Finger knitting only needs some yarn and a pair of hands so it's a great activity for a long journey or to pass time in a waiting room. It's much easier than regular knitting so it's ideal for children. You can finger knit a wide range of yarn - try wool, string, ribbon or even long strips of material. You can produce a piece of knitting long enough to make a belt or hairband in very little time which makes it a very satisfying activity. Very young kids might enjoy helping a grown-up to knit on their little fingers to make a scarf together for a doll or teddy.
Yarn e.g wool, string, ribbon etc. Thicker strands work best.
Hold your left hand out, palm facing upwards.
Starting at the pinkie finger, lift the bottom loop over the upper loop, taking the bottom loop right off the finger, leaving just the top loop on the finger.
Now repeat everything again, weaving in and out of fingers until you have 2 loops on each finger again.
After a few rounds you will start to see the length of knitting grow on the reverse side of your hand.
To finish, just lift the knitting off your fingers, then pass the tail through the loops and pull tight.
What materials have you tried finger knitting with? Please share your ideas or photos via the comments section.


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The Honorable Iris Y. Martinez was sworn into her first term in the Illinois State Senate on January 8, 2003 to represent the people of Illinois' 20th Legislative District. Her election marked the first time a Hispanic woman had been elected to the State Senate in Illinois history. She made history once again by serving as Assistant Majority Leader from 2007-2008, a position never before held by a Latina. Senator Martinez has used her position as a State Senator to be an advocate for affordable housing and a strong voice for Illinois' children.Senator Martinez's position as Champion of Affordable Housing and Homeownership for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) has made her a leading voice for affordable housing in the Illinois Senate. She has passed legislation providing incentives to school districts providing to safe, affordable housing near schools. In addition, she has fought to help individuals residing in low-income housing to cope with rising energy costs by allowing landlords to capture LIHEAP credits on behalf of their renters, ensuring energy bills are paid on time.During tough economic times, Senator Martinez has fought to protect renters from becoming victims of foreclosure by requiring that tenants are given timely notice if their building is in foreclosure. The legislation states that renters must be given a minimum of 30 days notice in the event of an eviction. Prior to the passage of the legislation, many renters found themselves homeless or living in poor conditions as a result of not being given notice that their buildings were in foreclosure.Senator Martinez has also been a tireless promoter of programs to improve the quality of education for youth in Illinois, including the Grow Your Own Teachers Initiative, an effort to place 1,000 teachers in low-income, hard-to-staff Illinois public schools over the next seven years by offering forgivable student loans to paraprofessionals, parents and other community leaders who wish to become teachers. She has also worked to support the Golden Apple Scholar Program, which seeks to place highly qualified teachers in the State's hard-to-staff schools.Senator Martinez currently serves as Chair of the Senate's Licensed Activities and Pensions Committee. She is also a member of the Education, Energy and Labor and Commerce Committees.Martinez was born and raised in Chicago's West Town community. She resides in the city's Albany Park neighborhood and has a daughter, Jacklyn Nicole. Her district includes some of Chicago's most diverse neighborhoods including Albany Park, Avondale, Belmont, Cragin, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and Portage Park.
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Toronado — this non-word holds a lot of meaning in West Coast craft beer circles. For San Franciscans, it's the name of a Lower Haight bar whose stock has consisted of fine craft beer for the past 24 years.
That's a long time considering, when they opened, San Diego didn't even have one of its now near-50 brewhouses in operation. As that large number of suds factories goes to show, San Diego is an amazing craft beer town — one that's regarded by many as the best in the U.S.
So, it's only fitting that we, too, have our own Toronado. It's a bit younger, nearly four years young to be exact, but is every bit as formidable as its forerunner.


Invitation for everyone to join a SWAP!
That means ALL of you are invited--even you who just read the posts and don't comment--you know who you are!!
This is and ATC, or Artist Trading Card, swap. ATCs are 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inch pieces of artwork (the same size as a baseball card), usually collage/mixed media--you can use any media you like, but the base should be fairly sturdy, like a decent weight cardstock.
These are neat to keep as they are, but they also make great scrapbooking embellishments.
We'll swap 3 for 3--you send in three cards, and you will receive three cards in return, form three different people. It's fine if your cards are all the same design. Please sign and date your cards on the back, maybe put your forum name, e-mail addy or blog, so the recipient can contact you and say "thanks."
Please send in your best work--something you'd be delighted to receive in return.
Please SEND BY FEBRUARY 2nd. That should give it time to get here--I'm in Missouri, so kind of central to most of you USAers--and back to you in time for Valentine's Day.
These are tiny, remember? You can definitely have these done by then!
Questions? Please ask! I probably forgot something . . .
right, yes, please post here if you're planning on joining in!
I would love to play along! How fun!
Okay, there's still plenty of time to join us--we have some ladies from an altered art group I'm in joining us, too.
I'm already behind on my last swap...but next time I'm in.
Ok, question: you just decorate a 2.5x3.5 piece of good weight cardstock in a love theme?
That sounds like fun! If it's not too late, I'd like to join! Let me know!
Nope, not too late, Janice!
not a huge swap, but definitely "enough."
trisha...you going to list who's in the swap so we know? just asking.
Well I hope you're having fun with your atcs--how old are your boys, Janice?
It was fun! Only a few, um.. interferences... I think at one point I was working on the cards with my 3 yr old on the back of my chair playing with a pop dot! Trisha, my boys are 3 (just turned 3 this past Tues.) and 18 mo. They are awesome!
Ok, let me know if I can post a pic of my ATC cards for the swap! Since it don't know I'll just show you a small part of it!
janice i am sure your cards are precious! i have got to do mine today!
I'm doing mine today, too. Love what I see already, Janice.
Janice's cards are adorable--I went and looked, of course!
starting to get that "wanna play with babies" thing going again.
Not birth them or raise them, just play with them.
styles and takes on a theme.
I just thought of a question: since we are just making three and there are more than three ladies participating, will we just be getting a random selection of three cards or just be swapping another participants three? Does that make sense?
You'll receive three cards from three random people, but if you all want, I can keep the SGAs together, so you'll get back cards from people you "know."
Whatever you prefer, it's up to you all--let me know what you think.
I guess it would be nice to get someone's from this board! Whatever works best though will be fine with me! Mine are going out today!
i'll take whatever is nice...hehe.
Hey, Tina, are you still in?
Let me know--I don't want to swap out if yours are en route.
Hey! I just go mine in the mail today! What a GREAT surprise!!! Fabulous ATCs ladies!! I love how you put them in plastic sleeves Trish, thanks! They are all awesome and way cute!! I want to keep them, not give them away!! Ha! I will post a pick of the ones I got in a wee bit!
Thank you for letting me know they arrived, Janice--I'm glad you like them.
At this point, I can't remember who got what atcs. Usually there's a buncha chunky ones, with heavy embellishments, but this time around, I think Lora got the prize for the thickest cards, and hers actually weren't too heavy.
ANYWAY, thanks for playing, ladies!
hey girls! got mine today...so happy to get mail! isn't that silly? but i do love mail. nothing like presents and letters....ahhhhh. thanks for those great cards. they were my very first ones EVER!
Here's a pic of the cards I got, aren't they cute!
It was so fun to get these! SWAPS are fun!
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Has J.C. Penney pulled off 'one of the greatest financial turnarounds in retail history'?
Marvin Ellison, Chairman & CEO, J.C.Penney - Photo: J.C.Penney
Department Stores Financial Struggles J.C. Penney Marvin Ellison Merchandising Omnichannel Pricing Practices Turnarounds
Speaking last week on an earnings call with analysts, J.C. Penney CEO Marvin Ellison said the department store chain had pulled off "one of the greatest financial turnarounds in retail history." While Mr. Ellison admitted (via Seeking Alpha) that there was no reason to be "satisfied with where we are as a company," he said Penney had defied "conventional wisdom" that predicted its failure back in 2013.
The retailer reported positive net income for 2016, achieving a $514 million increase over 2015. Comparable store sales for the fourth quarter were down 0.7, which Mr. Ellison attributed to a slow start in November. He said comps in December and January, not part of the report, were positive.
The chain announced it would close up to 140 stores. Mr. Ellison said closing locations would improve the "brand standard of J.C. Penney and allocate capital more efficiently to a smaller base of stores."
He identified five initiatives that are key to Penney's turnaround.
The first is the company's beauty strategy, primarily built around Sephora. Penney will add 70 new shops to stores this year while expanding space and assortment in existing shops. There were 577 Sephora shops operating inside Penney stores at the end of 2016.
The home category is also an area of growth for Penney. The chain announced it would add 100 new appliance showrooms in stores early this year. Penney, which currently operates 500 showrooms, is focused on capturing share from Sears.
Omnichannel is also key. Penney's CEO expects online sales to exceed 20 percent of the chain's total within five years and believes in-store fulfillment can drive top line growth while reducing costs.
Data-driven pricing is the fourth key initiative. A test in 2016 produced improvements in sales and gross margin.
Finally, Mr. Ellison expects women's fashion, particularly activewear and plus sizes, to boost sales. Nike products will be in all Penney stores by the end of the first quarter and Adidas will be in over 400 locations by back-to-school season. Penney plans to expand selection in its plus-size boutiques to include swimwear and accessories.
J.C. Penney (JCP) Q4 2016 Results (Earnings Call Transcript) – Seeking Alpha
JCPenney Reports Positive Net Income For Fiscal 2016; A $514 Million Increase Compared to The Prior Year – J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
Penney CEO says stores critical to omnichannel push – RetailWire
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you agree with Marvin Ellison that Penney has defied "conventional wisdom" to pull off "one of the greatest financial turnarounds" in the history of retailing? Which of the five key initiatives outlined by Mr. Ellison – beauty, home, omnichannel, pricing, women's apparel – do you think are most important to the chain's success going forward?
"Climbing out of the hole Ron Johnson created is good, but it's far from winning the marathon that is retail in a hyper-fractured stay-at-home market."
Bob PhibbsPresident/CEO, The Retail Doctor
"I don't consider retreating to be a turnaround. We have to now see if they can grow the business."
Phil MasielloFounder and CEO, CrunchGrowth Revenue Acceleration Agency
"...when retailers try to get their hands in every market, they end up successfully alienating themselves from their key demographic."
Jasmine GlasheenPrincipal Writer & Content Strategist, Jasmine Glasheen & Associates
22 Comments on "Has J.C. Penney pulled off 'one of the greatest financial turnarounds in retail history'?"
The J.C. Penney team has made good progress and appears to be on the right track, but negative comps and closing 140 stores hardly seems like "one of the greatest financial turnarounds in the history of retailing."
Yes, the turnaround is definitely impressive at a time when retail is under intense pressure — financial and competitive. "Hacking" their retail business is smart. Test out new products, categories and areas, then make quick decisions on whether they are a success or not. You stop doing the losers, and double down on the winners.
Long term, the omnichannel initiatives are going to suit J.C. Penney best. This is a long-term strategy that adapts to the four shopper generations in the market today. It also embeds the J.C. Penney brand in the shopper's mind, whether the shoppers are in-store, at a mall, dialing in, online or on their mobile. THAT'S effective branding/retailing for the long term!
President/CEO, The Retail Doctor
This sounds a bit like "Mission Accomplished." Climbing out of the hole Ron Johnson created is good, but it's far from winning the marathon race that is retail in a hyper-fractured stay-at-home market.
Look where the brand was five years ago and where it is now. Did they address the fact they are located in a lot of second- and third-tier malls with chains pulling out daily and with traffic slowing? Ulta is gaining on beauty so Sephora may not be the goose that laid the golden egg for long.
Adrian Weidmann
Managing Director, StoreStream Metrics, LLC
While Mr. Ellison was able to make encouraging announcements to analysts, J.C. Penney is far from "turning things around" and certainly a long way from being out of the woods. Of the five initiatives put forth, I would offer that beauty and in-store fulfillment are valuable approaches. In order for these initiatives to be successful, however, the visibility to inventory and addressing out-of-stocks must be addressed. If Sephora can ensure all products are in-stock and align those stock levels accurately on their website they can build a lucrative recurring (and revisiting) client base.
I think it is too soon to tell if this is true or not. They are still closing stores to shore up the finances. But I don't consider retreating to be a turnaround. We have to now see if they can grow the business.
Omnichannel marketing is certainly a must for any retailer. But the question I have about J.C. Penney is, what do they have that no one else has? They have no competitive advantage in any category outlined. I can buy Nike products in many places as well as Sephora's entire product line. Why should I go to J.C. Penney? That is the question they should be asking.
So yes, they have gotten to a short-term profitability. But can they continue it and prosper? Not until they figure out what they truly stand for. Those five elements are tactics, not strategy.
Dick Seesel
Principal, Retailing In Focus LLC
It's admirable that J.C. Penney has stopped bleeding cash but its net earnings in 2016 were just over $1 million (not the EBITDA number, which was higher). So it's premature to declare a historic victory in light of store closings and soft sales. The slippage in gross margin in 2016 is another area of concern, because competition won't be any easier in 2017.
With those reservations in mind, Mr. Ellison has had his eye on the ball ever since assuming the CEO chair and continues to focus on the right things — data science, expense controls, driving sales opportunities and weeding out unproductive locations.
I'm the wrong person to ask about J.C. Penney … I thought that improving the look of the stores and adding beautiful new merchandise at great prices five years ago was a good idea.
In the short-term, cutting costs and closing stores can increase the bottom line. This is not a long-term strategy and is hardly sustainable. You can't cut to ZERO. As long as revenues are moving in the wrong direction, the bottom line is is not the critical issue, the critical issue is a sustainable business model.
Ben Ball
Senior Vice President, Dechert-Hampe
Translation: I'm not Eddie Lampert and J.C. Penney isn't Sears — yet.
Naomi K. Shapiro
Strategic Market Communications, Upstream Commerce
As a strategic market communicator for a retail intelligence company whose specialty is the science of price optimization through predictive and dynamic pricing, I am always surprised when data-driven pricing doesn't get noticed as a driving factor in a company's success. Pricing is everything when it comes to sales and gross margin, the spine of retail — or any business for that matter.
Patricia Vekich Waldron
Contributing Editor, RetailWire; Founder and CEO, Vision First
The department store segment continues to struggle. Despite the progress at J.C. Penney, there is still a long way to go before declaring success.
David Livingston
Earnings calls are usually the worst place to get information. They are full of innuendo and lack facts. We really need to look at their performance over a three-year period. Any retailer can alter the accounting for a short period of time. For two or three years they can't. Since I haven't been in a J.C. Penney since about 1980, I can't really give an opinion on what will work best for them.
Lee Peterson
EVP Thought Leadership, Marketing, WD Partners
Wait, is J.C. Penney doing well or is Sephora doing well? I'm confused. Is the strategy for turnaround evolving the company into a real estate brand? Or, I should say, a better one? The greatest turnaround ever would've been keeping Ron Johnson, in my opinion, but that's for another day. If anything, J.C. Penney is in line for more right-sizing. At least until they fill their former "stores" with hotter brands. I wonder if Marvin's talked to Warby Parker yet. Bonobos?
gordon arnold
sales management consultant
J.C. Penney is still alive. Smaller and still getting smaller in order to show a profit on less sales dollars. This is very typical of what you get when accountants run a company through the operations department. The mistake is they are still turning away from marketing and sales for the purpose of addressing the needs of the base and searching the market for safe and reliable new revenue sources otherwise known as customers. So what we could really be seeing might liken itself to demolition drivers with a new set of brakes.
Talk is talk. And talk can be cheap. I do hope they have started to turn the corner. I don't think closing 140 stores is indicative of getting more customers in the remaining stores. My guess is those remaining customers are going elsewhere. But if they do stay and new customers come in, the staff needs to make a big change in the understanding of the importance of a customer.
Craig Sundstrom
CFO, Weisner Steel
Calm down Marv. A (smart) miler doesn't celebrate after the first lap, particularly when he/she isn't even in first place. Penney's did what it had to do to survive, and it made it, at least for now. But returning to what it was — a stagnating retailer — is no cause for celebrating. And people with memories that go back further than a few days might wonder what became of the "we're not going to do mass-closings" talk. Was it just talk? And if so what purpose did it serve? Or has something changed?
It's far too premature for Marvin Ellison and the J.C. Penney team to declare any sort of "mission accomplished." While the brand is in a far better position than it has been in years, these are simply the first steps in developing a sustainable model to be relevant, in a continuously evolving retail marketplace.
For a department store such as J.C. Penney, the investments in an omnichannel model will provide the most dividends. Particularly, in a universe dominated by Amazon, the advantages of leveraging the retail stores as both a showroom and fulfillment center will be critical in the coming months and years.
Roger Saunders
Global Managing Director, Prosper Business Development
When a major retailer has stood over the top of the abyss, looked down, and then set a course that is taking them in a direction of recovery, such as J.C. Penney is in the early stages, they are on the road to making a turnaround financial for retail history. Marvin Ellison has the JCP team running fast. They are running with their heads UP, with a great deal of pride. The results thus far demonstrate that they are driving toward greater success. Adding 70 new Sephora stores to the current 570 is great timing. Based on Prosper Consumer Equity Scores, a rolling three month average of store preference on a year over year basis, Females, 18-34 are indexing at +128 in choosing Sephora. JC Penney Shoppers are indexing at +135 in their choice of Sephora YoY. In addition, Sephora outpoints all other department stores for reasons to shop their experience — their shoppers give Sephora higher grades than Macy's shoppers for shopping at Macy's in areas of selection, quality, brands available, service, unique products,… Read more »
Marvin is blessed by Johnson's right sizing of JCP revenues during a time of austerity. JCP lost ~$7.5B in rev past 10 years, $4.8B in past 5. Since taking over from Ullman, he's maintained a "claw back" of business from those that walked in the past.
As with all the department stores, the challenge is that the assortment is no longer relevant. So to me, the key initiative will be merchandise related and that will be beauty, women's and home. Her and then her home. Channel of transaction is second. The brand must be relevantly built to drive preference/traffic. They can learn this from Sears.
There will be revenue opportunities when Sears eventually goes away. The pivot to home might be smart. But must be her store first.
Financially, I think it will be massive store closings and store footprint rationalization that will keep the brand going forward.
Beauty is a great focus for J.C. Penney, but I have my doubts about the housewares category. If the evolution of retail has taught us anything, it's that when retailers try to get their hands in every market, they end up successfully alienating themselves from their key demographic. J.C. Penney should pick a focus and run with it.
Morgan Linton
Co-founder and COO at Bold Metrics
I definitely agree, what Marvin and team have done definitely defies "conventional wisdom" and it took making some truly bold moves to make it all happen. That being said, I think it is a combination of moves that will help them continue to defy conventional wisdom in the future and it's more than the five initiatives outlined above. While I do think that J.C. Penney has unlocked something very special in the beauty space with Sephora and has leveraged omnichannel in some very interesting ways, I think that personalization will be a major driving force for them over the next few years. The big question is — how can J.C. Penney provide consumers with a better experience in the stores they are keeping? When consumers read about stores closing it can be easy for them to think that the stores are going away for good. What will really impress consumers is to walk into a store and have a different and better experience than they had the last time they went there. A move like… Read more »
Modest success for one quarter does not make for a "turnaround" let alone the "greatest one ever!" J.C. Penny has a ways to go to complete the turnaround, but curious that they are crediting a success store in a store concept with Sephora as the basis for that turnaround. Sounds an awful like what Ron Johnson said they needed to do 5 years ago….
Which of the five key initiatives outlined by Marvin Ellison is most important to the company's success going forward?


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Q: Time out a java code? I am writing an online java programming app where I take a java code as input from user and returns the output after compilation and execution through a python script.
For controlling the memory heap I have a standard solution of using -Xms and -Xmx while running the code in JVM. I have installed Sun Java 1.7.0_40.
Now the problem is that I am confused about how to restrict the code with a time limit. For example any code submitted by user in my app should not run for more than T seconds, where T is a variable.
I wrote one simple hack using Timer class but the problem is I have to use a lot of regex to inject it in the user code which I primarily want to avoid. As I am more comfortable in python and c++ than java as a programmer, I need some guidance about whether there exists some easy solution for such problem or what are the pros and cons of using the Timer class.
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks

A: I've done simple 'TimeoutThread' util using by ExecutorService.
2 classes:
package eu.wordnice.thread;
/*** Runa.java ***/

import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

public class Runa implements Callable<Object> {

    private Runnable run = null;

    public Runa(Runnable run) {
        this.run = run;
    }

    public Runa(Thread run) {
        this.run = run;
    }

    public Runa() {}

    public Object call() throws Exception {
        if(run != null) {
            run.run();
        }
        return -1;
    };

}

And:
package eu.wordnice.thread;
/*** TimeoutThread.java ***/
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class TimeoutThread {

    public Runa run = null;
    public ExecutorService executor = null;
    public long timeout = 100L;
    private boolean canceled = false;
    private boolean runed = false;

    public TimeoutThread(Runnable runit, long timeout) {
        this(new Runa(runit), timeout);
    }

    public TimeoutThread(Runa runit, long timeout) {
        this.run = runit;
        if(timeout < 1L) {
            timeout = 10L;
        }
        this.timeout = timeout;
    }

    public Object run() {
        return this.run(false);
    }

    public Object run(Object defaulte) {

        this.runed = true;
        List<Future<Object>> list = null;
        try {
            this.executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
            list = executor.invokeAll(Arrays.asList(this.run), this.timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            this.canceled = true;
        }
        executor.shutdown();

        if(list == null) {
            return defaulte;
        }
        if(list.size() != 1) {
            return defaulte;
        }

        try {
            Future<Object> f = list.get(0);
            try {
                return f.get();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                this.canceled = true;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) { }
        return defaulte;
    }

    public boolean wasRunned() {
        return this.runed;
    }

    public boolean wasCanceled() {
        return this.canceled;
    }

}

Example:
public static void main(String... blah) {
        TimeoutThread thr = new TimeoutThread(new Runa() {

            @Override
            public Object call() throws Exception {
                while(true) {
                    System.out.println("Yeeee");
                    Thread.sleep(300L);
                }
            }

        }, 500L);
        thr.run();
    }

Print:
Yeeee
Yeeee

EDIT!
Sorry, that is Timeout Runnable. If you want Timeout Tread, just put the code / call into Thread.
public static void main(String... blah) {
        final TimeoutThread thr = new TimeoutThread(new Runa() {

            @Override
            public Object call() throws Exception {
                while(true) {
                    System.out.println("Yeeee");
                    Thread.sleep(300L);
                }
            }

        }, 500L);

        new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                thr.run(); //Call it
            }
        }.start(); //Run it
    }

A: I would have a look at using ExecutorService in Java for this and have the class with the functionality you want to time out implement runnable - so using Java's threading capabilities to help you out.
You should be able to timeout the thread using the following code:
ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
executor.invokeAll(Arrays.asList(new Task()), 10, TimeUnit.MINUTES); // Timeout of 10 minutes.
executor.shutdown();

But you may need to check out the documentation a bit to get it to work for your use case.
See the following post for more advice on this kind of thing.
Not sure if you're wanting to have the timeout in your python code or in Java, but hopefully this'll help a bit.

A: You can use ThreadPoolExecutor
sample:
int  corePoolSize  =    5;
int  maxPoolSize   =   10;
long keepAliveTime = 5000;

ExecutorService threadPoolExecutor =
    new ThreadPoolExecutor(
            corePoolSize,
            maxPoolSize,
            keepAliveTime,
            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
            new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>()
            );
threadPoolExecutor.execute(new Runnable(){

    @Override
    public void run() {
       // execution statements
    });

References

*

*http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-util-concurrent/threadpoolexecutor.html

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Navigation Path: Home›Media›Speeches›14 February 2018
The role of euro banknotes as legal tender
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 4th Bargeldsymposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, 14 February 2018
First of all, I would like to thank the Deutsche Bundesbank organisers for inviting me to speak at this symposium. The particularly good cooperation between the various Eurosystem central banks in the field of cash is not only part of our core business. It also serves the people of Europe, for whom euro cash has an important function. But our cash has recently come in for greater criticism.
Last year alone, five Member States[1] consulted the ECB on measures to limit the use of cash. This represents a sharp increase compared with the number of consultations on this topic in previous years.
Opposition to cash is coming from different quarters. On the one hand, the "law and order" school says that criminals use cash to finance their illegal activities. Others, meanwhile, who have developed business models involving new electronic payment methods, point to the "cost" of cash. We have to address these arguments.
In the next few minutes, I would like to consider the following questions:
Why does the Treaty[2] grant (privileged) legal tender status to euro banknotes? In other words, why is there legal tender status at all?
What is the role of the ECB and the Eurosystem in protecting this status? And what implications does this have for our activities in the Eurosystem?
Euro banknotes, and only euro banknotes, are protected as legal tender under the primary law of Article 128(1) TFEU[3]. But what exactly is legal tender?
There is a Commission recommendation on this point[4]. It is not binding. But it does provide for the following key elements:
mandatory acceptance (unless explicitly agreed otherwise)
legally recognised means for repaying a debt, i.e. with a discharging effect
at face value, with no levying of additional fees permitted (as is the case, for example, with credit cards).
Precisely what else can be deduced from the legal tender status is a question of interpretation: the Treaty and the binding secondary legislation do not define the content of the legal tender status. The national arrangements of the 19 Member States of the euro area relating to the legal tender status which predate the introduction of the euro continue to apply. In practice, they determine the concrete effects of the legal tender[5] in daily payment transactions. This includes restrictions on the use of the legal tender by way of national regulatory arrangements. Such restrictions can certainly vary from one Member State to another, but the legal tender status as such, so to speak the "nature" of our banknotes, including the core elements of this status mentioned before, must be preserved. We monitor this. I'll come back to this shortly.
Why does legal tender status exist at all?
The relevant provision in the Treaty[6] does not itself constitute a fundamental right or is not equivalent to a fundamental right (in any case not according to prevailing opinion). So there is no "right to cash" or "right to cash payment in all cases". But the granting of legal tender status to euro banknotes under the TFEU, and thus at constitutional level, does concern fundamental rights and fulfils at the same time an important institutional function. Euro banknotes do not exist "for their own sake" or to allow us central banks to obtain seigniorage, but for reasons that are protected under constitutional law.
Cash as legal tender facilitates freedom
Cash, as a medium of transaction in many instances, opens the way for the exercise of many fundamental rights – it costs money to live and money has to be earned. Cash allows privacy and thus safeguards fundamental rights, such as the right to "informational self-determination", freedom of action and freedom of speech. Citizens can use cash to exercise their fundamental rights without the state or other third parties being able to immediately track any financial transactions involved.
This aspect is particularly relevant considering the criticism I mentioned before that cash-facilitated privacy aids and abets criminal activities. Protection of privacy matters to all of us. Privacy protects people from the risk of a surveillance state and thought police. No particular link can be established statistically between cash and criminal activities. The focus must be on the fight against crime. Cash must not be made the scapegoat. It's astonishing that alternative means of payment, such as bitcoin – very popular among cybercriminals – are subject to much less criticism than cash despite the risks they entail and the scope for misuse.
Cash as legal tender allows equality and participation
The store-of-value function of cash is directly linked to property rights.[7]
The easy accessibility to cash, especially for the elderly, the socially vulnerable or minors, allows people to participate in society and, for example, allows children to learn how to handle money. In particular, when socially vulnerable people use cash, they face none of the barriers involved in applying for a credit card or, despite all their efforts, opening a current account.
Cash as legal tender provides security and protection
Cash "always works". If alternative means of payment are no longer possible, e.g. because of a power or network failure, society can continue to function because of cash – in any case as long as the ATMs work or we manage, for example, in times of crisis to replace this infrastructure unbureaucratically. Cash thus clearly enhances the resilience of society and ensures its functioning particularly in critical periods.
Many people use cash to buy everyday items, but not to pay larger sums. They cleverly weigh up the risks, burdens and benefits, such as protecting their privacy by making anonymous cash payments. The statistics show that "average" Europeans have about €1,600 net at their disposal every month. Once rent and other fixed costs have been deducted, many people evidently carry out "cash-suitable" transactions above all. Of course, "shoe leather costs" play an important role in people's calculations, such as the distance from an ATM or the acceptance of euro cash abroad. People who frequently have to handle large sums of money or who, for business or private reasons, often (have to) stay in other currency areas may find it practical to make their payments with a card and not to have to go first to an ATM or a bureau de change. But that certainly doesn't mean that these people – especially here in Germany – would be willing to give up their cash.
What is the role of the ECB and the Eurosystem in protecting the legal tender?
The ECB, as the European institution at the heart of the Eurosystem, has a particular role to play, and not just in terms of monetary policy in general. As the central bank which authorises the issuance of euro banknotes,[8] the ECB is also responsible in particular for protecting the status of euro cash as the sole legal tender. This includes guaranteeing the existence of euro cash and its usability as legal tender.
In fulfilling these tasks, the ECB ultimately ensures that people can go about their lives, with their fundamental rights protected, using euro banknotes and coins.
The ECB establishes the legal framework that protects euro banknotes, for example. We decide what types of reproduction are permitted[9] and, together with the national central banks, clamp down on unauthorised reproductions[10]. This helps to preserve public confidence in euro cash. We keep a constant eye on costs, in terms of regulation too, to ensure that the provision of cash remains cost-effective. Here we have an obligation to the public to increase efficiency even further.
We ensure that cash retains its scope for use and we take action if the legal tender status is at risk..
In the legislative field, our efforts to protect and safeguard the currency mainly take the form of ECB opinions on legislative proposals at national or EU level which relate to our tasks. The ECB has to be consulted on all such legislative proposals,[11] especially when they have the effect of limiting the legal tender status of euro banknotes.
Until 2016, these consultations by Member States on limiting the use of cash were a routine exercise. From the first consultations the ECB established the position[12] that national measures in this area must:
have a legitimate purpose and to that end
be proportionate, that is
suitable, necessary and adequate.
"Suitable" in this case means that the planned legislative measures will actually be able to achieve their aim, i.e. that they are efficient and effective. On the basis of this position, the ECB has recognised, in particular, the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing and tax evasion as legitimate purposes. There has been no criticism when Member States have planned proportionate measures to address these issues.
Since around 2016, and with the peak I mentioned in 2017, the ECB, with increasing regularity, has had to address in detail the topic of limits to cash payments. We have maintained a consistent position on this and, for the first time, we found ourselves having to comment on measures that were not suitable.
These measures involved limiting the use of cash for transactions that are not subject to tax. The national legislator had justified the measures on the grounds that they would help prevent tax evasion. However, limits on non-taxable payments do not help to combat tax evasion[13]. With due respect for the prerogative of the legislator to evaluate the matter, the ECB must point out such errors of assessment.
We also faced for the first time, in the context of a consultation on a very low proposed cash limit, the question of whether the legal tender status of a banknote is undermined if limits on cash payments make it impossible to use a certain denomination in transactions[14]. This would be tantamount to abolishing that denomination. But only the Governing Council of the ECB can make such decisions about the denominations of euro banknotes, and that includes the decision on whether to discontinue certain denominations. So there must be scope for all denominations of the legal tender to be used, otherwise this competence of the Governing Council would be undermined.
General, non-sector-specific limits on cash which largely preclude the use of a denomination are therefore likely to be very difficult to justify.
In this context, I would like to comment on our decision on the €500 banknote. We have decided not to issue a €500 banknote in the second series of euro banknotes. However, €500 banknotes from the first series – which some Europeans probably have under their mattresses – retain their status as legal tender. So people need not worry that their €500 banknotes will lose their value and can continue to use them as a means of payment.
Ultimately, the Treaty includes a limit to limits on cash by assigning legal tender status to the euro banknote denominations as determined by the Governing Council of the ECB. We at the ECB monitor compliance with this provision.
We would also intervene – but fortunately have not yet had to – if there were cases of discrimination against cash as legal tender compared with alternative private payment methods. This could happen, for example, if a payment fee were to be levied. You will recall that a core feature of legal tender is that banknotes must be accepted at their face value. Anyone who has paid by card when booking a flight is aware of the difference. In the case of card payments, additional payment fees are allowed and are standard practice.
Conclusion: What are the implications for our activities within the Eurosystem?
I will conclude by saying that printed euro banknotes will retain their place and their role in society as legal tender for a very long time to come. There is no viable alternative to euro cash. There is good reason to believe that banknotes don't only have to take the form of printed paper, cotton or polymer. However, printed banknotes will remain our core business. And if there is public demand for digital central bank money, this should only be a technical variant of cash.
Alternative payment methods cannot replace euro cash; they can only complement it. The Eurosystem must therefore continue to ensure the existence of euro cash. This is the only way we can safeguard the role that euro banknotes and coins play in protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people of Europe.
Protecting the legal tender status of our banknotes will still call for a high level of vigilance from the ECB and the NCBs, in particular in order to prevent unwarranted limits and thereby ensure support for the euro and its existence. New legislative initiatives, such as those at EU level to define what constitutes legal tender, require intensive dialogue between the ECB and the legislators.
[1] Cyprus, Bulgaria, Belgium, Portugal and Denmark.
[2] Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 128(1).
[3] Article 128(1) TFEU: "The banknotes issued by the European Central Bank and the national central banks shall be the only such notes to have the status of legal tender within the Union". The legal tender status of euro coins is only granted under secondary legislation (Article 11 Regulation EC/974/98); their existence is recognised by the Treaty (Article 128(2) TFEU), but it says nothing about their legal tender status.
[4] Recommendation 2010/191/EU.
[5] The European Commission states on its website: "…beyond the basic principles in the Treaty […] the various pre-euro national principles continue de facto to shape the concrete effects of the legal tender of the euro in the participating Member States"; see http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/articles/euro/2010-03-22-legal-tender-euro_en.htm.
[6] Article 128(1) TFEU.
[7] This is even more developed in many Member States. For example, the Italian constitution (Article 47) even protects people's savings. Ultimately, the primary objective of monetary policy – ensuring stable prices – also serves the social objective of safeguarding the value of our currency and protecting people's savings from being devalued by excessive inflation.
[9] Article 2 of Decision ECB/2013/10.
[10] Guideline ECB/2003/5.
[11] Article 127(4) TFEU.
[12] The stricter position found in the legal literature – which denies Member States any competence to take measures that have a limiting effect, even if the focus of the measure lies elsewhere, since legislative measures limiting the legal tender status of euro cash can only be taken at EU level – was not followed.
[13] CON/2017/18 — Portugal, paragraphs 3.1 and CON/2017/27 — Bulgaria, paragraph 2.9.
[14] See CON/2017/27, Bulgaria, paragraph 2.11.The Bulgarian legislator followed the ECB's opinion and did not implement the too-low limit on cash payments.
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January 14, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka's government censured a senior international diplomat after he spoke at the funeral of a newspaper editor whose murder has been blamed on the island's rulers, officials said Wednesday. Sri Lanka's opposition has demanded an international probe into the killing, which drew condemnation from the US, the European Union and many media rights groups, but the government has rejected the call.
Wickrematunga's newspaper has been strongly anti-establishment and regularly savaged the escalating military offensive against the insurgent Tamil Tigers.
He was shot at close range near Colombo as he drove to work on Thursday. His attackers escaped even though the murder took place in an area near an airbase where the military has a large security presence.
President Mahinda Rajapakse has strongly denied any government involvement and told Colombo-based foreign correspondents on Monday that he was determined to bring the killers to justice.


In a study of island lizards exposed to a new predator, scientists have found that natural selection dramatically changed direction within a single generation, favoring first longer and then shorter hind legs.
Losos and colleagues studied populations of the lizard Anolis sagrei on minuscule islands in the Bahamas. They introduced a larger, predatory lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) is six of these islands while keeping six other control islands predator-free. They then counted, marked, and measured lizards on all 12 isles.
Anolis sagrei spends much of its time on the ground, but previous research has shown that when a terrestrial predator is introduced, these lizards take to trees and shrubs, becoming increasingly arboreal over time.
As predicted, six months after the introduction of the predator the surviving Anolis population had longer relative to Alonis on the predator-free islands. After another six months, during which time the Anolis lizards grew increasingly arboreal, selective pressures were exactly the opposite: Survivors were now characterized by having shorter legs on the experimental islands.
The behavioral shift from the ground to higher perches apparently caused this remarkable reversal, Losos says, adding that behavioral flexibility may often drive extremely rapid shifts in evolution.


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Tekijät Ebenezer Porter
EXERCISES.
PART I.
PREPARATORY REMARKS.
The selections in Part I. of these Exercises, are designed especially to exemplify the principles of rhetorical delivery, as laid down in the foregoing pages. These principles are the same as those contained in my ANALYSIS, only thrown into a more brief and simple form, for a younger class of readers, than were contemplated in that work. I see no reason to change the original plan, of giving one series of exercises, with a rhetorical notation, throughout; and another series of miscellaneous pieces, in which such a notation is but partially applied.
These Exercises of the first part, are much the same as those of the ANALYSIS, chiefly because the examples were selected, with great expense of time, from the whole compass of English literature; and because it is not easy to make another selection, so well adapted to the various principles to be illustrated.
In using the Exercises of Part I. the student may be assisted by the following remarks.
1. At the head of each exercise, on the left hand, the page is noted, where the principle is contained, which the examples are intended to illustrate.
2. Under the several heads, a rhetorical notation, according to the Key given at the beginning, is so applied as
to designate inflection, emphasis, and towards the close, modulation. When emphatic stress is but moderate, it is often distinguished only by the mark of inflection; when the stress amounts to decided emphasis, it is denoted by the Italic type; and sometimes, when strongly intensive, by small capitals. In examples taken from the Scriptures, Italic words are used, not as in the English Bible, but solely to express emphasis.
3. In applying a rhetorical notation so as most fully to exhibit sentiment and emotion, there is often room for diversity of taste. Any amendments, in this respect, which may be suggested by Teachers or others will be gratefully received
4. They who use these Exercises should be aware that examples, which apply exclusively to a single principle of elocution, are commonly very short. When longer ones are chosen, including other principles, besides the one especially in view, it will still be apparent from the notation, what is the point chiefly to be regarded.
5. Before attempting to read any Exercise, the principle intended to be illustrated should be well examined by the pupil. Especially under the head of Modulation, no example expressive of passion, should be read without being studied beforehand.
EXERCISES ON ARTICULATION.
EXERCISE 1. Page 24. Difficult articulation from immediate succession
of the same or similar sounds. 1. The youth hates study. 2. The wild beasts straggled through the vale. 3. The steadfast stranger in the forests strayed. 4. It was the finest street of the city. 5. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw.
6. It was the severest storm of the season, but the masts stood through the gale. 7. That lasts till night.
That last still night.
8. He can debate on either side of the question.
He can debate on neither side of the question.
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Page 25. Difficult succession of consonants with remote accent.
1. He has taken leave of terrestrial trials and enjoyments, and is laid in the grave, the common receptacle and home of mortals.
2. Though this barbarous chief received us very courteously, and spoke to us very communicatively at the first interview, we soon lost our confidence in the disinterestedness of his motives.
3. Though there could be no doubt as to the reason ableness of our request, yet he saw fit peremptorily to refuse it, and authoritatively to require that we should depart from the country. As no alternative was left us, we unhesitatingly prepared to obey this arbitrary mandate.
EXERCISES ON INFLECTION.
EXERCISE 2. Page 29. The disjunctive (or) has the rising inflection
before, and the falling after it. 1. Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing;
Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destròy it?
2. Whether we are hurt by a mád or a blind man, the pain is still the same. And with regard to those who are undone, it avails little whether it be by a man who decéives them, or by one who is himself deceived.
3. Has God forsaken the works of his own hands? or does he always graciously preserve, and keep and guide them?
4. Therefore, O ye judges! you are now to consider, whether it is more probable that the deceased was murdered by the man who inherits his estáte, or by him, who inherits nothing but bèggary by the same death. By the man who was raised from penury to plénty, or by him who was brought from happiness to misery. By him whom the lust of lucre has inflamed with the most inveterate hatred against his own relations; or by him whose life was such, that he never knew what gain was, but from the product of his own labors. By him, who of all dealers in the trade of blood, was the most audácious; or by him who was so little accustomed to the forum and trials, that he dreads not only the benches of a court, but the very
town. judges, what I think most to this point is, you are to consider whether it is most likely that an enemy, or a sòn, would be guilty of this murder.
5. As for the particular occasion of these (charity) schools, there cannot any offer, more worthy a generous mind. Would
you do a handsome thing without retúrn? --do it for an infant that is not sensible of the obligation.* Would you do it for the public good?—do it for one who will be an honest artificer. Would you do it for the sake of heaven?—give it for one who shall be instructed in the worship of Him, for whose sake you gave it.
In short, ye
EXERCISE 3. Page 29. The direct question, or that which admits the answers yes or no, has the rising inflection, and the
answer has the falling. 1. Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no móre? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth
* Disjunctive or is understood.
his promise fail for evermóre? Hath God forgotten to be grácious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mércies?
2. Is not this the carpenter's són? is not his mother called Máry? and his brethren, James, and Jóses, and Simon, and Júdas ? and his sisters, are they not all with us?
3. Are we intended for actors in the grand drama of etérnity? Are we candidates for the plaudit of the rational creation? Are we formed to participate the supreme beatitude in communicating happiness? Are we destined to co-operate with God in advancing the order and perfection of his works? How sublime a creature then is man!
The following are examples of both question and answer.
4. Who are the persons that are most apt to fall into peevishness and dejection—that are continually complaining of the world, and see nothing but wretchedness around them? Are they those whom want compels to toil for their daily bréad?—who have no treasure but the labor of their hands—who rise, with the rising sun, to expose themselves to all the rigors of the seasons, unsheltered from the winter's cold, and unshaded from the summer's héat? Nò. The labors of such are the very blessings of their condition.
5. What, then, what was Cæsar's object? Do we select extortioners, to enforce the laws of équity? Do we make choice of profligates, to guard the morals of society ? Do we depute atheists, to preside over the rites of relígion? I will not press the answer: I need not press the answer; the premises of my argument render it unnecessary.-What would content you? Tálent? No! Enterprise? NO! Courage? No! Reputation? Nò! Vírtue?' Nò! The men whom you would select, should possess, not one, but áll, of these.
6. Can the truth be discovered when the slaves of the prosecutor are brought as witnesses against the person accused? Let us hear now what kind of an examination this wàs. Call in Ruscio: call in Casca. Did Clodius way-lay Mílo? He did: Drag them instantly to execution. -He did not: Let them have their liberty. What can be more satisfactory than this method of examination?
7. Are you desirous that your talents and abilities may procure you respect? Display them not ostentatiously to public view. Would you escape the envy which your rích


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You go through life attracting information, data, images, emotions. Some of it feels like bounty. Some of it feels like stress. A lot of it is way too much for your body to handle. You're overloaded. You may feel at times that it's tough to cope.
Here's a great tool for letting go of the overload: imagine grounding your body to the earth.
Grounding clears out the clutter so you can go on, refreshed, and create what you want to do or have next. Grounding allows you to release the static – background chatter from the present as well as more highly charged stuff from the past that's gotten restimulated throughout the day.
The spiritual tool of grounding lets you release excess energy from your body.
The image of grounding comes from the science and practice of electricity. An electrician will tell you that grounding an object removes excess electrical charge, whether positive or negative. A conductive pathway is set up between the object and a ground. Electrons travel along the pathway, releasing from the object, and the electrical charge of the object then becomes balanced.
We can adopt that metaphor and ground our "body electric," as poet Walt Whitman called it. But we don't use a ground that you can touch in a literal way, like a PVC pipe or a metal bar or a wire. We use an image, a picture, that is envisioned – and then put to work.
The body stores energy. A grounding cord releases it.
Well, you've got a few choices about what to do with this stuff, whatever you call it. You can hold onto it; you can pass it to someone; you can transform it into something else; or you can release it.
Often, holding onto this stuff means holding it in the body. The body is somewhat of a hoarder, instinctively helping you survive by collecting energy (sometimes in the form of calories) that it attracts throughout the day. But while the body contains programming to do this to help you survive, it's not always particularly discriminating. It needs your help. Some energy is appropriate to store in your body and some isn't. Your body often doesn't know the difference.
You'll start to know the difference, however, by virtue of the pain and discomfort you feel, some subtle and some blindingly obvious. I'm betting that as you read this right now, you're becoming vividly aware of places in your body where you're holding energy or tension that are now crying out for release.
A grounding cord can be your way of getting energy out of your body that doesn't need to be stored there – a way other than venting to your friends on the phone or rummaging around on social media, for a couple of examples, to pass that energy on.
We start out grounding to our Moms – literally.
Grounding is something we take to pretty easily, because we know about it from being in the womb. Through an umbilical cord, all of us were grounded directly and physically to our mothers. At birth, that umbilical cord vanishes, but an energy cord remains, from the parent to the child's first energy center, or chakra, at the base of the spine or the child's third chakra above the belly button, to help ensure the child's survival.
At some point between ages 4 and 9, the grounding cord from parent to child dissolves. If you're a parent, you might know exactly what this means. All of a sudden things feel really different: your child is grounded to his or her peer group instead of to you, and he or she doesn't listen to you in the same way as before.
Typically, we ground to other people and things.
Even if we're not grounding ourselves through a peer group, many of us tend to ground ourselves through people or things. The difference between grounding and simple connection may be subtle. What's the difference? You can tell if you're grounding your body through a thing or another person if you need the connection to feel fundamentally secure. Maybe you're a bit too dependently relying on someone you're in a relationship with. Maybe you finally feel relaxed and grounded only when you're in your kitchen or your garage.
We all need and enjoy this range of connections. There's nothing hugely wrong with them, but you want to be aware of the degree – so ask yourself: how dependent are you on this person or thing to feel an underlying sense of safety and stability?
The value of consciously using grounding as an energy tool, rather than haphazardly grounding your body through a person, thing, event, or social media page, is that it's purer, it's more direct, and you can control it.
For instance: have you ever grounded yourself through a love interest, only to discover that this delightful human is having a bad day or a worrisome crisis, or has in fact broken up with you, leaving you in the lurch energy-wise? Suddenly you feel as anxious and destabilized as the person you're grounding yourself through.
Or, let's say you often ground your body using food. You feel tired or overloaded or scattered, and your tactic for getting your blurry spirit closer to your body is to create a trail made of a whole lot of potato chips. Or a few cans of soda. It's the Hansel-and-Gretel approach, the mode of the fairytale kids who left a trail of breadcrumbs as they journeyed from home through a dark forest. The catch: when the breadcrumbs were eaten, the kids were lost.
You get the picture. If you want to feel grounded, then do what's simplest: do it yourself, and do it directly. Actually ground your body using the energy tool of imagining a connection between your body and the earth.
Along with getting into the center or your head, grounding is where you start in meditation.
All the tools described here are aimed at helping you as an energy being, a spirit, communicate with and get into alignment with your body (or get your body into alignment with you). Why would you want to? Because it's through communicating with your body that you get to reclaim your energy, feel better, and create the outcomes you want for yourself and even others. It's all well and good to be. But you can't overlook the fact that, in this incarnation at least, the way you be is via your human body.
The best way to start this next phase of your body-being communication it to take time out for it apart from any other activity. That is, sitting down in a quiet place and being present in the moment. This is the vantage point from which you most effectively create anything. We usually call this meditation.
Meditation is the focused place where you do things as a spirit, without distraction. Sure, you do things as a spirit – an energy being – all the time outside of meditation. But it's easier if you practice it or focus on it in meditation, even if only initially for five minutes at a time.
Next you'll learn to ground by sitting down and closing your eyes, but later you'll apply this to grounding while going through your day. Just as you don't start out learning to type while riding a skateboard, it's easier to learn to ground and find your energy space if you're not doing a bunch of other things at the same time.
To review very quickly: earlier, we learned the overarching spiritual Tool #1 of finding a little bit of amusement, which immediately gives us perspective. Then we learned Tool #2, bringing your awareness right behind your eyes, into the center of your head, to occupy the driver's seat of your body. Tool #3 is grounding your body.
I've been using intuitive tools for more than 25 years, and I often feel I've achieved something huge simply by managing to sit down and do these three simple, but radically redemptive, steps. And if I can hit all three with my eyes open going through my day, I feel as if I've triumphed.
Start by just sitting down, closing the door, and closing your eyes. It sounds pretty easy, but it may be the hardest part of any of this: stepping outside of the energy streams and demands all around you, and taking a few minutes to slow down – for yourself. You can read through the description of how to ground, then do it; it's OK to peek at the text as you go through the steps.
How to ground, first time.
-- Ideally, put both feet flat on the ground. Sit up straight in a supportive chair so your spine can lengthen.
-- Notice your body. You can start with your hands. Notice what they feel like.
-- Pay attention to your breathing. Don't do anything to change it. Just notice it.
-- Imagine that below your chair is a very large coiled-up brown rope, the kind they might have on a big old ship.
-- Focus on one end of the rope and instantly see it (in your mind's eye) connect to the base of your spine. It has magic Velcro on it to make this easier.
-- Notice that the other end of the rope has on it a very large anchor. Drop the anchor.
-- Watch that anchor fall to the center of the planet and uncoil that rope. Watch it falling. Now it's halfway there.
-- And then see that anchor keep going until it hits the center of the planet and stops there, landed.
-- Imagine taking that rope, and in case there's any slack in it, giving it a slight tug. Now it's nice and snug, connected from the base of your spine to the middle of the earth.
-- Just be aware of that connection. Don't get hung up on literal geophysical issues about what's in the center of the earth. Just imagine a simple image for it.
-- In your mind's eye, with your eyes closed, check your hands.
-- Notice your breathing. Notice that space around you. Notice any difference between how you feel right now and how you felt before you did this.
-- Notice that you feel anchored. Your body has grounding. The earth can accept whatever you're already letting go of. Your body can relax. It's safe.
-- Take a deep breath. Relax back in your chair.
-- Now notice one or two things that happened today or yesterday that you want to let go of. Don't think too hard about it. Just drop them down that rope. Let them go. Down into the center of the earth. A conversation. A nagging worry. Something you ate.
-- Enjoy this for a few minutes, or as long as you can stand to. Just sitting there, breathing in and out, letting go of stuff – thoughts, images, memories, responsibilities – just be present and release. If the phone rings, if your computer beeps, ignore it all. Just for a couple of minutes. All you're doing is sitting here with your eyes closed, releasing.
-- When you're ready, touch your face, stretch, and yawn. Open your eyes.
Was it easier than you expected? Did it feel a bit strange? Did it feel good? I expect that you'll feel clearer now, more alert, and ready to do whatever you need to do, with a bit more energy.
I welcome incorporating Ground into my meditation toolbox.
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The UK Civil Aviation Authority has received a request from an interested party for the Civil Aviation Authority to undertake a Market Power Determination (MPD) in relation to Manchester Airport, under section 7 of the Civil Aviation Act 2012 (the Act).
If the Civil Aviation Authority makes a determination that the market power test set out in the Act is met, the airport operator in question would be subject to economic regulation under Chapter I of the Act.
In the case of large airports (those serving more than five million passengers per annum) where an MPD has not previously been carried out, the Civil Aviation Authority is required to undertake an MPD if a request is received from an interested party. This is the case for Manchester Airport.
The Civil Aviation Authority's preparations are at an early stage and it is currently planning to initiate an MPD for Manchester Airport later in the year. During this period, the Civil Aviation Authority may consult with the airport operator and other relevant parties.
The Civil Aviation Authority has not reached a view on this matter and no assumption should be made at this point whether the market power test will or will not be met in relation to Manchester Airport.
Richard Stephenson, Communications Director
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Email: press.office@caa.co.uk
1. The "market power test" has three tests that must be met:
Test A is whether the airport operator has, or is likely to acquire, substantial market power in a market, either alone or taken with other such persons as the Civil Aviation Authority considers appropriate.
Test B is whether competition law does not provide sufficient protection against the risk that the airport operator may engage in conduct that results in an abuse of the substantial market power.
Test C is whether, for users of air transport services, the benefits of regulating the airport operator by means of a licence are likely to outweigh the adverse effects.
2. Appeals against MPDs may be made to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).
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const { expect } = require( 'chai' );

const bodyProcessor = require( '../body' );

describe( 'lib/event_types/api/body', function() {

    describe( './processResult', function() {

        const { processBody } = bodyProcessor;

        it( 'auto encoding [not specified], string value', function() {

            const result = processBody( 'string value' );

            expect( result ).to.equal( 'string value' );
        });

        it( 'auto encoding, string value', function() {

            const result = processBody( 'string value', 'auto' );

            expect( result ).to.equal( 'string value' );
        });

        it( 'auto encoding, object', function() {

            const obj = { one: 1, two: 'II', three: '3!' };

            const body = JSON.stringify( obj );

            const result = processBody( body, 'auto' );

            expect( result ).to.eql( obj );
        });

        it( 'auto encoding, object, malformed', function() {

            const obj = { one: 1, two: 'II', three: '3!' };

            const body = JSON.stringify( obj ) + '!!!';

            const result = processBody( body, 'auto' );

            // should keep the same (cannot parse)
            expect( result ).to.eql( body );
        });

        it( 'auto encoding, formURLEncoded', function() {

            const body = 'key1=value1&key2=value2';

            const result = processBody( body, 'auto' );

            // should keep the same (cannot parse)
            expect( result ).to.eql( { key1: 'value1', key2: 'value2' } );
        });

        it( 'formURLEncoded encoding, formURLEncoded', function() {

            const body = 'key1=value1&key2=value2';

            const result = processBody( body, 'formURLEncoded' );

            expect( result ).to.eql( { key1: 'value1', key2: 'value2' } );
        });

        it( 'formURLEncoded encoding, object', function() {

            const obj = { one: 1, two: 'II', three: '3!' };

            const body = JSON.stringify( obj ) + '!!!';

            const result = processBody( body, 'formURLEncoded' );

            // should keep the same (cannot parse)
            expect( result ).to.eql( body );
        });

        it( 'formURLEncoded encoding, formURLEncoded, malformed', function() {

            const body = 'key1@value1key2value2';

            const result = processBody( body, 'formURLEncoded' );

            expect( result ).to.eql( body );
        });

        it( 'unknown encoding, value', function() {

            const obj = { one: 1, two: 'II', three: '3!' };

            const body = JSON.stringify( obj );

            const result = processBody( body, 'special-json' );

            expect( result ).to.eql( body );
        });
    });
});

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The aim of the subject is to to bring students the basic knowledge of definitions, structure, methods, managing and planning in the field of processes of production and services and therefore set up the base of knowledge and information for the next subjects related to economical system of the company and its management. Students will be introduced with key concepts and aspects of the management of production and services, particularly in the production structure, its organization and planning, standardization, quality control and human resources. Within lectures are explained basic tools, methods and procedures of the production system and the possibility in solving problem situations in practice. Students will also learn to evaluate the resulting economic effects of management processes in production and service relating to the optimization of their progress and resources.
MAHADEVAN, B. Operations management: theory and practice. New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley, 2009. ISBN 978-817-7585-643. RAYBURN, Letricia Gayle. Principles of cost accounting: using a cost management approach. 4th ed. Homewood: Irwin, 1989. The Robert N. Anthony/Willard J. Graham series in accounting. ISBN 0-256-06827-5. SLACK, Nigel a Alistair BRANDON-JONES. Operations and process management: principles and practice for strategic impact. Fifth edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2018. ISBN 978-1-292-17613-0.
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Here's Uber's Plan To Screw Over Drivers Who Have A Complaint
Peter Mondrose September 24, 2015, 4:47 am 352 Views
Uber doesn't cover benefits for drivers and without full-time or even part-time driver status, they also enjoy very few other additional benefits.
Not only are some "full-time" drivers not given health benefits, paid vacations, or other benefits, it also turns out they are hit with huge fees if they try to file legal action against Uber.
In a September 1 decision US District Court Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco granted class-action status to a lawsuit brought by two Uber drivers seeking reclassification as employees. They are seeking reimbursement for expenses and tips, which would open the door to a minimum wage, meal breaks, workers' compensation, and unionization.
Uber has since filed a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to take up "the leading case raising urgent questions about the classification of sharing-economy workers." The company argues that Uber drivers can work when they want with no set schedule.
So how is the company hoping to combat lawsuits in the future? By charging an insane amount of money to go into arbitrage. The fine print in Uber's driver contract features a clause that requires drivers to open arbitrator disputes with a mediation service called JAMS.That company charges $7,000 per day and requires a $5,000 retainer fee to start the process. The fine print in Uber's contract requires that drivers who move into arbitration pay half of the fees associated with the complaint.
JAMS spokeswoman Victoria Walsh tells Bloomberg that to date, not a single arbitrage case has been filed against Uber.
In his June decision, Chen ruled that the arbitration agreements are so unfair they're unenforceable. Three months laster Judge Ernest Goldsmith came to the same conclusion during a separate case in San Francisco Superior Court.
Lawyers are now arguing that Uber is using sneaky tactics such as expensive arbitrage to shield the company from class action lawsuits.
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Written by Peter Mondrose
Peter Mondrose is the Editor-In-Chief at BusinessPundit. He received his degree in Economics in 1998 and a second degree in Journalism in 2004. He has served as a financial adviser, market trader, and freelance journalist for the last 11 years. When he's not investigating market conditions and reporting on workplace news, he can be found traveling with his wife, dog, and laptop. He can be reached at OnlineDegree.com.
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