I Tried Jennifer Aniston’s Favorite Leggings, and I’m Officially Obsessed

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My obsession with Friends started at the ripe age of 8 years old, when it was one of the few shows my family and I would watch together every week. Even though most of the jokes flew right over my head, I was obsessed with Rachel. I even begged my mom for the ‘Rachel’ haircut—and succeeded.

While my shaggy Rachel bob is a thing of the past, my adoration of Jennifer Aniston is not. In fact, when the actress shared her current must-haves with InStyle earlier this month, I immediately wanted to try every single recommendation.

The first item on the bucket list: Sweaty Betty Zero Gravity Leggings ($108, was $135; sweatybetty.com). Along with Varley leggings and Outdoor Voices sports bras, they’re one of the fitness staples Aniston said she’s currently “loving.”

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Other than briefly walking through a Sweaty Betty store in New York to admire the selection, my interaction with the cult-favorite activewear has been pretty limited. I knew the company was British and made plenty of fun prints (part of the brand’s goal to create stylish activewear for women when it launched 20 years ago)—however, I had never worked out in a pair of Sweaty Betty’s Aniston-approved leggings or even tried them on.

My first impression of the so-called bum-sculpting leggings out of the package was that they felt like an unexpected cross between a windbreaker and spandex leggings. The super lightweight fabric made a strange crackling sound when I aggressively brushed my hand over the delightfully aesthetic black and maroon print. I couldn’t imagine the lightweight (and noisy) fabric offering any sort of compression, let alone squat coverage. I felt duped and immediately questioned everything Jennifer Aniston stood for.

Headed to a typically sweaty dance class, I meekly pulled on the high-waisted leggings prepared to sweat the night away while making subtle wooshing sounds with each cha-cha-cha. Despite my concerns, they were the *perfect* high-waisted fit.

And I stand corrected—the supportive fabric actually curved perfectly to my derriere and even gave a subtle lift that I spent a moment too long admiring as I entered my workout class (so this is what they meant by ‘bum-sculpting’). I didn’t understand how a fabric that felt barley-there could also offer the sculpting support I only expect from my thickest workout leggings.

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At the gym, my next mission was to determine if these leggings were squat-proof. The site advertises the Zero Gravity design at just 80% squat-proof, so I boldly asked a few fellow classmates to report whether they could see my underwear when I squatted or not. Every person adamantly replied they couldn’t see a thing. Even when I explained I was testing the leggings and needed the truth, their answers stayed the same.

I was also pleasantly surprised to discover the lightweight fabric made *zero* sound as I walked around. I can’t explain why this was such a strong fear, when I happily clomp around the office all day in booties. But the thought of rustling like the wind through a dance routine was almost enough for me to opt for a solo workout that night instead.

Relieved that these leggings were closer to 100% (than the advertised 80%) on the squat-proof spectrum and completely quiet, I proceeded to dance my heart out for the next 55 minutes.

To buy: Sweaty Betty Zero Gravity Leggings, $108 (was $135); sweatybetty.com

Next came the sweat test. The lackluster air conditioning in my local gym combined with my workout (which, in this case, was a cardio-heavy dance sesh) almost always results in sweat-soaked fabric that clings to my body, and leggings that stay damp until I unceremoniously peel them off. But not this time! The material was like sweat-wicking magic on my skin. Believe it or not, by the time I left the gym, my sweaty (betty) leggings were already dry.

While the fabric isn’t magic, it is a brand-specific performance fabric that’s designed to be quick-drying. The elastane and polyamide blend is made from hydrophilic fibers that swiftly wick away moisture for an unbelievably speedy drying time post sweat sesh. Considering damp leggings are a breeding ground for yeast and bacteria—and just straight up uncomfortable—this single feature alone sold me on these leggings forever.

Of course, there’s plenty of other awesome design components that also stand out, including outer pockets large enough to fit an iPhone and an adjustable drawstring waistband that results in a super comfortable fit. But the sensation of riding the subway home completely dry after a workout isn’t something I’m ready to give up any time soon.

Best of all, they not only come in a plethora of fun prints to choose from for fall, but they also come in 7/8 length with a shorter inseam (a great option for short legs or increased air flow during your workout). Plus, the trendy leggings are 20% off on Sweaty Betty right now, knocking their total price down almost $30.

If there’s anyway to live like Aniston, these high-quality leggings are as close as I’ll get. While stylish haircuts make come and go (RIP The Rachel), a good pair of leggings can last a lifetime.

To buy: Sweaty Betty Zero Gravity Leggings ⅞ Running Leggings, $108 (was $135); sweatybetty.com

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Floater Team Assistant

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Floater Team Assistant in Western Cape | Telecommunication | Job Mail | 4560639

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Our client based in Western Cape is looking for a Floater Team Assistant to float fibre optic cable in order to assist in the maintenance of the existing network in the region to ensure that all Service Levels Agreements are reached. To ensure a resilient and stable network for current and future customers by attending to breaks, maintenance, routes and link build.

Education and Minimum Requirements:

  • Grade 12 (Matric)
  • 1 year technical experience in the Optic Fibre environment (Construction & Maintenance)
  • Experience assisting with fibre optic floating and DUCT testing
  • Previous experience in a telecommunication company

Skills and competencies:

  • Knowledge and understanding of the telecommunications industry
  • Good knowledge of fibre floating principles and equipment
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety is required

Responsibilities:

  • Financial Management:
  • Operate within set project budget
  • Business Process Management
  • Governance
  • Abide by the set time scales
  • Adhere to Company policies and departmental procedures
  • Adhere to all Health and Safety rules and regulations at all times
  • Compile all site file and Health and Safety documentations as per site requirement
  • Complete site diaries on daily basis and include site instructions
  • Floating of fibre optic cable in the event of a cable break or as preparation in the event of a possible relocation.
  • Resolve all breaks in the area within the set SLA agreement (4 hours).
  • Maintain handle and route on a daily basis (cleaning, numbering, slack management and labelling).
  • Slack: Slack bracket – route cables and label cables.
  • Floating of route and access cable where needed to build new links.
  • Termination and testing of cables.
  • Perform any other work related duties and responsibilities that maybe assigned from time-to time by management.
  • Learning and growth
  • Maintain professional and product knowledge
  • Develop own competencies required for daily functions
  • Keeping up-to-date technically and apply new knowledge to your job
  • Client and vendor management
  • Professional communication to our client base
  • Providing professional client services

Please visit our website at www.boardroom.co.zafor more details and to register your C.V.

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Sql Dba Developer (dbn)

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SQL DBA Developer (DBN) in Durban | Development | Job Mail | 4553921

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ENVIRONMENT: A large national betting company seeks a strong SQL DBA/ developer to maintain and enhance a MSSQL based database offering to ensure scalability/reliability/functionality of a database at the core of a new national software solution. As the effective owner of the databases across the organization the role offers career growth and the use the latest Microsoft SQL technology. The position is based in Umhlanga.   DUTIES:

  • Ensure Database design is robust, scalable and operating optimally.
  • Ensure Store Procedures are optimised.
  • Write stored procedures/views etc.
  • Rollback and Disaster recovery management
  • Ensure high DB availability as this has a public facing web front end
  • Be involved with planning meetings, documentations and testing
  • Work towards a long-term Data warehousing solution based on SQL server 2016 Enterprise
  • Support and Update existing products
  • Good Understanding of big data manipulation methodology
  • Manage the design, delivery and continuous improvement of IT solutions across the organization in support of increasing the organization’s levels of automation and innovation.
  • Partner with individual operational departments to provide technical solutions to business requirement, manage expectation and ensure the delivered solution is fit for purpose and is delivered on time based on provided deadlines.
  • Utilize a variety of the Technical tools that are provided to ensure maximum effectiveness of IT solutions. These tools will be based on industry best practices.
  • Must be a leader that sets the standard and expectations through example in his/her conduct, work ethic, integrity and character. Must be an inspiration to others and set a level of coding standards that need to be a benchmark for others to follow.
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully develop, adapt and deliver Software solutions utilizing skills in software design, program design & development using the latest software development methodologies. Effectively document these solutions for maintenance and hand these over for support.
  • Take full responsibility of tasks and projects assigned and make the necessary corrections to bring these projects into alignment with business expectation.
  • Lead discussions in the adoption of new technologies and be part of a committee dedicated to the continuous improvement of internal coding standards.
  • Ensure that the stakeholders are completely aware of the effectiveness of the solution and are trained in the correct use of the delivered software.
  • Create and maintain a positive and professional environment conducive to software development and mentoring
  • Report on Software project deliverables to ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date on progress and ensure that deadlines are met.
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Willingness to work overtime to ensure the delivery of projects assigned and communicate effectively when timelines are in danger of not being met.
  • Mentor Junior and intermediate developers by periodically reviewing checked in code to ensure that the standards expected are met and the logic within the code base is sound.

  REQUIREMENTS:

  • Advanced SQL skills and query writing skills
  • Optimisation and fine tuning all aspects of MSSQL
  • Ensuring high db. availability.
  • Experience in designing/optimising MSSQL Databases.
  • 5 – 7 years’ experience in a commercial environment
  • 5+ years’ experience in MSSQL – all aspects
  • Matric with a good Maths Grade
  • A completed BSc Computer Science or National Diploma in IT
  • Solid time management and communication skills essential
  • Driver’s license and own transport essential
  • Willing to work extended hours
  • Ability to work under pressure

    While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.   COMMENTS: When applying for jobs, ensure that you have the minimum job requirements. Only SA Citizens will be considered for this role. If you are not in the mentioned location of any of the jobs, please note your relocation plans in all applications for jobs and correspondence. Please e-mail a word copy of your CV to bethany@datafin.com and mention the reference numbers of the jobs.

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Hr Learnership: Business Administration Nqf Level 3 (bonded For People With Disabilities, Port Elizabeth)

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Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in the HR Department. We are looking for a talented individual with the relevant skills and experience for a Business Administration Learnership, which is based in the above mentioned area.Key Purpose:
To provide people with an opportunity to enroll for a NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SERVICES (NQF 3) with the Food and Beverages SETA. This position is specifically allocated to accommodate people who have disabilities. They will enter into a fixed term contract for the duration of 12 months with the region and will complete a Learnership programme comprising of a blend of formal training and structured work experience supported by coaching and mentorships.

News24.com | Woman arrested for calling traffic officer k-word

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A woman has been arrested for allegedly calling a traffic officer the k-word in Somerset West, Western Cape provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa said on Saturday. 

“A lady addressed one of my officers with the k-word,” said Africa.

He said he could not give more details as the matter is sub-judice, but she will face a charge of crimen injuria. 

This comes after repeated controversies over the use of the word. 

In August Adam Catzavelos reached a settlement agreement with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) relating to a video filmed on a Greek beach last year in which he used the word.

As part of the agreement, he has to pay R150 000 over a period of 30 months and will once again apologise for his comments.

He also faces a criminal case of crimen injuria. 

That part of the complaint against him was postponed to November 12 in the Equality Court sitting in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. 

Estate agent Vicki Momberg was found guilty on four counts of crimen injuria after she called a black officer the k-word 48 times when he came to her aid following a smash-and-grab incident in 2016.

In March 2018, she was sentenced to two years in prison with an additional year suspended. She is appealing her conviction and sentence, and is out on bail. 

Springbok rugby player Eben Etzebeth also faces an SAHRC matter relating to an accusation that he used a racial slur in Langebaan in August.

READ: ‘I was a fan’, says man who alleges assault, racial abuse by Etzebeth 

In the meantime, officers in the Western Cape had a busy day on Saturday with 1467 vehicles stopped for checks. 

Six people were arrested for driving drunk, with one person in Vredenburg being three times over the legal limit.

Two people were arrested for reckless and negligent driving in Mossel Bay and Grabouw respectively, and one for possession of dagga in Mossel Bay.

Four drunk and disorderly pedestrians were also arrested in Oudtshoorn.

Sport24.co.za | Team SA’s 4x100m relay medal hope ends in damp squib

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Cape Town – South Africa’s final realistic chance of a medal at the 2019 IAAF World Championship in Doha, Qatar ended in a damp squib on the track on Saturday.

After a forgettable championships for Team SA, there was optimism the men’s 4x100m relay team would pick up a medal – the first and only for Team SA.

Alas, it was not to be as the quartet of Thando Dlodlo, Simon Makagwe, Clarence Munyai and Akani Simbine finished a disappointing – and distant – fifth in a time of 37.73.

The star-studded USA foursome of Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers and Noah Lyles stormed to the gold medal in 37.10, with Great Britain and Northern Ireland second (37.36) and Japan in third (37.43).

Two years ago at the last world championships in London, Team SA finished third in the final standings with six medals.

Fast forward 24 months – albeit without star duo Caster Semenya and Wayde van Niekerk in attendance – and this year’s squad appears destined to head home empty-handed.

South Africa’s final chance of a medal lies with the men’s marathon trio of Thabiso Moeng, Desmond Mokgobu and Stephen Mokoka.

News24.com | ‘We must teach them a lesson they’ll never forget’ – Lesufi on theft at Soweto primary school

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Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has issued a warning to those who broke into a Soweto primary school and stole 90 tablets and, other expensive technology.

“We are going to Zola this afternoon together with the police. The community must tell us who stole our [equipment]. We must teach them a lesson they will never forget,” he tweeted.

The school was broken into on Friday morning, Sergeant Khalipha Mvula said on Saturday.

In addition to the 90 tablets stolen from the Esithibeni Primary School in Zola 1, three computers were taken from the principal’s office, as were some of the school’s “smart boards”.

Lesufi was horrified by the news and said he regarded it as an attack on education.

He was not immediately available to comment on the outcome of a planned visit to the school on Saturday.

“At the moment there are no arrests, but we are hoping they will make some arrests soon,” said Mvula.

A picture Lesufi tweeted, showed a hole made in a wall by removing the bricks. 

Health24.com | Simply offering more vegetarian choices can cut meat eating

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Offering more vegetarian choices in school cafeterias significantly cuts meat consumption without hurting overall sales, British researchers report.

In more than 94 000 college cafeteria choices studied, doubling vegetarian options (from 1 in 4 choices to 2 in 4) reduced purchases of meaty meals by 40-80%.

“Replacing some meat or fish with more vegetarian options might seem obvious, but as far as we know no one had tested it before,” said lead author Emma Garnett, a conservationist at the University of Cambridge in England.

“Solutions that seem obvious don’t always work, but it would appear that this one does.”

Shifting to a more plant-based diet is one of the most effective ways to reduce the environmental impact of food production, she said.

When more vegetarian choices were available, they were popular at every meal, and meat eaters who ate vegetarian dishes at lunch didn’t go all-meat at dinner, the researchers found.

Vegetarian options have been an “afterthought” on menus for too long, Garnett said in a university news release.

“Flexitarianism is on the rise,” she said, referring to the eating style emphasizing plant-based foods but also allowing for occasional meat and animal products. “Our results show that caterers serving more plant-based options are not just responding to but also reshaping customer demand.”

Simple changes such as increasing the proportion of vegetarian options could be “usefully scaled up, helping to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss,” Garnett said.

The report was published September 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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for Rent. R 9 000 : 2.0 BEDROOM APARTMENT TO LET IN CARRINGTON HEIGHTS… South Africa Property Portal

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Chas Everitt Morningside Letting is pleased to present this newly renovated, FURNISHED two-
bedroom apartment in Carrington Heights.

This apartment has a lot to offer – safe block in a cul-de-sac and superb living spaces. The apartment
is completed with porcelain tiles. The kitchen is stylishly finished with high end appliances,a built-in
stove and caeserstone counters. Very spacious open plan lounge and dining room but there is no
television.

The main bedroom is capacious with built in cupboards and a queen size bed. The second bedroom
is fitted with built in cupboards but has no bed. The family bathroom is tastefully finished and fitted
with a shower.

In close proximity to King Edward Hospital, Chief Albert Luthuli Hospital as well as UKZN Howard
College and the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine.

Electricity is prepaid and water is for the tenants’ account.

To apply you will need to complete our application form and attach:
 Copy of ID
 Latest Payslip
 Three months’ bank statement
 Proof of residence

Please also note that the tenant will need to pay a deposit of R18,000 on account of the furniture
and also earn three times the rental amount to qualify.
 

for Sale. R 4 950 000 : VACANT LAND FOR SALE IN CONSTANTIA… South Africa Property Portal

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An exciting new sectional title opportunity to develop your dream property in a prestigious and tranquil part of Klein Constantia.

Comprising of 1600 sqm of level land with extraordinary mountain views and a borehole.
Close proximity to leading schools in the area, shopping centres, walking trails and vineyards. Own a part of the luxurious lifestyle that Constantia offers.