November (or December in this case) is a good time to make use of mushrooms, persimmons, pomegranates and pears appearing now in our markets. Julie and I each tested this menu with some personal variations.
For the main course I used lingcod, while Julie chose salmon, whack is photographed below. Both are delicious. Julie also added quickly sautéed brussel sprout leaves for a gorgeous presentation. There are several elements to this dish, but the aioli and the pickled onions can be made a few days in advance and the potatoes can be started early in the day of the party and reheated before serving.
The salad and the potatoes are adapted slightly from Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California by Travis Lett. Julie and I both love this cookbook, especially for its ideas for condiments that jazz up otherwise simple dishes, for example the garlic chips in the salad and the aioli and pickled onions on the potatoes and fish. Any leftover condiments can be used in other ways – the aioli and pickled onions are great on vegetables and sandwiches.
For the dessert, the ginger cream can be substituted with plain cream or ice cream. But I love the combination of pears and ginger and lately I have made the ginger cream with apple desserts too.
We hope you enjoy this seasonal menu!
Put ¼ cup olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook them for about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon zest and juice, garlic, thyme, parsley and bay leaves. Pour over the remaining olive oil and season the mixture with salt and pepper. Pour into a bowl and allow to cool. Store in the refrigerator in a tightly covered glass jar where it will keep for at least one week. Serve at room temperature.
Crostini: Preheat oven to 375ºF. Arrange baguette slices on a large rimmed baking sheet. Brush both sides very lightly with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes, turning bread and rotating sheets halfway through. Cool.
To assemble: Spread each crostini with cream or ricotta cheese (it is not absolutely necessary to use cheese, but it does help to "glue" the mushrooms in place), and top with a spoonful of pickled mushrooms. Garnish with fresh herbs and serve.
Note: crackers can be substituted for the crostini, with or without the cheese.
In a food processor or in a medium bowl, combine the buttermilk, blue cheese, garlic, shallot, olive oil, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce. Mix until almost smooth and add salt and pepper to taste. Add more buttermilk or cheese if necessary to ensure the dressing is thick enough to coat the lettuce but not so thick that it drowns it. Pour into a jar and refrigerate until ready to use. Dressing will keep for several days.
Thinly and evenly slice garlic cloves, then rinse in a sieve under cold water for about 2 minutes. Dry on a kitchen towel, drawing out as much water as possible.
In a small saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat until shimmering. Carefully add the garlic slices and cook, stirring constantly, until garlic is light golden brown, lowering the heat if necessary to keep the garlic from burning. Remove garlic with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Let the oil cool to room temperature.
Store the garlic in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. Pour the oil into a jar and store in the refrigerator for up to a week. Makes 1 cup garlic chips and 1½ cups garlic oil.
Combine potatoes with water to cover in a large pot, season with salt, bring to a boil and simmer until potatoes are just tender. Drain and cool on a baking sheet. When cool enough to handle, cover one potato at a time with plastic wrap and smash it gently with the palm of your hand. The potatoes will be irregular in shape but should be similarly flat.
Heat a large sauté pan over high heat, add oil and then add as many potatoes as will fit in a single layer. Sear until browned and crisp, 4-5 minutes. Turn and cook the other side, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and repeat with all of the potatoes and season them with salt and pepper.
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Season lingcod with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a heavy sauté or grill pan over high heat. Add the fish and brown well on one side, about 5 minutes. Turn fish, place in the oven and roast until just done, about 3-5 minutes, depending on thickness. Fish is done when just opaque. If using salmon, leave the skin on and sear and roast as described, starting with the skin side down. Plate with skin side up.
Combine the garlic, egg, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a food processor or blender and purée. Add the oils in a slow stream and continue to process until the mixture has formed a thick emulsion. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Can be made up to 2 days ahead.
Make the brine: Combine the water, vinegar, seeds, peppercorns, thyme, bay leaf, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil then lower hear and simmer 3-4 minutes. Remove from the heat and steep for 20-30 minutes, then cool to room temperature.
Into a 2 quart glass jar pack the sliced onions. Pour the brine over them and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Onions can then be used or stored in the refrigerator, tightly sealed, for up to one month.
Toast the almonds, chop coarsely and set aside.
In a medium bowl, toss pears with lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar.
Clarify the butter: Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Set aside to cool, then skim the foam off the surface and discard. Pour melted butter into a bowl, leaving the solids behind in the saucepan.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the clarified butter in a non-stick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add pear mixture and cook until pears start to give off juices. Add the cranberries, cover, and reduce heat. Simmer just until pears are crisp-tender. Remove from the heat and stir in 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs. Cool mixture slightly.
Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with allspice and ginger in a small bowl and add the chopped almonds. Cut a piece of parchment paper slightly longer than the phyllo sheets and lay it with a long edge parallel to you. Set the stack of phyllo sheets beside it and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Transfer one sheet of phyllo to the parchment with a long edge facing you. Brush with some reserved butter and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon each of the nuts and sugar mixture. Repeat with remaining 5 sheets of phyllo, adding butter, sugar and nuts to next 4 layers. Sprinkle last layer with remaining 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs.
Spoon the pear mixture across the phyllo about 1" from the edge closest to you to make a mound, with a 2" border at each end. Using the parchment to help, roll the phyllo tightly over the filling to a make a log, seam-side down. Lift the parchment with the strudel onto a baking sheet. Brush with any remaining butter.
Bake until golden, about 30 minutes. Transfer on the baking sheet to a rack to cool. Trim ends with a serrated knife and dust with icing sugar. Serve warm or at room temperature with ginger cream and a sprinkling of chopped nuts if desired.
Combine water, ginger and sugar in a heavy small saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then simmer until syrupy, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. Beat cream until soft peaks form, then fold in the ginger mixture. Can be made 4 hours ahead, covered and chilled.
This October menu celebrates the Fall season, with locally grown ingredients: fresh cranberries, pears, wild mushrooms and apples. For me, this month marks the beginning of the cooler season, when we welcome warm and comforting dishes. Most recipes can be made ahead of time.
To begin, there is a very simple appetizer, served warm and using fresh cranberry compote left over from Thanksgiving. The salad features complementary flavours and textures, salty and sweet, crunchy and smooth. The main course is a celebration of mushroom season, with wild mushrooms providing an earthy and rich dish that needs no added protein. Dessert is a comforting warm apple tarte tatin.
Combine the sugar, juice, water, cinnamon, salt and cranberries in a medium saucepan. Bring up to a simmer over medium heat and cook for 15 minutes. Let cool completely. Mixture will thicken as it cools. Compote keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Remove the lid and wrapping of a 4-5" round of Camembert and place the cheese in the bottom part of the container on an oven-proof baking sheet. Place in oven and bake until the cheese starts to warm and soften. Remove it from the oven and spoon some cranberry sauce over the top. Put back in the oven and cook until hot. Transfer cheese to a serving tray and serve with bread or crackers.
This recipe is from Franny's Simple, Seasonal, Italian by Andrew Feinberg, Francine Stephens and Melissa Clark. Franny's is a pizza restaurant in Brooklyn.
Toast the walnuts in a 350ºF oven for about 8 minutes. Cool and roughly chop. Toss fennel, celery, pear, walnuts and celery leaves together in a large bowl. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper and olive oil and toss lightly together. Plate salad and top with shaved Pecorino. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil and ground pepper.
In advance: Walnuts can be toasted early in the day or even the day before serving. The rest of the ingredients are best prepared and assembled just before plating.
Photo shows types of mushrooms I used: shitake, pine and chanterelle.
Cover dried wild mushrooms with the boiling water in a small bowl and let sit for 30 minutes. Drain, strain and reserve the soaking liquid and chop the mushrooms.
In a large sauté pan, heat 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil over high heat. Add the fresh mushrooms in batches, cooking and stirring until the mushrooms are brown, removing to a plate as they cook.
Heat remaining butter and oil in the same pan over moderate heat and then add the shallot, garlic, thyme, parsley and reserved reconstituted dried mushrooms and sauté for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the white wine and cook until it is almost all reduced. Add the reserved soaking liquid and return the mushrooms to the pan. Bring mixture to a light boil and add whipping cream, reducing slightly to thicken the sauce. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
Cook the gnocchi as instructed below. Spoon onto warm dinner plates, top with the mushroom ragout and garnish with Parmesan and fresh herbs.
In advance: Mushroom ragout can be made one day in advance, but add the cream when reheating.
Mix ricotta, egg and olive oil in a large bowl. Add cheese and nutmeg and mix well. Gradually add sifted flour, stirring until the dough starts to come together. Place on a floured surface and knead gently just until the dough is no longer sticky. Cut slices of the dough with a sharp knife, then roll each slice into a long rope, about ¾″ thick. Cut into 1″ pieces, place on a lightly floured baking sheet and put them in the freezer until ready to cook.
If you are making them ahead of time, put them into a plastic freezer bag as soon as they have frozen. To cook, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and drop in the gnocchi. When they rise to the top, scoop them out with a slotted spoon or strainer, shake off excess water, and place in a serving bowl or directly onto warmed dinner plates.
In advance: Gnocchi can be made a few days in advance and kept frozen until ready to cook.
This dessert is an all time favourite of mine and I am inserting the link to a 2011 posting with the recipe here. I have found that it works well to cook the apples, cool them, top with the pastry and refrigerate up to one day in advance. Bake it later in the day that you plan to serve it, as it is best served warm.
This menu ushers in the Fall season with market ingredients ranging from the short appearance of beautiful Okanagan beefsteak tomatoes, green beans still available at farmer's markets, and the new-crop apples so fresh and flavourful. My thanks go to Julie who continues to inspire through her friendship, collaboration and a gorgeous website. While she has been traveling we have been keeping up, one way or another, with our monthly menus. The pork tenderloin recipe, including the photo below, is from her website with a few minor tweaks that I added while testing.
Note: This menu serves 4 people, except the apple galette that will serve 6-8…great for breakfast the next day.
Combine 2 tablespoons olive oil, cut cherry tomatoes, and green onions in medium bowl and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside until ready to serve the salad.
Slice red onion, place in a small bowl and soak in cold water for ½ hour.
Heat grill pan or barbecue to medium-high heat. Rub bread with cut garlic halves and brush with 1 tablespoon oil. Grill bread until golden, about 2 minutes per side.
Overlap tomato slices in concentric circles on plates. Drain the red onion slices and scatter them and the celery slices over tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon tomato and green onion mixture over. Sprinkle with crumbled cheese. Cut each slice of grilled bread diagonally in half and serve with salad.
As noted above, this recipe is adapted from Julie's version and hers credits Charlie Trotter's The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter. And so it goes with all recipes, often inspired by others and adapted in one's own kitchen.
Toss the potatoes with the olive oil, sesame oil and the salt and pepper. Place in a roasting pan or a sheet pan and roast in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until golden, crispy and cooked through.
Prepare the dried cherry stuffing. Put the cherries and 1 tablespoon of the minced thyme leaves in a medium saucepan. Add the ½ cup of water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer for 5 minutes and then turn off the heat. Let stand for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and set aside to cool.
To prepare the pork tenderloin: Starting from the end of each half tenderloin, cut a slit using a slender, sharp knife through the centre. You may need to do this from each end if your knife is not long enough. Turn the tenderloins on their sides and cut another slit to create an X in the centre of each loin. Insert your fingers on each end of the loin and using your fingers, stretch a hole through the centre. Stuff as much filling as possible into each loin. Season them with salt and pepper. Reserve any remaining cherries and juice to add later to the sauce.
Place a large, oven proof sauté pan over medium heat and heat until very hot but not smoking. Add the canola oil and then the stuffed pork loins. Brown the loins well on all sides. Place the pan in the oven and roast the tenderloins for about 25 minutes (the time will vary depending on the thickness of the meat) until the pork registers at least 150ºF. Allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing. The pork will still be a bit pink inside. If you prefer it well done, cook for an additional 5 minutes or so.
While the pork is in the oven, prepare the bacon sherry vinaigrette. Render the bacon in a medium sauté pan over medium heat. Add the red onion and garlic and cook for a few minutes until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of minced thyme and cook for 1 more minute. Remove from the heat and add the sherry wine vinegar. Add any leftover cherries and juice. Slowly whisk in the 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper.
To serve, place ¼ of the potatoes and ¼ of the steamed beans on a dinner plate. Slice the pork tenderloin into ¼" thick slices and place 3 slices on top of the roasted potatoes. Spoon some of the bacon and sherry vinaigrette over the pork and around the plate and season with some freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with fresh thyme leaves. Serves 4.
This recipe is adapted from a Food 52 version here.
If you've used a processor, pour the ingredients into a large bowl. This step enables you to slowly add the liquid and lightly combine it with the dry ingredients so that the dough does not get overworked as it sometimes does in a processor. Now slowly add the vanilla and water, stirring with a fork just until the mixture starts to come together as a dough. Add a little more water if necessary. The amount of liquid depends on the type of flour you are using. Using your hands, work the dough together until it forms a ball. Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour or so.
Take the pastry dough out of the fridge 10 minutes before rolling it out.
Heat oven to 400° F. Place a pizza stone or sheet pan in the oven to warm up. To make the brown butter, melt the butter in a small saucepan. Swirl it around a few times. After 2-3 minutes, it will start to smell nutty. Watch carefully as it will brown quickly. It's ready when the sizzling quiets down and you see little brown bits drop to the bottom of the pan. Cool. Whisk in vanilla bean seeds and extract and set aside.
Cut a piece of parchment paper that's about a 10″square. Roll out the dough into about a 12″ round. You can trim the edges slightly if you like, but this is meant to be a rustic tart. Roll dough onto your rolling pin. Unroll dough onto the piece of parchment.
Peel the apples. Using a very sharp knife or a mandoline, very thinly slice about 5 circles off of two opposing sides of the apple. Stop once you hit the core. Repeat with the remaining apples.
Starting about 2″ in from the border of the rolled out dough, make a circle with the apple slices, overlapping them. Continue with a second layer that overlaps the bigger circle. Do a third and smaller circle, then a fourth. Finish it off with a few discs in the middle in a flower pattern. Brush all exposed apple surface with the brown butter vanilla mixture. Fold in the outer border of the dough.
Whisk together egg and heavy cream. Brush exposed border of dough with a thin layer of egg wash. Generously sprinkle the turbinado sugar all over the apples and the dough.
Remove hot pizza stone or sheet pan from the oven. Quickly slide the tart (keeping it on the parchment) onto the hot surface. Bake until apples are tender and golden brown and the crust is crisp, about 40-50 minutes. If crust is browning too quickly, cover galette with tin foil.
Warm and strain the apricot jam. Brush surface of the cooked apples with warm jam. Serve with maple whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Maple Whipped Cream: 2 cups heavy cream, about 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup. Whip cream to soft peaks and add maple syrup to taste.


There are definitely ways in which someone can increase their chances of making a sale. It comes down to how bad you want to make the sale and what measures you are willing to go to in order to do so. Some people are different than others. To make a sale involving a bot, one must channel all attention to their particular product. When marketing this product, it is important to be honest in all dealings.
As a tool to boost sales, messenger bots have some impressive metrics in their corner, including a 60% click through rate.
Bot funnels are essentially similar to email funnels, just that they make use of messenger instead.
Since almost all of one's prospects are apt use Facebook messenger, using messenger bots is just logical.
Even if your site is awesome and chock-a-block with great and relevant content that users are fascinated by and find useful, you may still be alienating a portion of those that land on your web pages. Why? Just because your content is 'all that' doesn't tell the entire story. People landing upon your site are there for a specific purpose, everything they see should relate to that goal. It's called personalization. And, while it's great to have personalized content, if the ads and other promos etc. are about irrelevant subjects that have nothing to say or offer respective of the goals of those landing on the page than some landing and potential leads are going to get lost. So, along with the content, it's important to personalize the shopping options. In fact, close to half of those surveyed said they would buy from retailers that personalized their shopping across the board. Business owners are realizing the need for this, as more than two-thirds believe that real-time personalization is where the money is. Conversion-specific design elements, like widgets can target landing users based on a number of important factors such as, location, devices the user has and past visits to the site. Using product recommendation engines, for example, allows gathering of users online behavior so that sites can generate ads specific to what they have shown interest in already. Retargeting campaigns that only go after those that have already shown interest in an offering is another great way to achieve conversion from interest to lead. The more site owners target the specific interest of each landing visitor the better their conversion rates will be.
You can run special promotions for your client that are triggered according to the date, time, or the site visitor's location.
Use product recommendation engines that are based on algorithms that track your visitors' online behavior.
Keep in mind that your potential customers place a higher value on what interests them personally.
Walmart recently acquired Flipkart. Oliver Rippel learned many things during his time as the company's board director and recently divulged some secrets. Flipkart was the first company to offer more selections and categories through its marketplace, provide warehouse options, and employ their own delivery service. Although they were known for serving India mostly, they also thought globally with events like Big Billion Day. They employed robust and innovative industry leaders who knew the local scene well but could think big also.
Flipkart was a massive success story for a short period of time before it faded away.
If you catch people's attention, you can definitely go viral rather quickly.
There are many lessons that can be learned from things like Flipkart and how it got so successful.
Google has offered an Undo Send feature to its users for a while now. This specific feature allows used to have, at least, 10 seconds to "undo" an emails sent on accident, etc. This feature has been present on Google's Inbox app but for the Gmail mobile client, it has not been available. Now Android users will have this feature available in the new Gmail version 8.7. The Android Police warn users that the feature may not be present at first, but restarting the app should resolve the issue.
Gmail's 8.7 version for android is slated to incorporate Google's undo send feature, which is already available to web users.
The undo send feature didn't become an officially listed Gmail feature until 2015.
The Android Police, which ran the story about the 8.7 implementation of the feature, notes that may have to restart their Gmail even if they have an 8.7 version.
Malaysians just had a wonderful LONG Merdeka weekend of celebrating, eating and last minute shopping at the malls to avoid the SST (Sales and Service Tax) which kicked in on 1st September 2018.
Now comes MyCyberSale 2018 which offers Malaysia's BIGGEST online shopping sale event of the year where Malaysian online sites and marketplaces offer a tonne of discounts and promotions for 5 DAYS in a row which starts from 3rd – 7th September 2018.
You could say the whole of Malaysia and entire South East Asia region will be shopping online this entire week!
When Does MyCyberSale Take Place?
Malaysia's MyCyberSale usually takes place between our National Day (31st August) and Malaysia Day (16th September) annually.
You could call it Malaysia's annual version of China's Singles' Day or the States' Thanksgiving + Black Friday and Cyber Monday event. All the shopping happens online.
Although the volume doesn't come close to China or the States, but hey, at least we get our own online shopping sale event to shop our hearts out.
Let's face it. Other than FOOD, Malaysians' next favourite past time or hobby is SHOPPING ONLINE.
We love online deals, promotions and offers where one can get any product or service on sale at a discounted price.
It's also an excellent way to encourage our local Malaysian ecommerce pool of merchants and online businesses to offer amazing discounts and promotions during this online sale period to spur the local economy.
Did you know that Malaysia is one of the FASTEST growing emerging ecommerce market in the region?
So Where Can I Find MyCyberSale 2018 Offers And Promotions?
MyCyberSale is an ecommerce initiative by MDEC (Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation) in collaboration with PIKOM (The National ICT Association of Malaysia). ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology.
There's 21 different categories with a total of 876 merchants offering discounts, promotions and free shipping the MyCyberSale.my site.
You'll notice that the largest number of offers fall within 3 categories which are Fashion, Health & Beauty and Baby & Kids.
It can get a bit overwhelming with all the blinking ads all eyeing for your attention.
Decide what you NEED for yourself. Determine which category and what type of product you're looking for and make the necessary comparison.
Otherwise, you'll end up wanting to buy EVERYTHING since there's a whole bunch of offers going on right now.
Oh, and if you're buying anything that's RM50 and above from the listed merchants, you'll be eligible to participate in the Lucky Draw.
Tell Me, What Do Folks Normally Buy During MyCyberSale?
Our wonderful neighbour down south Singapore would be having a blast buying from Malaysia as their strong Singapore Dollar allows them to get a better bang for their buck here.
Shoppers use both desktop and mobile to complete their online purchases.
The bulk of orders are shipped by our national courier service PosLaju allowing Malaysians to receive their online purchases within the next business day (if they don't get too overwhelmed with the amount of orders!).
Most of our Malaysian online sites accept online banking (FPX) and credit / debit card as payment method so shopping online is a breeze.
Is This The LAST Online Shopping Sale Event For 2018?
Of course not! There's always a reason to have online sales as Malaysians and everyone in this region enjoy shopping online.
If you miss getting something that you want during MyCyberSale 2018, there's the upcoming 9 September 2018 ONE DAY SUPER SALE by the online marketplaces being offered by Lazada, 11Street, Shopee, etc.
For your info, 9th September 2018 is Malaysia's King's Birthday which falls on a Sunday making Monday 10th September 2018 a public holiday. And to top it off, 11th September is Awal Muharram which is a Muslim religious holiday.
So Malaysians have an even longer weekend holiday coming up this week. We'll probably need to rest and chill with the amount of online shopping we're doing from last week spilling to this week!
So have a wonderful time shopping online this whole week folks.
The MacBook Air is going to get a successor soon, this according to Bloomberg. Besides having a slimmer price tag and streamlined bezels, the newest Apple incarnation will have a high-res Retina display. The Air's take two has been a long time coming because Apple has been giving its love and time to its pricier models, specifically the 12 inch MacBook and the MacBook Pro. Air has been considered a sort of educator/poor-man's model, worth leaving on the bottom shelf for those on straitened means, but not necessarily worth updating. It could be that Apple is recognizing that the Air and other less prestigious models have loyal followers that should be thrown the occasional bone. To that end, Apple has further plans to upgrade the also long-languished Mac Mini, miniature desktop model. New processing and storage upgrades will arrive with a heftier price tag. But, that's because Apple realizes that Mini users have been multi-tasking on the Mini for some time now and deserve to be able to do so more efficiently.
The new incarnation has been on the back-burner while Apple has been putting its energy into its 12 inch MacBook and MacBook Pro lines.
Some have suggested that the far less expensive Air laptop was relegated to the bottom shelf by Apple as a model that attracted mainly educators and pinch-pennies.
Mini Mac, Apple's miniature desktop model has also been gathering dust and will be soon given an overhaul.
Instagram is absolutely massive today. Facebook got an unbelievable deal when they bought Instagram for $1 billion back in 2012. Now, there are some accounts and people on Instagram that garner an absolute ransom for one singular post on their Instagram accounts. It is hard to tell which is the most valuable accounts but the power that some of these celebrities have is absolutely incredible. The soccer player from Portugal and Selena Gomez are two of the biggest.
Instagram is a huge marketing tool for many companies in today's culture.
Jenner has an incredible reach of followers on her own Instagram and she can charge a lot.
Celebrities have incredible power in the world of marketing and people try to get them to promote.
Malaysia will be celebrating its 61st Merdeka (Independence Day) this 31st August 2018.
Since everyone's looking forward to the long Merdeka weekend to chill, EAT and do some LAST MINUTE SHOPPING before we welcome the new SST (Sales and Service Tax), we've decided to compile a list of 50 Top Merdeka 2018 Promotions and Offers that you don't want to miss out on.
Malaysian love to eat. We're multi-racial and everything we do seems to revolve around food one way or another.
Forget the diet this weekend. If you plan your time well and add in a bit of kiasu (can't loose) attitude, you'll have a great time enjoying these wonderful offers. We all need to eat right?
Drop by KyoChon 1991 stores to grab a Heaven and Earth tea for ONLY RM1 on this day!
2. Only available on Merdeka Day (31st August 2018).
3. Only applicable with any chicken purchase.
4. Maximum 2 redemptions per bill.
Famous Amos Malaysia is having their FREE 50% Cookies Giveaway.
Enjoy 50% extra cookies if you purchase 300g in bag and many more.
Free 50% cookies (150g cookies) with every purchase of 300g cookies in bag.
Not valid with other on-going promotions, offers and discounts.
Get a complimentary bottle of Gatorade* with a minimum spend of RM30 in a single receipt!
Valid at all Starbucks Drive-Thru stores, drive-thru window only.
You can get this limited edition ice cream from today – 31st Aug at any Baskin-Robbins outlet.
Other than eating, Malaysians love to shop online. Who can resist a good online deal especially when it comes with free shipping?
There's plenty of Merdeka 2018 shoe offers going on.
Enjoy discount 40% off every second pair of shoes purchase in one single receipt with minimum purchase of RM310 and above at normal retail price for Classic range and Professional range.
*Not applicable for discounted items/ instant rebate promotion/ credit card promotion and others.
*Terms & Conditions apply. While stock last.
Merdeka 2018 book offer. Stationery are also on sale. Grab them now for the kids or yourself.
These still time to get those home and living products for the house since we're at the tail end of Malaysia's tax holiday season. Better late than never. Get these Merdeka 2018 product offers now.
Quickly get your mobile, tablets, computers and tech gear by taking advantage of these Merdeka 2018 mobile offers before the coming SST!
Both postpaid and prepaid users have much to take advantage of this Merdeka 2018 plans with these telecommunication providers.
3 months of tax holiday from GST saw Malaysians car shopping like never before! What a wonderful season to get yourself a new vehicle before the upcoming SST. Check out these Merdeka 2018 car offers below.
Well these 50 Merdeka 2018 promotions and offers should keep you busy on Merdeka Day itself if not the entire long weekend!
Wishing all Malaysians Happy Merdeka as our nation celebrates it's 61st birthday! Enjoy the long weekend and have fun with all these wonderful offers and promotions.
Payment gateways provide the service to process online payments from customers to merchants securely. When integrated with any ecommerce website, the role of payment gateways is to allow customers to pay for their online purchases using either credit or debit cards or via online banking smoothly.
Here's a look at some of the best Malaysia payment gateway providers used by the majority of Malaysian online sellers.
You'll find the best Malaysia payment gateway comparison chart at the later part of this article.
PayPal is well known internationally as it's widely used by both local and international sellers.
Customers DO NOT NEED to have a PayPal Malaysia account to make payment on a website that is using PayPal as their payment gateway processor.
Customers can just use their credit or debit card when they land on PayPal's site during the checkout process by clicking the "Pay with credit card" link.
PayPal is a flexible payment gateway Malaysia that is both popular and easy to manage.
PayPal Malaysia does not require any sign up fee or yearly fee to use their online credit card processing Malaysia feature making it highly recommendable for new startups to begin accepting credit / debit card payments from customers.
However, please note that while PayPal is easy to set up and use, their transaction fee is 3.9% + RM2 for credit / debit card online transactions for Malaysian customers whereas international customers buying from you will be charged at 4.4% + USD0.30 per transaction.
However, setting up a PayPal Malaysia account to accept payment is easy and fast.
Just go to PayPal Malaysia's site and sign up for a business account.
Key in your details and remember to link your PayPal account to your online store to start accepting online payments.
Here's how to link your InstanteStore to PayPal.
PayPal Malaysia does not offer FPX online banking.
You'll need to transfer the funds from your PayPal account to your local bank account.
If the amount is less than RM400, there's a RM3 charge by PayPal. There's no charge if the amount is RM400 and above.
Braintree is a payment gateway that was acquired by PayPal in 2013 with the goal of propelling the payment platform on a global scale.
All kinds of businesses use Braintree to accept payments in mobile apps and websites as they have experience working with new business models.
Merchants in Malaysia can accept PayPal, Apple Pay, Android Pay, and cards on the Visa and Mastercard networks as long as the cards are enabled for online use.
Please note there's a RM90 flat rate for chargebacks.
Signing up for a Braintree Malaysia account may take a bit of time as the company requires your business registration details (Malaysian IC, Business Registration Forms, Utility Bills with business registered address, Malaysian Bank Account Statement that is registered with the business, etc) to verify that you're a valid legal business before opening a Braintree account for you.
The good thing about Braintree is that they offer a lower credit / debit card transaction fee (3.4% + RM2) compared to PayPal (3.9% + RM2) and that all payment is pushed to your local bank account on a daily basis.
And like PayPal, Braintree does not charge any Setup Fee or Yearly Fee at all.
Braintree Malaysia does not offer FPX online banking.
Braintree will automatically push all payment amount to your local bank account on a daily basis with no minimum amount.
iPay88 is one of Malaysia's leading payment gateway providers.
Their headquarters is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and they have a presence in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore.
iPay88 was acquired by NTT DATA, a Japanese system integration company in 2015 and continues to strengthen their presence in the ecommerce and mobile commerce field in the whole of South East Asia.
iPay88 Malaysia offers 3 different plans to meet your business needs.
If you're only looking for a payment gateway Malaysia FPX feature to accept payment via online banking from customers, then iPay88 comes highly recommended as their current SOHO Plan is FREE with NO SIGNUP FEES, NO YEARLY FEES.
Bear in mind their FPX rate for the SOHO plan is 3.5% or RM0.60 per transaction whichever is higher.
For credit / debit card processing with iPay88's SOHO Plan, they'll be using PayPal to process those payments at a lower transaction rate (3.2%) which is better than you using a direct PayPal account (3.9% + RM2 per transaction).
The other 2 plans (SOHO + Credit Card Plan and SME Plan) will be using local Malaysian Banks to process credit / debit cards.
These 2 plans come with a Setup Fee of RM488 along with Credit Card Application Fees of RM900 (waived by iPay88 for selected merchants).
Their SOHO + Credit Card Plan offers credit card (3.2%), debit card (2.8%), UnionPay credit / debit card (3.2%) while FPX is at 3.2% or RM0.60 whichever higher.
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All plans include Boostpay (0% till end 2018) and Vcash (1.2%) e-wallet features.
iPay88 will pay out on a weekly basis to your local bank account but the minimum amount is your iPay88 account must be RM10 for them to do so.
iPay88 Malaysia claims to have a proven fraud prevention system and monitoring in over 14 years which has resulted in fraud ratio far below the industry threshold.
eGHL was founded in 2013 and functions as an internet payment arm of GHL Systems Berhad.
You'll notice quite a number of physical card payment terminals in physical stores and retail using GHL as their credit / debit card payment processor.
So it comes as no surprise that the company entered the ecommerce payment gateway market with their internet payment arm, eGHL.
eGHL is a Malaysia payment gateway that offers a secure internet payment solution which covers both card and non-card payment channels for online businesses throughout the South East Asia region.
eGHL offers a lower transaction fee for credit / debit card (2.5% – 2.8%) and FPX payments (2.5% – 2.8% or RM0.70 whichever is higher).
Do take note that there's a One Time Setup Fee of either RM399 or RM599 depending on the plan you pick.
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eGHL is an excellent payment gateway provider to consider if your business has consistent growing volume to justify the yearly fee while you enjoy lower transaction fee for credit / debit card and FPX payments.
Payments are pushed to your local bank account on a weekly basis with no minimum amount requirement.
MOLPay is one of the leading payment gateway in South East Asia that has been connecting international brands to consumers across the region since 2005.
MOLPay Malaysia offers a full range of alternative payment methods such as online banking, cash at 7-Eleven (MOLPay Cash), e-wallet and more as their single API serves as a connector for clients to reach all consumers across South East Asia.
MOLPay Malaysia offers a Lite Plan and Premium Plan for ecommerce businesses.
There's a One Time Setup Fee of RM499 (Lite Plan) and RM400 (Premium Plan) and a Yearly Fee of RM99 (waived for 1st year – Lite Plan) and RM499 (Premium Plan).
Also for Lite Plan, if previous year's total payment processing volume is more than RM5000, the Yearly Fee will be waived.
Serious sellers would go for their Premium Plan as it offers a lower transaction fee for credit / debit card (2.8%) and FPX (2.8% or RM0.60 whichever higher).
To enable credit card processing, merchants need to pay a One Time Bank Processing Fee for credit card channel of RM900 (waived until 15th October 2018) for both plans.
While they do pay out on a weekly basis, please note that there's minimum payout amount of RM100 before they'll process the payout to your local bank account.
There's also a RM2 Settlement Fee if you go with their Lite Plan which also have a minimum payout amount of RM100.
MOLPay claims to achieve one of the lowest dispute transaction ratio in the online payment industry.
The Best Malaysia Payment Gateway Comparison Chart gives an overview of the payment gateway Malaysia fees for credit / debit card and FPX online banking, set up fees, yearly fees and minimum withdrawal amount to local bank account giving new and existing merchants the choice to sign up or switch to different providers.
Merchants who are interested to enjoy the transaction rates mentioned can contact us and we will help them register for a new account with the respective Malaysia payment gateways.
For startups and new businesses who are very budget conscious, we would normally recommend that they sign up with a PayPal direct account first while pending their application for any of the payment gateway providers of their choice.
Most like the word 'FREE' so they'll usually go for iPay88's SOHO Plan where they do not need to pay any set up or yearly fee while enjoying access to both credit / debit card processing by iPay88's PayPal and FPX Online Banking.
For ecommerce businesses that have a considerable amount of daily, weekly and monthly volume transactions, they would usually go for eGHL as they offer one of the lowest credit / debit card and FPX transaction fees.
The other option would be MOLPay where those businesses have both an ecommerce and physical presence as MOLPay offers a range of payment processing features across different channels.
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The best Malaysia payment gateway provider really depends on the merchants' business needs.
If you want something fast and 'free' without the hassle of paying setup fees and yearly fees, PayPal Malaysia, Braintree Malaysia and iPay88's SOHO Plan are suitable.
If you have a tonne of transactions to process for both online and physical retail, then eGHL and MOLPay will be able to meet those needs.
Regardless of volume transactions, it's vital that any ecommerce business must have an online credit card processing Malaysia feature on their site as majority of buyers prefer to pay with credit / debit cards.
This payment gateway Malaysia comparison chart acts as a guide for new and existing sellers to consider which Malaysia payment gateways can best meet their business needs.
If you have any question or feedback about the mentioned payment gateways, please reach out to us at InstanteStore as we're constantly working to help businesses sell more online.
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Alpha Psi Omega is a national theatre honor society focused on the stimulation of theatrical activities and growth of dramatic activities throughout all education. Nationally, Alpha Psi Omega was started in 1925 at Fairmont State College in Fairmont, West Virginia. Members of the cast can be seen on stage and behind the scenes in Tech Theatre productions involved in projects beyond the classroom to promote theatre in the surrounding area, selling flowers for cast and crew, participating in events throughout the year such as the Houghton City Downtown Victorian Christmas Walk, Quincy Mine Association Haunted Mine Tour, Homecoming activities, workshops, and the occasional flash mob.
Established to be active in the field of Audio Engineering by participating in projects, speeches, activities, gatherings, and meetings; to be creative in the design of audio systems in all fields of Audio Engineering; the encouragement of new members into the society, to increase ideas among members; and to maintain a professional atmosphere at all times.
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The Michigan Tech student chapter of the United States Institute of Theater Technology (USITT) exists as a place for students who care about theater and entertainment industry technology to find different and exciting opportunities to explore that field. Made up largely of students majoring in the Visual and Performing Arts, we seek to challenge our members with projects and events that aren't in the normal curriculum and provide ways for them to pursue what they're passionate about in their learning.
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TRENTON -- Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno on Thursday formally threw her hat in the ring in New Jersey's race for governor, according to the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission.
"She did in fact file to run for governor, shortly after noontime today," said Scott Miccio, a spokesman for the commission said of Gaudagno, who has been second-in-command to Gov. Chris Christie for seven years.
Guadagno now enters a crowded field of candidates vying to succeed Gov. Chris Christie, a fellow Republican whose final term ends at the beginning of next year.
Political experts say Democrats are favored to retake the governor's office, but Guadagno is likely the favorite for the GOP nomination.
She did not respond to requests seeking comment Thursday.
As lieutenant governor and secretary of state, the former Monmouth County sheriff has been one of New Jersey's most visible Republicans in recent years, appearing at ribbon cuttings and pro-business events and serving as acting governor during Christie's frequent absences during his failed presidential bid.
Five candidates running to succeed Gov. Chris Christie as governor had their own take on the state of the state Tuesday.
Over the last several months, with Christie's popularity in the state flagging, Guadagno has not shied away from breaking rank, feuding with the governor over his compromise with Democrats in the Legislature to hike the state's gas tax.
Guadagno launched a non-profit think tank called Building a Better New Jersey Together in April 2016. At the time, she insisted it would focus on solutions for New Jersey's problems but "certainly not on elections."
Building a Better New Jersey was led by Christie's former campaign manager Bill Stepien, with whom the governor cut ties almost immediately after the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal broke.
While never charged with any crimes, Stepien was later banished by Christie despite having been his previous pick to serve as state Republican Party chair for displaying disregard for political retribution aimed at the mayor of Fort Lee.
Earlier this month, Stepien left Guadagno's nascent campaign for governor to become White House political director and deputy assistant to President-elect Donald Trump.
She will face at least three others in the Republican primary. State Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, Nutley Commissioner Steve Rogers, and Ocean County businessman Joseph Rullo have formally declared their candidacy.
Comedian and radio host Joe Piscopo has also been rumored to be mulling a ran for the GOP nod.
Evesham Mayor Randy Brown, a Republican who is also a kicking consultant for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, announced Thursday he had decided against running for governor.
NJ Advance Media staff writers Claude Brodesser-Akner and Brent Johnson contributed to this report.


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Cisco buys into femtocell technology
Calls investment in vendor IP Access femtocell firm exploratory in nature
Brad Reed (Network World) 24 January, 2008 11:32
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Cisco announced Wednesday that it has made a strategic investment in IP Access, a femtocell manufacturer that is currently testing its products with mobile network operators around the globe.
IP Access, a mobile technology manufacturer based in the United Kingdom, began testing its Oyster 3G femtocell technology last year with the goal of improving indoor coverage for 3G networks. The Oyster 3G femtocell is designed to support any 3G handset and to deliver indoor wireless signals through broadband DSL or cable connections. According to IP Access, the Oyster 3G "provides a high-speed WCDMA and HSPDA radio interface delivering up to 7.2M bps" and can improve the speed and quality of content delivery to mobile devices.
Cisco spokesman John Noh says that his company's strategic investment in IP Access, which was made for an undisclosed amount, is exploratory in nature and that no one should expect any major femtocell-related product announcements from Cisco anytime soon.
"In general, we commonly make investments in early and mid-stage technologies," he says. "Given that femtocells are in line with our wireless networking business is to engage in a dialogue with IP Access to learn more about their technology and . . . Â the possible applications it has for our products."
For IP Access' part, Noh says that the company will benefit from Cisco's wide industry contacts and its networking expertise. IP Access CEO Stephen Mallinson says that Cisco will provide his company with the "complementary skills and experience to address the needs of operators and consumers."
Femtocells are small cellular access points that route nearby wireless voice traffic through pre-existing broadband connections, thus providing VoIP for wireless handsets that can both improve call quality and save money by letting users make calls without using up their cell minutes. A report by ABI Research expects femtocells to become very popular with consumers, and projects that there will be shipments of about 36 million femtocells in 2012.

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Q: Is it possible to reload a website if the window width is for more than 0.2 seconds under 1000px? I have some issues width a code and would like to solve a problem with a trick.
The idea would be:
The page should reload if the window size is for more than 0.2 seconds smaller than 1000px.
Here is a beginning:

var width = $(window).width();

$(window).resize(function() {
    if (width > 1000 && $(window).width() < 1000) {
        location.reload();
    }
    else if (width < 1000 && $(window).width() > 1000) {
        location.reload();
    }
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

Would be very thankful for help!

A: $(window).resize(function() {
  setTimeout(function() {
    if ($(window).width() < 1000) {
      location.reload();
    }
  }, 200);
});

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De stoommachine van Newcomen, ook wel atmosferische machine genoemd, is de praktisch werkende stoommachine, door Thomas Newcomen ontworpen in 1712.

Deze stoommachine werd van de 18e tot ver in de 19e eeuw in Groot-Brittannië en verder in Europa gebruikt in de mijnbouw om water uit de mijnen te pompen. Zestig jaar na de uitvinding van Newcomen ontwikkelde James Watt een verbeterde versie, die bekendstaat als de eerste moderne stoommachine.

Overzicht
De eerste werkelijke stoommachine was een 'atmosferische' machine of onderdrukmachine. Men noemt ze een atmosferische machine omdat de atmosferische druk het werk doet. De machine doorloopt de volgende stappen:
 Via een kraan laat men stoomdruk in de stoomcilinder.
 De zuiger gaat omhoog.
 Daarna sluit men de kraan en opent de ernaast gelegen waterkraan.
 Hierdoor stroomt een beetje water in de cilinder. Hierdoor condenseert de stoom in de cilinder.
 De zuiger heeft nu onderaan onderdruk en erboven atmosferische druk plus het gewicht van de onevenwichtige hefboom.
 De zuiger gaat omlaag. De machine werkt op de onderdruk die ontstaat door condensatie van stoom.
Dit was zoveel werk dat de machine van Newcomen bediend moest worden door twee man: een volwassen stoker en een jonge kranenbedienaar.

De 'vuurmachine' van Newcomen zou gedurende het grootste deel van de achttiende eeuw alle mijnen in Engeland droog houden. Het rendement van zijn machine was minder dan één procent en de machine werd door velen als een nutteloze energieverbruiker beschouwd, hoewel de steenkool uit de eigen mijn kwam en dus niets kostte. De machine van Newcomen werkte alleen onder atmosferische druk, waarbij de gevaren van hogedrukstoom werden vermeden, en gebruikte het zuigerconcept, in 1690 uitgevonden door de Fransman Denis Papin. Door combinatie van het condensatieopzuigprincipe van Thomas Savery met de zuiger van Papin ontstond de eerste machine die water uit de mijn oppompte, aangedreven door vuur. Bij zijn dood had Newcomen een honderdtal pompmachines geïnstalleerd in Engeland.

Verdere ontwikkeling
Later werd de machine verbeterd door James Watt. Hij bereikte een rendement van 19 procent.

Voorbeelden
Voorbeelden van nog werkende exemplaren van de Newcomen-stoommachine staan in het Science Museum in Londen, in het Henri Ford Museum in het Amerikaanse Detroit en de Machine à feu in Bernissart.

Externe links
 Animatie van de machine
 De machine van Newcomen, in detail en interactief
 Foto's en schema's van eerste generatie stoommachines

Machine
Stoomtechniek

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Grenada F1 este o grenadă de mână defensivă folosită de Franța în timpul Primului Război Mondial și în timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial. Grenada F1, denumită și Mle 1915, este fabricată în România într-o variantă modernizată de către Uzina Mecanică Mija SA, subsidiară a companiei naționale ROMARM.

Descriere

Grenada F1 a fost proiectată în timpul Primului Război Mondial, fiind livrată trupelor în primăvara anului 1915. F1 avea formă de pară și un înveliș caracteristic cu aspect de ananas, format din crestături longitudinale și transversale care ușurau fragmentarea corpului grenadei. Din anul 1917, grenadele F1 au folosit focosul automat perfecționat Billant. Acesta era impermeabil și acționa cu întârziere. Prin acționarea mecanismului de aprindere, percutorul aprindea încărcătura folosind o capsă detonantă. Explozia putea omorî sau neutraliza soldații inamici aflați în teren deschis pe o rază de 200 metri. Grenada s-a dovedit a fi o armă de succes, fiind copiată de către armata americană (Grenada MK1 care s-a dovedit a fi însă un eșec) și de forțele bolșevice din Rusia (Grenada F1 sovietică).

Grenada F1 folosea la începutul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial focosul cu întârziere M1935. Acest model a reprezentat principala grenadă de mână defensivă a armatei franceze în timpul războiului. Grenada F1 a fost retrasă din dotarea trupelor franceze după război.

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Bibliografie

 Keene, Jennifer D.: World War I, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 9780313331817

Legături externe

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Grenade de mână


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How to comply with minimum efficiency standards (EPC band E)
Failing to comply with minimum efficiency standards - how we calculate fines
Our approach ensures that the fine (financial penalty) is proportionate, reflects the severity of the breach and is set high enough to ensure that it has an economic impact on the offender and demonstrates the consequences of not complying with their responsibilities.
The offender's income and track record will be considered in each case. Therefore, the maximum level of penalty varies on the type of breach under the Regulations
Financial penalties (Regulation 40) for domestic private rental sector properties
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Potential outcome
a. Where the landlord has let a sub-standard property in breach of the regulations for a period of less than 3 months
Financial penalty of up to £2,000
Publication penalty
b. .Where the landlord has let a sub-standard property in breach of the regulations for 3 months or more
Publication penalty.
c. Where the landlord has registered false or misleading information on the PRS Exemptions Register
d. Where the landlord has failed to comply with compliance notice
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culpability of the offender
potential for tenant harm
severity of the risk.
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Stage 2 - Penalty Review
We will check that the penalty is proportionate to the overall means of the offender and if there are multiple offences, we will take the totality principle into account.
We will first consider factors affecting culpability and harm to choose a starting point from the table below for the financial penalty under consideration.
Identify seriousness of the offence
High - landlord has failed to comply with requests to comply with these regulations. Knowingly or recklessly providing incorrect information in relation to exemptions to these regulation
Low - first breach under these regulations, no previous history of non-compliance of with housing related regulatory requirements. Complex issues partially out of control of the landlord have led to non-compliance.
Potential for harm / risk
High - low EPC rating, for example G or close to G rating, vulnerable tenants occupying property and / or extended period since non-compliance.
Low - EPC score close to minimum acceptable EPC rating (E), no vulnerable tenants and / or short period of non-compliance.
Table to show percentage of maximum penalty based on culpability and harm / risk (low and high)
Low culpability
High culpability
Low harm / risk
High harm
Financial penalties for breaches in relation to Domestic Private Rented Premises
The tables below show starting points for penalty for each type of breach:
a. Not meeting minimum standard for less than 3 months (maximum of £2,000)
£500 £1,000
£1,000 £2,000
Where the non-compliance is less 3 months, The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (regulation 40) sets the maximum financial penalty that can be applied.
b. Not meeting minimum standard for more than 3 months (maximum of £4,000)
[1] Where the non-compliance is more than 3 months The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (regulation 40) sets the maximum financial penalty that can be applied.
c. Providing False and Misleading information (maximum of £1,000)
£500 £1000
d) Failing to comply with a compliance notice (maximum of £2,000)
If two or more penalty notices apply, the statutory maximum per set of breaches at an individual property at a single point of time will be £5000. See The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015.
A Publication Penalty may also be imposed on its own, or in addition to a financial penalty under Regulation 38.
This publication penalty is defined in Regulation 39, as being publication on the PRS Exemptions Register, information as follows:
Where not an individual - the landlord's name
Details of the breach for which a penalty notice has been issued
The address of the property to which the breach occurred
The amount of the penalty notice imposed.
This information must be published for a minimum period of 12 months and may be longer should we decide this.
Publication will not take effect until the expiry or any review period or determination of an appeal whichever is the case.
Further penalties
Failure to take the action required by a penalty notice may result in the issue of a further penalty notice.
Recovery of financial penalty
Unpaid financial penalties can be recovered from the landlord as a debt owed to the enforcement authority unless withdrawn or quashed.
Further consideration of aggravating and mitigating factors
We may consider it appropriate to adjust the penalty from that determined (in the above tables) either up or down if there are aggravating or mitigating factors. For example if the landlord has a previous history of non-compliance with housing related regulatory requirements.
Factors may come to light as part of the investigation for the breaches. These adjustments will be made and included in the financial penalty. Details of these factors will be included in the penalty notice.
In addition, factors may be provided in representations from a landlord in his request to review after the penalty notice has been served.
We will regard to these factors and adjust the penalty to increase (up to the maximum of £5000) or to reduce the penalty as we feel appropriate.
Stage 2 - review of the penalty
We must check whether the level of penalty is proportionate to the overall means of the defendant. If necessary, we may amend the initial amount to ensure it fulfils the general principles outlined above.
We must consider any factors which indicate a reduction in the penalty and should consider the wider implications of the financial penalty on innocent third parties. For example the impact of the offender's ability to comply with the law or to make restitution to the victims/tenants.
Reduction for admission of guilt
We will consider a potential reduction in the penalty for an admission of guilt and / or with the co-operation with the investigation. The level of reduction will be decided upon the following factors:
when the offender admits guilt - during the investigation or thereafter
the circumstances in which they admitted guilt
the degree of cooperation with the investigation
Totality Principle
We will, when issuing a financial penalty for more than one offence or where an offender has also been issued with another financial penalty, consider the total penalties are just and appropriate to the offending behaviour and adjust accordingly.
The overriding principle is that the overall penalty must be just and proportionate.
Where the landlord requests a review / we undertake a review
Where a notice is received requesting a review of the decision to serve a penalty notice or where we decide to review our decision, the processes under Regulation 42 must be followed.
Any representations made by the landlord and all other circumstances of the case must be considered.
If no longer satisfied that a breach was committed or if the landlord has taken all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence or given all the circumstances issue of the penalty notice was not appropriate, the notice must be withdrawn.
In such circumstances, a further notice must be served withdrawing the penalty notice.
If the decision is upheld, a notice must also be served confirming the penalty notice and the effect of the provisions providing for an appeal.
Following a review, we may:
waive the penalty
allow additional time for payment of the penalty
substitute a lower amount where a financial penalty is imposed
modify the application of a publication penalty.
The landlord will be served a notice after the review with an explanation of any adjustment made. Details of how representations and appeals may be made are detailed in the information provided upon issue of penalty notices.
Gov.uk: Minimum energy efficiency standard for domestic private rented property - landlord guidance


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Williamson County remains one of the fastest growing counties in the state and the nation. According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, its population has now topped 425,000 and the county continues to flourish. Williamson County occupies more than 1,100 square miles of Hill Country and Blackland Prairie to the north, east and west of Austin.
The county was carved out of Milam County (now adjacent to the east) and established March 13, 1848. It was named for prominent judge and soldier Robert M. Williamson, also known as "Three-Legged Willie" because of a birth defect that deformed one leg, which he accommodated with a wooden prosthesis.
Williamson County was probably first explored by Europeans in the late 17th Century, when Capt. Alonso De Leon sought a route between San Antonio and the Spanish missions in East Texas that would serve as a drier alternative to the more southerly Camino Real. Anglo settlement began during the Texas Revolution and the early days of the Republic of Texas, when the area was part of Milam County.
Williamson County was one of only 19 Texas counties to vote against secession from the Union during the Civil War. Post-war years were marked by bloodshed and banditry at the hands of outlaws like Sam Bass. With the coming of the railroads to the county in the 1870s, Taylor became an important rail center for the cattle trade. Cotton, the second boom industry in Williamson County, developed about the same time as the cattle industry. In 1900-01, Williamson County ginned more cotton than any county in Texas except Ellis County.
Both the cattle and the cotton booms were aided by the improved communications available in the county in the late 19th Century. The International-Great Northern Railroad, which later was consolidated with the Missouri Pacific, was built across the eastern part of the county in 1876 and led to the founding of Taylor and Hutto and to the relocation of Round Rock. It also opened up large areas in eastern Williamson County to commercial farming.
The county also became more ethnically diverse in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Significant numbers of Scandinavians, Germans, Czechs, Wends and Austrians moved to the county in the 1880s and 1890s. The proportion of foreign-born in the county population remained at about 10 percent from 1890 to the 1930s. Mexican immigration reached a significant level about 1910, just as Europeans stopped arriving in the county. There were 294 Hispanics in 1900, 732 in 1910, and 4,967 – or 11 percent of the population – in 1930.
Between 1930 and 1940, cotton continued to be an important crop in Eastern Williamson County but farmers increasingly turned to other crops, like sorghum and wheat, and to raising livestock.
The agricultural diversification of the middle decades of the 20th Century was followed by significant social and economic changes in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The black population, which had remained at between 15 percent and 18 percent of the total in the early and mid-20th Century, began to decline, both proportionately and in real numbers, from the 1940s on and had fallen to 4,111, or about 5 percent, by 1980.
As in other areas of Texas, blacks were relegated to segregated and inferior housing and educational facilities until the 1960s, when some improvements were brought about by federal desegregation policies.
Along with changes in racial composition, Williamson County experienced a dramatic increase in population in this period, growing from 37,305 inhabitants in 1970 to an estimated 85,700 inhabitants in 1982. Much of the growth in population was related to the development of new housing communities in the area of the county bordering Austin.
Urbanization, or rather 'suburbanization,' increased the population of Round Rock from 2,811 in 1970 to 11,812 in 1980. Cedar Park went from 125 to 3,474 inhabitants over the same period, and even Georgetown's development was affected by the growth of Austin's area of influence. In 1980, almost 60 percent of the county's inhabitants lived in urban areas. In 1990, the population reached 139,551, an increase of more than 60 percent during the 1980s. The U.S. Census Bureau recorded a population of 249,967 in 2000. The most recent estimate approaches 330,000.
In 2001, Williamson County was the fifth fastest-growing county in the United States by percentage change and the 20th by numeric change.
The 2000 Census showed Williamson County to be, by and large, both prosperous and relatively youthful with a median household income of $60,642 and a median age of 32.3 years. Ten percent of the population was 60 years old or older. In 2000, there were 90,325 housing units in the county with a median home value of $125,800.
Sources: The Handbook of Texas Online; Texas State Data Center; U.S. Census Bureau
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Preheat the oven to 180°C. Heat a dash of olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the chicken pieces, season with salt and pepper and brown over high heat for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and place into a large casserole dish.
Add the onion, celery, garlic and rosemary to the pan and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until brown. Add to the casserole dish with the mushrooms, Wattie's Crushed and Sieved Tomatoes, olives and anchovies, if using. Mix to combine.
Cover with a lid then bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour until the chicken is tender. Garnish if desired with chopped parsley.


Welcome to Play Inc Arts!!
Founded in 2005, the originally named Play Inc. Community Theatre grew out of the Summer Youth Theatre program offered through Community Education in Cambridge. Later joining The Cambridge Center for the Arts in 2010, Play Inc. continued to grow to include theatrical opportunities for adult. The recently dissolved Cambridge Center for the Arts has given Play Inc another chance to grow and change. The newly titled Play Inc Arts will now strive to provide a varied artistic outlet for the communities of Cambridge, Isanti, and the surrounding area.
Click on the Summer Youth Theatre link above to get information about our summer programs.
Visit our Shows page our upcoming events.


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Thank you for your interest in joining the Stanton Business Alliance. We look forward to working with you in an effort to improve the business climate in Stanton and making this City the best place to own and operate a business. Together we can help shape the future of our community!


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Q: Emailing form data from a php script I am working on my new website, I am using a template but editing the contents with notepad++. I am currently editing the contact me page in which i am struggling to find a solution to sending the form data to a PHP script which will then send it as an email to me. I have created a PHP script that i think is ok to do the job but it is not working. After I submit some information into the text boxes then click submit it just redirects me to the PHP file in which looks to contain nothing. I have uploaded both the contact page and PHP file to my web server in which the same thing happens only now I will receive an email with none of the information I have entered only the "Hi my name is " stated within the PHP file. I am wondering if anybody knows what the issue is, I have spent majority of the day trying to work this out without luck. I will post both my HTML and PHP code below.
(p.s. I am aware that my "Reason for contact" part of the form will not send as I am still trying to work that one out.
Thanks in advance.
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            Reason For Contacting

                <select class="full-width" id="sampleRecipientInput">
                    <option value="Option 3">General Enquiry</option>
                    <option value="Option 1">Question About A Guide</option>
                    <option value="Option 2">Question About A Review</option>
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        <button type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="submit button-primary full-width-on-mobile">Submit</button>
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*Your server needs to have a handler for mail() configured, otherwise it will not send. See this for details: Installing/Configuring Mail.
You can also use SendGrid or Google Apps or various other services for sending emails.

*Your select needs a name for it to send the variable
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Dempsey In US Squad For World Cup Qualifiers
by David on September 3, 2012
New Tottenham Hotspur signing Clint Dempsey has been included in Jurgen Klinsmann's squad for the home and home games with Jamaica.
Dempsey has to be nowhere near match fitness after missing Fulham's opening games as he tried to force through his eventful transfer to Spurs.
But with Landon Donovan and Michael Bradley missing from the squad due to injury, Klinsmann had no choice to include Dempsey, and also Carlos Bocanegra who went through a similar situation with Rangers, in his 25-man squad.
Other players selected on the team that was announced on Sunday were Tim Howard, Jozy Altidore, Geoff Cameron, Brek Shea and Joshua Gatt. Gatt, however, will not join the team as he suffered a hamstring injury in Molde FK's game on Sunday afternoon.
The U.S.will take on the Reggae Boyz on Friday at Independence Park in Kingston before heading to Columbus Crew Stadium on July 11 for the two teams' second Group A match against one another.
Here is the full U.S. roster:
GOALKEEPERS (4):
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (9):
Carlos Bocanegra (Racing Santander), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Maurice Edu (Stoke City), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Michael Orozco Fiscal (San Luis), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland), Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City)
MIDFIELDERS (8):
Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Joshua Gatt (Molde), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Brek Shea (FC Dallas), Jose Torres (Pachuca), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (4 ):
Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur), Herculez Gomez (Santos)


Beach weddings are one of the most popular types of weddings because 1) Brides and grooms feel a sense of calm and serenity from looking out at the waves while saying their vows 2) Beach weddings offer a sense of adventure 3) For destination weddings, most people want to make a vacation of it for their guests, and the beach is always a guaranteed perfect vacation spot.
Becky and Ron marry on the beach in the Hamptons, and close out the night with a bonfire.
Navita and Manu's Indian wedding spans two days at the gorgeous Sheraton resort in Cabo.
Austin, TX, couple Kendra and Walt lead their friends and family to California for their Santa Barbara destination wedding.
A little over a year ago, a very tenacious New York City bride began writing us off and on, popping back in every few months. Her name was Yelena.
Lindsey and Brad created a beautiful beach wedding at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club in the Hamptons.
A boat cruise, a night out in Cabo, and a wedding day full of emotion make for an unforgettable Mexico destination wedding.
Vanessa and Sean partied their hearts out at their Mexico wedding – sombreros, tequila, and a tent that was just a little too short.
Francesca and Chris had a private wedding for just the two of them at the gorgeous One & Only Palmilla resort.
Linn's friends all described him as reserved and guarded, quiet about his emotions. So I think he surprised everyone, including us, when he gave one of the most heartfelt and sentimental displays of affection we've ever seen at a wedding.
One of the big things that stood out to us during Julie and Eric's wedding were the speeches about them. Each person who spoke trumpeted about their big hearts, and how caring and thoughtful they are with their friends and family.
From the rehearsal dinner and pajama party (everyone wore matching pajamas embroidered with the couple's silhouettes) to the belly dancer at the reception, Alex and Danielle kept everyone fully entertained.
Lauren and Frank got married at one of the nicest hotels we've ever been to: Hotel Esencia. And they took full advantage of it with a ceremony on the beach and a reception that ended with all the guests jumping into several of the pools.
My first May wedding this year gave me the opportunity to not only photograph in one of my favorite places in the world, but also to photograph a bride who shares my last name.
I've got to remind myself to not take as many photos as I did in Bermuda, but it is so easy when you spend three days with a group of beautiful people that love to party until 4 or 5 am each night.
Erin and Chris live in San Francisco, but decided to elope to a place they had never been before.


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Summary: Political structure
Representative democracy
The prime minister is chosen by a ballot of the Diet (parliament) and appoints a cabinet, the majority of whom must also be members of parliament
Emperor Naruhito
National legislature
Bicameral Diet, comprising the House of Representatives (the lower house), which has a total of 465 seats, most of which represent geographical constituencies, with the remainder filled by proportional representation, elected every four years; and the 242‑member House of Councillors (the upper house), half of which is elected every three years for six-year terms
A Supreme Court, appointed by the cabinet, presides over a legal system of lesser courts divided into four arms: the High Court, district courts, family courts and summary courts
The last election for the lower house was held in October 2017; the next poll is scheduled for 2021. A poll for half of the seats in the upper house was held in July 2019; the next election, also for half of the seats, is due in 2022
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was re-elected in the October 2017 lower-house election, winning 284 seats; its coalition partner, the Komeito party, won 29 seats. The coalition has a two-thirds majority in the lower house and a majority in the upper house
Main political organisations
Government: coalition of the LDP and Komeito
Opposition: Constitutional Democratic Party; Kibo no To (Party of Hope); Japan Communist Party; Initiatives from Osaka; Liberal Party; Social Democratic Party
Main members of the cabinet
Prime minister: Abe Shinzo
Deputy prime minister; minister of finance: Aso Taro
Chief cabinet secretary: Suga Yoshihide
Key ministers
Agriculture, forestry & fisheries: Taku Eto
Defence: Kono Taro
Economy, trade & industry: Sugawara Isshu
Education, culture, sports, science & technology: Hagiuda Koichi
Environment: Koizumi Shinjiro
Foreign affairs: Motegi Toshimitsu
Health, labour & welfare: Kato Katsunobu
Internal affairs & communications: Takaichi Sanae
Justice: Kawai Katsuyuki
Land, infrastructure, transport & tourism: Akaba Kazuyoshi
Reconstruction: Tanaka Kazunori
State ministers
Disaster management: Takeda Ryota
Economic & fiscal policy: Nishimura Yasutoshi
Promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens & "Cool Japan" strategy: Takemote Naokazu
Regional revitalisation & regulatory reform: Kitamura Seigo
Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic Games: Hashimoto Seiko
Central bank governor
Kuroda Haruhiko
Economy | January 20th 2021
Zombification series: what's next for monetary policy?
Major central banks will face challenges trying to avoid Japanification when they unwind monetary easing.
Politics | January 19th 2021
EIU Global Outlook - Expect delays for coronavirus vaccines
All eyes on the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in 2021.
Zombification series: the role of central banks during Covid
Central banks' powers have expanded, with uncertain political consequences.


There are moments when I want the past to return into my life. I wish for it to rear its ugly head and remind me that I was once unhappy. I sometimes crave for my past mistakes to return with full force and show me why I created this change in my life. I want to be reminded of old habits that I had forgot about. Habits that can push me to the ground and lead me to believe that I am unworthy.
The past returns with great momentum. It spins and topples on the axis of our life. It balances our spirit out with the earth-like body we inhabit.
The Six of Cups is about the past.
Try to love the past. When it is mixed in the present, we must separate the bad, and scoop up all the good on top.
Remember to look at the past with eyes of forgiveness. Remember to state to the past that it is just a memory. It does not contain any true power, only the power we feed into it.
We will grow at a very fast rate and see the fruit of our labor. Take charge of the past when it enters your life. Know that the past is there to guide us. With the mistake of one action we can learn to proceed with great caution. We may be faced with the same choice. We may be faced with the same dilemma. What we must keep in mind is our own self-worth.
Are we worthy of this great change?
Are we worthy of good?
Know that we are worthy of only great things. This form of power may look like we are selfish. It may seem that we are not taking other thoughts into consideration. I would state to them that we are of no value to others if we are not whole and functioning at full capacity.
If we are lacking, then everything that we do will be lacking as well. That is like planting seeds into the ground, not tending to them as they should be, and wondering why they are not growing. We must put all our power into what we do. We must go forward with our decisions with 100% Faith. Knowing that everything will turn our okay. That everything works out in our favor.
We will be taking a new step on a new adventure. Try not to stumble. If you should happen to fall then know that you can always pick yourself up and try again. The statement associated with the Knight of Swords is 'Try'.
We are not here to fail. We are here to succeed. To open our arms up to the Universe and receive. To create with great love and joy.
When we fall, it is simply our body telling us to slow down, re-evaluate our choices, and come out swinging.