public function getProvinces($code = null)
 {
     $provinceModel = new OldLuProvstates();
     if (empty($code)) {
         $provincesResults = $provinceModel->findAll();
     } else {
         $provincesResults = $provinceModel->findAllByAttributes(array('countrycode' => $code));
     }
     $provinces = array();
     foreach ($provincesResults as $key => $result) {
         $provinces[$key] = $result->attributes;
     }
     return $provinces;
 }