up to 1.3 m tall, sometimes scrambling. Stems covered in short and coarse yellowish hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, 4-10 cm long, densely covered in pale grey stellate hairs when young, becoming more or less hairless when older. Flowers in 2-7-flowered axillary clusters. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, in unequal pairs, largest 10-23 mm long; margin with widely spaced teeth and a spiny apex. Calyx lobes broadly ovate, largest 13-19 mm long, translucent with conspicuous reddish-brown veining; margin with coarse spiny teeth. Corolla 27-37 mm long, blue-mauve with a white tube, hairy on the outside. Capsule 11-13.5 mm long, mostly hairless.
Habitat: Deciduous woodland often in riverine fringes, rarely in lowland forest.
Worldwide distribution: Botswana, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa.
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 67 - 70. (Includes a picture).
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 33.
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2019). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Barleria spinulosa subsp. spinulosa.


LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Qualcomm announced new 5G products on Tuesday ahead of the Mobile World Congress 2019 scheduled for Feb. 25-28 in Barcelona, Spain.
The new products are the Snapdragon X55 5G modem, Qualcomm's second generation 5G New Radio (NR) modem, and the company's second generation 5G RF front-end solutions for 5G multi-mode mobile devices, according to a news release of Qualcomm headquartered in San Diego, California.
Snapdragon X55 is a 7-nanometer single-chip integrated 5G to 2G multimode modem, which supports 5G NR mmWave and sub-6 GHz spectrum bands with up to 7 gigabits per second (Gbps) download speeds and 3 Gbps upload speeds over 5G.
The Snapdragon X55 5G modem is designed for global 5G rollouts with support for all major frequency bands.
Snapdragon X55 is currently sampling to customers, and expected to be in commercial devices by late 2019, according to the release.
The new 5G RF front-end solutions are designed to work with the new Snapdragon X55 5G modem, delivering a comprehensive modem-to-antenna system for high-performance 5G mobile devices supporting both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave (mmWave) bands, according to the release.
The new system solution is engineered to assist original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with accelerating time-to-launch, improving performance, supporting an increasing number of frequency bands and lowering development effort for building 5G mobile devices.
"We expect our 5G platform to accelerate 5G commercial momentum and power virtually all 5G launches in 2019 while significantly expanding the global 5G rollout footprint," said Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon.
"Qualcomm Technologies is unique in the mobile industry by offering a comprehensive modem-to-antenna solution, and we are pioneering efforts in all aspects of 5G and ready to enable our customers with these capabilities to help them commercialize the first wave of 5G devices this year," he said.


For all the times you're thinking it but can't say it, now you can simply point. Because, seriously, no one cares and no one's listening so don't waste any breath. Ugh, people can be so annoying. Pick up this tank top and ward them off before they can even start.


Moving at a speed of 20 kmph, the Mosquito Terminator train will cover a distance of about 150 km, in each cycle. The train will pass through Sarai Rohilla, Delhi Cantonment, Palam, Kishanganj, Lajpat Nagar, Tilak Bridge, Adarsh Nagar, Sabzi Mandi, Narela, Shahdara and Gurgaon.
To control mosquito breeding in water bodies near railway tracks, a Mosquito Terminator train will be pressed into service by the Northern Railway from August 18.
The train is run every year in cooperation with the municipal bodies.
The train will spray insecticide along the tracks. "The drive is carried out at the end of monsoon, every year with an aim to kill the larvae in water bodies and prevent breeding of mosquitoes," said a senior Northern Railway official.
The train will run for four days between August 18 and September 16, covering the city in eight trips.
A South Delhi Municipal Corporation official said the train with a power sprayer truck provided by civic agency will be mounted on a wagon to spray the insecticides on water bodies.
"Nearly 400 kilograms of insecticides will be sprayed on two routes between New Delhi and Rewari and New Delhi and Faridabad," said the public health official.
"Though we have suggested starting fogging drive from July onwards but the railways said the drive would be more effective after monsoon when water gets collected near the tracks. The insecticides will help in preventing mosquito breeding for at least 15 days. Keeping that in mind, we have decided to revisit each route after a short interval," he said.
"In addition to water bodies, we would spray the insecticide over the depressions created on both sides of railway tracks, where chances of mosquito breeding remain high after rains," said public health official from North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
The drive has been launched as a precautionary measure to minimise mosquito breeding alongside railway tracks in Delhi area.


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By Joe Mullin
In 2018, technologists and users continued to be plagued by abstract, ridiculous software patents. The good news is there are more ways than ever before to fight back against those patents—some of them pretty effective.
Unfortunately, patent trolls and abusive patent owners are working overtime to knock down those recent improvements, and bring the patent system back to the proverbial "bad old days." Before the Alice v. CLS Bank decision—four years old as of last June—it could cost millions of dollars just to convince a court to invalidate a single abstract patent. That was true even when those patents clearly described aspects of everyday life, like running a contest, displaying a menu with pictures, or teaching a foreign language.
Lobbyists for patent trolls and patent lawyers keep seeking to roll back Alice, promoting terrible legislation like the STRONGER Patents Act. Such proposals weaken our systems to challenge bad patents, and will hurt U.S. entrepreneurs and send innovation overseas. Despite that, we expect bills like that to come back in 2019, and we'll be ready to fight back on behalf of startups and innovators.
Patent owners are pushing to neutralize Alice through the courts, as well. The most recent attempt is a case called Berkheimer v. H-P, in which a panel of Federal Circuit judges ruled that patent eligibility under Alice can require a full trial. This makes Alice much harder and more expensive to apply and, in our view, is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's ruling. Last month, we asked the Supreme Court to take up the case and consider overturning Berkheimer.
A second crucial reform that needs defending is the inter partes review system, often abbreviated as IPR, that Congress created in 2012. IPRs allow those accused of patent infringement, or outside groups like EFF, to have an administrative law judge at the Patent Office take a second look at a patent grant. It's a way of figuring out what patents should be allowed that's far less expensive and more efficient than drawn-out court litigation.
IPR has been so effective at knocking out bad patents that, perhaps unsurprisingly, the process is under attack. In the most important patent case this year, Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court took up arguments that the IPR process violated the U.S. Constitution. No surprise, dozens of patent trolls and heavy patent licensors stepped forward, urging the Supreme Court to throw out IPRs. Together with Public Knowledge, Engine Advocacy, and the R Street Institute, EFF filed a brief [PDF] explaining how IPR is a legitimate exercise of Congressional power. In April, the high court voted 7-2 to uphold IPR, a big relief for those of us looking for a balanced patent system.
2018 also saw progress in stopping venue abuse, in which patent trolls wrangled defendants into far-off, troll-friendly venues like the Eastern District of Texas. Once there, companies accused of infringement couldn't transfer out, or even convince judges to consider motions under the rules set forth by Alice. At one point, the Eastern District of Texas was home to almost half of all patent lawsuits nationwide.
The Supreme Court tightened up this venue loophole last year, in a case called TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods. A recent LexMachina analysis shows that in May of 2017, two judges in the Eastern District of Texas got 35 percent of the nation's patent lawsuits assigned to them. In the same period of 2018, the same two judges received only 13 percent. That's still an outsized share for a remote district without much of a technology industry, but it's a big improvement.
Venue reform, IPR, and the Alice litigation rules, are all changes that have made the patent system more fair for everyday people. It was the IPR process that allowed EFF to challenge the so-called "podcasting patent" owned by Personal Audio LLC. This year, we killed off that outrageous patent for good, and its owner can't threaten podcasters anymore. The Alice decision means we can all stand up against other abusive patent threats, like one EFF fought off this year, in which a publishing company claimed it owned a patent on teaching language, and tried to force our client (a language teacher) to stop providing online lessons.
Some patent-maximalist lobbyists are already talking about the "overreach" of these reforms, but the fact is, they don't go far enough. Throughout 2018, more than 80 percent of patent lawsuits in the tech sector were filed by patent trolls. Even in the post-Alice era, we're seeing thousands of lawsuits filed by shell companies, which produce nothing but headaches for real inventors.
We need to keep moving in the direction of a patent system that considers users, entrepreneurs, and citizens, not just patent owners. That's what we'll be fighting for in 2019.
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Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) has introduced yet another version of the STRONGER Patents Act. In 2017, we explained how earlier versions of the bill would gut inter partes review, a much more affordable way to challenge bad patents. The bill also tears down the Supreme Court's ...


Healing Lazarus so he didn't die at that time would've been a good result by human standards. But Jesus had in mind a far better result – raising Lazarus from the dead. He waited until there was no question about it. In fact, when he orders the stone to be removed from the entrance of the cave where Lazarus had been buried, Martha, ever the down-to-earth sister, points out that "there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days." [11:39] Yet, when Jesus called Lazarus, he came out of the tomb, still bound in burial cloths. [11:45] Now, we need to stop and remember that this wasn't an age of coroners and hospitals and funeral homes, and a whole chain of people that took care of the nitty-gritty reality of death for you. The family and friends gathered with Mary and Martha had likely helped prepare the body for burial, move the dead body to the tomb, and close up the tomb with this large stone. If you personally place a dead body in a tomb, or you watch it being placed in the tomb while there grieving with the family graveside, and then someone comes and somehow makes that same, very dead man live again, you can't deny that something incredible has just happened, and that He who brought your friend back to life is worth your undivided attention! John tells us that's exactly what happened. "Many therefore of the Jews, who had come to Mary and beheld what He had done, believed in Him." [11:46] Those present saw the evidence, recognized the validity of the evidence, and hence, the validity of Jesus' claim to be God, and accepted that claim to be true.
John chapter 12 then tells how Jesus came back to Bethany, where Lazarus was, and John mentions that "Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Jesus." Interestingly, he records that "the great multitude therefore of the Jews learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus whom He raised from the dead. But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus to death also; because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus." [12:9-11] Here again, we see the clear role of evidence. A living man that people saw die is tough to explain away. People had heard about Jesus healing people of different sicknesses, but this was a whole other level of miracle. And so they came to see for themselves this dead man now living. And now, people who hadn't seen the actual event, but had talked to the once dead man, and the family members who had buried him, and the witnesses who had seen him raised up again – now these people were believing in Jesus as well. Hence, the chief priests' idea to dispose of the evidence (i.e. Lazarus) before this Jesus thing got out of hand. Yet trying to squash this or hush it up was like trying to unring a bell. As President John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." The resurrection of Lazarus was an especially stubborn fact that unfortunately proved to be a stumbling block for the chief priests who despised Jesus. Don't let it be a stumbling block for you.
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Is that a small child in amongst that steel-work?.
If it is, please remove it before you install the panel(s).
Is that tobacco growing in the foreground?
Suspect you are actually constructing a cigar-rolling shed!
Alan, no its Corn Lily.
The panels are up now, and water is flowing very well. Its made completely of old PG&E Cross Arms.
NOTE: It also doubles as hunting blind.
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What are you going to use the hot water for, Rob, that looks to be some way from a dwelling?
It hold the 4 PV Panels that power the pump, wich inturn fills a 2500 gal. storage tank and gravity does the rest. This array is about a 1/2 mi. from the cabin. The water system serves 13 cabins and 1 store. This is all seasonal and I take it apart every fall. Not the structure just the panels.


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Q: Can "new" be used inside the constructor of the class to call another constructor in Java? I know that this(...) is used to call one constructor of a class from another constructor. But can we use new for the same?
To be more clear on the question, is Line-2 is valid? If it is (as the compiler did not complaint), why the output is null not Hello?
class Test0 {
    String name;

    public Test0(String str) {
        this.name= str;
    }

    public Test0() {
        //this("Hello");    // Line-1
        new Test0("Hello"){}; // Line-2
    }

    String getName(){
        return name;
    }
}

public class Test{
    public static void main(String ags[]){
        Test0 t = new Test0();
        System.out.println(t.getName());
    }
}

A: What you're trying to do is accomplished by the code you commented out:
public Test0()
{
    this("Hello");
}

A: Line 2 is valid statement. That is why compiler didn't show up any errors. But there you are creating an anonymous object. It will vanish soon after you exit from the constructor. Therefore the value is still null becuase nothing was assigned to that.
new Test0("Hello"){};

Above line will create an anonymous instance of Test0 class and assigned the value of Hello to the name variable. But since you are not referring the created anonymous instance, it will get disappear from the immediate after line. So still you haven't assigned a value to the name variable of the instance that calls the particular code segment. Therefore name is null
In the memory it is like

A: Because you create a new instance of Test0 with name "hello" but never use it.
public Test() {

    new Test0("hello") // nothing is referencing this new object
}

You simply creating an object inside another constructor but it will have no effect on the instance being created by the first constructor call.

A: You can do this but the result of this new usage will be gone at the end of the constructor. Especially, t.name will be null.
Use this("Hello").

A: Name is the instance variable. Instance variables are object-specific.
With new Test0("Hello"); you are creating a new instance of Test0.
If you would like to have t.getName() return "Hello" [I mean field value independent of object], change the name field to static:
static String name;

A: It is valid but it's creating a completely separate instance of Test0 (more specifically an instance of an anonymous subclass of Test0) inside that constructor, and it's not being used anywhere. The current instance still has the field name set to null.
public Test0() {
    // this creates a different instance in addition to the current instance
    new Test0("Hello"){};
}

Note that if you call the new operator with the no-argument constructor, you would get a StackOverflowError.

A: You can display output by using new keyword through below code..Since u have used public Test0(){new Test("Hello){};" here {} braces are not important..so when test0() constructor is called...Inside this constructor test0(args); is being called bt in first constructor u didnot displayed output..where will be your "Hello" will get displayed..so just edit
`
public test0(String str)
{
 this.name=str;
System.out.println(str);
}`

And you will have ur desired output..See my below code..
class test01{
public test01(String str)
{System.out.println(str);
   }
public test01(){

    new test01("Print");
}
}public class Const {
public static void main(String args[])
{test01 t = new test01();

    //System.out.println(t.getName());
    }}

The output of this code will give u required String

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MEPS 616:13-24 (2019) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12932
Potential impacts of climate change and humans on the trophic network organization of estuarine food webs
Catarina Vinagre1,*, Maria J. Costa1, Spencer A. Wood2, Richard J. Williams3, Jennifer A. Dunne4
1MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749- 016 Lisboa, Portugal
2School for Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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4Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, USA
*Corresponding author: cmvinagre@fc.ul.pt
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to compare estuarine food web network structure in the past, present and future, in a climate warming context, while also taking the trophic role of humans into account. Three versions of the Tagus Estuary (Portugal) food web were compiled representing its past (1970s), present (2000s) and future (2100s) trophic organization in relation to losses and gains of taxa and feeding links due to climate change. Although the species richness of the Tagus Estuary food web is expected to increase from past to present to future, along with links and mean links per species, due to a net gain of primarily fish species, there is little anticipated change in the structure of the food web. Unlike all but a few previously published food webs, the Tagus dataset explicitly includes humans, and compared to other predators in the food web, humans are supergeneralists that feed on an increasing fraction of available taxa from the past to the future, up to 38% of species by the 2100s. Such an increase in human impact results from many of the projected new species being commercial species in their current range. In addition, a supergeneralist shark, the milkshark Rhizoprionodon acutus, is predicted to enter the system in the future under climate change. Since the milkshark is likely to have a similar diet to humans, it may amplify the pressure on species already under fishing pressure and alter the function and stability of the Tagus estuary food web. Similar phenomena can occur at other mid-latitude estuaries.
KEY WORDS: Niche model · Probabilistic niche model · Estuarine environments · Anthropogenic impact
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The Phrase "Man's Best Friend" originated in a court of law. Back in October 28, 1869, A man's dog (named "Ol' Drum"), was shot to death by a neighbor. Animals had no rights back in those days, but the man wanted justice and so he hired 3 lawyers to sue the man who shot his dog. One of these lawyers, named George Graham Vest, is given credit for originally coining the phrase "Man's Best Friend" during his final summation to the jury. By the time he was finished with his speech, the jury only took 2 minutes to reach a verdict. The jury awarded the victim $50 (a very large amount of money back then). The jury also wanted the man to be sent to prison, but there were no laws governing this type of incident back then so the judge was not able to honor the jury's request for prison time. This is a record of the final summation given by the lawyer...
Gentlemen of the Jury The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son and daughter that he had reared with loving care may become ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him when he may need it most. Man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees and do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our head. The only absolutely unselfish friend a man may have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he can be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of a pauper as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert... he remains. When riches take wings and reputations fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast into the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his grave side will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws and his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death.


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"I'm as in love with writing songs as ever before," Wright revealed.
The singer also reached back for a pathos-primed narrative The River inspired by the drowning of two school friends a decade apart in her hometown.
Wright, now 34, has been a prolific writer from long before 1994 debut disc Woman In The Moon that featured five of her originals.
She took her final exams a week early and moved to Nashville.
But she never forgot her roots - especially when sourcing her songs.
Co-host Gayle King said, "Your documentary took my heart and ripped it out a couple of times," before asking Wright: "You seem to have regrets about how you handled [dating Brad Paisley]. And I do regret those men that I dated that I could never reciprocate the love and affection that they had for me. And there's a particular cruelty in that." "He is a good person but I was too afraid to tell him," she added.
Do you have regrets and have you made amends with him? (Watch the entire segment at CBS.) Wright, who married her wife Lauren Blitzer-Wright in Connecticut last year, earlier this year opened her Like Me non-profit's first gay community center in Kansas City.
"I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions," Wright recalled.
"He was always thankful as he worked a full time construction job.
First it was her parents' divorce that produced her evocative hit Picket Fences and then it was estrangement from her mum for Between A Mother And A Child.