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Another court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan: "No practical way out"
A federal appeals court on Monday blocked the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan, putting another hurdle in the way of a program that promised to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans for nearly 40 million Americans.
The decision of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals comes in response to a lawsuit filed jointly Six Republican-led states It argued that the Biden administration was encroaching on its executive powers. The lawsuit also alleged that Missouri's debt servicer would face "multiple ongoing financial losses" if the loans were forgiven, and that the other states behind the suit would also see revenue disruptions to their coffers.
It marks the second court ruling blocking the White House's debt-relief program since a federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked the program and Declared it "illegal",
On Monday, the 8th Circuit ruled that at least one state, Missouri, had the legal position to challenge the Biden plan. The ruling noted that Missouri is likely to suffer if the loan forgiveness plan goes ahead as the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) will suffer a financial blow "if a large portion of its accounts are no longer active" due to the Biden plan. .
In turn, this would affect Missouri's ability to fund higher education at its public colleges and universities, the ruling said.
The court said it is considering issuing a limited injunction that would only halt the Biden plan in the six states that filed the lawsuit, but said it would be "impractical." MOHELA, it noted, is one of the largest nonprofit student loan secondary markets in the US, serving $168.1 billion in student loans.
"In view of Mohela's national role in servicing the accounts, we do not see any practical way in this emergency posture to dilute the scope of relief," the court said.
Texas federal judge blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
The Biden administration can appeal against this decision to the Supreme Court.
The Education Department did not immediately return a request for comment. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that the administration is "convinced in our legal right to have a student debt relief program." He said the White House plans to "continue to fight these baseless lawsuits by Republican officials and special interests."
The decision comes after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in October temporarily blocked student loan forgiveness program in response to an emergency motion brought by attorneys from six Republican-led states.
26 million applicants
Court decisions on Thursday and Monday left out the 26 million people who have applied for the debt-relief program. Biden administration after Thursday's decision stopped taking applications for your student loan forgiveness program.
The Biden administration appealed Thursday's decision to US District Judge Mark Pittman, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, declaring the program "illegal."
Borrowers are facing a financial deadline, with the student loan repayment interval currently set to end in December, and repayment scheduled to resume in January. If matters are not resolved before this, millions of people could be put on the hook for payments they may not have anticipated.

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The destruction of the Provo Tabernacle by the fire last night makes me mourn. I heard President Kimball speak there. We had some of our student Stake Conferences there. Later I attended the funeral of Rex Lee, the Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School while I attended. I also attended Hugh Nibley's funeral there. It was hallowed ground because of those memories.
I assume it was arson, because of so many recent fires in LDS owned buildings. Seems a foolish gesture, even if you hate the Church. Nothing important is ever accomplished by destroying the creative labors of others. If someone hates the Church, perhaps they ought to go build up their own. There is no equivalency made by tearing down. A person may be able to burn a building, but it does not make them any more important or great. A man may have shot John Lennon, but that did not alter the killer's importance. It merely made his insignificance more public.
There are two great forces at work. One is entropy. Everything is getting colder, darker, and dissolving. This force is unrelenting, and can be found everywhere in the physical world. Opposing it, however, is something which is creative, renewing, and equally unrelenting. I believe this force which renews life, introduces new energy and forms new systems to be God's work. It is, in a word, love. Or, in the vernacular of the scriptures, it is charity.
I hope the Tabernacle will be rebuilt. I hope also the memory of the original will not fade from those who went there for such events as Brother Nibley's funeral, Dean Lee's funeral, and President Kimball's address.


Discussion in 'Microsoft Surface 2' started by LadyRaider, Jun 26, 2014.
Well, 2 years and a bit gone by for this thread... I bought a used Surface 2 having donated my RT to the kitchen for displaying recipes. Big saving on ink and paper, lol. The Surface 2 is a lot better; faster overall, faster USB and lighter, with a better screen and kickstand and with the Type Cover. There are some issues with the Firmware update, so I've declined and hidden it. I considered an S3 but the bigger footprint put me off because, when holding a device in your hands, the leverage of bigger dimensions often outweighs a tiny decrease in weight. I'm a long-time professional Windows user but my other PCs are not as handy as this one is. I'm very pleased I bought it. Long may it live. I'd be interested to know how well your S2 is suiting you now?
I am still rocking my S2 that I bought in 2014 and will continue using it in 2017. It does the job for me, since I am not into downloading apps. I need something to browse the web and create documents and presentations, and even show videos in my business classes.
I am psyched to see what Microsoft has in store in 2017 as far as the Surface line goes. As long as my S2 still works for my uses, I will not be looking to upgrade at all.


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Q: Constantly Updating a File I have a file that holds the number of each fruit I possess. I then need to edit it every minute to keep it up to date.
apples: 3
bananas: 6
oranges: 12
total: 21 fruits

I want to use python to edit this file. However, I have encountered several problems:
1) I am currently using to following to read/write.
with open(file, 'r') as infile:
    # read fruits that I have
infile.close()
with open(file, 'w') as outfile:
    while True:
        # update data and write to file
outfile.close()

Is there a better/more efficient way (without memory mapping). I tried using f.seek(offset, from_what), but this has issues of its own (if apples goes from 1 digit to 2 digits it throws off the rest of the file).
2) How do I see that it is changing? I tried doing "tail -f" but the way I'm currently editting the file it would append the whole entire new file.
3) When I enter the while look I am constantly editting the file, so anytime I try to cat or vim the file, it is incomplete! Ideally I open the file and I can see the file in its entirety and see it update.
Thanks for reading!

A: You can use 'w+' or 'r+' mode to read and write. when you open a file in text mode it's fully buffered by default. To see the live update, you have to flush every write or open the file in line buffered mode (buffering=1).
Furthermore, you can't use tail -f because the file is not appended. To watch the live update, you have to call cat repeatedly, so watch cat fruits.txt wil do.
I've simulated your scenario here.
from time import sleep

fruits = dict(apple=1, banana=2, orange=3)
with open('fruits.txt', 'w+', buffering=1) as f:
    for _ in range(20):
        for fruit, count in fruits.items():
            f.write('{}: {}\n'.format(fruit, count))

        f.seek(0)
        for line in f:
            line = line.strip().split(':')
            line[1] = int(line[1]) + 1
            fruits.update((line,))
        f.seek(0)
        sleep(1)

A: Your best option is to read in the file and parse the number of fruits into variables.  Then do your math (Add 3 apples or whatever) and then rewrite the file.
You could probably do this best with a dictionary where the keys are your fruit names and the values are the numbers of fruits.  Simply write a function that ingests your file and fills out the dictionary, then update the dictionary with your math, then write a function that writes your dictionary to the file in your format you desire.  This should be relatively simple.

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Reba McEntire warns fans after she and her boyfriend contracted COVID-19 despite being vaccinated
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
Our vaccines are working exceptionally well as the delta variant surges through unvaccinated populations across the US the CDC director says breakthrough infections are possible in those who are vaccinated with 164 million people who are vaccinated. Um We should expect tens of thousands perhaps of breakthrough infections. Dr Rochelle walensky also says vaccinated people who get breakthrough infections can transmit the virus but there are also infected less frequently. Those breakthrough infections have mild illness, they are staying out of the hospital, they are not dying and I think that that's the most important thing to understand. The C. D. C. Recommends the fully vaccinated where a mask in public indoor settings where the spread of covid 19 is substantial or high especially if you or a loved one are immuno compromised or at a higher risk for severe disease. The C. D. C. Still recommends any fully vaccinated person experiencing covid 19 symptoms get tested and if there's a close contact with someone suspected or confirmed to have covid 19, the fully vaccinated should be tested 3 to 5 days after exposure and wear a mask in public indoor settings for two weeks or until a negative test result. If there's a positive COVID-19 test in the prior 10 days, the CDC says to isolate from others for health minute I'm mandy gaither.
Video above: How often do breakthrough COVID-19 cases occur?Reba McEntire is telling people to continue to mask up and quarantine.The country superstar and actress shared during a recent Tik Tok livestream that she and her boyfriend, actor Rex Linn, had contracted COVID-19 despite being vaccinated."I just want to say one thing. This has been a hard year and it's getting rougher again," she said, towards the end of the livestream. "You guys, please stay safe. Wear your mask. Do what you have to do. Stay home."McEntire went on to implore her followers to "stay safe, stay healthy" before adding, "It's not fun to get .""I did get it, Rex and I got it and it's not fun," she said. "You don't feel good. We were both vaccinated and we still got it, so stay safe, stay home, and be protected the best you can."Their infections are called "breakthrough cases," which refer to those who have contracted the virus despite being fully vaccinated and have become especially of concern as the delta variant has caused an increase in infections.Those who are vaccinated are protected from severe illness and death from COVID-19, according to medical experts. People are being urged to follow COVID protocols, including wearing a mask and social distancing.
Video above: How often do breakthrough COVID-19 cases occur?
Reba McEntire is telling people to continue to mask up and quarantine.
The country superstar and actress shared during a recent Tik Tok livestream that she and her boyfriend, actor Rex Linn, had contracted COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.
"I just want to say one thing. This has been a hard year and it's getting rougher again," she said, towards the end of the livestream. "You guys, please stay safe. Wear your mask. Do what you have to do. Stay home."
McEntire went on to implore her followers to "stay safe, stay healthy" before adding, "It's not fun to get [COVID-19]."
"I did get it, Rex and I got it and it's not fun," she said. "You don't feel good. We were both vaccinated and we still got it, so stay safe, stay home, and be protected the best you can."
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Reba McEntire speaks onstage at Nashville's Music City Center for "The 54th Annual CMA Awards" broadcast on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Their infections are called "breakthrough cases," which refer to those who have contracted the virus despite being fully vaccinated and have become especially of concern as the delta variant has caused an increase in infections.
Those who are vaccinated are protected from severe illness and death from COVID-19, according to medical experts. People are being urged to follow COVID protocols, including wearing a mask and social distancing.
Data shows about 99.999% of vaccinated Americans have not had a deadly COVID-19 breakthrough case
CDC's 'pivotal discovery' on COVID-19 breakthrough infections led to new mask guidance


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Jeffrey Segal, owner of Mystic Journey Bookstore.
Newly Opened Small Business Thriving Despite Pandemic
By Renee Eng Santa Monica
PUBLISHED 1:06 AM ET Sep. 09, 2020 PUBLISHED 1:06 AM EDT Sep. 09, 2020
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The pandemic continues to wreak havoc on small businesses as many are forced to temporarily or permanently close. It's a problem playing out in the Main Street shopping district, where more and more empty storefronts are popping up. But Jeffrey Segal, owner of Mystic Journey Bookstore, isn't worried.
"When we opened in October of 2008, it was basically the moment of the crash, of the great recession and there was never any doubt in my mind that it was the right thing to do at that time," Segal said.
The pandemic continues to wreak havoc on small businesses in Santa Monica
Jeffrey Segal, owner of Mystic Journey Bookstore, isn't worried and compares struggles to 2008 recession
Segal has seen a steady stream of customers
Segal says, "They're looking for something to help them get through this period, to give them strength"
He says that's because his store provides what people crave during a time of need including books on spirituality, self-help and religion along with healing crystals and tarot cards. Segal's store was located on Abbot Kinney Boulevard for 12 years before he moved to Main St. in Santa Monica, an area known for small, independent businesses. He opened the doors two weeks ago, in the middle of the pandemic but Segal has seen a steady stream of customers.
"They're looking for something to help them get through this period, to give them strength, whether it's mental strength or healing or all sorts of different things that are going on and so it's really almost no different than when we were in 2008," Segal said.
Segal believes people are ready to get out of their homes and shop again. He sees diners exploring and walking around after eating outdoors but there aren't a lot of retail stores open to visit. The Main Street Business Improvement Association reports about 25 percent of commercial space is vacant. "Main Street Santa Monica is kind of like a microcosm of Main Street, USA," said Hunter Hall, the association's executive director. "I think that if we don't proceed carefully, neighborhoods like this could potentially just radically change, right? Nobody wants to envision a Main Street with nothing but Cheesecake Factories, right?"
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With the closure of several businesses in recent months, including Muji, ZJ Boarding House and Coffee Bean, Hall says in the long term, there needs to be a sort of reconciliation from property owners when it comes to the amount of money charged for commercial space along Main St. "We need them to come to the table with a lot of their tenants and the community to really figure out some creative ways that they can keep tenants in buildings rather than have vacancies and encourage new tenants," Hall said.
Within the next year, he says he could see landlords trying to incentivize new businesses to fill commercial space, especially 'anchor tenants' which are prominent, prime businesses intended to help draw customers. "That's going to attract other businesses, who can, you know, the property owner can make up the rent that way," Hall said.
As for Segal, given that he's opened his store during two economic crises, he predicts a resurgence of business in the area. "With the restaurants in the street, which I believe will stay there on a permanent basis and people looking for places to go that aren't inside, that have a nice vibe, I think actually think that Main Street is going to see a rebirth," Segal said.
In fact, Main Street Business Improvement Association reports several new businesses have recently signed leases and four to five new establishments could open by the end of this year.


I won't lie, at first I had a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of 'character.' What is it by actual definition versus my own definition and perceptions of it. I also spent the early part of my morning deciding how I was going to digest and dissect this quality of a leader. Maxwell's teaching centers around the idea of learning and rebuilding from your mistakes in the recent past. I don't disagree with this idea, but my take on his teachings is about learning what values the people I lead have.
So my method of understanding character as it relates to my role was polling different people at work today. What I discovered was that people never defined character, but they articulated what they think good character is. Character, based on my discussions today, is seen as a positive positive quality. The question I posed to five different people was, "What comes to mind when you hear the word character?" I was thrilled that the overwhelming theme was in line with my own ideas of "trust and integrity." The ability to depend on others and their word is sacred. Each of these team members were at varying levels of experience and leadership, but at the end of the day all of them associate character with being honest and trustworthy.
The question now is, how do I focus on building relationships with them to gain their trust? More importantly, how do I make the conscious effort every day to maintain that bond and not lose the faith they have in me?
I was surprised by an additional benefit to my approach in understanding the idea of character. People were taken aback my vulnerability and were even thankful that I took the time to ask their opinion. Not only am I growing and developing from pondering this idea of character, I'm engaging my team and peers in a whole new way. They were two minute conversations, but the impact that had on their day and our relationship, I believe, is unmeasurable. It excites me to think that not only can I grow from this experience, but they too can benefit from my exploration of leadership.


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Cybersecurity compliance: A necessity for your business
No business is entirely immune to cyberattacks in this era of digitisation. At least 30,000 websites are hacked daily worldwide, with over half of cybercrimes committed against small to mid-size businesses. While 51% of SMEs do not have cybersecurity measures in place, thinking they are "too small" to get hacked, the average ransom paid by mid-sized organisations in 2021 was $170,404.
Complying with cybersecurity standards has become paramount in determining an organisation's ability to protect data, prevent financial penalties, build consumer trust, and develop a security culture. The Covid-19 pandemic-related remote working witnessed a 75% spike in daily cybercrime. The pandemic impacted 55% of data exfiltration, 51% of phishing emails, and 35% of ransomware attacks. Consequently, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats due to their laxity in adopting security policies in the pandemic aftermath. Breaches of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), financial information, or Protected Health Information (PHI) can cost the organisation's reputation and financial loss. Thus, adhering to regulatory standards and protecting the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of information is necessary.
Benefits of Cybersecurity Compliance for your business
Cybersecurity compliance involves aligning an organisational risk management framework with pre-defined security measures to implement a systematic risk governance approach and rule out potential vulnerabilities that may affect the company, customers, and stakeholders. Meeting data security standards of SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, CCPA and other major regulatory frameworks help your business identify, interpret, and combat cyber threats and protect your intellectual property, garnering consumer confidence and loyalty. The multi-faceted benefits of developing a resilience-focused "prescriptive" security posture for your organisation are as follows.
Improves data management capabilities
Businesses should plan to store sensitive client information on secured digital platforms to promote privacy. Data stored at the organisation's existing software infrastructure or cloud-based solutions must be accessible only to authorised administrators. Integrating data management capabilities with cybersecurity tools helps prevent unauthorised access, malware attacks, and data breaches while ensuring confidentiality and integrity in the industry landscape.
Promotes operational efficiency
Organisations using security technologies can manage excess data, expose privacy loopholes, identify wasted assets, implement new resources to improve operational efficiency, and reduce unnecessary data usage by eliminating noise and focusing on the core. Investing in cybersecurity programs strengthens the overall organisational infrastructure and helps combat vulnerabilities that allure hostile actors.
Facilitates industry-standard practices
Adopting security practice standards helps your organisation's IT team, compliance officers, and supervisors assess risks, diminish errors within the processes, avoid misinterpretations, and make relevant decisions with a simplified and optimised workflow. Such unified cybersecurity policies make B2B and B2C service transactions more customer-centric and fulfil user expectations while saving valuable resources.
Prevents fines and penalties
Failure to comply with appropriate security regulations can incur hefty financial penalties for businesses. Almost all regulatory authorities charge costly compensation for organisations that do not strategise strict corporate governance and consumer protection policies. HIPAA charges $100 to $50,000 per violation of security norms, while Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) penalises the organisation with fines between $5,000 and $100,000 per month.
Builds security culture
A Verizon 2022 report says 85% of data breaches in organisations involve a human element. While external cloud assets encounter the most malicious invasions, passwords and credentials are the most sought-after data types in cyberattacks. Thus, developing a security culture across departments and workflow management systems helps employees to indulge in safe digital practices and refrain from risky behaviour. Organisations having a robust security framework train their employees with relevant skills and knowledge to identify safety breaches and follow appropriate measures to protect sensitive data.
Develops consumer trust and brand reputation
The cost of the threat posed by cyberattacks and data breaches is not limited to business interruption and financial loss. The lack of efficient cybersecurity protocols irreversibly damages your brand reputation and repels consumers. 78% of consumers stop engaging digitally with a brand that suffered data breaches, while 36% turn away entirely. Consumers prefer to put their trust in businesses that nurture cybersecurity compliance and maintain confidentiality effectively. Strong security governance portrays your business as trustworthy and builds consumer confidence and brand image.
It would be best to watch out for tech support fraud, identity theft attempts, social engineering attacks, and other sophisticated threats besides malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks. The digital world witnesses a cyberattack every 44 seconds that impairs business performance and incurs a financial loss. Thus, developing a comprehensive cybersecurity foundation that complies with the standard regulatory protocols is necessary to promote operational efficiency, prevent fines and penalties, protect confidential data, and gain consumer trust.
Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/cybersecurity-compliance-a-necessity-for-your-business/
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Have you ever been in front of an audience who wants a live demo instead of the screenshot/slides?
Have you ever felt the dread of having someone pointing at the screen with a finger, knowing it would leave traces on the surface?
Or maybe you like to draw graffitis on your own screen?
Based on a professional experience as a teacher, here comes Highlight, a small and simple piece of software that allows you to put an invisible drawing sheet on top of whatever is on your screen, and offers basic drawing capabilities : the missing link between you and your audience is here!
You can find a tutorial video online if you want to see Highlight in action!
Version 1.5 was free. Now it's a paid app on the Mac App Store. What gives?
Highlight has a long history, most of it void of any movement. It was released in 2005, when I was a teacher and actually used it. I put it up there, thinking it would be a nice tool for others to use. Apart from a couple of bugfixes, I stopped working on it in 2007.
Fast forward to 2012, I'm still getting a fair amount of downloads of that application, and the number one request for improvement is putting it on the AppStore. Since I have to pay $99 for a mac developer account just to publish that application, I put the lowest possible price tag on it, in order to pay for the yearly subscription.
And if by some miracle, I actually make a profit on it, it will fund the work on new features and bugfixes I will put on it.
It's a candid response, but it's the best I can offer!
There are a lot of other similar tools out there. What's the spin on this one?
Simplicity. By not having any complex mechanisms, or effects, or anything else, it works seamlessly on top of most applications out there with little overhead. And it's cheap.
I'd like feature XYZ. Can we talk about it?
Sure! I'm always open to suggestions, especially to evolve that thing past the 2006 design!


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The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch
Read Time: 8 min
Nine fast-moving megatrends are shaping where our world will be in 11 years. From demographics to urbanization to the big one — climate change — and more, the directions we're heading and choices we make in the next decade will have enormous impacts on our careers, businesses, and lives.
Leadership, Strategy, Sustainability, Leading Change, Developing Strategy, Business & The Environment
Andrew S. Winston
The False Choice Between Business and Ethics
Should there be an imperative — moral or otherwise — to consider what's fair when making a business transaction? Many say that it's perfectly ethical to profit from an asymmetry of information, where, for instance, one party is paying much more for an item or service than others would say it's worth. But other people are working to integrate the business case with the ethics case. They reject a narrow, transactional view of business in favor of a more relationship-oriented approach.
Leadership, Marketing, Leadership Skills, Pricing & Promotion
R. Edward Freeman and Bidhan (Bobby) L. Parmar
The First Law of Digital Innovation
Most of us know Moore's law, that the power of semiconductor chips grows exponentially, not linearly, over time. Moore's law, though, is only part of the technology equation. There's another critical law that needs more attention. It's this: While technology changes quickly, organizations change much more slowly. That means digital transformation is as much a leadership challenge as a technical one.
Digital, Leadership, Leading Change, IT Strategy, Technology Implementation
George Westerman
Why Hypotheses Beat Goals
Companies that aggressively pursue learning must accept the possibility of failure. But simply setting goals and being nonchalant if they fail is inadequate. Instead, companies should focus organizational energy on hypothesis generation and testing. Hypotheses force individuals to articulate in advance why they believe a given course of action will succeed. A failure then exposes an incorrect hypothesis — which can more reliably convert into organizational learning.
Digital, Leadership, Strategy, Digital Business, Developing Strategy
A Shared Passion for Place Can Make a Business More Resilient
Magazine: Summer 2019 Issue
Leaders are increasingly strangers in the places where their organizations reside. With greater mobility and a disconnect from a physical office space, many leaders have identities that are not tied to one location. Yet leaders who lack a clear "passion for place" and well-established stakeholder connections might be putting their companies at a disadvantage during times of hardship.
Leadership, Leadership Skills, Partnerships & Alliances
Morela Hernandez
Growth Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
Magazine: Spring 2019 Issue
The Spring 2019 issue of MIT SMR takes a close look at market evolution and growth. Does a disruptive industry's success necessarily come at the expense of another entity? Or are there mechanisms to business growth that can expand opportunities without (necessarily) spelling doom to existing systems?
Strategy, Leading Change, Business Models
Lisa Burrell
Talking About Sustainability Can Drive Sales: Lessons From a Casino Giant
Do consumers care enough about companies' environmental and social practices to give them more business? Caesars Entertainment tested the question at one of its hotels, where one group of customers was told about its green efforts and the other group was told nothing. The casino company got encouraging results: The group who got the message spent 1.5% more. That group also recommended the hotel more enthusiastically.
Strategy, Sustainability, Developing Strategy, Business & The Environment
Ethics as Conversation: A Process for Progress
Most organizations can agree on what questions to consider before making a decision about marketing, finance, or operations. But many stumble when the issue has ethical consequences. Leaders need to define what set of questions they want to consider when confronted with an issue that has ethical implications. Seven basic questions can get them started.
Leadership, Leadership Skills
How Customer Obsession Creates Accountability for Change
Organizational change is difficult. Some 70% of change efforts fail, and awareness hasn't improved the odds of success. But there are exceptional companies, making strides with everything from digital transformation to employee engagement to diversity and inclusion. And they have one thing in common: They are customer-obsessed. When customers are truly at the center of your business, change proceeds from one organizing principle: What's best for them?
Leadership, Marketing, Leading Change, Organizational Behavior, Customer Service
Act Like a Startup
As leaders of established businesses focus on becoming digital, they often embrace the mantra, act like a startup. A startup is an experiment, and its early goal is to learn, as quickly and inexpensively as possible, if an idea has merit. That same ability to figure out how a new value proposition might create revenues and profits is key to digital success. Established companies that want to test ideas for such propositions should be nurturing four traits of startups.
Digital, Innovation, Strategy, Innovation Strategy, Digital Business, Developing Strategy
It's Time to Make Paternity Leave Work
Longer life spans are the new normal, and many people alive today will live to be 100 years old. How will we use that time? One option: Rather than working full time for decades and then spending our later years with our grandchildren, we could redistribute some of that projected time from our 60s and 70s into our earlier decades and spend more of it with our children. For fathers in particular, this would be a radical life decision.
Leadership, Leading Change, Managing Your Career
How to Get Others to Adopt Your Recommendation
When a business is growing fast, decisions can get lost in the fray — especially if it's unclear that a decision even needs to be made. People in the workplace bring recommendations to four audiences: a manager or top executive (those who approve a recommendation), and peers or a broader set of stakeholders (those who execute a recommendation). To sell an idea and get others to take action, you have to understand what your particular audience needs to hear.
Leadership, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Managing Your Career
Nancy Duarte
Artificial Intelligence Brings Out the Worst and the Best in Us
Magazine: Winter 2019 Issue
As AI develops better decision-making skills, leaders may feel threatened and push back, resisting the imperative to leave their biggest and most critical decisions to mechanical minds. And that might be a mistake, says psychologist Daniel Kahneman, given AI's potential to reduce the bias in human thought processes.
Digital, Leadership, Leading Change, Organizational Structure
Game-Changing Strategies for Corporate Boards
The process of recruiting members to a board is often mistaken for the actual onboarding. Much is at stake in terms of legal and fiduciary responsibilities, but relatively little attention is paid to creating the conditions within the board to extract the distinctive knowledge of its new members. Three strategies can help boards do a better job leveraging the unique expertise of each board member.
Strategy, Leadership, Boards & Corporate Governance
Governments as Facilitators of Value Creation
There is a fundamental humanity to business institutions. Businesses are cooperative endeavors that leverage human work and creativity to create social value. Stable, functional, and purpose-driven businesses are key to real human flourishing. And yet many governments are expected to be neutral about business, acting as either redistributor or regulator. There is a third role, though: facilitator.
Innovation, Innovation Strategy
Let Your Digital Strategy Emerge
What can digital technologies do to help an organization solve customer problems? And what solutions will customers find valuable? It's only when leaders wrestle with these questions that a digital strategy can emerge. To get there, organizations need to create a portfolio of business experiments and engage with customers to gain insight into their problems and potential solutions. The intersection between what's possible and what's desired is where a business will succeed.
Digital, Leadership, Strategy, Digital Business, Developing Strategy, Customer Service
There's Always a Time Lag (With a Price Tag)
Technology changes faster than society can keep up, a pattern now playing out with artificial intelligence. Many CEOs are taking a wait-and-see approach to AI, while others are anxious to barrel forward. In both cases, there's little conversation about AI's human costs. Incremental adaption makes it more likely that AI algorithms shared across organizations and geography are spreading their shortcomings. Leaders must act to mitigate these challenges if AI is to benefit society.
Data & Analytics, Leadership, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Digital Business, IT Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility
Amit S. Mukherjee
AI-Driven Leadership
Not many companies are there yet, but there's a developing framework for what it takes to lead an AI-driven company. Leaders at the forefront of AI have seven key attributes: They learn the technologies; establish clear business objectives; set an appropriate level of ambition; look beyond pilots and proofs of concept; prepare people for the journey; get the necessary data; and orchestrate collaborative organizations.
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Regular readers of this column will know I am not a fan of heavily-oaked Spanish reds, especially riojas, because of the excessive taste of wood the wines leave in one's mouth. It is like chewing bits of balsa.
But a tasting of wines provided by the Kerry Wines group has changed my perception. The session opened with an exceptional cava, the sparkling white from the Penedes region near Barcelona.
Cava is made in a similar way to champagne and other sparklers from France but the grapes are indigenous — typically macabeo, xarel-lo and parelleda.
Pere Canals built a boutique winery in 1999 to focus on the best sparkling. The Castell Sant Antoni version of cava is matured from 24 to 48 months before release, and only the free run juice is bottled (this is considered the best juice). The 2005 vintage zings in the mouth, though the indigenous grape varieties produce a different flavour compared with the toast and citrus of champagne. Cavas typically taste more smoky, with less acidity.
A trio of reds from the Monstant and Priorat regions especially impressed. Priorat is one of only two designated "denominacion de origen calificada", or DOCa (rioja is the other) in Spain. This means the region has been recognised as having produced superior wines for at least a decade.
Priorat lies inland from Barcelona on Spain's east coast in the Catalonia region. It has undergone a massive transformation since the late 1980s when a group of pioneers started making wines that impressed the world, including the famous critic Robert Parker Junior.
The resulting high prices the wines could command meant money was available for expansion. It also attracted visionaries. Architect Alfredo Arribas founded Portal del Priorat in 2001, aiming to resurrect abandoned terraces.
The region is very hilly and rugged, rainfall is low and laws forbid vineyards from using irrigation. This concentrates flavours. Another factor is the soil known as llicorella, comprised of black slate and quartz, that gives some of the reds a liquorice flavour. The quartz shines in the sun and helps ripening by retaining warmth, and altitudes of 500 to 700 metres mean cool nights, which help the grapes to mature slowly.
The result is some outstanding wines. The 2010 Somni (Spanish for dream) is a dream to taste, with dark fruits and an outstanding texture from the blend of carignan, grenache and merlot grapes.
The 2011 Tros de Clos from the same region is 100 per cent carignan from vines that were planted more than a century ago. But they were left unattended for decades until Arribas arrived. This is only the second vintage of this wine since Arribas's intervention, and it is a marvel. Sadly, Arribas only makes about 1,500 bottles a year.
Much more available is the 2010 Faunus de Monstant, also by Alfredo Arribas. The label is easily recognisable, showing a line drawing of Faunus, the god of nature and fertility. Again the wine is made from old vines, some 50 years old, that Arribas has resurrected. Monstant is near Priorat. Though less well known it has great potential. The region's soils consist of similar slates and the name comes from the phrase "holy mountain" that describes the nearby hills.
This wine has a much larger production of 14,000 bottles, and should be available in fine wine shops in the region. It is a blend of tempranillo, syrah, merlot and carignan and each grape's virtues show through in the combination. It is rich, dark — almost brooding — yet full of black fruit flavours and an intense nose that is almost like smelling hot tar.
The same intensity shows in a range of malbecs from the Altos vineyard in the Mendoza region of Argentina. Mendoza has a semi-desert climate with high temperature ranges between day and night, which concentrates fruit flavours. Unlike Spain, plenty of water is available from wells, so the vines produce ripe grapes.
I tasted the 2008, 2009 and 2010 vintages. These reds are dark cherry in colour and full of the essence of blackberries with hints of wild flowers and herbs. Best of all, they are relatively inexpensive and available in a range of outlets in the Asian region.
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Why does reflectivity suddenly change around critical angle?
Why does reflectivity suddenly change around critical angle? For example, consider the situation when incident light travel in dielectrics A and go in to dielectric B. Assume the dielectric constant $\epsilon_A=2.25$ and $\epsilon_B=1.25$. Total internal reflection occur when incident angle is around 46,7 degree. I'm wondering why reflectivity arise so sharply and suddenly? The reflectiviy is almost 0 when incident angle < 30 degree. And suddenly arise around critical angle. This is weird.
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As a mathematical answer, near critical angle phase matching forces boundary to have to mirror-like behavior so reflection has to jumps to 1.
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French police officers patrol outside the cathedral as the Christmas market reopens in Strasbourg, eastern France, Friday, Dec.14, 2018. The man authorities believe killed three people during a rampage near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died Thursday in a shootout with police at the end of a two-day manhunt, French authorities said. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Prosecutor: 4th person dies of wounds from Strasbourg attack
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — A fourth person died Friday from wounds suffered in an attack on the Christmas market in Strasbourg, as investigators worked to establish whether the main suspect had help while on the run.
The prosecutor's office announced the death three days after the attack in the eastern French city and a day after the suspected gunman was shot dead by police.
Although they did not entirely clarify their announcement, prosecutors appeared to suggest that the person who died Friday was one of 12 wounded people and not another person who has been described as being brain dead.
Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz, who handles terror cases throughout France, told a news conference that seven people are in police custody, including four family members of Cherif Chekatt and two who were detained on Thursday night.
Chekatt, 29, was shot dead Thursday during a police operation in the Neudorf neighborhood of the city.
"We want to reconstruct the past 48 hours in order to find out whether he got some support," Heitz said.
The Strasbourg shooting was the latest in a series of deadly attacks that have claimed more than 200 lives in France since 2015.
On Friday the Christmas market reopened for the first time since the attack amid tight security. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner attended the reopening and had a stroll to meet with shopkeepers.
Access to the market has been reduced while extra police officers and military have been deployed to the site, in addition to private security guards.
"This Christmas market is part of our history. It's part of our common events and belongs to all the French people," Castaner said. "And this morning, we wanted to show, as we walked down the lanes, that we always know how to get our head up again."
Heitz gave more details about the police operation that led to Chekatt's death on Thursday evening after a two-day manhunt. He said the suspect was localized after police received two crucial tipoffs from Neudorf residents. Three officers patrolling in Neudorf ultimately spotted a man corresponding to the suspect's description. He noticed their vehicle and tried unsuccessfully to enter a building. When police officers identified themselves, Chekatt turned around and opened fire.
"A projectile hit the vehicle above the left rear door, two police officers responded, shooting several times, and killed him," Heitz said.
Investigators found a gun, a knife and ammunition on Chekatt's body.
The immediate aftermath of the shootout between French security forces and the suspect was caught on camera from across the street, with video footage showing armed officers at the scene and the body of the man slumped in a doorway.
More officers arrive at the scene soon after, followed by crime scene investigators.
The Paris prosecutor's office formally identified the man as Chekatt, a Strasbourg-born man with a long history of convictions for various crimes, including robberies. Chekatt also had been on a watch list of potential extremists. He had his first conviction at 13, and had 26 more by the time he died at age 29. He served jail time in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Witnesses said the gunman shouted "God is great!" in Arabic and sprayed gunfire from a security zone near the Christmas market on Tuesday. Security forces wounded the man in the arm but he managed to escape in a taxi.
Petrequin reported from Paris. Elaine Ganley in Paris contributed.


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Undebt's undebt.pattern package exposes various modules full of functions and grammar elements for use in writing pattern files, all documented here.
Decorator used to wrap replace functions that converts the parsed tokens into a list. assert_len checks that the tokens have exactly the given length, while assert_len_in checks that the length of the tokens is in the provided list.
Decorator used to wrap replace functions that converts the parsed tokens into a dictionary, with keys assigned by calling grammar elements with the desired key as the argument. assert_keys checks that the keys in the token dictionary are a subset of the given keys, while assert_keys_in checks that the given keys are a subset of the keys in the token dictionary.
Modifies a grammar element to parse to a single token instead of many different tokens by concatenating the parsed tokens together.
Equivalent to condense but also adds a space delimiter in-between the concatenated tokens.
Returns a grammar element that matches a string containing string.
Returns the whitespace at the beginning of text.
Returns the whitespace at the end of text.
Determines if, at the given location in the code, there is an enclosing non-multiline string.
Modifies a grammar element to always parse to the same fixed output.
Modifies a grammar element to print the tokens that it matches.
Modifies a grammar element to parse to the result of calling action on the tokens produced by that grammar element.
Creates a grammar element that matches exactly n of the input grammar.
INDENT Matches any amount of indentation at the start of a line.
PARENS, BRACKETS, BRACES Grammar elements that match an open parenthesis / bracket / brace to the corresponding closing parenthesis / bracket / brace.
NAME Grammar element that matches a variable name.
DOTTED_NAME Grammar element to match either one or more NAME separated by DOT.
NUM Grammar element to match a number.
STRING Grammar element that matches a string.
TRIPLE_QUOTE_STRING, TRIPLE_DBL_QUOTE_STRING, TRIPLE_SGL_QUOTE_STRING Grammar elements that match different types of multi-line strings.
COMMA_IND, LPAREN_IND, IND_RPAREN Same as COMMA, LPAREN, and RPAREN, but allow for an INDENT after (for COMMA_IND and LPAREN_IND) or before (for IND_RPAREN).
LINE_START Matches the start of a line, either after a new line, or at the start of the file.
NO_BS_NL Matches a new line not preceded by a backslash.
START_OF_FILE Grammar element that only matches at the very beginning of the file.
END_OF_FILE Grammar element that only matches at the very end of the file.
SKIP_TO_TEXT Skips parsing position to the next non-whitespace character. To see the skipped text in a token, use originalTextFor(PREVIOUS_GRAMMAR_ELEMENT + SKIP_TO_TEXT) where PREVIOUS_GRAMMAR_ELEMENT is just whatever comes before SKIP_TO_TEXT in your grammar.
SKIP_TO_TEXT_OR_NL Same as SKIP_TO_TEXT, but won't skip over new lines.
ANY_CHAR Grammar element that matches any one character, including new lines, but not non-newline whitespace. To exclude newlines, just do ~NL + ANY_CHAR.
WHITE Normally, whitespace between grammar elements is ignored when they are added together. Put WHITE in-between to capture that whitespace as a token.
NL_WHITE Same as WHITE but also matches new lines.
Contains common patterns for a variety of languages. For example, for patterns specific to the Python grammar, use undebt.pattern.lang.python.
EXPR Matches any valid Python expression.
EXPR_LIST, EXPR_IND_LIST Matches one or more EXPR separated by COMMA for EXPR_LIST or COMMA_IND for EXPR_IND_LIST.
PARAM, PARAMS Matches one of (PARAM), or at least one of (PARAMS), the valid Python function parameters (arg, kwarg=val, *args, **kwargs).
ATOM Matches a single valid Python atom (that is, an expression without operators).
TRAILER, TRAILERS Matches one of (TRAILER), or any number of (TRAILERS), the valid Python trailers (attribute access, function call, indexing, etc.).
ATOM_BASE Matches an ATOM without any TRAILERS attached to it.
OP Matches any valid Python operator.
BINARY_OP Matches a valid Python binary operator.
ASSIGN_OP Matches a valid Python assignment operator.
UNARY_OP Matches a valid Python unary operator.
UNARY_OP_ATOM Matches an ATOM potentially preceded by unary operator(s).
HEADER Matches imports, comments, and strings at the start of a file. Used to determine where to insert the basic style extra.
Returns a (grammar, replace) tuple describing a pattern to insert extra after undebt.pattern.python.HEADER.
Returns a list containing a advanced style patterns list for each pattern module in pattern_modules. The resulting list can be passed to undebt.cmd.logic.process.
Where patterns is a list of advanced style patterns lists, applies the specified patterns to the given text and returns the transformed version. Usually used in conjunction with undebt.pattern.interface.get_patterns.


Alchemical Magic is a branch of hedge magic – magic that relies on talismans, rituals, and exotic ingredients, rather than raw power. In general, would-be alchemical magi may buy their magic both Specialized (can only recover 2d6 levels of spells per day) and Corrupted ("casting" a spell requires a craft/alchemy skill check at a DC of (5 + 5 x Spell Level). Since that combination can reduce the cost of buying a spell progression quite drastically (at least in Eclipse), characters may dabble in alchemical magic, or similar forms of hedge magic, relatively easily.
The alchemical spell lists operate much like those of the Ranger, Paladin, or Warmage: these are the spells available to an alchemist capable of casting spells of the given level.
Level Zero: Brew*, Detect Poison, Flare, Glue*, Identify Herb*, Phosphorescence (Light), Smoke Cloud* and Spray*.
Level One: Bless (or Curse) Water, Cure Light Wounds, Distillation*, Entangle, Fastburn*, Magic Weapon, Obscuring Mist and Resist Energy.
Level Two: Alchemic Mist*, Blindness/Deafness, Delay Poison, Fire Trap, Glitterdust, "Melf's Acid Arrow", Pyrotechnics and Soften Earth and Stone.
Level Three: Antitoxin (Neutralize Poison), Cure Moderate Wounds, Dispel Magic, Ectoplasm (Shadow Conjuration), Haste, Magic Circle*, The Naming of Names* and Poison (Can produce various toxins, not just Con poison).
Level Four: Break Enchantment, Hold Monster, Rusting Grasp, Proto- plasmic Salve*, Stoneskin, Touch of Alkahest*, and Vital Elixir*.
Level Five: Cloudkill, Cure Serious Wounds, Dispel Magic Greater, Fabricate, Major Creation, Transmute Mud to Rock (and vice-versa), Veil and Wall of Stone.
Level Six: Acid Fog, Antimagic Field, Animate Objects, Create Undead, Flesh to Stone (and vice-versa), Otiluke's Freezing Sphere, Stone of the Philosophers*, and Wall of Iron.
Level Seven: Banishment, Cure Critical Wounds, Simulacrum, and Transmute Metal to Wood.
Brew: Instantly makes up to a pint of tea, extract, or mixture from the usual ingredients.
Glue: Instant "Superglue". Breaking the bond requires a DC 15 Strength check and may inflict 1d6 damage to the surfaces being torn apart. The things in question must be touched and pressed together. A reflex save applies to living creatures.
Identify Herb: Tells you what a herb is and gives a fair notion of what it's good for.
Smoke Cloud: Makes a billowing, 20 Ft radius, burst of smoke. This is thick and hard to see through (General -4 circumstance penalty for coughing and vision), but dissipates normally.
Spray: Empties the contents of up to (L/3, 3 Max) vials or flasks onto any target within 30 Ft. No save to avoid, but targets resist whatever's in the flask normally.
Concentrates and enhances alchemical concoctions, doubling their effectiveness and increasing the DC of any save by +2 by infusing them with 1 XP.
Transmutation. Level: 1, Components: V, S), Casting Time: One hour, Range: Touch, Target: Special, Duration: Instant. Saving Throw: As per the liquid in question, Spell Resistance: No.
Makes up to a Lb of burning material burn up in a few moments. This usually causes a deafening bang and up to 4d6 damage in a 15 Ft radius burst depending on amount and quality of fuel handy; Small candle 1d6, Candle 2d6, campfire 3d6, oil 4d6.
Transmutation. Level: 1, Components: V, S, Casting Time: One standard action, Range: Medium, Area: Special, Duration: Instant, Saving Throw: None (Object), Spell Resistance: No (Object).
Turns up to one vial full of any liquid per six levels or part thereof (3 maximum at level 13+) into a cloud of mist which has the full effects of whatever-it-is on all within it. Sadly, this won't work on magical liquids, although it works nicely on poisons and alchemical concoctions.
Transmutation. Level: 2, Components: V, S, M (Vial of stuff), Casting Time: One standard action, Range: Medium, Area: 20-foot radius burst, Duration: 2d4 rounds, Saving Throw: As per the liquid in question, Spell Resistance: No.
Immobile, but the effects apply against attackers of any alignment. Otherwise as per Magic Circle against (Whatever).
Attempts to bind a target with it's true name. What can be done is pretty much GMO, but this is usually roughly equivalent to the various Dominate spells.
Enchantment Level: 3, Components: V, Casting Time: One standard action, Range: Medium, Target: One creature, Duration: Special, Saving Throw: Yes, but no bonuses, Spell Resistance: No.
This actually has nothing to do with alchemy – but is a common part of many low-magic settings, and thus is common to pretty much all competent spellcasters in such realms.
Removes blinded, confused, dazed, dazzled, deafened, diseased, exhausted, fatigued, feebleminded, insane, nauseated, paralyzed, sickened, stunned, and poisoned conditions as well as curing ability damage and 3d6 damage, regardless of the level of damage. It can even restore fingers, toes, noses, and similar small parts, since it replaces damaged tissues.
As per Disintegrate, but with no range, an inability to affect any target immune to acid damage, a maximum of 30d6, and slower results (divide the damage over 1d4 rounds, dispelling or washing off the acid will halt the ongoing effect).
Note that the spell level is reduced to three if you know the true name of the creature to be affected.
Grants the subject a +4 enhancement bonus to Str, Con, Dex, and Chr. The usual benefits apply.
Transmutes nonliving matter to creates an object or effect worth up to 50 GP per level of the caster at a cost of 1 XP per 5 GP worth of equipment or effect produced. This cannot be used to create magical items and finely-created items are limited by the user's personal skills.
Well, it is a fairly limited list since it's normally bought with a low-cost progression – but for the most part the Alchemic Mist covers most of those effects anyway.
After all, that one spell will turn water into mist, a few vials of Alchemists Fire into a fair Fireball, a vial of poison into a deadly cloud, a vial of fat into a coating of grease over the area, a vial of luminescent powder into a glowing cloud to blind creatures or reveal invisible things, and more.
Sneezing powder, itching powder, alchemical hair growth powder, glue – there are hundreds of tricks to pull with that spell alone.


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Sue the bastards!: everything you need to know to go to–or stay out of–court
Author: Tom Chiabi
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Useful for students learning an area of law, Sue the bastards!: everything you need to know to go to–or stay out of–court is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.
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Responsable Person: Gerard P. Fox, with Jeffrey A. Nelson.
Number of Editions: 2 editions
First edition Date: 1999
Last edition Date: 1999
General Notes: Includes index.
Languages: US English
Library of Congress Code: KF387
OCLC: 40396791
Did someone VIolate your rights? Have you been rear-ended and unable to get reimbursed? Did a neighbor build a fence on your side of the property? Were you fired unfairly? Did someone harm your business? Are you thinking of suing? If so–or if someone is suing you–then you need Sue the Bastards!, a comprehensive resource that shows you how litigation really works. Far too many people are wronged, get worked up, and hire a fast-talking lawyer, only to find themselves stressed-out and in debt before the case has even been tried. But Gerry Fox, a top entertainment litigator who has won millions of dollars for his high-profile clients, attributes his success to planning, strategizing, and tempered reason, which you will find in abundance in this valuable book. With his sound advice, you will be in a better position to win your case and minimize the expense and wear and tear of the litigation process. In Sue the Bastards!, Gerry Fox and writer Jeff Nelson explain legal procedures, principles, and pitfalls in everyday language. This book will help you decide whether or not you even should sue. The authors offer an overview of the entire litigation process–from the decisions that go into filing a lawsuit and a complaint, through the discovery process, and ultimately to the trial. And in the process they offer valuable insights on such fundamental and important issues as finding the right attorney for your particular case, working well with your attorney, constructing a realistic budget, and considering alternative means of dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation. Gerald P. Fox is an attorney who has represented numerous celebrities, including Madonna, Anita Baker, Tom Waits, and M.C. Hammer. He has appeared on television shows such as Hard Copy, Entertainment Tonight, and Good Morning America. Jeffrey A. Nelson is a writer and producer in Los Angeles. He learned about litigation at the knee of Gerry Fox, who represented him in some hard-fought legal battles (which they won!).
Gerald Fox is an attorney to many celebrities, including Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Tina Sinatra. He has appeared on television shows such as "Hard Copy" and "Entertainment Tonight." Jeff Nelson is a writer/producer in Los Angeles. Jeff learned about litigation at the knee of Gerry Fox, who represented him in some hard fought legal battles.
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The launch of Care Plus Group's Health & Well-Being Programme's 11th Community Calendar was held earlier this month at Centre4.
Officially launched by Jane Miller, Chief Executive of the Organisation and a number of volunteers who took part in the calendar for 2019, the calendar will be distributed locally, free of charge throughout the community.
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CHAPTER 7. SECURITY DEPOSITS
701 Security Deposits
702 Payment of Interest on Security Deposits
703 Payment of Interest where Funds are not Deposited - REPEALED December 17, 2004
704 Deduction of Interest from Rent
705 Prohibiting the Increase of Security Deposit during a Tenancy
706 Refund of Security Deposit
707 - 799 (RESERVED)
701. Security Deposits
(A) Any security deposit or payment, as that term is defined in Section 7 of the Ordinance, shall be held by the landlord in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the tenant until such time as it is returned to the tenant or entitled to be used by the landlord pursuant to Section 1950.5 of the California Civil Code.
(B) Until such time as it is returned to the tenant or is entitled to be used by the landlord as provided in Civil Code section 1950.5, the security deposit or payment shall accrue simple interest at the rate equal to the average rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks. The Rent Board shall compute and publicize the interest rates applicable under this section as provided in Regulation 702 on an ongoing basis.
(C) The 12-month average of the rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks as published by the Federal Reserve Board on the first business day of each month for each calendar year between 1980 and 2013 is set forth in the following table:
(D) The 12-month average of the rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks doing business in the City of Berkeley since 2009 is set forth in the following table:
[Amended 8/08, removed wording in Section (B) "as published by the Federal Reserve Board" and added "as provided in Regulation 702" in last sentence of (B); amended 3/10 to correct (C) 2007 rate to 5.3% and added rates for 2008 and 2009; amended 2/11 to correct (C) with 2008 rate of 3.4% and added rate for 2010; amended 4/14 to add language to Section (C) and add Section (D).]
702. Payment of Interest on Security Deposits
(A) Background and Purpose. As amended by Measure P in 2004, Berkeley Municipal Code (B.M.C.) Section 13.76.070 provides that tenant security deposits held by a landlord "shall accrue simple interest at the rate equal to the average rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks" until the deposit is returned to the tenant. The section further provides that the interest accrued through October 31st of each year shall be returned to the tenant annually in December of each year "at a rate equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks as published by the Federal Reserve Board on the first business day of each month for the prior 12 months ending on November 1st." Following the enactment of Measure P, the Rent Board amended Regulation 702 to implement the language of section 13.76.070 by requiring the Board to calculate the average of the six-month CD rates published in the Federal Reserve Board's Statistical Release H.15 on the first business day of each month. The Federal Reserve Board's Statistical Release H.15 contains daily interest rates for selected U.S. Treasury and private money market and capital market instruments, including rates for one-, three- and six-month CDs.
The Federal Reserve Board ceased publication of the H.15 rate in July of 2013. After six months of failing to publish an H.15 rate, the Federal Reserve Board issued a statement that the H.15 would cease publication of six-month CD rates due to the lack of data available to derive these rates. Since 2008, the Board has allowed landlords to return security deposit interest "at the rate equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest (APY) paid on the first business day of each month for six-month certificates of deposits ($5,000 minimum deposit) by insured commercial banks doing business in the City of Berkeley" if the landlords identify the account in which the deposit is held when the yearly interest is paid.
Given that the H.15 rate is no longer published, the Board amended this regulation to mandate that tenants' security deposits earn interest only at the rate equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest (APY) paid on the first business day of each month for six-month certificates of deposits ($5,000 minimum deposit) by insured commercial banks doing business in the City of Berkeley. Should the Federal Reserve Board publish an H.15 or comparable rate in the future, the Board will amend this regulation to again use that rate to calculate tenants' security deposit interest as mandated by B.M.C. Section 13.76.070.
(B) Once a year in December, the landlord shall return to each tenant the amount of interest accrued by the tenant's security deposit through October 31 of that year either as a rent rebate or cash payment.
(C) The interest payable in December of each year shall be at the rate equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest (APY) paid on the first business day of each month for six-month certificates of deposits ($5,000 minimum deposit) by insured commercial banks doing business in the City of Berkeley. The Rent Board shall compute the interest rate applicable under this subdivision by averaging the interest rates offered for six-month certificates of deposit
on the first business day of each month by commercial banks that are located in the City of Berkeley.
(D) (1) Upon the tenant's departure from the premises, the balance of any interest accrued since the last October 31st shall be paid at the applicable average monthly rate for the 12 months immediately preceding the date of departure and shall be returned to the tenant along with the appropriate part of the principal and any prior unpaid interest.
(2) For terminating tenancies that spanned the immediately preceding October 31st, the applicable rate upon departure shall be computed on the same basis as the interest paid for the immediately preceding annual interest payment.
(3) For terminating tenancies that commenced on or after the immediately preceding November 1st, the applicable rate shall be the rate computed pursuant to Subdivision (C).
(E) (1) If a landlord has not previously returned interest to which a tenant is entitled, the landlord shall return to the tenant all interest earned on said security deposit which has accrued from June 28, 1980, or the date of commencement of tenancy, whichever is later, until the date upon which the payment was made.
(2) Except as provided in Regulation 704, interest that accrued and was not returned to the tenant shall be computed as follows:
a. The interest that accrued and was not returned to the tenant prior to December 31, 2004, shall beat the actual rate that the deposit earned or, if the actual rate cannot be established by documentation, the rate for each calendar year or part thereof shall be equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks as published by the Federal Reserve Board on the first business day of each month during that calendar year, as printed in the table contained in Regulation 701(C).
b. The interest that accrued and was not returned to the tenant between 2004 and 2008, shall be at the rate equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks as published by the Federal Reserve Board on the first business day of each month during that calendar year, as printed in the table contained in Regulation 701(C).
c. The interest that accrued and was not returned to the tenant between 2009 and 2013 shall be either:
(i) At the rate equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest paid on six-month certificates of deposit by insured commercial banks as published by the Federal Reserve Board on the first business day of each month during that calendar year, as printed in the table contained in Regulation 701(C); or,
(ii) Where the tenant's security deposit was held in an insured account at a bank or savings institution located within the City of Berkeley, equal to the 12-month average of the average rates of interest paid on the first business day of each month for six-month certificates of deposits by insured commercial banks doing business in the City of Berkeley, as printed in the table contained in Regulation 701 (D), provided that, at the time the interest is returned to the tenant, the landlord furnishes the tenant and the Rent Board with the identity of the bank account used during the time period claimed on a form provided by the Board. If a landlord is unable to identify the bank account where the deposit was held, the landlord must pay the rate as outlined in Section (E)(2)(c)(i) above.
d. After November 1, 2013, the interest that accrued and was not returned to the tenant shall be equal to the
12-month average of the average rates of interest paid on the first business day of each month for six-month certificates of deposits by insured commercial banks doing business in the City of Berkeley, as printed in the table contained in Regulation 701(D), regardless of whether the tenant's security deposit was held in an insured account at a bank or savings institution located within the City of Berkeley.
[Amended 8/08, changed Sections (C) to (D) and (D) to (E) and added a new Section (C); Amended 2/10, added Sub-sections (2), (3) & (4) to Section (D). Amended 4/11, changed Section (D)(1). Amended 10/13, added last two sentences to Section (B). Amended 4/14, added a new Section A, changed the previous Section (A) to (B), deleted section (B), deleted portions of Section (C), deleted portions of Section (D)(3) and Section (D)(4) in its entirety, added Subsections (1), (2)(a),(2)(b),(2)(c)(i), (2)(c)(ii), and (2)(d), to Section (E).]
703. Payment of Interest Where Funds are not Deposited Repealed December 6, 2004
704. Deduction of Interest from Rent
Where a tenant has not received refund of security deposit interest by January 31 of any year for any preceding calendar years, the tenant may recover the interest by deducting the interest amount from rent, under the procedure in this regulation. For purposes of this regulation, the interest rate for the immediately preceding calendar year is 10%. For all other preceding years, the interest rate shall be as set forth in the table contained in Regulation 701(C).
[Effective Date: May 25, 1990; amended November 5, 1999; amended April 4, 2005; amended to make clear that 10% interest rate automatically attaches to unpaid security deposit interest for the immediately preceding year after January 31 of any year, and tenant does not have to give landlord notice of intention to deduct interest from rent – 9/19/19]
705. Prohibiting the Increase of Security Deposit during a Tenancy
(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), any amount demanded, accepted or retained by a landlord as a security deposit within the meaning of Section 1950.5 of the California Civil Code shall not be increased for any tenant during the term of the tenancy. Landlords may demand, accept or retain the amount of security allowed in Civil Code Section 1950.5 upon the commencement of a new tenancy.
(B) With the written consent of the tenant and only to the extent allowed by state law, a landlord may collect and retain additional security during the tenancy as consideration for allowing the tenant to keep a pet or pets at the premises where such pet ownership was not previously permitted.
[Effective July 19, 1991, amended June 6, 2005 by adding Subsection (A) and (B)]
706. Refund of Security Deposit
(A) Any portion of a security deposit retained by a landlord in violation of Civil Code section 1950.5 is deemed to be a rent overcharge subject to recovery by the tenant under Regulation 1271.
(B) Unless otherwise agreed by the landlord and tenant, a landlord shall not be required to refund any portion of a security deposit until twenty-one (21) days after the landlord recovers possession of the rental unit. A landlord does not recover possession of a rental unit unless the premises are free of all occupants, including tenants, subtenants, guests, licensees, and squatters who entered the premises with knowledge and consent of the tenants or subtenants while the unit was in their possession.
(C) A co-tenant who vacates a rental unit and who is not reimbursed for his or her security deposit by the remaining or incoming co-tenant(s) or subtenants shall be entitled to recover his or her portion of the security deposit from the landlord in accordance with Civil Code section 1950.5 after the landlord has recovered possession of the rental unit as provided in Subsection (B). If a landlord was notified of a vacating tenant's retention of his or her rights to a security deposit and of the vacating tenant's forwarding address, the landlord shall mail or deliver the refund and/or itemization, in accordance with Civil Code section 1950.5(f), to the tenant's forwarding address. A tenant's failure to provide the aforementioned notice shall not by itself constitute a waiver of the tenant's right to his or her security deposit. The one-year period for acceptance of petitions by former tenants set forth in Regulation 1206(D) shall not begin to run with respect to petitions seeking a refund of security deposit until possession of a rental unit is recovered by the landlord.
[Effective 7/9/99]
Rent Stabilization Board, 2125 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Questions or comments? Email: rent@cityofberkeley.info Phone: (510) 981-7368


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Home > About us > News and media > Snells Beach School students visit Tunnel Boring Machine
Some small visitors got a close-up look at the big Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that's about to install a new wastewater pipe running from Snells Beach to Martins Bay.
The lay-down area is located close to Snells Beach School and there's a lot of interest in the project, so last year, we paid them a visit and got the students to do some painted hand prints. They also organised a naming competition for the TBM. "Starlight Piper" aka Piper, was the winning name and this was the first opportunity for the youngsters to see her in person― as well as the handprints, which had been turned into decorative stickers.
Watercare stakeholder liaison advisor, Leanne McKenzie says the five youngsters received VIP treatment when they arrived on-site: "We made sure everyone had a high-vis vest and our contractor, McConnell Dowell gave them a customised safety briefing.
"First, we had a look at the lay-down site, then we hopped into cars to drive to see the TBM. I think the students were quietly over-whelmed by the size and scale of the machine!"
After a few questions and a quick look inside the cab of a digger, it was time to return to school.
In January, work began on another four km pipe section, using open trenching and running from Miller Way to Dawson Road. A marine section will also be tunnelled to allow installation of a new outfall pipe, leading out into the Hauraki Gulf. Traffic lay-out changes are in place along Mahurangi East Road while this takes place.
The Snells Beach-Algies Bay region is experiencing rapid growth. The replacement pipes and outfall pipe will provide resilience and protect the environment.
At a later stage, a new wastewater pipe will be laid from Warkworth to a new Snells-Algies Wastewater Treatment Plant. The route for this is still to be finalised. The old Warkworth Wastewater Treatment Plant will then be decommissioned.


Landscape architects create places for people to live, work and play and places for plants and animals to thrive. They also speak up and care for our outdoor spaces.
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Landscape architects are based in an office but also work on site. They often work in private practice. Companies can be small and may specialise in certain types of landscape.
Sanaa is an Architect at MAKE Architects in London.
Some days I might be on site with builders inspecting their work, making physical or computer models, or being involved in workshops with other consultants.
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Be curious! Ensure you do as much as you can to further your knowledge. Make sure you have work experience and ask lots of questions!


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he worked for the British Army in Egypt as manager/bookkeeper of the officers club.
The following photos were taken quite recently.
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He is the Bookkeeper and Treasurer of the Elderly Citizens Club in his community.
Do you think he really knows how to use a computer ?
From Left Tony, Stamy and Paul.
From Left Jimmy, Nicholas, Rachelle, Alexander, Kalliopi and Emily.


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This is an interesting beginner style book on dragon magick.
Light on Magic, a seriously anti-christian slant and questionable facts- I wouldn't consider this a serious book on dragons. As for fun, light reading and neat spells to call on what appears to be DJ Conway's personal form of Magic, it is an interesting read. It's a good starting point for creating your own Dragon Tradition.
Fun and interesting and a realistic approach to dragons, this book contains a great deal of specifics on connections between dragons and stones, spices, and hours of the day. A good starter for contacting dragons, but more of a text book for beginner magic. I did learn from it a tad, but I have adored dragons my whole life anyways.
This was an amazing book on working with dragons in the spiritual sense. A good book for a beginner, like me, but I think it would also be good for someone who has worked with them for a longer time. As of yet I haven't read one book by D.J.Conway I didn't like, and this is no different.
Some of the mythology is a little mixed up but still an entertaining read.
This Dragon lover loves this book!!!A good way to connect in an honorable and amazing way.a must read for any who adore Dragon and believe.
Engaging and fairly well written, but I wanted more.
Bland, lacking in magic, not terribly helpful to me - although it came highly recommended by a dragon expert I trust.
Discovered Lynx the green dragon.
Cute. But DO NOT make the mistake of taking this seriously. Conway also has some sort of grudge against Carl Sagan -- and reality, apparently.
A very wonderful book. Lots of background/history, also good pointers and tips on some spells.
I thought this was possibly a story till I opened the book up when it was delivered. who knew it was a spell book? I didt.
It's a easy Book to use if you're a beginner in magic with dragons.


Ain't It Strange, Dennis Wilson, Ridge Records, CD. Produced by Dennis Wilson. Recorded at Ridge Studios and Left Bank Studios, Mullumbimby, Aust. Musicians: Dennis Wilson guitar and vocals, Greg Lyon bass, Alan Park keyboards. All songs composed by Dennis Wilson.
Walking On Thin Ice, Dennis D. Wilson, RCA Records, 12" vinyl. Produced by Charles Fisher. Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney Aust. and House Of Music Studios, New Jersey USA. Musicians: Dennis Wilson guitar and vocals, Jackie Orszaczky and Richard Bunkowitz bass, Cos Russo and Mark Radice keyboards, Steve Hopes and Leo Damien drums. All songs composed by Dennis Wilson.
Originally released on Infinity (Festival Records), CD re-release on Infinity in Australia and other labels internationally, including a recent re-release on CD by Akarma Records, Italy. Limited edition vinyl release by Little Wing Of Refugees in Germany. Original release 12" vinyl. Produced by Pat Aulton. Recorded at Festival Studios, Sydney Aust. Musicians: Dennis Wilson guitar and vocals, Tim Gaze guitar and vocals, Bob Daisley bass and backing vocals, Dannie Davidson drums. This album has become highly collectable worldwide. 5 out of 9 songs composed by Dennis Wilson.
"17th July 2005, one of Australia's legendary rock groups reunited on stage for a gig at famed Sydney venue - The Basement. Originally formed at the height of Australia's progressive rock movement during the early 1970's, the band's music has stood the test of time. Driven by the powerful bass lines of internationally acclaimed musician Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Uriah Heap), the high tense dual guitar attack of Dennis Wilson and Tim Gaze and the mighty beat of drummer Mark Marriot - this is blues based heavy rock at its absolute finest!"
Bushido: Swanee, (Album) Warner Bros.
Ready For Action (Live In The Snow): Swanee, (Album) Warner Bros.
Dennis produced and engineered this album, featuring guest musicians and vocalists including Angry Anderson and Tina Harrod (vocals), bass players Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Kahvas Jute) and Michael Smith (The Atlantics), guitarists Rick Fenn (10cc), Phil Emmanuel, Bill Chambers, Stuart French, Jake Lardot, Dennis Wilson and Steve Flack, pedal steel guitarist Michel Rose, and drummer Mick O'Shea.
Dennis has also engineered recordings by Steve Russell, Jack Thorncraft, Margot Heidenreich, The Stingrays, So What and others.