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HRT and cancer risk
I am going through my menopause and my doctor has suggested HRT. Will this increase my risk of getting cancer?
This is a more complicated question than it may sound. To help you sort it all out, we've organised our answer into the following sections
HRT (hormone replacement therapy) involves taking female sex hormones to replace hormones that your ovaries no longer produce after menopause. HRT can reduce the symptoms of menopause that many women have. It can also help to lower the risk of osteoporosis (thinning bones as women get older). Doctors used to think it helped to protect against heart disease, but recent studies seem to show that it can increase the risk of heart disease.
There are two types of HRT. One type contains only oestrogen and is called oestrogen only HRT. The other contains oestrogen and progesterone – both of the female sex hormones – and is called combined HRT.
Unless you have had a hysterectomy, oestrogen only HRT can increase your risk of cancer of the womb lining (endometrial cancer). Your doctor won't give you oestrogen only HRT unless you have had a hysterectomy. Combined HRT does not increase the risk of endometrial cancer.
Taking HRT increases the risk of developing ovarian cancer. Several small studies have shown this, and in April 2007 the results of a big trial of almost a million women showed that taking any type of HRT slightly increases the risk. The longer HRT is taken, the more the risk increases. But when the HRT is stopped, the risk goes back down to normal over a few years.
The Million Women study showed that over 5 years there is one extra case of ovarian cancer in every 2500 women who take HRT, so the risk is only slightly increased. But, HRT also increases the risk of dying of ovarian cancer. The Million Women study showed that over 5 years, for every 3,300 women who take HRT, one extra woman will die due to ovarian cancer when compared to a group of women who have never taken HRT. If you are worried about HRT and ovarian cancer, you should speak to your GP, who can discuss the risks and benefits in your individual situation.
The cancer most researched in relation to HRT is breast cancer. Research has looked into both oestrogen only and combined HRT. It has shown that HRT does increase breast cancer risk. And combined HRT increases breast cancer risk more than the oestrogen only type. The longer you take HRT, the more your breast cancer risk increases.
The good news for women already taking HRT is that your risk seems to go back to normal within 5 years of stopping taking it. If you are worried about taking HRT, you can talk to your doctor about the benefits and risks in your individual situation.
Results of a very large Cancer Research UK study were published in August 2003. This study recruited over a million women. It showed that HRT does increase the risk of breast cancer. Combined HRT is more likely to cause breast cancer than oestrogen only HRT. But the risk lowers again when women stop taking HRT. The risk goes back down to normal within 5 years of stopping the HRT.
The researchers in the million women study estimated that there are likely to be about 19 extra breast cancers diagnosed in every 1,000 women taking combined oestrogen and progesterone HRT for 10 years. This compares to their estimate of about 5 extra breast cancers for every 1,000 women who take oestrogen only HRT for 10 years. In women aged between 50 and 65 who do not take HRT, around 32 per 1000 will develop breast cancer.
Another study was published in the British Medical Journal in August 2005. The authors of this study think that breast cancer risk may be a little lower than in the Million Women Study. They estimate that in women between the ages of 40 and 79 not taking HRT, 72 out of a thousand will develop breast cancer. Researchers estimate that for every 1,000 women taking HRT for 10 years in that age group there will be about 12 extra cancers. So for women taking combined HRT for 10 years, 84 per thousand will develop breast cancer.
In May 2006, researchers published a study that looked just at long term use of oestrogen only HRT. The researchers found that the longer women took oestrogen only HRT, the more their breast cancer risk increased. But there was only an increased risk after 15 years use for hormone sensitive breast cancers (oestrogen or progesterone receptor positive) and after 20 years use for all types of breast cancer. The researchers say that the risk of breast cancer after 20 years use is about 40% higher. So, in women taking oestrogen only HRT for 20 years, these researchers expect that 49 women would get breast cancer out of every thousand. In women not taking HRT, 35 out of a thousand would be expected to develop breast cancer.
In 2010, the Women's Health Initiative trial in America reported results of a trial which again supports the evidence that combined HRT increases the risk of breast cancer. The study included more than 161,000 women who had had their menopause.
An overview study reported in 2012. It looked at 23 large studies that monitored the effects of using HRT for a year or more. It supported earlier findings that combined HRT increases the risk of breast cancer in women over the age of 65. You can read a summary of this research on the Cochrane library website.
To put all this information in context for women in the UK, a study published in December 2011 estimated that just over 3 out of 100 breast cancers in women in the UK in 2010 were linked to HRT use.This relates to around 1,530 cases. About 3 out of 4 of these extra breast cancers are linked to the use of combined oestrogen progesterone HRT. And 1 out of 4 are linked to oestrogen only HRT.
Women who have had breast cancer are not usually prescribed HRT because studies have shown that it can increase the risk of the breast cancer coming back. But some breast specialists will prescribe it if a woman with breast cancer is having very severe menopause symptoms that nothing else has helped.
A clinical trial looking into the risk of HRT after breast cancer stopped recruiting at the beginning of 2004. The women who took part will be followed up by their doctors for the next 5 years at least. They will record the number of women who have a recurrence of breast cancer and compare these figures to women who have not taken HRT. We will not have the results of this trial for some years yet.


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Learning Model Structure from Data: An Application to On-Line Handwriting AbstractWe present a learning strategy for Hidden Markov Models that may be used to cluster handwriting sequences or to learn a character model by identifying its main writing styles. Our approach aims at learning both the structure and parameters of a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) from the data. A byproduct of this learning strategy is the ability to cluster signals and identify allograph. We provide experimental results on artificial data that demonstrate the possibility to learn from data HMM parameters and topology. For a given topology, our approach outperforms in some cases that we identify standard Maximum Likelihood learning scheme. We also apply our unsupervised learning scheme on on-line handwritten signals for allograph clustering as well as for learning HMM models for handwritten digit recognition.
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Winter: A Time for Doodling Fine Yachts
While we love the sun and sailing of the summer season, here in Maine there's a lot of pressure to pack in as much as possible in a few short weeks. It's in the off season that we get the chance to catch up with our friends and clients, and often to spend some in-depth time daydreaming about "the next boat". Often these are just dreams, and the projects never see the shop floor.
I thought it'd be fun to share some of these concepts with you. Some are just doodles, some are fully designed and ready for construction. They're all over the boards, from mega-sailboats to sturdy powerboats. If any of them catch your fancy, I hope the dream brightens a gray winter day. As always, we're happy to talk about these boats or any other marine design project. And you can learn more at www.stephenswaring.com. Enjoy!


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Bacardi unveiled Cuba Libre (the line dance) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Cuba libre (the cocktail). What better way, after all, to honor a drink that owes its existence to U.S. imperialism than by concocting a corporate-sponsored song-and-dance whose stated goal is world domination?
As legend -- or at least the World of Bacardi Museum on Biscayne Boulevard -- would have it, American soldiers haphazardly christened the Cuba libre cocktail in Havana in 1898, while celebrating their victory in the Spanish-American War. During the war, bartenders had been mixing rum (Bacardi rum, naturally) with an exotic new beverage called Coca-Cola, which soft-drink vendors had imported at the request of American troops stationed on the island. In the post-war revelry, a U.S. Signal Corps officer stopped off at a bar and ordered one of the new-fangled cocktails. Urged to give the drink a name, the officer raised his glass and shouted, "Cuba libre!"
Bacardi reps are hoping their promotional line dance will have the same kind of staying power as the macarena. That could be a tall order, though. It took four years -- and several recordings of the song, one by Miami's own Bayside Boys -- for the macarena to waltz from its fabled origins in Barcelona onto the dance floors of middle America. The anthem reached its cultural zenith at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Vice President Al Gore poked fun at his stuffy image by announcing he was going to dance the macarena -- and then stood on-stage, motionless.
But subsequent attempts to re-create the magic of the macarena, particularly in the name of booze, have fallen flat. Two years ago Miami radio DJs Kid Curry and Lazaro Mendez (a.k.a. DJ Laz) produced a dance-mix of a song with Spanish lyrics called "El Tongoneo," recorded by Mexican band Mestizzo on the Polygram Latino label. Curry, Mendez, and several club DJs began teaching the accompanying steps and swirls on dance floors all over Dade County. Miller Brewing Company got into the act, offering promotional support to the budding dance in exchange for promotional consideration. "El Tongoneo" became "El Miller Tongoneo." The tune's revised lyrics included the words Miller Lite 41 times over the course of three and a half minutes. "El Miller Tongoneo" tanked.
Chirino proved far more subtle in penning lyrics for "Cuba Libre." The word Bacardi appears only twice in the up-tempo salsa tune, while the words Cuba Libre are sung a mere eight times. To wit: "Al bartender le dire/Siempre una y otra vez/Yo quiero Cuba Libre/CUBA LIBRE!" ("To the bartender I will say/Always again and again/I want a Free Cuba/FREE CUBA!")
Those who suspect the song contains a hidden political message should think again. "What we're celebrating is the drink, just the drink," Chirino insisted during a press preview of the song and dance at Bacardi headquarters one morning earlier this month. "But people can interpret it any way they want," he added as waitresses swirled by with trays of Cuba libres.
And if you suspected that the song contains a commercial message, well, you'd be wrong about that, too. "When people think of rum, they automatically think of Bacardi," explains Jason Rayman, an account executive at the Pantin Partnership, the Miami public relations firm that is promoting the Cuba Libre for Bacardi. "The song is a celebration of the Cuba libre cocktail and the original Cuba libre was made with Bacardi. The Bacardi label is associated tightly with the cocktail, so it's kind of hard to avoid using it. It's like people saying 'Pampers' instead of diapers."
Bacardi has hired not one but two public relations firms to ensure that the Cuba Libre flies: In addition to the Pantin Partnership, Edelman Public Relations, headquarted in New York City, is on the case. The only certain next step for the Cuba Libre will be the song's inclusion on a forthcoming Willy Chirino album on the Sony Tropical label. Aside from that, Rayman says, the PR firms are still developing their strategy for bringing the Cuba Libre to the masses. "But we wanted to get sort of a grassroots buzz about it before it really gets going," he notes.
The Cuba Libre doesn't stand a chance of getting north of the Dade-Broward line, much less sweep the nation, if the song is released only in Spanish, notes Roxanna Greene, CEO of a Miami production company that provides DJs for private parties. "In the Caribbean, it could kick. In Miami, it could kick," Green ventures. "You can blow into a harmonica and that will kick in Miami if the song says 'Cuba libre,' or 'kill Fidel.' But not outside Dade County." The song's emphasis on liquor and local politics, Greene maintains, will only diminish its value among the great stonewashed masses up north.


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Our West Island and her Mango Chilli Prawn Pizza
We Kiwis sometimes joke that Australia is our "West Island", being as Australia is to the west of New Zealand's two main islands, the Tasman sea being the only thing between us.
Everyone downunder also knows that there is a long history of competition with our neighbours, whether it's been in sport, music or whatever.
However it is a loving kind of sibling rivalry and just like bigger siblings, the Aussies are always "borrowing" our stuff. Yeah, you know the stuff I'm talking about!
But in truth, many Australian and New Zealand things get a little mixed up. Even our own currencies - our coins were a right muddle until recently when New Zealand introduced several new designs.
Anyway, while things are busy being misplaced, borrowed or muddled between our two countries and folks are getting a little mixed up and confused, I'm considering taking the opportunity to "borrow" a few somethings or even "someones" myself… it's only fair right?
One of the first people I'd choose to "borrow" would be Donna Hay. Isn't she fantastic?! Well I'm certainly a huge fan!
Hopefully Donna will pack some yummy fresh Australian mangoes and prawns before leaving so we can make my pizza together.
Mangoes, Chillies and Prawns, together or on their own scream Australia to me. They symbolise the warmth and colours of 'our West Island' and it's deliciously warmer climate. Not that New Zealand isn't delicious, mind, and it must be said we did almost manage to keep my good friend and creator of the Hay Hay it's Donna Day event. We had her for a darn good 35 years anyway, however, the call of those mangoes was just too great and Barbara recently defected to the West to get her fill. I do understand though and honestly if I couldn't live here where I do, I think Australia would certainly be the next best choice.
Anyway, wouldn't you know it, today just happens to be Australia day! So I'm quite happy to celebrate with our neighbours if they'll let me, share some sisterly love and sing "Advance Australia Fare?!" before tucking into some more mangoes on my Mango Chilli Prawn Pizza together with them.
I used Donna's own recipe for the base and it is posted on our lovely host for round #17, ChichaJo's blog @ 80 Breakfasts
I made 2 large bases and topped it with the following:
- Mango Chilli Prawn Pizza Topping
- 185 grams mozzarella approximately, sliced
- 1 ripe mango, roughly diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 chillies of your heat preference, chopped
- 2 to 3 spring onions, sliced
- 300 grams prawns, peeled and deveined
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat your oven to 220 degrees C.
- Roll out your pizza bases and divide the mozzarella slices between them.
- Scatter over half the diced mango on each base.
- In a pan heat the olive oil, sauté the prawns over a high heat very briefly together with the chillies and spring onions, just until the prawns are starting to change colour.
- Pour out the prawns, chilli, onions and juices onto your bases, season and quickly place the pizzas into the oven for 10 to 15 minutes until golden and bubbly.
- Slice and serve immediately.
Update: Joey has posted a fantastic roundup of all the Donna Day pizzas, check it out here


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Sunday, May 2, 2010
Sydney Opera House (Opera) Cake
Inspiration always comes to me in peculiar ways. I recently began a large-ish project (I will share more later) and it made me think about a cake I made years ago. It was a dome cake built in a bowl and I decorated it with some architectural-looking pieces of chocolate. It reminded me a little of the Sydney Opera House.
This past week I've been sifting through some favorite recipes and uncovered notes for coffee buttercream. This made me think of Opera Cake since coffee buttercream is a component. I consider it a very architectural cake since it is built from the ground up in layers of delicious almond sponge cake. I decided to revise my previous cake into a more literal form; and to be perfectly honest, I really like the play on words!
I decided to add a chocolate Sydney Harbour Bridge. I realize it's not geographically where it should be in reference to the Opera House, so please forgive me that small inaccuracy. Just consider this a Sydney-inspired cake.
The bridge is made of melted chocolate bark. I melted one brick in the microwave for about 1 minute and transferred it to a disposable piping bag. I found a small picture online of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and printed it out. I used it as a template under a sheet of parchment paper. This is not something I could have free-handed, and even though my hand was a little shaky this morning, I think it turned out okay!
I constructed the Opera House pieces out of gum paste. I first experimented with just a simple silhouette, but immediately decided that it should be 3D. Even though I didn't use the silhouette, I like it and will probably eat it later. :)
I figured an opera cake should have ruffles. My brain thinks opera=fancy.
But, enough about the decor, right? The cake is downright delicious with layers of almond sponge cake drenched in coffee then layered with coffee buttercream and glazed with bittersweet chocolate ganache (the description is worth the run-on sentence). I had a little extra coffee buttercream, so I used it for the edge ruffle. I've re-worked the recipe for a smaller quantity of servings. This cake easily serves 4.
The recipe seems a bit lengthy, but once you get the almond sponge cake baked the rest comes together pretty quickly.
Opera Cake [click for printable version]
Serves 4
Almond Sponge Cake:
2 eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup almond flour
1/8 cup all purpose flour
2 egg whites, room temperature
1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
2 tbsp. extra fine granulated sugar
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Grease a 12×16 sheet pan with shortening. Line with parchment and grease parchment paper. Set aside.
Combine the 2 whole eggs, confectioners' sugar and almond flour in a bowl. Combine with a hand-held mixer until batter has lightened considerably in color (should be a pale yellow). Set aside.
Whip the egg whites in a clean bowl on low speed until they start to froth. Add the cream of tartar and increase mixer speed, whipping until stiff peaks form. Add the 2 tbsp. granulated sugar and whip for a few seconds longer to incorporate.
Sift the flour over the pale yellow egg mixture, then scoop about ⅓ of the egg whites into the egg mixture and fold together gently with a rubber spatula. Add the remaining egg whites and fold in until uniformly mixed.
Pour the batter into the sheet pan and distribute it evenly with an offset spatula, making the layer as level and smooth as possible.
Bake for about 5 to 8 minutes until the cake is just firm.
Remove from the oven and turn out cake onto a cooling rack. Remove parchment. Allow to cool slightly. Cut cake into four even pieces.
Coffee Buttercream:
2 cups powdered sugar
1 stick of softened butter
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. instant coffee or espresso powder
1 tbsp. hot water
Cream sugar with butter and salt in large bowl. Blend in extract and milk into mixture. Mix instant coffee in 1 tablespoon hot water. Gradually stir in coffee to desired taste.
Chocolate Ganache Glaze:
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
Heat heavy cream in microwave for 1 minute, or until cream is hot but not boiling. Mix chocolate pieces in and stir until completely melted. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature.
1/4 cup strongly brewed coffee
Brush three almond sponge cake layers liberally with coffee. Frost the same three pieces with buttercream mixture and stack. Top with plain layer. Glaze with room temperature chocolate ganache. Let chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Trim edges evenly with a serrated knife and decorate as desired.
39 comments:
- L said...
This is awesome. On my blogroll, it looks like the real one!
- May 2, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- Brisbane Baker said...
Wow, that's so creative!
Love it
www.brisbanebaker.blogspot.com - May 2, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Jessica @ How Sweet said...
Your talent blows me away. Gorgeous!
- May 2, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Sanjana said...
Beautiful! You are truly gifted!
- May 2, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Christy said...
this is truly amazing! I love it!!!
- May 2, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- 2paw said...
Oh that is fabulous!! I think the only thing missing is two protesters unfurling a banner, or hurling some red paint down the sails!!!
- May 2, 2010 at 7:54 PM
- Beryl said...
So beautiful. I am never disappointed when I visit your site.
- May 2, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- Maria said...
Wow, what a masterpiece!
- May 2, 2010 at 10:23 PM
- hannah! said...
i had thought you went to sydney! this looks incredible!
- May 2, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- Kimber said...
This is sooo gorgeous! Great job Heather...Oh, and it sounds yummy, too!
- May 2, 2010 at 10:50 PM
- Nachiketa said...
oh my god... this is just fantastic..... :)
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Catch me on facebook @ Crazy Over Desserts - May 3, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
This is seriously amazing! You are so creative :)
- May 3, 2010 at 4:01 AM
- Ruza123 said...
Bravo!!!you are genius!!!!
- May 3, 2010 at 6:03 AM
- cupcakexgirl said...
Oh my gosh, this looks absolutely amazing!! What a fab idea, well done!!
- May 3, 2010 at 6:08 AM
- shaz said...
Hi, found this pic on foodgawker, wow, seriously amazing! Great job :)
- May 3, 2010 at 6:49 AM
- cookies and cups said...
gorgeous cake! and of course opera=fancy ;)
- May 3, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- HL said...
Absolutely gorgeous!!
- May 3, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Erika Beth, the Messy Chef said...
This is awesome! (Compliments from an opera singer.) :)
- May 3, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Carolyn Jung said...
This is stunning! Wow! I bow to you for this lovely take on the Sydney opera house, all done up in sugar, butter and all things luscious. Bravo!
- May 3, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Sue Sparks said...
WOW, you never cease to amaze!!! Edible(delicious)art, there's nothing better:)
- May 3, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- unmacaronrose said...
Haha, this is adorable. I love the literal take on "Opera" Cake. I also like how you made the opera house 3D. Pretty cool :D.
- May 3, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Megan said...
You did a terrific job! It's beautiful. I love opera cake and would have never known that if it werent for the Daring Bakers. Love the ruffles!
- May 3, 2010 at 10:52 PM
- Lisa said...
Wonderful Heather :)
- May 4, 2010 at 5:46 AM
- Gala said...
Great inspiration :)
- May 4, 2010 at 5:52 AM
- Junglefrog said...
Wow, that is such an amazing creation!
- May 4, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Anna said...
NICE :D The little opera house is adorable and the 3d-ness makes it all the better! Love the ruffles, too.
- May 4, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Mara... said...
You never cease to amaze me. This is AMAZING!!! All the little details are stunning and it really comes together. SO COOL!!
- May 4, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- frances said...
Your blog is gorgeous and your ideas are absolutely AMAZING! I went through your entire blog in one sitting :)
- May 5, 2010 at 2:34 AM
- Natalie... said...
Wow what an amazing cake!! You are so talented!
- May 5, 2010 at 6:26 AM
- Ellie (Almost Bourdain) said...
Wow! Fantastic creation!
- May 5, 2010 at 10:38 PM
- thecoffeesnob said...
Hi Heather. I came by this post via an tweet Ellie of Almonst Bourdain did on this cake- and boy am I glad I checked it out!
This cake is adorable! Love the chocolate 'bridge'! Adding your blog to my Google Reader list right now :) - May 5, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- Anh said...
Amazing! Love this creation!!
- May 5, 2010 at 10:52 PM
- Patty said...
This is fantastic! Obviously you're both a dessert artist *and* architect. ;) Besides being beautiful, it sounds absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing your brilliant creativity!
- May 7, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- Netta said...
This is one crazy cake!
I LOVE it! :) - May 8, 2010 at 12:32 AM
- Ingrid said...
Honestly everytime I visit I read and stare with my mouth open in awe of your creativity and patience!
I wanna be just like you when I grow up!
~ingrid - May 11, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
WOW!!! that is amazing! would you be able to use drinking chocolate instead of coffee?
- May 20, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- Sourkraut said...
You are an evil genius! Not only do I want to eat the delicious-looking cake, but now I'm dying to try to recreate your impressive decorating as well.
- May 26, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Amanda said...
oh la la!!!!!
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- Mademoiselle Slimalicious said...
BEAUTIFUL!!! I must be super difficult to do. Looks spectacular, I love it!
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Oh no! After Rob and Kristen reportedly had a huge fight on his birthday, a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that the couple has been having problems because Kristen feels 'unloved' by Rob!
Robert Pattinson, 27, and Kristen Stewart's relationship has seemed better than ever over the past few months. Unfortunately, the couple hit a major bump in the road when they got into an argument on Rob's birthday, and a source close to the couple tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that the argument was because Kristen feels like Rob is taking her for granted!
Kristen Stewart Feels 'Unloved' By Robert Pattinson
"Rob is not treating Kristen like a princess and she's getting fed up with it," the source reveals.
The source explains that Rob was so sweet to Kristen, 23, before the cheating scandal, and now he doesn't make as much effort to do nice things for her. "He's not as into it as he was before the cheating — not giving her special treatment like he used to. She feels unloved and that's why they fought."
The source adds, "They're not split, but they're holding on by a string."
Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson Fight On His Birthday
On the afternoon of May 13, Kristen was spotted at a friend's house arguing on the phone. The argument appeared as though Kristen and Rob were breaking up, X17 Online reports.
"Kristen was pacing back-and-forth in her friend's apartment, smoking. She looked really upset, talking on the phone for almost an hour — I'm guessing she was talking to Rob. She was really animated, like she was trying to explain something. She was getting frustrated and seemed very emotional," a photographer tells X17 Online.
After Kristen's phone conversation ended, she and her friend drove to another friend's house, where they talked in the car for 45 minutes.
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Posted at 11:00 PM on May 16, 2013
First i don't believe this is coming from kristen but her PR people. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! Kristen shows her immaturity by not appreciating Rob until she almost lost him, well she did loose the trusting part of him. There is a time and place for always doing things with your friends, it is called high school. Kristen never had that experience either, being denied the opportunity to go thru normal development you end up paying a price. Why her parents let a kid call the shots puts into question what kind of parenting she received. Kids are not suppose to raise themselves. Its done, its over Edward and Bella are gone, their fantasy world is in the archives. Rob and Kristen did not have what it took to continue. Cherish your happy memories, learn from your mistakes and move on.
Posted at 8:45 AM on May 17, 2013
A lot of child stars have to take on an adult role to be able to do the job.
They need to act like little adults, so their parents treat them like little adults.
They don't have the adult experience though, so they make big mistakes and it seems so huge to all of us because we expect them to be almost perfect, but their not!
If Rob couldn't forgive her he should've never taken her back in the first place. I think he loves her. Maybe they need therapy, so see if the relationship can be saved. Once they've done that they can stay together or move on.
Who knows though, we are on the outside looking in, everything is not black and white.
I wish them well.
semple me robsten forever
Posted at 10:30 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 10:20 PM on May 16, 2013
@Carol (posting @ 2:08 pm May 16) I agree with some of what you say here…especially the last part. Just like Rob's side, there are too many people most likely telling Kristen what to do.
I remember reading an article about Rob and Kristen's trip to Cornwall and they had a great time because they gave each other time and just focused on each other. Why can't they get back to this scenario and forget everyone else? There are too many distractions in LA, too many people wanting a piece of them. Either they spend time with each other or if I were Kristen, I would change my phone number and make a clean break. Rob won't know her value until she is not around to share herself with him on any level any longer.
I agree she should focus on her career. Some day when we hear the other side of the story, Kristen will be exonerated or at the very least understood. My prediction: Kristen will win the PR battle eventually.
Sadly, since Kristen was so young, she just wasn't ready to accept all of the love Rob had to give her. Patience is a virtue. Plus, we don't know what she has gone through in her life. Sometimes it's only conflict that can quickly propel us to a place of understanding. I hope it's not too late. It's their choice in the end. Whatever the decision, I hope they choose wisely for each other.:-)
Once they break, they may never return to each other because they'll be in a different emotional space with other partners. But I truly believe that Katy will have a really hard time breaking the connection between Rob and Kristen. It's potent whether they are together or not, and sometimes connections become stronger when a couple is apart because they realize what
they had, even after the fact. Kristen has a depth not found in women her age or women period. Perhaps this is why she feels misunderstood at times and frustrated.
Now that Kristen is ready to be loved and pampered, Rob is in a different space. Maybe one day they will find each other again but at the center and he will realize the karmic soul bond they share is irreplaceable.
As a MUM I read this site with such sadness at times that young people of today 2013 are more biggoted than we were in the 70s and 80s We had war going on Veitneam many of your parents maybe but defo Grandparents erved in Uk we had the IRA blowing towns up I remember going to see the Teptations so thrilled I was a young MUM 19 6 weeks old Baby my MUM bought us tickets (shed been the fan I got l to love Tamla) 5 mins in to song BOMB threat we strood outside the Liverpool Empire till after 11pm we all troped back in sure concert would be canned NO they came on stage and their exact words were now we see why you LIMEYS stood the Blitz and they sang till 2am Can you Imagine in 70s that went on some where almost every day going shopping and klaxtons going saying bomb threat . Falklands 1990 Iraq war I think we are different less blacknwhite because of growing up then We saw tihngs on TV that in those days were horrific. We thought of pop starts and actors as just that We knew they didnt liove like us So we didnt revere them Expect anything from them except good piccies or music NOW its this i know them Im part of their lives I can say what I want about them celbrity is everything COS you have no real war on a day to day basis you have every moder tech kown to man in the 70s even policars had to stop to use a PHONEBOX.We fought to get abortion more or less equal pay and equal rights What have you goirls done today FK all in fact your loosing what we fought hard for cos you just dont care YOUR more interested in who so and so POP starts sleeping with. MOst on here not all but too many to be healthy dont like Lesbians Dont like homosexuals none of you yet has mentioned colour but that has to be a given as well. Why are you like this Why are you so violent Why do you drink till you vommit why do you HATE so much I tihnk coas your lifes so simple you have no fears So you can say and do what ever you like plus topday theres no consequences for your actions. This women/girl did one thing wrong she kissed a married man she wont be the first or last but since then The absolute hatred is beyong beleif Perhaps if some on here thought before they wrote The world might be a happier place and that goes for HLs Bonnie too!
Posted at 10:49 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 9:39 PM on May 16, 2013
I think she needs to check her "friends" she's hangin with – who's giving the press info! If Kristens in her friends house on her cell phone arguing with someone and it turns up on Internet – one of her friends that were there are not a true friend of hers. Also Rob has been hanging out way to much with Katie Perry. When Katie tells Kristen she'd want to be with Rob if him and Kristen ever broke up – you SURE don't want them together across the country while Kristen was still in California! Katie ran to Robs house to comfort him during the Kristen/Rupert scandal. She seems to pop up everywhere Rob is lately and she was Kristen's friend but you never see her with Kristen its always Rob. And an article said Rob had a crush on Katie for a long time. Mabe I'm reading to much into this but that could be one of the problems with them.
Posted at 10:33 PM on May 16, 2013
@Kat The only way to neutralize a fantasy is to live it. Once you live it, the perspective changes and the fantasy loses its grip and maturity is gained. Sadly, fantasies may destroy a real relationship you gave up. When you come crashing down to reality after realizing the fantasy was short lived, one day you may be reminded what you walked away from after meeting the partner you gave up.
Posted at 8:16 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 9:15 PM on May 16, 2013
@Scary, that would be great for her to get some peace of mind, but what would she do over their without Rob and all her friends and family?
It would be okay for a while, but eventually she'd get homesick.
When she was filming SWATH she didn't look so good. I think that's why she might've been spending more time with Rupert and he took that as she's into me.
He made a move on her eventually and the scandal was born.
I think she's a tough girl and will handle anything that comes her way.
Posted at 9:28 PM on May 16, 2013
Pattinson fans have no interest in KStew. They don't "go after" her. She brought all this attention on herself by making herself into a lying homewrecker. She broke up a marriage when she got caught in an affair with Rupert Sanders.
If you want to blame someone for the paps following her, try blaming her. She chose to screw around in public where they could get pictures of her. Now she's dealing with the consequences.
Posted at 9:25 PM on May 16, 2013
Here's something that's not a rumor. Kristen will not be doing The Big Shoe. It lost the funding and it doesn't have a start date. The woman designer who's doing the shoes for the movie said that she "hopes" they get funding by early next year, and if they do, they will get a start date then.
But the reality is that Sturgess is already filming another movie with Kate Beckinsale and is going on with his career as if TBS doesn't exist, and without funding and a start date, it doesn't look like the movie will be made So she's totally jobless, since Universal isn't putting SWATH@ on the front burner. It has no script and no director, which is a sign that the studio isn't in a hurry to make it.
Posted at 9:31 PM on May 16, 2013
You're right, she's got no work upcoming and no buzz about any new roles. They finally took Lie Down in Darkness off her IMDB page, and it's about time, since both the producer and the director have said that she was NEVER offered the role.
Her fans ran with that lie for a long time, but it was always a lie. She auditioned and she didn't get it. Ruth just tried to leak that she got the part to distract from her affair with Rupert Sanders. Now it just exposes them for the liars they are.
Posted at 10:46 PM on May 16, 2013
@conner – I think the studio is holding back on SWATH2 because the execs want the fallout from the scandal to die down and they're praying Rob doesn't leave Kristen. I still don't understand why Universal brought her back; her presence resurrects the Mini-Cooper mess. We all know the shenanigans took place on an open road; it could have started on Universal's back lot for all we know. Why open yourself up for the movie to be overshadowed by inevitable questions about the "momentary indiscretion" during a presser; or articles that will bring it up? And the director, God help him or her. That person and his/her relationship or marriage will be scrutinized before stepping onto a sound stage. If Universal or Kristen's team put gag orders on the media during SWATH 2 promo, there's a fear this STILL would be a problem.
Posted at 8:09 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 7:53 PM on May 16, 2013
@liza it's not up to you or anybody but god to decide how anyone should be treated i'v been cheated on but i took him back and after a while i left i hate him for what he did but i don't define my life around it so i understand why rob took her back you will never know why people do what they do until you've been through it so FYI not judge
Posted at 7:37 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 7:29 PM on May 16, 2013
Snow White
Posted at 9:19 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 7:24 PM on May 16, 2013
semple me robsten forever
Posted at 10:14 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 7:18 PM on May 16, 2013
They are just using the fans…and all are falling for it. Neither can put on their big boy pants and tell us the truth. Rob said once his personal life is not for sale…it pays more I guess to have hang on every word and buy up all the tabs hoping for the truth…kinda a backfire. I bet they are in all the tabs back pockets…seem to be
Logic please
Posted at 9:23 PM on May 16, 2013
But those are lies they just invented today to cover for the truth. If it was really about someone cutting their hand, it would have been on Twitter before Rob's birthday, and not 3 days after.
She's having to concoct a story to cover up the fact that she hasn't seen Rob since they came back from NY. Their twitter and instagrams showed Ks partying all weekend with her girlfriends, at a winery in Malibu, and Rob was not with them. This hospital story is fake. And if someone needed to go to the hospital, then why was she hanging out at an apartment in Silverlake? Doesn't make sense. And the pics were time and date stamped. They were taken on Rob's birthday. The pap has no reason to hold pics for 3 days and lie about it. The sooner he sells them, the faster he makes money.
Posted at 6:40 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 6:31 PM on May 16, 2013
Posted at 6:30 PM on May 16, 2013
I hope you both can be happy but you might not be able to be happy together. You are very different people and I suspect that Rob is struggling to be loyal and a gentleman but really isn't confident that the relationship can last. He seems to be just going along with her program at the moment. Be honest about your feelings and move on if you have to.
Posted at 4:37 PM on May 16, 2013
Why are there no pap pics of Kristen on the phone? The pap said she talked for an hour on the phone, he had plenty of time to take a pic………. How will this pap know what was talked on the phone and who she was talking with? He was probably on the road in his car with his camera, there is a pic of the house with the door open. There is no way he could hear what she was talking. Why are there no pics of her crying either. They would have made even more money for him. Plus lately we always getting pics with the wrong dates. So who says those pics were taken on Monday. Even isopix are wrong with dates. There are pics of Kristen and friends dated with May 9, but she really was on April 26 in that restaurant with her friends.
Sara patience
Posted at 4:15 PM on May 16, 2013
Why should you talk badly about other people, mistakes r always there to be made by people you also made a mistake some where and you annoyed people but they forgave you even if you didnt know so instead of posting bad things about others just ignore her but if you do not that means you r also her fan but your taking it so hard to accept. She manages to touch your heart and then you complain.
bad Kristen
Posted at 4:02 PM on May 16, 2013
Kris everyone is telling you you're great etc & dump Rob but I advise differently. Know why? Cause I and others DESPISE you, you SLUT. No I say STAY with Rob so we can continue to see you get treated bad, ignored and humiliated. LOVE seeing you suffer you TRAMP. Your misery warms the cockles of my black heart!!!!!
semple me robsten forever
Posted at 10:39 PM on May 16, 2013
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CPG Sec. 550.850 Strawberries; Frozen, Whole, or Sliced - Adulteration with Sand, Mold
The following represents the criteria for direct reference seizure to Division of Compliance Management and Operations (HFC-210) and for direct citation by the District Offices:
- Mold: The strawberries have an average mold count of 45% or more and the mold count of at least one-half of the subsamples is 55% or more.
or - Sand: The berries taste gritty.
Seizures involving these products must be discussed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. *E-mail* or FAX the following information to CFSAN/Office of *Compliance*/Division of Enforcement (HFS-605) and await reply before proceeding:
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- Article adulterated when introduced into and while in interstate commerce, within meaning of 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(3), in that it consists wholly or in part of a decomposed substance by reason of presence therein of decomposed strawberries.
- Article adulterated when introduced into and while in interstate commerce, within meaning of 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(3), in that it is unfit for food by reason of being gritty to the taste.
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In the matter between
PILLAY D J The applicant employee claims reinstatement and compensation for unfair retrenchment. The respondent employer resists the claim, contending that it complied with its statutory duties, and further that it has no post available to reinstate the employee.
The employer engaged the employee in 1998. By 2001 the employee held the title of Divisional Director KwaZulu Natal for the employer. He was not a director as contemplated in Company Law.
In August 2001 Dave Best, the Managing Director at the time, invited the employee to establish and manage its Africa Division. The employee accepted the invitation on the understanding that Best had agreed that if the venture did not succeed he would return to his old job as Divisional Director. Best could not recall giving such an undertaking and denied that he would have given it.
Initially, the Africa Division secured some lucrative contracts. Overall it ran at a loss. By November 2004 the management began contemplating its closure. In the financial year ending 2005 it had accumulated a nett loss of R399 million.
By April 2005 the management decided that if the Africa Division did not secure a sizable contract in excess of R10 million, then the division should close or be incorporated into a branch. By October 2005 the prospect of securing large contracts remained remote.
As a final effort to ascertain the viability of the division, the employee and Brian Boyd, the Managing Director of SGB Cape South, an operating division of the employer, which incorporated KZN and the Africa Division, met potential contractors in the Middle East.
These meetings did not secure any certainty or contracts for the Africa Division. As the start dates for the two targeted projects that could have rescued the Africa Division were uncertain, the management decided to close the Africa Division.
On hindsight, the employee's assessment might have conduced to a better course of action, since the two targeted contracts materialised six and eight months after he was dismissed. His suggestion that the Africa Division should be incorporated into the other divisions might also, on hindsight, have proved to be more prudent since, after his dismissal, the employer did incorporate the Africa Division into the business.
However, when the management made these decisions it did not have the wisdom of hindsight. Acting as a collective, the management decided in good faith that they were in the best interests of the business. There is also no suggestion that the management had ulterior motives when it took these decisions.
The employee was a member of the management; as such, he had full access to all relevant information and he participated in the decisions pertaining to all the divisions of the employer, including the Africa Division. Although he did not agree with the closure of the Africa Division he was part of a collective and he was bound by the decision.
On the facts available at the time, namely the increasing financial losses that the Africa Division sustained and the uncertainty of new contracts going forward, management decided to close down the Africa operations. That resulted in the positions of the employee and his secretary, the only two employees in the Africa Division, becoming redundant.
On 14 October 2005, before embarking on the trip to the Middle East in search of new contracts, Boyd had discussed options with the employee. Although the employee had minuted that the options discussed were his relocation or receiving a package, and Boyd had recorded in a letter that the options canvassed were redeployment or retrenchment, not much turns on the difference. Both formulations contemplated either some form employment or termination of employment.
On 28 October 2006 Boyd informed all the SGB South Cape employees that there was a need to reorganise the region in light of the business moving away from scaffolding only to include insulation and painting, to allow younger talent to move up in the ranks and hence create openings at all levels.
On 3 November 2005 the employee recorded the following to Boyd.
"The decision to continue operating Waco Africa is yours. (sic) I have given you my input and I believe that it is viable. As far as my position is concerned I wish to add the retrenchment is not an option. I have longer service than most of my peers and in any case an undertaking was given which provides me with job security, details of which I do not propose to reiterated it in this letter.
This leaves the only real option, if there is no future for me with SGB (and I do not believe that is the situation) namely that of an agreed separation accompanied by the payment of an agreed compensation for the loss of my job. I am now 58 yeas old and I have reached the stage in life when I am earning well and preparing for my retirement and you can surely understand that I'm not going to give it up." 1
On 10 November 2005 Boyd discussed this letter with the employee and pointed out that the decision had been made to close the Africa Division. He informed the employee that he had investigated and found no alternative employment for him and that his dismissal would be an "operational retrenchment not subject to LIFO" (last in first out). The employee's option, he said, was to "receive legal allowance and contest" or to "negotiate an agreeable package."
Boyd presented a draft calculation of the employee's package for discussion. In settlement, he offered to pay severance pay at the rate of two weeks per year of service; otherwise, the policy of one week per year would apply.
The employee pointed out errors in the calculation of the notice and leave pay, and his years of service, which was, on his calculation, not 14 years but 18 years in his view. He rejected retrenchment as he believed that he had an undertaking on job security. As he had six years left to retirement, he proposed that the employer meet him half way and pay him three years salary and he would leave. Boyd undertook to revert. They parted on the note that it was in the best interests of both parties to resolve the matter amicably.
On 21 November 2005 Boyd reaffirmed that the Africa Division would close. Regarding the employee's situation he wrote,
"You state that retrenchment is not an option as you have longer service than your peers. As the whole branch is being closed for operational reasons the LIFO principle is not applicable. Both yourself and the company have been unable to identify a viable and suitable position for yourself in the company and unfortunately there is no other option but to notify you that your position will become redundant, and notice is hereby given that your employment with the company will terminate on 28 February 2006.
As per the Basic Conditions of Employment Act the severance pay payable will be one weeks' remuneration for every completed year of service. Your concern over your starting date has been addressed and your service with Proscaff starting 1 March 1998 has been accepted. The severance pay applicable is 17 weeks, that is 3.93 months at R58 555 = R230 109.30 …..and excludes any leave pay due to you.
However, you have indicated that there are other issues of job security arrangements that we are not aware of and in the spirit of recognition for your service, and in order to make this termination as pleasant as possible, we are prepared to make an agreed separation of a lump sum of R500 000 before tax, in full and final settlement. This includes all benefits and payments such as leave due and notice pay and only excludes any provident fund payments due. This package proposal would also include for a waiver of your restraint of trade agreement. (sic) Agreement on this proposal would be subject to agreeable signed documentation and your last working day would be 30 January 2006. November, December and January salary payments would be in addition to the above amount.
If this is not appropriate, we reserve the right to apply the conditions stated in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
As you are over 55 years of age, you are able to retire from the provident fund.
Should a separate Africa scaffolding branch with a full time requirement for a separate regional manager be implemented within the next 12 months, you will be considered for the position. Your decision on the full and final settlement is required by latest 30 November 2005."
The employee engaged an attorney to demand that the employer withdraw this notice to dismiss. In response, the employer's attorney's made a concerted effort at curing deficiencies, if any, in the retrenchment procedure.
It invited the employee to suggest alternative positions to which he might be appointed, simultaneously clarifying that as the division was closing, only the two employees were likely to be affected, thereby implying that the option of finding alternative positions was limited to vacant posts. As there were no vacant posts, finding an alternative was not an option.
A further consequence of the "proposed" method of selecting employees was that all employees in the division were likely to be affected.
The employer undertook to pay all statutory entitlements to severance, leave and notice pay. It refused to withdraw the dismissal letter and concluded with a further invitation to the employee to adduce any further aspect of the retrenchment for the employer's consideration.
On 8 December 2005 the employee's attorney persisted that the employer had not complied with sub section 189(3) of the Labour Relations Act No. 66 of 1995 (the LRA), allegedly because it was attempting to consult after issuing the notice of dismissal. He contended that the retrenchment was a fait accompli.
In reply, the employer's attorney threatened that the employee acted to his peril by not taking up its invitation to make further proposals which might even cause it to amend its decision to retrench.
Unconvinced of the sincerity of the employer, the employee disputed the fairness of his retrenchment. Eventually, the dispute was ventilated at trial.
Mr Malan for the employer, contended that the retrenchment was effectively fair. As the employee was a member of the management, he was fully informed about the financial status of the business and all the considerations that conduced to the decision to close the Africa Division. The employer invited the employee repeatedly to make proposals to avoid or ameliorate the effects of the retrenchment. However, the employee persisted that Best had given him an undertaking that he could have his old job back if the Africa Division "didn't take off".
The employee made no proposals other than to ask for a package. As a result the consultation slipped into the mode of establishing whether there was an undertaking to give the employee his old job back.
As the employee came up with no alternative position, it was common cause that there were no positions available for him. Besides, the employee had previously indicated that he was not prepared to relocate to Johannesburg. He had also turned down the option of working with Peter Erasmus because they did not get along.
At the start of the trial, Mr Stewart, for the employee, withdrew the employee's claim, based on age discrimination in response to the employer's exception that the employee pleaded no facts to support his mere assertion that he had been discriminated.
The employee persisted that he had an undertaking that he would revert to his old job. To this end he called two witnesses who were present when Best allegedly gave the undertaking in 2001.
Was there an undertaking?
Eight years after the meeting at which the undertaking was allegedly given, the memories of the witnesses had faded and their recollection is predictably unreliable. Best's stance that he could not recall giving the undertaking and his expatiation that he would not have given it, imports a measure of ambivalence. The manner in which he gave is evidence was also hesitant and tentative.
The employee testified that Best had used the words "status quo" when giving the undertaking. His witness, John Charles Page Warren, testified that it was common knowledge that the "status quo" would apply. According to Warren, when the employee had mentioned that he would return to his old job if the Africa Division did not work out, Best had remained silent. Michael Gormley testified that when the employee raised his concerns at the meeting, Best replied that he would continue working in Durban and that everything would remain the same. He recalled the words "status quo" being mentioned, but he could not say who used them.
The employer sought to discredit these witnesses because they allegedly had axes to grind with it. Mr Malan highlighted differences in the detail of their evidence as to exactly who said what during the meeting.
Given the passage of time and the nature of the issue they were called upon to testify, they can hardly be expected to recall word for word who said what. At best, they could recall the gist of what was said. Differences in how Warren and Gormley communicated the gist negate neither the probability that there was an undertaking nor the credibility of these witnesses. The Court found nothing in their testimony to suggest that they were untruthful. If they were disgruntled, it did not impair their credibility. Theirs was a genuine effort at assisting the Court to make a decision.
Nevertheless, the Court exercised the caution in evaluating the evidence of Best, Warren and Gormley on this issue, because of their loss of memory over time. The employee, however, had made notes contemporaneously with his discussion with Boyd. At the meeting the employee had asked: "What will happen to me should the new venture not work?" He noted Best's reply as follows: "Status quo, I go back to my old position."2
Notwithstanding this exchange at the meeting in 2001, Best made his position explicit when he wrote to the employee on 17 January 2003 as follows:
"1.2 Your reference to a "status quo" undertaking, which you have raised several times, and as I previously stated (including at our June/July meeting in Johannesburg) I have no recollection of saying this, however….
1.2.3 You obtained and carried out work successfully and profitably in several African countries so the possible "worst case scenario" fell away.
1.2.3 You also need to bear in mind it is completely unrealistic to expect the Company to give you an unequivocal undertaking that you would revert back to your previous position at Director KZN."3
In 2003 the Africa Division was successful and profitable; the "worst case scenario" had fallen away. Furthermore, in that letter, Best's support for the Durban branch manager who replaced the employee is unmistakeable. Given this scenario in 2003, adhering to any "status quo" undertaking he gave in 2001 was not in the employer's best interests; reneging on the undertaking was also tenable because the venture was successful. However, by 2004 the "worst case scenario" reared its head and by 2005 it became a reality, along with the undertaking.
To Best's letter, the employee replied that he had "no doubt in (his) mind about the status quo undertaking" and reserved his rights. Later, with the disagreement about the undertaking hovering, Boyd called a meeting with the employee and Best to clarify whether Best had given the undertaking. As far as Best and Boyd were concerned, that meeting put the matter to rest on the basis that Best had given no undertaking. The employee disagreed.
The Court prefers the evidence of the employee and his witnesses over that of the employer's witnesses. The employee kept the best and most reliable record of the discussion with Best in 2001. Furthermore, establishing the Africa Division was Best's idea, not the employee's. Best had approached the employee to establish it. In so initiating the new venture the employer carried the risk. The employee could have refused the offer. If there was any suggestion that he shared the risk of the new venture the employee would have refused. He accepted the challenge without any change to his remuneration. His remuneration therefore did not reflect a new risk profile for his job security.
The Court is satisfied that the employer did give the employee an undertaking that he could return to his old job as Director KZN. Even if the Court is wrong in pitching the 2001 discussions as high as amounting to an undertaking, there was at the very least an implicit commitment that the employee's job security was not at risk.
Procedural Fairness
Irrespective of whether the employer gave an undertaking or commitment to retain the employee in his old job, it had a statutory obligation to ensure that the retrenchment was procedurally and substantively fair.
For procedural fairness the notice to retrench in terms of section 189(3) is usually scrutinised. Sometimes the notice can be a façade for procedural compliance. At other times it is immaterial whether the notice was issued because the objective of the notice is achieved in other ways. In either instance the Court has to peruse the form of what was done to assess precisely what was actually done to seek consensus.
In this case it was immaterial whether the employer issued the notice in terms of section 189(3) at all. The employee was a management member and had full access to all relevant information for purposes of consulting. Such information that he did not have, the employer would have given. Besides, as a manager he would also have been aware of his entitlements under section 189(3).
That the employer's attorneys issued the notice after the employer decided to dismiss the employee therefore is of no moment. However, whether the section 189(3) notice was a paper trail to create a façade of compliance emerges from the following analysis:
Although the employee participated and was bound as a member of the collective to the management decision to close the Africa Division, he did not participate in the decision about what should happen to him. He was merely told what would happen to him. Because the division was closing he was told that only the employees in the division would be affected. He was told that LIFO would not apply because all the posts in the division became redundant. This much is self evident from the correspondence. On these issues fundamental to job security the employer stonewalled him, giving him, during the consultations, no reasons why only the employees in the division would be affected and why LIFO would not apply merely because all the posts in the division became redundant.
In court, however, the employer's witnesses testified that it had considered engaging the employee in his old job but had rejected the idea because the incumbent was doing a better job. The employee was an excellent salesman, they said, but he lacked management expertise.
Most importantly, however, the nature of the skills required for his old job had expanded beyond scaffolding to include insulation and painting. The incumbent had acquired these skills on the job over time. Although the employer conceded the employee could also acquire the skills, returning to this position would have been disruptive, they said.
If the employer had considered, but decided not to return the employee to his old job, then the employer canvassed none of these considerations with the employee during the consultation. For instance, the employee was not invited to say whether he had the new skills required. Even if they knew that he did not have the skills, they did not know how long it would have taken him to acquire them. The employer assessed his competence as a manager without affording him an opportunity to comment on its negative assessment. Whether the succession plan to allow "younger talent to move up the ranks" apparent in 2006 influenced the decision taken in 2005 was not canvassed either during the consultations or in evidence at the trial.
The employee's stance had always been that he was entitled to his old job. For that reason alone the employer owed him a detailed explanation during the consultation about why it could not accede to his proposal. The employer is therefore not correct in contending that the employee made no counter proposals other than to ask for more money in the form of a larger settlement package. The employee was unwavering in his quest for his old job and not to be retrenched.
In the absence of a genuine attempt at seeking consensus, the retrenchment was procedurally unfair.
Substantive Fairness
The nature of the procedural unfairness is such that it also contaminates the substantive fairness of the dismissal. This litigation is not the moment for the Court to assess the skills and competence of the employee for his old job. That assessment should have been undertaken during the consultations. Furthermore, the employer did not plead these as reasons for not appointing him to his old job either in its statement of defence or the pre trial minutes.
Mr Malan suggested to the employee that during the consultations neither party had mentioned or contemplated "bumping". That may be so. Bumping is an industry term for a method of applying LIFO to avoid retrenchment. Even though they did not use the term during the consultations, the employer could have had no doubt whatsoever that the employee wanted his old job back, that he did not want to be retrenched six years before retirement and that only if the employer insisted on retrenching him did he want a package amounting to three years' remuneration.
The prospect of retrenchment had been looming since 2004. The employer did not canvass with the employee options for remaining in employment if the Africa Division closed. The argument that the employee was equally well placed to offer options, including to transfer, does not hold in this instance because it was not the employee who contemplated retrenchment, but the employer. The prospect of retrenchment materialised for him only when he realised that the employer was reneging on its undertaking. Until then, he understood that his job was secure. Besides, the employer bears the onus of proving the fairness of the dismissal.
If there genuinely was no job for the applicant then, in the circumstances of this case in which the employer could not fulfil its undertaking, fairness required more than strict compliance with the statutory requirements. Although the employer offered in settlement, to pay a retrenchment package amounting to more than a week per year of service and to waive the three-year restraint of trade against the employee, it took refuge under the rules, applying them strictly when the employee refused to settle. In so doing, the employer lost sight of the human factor and the intrinsic notion of fairness being more than strict application of the rules in certain circumstances. Although the LRA seeks to codify lawfulness and fairness, special circumstances as in this case may require an employer to do more than the minimum prescribed in the LRA.
The employer seemed to recognise this in making a settlement offer embodying more than the minimum allowed in law. To achieve a greater degree of substantive fairness the employer should have implemented its settlement offer without stipulating that it was conditional on the entire dispute being resolved. The settlement would then have served as evidence of the employer's empathy, humanity, good faith and commitment to achieving substantive fairness. It could also have had an effect similar to a payment into court, thereby conducing to settlement of the dispute, because the risk for an employee pursuing a claim for unfair dismissal in those circumstances would have been greater. Even if the Court found that the retrenchment was unfair despite an unconditional offer, a reasonable offer would have counted in the employer's favour.
The dismissal was therefore substantively unfair.
The Remedy
In devising a remedy the Court notes that the employer led no evidence that the employment relationship has broken down. Even if three years ago there was no position for the employee there is no evidence that that is still the case. The employer's financial standing today is also not before the Court.
Having found that the dismissal was procedurally and substantively unfair, the most appropriate remedy is to reinstate the employee. The employer can re-do the process fairly if it now has substantive grounds for retrenchment.
In granting this remedy the Court was struck by the appearance of the employee relative to his former colleagues and contemporaries. Boyd and Best have since retired, so has Warren. They appeared relaxed and comfortable in their retirement. Warren was enjoying his retirement and turned down an offer of a job because he did not need the money.
In contrast, the employee appeared stressed and worn. The retrenchment and the subsequent litigation must have taken their toll. The Court does not need medical evidence to make this observation. Further, in 2006 and 2007 he had to find employment outside South Africa's borders in order not to breach the restraint of trade. Working in Angola involved long hours and long absences from home, something which he had resisted whilst in full time employment. After 17 or 18 years' service the employee deserved better.
In calculating back pay the Court takes into account the remuneration that the employee received in 2006 and 2007, his delay in filing the pre-trial minute and the retrenchment package that he received on dismissal.
1. The dismissal of the employee is procedurally and substantively unfair.
The employer is ordered to reinstate the employee effective from 1 November 2009.
The employer is directed to pay the employee the equivalent of twelve (12) months' remuneration.
The employer is directed to pay the employee's costs.
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The Pioneer SX-1080 is an AM/FM stereo receiver with direct coupled DC power amplifier giving a continuous power output of 120 watts per channel.
The receiver features outputs for 2 pairs of speakers, turnover tone controls, 6dB/octave high and low filters, two large wattage meters and a current mirror loaded class-A SEPP phono equalizer with one-stage differential amplifier and new voltage proof IC equivalent to 15 discrete transistors.
Tuning range: FM, MW
Power output: 120 watts per channel into 8Ω (stereo)
Frequency response: 5Hz to 80kHz
Total harmonic distortion: 0.05%
Damping factor: 30
Input sensitivity: 7.5mV (mic), 2.5mV (MM), 150mV (line)
Signal to noise ratio: 76dB (MM), 90dB (line)
Output: 150mV (line), 1V (Pre out)
Semiconductors: 5 x FET, 8 x IC, 36 x transistors, 42 x diodes
Dimensions: 526 x 176 x 440mm
Weight: 21.3kg
Accessories: FM T-type antenna
Year: 1978
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in summary this is just a solid wonderfully built and beautiful component with tons of power and looks to spare buy this and you wont be disapointed.


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