Minions meet you in 2015

Happy New Year to all friends ,relatives, clients & those of you who visit my blog !

Minions say HI

Why I choose Minions, obvious right? As it sounds like "millions" & that's good in my trade :))

I send this to my clients, they love it !!!!

Corpses to crops ?

I just read this & thought it's most interesting, why haven't it been done earlier? In Seattle, a local nonprofit group wants to become the world's first organization to offer as a service human composting, in which the departed are turned into nutrient-rich soil that can be used to grow flowers, trees or food.

The Urban Death Project is the brainchild of Seattle architect Katrina Spade, who came up with the concept in 2011. Spade calls composting a meaningful, sanitary and ecological alternative to burial and cremation.  But the project has significant legal and regulatory hurdles to surmount before it can get under way.

The project would need to obtain a license to operate a funeral home, tackle local zoning restrictions, which require composting facilities to be outside populated areas. But before those issues can be addressed, the group and its proponents would have to push through a change to state law, which requires that all human remains be buried, cremated, donated to science or transferred out of state. At a minimum there would need to be a change in state law.

Bodies would be refrigerated on site for up to 10 days. No embalming would be necessary, since decomposition is the goal. After a ceremony - religious or not - friends and family would help insert the body into the core. Over several weeks a body would turn into about one cubic yard of compost, enough to plant a tree or a patch of flowers. The compost could be taken by the family or left for use or donation by the Urban Death Project.

But would people want this option? Does the prospect of feeding an apple tree in post-life appeals to you? Would you eat the apples after? And why not ?

Do you know as of now Singapore has 27 billionaires !!!!!

That's according to Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Consensus 2013, & that will make Singapore the fifth biggest billionaire population in Asia and 18th iin the world.

The typical Singapore billionaire is said to be mainly from the finance, banking and investments sector, has at least a degree and is above 60 years old. That rules me out....lol.....

The study also shows that as of 2013, the total number of billionaires in the world has reached a record of 2,170, with Asia being the fastest growing region.

What happened if your password is changed by a bank employee???

This happened a few years back, but it’s quite funny , so I like to share it with you J

A man, Mr Jetley who chose "Lloyds is pants" as his telephone banking password (Lloyds TSB, Bank) said he found it had been changed by a member of staff to "no it's not".  He said he chose the password after falling out with Lloyds TSB over insurance that came free with an account. He  was then banned from changing it back or to another password of "Barclays is better".

The bank apologised and said the staff member no longer worked there. Mr Jetley said he first realised his security password had been changed when a call centre staff member told him his code word did not match with the one on the computer. "I thought it was actually quite a funny response," he said.  I tried 'Barclays is better' and that didn't go down too well either

Mr Jetley "But what really incensed me was when I was told I could not change it back to 'Lloyds is pants' because they said it was not appropriate. "I asked if it was 'pants' they didn't like, and would 'Lloyds is rubbish' do? But they didn't think so. …….LOL…….. "So I tried 'Barclays is better' and that didn't go down too well either.

"The rules seemed to change, and they told me it had to be one word, so I tried 'censorship', but they didn't like that, and then said it had to be no more than six letters long."

Mr Jetley said he was still trying to find a suitable password which met the conditions. He said his dispute with the bank started over some travel insurance, but that issue had been dealt with by managers independently. A statement released by the bank said: "We would like to apologise to Mr Jetley.

"It is very disappointing that he felt the need to express his upset with our service in this way. Customers can have any password they choose and it is not our policy to allow staff to change the password without the customer's permission. "The member of staff involved no longer works for Lloyds TSB." Lloyds TSB stressed there was no security lapse in this case.

A spokesperson said: "On the majority of transactions advisors cannot read customers' passwords. "In this case it was a business banking customer using a system where more than one person from a business can check their balance. "In these cases an advisor can read the full password. "But if such customers require more complex transactions, then full security procedures apply and advisors cannot read secure.

Whatever it is, it’s sure is funny!

Have you heard of Lululemon ???

If you are into yoga, you might have heard of the Vancouver-based clothing company Lululemon .  Well I’m a customer so was really interested in what’s going on lately with the company as they are  facing new complaints about their yoga pants. After pulling the pants from shelves because they were too sheer, the new yoga pants are generating the same complaints, and a few others. Customers are saying that the new yoga pants are still too sheer and they are pilling after only a few months of wear. They also come apart at the seams.

Many customers say they are really happy with the product and others say they are having problems.“One pair was see-through and then one pair pilled, and then I had a hoodie and it pilled, and I think it was another pair of pants I took back,” says one Vancouver customer. “Just abnormal wear and tear.”

Their problem aint over as the Lululemon founder Chip Wilsonwas forced to apologize recently  after he essentially called a segment of his customers too fat for the brand. "Some women's bodies just don't actually work" for the company's $100 yoga pants, he said during a Bloomberg TV interview. Later Wilson said that he was "sad for the repercussions" of his actions. The remarks certainly won't help the brand recover from its see-through-pants debacle and subsequent stock plunge from earlier this year.

Tax them & they'll run away !!!

Did you know almost two thirds of  Britain's  million-pound earners disappeared from the country after the  introduction of the 50 % top rate of tax ? Who can blame them? One they could afford it, two who in their right mind wants to pay more tax, especially not the very rich!  

In the 2009-10 tax year, more than 16,000 people declared an annual income of more than £1 million to HM Revenue and Customs. This number fell to just 6,000 after Gordon Brown introduced the new 50 % top rate of income tax shortly before the last general election. ... 

It is believed that rich Britons moved abroad or took steps to avoid paying the new levy by reducing their taxable incomes. Experts said  Labor's ideological tax hike led to a tax cull of millionaires. Far from raising funds, it actually cost the UK £7 billion in lost tax revenue !

Interesting isn't it? The rich don't pay tax! But are we really that surprise...lol????