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U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Ambiguous Arbitration Agreements Do Not Authorize Class Arbitration
Blog HR Defense
USA April 29 2019
Ambiguous language in an arbitration agreement is not a sufficient basis for concluding a party has agreed to class arbitration, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week. In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Verela, the Court held that, under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), courts may not infer from an ambiguous agreement that parties have consented to arbitrate on a classwide, rather than individual, basis. Instead, class arbitration must be expressly authorized in the contract.
By way of background, after a data breach resulted in the disclosure of more than 1,000 Lamps Plus employees' tax information, an employee brought a putative class action against the company. Because the employee had signed an arbitration agreement upon being hired to work for Lamps Plus, the company moved to compel individual arbitration. The employee's arbitration agreement with Lamps Plus provided for arbitration of "all claims that may . . . arise in connection with [employee's] employment," and further provided that "arbitration shall be in lieu of any and all lawsuits or other civil legal proceedings relating to [employee's] employment." The arbitration agreement said nothing explicit about class arbitration. The district court agreed that the case should be arbitrated, but held that the arbitration should be conducted on a classwide, rather than individual, basis. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed that ruling, relying on the state law principle of contract interpretation that ambiguities in a contract must be construed against the drafter (Lamps Plus). The appellate court concluded that the contract was ambiguous, and therefore the parties agreed to class arbitration.
Reversing the Ninth Circuit, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, writing for the 5-4 majority, explained: "[c]ourts may not infer from an ambiguous agreement that parties have consented to arbitrate on a classwide basis." With this pronouncement, the Court rejected the Ninth Circuit's reasoning based on state law contract principles, and created a new rule based on the FAA, holding that ambiguous agreements do not authorize class arbitration. The majority squared its conclusion with its previous decision in Stolt-Nielsen v. Animal Feeds Int'l Corp., in which the Court held that a court cannot compel class arbitration when the arbitration agreement in question is "silent" on the availability of class arbitration.
Reiterating the principle previously illuminated in the Court's Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis decision (which we wrote about here), the majority explained that allowing a party to assert class claims in arbitration under an agreement that is silent or ambiguous on class arbitration is at odds with the goals of individual arbitration, which includes "lower costs, greater efficiency and speed, and the ability to choose expert adjudicators to resolve specialized disputes."
The Lamps Plus decision is a win for employers as it clarifies that an agreement that is ambiguous as to whether class arbitration is available cannot provide the necessary contractual basis for concluding that the parties agreed to class arbitration. However, to avoid a fight over contractual ambiguities, employers who want to avoid class arbitration are best served by explicitly, and specifically, including a class and/or collective action waiver in arbitration agreements.
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Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis
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Why tax cuts will take some time under Tories, by Kenneth Clarke
By James Chapman for the Daily Mail and Ian Drury for the Daily Mail
Updated: 21:07 EDT, 15 July 2009
Kenneth Clarke signalled yesterday that tax cuts and large falls in unemployment may have to wait until the second term of a Tory government.
The Conservative business spokesman and former chancellor warned it could take 'more than a Parliament' to get over the worst economic crisis for 100 years.
Mr Clarke accused Labour of a complete 'lack of candour' on the challenges facing Britain as it seeks to reduce its biggest ever peacetime deficit.
Warning: Kenneth Clarke believes it could take 'more than a parliament' to get over the economic crisis
His intervention adds to the pressure on Gordon Brown to admit cutbacks are inevitable in the face of spiralling debts.
But it also raises questions about the feasibility of the Tories' existing tax pledges, which include stamp duty reductions and tax breaks for married couples.
There are particular concerns that proposals to raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1million and scrap stamp duty for first-time buyers on homes worth up to £250,000 may be delayed by the recession.
After a speech to the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mr Clarke was asked if the Tories could offer tax cuts in their first term. He said: 'Tax cuts come when you can afford them if you are a responsible government.
'We aren't committing ourselves to any tax cuts because people can see that until you have made some progress on public spending, you can't afford any tax cuts.
'Tax cuts are a very, very desirable objective which government should only embark upon when the public finances can stand it.'
Mr Clarke said that unemployment would be the 'major political issue' at the next Election. But he suggested that the depth of the crisis meant dole queues might not begin to shorten for years.
He said: 'It could take more than a Parliament to get us over the worst banking and financial crisis that anyone alive has seen and probably the worst recession that anybody has seen since the war.'
Mr Clarke added that the Tories would seek to avoid tax rises by 'getting proper control' on public spending and borrowing. But he insisted any extra tax burden should not fall on British business.
He accused Mr Brown of making claims that spending could continue to rise that were no longer believed by most Britons.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson appeared to signal a change of direction by the Government this week when he admitted there would have to be spending cuts over the next ten years.
But yesterday he insisted that Labour would protect a long list of services from budget reductions.

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Paddy Campbell working with the wax of "Wind and Sea" sculpture at his studio in Via Luna, Florence
MILESTONES IN THE LIFE OF
PADDY CAMPBELL
The Journey of an Irish Sculptor in Florence 2000–2022
Born in Dublin in 1942, Paddy Campbell loved to draw and paint from his early childhood.
He excelled in art at school and college, but he chose a career in hospitality and started his own catering business when he was 25years old.
This creative nature found expression through enterprise, and his business grew to become an international success story.
On his 50th birthday Campbell made a life changing decision, to let go of his life as a businessman and concentrate instead on his first love as an artist.
He began to spend more and more time in Florence in the 1990's studying and practicing Renaissance drawing and painting techniques.
Bewley's Roastery, Northern Cross, Dublin
Making the figure of a Rugby player at Studio Via Luna
By 2001 he had discovered that his true gift was sculpture. From that point he dedicated himself to learning the three-dimensional methods of the Florentine masters.
In 2005 Campbell set up his studio at via Luna in Florence where he has since shown exceptional versatility, creating a series of small, lifesize, and monumental sculptures, in wax, bronze and marble.
In the past 20 years of his life as an artist Campbell has created an extraordinary series of sculptures, commissions, exhibitions, scenarios, installations in Dublin, London, Florence, Cork, Belfast, Positano, Capri, Alghero, Fiesole, Vicchio and other parts of Europe.
Each of Paddy Campbell's sculptures tells a story.
What interests him is "the blending of experiences of the subject, the artist, and the observer, and the infinite possibilities of interpretation."
Selected Milestones
2006 "Spirit of Love" Memorial,
Bantry Bay, Cork
2010 Blue Lady, "Solo 70" Exhibition,
2010 "La Principesse e La Rana", Un Altro Mondo (Another World)Exhibition,
Fiesole, Italy
2011 Official Portrait of Mary McAleese,
President of Ireland (1997-2011)
2013 "Wind and Sea", Di Cuore (From the Heart) Exhibition,
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
2013 "Wind and Water"monument,
acquired by University College,
Dublin for campus at Belfield
2015 "The Day That Changed Ireland",
Rugby sculpture at Shannon Airport, Ireland
2018 Il Dolce Rumore Della Vita (The Sweet Noise of Life) Exhibition,
Pietrasanta, Italy
2019 "Life and Death"Memorial to victims of warand terrorism,
Vicchio, Tuscany
2021 "Fionnghuala, Daughter of Lir",
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (invited Artist)
2022 "Mother and Child", in Cararra marble,
at Museo Degli Innocenti, Florence
2022 "Seven Veils",Galeria Frilli Exhibition,
Four Seasons Hotel, Florence
In 2020 Paddy Campbell became the first non-Italian to win the prestigious "Giotto Fra Angelico Award" for his contribution to art and culture in Tuscany.
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nah it wasn't ... that's on desmond. i'm sure riggleman put the call on.
@ the padres game, that was livan's fault. tonight, desmond has to be better on that read.
I can't watch the game and it says that there was a steal of home plate. Color?
Are the gameworn jerseys washed?
It wouldn't matter ... they ALWAYS stink !!!
that's from the dugout they are saying. it sets up the leadoff hitter with two on in scoring position.
It wasn't supposed to be a steal of home plate. It was a baserunning error by Desmond.
Yes, Desmond took to much but Livan is a .227 lifetime hitter and Blanton couldn't K his grandma. Why mess with a bunt with a rookie on third against one of the best fielding teams in the NL. Nats are not a good bunting team anyways.
That was a baserunning mistake by Desmond, dumbass. Livan did his job.
It says Chase Utley stole home. How did that happen?
Cristian Guzman = epic fail.
2-0 count with the bases loaded and grounds out easily to second.
...or were you talking about THEIR steal home? That WAS a steal home by Utley.
Looked like a catcher "thing" to me.
Howard "stole" second and Utley stole home. Howard's steal was a destraction to get Utley home and it worked because Nieves threw to second.
wil nieves. who? wil nieves. ryan howard was stealing 2nd, nieves thinks he has a cannon of an arm his throw was way late, double steal allowed utley to score.
lol, again YOUR BOY IS THE REASON WE ARE DOWN 0-1, yet you still find ways to blame everyone else. what a joke hahahahaha.
A runner on 2nd with 0 outs in both innings and we score none.
Maxwell cost us a run. Guzman had a terrible AB.


It is officially December. And you know what that means? It is the start of my giving back series. Each day this month I will post either a way you can give back or profile organizations that give back. So check back every day to check out ways you can give back. Today I have Cassidy with us. All throughout high school she was one of our "adopted daughters" and she is friends with my oldest Maddie. Read about her multiple experiences with the Ronald McDonald house when she became a first-time mom to the amazing Bash.
The Ronald McDonald House of Durham and Wake County is an organization that provides a "home" for families. This organization is Non-profit and in return accepts donations from the community. The Ronald McDonald house opened their doors in 1980. The inspiration to open this amazing organization stemmed from Fred and Fran Hill after their daughter became sick. Fred Hill was a football player for the team Philadelphia Eagles, the Eagles also teamed up to help fund the Ronald McDonald House. The RMDH of Durham and Wake became the first house in North Carolina. It was the 13th house to open in the nation.
This mission statement could not be any truer. The RMDH has been a home for us the past 21 months. They have offered us a bed to sleep in, home-cooked meals to feed us, hot showers to bathe, warm hugs on our bad days, and smiles on our good days. My son Sebastian was born with a rare heart defect and airway disease among many other diagnoses. He spent his first 4 ½ months in the hospital. He spent 4 days at Vidant in which we also were able to stay in the Ronald McDonald House there. He was then airlifted to Duke University Hospital where he spent the remainder of his time. We see ourselves at Duke for an admission at least once a month. He has had several stays that included surgeries, infections, test, and observations. We are seen at Duke for specialist appointments several times a month, every month.
The RMDH house has always welcomed us with open arms any time we needed to stay there. The house is an amazing building. There are 4 floors, each has many bedrooms. The 3rd floor is their main floor that provides the kitchen, a large dining room, a cozy foyer, and an amazing staff. They also provide a room for families in the Hospital itself on the children's floor. They have a shower, washer and dryer, computers, drinks and food for families.
A lot of families who enter the doors of the house are exhausted and overwhelmed. The least of their worries are eating and sleeping. Their child is sick and in result has been a roller coaster journey. Stepping foot into the RMDH is a love/hate relationship. It was a blessing in disguise to be able to go there. When you're on this journey you put all efforts in advocating for your child, it's nice to be able to take a second and breathe. The RMDH provides you with that opportunity no matter where you are on your journey.
The RMDH is always accepting of items for their families, cash/ check donations, household items, and volunteers. The RMDH as the families, if they are able, to provide $10 a night for a regular room or $15 a night for the transplant rooms. They have the understanding and acceptance of families who are unable to provide anything. When donors and individuals send in a donation it allows families who are unable to provide the $10 or $15 to be paid without a worry. With the RMDH providing all the necessities for these families, they are always asking for household items. The RMDH offers an open kitchen for families to be able to help themselves with anything they need. They always provide you with whatever is needed for you to have an easy stay. They also collect soda can tabs in which they are able to turn in for a cash allowance. Volunteers are always welcomed in the Ronald McDonald House. Volunteers help by meal prepping, greeting the families, helping with check-in, making sure the families have what they need, and by helping in the hospital. They provide you with the Holidays you don't get to spend at home. They provide you with people who come out and teach a yoga class, a hairdresser to cut your hair or style it, a nail technician to give you a manicure or a pedicure, therapy dogs to put a smile on your face, a school teacher to help provide you with the essentials you need.
Check out their website for ways to give.
I cannot thank them enough for all they have helped me and my family. I have met many amazing people in the house and they have become my family. The opportunity to give back is beyond amazing. Anytime I get the chance to talk about the RMDH or even to have a fundraiser for them I am all in. My biggest blessing was not having to worry while Sebastian was in the hospital.
My name is Cassidy Morris, I am a single mother of an amazing Heart Warrior. I am currently the freight logistics coordinator for a company called Empire Marketing Group. I also am the owner of Heart Warrior photography in which you can find me on Facebook and Instagram. My life revolves around being a mother and traveling along this wild journey called life.


I want to take you on a mental voyage. Back to the winter of 2001. December 17. A time where you couldn't go for longer than ten minutes without hearing "Lady Marmalade". A time where I was a student in college.
Fresh from a solar eclipse, I was finishing up another semester when I had an idle computer and an idle thought: "I should probably buy a domain name before they're all gone, and then people will have an easy way to find all of my amazing articles about video games and video game culture". And, since most of the short, memorable domain names were taken, I looked around my environment for inspiration. I settled on 'Crummy Socks' because that's what I was wearing that day (I was a poor college student, what can I say?). So I bought the name, and immediately sat on it for a few weeks while I figured out what I wanted to do with it.
I had aspirations of being one of those professional bloggers that you used to hear a lot about, but don't really hear anything about these days. Someone who works out of their home or office, writing every day about something that they love, while throngs of devoted fans visit every day and I would make enough money somehow to pay my bills and sustain my hobby, but that never seemed to materialize. I also tried my hand at news-reporting for a while. Each time, though, for whatever reason, it didn't seem to work out. I even spun off a few sister sites where I wanted to try out some of my big ideas, but those, too, met with little success. It's kind of telling that my biggest brush with anything resembling a spotlight was the time I managed to troll several high-profile blogs.
Somewhere else along the way, I also managed to get myself, at least temporarily, hired in to the video game industry, where I worked on a few titles, and got to see things from the other side of the fence. I realized my childhood dream of helping to make some video games (even though one of them wasn't particularly well-received). Still, it was an amazing experience, and one that I wouldn't trade for anything.
But, as time goes on, I find that I am writing about video games less and less. I find that I'm visiting video game blogs more infrequently as time goes on. But that I still love to play video games, and I still like to write on occasion. I wasn't sure if I was feeling discouraged, disenfranchised, or burned out. After a lot of soul-searching and introspection, I think I finally have a handle on it, and, well, it's complicated.
A partial explanation is something that I call "Nerd Attitude". It's kind of hard to quantify, but I think it boils down to an arrogance that lots of members of the video game community seem to have, or, at least seem to want to have. When I was growing up, and immersed in any kind of video game-related thing I could find, in some ways, it was very exclusionary. But I could find others that had similar interests, and we formed a fairly close-knit group of peers. The group never really got very big, but we had a lot of fun hitting the local arcades, playing the newest game we could get our hands on, and discussing the tips and strategies in the current issue of our gaming magazine.
But then the Internet and the World Wide Web started gaining popularity.
Once that happened, it was a lot easier to find groups of like-minded folks to share in whatever passion you have.
But, at the same time, video games and computers were starting to become more mainstream. Eventually, playing video games into the wee hours of the night wasn't that weird, and hopping on a computer to spend hours chatting with people around the world, or making a website for whatever wacko idea you have, is less bizarre. And all that means is that now you have a group of people, who have grown up with video games and the Internet at parts of their daily lives, who self-identify as nerds. People who like video games, who like the Internet, who maybe even are passionate about those things, but who aren't really nerds.
However, those simply adopting the characteristics of nerds are not actually nerds by definition. One cannot be an authentic nerd by imitation alone; a nerd is an outsider and someone who is unable or unwilling to follow trends. Popular culture is borrowing the concept and image of nerds in order to stand out as individuals. Some commentators consider that the word is devalued when applied to people who adopt a sub-cultural pattern of [behavior], rather than being reserved for people with a marked ability.
There are many people who aren't nerds pursuing a previously-nerdy hobby.
Which is also fine (heck, you can never have too many ham radio operators, right?). But when the editor-in-chief of a certain high-profile video game website has a video game collection that fits on one shelf (now three shelves), when I have collections for single systems that won't even fit on one entire bookshelf (I haven't traded in a game since 2002). I have to wonder if he's really a nerd. I'm sure he enjoys video games, but I wonder, does he like them as much as I do? It's like someone who writes about music, but has a collection made up solely of a couple-dozen best-of collections. And, if that's the chief, it's no wonder that the site (and many, many other sites on the Internet) no longer speaks to me.
Now, I don't want to imply that I hate what these guys are doing. I think that it's great that we live in a time where you don't have to be embarrassed or ashamed that you like video games. It's great that you can walk into a gas station and find video games for sale, and nobody thinks that's weird (okay, maybe I think that's a little weird).
But those kinds of sites do speak to a huge number of people. People who aren't really nerds. People who have decided that knowing a lot or being passionate about something makes one a nerd (it doesn't), that being labeled a nerd is awesome (it's not, usually).
And it's mostly those people that I haven't been able to reach in the last 11 years.
So we have a combination of people who like video games, but aren't nerds, telling other people who like video games, but who also aren't nerds, that their websites are awesome because they can update 20-50 times a day. And that they, themselves, are also awesome. They must be, because they can update their sites 20-50 times a day. Which creates a situation that feeds on itself, and a niche that is so overcrowded with people reporting on every facet of a part of culture that I love, and telling me how awesome everything is, and how great they are for being gutsy enough to tell me all about it. That's what video games and video game news is now: a barely edited, pandering stream of consciousness spewed out with such force and intensity, that it's hard to find much that I can relate to or are interested in.
Which is why this humble site never quite took off like I wanted. It's a one-man shop of a guy who actually is a bit of a video game nerd, talking about whatever I think is interesting, not necessarily what is popular, or even timely.
And that's alright. Even though I've been close to throwing in the towel on more than one occasion, I'm actually happy with what I've built here and elsewhere. This site is not going away any time soon. It will continue to be available for as long as I'm able to keep it going. Which, if I have anything to say about it, will be for a long time yet.
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Days In June
Famous Deaths In June - 06
0840 Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on this day in history.
1134 Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on this day in history.
1393 On this day in history death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)
1480 Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on this day in history.
1548 Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on this day in history.
1563 On this day in history death of ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
1583 Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on this day in history.
1671 On June - 06 death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed
1686 Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1710 On June - 06 francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65
1730 On this day in history death of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646)
1735 On June - 06 georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71
1740 Death of Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony on this day in history.
1747 On June - 06 jean Barriere, composer, dies
1784 Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1785 On this day in history johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36
1799 On this day in history death of patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736)
1813 Death of Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect on this day in history.
1815 Death of Samuel Whitbread, English Politician on this day in history.
1816 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51 on June - 06.
1832 Death of Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748) on this day in history.
1836 Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1840 On June - 06 death of marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
1843 Death of Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770) on June - 06.
1852 On this day in history tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79
1861 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1862 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 on June - 06.
1877 On June - 06 prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies
1878 On June - 06 gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70
1881 Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on June - 06.
1883 Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.
1891 Death of John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815) on June - 06.
1898 On June - 06 constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
1914 On June - 06 walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies
List Of Famous Deaths In June
Famous Birthdays In June - 06
1236 On June - 06 birth of wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)
1436 Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on June - 06.
1502 On June - 06 birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
1519 On June - 06 birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)
1576 On this day in history birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)
1580 On June - 06 birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)
1599 On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
1606 On June - 06 birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)


I've had the pleasure of spending time with Charles "Chas" Garabedian in his studio, and was thrilled when his new exhibition - Sacrifice for the Fleet - opened a couple of weeks back. a very well received opening, it was hard to get near the work, and I returned today for a closer look.
if you believe in the power of art to tell stories, this is an exhibition for you.


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fanatix | Basketball | NBA | (Video) NBA Highlights: Kevin Durant scores 27 points in comeback from injury
(Video) NBA Highlights: Kevin Durant scores 27 points in comeback from injury
Sumeet Paul
KD makes highly-anticipated season debut after recovering from foot surgery…
Can the Oklahoma City Thunder make the playoffs?: [Analysis] OKC face battle to make post-season.
Durant to return against Pelicans: League MVP ready to make comeback.
Kobe gives Durant injury advice: KD reaches out to Lakers star.
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant scored 27 points in his comeback from injury but couldn't prevent his team from losing to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.
Durant had missed the first 17 games of the season after suffering a stress fracture in his foot during pre-season, and during his absence the Thunder had struggled to a 5-12 record.
Point guard Russell Westbrook also returned from injury this week after he sustained a broken hand, and he scored 32 points in the win over the New York Knicks. However, the pair couldn't link up to secure back-to-wins for OKC as Tyreke Evans and Anthony Davis led the hosts to the win.
Instead, they slip to 5-13 for the season as experts question their ability to win at a sufficient rate to make the playoffs this year. However, for Thunder fans, they will be delighted to see their star duo back on the court and will expect them to be firing by the end of the month.
Durant admitted that he needs to continue to work on his conditioning while he also struggled with turnovers in the opening three quarters, and so there is plenty of room for improvement for the reigning league MVP as he looks to get back to his best.
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$WIN32_Wrapper_WindowsLogon_Signature = Get-Content -Raw  'winlogonSignature.cs'

function WinLogin
{
    <#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Try to impersonate with given user credentials.

	.DESCRIPTION
	It retrieves a token using credentials and then tries to impersonate.
	Success : return True
	Fail : return False

    Token retrieval : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa378184%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
	Impersonate : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w070t6ka(v=vs.110).aspx
	#>
    param([String][Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]$userName,
		  [String][Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]$password);

	# Split domain and user name if the current user name format is like 'domain\username'
	$tmp = $userName.Split('\')
	if ($tmp.Length -eq 2)
	{
		$domain = $tmp[0]
		$userName = $tmp[1]
	}
	else { $domain = $null }

	# Add our C# wrapper for later use (this does not stack, if already here, it does not show any debug message)
	# https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849914.aspx
	Add-Type -TypeDefinition $WIN32_Wrapper_WindowsLogon_Signature

	# If we already impersonate a user, we stop before impersonating another
    if($Global:impersonateContext){ LogOffUser }

    Write-Debug("Current user : " + [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name)
	Write-Debug("Future user : domain = $domain , user name = $userName")

    Write-Debug 'Retrieving a token ...'
    $newToken = New-Object System.IntPtr

    #region Token retrieval

    # Logon types : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa378184(v=vs.85).aspx
    # See Winbase.h :
    # #define LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE       2
    # #define LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK           3
    # #define LOGON32_LOGON_BATCH             4
    # #define LOGON32_LOGON_SERVICE           5
    # ...

    # 2 = LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE
    Write-Debug 'Logon mode : Interactive'
    if([WIN32_Wrapper.WindowsLogon]::LogonUser($userName,$domain,$password,2,0,[ref]$newToken) -eq 0)
    {
        Write-Debug 'Failed to retrieve a token'
        Write-Debug "Win32 Error message : $([WIN32_Wrapper.WindowsLogon]::GetErrorMessage())"
        # 3 = LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK
        Write-Debug 'Logon mode : Network'
        if([WIN32_Wrapper.WindowsLogon]::LogonUser($userName,$domain,$password,3,0,[ref]$newToken) -eq 0)
        {
            Write-Debug 'Failed to retrieve a token'
            Write-Debug "Win32 Error message : $([WIN32_Wrapper.WindowsLogon]::GetErrorMessage())"
            return $false
        }
    }
    Write-debug "Token retrieved - $newToken"
    #endregion

    #region Impersonation AND global variables setup
    try
    {
        # Try to impersonate the user with the retrieved impersonation token
        $Global:winlogonIC = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::Impersonate($newToken)
        $winID = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
    }
    catch
    {
        Write-Debug "Failed to impersonate : $($_.Exception.Message)"
        $Global:winlogonIC = $null
        return $false
    }

    if($winID.ImpersonationLevel -ne [System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel]::Impersonation)
    {
        Write-Debug "Inadequate impersonation level : $($winID.ImpersonationLevel)"
        return $false
    }

    $Global:winlogonToken = $newToken
    Write-Debug "Impersonating user : $($winID.Name)"

    #endregion
    return $true
}

# todo : reformat
function WinLogout
{
    <#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Stop to impersonate the user.

	.DESCRIPTION
	If we have an existing context in global variables, we 'undo' the impersonation previously done.
    We use the WIN32_Wrapper function : CloseHandle over the token.
	#>
    if($Global:winlogonIC)
    {
        # Undo the impersonation
        Write-Debug "Stop to impersonate the user : $([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name)"
        $Global:winlogonIC.Undo()
        $Global:winlogonIC = $null

        # Close the token
        if([WIN32_Wrapper.WindowsLogon]::CloseHandle($Global:winlogonToken))
        {
            Write-Debug "Token handle closed : $($Global:impersonateToken)"
        }
        else
        {
            Write-Debug 'Failed to close the token'
            Write-Debug "Win32 Error message : $([WIN32_Wrapper.WindowsLogon]::GetErrorMessage())"
        }
        $Global:impersonateToken = $null
        Write-Debug 'User not impersonated anymore'
        Write-Debug "Current user : $([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name)"
    }
}

Export-ModuleMember -Function WinLogin
Export-ModuleMember -Function WinLogout


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package ru.stqa.training.selenium;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

/**
 * Сделайте сценарии, которые проверяют сортировку стран и геозон (штатов) в учебном приложении litecart.
 *
 */
public class Task_9_1 extends TestBase {
    /**
     * 1) на странице http://localhost/litecart/admin/?app=countries&doc=countries
     *   а) проверить, что страны расположены в алфавитном порядке
     *   б) для тех стран, у которых количество зон отлично от нуля -- открыть страницу этой страны и там проверить, что зоны расположены в алфавитном порядке
     * @throws InterruptedException
     */
    @Test
    public void testCountries() throws InterruptedException {
        // 1)
        driver.navigate().to("http://localhost:8080/litecart/admin/?app=countries&doc=countries");
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(4, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.findElement(By.name("username")).sendKeys("admin");
        driver.findElement(By.name("password")).sendKeys("admin");
        driver.findElement(By.name("login")).click();

        // 2)проверить упорядочеенность основной таблицы и вычислить номера строк,
        // для которых нужно проверить упорядоченность вложенной таблицы
        List<WebElement> rowList = driver.findElements(By.className("row"));
        int size = rowList.size();
        assertTrue("Таблица Countries не содержит строк.", size > 0);

        // Номера строк, которые нужно прокликать
        List<Integer> zona_list = new ArrayList<Integer>();

        String str = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            WebElement row = rowList.get(i);
            String name = row.findElement(By.cssSelector(":nth-child(5) a"))
                    .getAttribute("innerText");
            assertTrue("Названия расположены не в алфавитном порядке",
                    name.compareToIgnoreCase(str) >= 0);
            str = name;
            Integer zona_number = Integer.parseInt(row.findElement(By.cssSelector(":nth-child(6)"))
                    .getAttribute("innerText"));
            if(zona_number > 0) {
                zona_list.add(i);
            }
        }

        // перебор зон
        zona_list.forEach(i-> {
            List<WebElement> rows = driver.findElements(By.className("row"));
            rows.get(i).findElement(By.cssSelector(":nth-child(7)")).click();
            alfaBetta2testCountries();
            WebElement menu = driver.findElement(By.id("box-apps-menu-wrapper"));
            menu.findElement(By.className("selected")).click();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Проверка упорядоченности названий зон. testCountries
     */
    public void alfaBetta2testCountries() {
        WebElement table = driver.findElement(By.id("table-zones"));
        List<WebElement> webElementList = table.findElements(By.tagName("tr"));
        int size = webElementList.size()-2;

        assertTrue("Таблица не содержит строк.", size > 0);

        String str = "";
        for (int i = 1; i <= size; i++) {
            WebElement row = webElementList.get(i);
            String text = row.findElement(By.cssSelector(":nth-child(3)>input"))
                    .getAttribute("value");

            assertTrue("Названия расположены не в алфавитном порядке",
                    text.compareToIgnoreCase(str) >= 0);
            str = text;
        }
    }
}


Six years ago I met my FH and it was like my destiny. We knew we belonged together and the bond grew stronger by the day. I was an executive and he owned his own business. It wasn't much for him to exist on, but that was not even a thought. Soon, our lives began to turn upside down.
I came to RMI because I believed my EH and I were meant to be together. That God was there the day He married us and made us one flesh together with the spirit of the Lord. Unfortunately, my husband said he likes his life of independence and can not ever see himself living ever again with a woman—and not me for sure. I felt as if he had thrown it all away without asking for help from God to restore our marriage. Only I have been the person to continue to ask and He answered by sending me here, to you, to learn what I did wrong and how to change.
Even though we were both Born Again Christians with charismatic testimonies, we were about to fall. Here again, being saved doesn't mean it is over and life is like walking in sunshine. It wasn't. The devil came against us because I left the door open to him. In every way possible this beautiful love affair faded to grey really fast. Though we did have good moments, they weren't enough to offset the bad ones when the fighting became an act of strength as to who would survive. By the way, I was never the winner in a fight. I wanted to be, but I always submitted in tears of repentance, but deep down inside was a brewing tempest. The bitterness was becoming the cornerstone of our frail marriage.
When I came here, I considered myself a Baptist. I was saved 2 months after I met my EH. We were always listening to Christian music and one weekend I came home and we had a fight and I decided it was over. Then the next day I listened to Michael W Smith Worship CD and he said..."like a rose trampled on the ground and in that moment I saw the vision of what my Lord had done for someone as rebellious as me. I cried on my carpet, face down, for 5 hours. I prayed for repentance and that I finally understood all the years of going to church, the message I had missed...I now understood. Since coming here, I love the Lord with all my heart and believe He has been with me through this marriage trial from start to completion.
When I came here, in my Marriage Evaluation Questionnaire, I said, "I believe in the will of God and I also believe in marriage. I never did believe in divorce. My husband has not been faithful to me. He does not appear to be a saved Christian any longer and has some beliefs that are outside of the bible. I believe the enemy has crushed our marriage. My entire family has fought against us and done some excruciating things to both of us a s a couple. No one has really come alongside us to support it. My EH has had troubles for years making money and was somewhat living under what was my roof when we met. I thought the pressure of having somewhere to live would be off him but instead it created terrible insecurities. I feel that his family told him how unstable it all was here with me. Unfortunately, he never did commit to the marriage from the start. I'm afraid, I suppose, that my marriage is going to end in divorce because my EH was sleeping with a secular woman and is somehow mesmerized by her. He was pushing me to end our and I was offering him reconciliation at every turn until I finally gave in feeling it must be God's will to end something that never had a chance to work.
Quite honestly, my EH is very controlling and punishes me constantly. He finds my weaknesses and attacks in hard via emails he sends to me. It has been really rough without him and by his retaliation. I almost succeeded in starving myself to death and succeeded in losing 40 pounds. My hair has fallen out entirely and my health is only borderline. I still cannot believe he is not in bed with me when I wake in the morning. I have constant nightmares about this situation. I feel I not only lost a husband but also am so worried because he has backslid in the secular world due to this OW. Tell me, do we even have a chance? The divorce was signed by the judge a week after receipt even though this was supposed to take a couple of months. I thought I would adjust but I haven't. Can you help me? Nothing is getting better and I am not moving on as I believe I should. Do I have any reason to believe we can find our happiness we had the day we first met?
So, my former husband had left me over and over again. It was heartbreaking. I was crying inside and deeply wounded. I would beg him to return home to me each time and after a few days of calm, he would come home, saying we would work it out. Each time I became more insecure until it came to a final break. I knew we were in serious trouble. I was fine for a few days when at first he left and then I began to feel very uncomfortable. The first email he sent was to tell me that this separation was indefinite and the next email was that he had found another woman.
I couldn't even be jealous or angry. He simply went to someone who could give him the life he wanted. One of calm. Our families fought against our marriage and admittedly we went to our respective families to spill out our problems. This was the worst error of all. If we only knew the damage it created. To this day my family is not speaking to me so when I came to RMI, I was totally alone.
Prior to RMI I sought help through pastors, Christian counseling and traditional therapy. None of it worked. In fact, it made everything so much worse. They all said it was hopeless and gone beyond repair. I was so disappointed. I cried like a baby every day. I was totally unable to move and didn't eat. I lost 45 pounds and at my age of 61, it left me with some wrinkles that were not there before and a lot of hair loss. I know a lot of women mourn the marriage like I did. It went on for months like that.
No matter what answers I was looking for scripturally, no one was willing to look them up for me or explain the scriptures that I found. Basically the demons were pulling me in one direction and God was pulling me in another.
In my loneliness I called my ex-fiancé from over 20 years before. We had always remained friends and I guess I needed someone desperately to speak to. Instead what I got was a secular view of of how the world sees my situation and he too worked on me to believe divorce was the way to go and so I filed for divorce after a lot of meditation. My FH also wanted me to file and get it done. His life had moved on according to him. In my haste and wanting to take things slower, I left it to God and filed the first set of divorce papers myself in tears.
The second set was different. I had already found RMI and knew that I had to proceed in obedience to my husband. In an unbelievable emotionless state, I filed. The court told me it would take up to 3 months to complete, but in only a week it was granted and immediately I fell on the floor face down and cried out to the Lord.
After reading the first chapters of Erin's book on divorce it is critical for all women who are faced with Divorce to read just the first 2 chapters. I immediately came to an understanding of what was going on and began to live the life Jesus would want me to. I came to place of contentment and peace. I understood why God would want this from me and how obedience was the key, so I began to follow it to the letter of how Erin walked me through this process in her book. My life would never be the same: Our problem was never an issue of love, it was intense and always there. My problem was control and staying in control.
When I realized I tore my own house down, I sat down with the Lord and cried out for His help and to never leave me. I knew I had to be broken. I can't recall how many times I asked to be broken, but it was a number of times. It truly felt like the fresh fires each time. Days would go by where I stayed to myself and prayed in my prayer closet privately to the Lord. I knew if things were going to change that God was going to do the changing. I released my will over to Him and allowed Him to be the boss of me. As I prayed in praise and a change for my heart, I prayed also for my husband to turn his heart towards me.
For those people who are walking dead in the world, not knowing there is a living God who seeks out the broken and wants to show you a life of prosperity in many ways, they are sadly missing what I have found myself.
My time in the prayer closet was invaluable. As I look at houses to replace my condo, one thing is certain, I must have that space where only the Lord and I can continue our relationship of deep spiritual love.
Today I have more than a hope and future and see His plan. I still have to work at precepts and concepts of God's laws on a regular basis and the work of changing me will continue.
I literally poured myself out over the past few months: Seeing my past, realizing I could not live that way any longer. It is a very narrow road and certainly not one for the faint of heart. Refining yourself to the image God has of you is the goal.
The Lord taught me to put all of my faith in Him alone. That I can work with Him to His glory by simply reading my Bible and praying according to His word. That fighting in the flesh is a useless exercise. That can be applied not just in marriages, but in all situations and relationships. Knowing that by our faith in God we can fight in the spirit and the mind alone without a word spoken to any other person was the greatest lesson of all.
God helped me to see my past hurts. He walked me through each one of them. My adoption as a child, and my family's rejection has been the worst one of all. Then I realized that Abba was really my Father and that I can go to Him with my deep scars to be healed.
Looking back at a past full of pain is very difficult and yet it is the very thing that forms who we are. That there is a world out there who has little time for someone in pain is an area where I hope I can help others win the battle.
It really is the enemy and his co-workers who keep you stuck in those moments of heart pain. We can control that by going to God and asking Him to reveal the secrets of our pain one by one and He will faithfully process it all as we look to Him.
God is amazing. He never gave me too much at one time, and yet it was painful, but He healed the wounds. How great is our God?
It was then that I was able to see the wife that I was to be to my husband, the mother to my children and the sister to my brothers. It all had to change.
The turning point was finally letting it all go and allowing my former husband to have his experience. I have always held on literally to him when he tried to leave me. I must have let go a half a dozen times during our separation and many times when I stumbled, I received a nasty letter back. I praised the Lord even in those moments because in it I learned that praise was what was necessary to win this war, not pursuing someone who has left us. And also, to tighten up my mouth. God knew it was a weakness and set me apart from everyone until I learned that vital lesson.
My restoration began to happen one day that I was praying in my closet and mentioned to the Lord that I hadn't heard from my husband in 3 weeks and that it would be nice to receive a line of email from him. The next day he wrote a line to me. I wrote back and mentioned I was going up to a Bible camp north of here. He said in an impulse that that would make a nice trip and would I Iike him to go with me. I said yes of course and we had a lovely drive and talked, though I mostly listening to how badly his relationships with women and family had been. I stayed rather quiet and listened. Some of it was hurtful.
That day we made it to a powerful spirit filled service at the camp and one at night. We had gone for a swim in the lake and the day was perfect. That night he admitted he didn't know how this happened but God had given him insight into the work I had done just to win him back and that no one else would love him that deeply to do that. Later he said it was true what I had prayed that God gave him back 7 times the love we had when we first met. It is all so supernatural.
This Restoration Journey is the only way back to have a restored life. It is imperative that we follow the books and videos offered by this ministry—without missing a step in any of it. To read and re-read everything is vital. Taking the time and committing it to the Lord is why. I can only have gratitude in my heart for showing me the way RMI. I was lost and now am found. I recommend this to ministry everyone... Christian or not.
Today, because of what I have gone through, I am absolutely sold out to helping other women who are in marriage crisis.
In conclusion, you can fall down and get back up again and the Lord is still willing to help you. He is the finest Counselor in the world and there is no need to go elsewhere. If you have been damaged by your church or therapy as I was, it can all be mended by going through this journey that is set out in these courses and books. There is something greater than us....God!
Just to speak His name and He is there every time. Do you know anyone like that? I don't! He changed my person and my life.


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Is Utah Becoming a Center for Rare Earths?
by Eric Hendrich | 23. Sep 2021 - 10:03 | Market
Energy Fuels wants to establish the processing of rare earths in the USA.
When it comes to rare earths, China comes to mind, but other countries also have deposits of these strategic raw materials. This also applies to the United States. What has been lacking there so far, however, are the processing plants for the extracted raw material. These, in turn, are mainly located in China. Against the background of the political tensions between the USA and China, efforts to establish a separate value chain for rare earths in the USA are increasingly gaining momentum.
Utah could become one of the most important hubs for these raw materials if the mining company Energy Fuels has its way. Actually specializing in the mining of uranium, the company began producing rare earth carbonate in November. This intermediate product will then be shipped to Estonia, where project partner Neo Performance Materials will handle further processing. Production in Utah is expected to gradually increase to up to 15,000 tons of carbonate annually.
As reported by the Denver Business Journal, Energy Fuels also plans to create capacity for this final processing operation in the USA. Assistance in building the necessary facilities is coming from French company Carester, which is also involved in rare earth recycling.
It should take two to three years for the refinery to come on line, according to company sources. The permit for the construction is still pending, which should be applied for within the next twelve months.
Photo: iStock/Michael Warren


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VINELAND - In a milestone event for the Rotary Club of Vineland, the organization inducted its first corporate members at a recent weekly membership luncheon. SNJ Today and South Jersey Motor Trends were welcomed by the membership in a special installation ceremony.
The club continues to add active and civically engaged members, both individual and corporate. The local Rotary is widely recognized for its dedication to many and varied service projects such as Helping Hands and Feeding the Children. The club's generosity helps more than 12 charitable organizations and provides several college scholarships.
SNJ Today presents positive news to greater Cumberland County through newspaper, Internet, cable television and radio. Its primary Rotary member is Ken Pustizzi Jr., president. John Salvatore, chief engineer, and Yamira Velez, special projects coordinator, are the alternate members.
Tara Martinez represents South Jersey Motor Trends. She is an owner of the business and helps lead a community-oriented staff with a combined 120 years of experience in vehicle sales, financing and service.
At a time when some organizations have declining memberships, Rotary of Vineland continues to set a pace for growth in Rotary District 7505.
The Vineland organization meets at 12:10 p.m. Tuesdays at the Ramada Inn on Landis Avenue.
For membership information, email Ed Morvay, membership chair, at info@rotaryvineland.com.


2019 marks the bicentenary of John Ruskin's birth.
Ruskin in Sheffield 2019 is a year of events and activities celebrating John Ruskin, creativity and communities in Sheffield.
Ruskin in Sheffield 2019 is part of celebrations around the world marking the bicentenary of John Ruskin.
Find out about bicentenary events beyond Sheffield, including the acclaimed John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing exhibition in London until 22 April, at www.ruskin200.com.
Sheffield also celebrates another important bicentenary this year. Visit www.canalrivertrust.org.uk for events celebrating the 200th aniversary of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.


There's a lot of talk about the importance of diversification in business. Just ask Martha Stewart or Oprah, who are both great examples of people who have taken skill sets and turned them into wildly successful, diversified businesses. Varying your skill set increases your value to clients, donors, customers, and potential employers.
You don't have an option: We don't mean to get all hard-line on you, but continued learning is no longer optional. Blame it on the 2008 economic collapse, ever-advancing technology, or the rise of startup culture, but these days change is the new norm in business, whether that means embracing new technologies that change how you create your product or new social networks that you use to promote it.
It makes your brain happy: Not only does learning something new give you a big infusion of energy and positivity – a couple of things you always need when running a business – but it's also been proven to make you happier, according to a 2012 study from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Learning can also help you to feel more confident in your ability to do your job, which can lead to an increase in overall job satisfaction. In other words, learning is just a really, really, really good thing – no matter your age or skill level.
Your work will improve: The more skills you have in your toolbox, the easier you'll find it is to innovate and create. Even if you don't do the bulk of your company's writing, learning about storytelling will make you better at design and marketing. Learning how to give a presentation will make you better at blogging and in one-on-one meetings with clients. Whether you're an employee or business owner, you need to be flexible and adaptable. Embrace those ideas, and the results will show in your work.
Study up: Acquiring new skills doesn't mean you have to spend your evenings and weekends sitting in a classroom or leave your business for a week to go to a conference. We're in awe of how much you can learn online these days, so consider starting with free or low-cost learning methods like blogs (our Design Your Life feature on DesignGood.com has lots of advice for entrepreneurs) and podcasts.
Learn by giving: When you're ready to get some practice on a new skill, there's bound to be a volunteer opportunity waiting. We believe giving is even more powerful when you can tie it back to the mission of your business. For example, if you have a food-related business and you want to learn more about event planning, volunteer to help organize a fundraiser.
Practice with partners: Are there any aspects of your skill set where you'd like to do more and learn more, but you're not ready to fly solo yet? You may want to hire some expert help to get you started. Consider working with an agency that will guide you through the area where you feel most unsure. For example, at DesignGood Studio, we offer content marketing and outreach packages where we get clients started in social media, demystify the world of digital marketing and set them up with key systems and strategies, which in turn allows them to learn how to accelerate their brands on their own. Working with a partner is a great way to advance your business and teach you about an area where you're eager to learn.
Stay on top of things: There are hundreds, even thousands of resources that will keep you informed about all that's new and notable. A few of our favorites: 99U, Fast Company, Inc., Mashable and SXSW Interactive.
Looking for to learn more, or for a partner to pair with? At DesignGood Studio, we love to help brands accomplish their goals through partnerships that will help them to learn and grow. Find more here.
Editorial Collaborator: DesignGood Founder, Kristin Moses, who is an award-winning designer with 16 years of marketing and branding experience, joins Conscious with a monthly column to explore how design has to do something that matters. Read our interview with Kristin Moses here and follow the monthly column here.


The following is a guest post from Bruce Eckfeldt, consultant, coach, author, and speaker on organizational development and performance management, published on December 22, 2017 in Inc.
Practicing accountability while working on teams is critical to any team's success. Team experts like Patrick Lencioni, Thomas Kayser, and John Maxwell all list accountability as one of the top traits of high-performance teams. Making sure that people are delivering on their commitments is essential to making sure a team is effective. Members who make commitments but then don't deliver will quickly bring a team to its knees.
Having worked with and coached dozens teams of all different types over the last two decades, I've learned that building a culture of accountability is one of the single most important interventions I can make. However, I've noticed there are different approaches to accountability and that some are more successful than others. As I've honed my approach to team development, I've found a few key steps to the accountability conversation that work well. The trick is to shift the mindset from one of punishment to one of support.
Many teams start raising the accountability level by calling people out publicly when they fall short. While this raises the awareness about commitments and gets people to think twice before signing up–and once they do, can get them to double down on effort–it ultimately undermines a team's success. Focusing on punishment motivates people to engage in two counterproductive tendencies.
First, when faced with possible punishment, people tend to play it safe. They hesitate to stretch themselves to try new things. This shuts down learning and development since most growth occurs outside of a person's comfort zone, when they are stretching themselves. If someone is afraid of punishment, they have little incentive to learn.
Second, people will stick with the tried and true rather than experimenting with new, possibly better, approaches to their work. If people are afraid that they'll be called out if they fail, they won't experiment. Unfortunately, this shuts down innovation and creativity; creativity is ultimately how a team, and a company, makes future improvements.
To avoid creating a culture of accountability based on blame and punishment, focus on creating one of support and accomplishment instead. Here are five simple steps to structuring these conversations–what I call the five R's–so that accountability becomes a positive aspect of your culture and productive outcome for your team.
Always start by reinforcing the importance and commitment to the personal relationship. Our worst psychological fear is that we'll be exiled by our tribe and naturally we want to avoid this result. The goal here to create a psychological safety net by assuring your people that they are not being singled out or punished.
Great teams attack issues, not people. Instead of focusing the person's actions, or lack thereof, focus on the commitments that were made. I suggest starting with the team commitment and then moving onto the individual commitment. More often than not, this is where the issue lies; people often don't realize that a formal commitment and deadline were made and set. Once you start recording your commitments, many of your accountability issues will improve.
Make sure you conclude with specific actions and new commitments. Just because something was missed doesn't mean it can be put aside. Either re-commit to it with new deadlines and actions, or agree that it's no longer a task and strike it from the list.
Bruce is consultant, coach, author, and speaker on organizational development and performance management. He is trained as an architect and was a pioneer in the use of computer-aided design and 3D modeling. In the late 90's, he transitioned to software design and development converting his spatial problem-solving skills to informational architecture and user experience design of digital products.
Today, he consults and coaches startups and high-growth companies to develop and improve their business, operational, and talent strategies. His expertise includes growing leadership teams, planning and developing middle management, accelerating high-performance individuals, and coaching teams to higher levels of performance. He is a recognized leader in performance management and organizational development and writes extensively on various topics including: OKRs, team performance, management skills, conflict resolution, talent strategy, professional development, and Agile/Lean organizational design.


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This Astoria school gets $105K to install security cameras, build a gender-neutral bathroom & more
By Robert Pozarycki
Photo via Google Maps
Things are about to get greener, safer and more welcoming at one Astoria school.
I.S. 141 on 21st Avenue has received a $105,000 allocation from state Senator Jose Peralta for a variety of projects including security cameras and a garden on one side of the building.
"Students are the present and the future of our communities, and this is why we must ensure we provide them with the best possible learning environment," Peralta said on Dec. 7 in announcing the funding. "It is crucial that students attend class in a comfortable and dynamic setting. I am glad I was able to secure state funding so the school can go ahead with these capital improvement projects."
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According to I.S. 141 Principal Miranda Pavlou, the school will create a new garden near the corner of 38th Street and 21st Avenue. It will be similar to a flowering garden located on the opposite side of the campus near 37th Street.
Along with installing security cameras, the school will also have the funds to renovate and create a gender-neutral bathroom. The new bathroom, Pavlou said, is critical toward furthering the school's mission to build a "culture that respects and values all students and fosters understanding of gender identity within our school community."
Photo courtesy of state Senator Jose Peralta
Pavlou, along with Assistant Principals Vanessa Williams and Lori Adamo, joined Peralta and parents during the Dec. 7 check presentation.
Peralta noted that he has also secured state funding for other improvement projects at schools in his district. They include new air conditioning at P.S/I.S. 127 in East Elmhurst; an updated public address system at P.S. 69 in Jackson Heights; a renovated auditorium and 44 air conditioning units at P.S. 89 in Elmhurst; and an upgraded electrical system in classrooms at I.S. 227 in East Elmhurst.
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Book Spotlight & Giveaway - Everville: The First Pillar by Roy Huff
Attention all scifi-fantasy lovers, be sure to join other Everville fans on Facebook, Amazon, Goodreads, and Twitter. The paperback and hardback versions are also now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and all other major online book stores.
Everville: The First Pillar
by Roy Huff
Owen Sage is the emblematic college freshman at Easton Falls University. With all the worries about his first year in college, he was not prepared for what would happen next. His way of life was flipped upside down when he mysteriously crossed into another dimension, into the beautiful land of Everville. His excitement was abruptly halted when he discovered that there was a darkness forged against both the natural world, which he knew well, and the new land which he discovered, Everville. He must devise a plan to save both worlds while joining forces with the race of Fron and The Keepers, whom both harbor hidden secrets he must learn in order to gain power over the evil that dwells in The Other In Between. With a race against time to save both worlds, his short time at Easton Falls did not quite prepare him for the evil, dark forces he must fight in order to conquer The Other In Between.
Roy Huff is the author of Kindle's #1 international bestselling epic fantasy novel Everville: The First Pillar and Everville: The City of Worms.
Roy Huff holds five degrees in four separate fields including liberal arts, history, secondary science education, and geoscience.
Roy Huff has backgrounds in art, history, education, business, real-estate, economics, geoscience, and satellite meteorology.
To contact Roy Huff, click the Contact form to be placed on the mailing list for the latest book releases and news. You can also join him on twitter. If you are a fan of the character Owen Sage in the Everville series, be sure to visit and "like" the Owen Sage Facebook page.
The City of Worms
Giveaway ends May 21, 2014.
The Rise of Mallory
Giveaway ends June 22, 2014.


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From SA to Mosul to the big screen
After working as an emergency responder in conflict-stricken regions in Iraq, South Australian-born Priya Pavri now hopes to share her passion for social justice through documentary filmmaking.
Stephanie Richards Friday, November 30
Bishop defends Australia's Iraq role
The Australian Government takes full responsibility for its decision to back the US-led 2003 war on Iraq in the wake of Britain's scathing Chilcot report into the conflict, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says.


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Loire-les-Marais is een gemeente in het Franse departement Charente-Maritime (regio Nouvelle-Aquitaine) en telt 326 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Rochefort.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Loire-les-Marais bedraagt 12,6 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 25,9 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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Gemeente in Charente-Maritime

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Lucy Logan
After losing her job due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Lucy decided it was the perfect time to follow her dream of setting up her own business.
With a background in fashion and textiles, Lucy reached out to The Prince's Trust and after completing the Enterprise programme launched Lulo & Co.
Lulo & Co sells beautiful gifts and accessories all made in the UK from a range of sustainable materials. Lucy, who is passionate about ethical fashion, wanted her enterprise to make items that are used, cherished and made-to-last, which have minimal impact on the planet.
Sourcing as many raw materials locally as she can to reduce airmiles and support independent textile producers and suppliers, Lucy has just launched her first collection of Christmas products including reusable crackers, stockings and Scottish linen covered baubles.
The team at the Prince's Trust have been an invaluable resource for me during the launch of my business. Setting up a business by yourself can be quite isolating, particularly during a global pandemic, but it's been great to have someone at the end of a phone to pitch ideas to and canvas opinions from.
"The orders have been keeping me very busy and it's great to see there's been such a positive response with people choosing to invest in products that can be reused each year, helping to reduce waste. Whilst it isn't the cheapest option, I am committed to sourcing our raw materials as locally as possible. A particular emphasis for the business is the use of Scottish linen, a textile which is woven less than 30 miles from Edinburgh and offers a high level of ethical and sustainable credentials. It's important to me that I use Lulo & Co as an opportunity to support other local businesses, whilst also promoting British textiles and manufacturing to a wider audience.
"In the next six months I'm planning to launch some new products and explore scaling my production. I'm currently on the lookout for a British manufacturer who shares my values and if I can get this right it will give me the ability to target larger wholesale and corporate orders, which is where I hope to really scale my business."
Lucy's idea for Lulo & Co came from her spotting a gap in the market while at her previous buying roles with John Lewis, Selfridges, and Petesham Nurseries. They were always on the lookout for high quality products made in the UK, but often struggled to find pieces that fitted with the brand's aesthetic and style.
She added: "I have always dreamed of setting up my own business, but I felt it was important to gain experience of working in other businesses before setting out on my own. Having graduated six years ago with a degree in Fashion Design, I realised that to succeed in this highly competitive industry I would need to develop a strong commercial acumen.
"Working in buying gave me experience across sourcing, range planning, forecasting, sales analysis, negotiation and ordering – skills which are very useful when starting a business. Having relocated to Edinburgh two years ago I moved into a business development role for a small start-up textile business, but sadly my role couldn't be sustained beyond March when lockdown hit the UK. It was of course a shock to find myself out of work at a point when very few roles were being advertised but it gave me the push I needed to set up my own business.
"The virtual Enterprise training sessions set up by The Trust were informative and helpful with knowledgeable speakers. They were also a great opportunity to network with other small start-up businesses. The Trust are now looking to connect me with a suitable mentor in the textile/retail industry and I'm excited to see where I can build the business to with their ongoing support".


Vocals Only: What is Speech Level Singing?
If you've spent any amount of time on YouTube searching for tips about singing, then you've most likely heard the term 'SLS' or 'Speech Level Singing' used to describe a certain singing methodology…Today I want to give you a bit of background on SLS and take the opportunity to briefly share my pedagogical approach to teaching contemporary singing.
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