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Shanon Langlie, a graduate student in Clemson University's Counseling Education (Student Affairs Administration) program, was one of 16 graduate students who participated in a new program from Semester at Sea called Student Affairs at Sea this summer. Semester at Sea is a study abroad program run by a non-profit organization called the Institute of Shipboard Education.
The University of Virginia is the academic sponsor of Semester at Sea. Langlie went through a an extensive application process with responding to two essay questions and sending letters of recommendation from faculty members. Since 1963, over 50,000 students have studied abroad with Semester at Sea and their predecessor programs. As interns on the ship, graduate students had a unique atmosphere to practice their student affairs skills. Langlie's role as a graduate community educator was to help create a sense of community among the students living in her "Sea".
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We all hear about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch [2], an 'island' estimated to be twice the size of Texas containing plastic and other waste. How can we help to prevent more trash from reaching our oceans? California Coastal Cleanup Day is September 25th, and we have a great opportunity to help clean up trash inland before the rainy season carries it to the ocean.
Coastal cleanups started in 1984 on the Oregon coast, and now includes California volunteers from all coastal counties, with 80,000 participating last year and 10,000 in San Diego county. This year, the SDBN has been asked to participate in the Ruffin Canyon area in Serra Mesa. Please join us 9-12 on September 25th, and for those who are interested, we'll find a nice watering hole to have lunch at and network afterward. We'll also take and share photos, and I'll bring a memento for each of you who participate. Sign up on the website [1] and also let me know you'll be participating using SDBN's volunteer form [3], or drop me a line if you have my email address.
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I accidentally engaged Writer's full screen function by pressing Ctrl+Shift+J on my keyboard. When I had Writer come back out of full screen mode, though, it lacked a window border. That is, it still has a menu bar and tool bars, but is otherwise stuck at full-screen without a close button or title bar.
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Welcome to Final Track Studios. We're glad you're here! It has been quite a year with many clients and over 100 recording projects. We made some very big decisions in November of 2013 to take a giant step forward and backwards at the same time. Final Track Studios is a dedicated Pro Tools studio and we stay current with the latest versions Avid has to offer. We are using the Avid C24 control surface and while we were certainly pleased with it we felt that
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A long time ago (at least in recording studio time) we were all analog. Analog console, analog processors and analog tape recorders. In the 1990's we watched as digital took over and just to stay competitive, we all changed. Truth be told, the early digital really wasn't very good. But we stuck with it until the present with equipment change after equipment change in search of an elusive
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Snurk Bedding & Cushions
Optical illusions are fun! You'll see why perception isn't always reality when it comes to bedding in just a moment… But first, this weekend was super duper beautiful so I ventured over to the Saturday farmers' market where I bumped into some friends and made a few more which is one thing I love about my city – that I almost always run into peeps that I know when I exit my front door. It's a great feeling to be part of a community, especially for me as I was always in a car running errands before and now since giving up my car nearly three years ago an entirely new world has opened up which includes human contact outdoors again! Yippee! :)
Anyway, while at the market, I popped into a favorite interiors shop called ComingHome Interior and noticed that they now carry a Dutch bedding and cushion brand called Snurk. I had already heard of Snurk in bloggyland but hadn't checked out their recent stuff until now and I like it – so fresh – especially these cushions shown directly below. The quality is great — it made a BIG difference seeing Snurk stuff in person. I of course love that what you think it is isn't what it really is…
For instance, the sheets look like crochet but are only pretending to be the real thing as upon close inspection it's obvious that it is just a print. Same goes for the granny squares bedding. I admire this about the Dutch, they are always turning the traditional bits upside down to spin them into completely new, fresh products. Twirre is a favorite pattern of mine that they carry, very understated yet the faux crochet cracks me up – I love a dose of humor in home decorating!
If you live in or around Hannover, you can visit ComingHome to see Snurk things… or call ComingHome and ask to speak to my friend Claudia to see if you can order on the phone (+49 5112158196). :)
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Jacquelyn | lark&linen commented
March 26th, 2012 at 5:01pm
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang commented
March 26th, 2012 at 7:50pm
Those crochet bedspreads are amazing! So whimsical!
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Iris commented
March 27th, 2012 at 9:28pm
I really like Snurk's design, it is indeed very Dutch. I also love their humorous styling; did you notice the false teeth in the glass next to the granny bedding? :)
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shanne commented
August 9th, 2012 at 10:44am
I've met the designer for 4 years now at the Woonbeurs. Everytime he has so many new additions and great stuff. He started with the le-clochard! How original is that!
We own the one with the white shirt and the white bra! It's already 3 years old and still beautiful, it's the best!


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Loki and Natalie Portman
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The family intervention
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The Academy sent out a press release this morning announcing that the cast of The Avengers—RDJ, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans and Samuel L. Jackson—will be presenting at the Oscars. There are a couple noticeable absences, though. Scarlett Johansson, who's currently on Broadway so it's conceivable she couldn't take the time off, but where in the world is Chris Hemsworth? He has his own franchise and Thor 2 is opening later this year. Full Story
The Blonde Hemsworths
Since I don't track Elsa Pataky the way she wants me to I'd no idea she cut off all her hair and, she wasn't blonde before, was she? For the purposes of this blog then, let's decide that she wasn't and that this is new. And it looks good the way her hair is flat against her head, the envy of Asians like me who cannot grow it like this, and not unlike Sienna Miller who wore it similarly when she had it short. Full Story
Single Tom's new friends
The point of this article is that everyone is better off when they're friends with Emily Blunt. Tom Cruise was out with Matt Damon, Chris Hemsworth, Emily Blunt, and John Krasinski the other night in London. There was a private room. A burlesque dancer performed. Tom has new friends! And…they're actually kinda cool! So how did this come together? Tom and Emily are shooting All You Need Is Kill. Full Story
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I'm about to tell you about the best day of my life. Thus far.
Okay so Friday morning I woke up at 5:45 and headed to my Sunrise Yoga class with a friend. I left there feeling all at peace with the world, as only yoga (and maybe that time when you peeled an orange in one piece) can make you feel.
I went home and ended up making a blueberry banana coconut pancake topped with toppings…because once you put toppings on something it automatically makes it feel like a dessert. Desserty things for breakfast? I can handle that.
So pancakes and yoga. Actually, yoga then pancakes…i'm not sure if I'd wanna do that the other way around. Anywayses, I eventually convinced myself to head out my door to class and on the way to my car I found $20 on the ground. That like never happens. And anytime you find money on the ground that means it's time to pay it forward. Watch out waiter/waitress, I'm coming for you.
So I got done with class and came home and made a bowl of healthy cookie dough for a snack because there is just nothing better than snacktime and wannabe dessert that tastes just ohhemmggeeeeee good. But I made it mainly because I lack imagination and creativity when I'm hungry so I just default to what is simple.
And theennnn, there was a knock on my door and my boyfriend was there. I knew he was coming to visit me this weekend but I wasn't expecting him for a couple hours so I was looking like a hot mess and that doesn't even begin to describe the state of my apartment…oh well. He's had plenty of time to run away in the last 5 years and he hasn't yet. So he came in and sat down while I tired to straighten up my wreck of an apartment. And as I was doing that…I got a phone call.
An important phone call. A phone call from the Grad School I applied to. And the phone call was from a wonderful women who said I had been accepted to be part my dream Grad School's Fall 2013 class.
I've been working really hard for this. It's exhausting trying to realize what you actually want to do with your life and then having to start over with classes and volunteering and work experience in a field that is different from what you originally thought you wanted to do when you were 18 and had no idea who you were or what career you could ever want. It's hard to feel like you didn't waste time trying to get to where you are now. But there's a quote that says something like, "think of how far you have come today." And I try to think about that quote when I feel like my life isn't going perfectly and I'm not exactly where I hoped to be(yet). I'm trying to live my dream. And this blog, this grad school, and this person I've become in the last 3 years is all part of that.
Oooo that was kinda heavy for a blog where I usually talk about how I put avocados in cookies and how I was terrified I would never stop playing with Barbies. Just wait…I promise there's a cookie recipe at the end.
Okay back to my Friday. So then I got a text from my mom saying I had received another box of yogurt from Chobani. Seriously, Chobani? Another 72 ounces of happiness. You guys are amazing.
So to celebrate my grad school acceptance, my boyfriend and I went out for pizza. Mediterranean pizza (without cheese) from BJ's. Can't be beat.
Then we came back to my apartment. And I just couldn't stop smiling and feeling like I couldn't be happier. I sat down on my couch and my boyfriend was putting in a movie for us to watch. I didn't know what movie it was but I was just floating. So happy. And then the movie started playing. It was Across the Universe. (You know that strange movie with all the Beatles songs in it). I thought, "Oh how sweet, this was the movie we saw on our first date(5 1/2 years ago)."
And then he turned around. And then he started saying sweet, perfect things. And then he was walking towards me. And then he was down on one knee. And then he asked me to marry him. And then I said yes.
I know life won't always seem like roses & daisies, but right now it does. And I plan on living in the right now for the rest of my life.
And for serious I like need a husband. Mainly because I can't light a match to save my life and for the totally selfish reason that I receive a ridiculous amount of satisfaction from cooking for another person. Totally selfish? Yes. But regardless, he has decide to wife me.
My dad (who told my mom) already knew the proposal was coming but didn't know exactly when. I wanted to break the news to my family in a creative way and what is more fun than cookies? Ummm I've got nothing. So cookies it was. I just put all the cookies on the table in a random order and told them to figure out what the letters spelled. They guessed it pretty quick.
But for serious,we thought one of my grandmas was going to have a heart attack she was so excited. I love family. Right now I can't think of how a weekend will ever beat this one.
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Oatmeal Sugar Cookies with Cinnamon Cashew Cream Frosting
makes 14 large cookies
[cookie recipe adapted from annie's eats; frosting recipe adapted from raw guru]
Oatmeal Sugar Cookie
2 3/4 cup oat flour
1/4 + 1/8 tsp tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 stick butter (could probably substitute in a vegan butter like Earth Balance)
1/4 cup applesauce, unsweetened
3/4 cup white sugar
2 1/4 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 egg white
In a large bowl, combine oat flour, salt and baking powder. Stir ingredients together.
In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together butter, applesauce and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add in egg and egg white one at a time beating well (about 1 minute) after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Finally, add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients a little at a time. Mix batter until dry ingredients are evenly distributed into the wet ingredients. Batter will be thin and sticky and not look very cookie doughy. Cover dough and place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Preheat an oven to 350F.
Remove chilled dough from the freezer and use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to scoop out scant 1/4 scoops of dough. Roll the dough into a ball and place on a non-stick cookie sheet. If you want a doughier cookie, gently press down on the top of each cookie (when I make these cookies again I would definitely press them down a little to make them more doughy and not so light/fluffy/crumbly). Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the bottom edges are turning slightly golden brown. The cookie really should not look even slightly brown. They will seem a little underdone when removed from oven. Allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack to completely cool. Frost with you favorite icing or the cashew cinnamon icing below.
Cinnamon Cashew Cream Frosting (dairy free)
2 cups cashews (soaked for 1+ hours)
14 dates, pitted (soaked for 1+ hours)
3 tsp lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 + 1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/4 + 1/8 cup water
In a large bowl, soak cashews and pitted dates for 1-3 hours (I soaked mine for 3). Strain the cashews and dates to drain off the soaking water. Rinse the cashews and dates and pour them into a food processor/high powered blender. Add in lemon juice and salt. Process until all the cashews are no longer whole and begin to add in water until desired consistency is reached. Scoop frosting into a bowl and mix in cinnamon. Cover and refrigerate until ready to frost your cookies.


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Record breaking proceeds were raised last year. Market sales, premium money and add-ons brought in more than $400,000 with all money going directly to county youth.
Youth aged 9-19 compete each year in the hopes of their animal being named grand champion or reserve champion. Selling their prized animals students win valuable prize money to be used as needed.
Months preceding the expo 4-H participants are taught how to properly care for their animals, industry standards with a hard work ethic being ingrained.
The expo allows youth to learn 'How to show off the best attributes of showing animals,' said Dianne Bailey, Ellis County extension agent.
Each class will be judged by expert judges at specified times during the week with the top third moving to the selling ring. Each class is judged by a paid professional expert, which has demonstrated an extensive knowledge of the animals in their division. Only the top third of each class will be presented to buyers during the expo.
Program coordinators developed a pee-wee division to let younger youth, under nine years of age, gain experience while participating.
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More than 800 projects presented by more than 500 students will be shown at this year's annual expo.
Prior to the county expo organization every local school district hosted separate expos for students to show their animals. Winners from the school's contest would compete against other area school winners.
Admission is free and the public is strongly encouraged to attend to support the area's local youth.
Barbecue lunch will be served starting at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 29. Tickets are $6 per person. Live animal auctioning will begin at 12:30 pm.
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ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd for all discovery matters. Judge Richard Seeborg no longer assigned to the case.Signed by The Executive Committee on 01/14/2010. (tsh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/14/2010)
Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc. Doc. 61 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAN JOSE DIVISION 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 **E-Filed 12/17/2009** ARAM HOVSEPIAN, Plaintiff, v. APPLE, INC., Defendant. Case Number 08-5788 JF (PVT) ORDER1 (1) GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND (2) GRANTING WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE [Re: Docket Nos. 54, 55] Plaintiff Aram Hovsepian ("Hovsepian") brings this putative class action on behalf of all persons similarly situated who purchased iMAC G5 personal computers from Defendant Apple, Inc. ("Apple"). Apple moves to dismiss the second amended complaint ("SAC") for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Apple also moves to strike Hovsepian's class allegations. The Court heard oral argument on December 4, 2009. For the reasons set forth below, the motion to dismiss will be granted, with limited leave to amend. The motion to strike 28 This disposition is not designated for publication in the official reports. C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 also will be granted, without prejudice. I. BACKGROUND Hovsepian, a Florida resident, purchased an iMac in October 2006. Hovsepian SAC ¶ 17. Hovsepian alleges that vertical lines began to appear on the display screen in March 2008, eventually causing a visual obstruction that rendered the display screen unusable. Id. ¶¶ 1, 17. He claims that Apple knew of or recklessly ignored the existence of the defect that caused premature failure of the display screens, and that Apple failed to take remedial action or remove the defective computers from the marketplace. Id. ¶¶ 2-3. Hovsepian alleges that Apple has chosen not to take remedial action because the defect tends to arise after the expiration of the product's one-year express warranty. See id. ¶ 13. Finally, Hovsepian claims that "thousands" of purchasers have experienced this problem and that Apple is well aware of the issue. Id. ¶ 9. Hovsepian seeks to bring claims on behalf of a class comprised of all persons and entities in the United States who made original purchases of an iMac computer. Id. ¶ 42. He asserts the following claims for relief under California law: (1) violation of the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act ("CLRA"), Cal. Civ. Code § 1750; (2) unfair, unlawful, or fraudulent business practices in violation of the California Unfair Competition Law ("UCL"), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq.; (3) fraudulent omission; (4) unjust enrichment; and (5) a judicial declaration, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201, that Apple's one-year limitation on warranty claims is void, invalid and unenforceable. II. LEGAL STANDARD A. Standard of Review for a Motion to Dismiss A complaint may be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted if a plaintiff fails to proffer "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007). Allegations of material fact must be taken as true and construed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Cahill v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 80 F.3d 336, 337-38 (9th Cir. 1997). See also Pareto v. FDIC, 139 F.3d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1998). However, the Court need not accept as true allegations that are 2 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 conclusory, unwarranted deductions of fact, or unreasonable inferences. See Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors, 266 F.3d 979, 988 (9th Cir. 2001). See also Twombly, 550 U.S. at 561 ("a wholly conclusory statement of [a] claim" will not survive motion to dismiss). On a motion to dismiss, the Court's review is limited to the face of the complaint and matters judicially noticeable. MGIC Indem. Corp. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 500, 504 (9th Cir. 1986); N. Star Int'l v. Ariz. Corp. Comm'n, 720 F.2d 578, 581 (9th Cir. 1983). However, under the "incorporation by reference" doctrine, the Court also may consider documents which are referenced extensively in the complaint and which are accepted by all parties as authentic. In re Silicon Graphics, Inc. Sec. Litig., 183 F.3d 970, 986 (9th Cir. 1999). Leave to amend should be granted unless it is clear that the complaint's deficiencies cannot be cured by amendment. Lucas v. Dep't of Corr., 66 F. 3d 245, 248 (9th Cir. 1995). B. Standard of Review for a Motion to Strike Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f) provides that the Court may strike from any pleading "any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter." Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 12(f). "[T]he function of a 12(f) motion to strike is to avoid the expenditure of time and money that must arise from litigating spurious issues by dispensing with those issues prior to trial[.]" Fantasy, Inc. v. Fogerty, 984 F.2d 1524, 1527 (9th Cir. 1993) (citations omitted), overruled on other grounds, Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc., 510 U.S. 517 (1994). Under Rules 23(c)(1)(A) and 23(d)(1)(D), as well as pursuant to Rule 12(f), this Court has authority to strike class allegations prior to discovery if the complaint demonstrates that a class action cannot be maintained. In order to certify a class, the class must be ascertainable. Bishop v. Saab Auto. A.B., 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22890, at *13-14 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 1996). In addition, the requirements under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a) must be satisfied.2 Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a): One or more members of a class may sue or be sued as representative parties on behalf of all members only if: (1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class; (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the 3 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Finally, Plaintiff must satisfy one of the more stringent prerequisites set forth in Rule 23(b). III. DISCUSSION A. Hovsepian's SAC As a threshold matter, the parties disagree with respect to whether Hovsepian's CLRA and UCL claims are subject to the heightened pleading requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b). This issue recently was addressed by the Ninth Circuit in Kearns v. Ford Motor Co., 567 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2009), which reiterated that "Rule 9(b)'s heightened pleading standards apply to claims for violations of the CLRA and UCL" where such claims are based on a fraudulent course of conduct. Id. at 1124 (citing Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA, 317 F.3d 1097, 1102-05 (9th Cir. 2003)). Because Hovsepian's CLRA and UCL claims are predicated on allegedly fraudulent omissions by Apple, those claims are subject to the pleading requirements of Rule 9(b). See Kearns, 567 F.3d at 1124; Vess, 317 F.3d at 1103-04 (if "the claim is said to be `grounded in fraud' or to `sound in fraud,' [then] the pleading of that claim as a whole must satisfy the particularity requirement of Rule 9(b)."). 1. CLRA Claim Hovsepian alleges that Apple actively concealed material facts with respect to the alleged defect in violation of Cal. Civ. Code § 1770 (a)(5) and § 1770 (a)(7). Hovsepian SAC ¶ 87. Apple contends that the facts as currently alleged fail to state a cognizable claim under the CLRA, citing Daugherty v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 144 Cal. App. 4th 824 (2006). In Daugherty, the plaintiff alleged that an auto manufacturer knowingly concealed a latent defect that arose only after the expiration of the express warranty, and that such allegations formed a cognizable claim under the same provisions of the CLRA at issue in the instant action. Id. at 833-34. However, the Court of Appeal concluded that "although a claim may be stated under the CLRA in terms constituting fraudulent omissions, to be actionable the omission must be contrary to a representation actually made by the defendant, or an omission of a fact the defendant was obliged to disclose." Id. at 835. See also Bardin v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 136 Cal. App. 4th class. 4 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1255, 1276 (2006) (CLRA claim requires allegations that manufacturer was "`bound to disclose' [the defect]...or allege[] facts showing [that the manufacturer] ever gave any information of other facts which could have the likely effect of misleading the public"). Like the original complaint and FAC, Hovsepian's SAC does not state with sufficient particularity when and where Apple made an affirmative representation, if any, that contradicts its alleged omissions. Instead, the operative pleading makes conclusory allegations as to Apple's course of conduct. SAC ¶ 37 ("Apple has responded by implementing a corporate policy of concealing and uniformly denying in all public forums the existence of the Defect and to `running [sic] out the clock' on the warranties that accompanied the iMac."). Such generalized allegations do not provide the "`the who, what, when, where, and how' of the misconduct charged." Vess, 317 F.3d at 1106 (citation omitted). Accordingly, Hovsepian has not stated a cognizable CLRA claim based upon statements made in contradiction to a fraudulent omission. Hovsepian nonetheless argues that the second theory of liability discussed in Daugherty--based upon an affirmative duty to disclose--is alleged adequately. A plaintiff may "successfully pursue a CLRA claim [based on a fraudulent omission], despite Daugherty and Bardin, if [the manufacturer] was `obliged to disclose' the potential for problems." Falk v. Gen. Motors Corp., 496 F. Supp. 2d 1088, 1094 (N.D. Cal. 2007). A duty to disclose exists if one of the following four circumstances is present: (1) the defendant is in a fiduciary relationship with the plaintiff; (2) the defendant has exclusive knowledge of material facts not known to the plaintiff; (3) the defendant actively conceals a material fact from the plaintiff, or (4) the defendant makes partial representations but also suppresses some material facts. LiMandri v. Judkins, 52 Cal. App. 4th 326, 337 (1997). Hovsepian argues that he has alleged adequately the second and third LiMandri factors, both of which "require the existence of a material fact." Falk, 496 F. Supp. 2d at 1095. Materiality exists if the omitted information would cause a reasonable consumer to behave differently if he or she were aware of the information. See Oestreicher v. Alienware Corp., 544 F. Supp. 2d 964, 971 (N.D. Cal. 2008). See also Falk, 496 F. Supp. 2d at 1095 ("Materiality, for CLRA claims, is judged by the effect on a `reasonable consumer.'") 5 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (citation omitted). Again, the SAC fails to comply with Rule 9(b). The pleading contains only generalized allegations with respect to exclusive knowledge and active concealment. Moreover, generalized allegations with respect to consumer expectations also are insufficient to meet Rule 9(b)'s heightened pleading requirements, especially when the alleged defect has manifested itself more than one year after the expiration of the express warranty. See Oestreicher, 544 F. Supp. 2d at 971 ("consumer expectations are...subjective and likely unreliable, and...usage will greatly vary from consumer to consumer."). The weight of applicable case law casts doubt on the basic viability of Hovsepian's CLRA claim. See id. at 972. The SAC represents Hovsepian's third attempt to articulate a cognizable claim and he has failed to do so despite express guidance from the Court. As a result, the claim will be dismissed without leave to amend.3 2. UCL Claim The UCL prohibits "any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising." Cal. Civ. Code § 17200, et seq. Accordingly, "[a]n act can be alleged to violate any or all of the three prongs of the UCL--unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent." Berryman v. Merit Prop. Mgmt., Inc., 152 Cal. App. 4th 1544, 1554 (2007). For an action based upon an allegedly unlawful business practice, the UCL "borrows violations of other Hovsepian relies heavily on Falk for the proposition that an allegation of a disappointed consumer expectation will defeat a motion to dismiss a CLRA claim. However, as discussed by the Oestreicher court in some detail, knowledge that a product is likely to fail at some point cannot give rise by itself to an actionable claim because "[s]uch knowledge is easily demonstrated by the fact that manufacturers must predict rates of failure of particular parts in order to price warranties and thus can always be said to `know' that many parts will fail after the warranty period has expired. A rule that would make failure of a part actionable based on such `knowledge' would render meaningless time/mileage limitations in warranty coverage." Oestreicher, 544 F. Supp. 2d at 972 (quoting Abraham v. Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 795 F.2d 238, 250 (2d Cir.1986)). Falk involved the failure of vehicle speedometers, an essential safety feature that a manufacturer may have a duty to disclose. See id. ("policy reasons militate against following Falk in this situation--where a duty to disclose is being imposed on a manufacturer for a latent non-safety related defect in its product."). 6 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 laws and treats them as unlawful practices that the unfair competition law makes independently actionable." Cel-Tech Commc'ns, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Tel. Co., 20 Cal. 4th 163, 180 (1999). A UCL claim predicated on unfair business practices may be grounded upon a violation of a statute, see Freeman v. Time, Inc., 68 F.3d 285, 289 (9th Cir. 1995), or be a "standalone" claim based on an alleged act that "violates established public policy or if it is immoral, unethical, oppressive or unscrupulous and causes injury to consumers which outweighs its benefits." McKell v. Wash. Mut., Inc., 142 Cal. App. 4th 1457, 1473 (2006). See also Cel-Tech, 20 Cal. 4th at 180 ("[A] practice may be deemed unfair even if not specifically proscribed by some other law."). A claim based upon the fraud prong may be brought based upon conduct akin to common-law fraud or an alleged course of conduct that is likely to deceive the public. Bardin, 136 Cal. App. 4th at 1274 ("A violation can be shown even if no one was actually deceived, relied upon the fraudulent practice, or sustained any damage. Instead, it is only necessary to show that members of the public are likely to be deceived."). As discussed above, to the extent that Hovsepian's UCL claim is grounded on a course of fraudulent conduct, the pleading is subject to Rule 9(b). See Kearns, 567 F.3d at 1125. Moreover, Kearns held that a UCL claim based on an alleged omission is subject to Rule 9(b), and if a complaint alleges a fraudulent course of conduct, the plaintiff cannot avoid Rule 9(b) by attempting to allege consumer deception without pleading additional allegations. See id. at 112627. The same rule applies to any claim brought under the unfair prong of the UCL. See id. at 1127 ("Because Kearns's [complaint] alleges a unified fraudulent course of conduct, his claims against Ford are grounded in fraud. His entire complaint must therefore be pleaded with particularity. Thus, the [complaint] was properly dismissed and no error was committed by not separately analyzing his claims under the unfairness prong of the UCL."). Similarly, and for the reasons discussed above in Section III.A.1, a derivative UCL claim based on a CLRA violation has not been pled adequately here. Even assuming that Hovsepian may assert a claim under the unfair prong of the UCL without being subject to Rule 9(b) pleading requirements, the operative complaint fails to state a 7 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 claim. A standalone claim under the unfair prong of the UCL requires that "the consumer injury is substantial, is not outweighed by any countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition, and is not an injury the consumers themselves could reasonably have avoided." Daugherty, 144 Cal. App. 4th at 839. However, "[t]he failure to disclose a defect that might, or might not, shorten the effective life span of [a product] that functions precisely as warranted throughout the term of its express warranty cannot be characterized as causing a substantial injury to consumers, and accordingly does not constitute an unfair practice under the UCL." Clemens v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 534 F.3d 1017, 1026-27 (9th Cir. 2008) (quoting Daugherty, 144 Cal. App. 4th at 839). In the instant action, the display screens did operate properly during the oneyear express warranty period. Generalized allegations with respect to consumer expectations, see Hovsepian SAC ¶ 23 ("Many current studies suggest that an average LCD screen should last at least 5 years of normal usage without significant screen degradation.") or a statement that Apple "knew" that the screens would fail at some point, Id. ¶ 25, are not sufficient. See Bardin, 136 Cal. App. 4th at 1273 ("the `right' upon which plaintiffs actually rely here--the right to have a vehicle containing an exhaust manifold that lasts as long as an `industry standard' cast-iron exhaust manifold--is one based on a contract such as a warranty, not on a legislatively declared policy. No law generally requires a manufacturer to use the most expensive or most durable materials in the manufacture of its products."). Accordingly, the UCL claim will be dismissed without leave to amend. 3. Fraudulent Omissions Under California law, the elements of a common-law claim for fraudulent omission are: (1) the defendant concealed or suppressed a material fact; (2) the defendant was under a duty to disclose the fact to the plaintiff; (3) the defendant intentionally concealed or suppressed the fact with intent to defraud the plaintiff; (4) the plaintiff was unaware of the fact and would have acted differently if he had known of the concealed or suppressed fact; and (5) as a result of the concealment or suppression the plaintiff sustained damage. See Hahn v. Mirda, 147 Cal. App. 4th 740, 748 (2007). 8 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 As discussed earlier, the SAC fails to describe with specificity representations made by Apple with respect to the LCD that would give rise to a duty to disclose the defect alleged. However, because the elements of a common law fraud claim may be somewhat easier to satisfy than those of Hovsepian's statutory claim, this claim will be dismissed with leave to amend for further elaboration as to whether such a duty existed and as to the means by which Apple actively concealed a known defect from its customers. 4. Unjust Enrichment Hovsepian's claim for unjust enrichment is premised on the same alleged course of conduct that underlies his CLRA, UCL, and fraudulent omission claims. See SAC ¶ 95 (incorporating by reference previous allegations); ¶ 99 ("Defendant has been unjustly enriched at the expense of and detriment to Plaintiff and the Class by wrongfully collecting money to which Defendant, in equity, is not entitled."). In other words, the claim for unjust enrichment cannot stand alone as an independent claim for relief. See Jogani v. Superior Court, 165 Cal. App. 4th 901, 911 (2008) ("unjust enrichment is not a cause of action. Rather, it is a general principle underlying various doctrines and remedies, including quasi-contract.") (citation omitted). See also Melchior v. New Line Prods., Inc., 106 Cal. App. 4th 779, 793 (2003) ("there is no cause of action in California for unjust enrichment. `The phrase "Unjust Enrichment" does not describe a theory of recovery, but an effect: the result of a failure to make restitution under circumstances where it is equitable to do so.'") (quoting Lauriedale Assocs., Ltd. v. Wilson, 7 Cal. App. 4th 1439, 1448 (1992)). Because Hovsepian again has failed to allege a substantive claim for relief, the claim for unjust enrichment also will be dismissed without leave to amend. See Oestreicher, 544 F. Supp. 2d at 975 ("since plaintiff's fraud-based claims have been dismissed, plaintiff has no basis for its unjust enrichment claim."). See also Sanders v. Apple Inc., No. C 08-1713, 2009 WL 150950, at *9 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 21, 2009) ("[unjust enrichment] claim will depend upon the viability of the Plaintiffs' other claims."). 5. Declaratory Relief An action for declaratory relief requires an actual case or controversy. See Williams v. 9 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Alioto, 549 F.2d 136, 141 n.4 (9th Cir. 1977). Because the Declaratory Judgment Act "merely provides an additional remedy in cases where jurisdiction is otherwise established," Staacke v. U.S. Secretary of Labor, 841 F.2d 278, 280 (9th Cir. 1988), and the Hovsepian SAC again does not state an independent claim for relief, Apple's motion to dismiss the claim for declaratory relief will be granted with leave to amend. B. Apple's Motion to Strike Class Claims Apple seeks to strike the class allegations from Hovsepian's SAC pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f) because the class as currently defined fails to meet the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23. Hovsepian's SAC represents his third attempt to plead a putative class. Like the original complaint and FAC, the SAC fails to state a valid class claim against Apple. First, the class is not ascertainable because it includes members who have not experienced any problems with their iMac display screens. Such members have no injury and no standing to sue. Second, the class is not maintainable under Rule 23(b)(3) because it includes members who can have no claim against Apple. For example, the putative class includes members who (a) did not purchase the particular iMac model or the type of iMac screen that Hovsepian alleges is defective and (b) experienced the alleged defect after their warranty expired. Finally, the class is not maintainable under Rules 23(b)(1) or Rule 23(b)(2). These types of class actions are not suitable for actions where recovery of money damages is the primary relief sought by the plaintiff. The purpose of this lawsuit is money damages. These pleading deficiencies are present despite the fact that Hovsepian has been given two opportunities to amend his complaint. Accordingly, the class allegations will be struck without prejudice, pending amendment of Hovsepian's common law fraudulent concealment claim. 10 C a s e Nos. 08-5788 O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO AMEND AND G R A N T IN G WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE ( JF E X 1 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DATED: December 17, 2009 IV. ORDER Good cause therefor appearing, the motion to dismiss the Hovsepian SAC is GRANTED, with limited leave to amend the complaint to provide further factual specificity in support of its claim that under common law Apple had a duty to disclose the alleged defect to its customers and, assuming that it did, that it actively concealed the alleged defect from its customers. Apple's motion to strike the class allegations is GRANTED without prejudice. 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MySQL 5.6.10 Optimizer Limitations: Index Condition Pushdown
While preparing the webinar I will deliver this Friday, I ran into a quite interesting (although not very impacting) optimizer issue: a "SELECT *" taking half the time to execute than the same "SELECT one_indexed_column" query in MySQL 5.6.10. This turned into a really nice exercise for checking the performance and inner workings of one […]
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Call her La Femme Vampira. In the year's most startling blonde-to-brunette makeover (move over, Christina), actress Peta Wilson goes goth for ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.'' In the film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, Wilson is nigh-unrecognizable as half-vampire heroine Mina Harker. It's the 32-year-old Australian's first big part since the 2001 cancellation of her cult-fave cable series, ''La Femme Nikita'' (she took time off to have her now 16-month-old son). Wilson, whose ''Nikita'' days are chronicled on a new DVD of the show's first season, tells EW.com about working with Sean Connery, dealing with life after TV, and learning to suck blood.
What was it like becoming a brunette? I didn't even recognize you at first.
We want you to look at Mina Harker and go, ''Who's the girl? It can't be the girl who played Nikita, can it?'' I personally prefer being a blonde, but whatever it takes for the character. You can shave my head if you need to; it doesn't bother me. I thought whatever was strange or uncomfortable about it would help my performance, so I never got stuck in the ego thing of ''Oh my God! It looks terrible.'' But I've got to tell you, without makeup on, I looked as scary as a three-day-old breakfast.
Speaking of breakfast, how did all that fake blood taste?
It was like syrup. It was very sweet. It was yummy. When we did the first take [of the movie's blood-sucking scene] I didn't know what I was going to do. I didn't want to rehearse it because she's very, very repressed and virtuous. So when she bites, she's not in practice. She doesn't do it a lot. I wanted to just do it and let it fall where it falls and let it be as untidy as it is. They were worried that the character was so repressed she wasn't going to be sexual. So in the first take, I did it full on -- there was so much blood and it was... [growls provocatively]. The director loved it, but he said, ''Now we should do the PG-13 version.'' And that's what you see.
Any good Sean Connery stories?
I went out to dinner once with him and his wife. At the end of the dinner, my house was only a five-minute walk away, so I said good evening, and Sean said, ''No, no, you can't walk.'' So he walked me home to my door. It was a very old-fashioned, gentlemanly thing to do. Another time we all went out with the crew for a party, and he asked me for a dance. And when we danced, I realized I was way out of my league -- I couldn't do what he was doing. So he just lifted me up ever so slightly off the ground. He's got a lot of strength. I'm not a light girl. He was waltzing to jazz music, and it's very difficult to do that. But he was doing it really well.