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1 60 Day Expert Determination Structured to Meet the Commercial Expectations of Business Management By Charles O Neil FCIArb and Dr. Michael Hammes Published in Arbitration Journal April 2011 (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK) 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The motivation to structure a more efficient and effective Expert Determination process has arisen out of the widespread dissatisfaction of corporate management with the delays and costs of dispute resolution through the courts or with arbitration. 1.2 In preparing this paper, we acknowledged that many legal authorities, institutions and leading dispute resolution practitioners around the world are actively working to remedy the deficiencies of the existing processes. There are many publications that contain papers that analyse and comment on cases, appeals and the various dispute resolution processes in the different jurisdictions. These publications make suggestions for improvement and provide valuable information that help dispute practitioners keep up to date. 1.3 Nearly all of these publications reiterate the universal requirements for dispute resolution: To obtain a fair and impartial resolution of disputes without unnecessary delay or expense 1.4 Significant progress and improvement has been made with dispute resolution processes over the past few years, yet corporate business generally remains sceptical about entering into formal dispute in any form because of the uncertain process, outcome and costs. Clearly, the widespread corporate view is that nearly all dispute resolution takes too long, is too expensive and does not always provide a just result, thereby leaving one or both parties dissatisfied. 1.5 As a contribution to improving ADR, we are proposing a structured and disciplined Expert Determination process designed to overcome these deficiencies that attract so much criticism from corporate business, in order to offer greater commercial satisfaction with the outcome. 1.6 Expert Determination has been chosen because it is a relatively simple process that can be used effectively to resolve single issues or a small number of related issues within the contract. These types of issues represent a large proportion of disputes. 1.7 Therefore, the objective is to formulate a process that will resolve these issues in a manner that is acceptable because it is timely, cost effective, delivers fair and reasonable justice and is not likely to be challenged in litigation. 1.8 This is no easy task and there has been considerable input into this proposal by a number of professionals who are actively engaged in dispute resolution. We acknowledge and thank our colleagues for their advice and comments. (Note: We would particularly like to thank Hannah Tuempel from Paris, Malcolm Holmes QC from Sydney and Robert Horne from London for their helpful comments during the preparation of this paper ) 1.9 Corporate managers around the world require a dispute resolution process that encapsulates the key objectives that are already included in court procedures and institutional Rules, but corporate management is generally not confident that it can rely on these objectives being met by the existing processes in a pragmatic and commercial manner. 1
2 1.10 When corporate managers have agreed to the dispute being resolved in a binding decision by an independent person or tribunal, they have the following expectations: That the dispute will be resolved competently and impartially by the independent person or tribunal The process will be as fast as possible, without unnecessary delay Legal fees and related costs will be controlled and minimised Executive time and disruption will be minimised Confidentiality will prevail, to the maximum extent possible The risk of court appeals will be reduced if the dispute resolution process is efficient, fair in all respects and robustly managed Relationship damage will be kept to a minimum. Ongoing business between parties is often a very important consideration, as is the maintenance of personal relationships, because it is a remarkably small community in most industries and businesses and also people move between companies fairly regularly these days That the result delivered, if not favourable, will at least satisfy the losing party that it has had a fair hearing and received a properly reasoned decision in accordance with natural justice. All commercial managers want to win but there are no guarantees of this in dispute resolution, so if the result goes against it, then the losing party needs to be satisfied that: it has had a proper opportunity to put its case all issues were addressed the commercial and cost awards were fair and reasonable clear and logical legal, contractual and commercial reasons have been given in respect of each issue decided, with supporting reasoning sufficient to be understood by company management, not just the lawyers the process has been conducted efficiently and impartially so that the dispute has been resolved with certainty and finality and there are no avenues available for appeal 1.11 There does not always have to be a claimant and a respondent in the adversarial sense. It is not uncommon for parties with excellent business relationships to agree to use an independent expert to resolve a difficult contract interpretation or financial situation that has arisen unexpectedly, in order to preserve their relationship. It is also not uncommon with government departments, to overcome the difficulties of consensus decision making or to convey the public perception that they are being fair and reasonable The formulation of 60 Day Expert Determination is therefore designed to respond to each of the above requirements in a pragmatic and commercial manner In some jurisdictions, such as where Shariah law is applicable, it is acknowledged that there may be different protocols in respect to confidentiality; and with Expert Determinations being accepted as final and binding. Therefore this 60 Day Process may require modification to accommodate existing practices in such jurisdictions The next important step is to convince corporate management that it is possible to achieve the above objectives through a structured and disciplined process that is efficiently managed in respect of time, fairness of result and costs. This is best done by their legal and commercial advisers. 2
3 2. KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE 60 DAY PROCESS 2.1 The Expert appointed by the parties or by an institution must have substantial experience in the area of dispute, be it contractual or technical expertise, i.e. the appointee should be a recognised expert in this area. 2.2 The appointment process and timescale shall be incorporated in the contract. If the parties are unable to agree on the appointment within the contractual time limits, it shall be made by an institution that is nominated in the contract, e.g. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), which shall also be obliged to appoint a recognised expert in the area of dispute. 2.3 In complex disputes that may involve both contractual and technical decisions, the Expert must be a specialist in the predominant area of dispute, but shall have the right to engage experienced advisers to provide advice on specific issues on which the Expert does not have personal expertise. These advisers might be legal, financial, commercial or technical. The cost of such advice shall be included in the costs of the Expert Determination. 2.4 The parties shall be given adequate opportunity to present their case and respond to the case of the other party. The parties shall be given the opportunity to verbally explain or clarify their submissions. 2.5 The parties shall have the right to request the Expert to undertake site inspections, subject to being accompanied at all times by representatives of both parties. 2.6 The parties shall be given the opportunity to review the draft Determination and make submissions on errors of fact, ambiguity or matters requiring clarification. 2.7 Limits are placed on time periods and the size of submissions in order to facilitate a fast but fair and reasonable resolution. However, the parties always have the right to mutually agree more flexible timescales and submissions for complex disputes. If this happens after the Expert Determination has commenced it shall be necessary for the Expert to also agree, so that the Expert has a measure of control over procrastination and unnecessary delay. 2.8 Subject to the parties agreeing otherwise, The Expert shall robustly apply the procedures and time limits in order to meet the objectives of the process. 2.9 The 60 Day process is designed specifically for single issue disputes where the parties desire a fast resolution that is fair and reasonable and cost effective. However, one Expert Determination may accommodate one or more single issue disputes within the same contract that have some commonality, e.g. o o Interpretation of the contract in respect of obligations and liability, or to resolve ambiguity. A single issue that has multiple sub-issues, e.g. a purchase price dispute with underlying adjustment clauses The 60 Day Timetable does not allow for counter claims, but the Timetable can be adjusted to accommodate them, by agreement of both parties with the Expert Subject to the parties agreeing otherwise, the Expert Determination shall be Final & Binding and not subject to appeal other than in the event of later evidence emerging in respect of alleged fraud or misconduct by the Expert or either of the parties. The Final & Binding agreement should be written into the contract terms at the outset, as it is far more difficult, if not impossible, for parties to agree on decisions being final and binding after a dispute has commenced The disputes to be determined must be clearly defined in the Brief prepared jointly by the parties, so that there is no opportunity for later challenge to this part of the process. The 3
4 Expert s jurisdiction is governed by this Brief in conjunction with the contractual terms in relation to the use of Expert Determination The Expert shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator and may make decisions from their own knowledge or expertise and shall be free to manage the proffered evidence as they see fit, subject to no denial of natural justice This 60 Day Process can be conducted in conjunction with the Rules stipulated by institutions such as ICC, CEDR and the Academy of Experts provided that the Key Principles and the Timetable of this 60 Day Process take precedence It is recommended that 60 Day Expert Determination be incorporated in the dispute resolution section of contracts as an Accelerated Dispute Resolution Procedure suitable for single issue disputes. On this basis, its place in the dispute resolution procedures should come after CEO negotiations and mediation, as an alternative, to adjudication, arbitration or litigation. 3. THE 60 DAY TIMETABLE 3.1 Within 10 business days of the appointment of the Expert, the claimant and respondent shall simultaneously deliver written submissions to the Expert and to the other party, limited to 20 pages, that shall include: A background statement to the dispute (parties often have a different perspective on the background) An executive summary of the issues, with respective points of claim and defence. References to the appropriate points of evidence, which shall be attached. (10 Business Days) 3.2 Within a further 6 business days from receipt of the initial written submissions, the parties shall each be entitled to submit a reply to claim/defence to the Expert and to the other party, limited to 10 pages. (6 Business Days 16 in total) 3.3 Within a further 7 business days of the replies being delivered, the Expert shall conduct an oral conference, limited to one day, for the purpose of clarifying any necessary points arising out of the submissions and replies. Each party shall be allowed an equal amount of time for comments and submissions at the conference. (7 Business Days 23 in total) 3.4 No new evidence may be presented at the oral conference unless this is agreed by the Expert, or mutually by both parties. Then the other party shall have a right of response that shall not exceed 5 business days. It shall be in writing only and no reply to the response from the other party shall be permitted. (5 Business Days 28 in total) 3.5 The Expert shall issue a draft non-binding Determination within 15 business days of the oral conference, or any extension thereof related to new evidence as above. It is incumbent on the Expert to provide full reasons for his decisions, supported by detailed reasoning. The clarity of the reasoning and logic in the written Determination should be such that it satisfies the losing party, as well as the successful one, in that the dispute has been heard fairly and impartially; that the parties have had a proper opportunity to put their case; that all issues 4
5 have been addressed; and that the Determination provides fair and reasonable justice and will withstand any appeal if the parties have not agreed for it to be binding from the outset. (15 Business Days 43 in total) 3.6 The parties shall have then 7 business days to respond with written comments on the draft non-binding Determination, limited to 10 pages from each party. (7 Business Days 50 in total) 3.7 Within a further 10 business days, the Expert shall issue the final Determination, which shall be final & binding and not subject to appeal unless otherwise agreed by the parties at the outset, except in the case of alleged fraud or misconduct by the Expert or either of the parties. (10 Business Days 60 in total) 3.8 The claimant and respondent shall bear their own costs and equally share the costs of the Expert and any advisers engaged by the Expert At all times prior to the issue of the final Determination, the Expert shall be entitled to initiate such enquiries, investigations, witness examinations and site inspections as considered necessary or desirable for the purpose of determining fair and reasonable findings, provided that the Expert shall not at any time meet with any one party alone, or make requests of or communicate with any one party without fully copying or similarly communicating with the other party or parties simultaneously. 4. SUMMARY 4.1 The principle objective is to have a disciplined and fair procedure that is limited to 60 days. However, it is equally important to retain the principle of flexibility when this is required (Clause 2.8). For example, the 60 days might be extended to provide flexibility for complex issues, counter claims, site inspections, or a party request for an additional conference to enable further clarification if it still has serious concerns about the content of the draft Determination. In this regard, the Expert will need to carefully weigh the need for an extension with fairness, time and cost considerations before agreeing, especially if the parties differ on the need for the extension. 4.2 In summary, even with the procedure taking up to 60 business days (plus appointment time), it is vastly quicker than litigation or arbitration. And, if the 60 Day procedure is robustly managed by a real Expert on the issue under dispute, then the corporate management of both parties should be able to accept the Determination on the basis that they have received a fair and impartial resolution of the dispute, without unnecessary delay or expense. 5
6 Charles O Neil has extensive international experience in both commercial management and dispute resolution. He is currently ( ) Director of Asset Management for Bilfinger Berger Projects S.à r.l, based in Luxembourg, which has an international portfolio of more than 60 PPP infrastructure investments. In this role, Charles is responsible for monitoring the financial and operational performance and risk management of the investments. Charles is also a Chartered Arbitrator and Accredited Mediator with broad international experience, including participation in numerous Expert Determinations, as well as Litigation, Arbitration and other forms of ADR. His current memberships and listings include CIArb, ICC, LCIA, DIS, DIAC and IAMA.. Dr. Michael Hammes is a director of PricewaterhouseCooper's Forensic Services practice based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Michael has extensive experience in dispute resolution. In many cases he acted as an advisor to the clients and the respective law firms, as party-appointed or tribunal appointed expert in arbitration or court proceedings or as an expert in resolution mechanisms like expert determination and mediation/conciliation. Michael was engaged by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation to support the promotion and research of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Eastern Europe. December
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Dr. Sarah here, and welcome to video 182.
Now, is there a part of your life that you're not living, that you may actually be avoiding? Because you've gotten hurt, or there's been grief or loss, or something's gone wrong, so you just avoid it.
Now, what would it be like to no longer have to avoid that space of your life? That place in your life that you cut off?
Anytime you cut off any place of not living fully, you're likely to be in the limitation of it and suffer in it… and that's no fun!
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So, what I would like you to do now, is close your eyes, and bring your attention to your breathing. Now, tune in to that part of your life that you've decided to stop living in.
What part have you stopped living?
Now, bring in all the energy around that. Everywhere you've been avoiding it, all the heaviness, all the sadness, the hurt, the pain, whatever is there… allow that to come up now, and we're going to clear it.
So go ahead and take a nice deep breath in through your nose, and release all of the heaviness out through your mouth. Nice. Bring all that heaviness in, and release it through your mouth.
Allow it to clear, to release, to dissipate, to ease. Allow it to ease. Allow it to ease.
Now, what do you notice? What are you aware of?
What part of your life are you not living, that you now can allow yourself to live? You no longer have to cut yourself off from that part of you.
Now, go ahead and open your eyes.
What do you notice now? Is there more ease?
What would it be like now to allow yourself to live that part of your life that you had not been living?
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A Space to BE With
Take a moment to tune in and ask yourself the following questions.
What is it like to know that you no longer have to cut off any part of your life?
Have you ever considered clearing the heavy thoughts, feelings, and emotions that have kept you from living your life fully?
What is like to know that this contributes to you being in a lighter space and/or provides you an opportunity to live your life fully in a way you may have never considered?
What would it be like to know that you could choose to clear any time you choose?
Would it be one additional way for you to tap into a space of awareness and allowance, question, choice, possibility, and contribution?
What else could you could generate and create in your life from here?
How does it get any better?
Let's Talk About It!
When you are willing to be in the question and look at your life from a different perspective, it opens you up to a different world of possibilities… a space where choice and change is readily available with more ease. What would it be like?
So I invite you to share your awareness and points of view on my YouTube Channel.
Alright my friends. Be with that, play with that, and let me know what that's like for you. And, keep using this clearing. If it keeps coming up, keep clearing it until you can allow yourself to be in that part of your life that you have not been choosing. I would love to hear about it… and I'll look forward to talking to you again soon. Take care for now.
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DENVER — Gathered into a tight corner at the edge of the Gates Tennis Center, a horde of Fairview and Boulder onlookers were treated to a 2 1/2 hour classic between two of the area's top high school players.
Knights senior Sophie Pearson outlasted Boulder freshman Lily Chitambar in three sets Friday afternoon to advance to Saturday's Class 5A state semifinals, now only two wins away from gold.
Pearson won the opening set before Chitambar rallied to take the second in a heated tiebreaker, setting up a brilliant finish. The Knights senior ripped a scathing crosscourt winner as part of building a 3-1 lead. Chitambar responded with a few dazing shots of her own, including a perfectly-placed drop shot, that helped her win the next two games and draw even.
Pearson eventually ended the match with three straight wins and clinched 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, moving her into the semifinals against Arapahoe's Julia Rydel.
"I knew I'd have to work really hard, especially with a hard match every round," said Pearson, who fell to Chitambar in three sets at the Front Range League tournament two weeks ago. "My goal is just to play well, do as well as I can, and hopefully win."
Saturday's weather forecast calls for sunny skies as state champions are expected to be crowned. The usual three-day tournaments in 5A-3A had to be sandwiched into two days by CHSAA after wintery weather ruined Thursday's plans.
Pearson, who won twice Friday, can cap her high school career with a second state title with two more victories Saturday. The senior, who missed last high school season while playing at a developmental academy in California, won gold in No. 3 singles as a freshman.
Also, in contention is Knights sophomore Alexis Bernthal, who kept her season-long perfect-set record intact with two quick wins, as well as Monarch's No. 2 doubles sister tandem Laura Cook and Savannah Cook.
Elsewhere, Legacy had two positions move into the second round before No. 3 singles player Lily Kasic and No. 2 doubles Leila Daoud/Madelyn Rhodes bowed out in the quarterfinals. Monarch's No. 1 doubles Ginger Harrington/Emma Lookner also fell in the quarterfinals, losing in three sets to Fossil Ridge. And about 30 minutes after Chitambar fell in heartbreaking fashion, fellow freshman teammate Lila Travis came up short in a three-set thriller of her own in the No. 3 singles quarters.
"It's heartbreaking," Boulder coach Elizabeth Korevaar said. "It's an experience thing, their first time at state, so they didn't know what they were walking into … They played beautifully. They were in it until the very end."


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text: The green revolution in wheat and rice, white revolution in milk, yellow revolution in oilseed and the "blue revolution" in fisheries have augmented the food basket of the country. But many technological challenges remain. First, despite the shrinking share (23%) of the agricultural sector in the economy, the majority of the labour force (nearly 60%) continues to depend on agriculture. About 75% of India's poor people with low purchasing power live in rural areas and nearly 60% of the cultivated area is under rainfed farming. Hence, the National Agricultural Policy and the Tenth Five Year Plan place high priority on raising agricultural productivity as a means to achieve more rapid agricultural growth and reduce rural poverty. Secondly, stagnating/decelerating productivity growth and declining total factor productivity in agriculture have cast doubts on the resilience of the sector to meet the challenges of a more market-driven and competitive regime. Related to the issue of stagnating productivity is the obvious limited connection between input use and productivity growth performance. Thirdly, current unsustainable land and water use practices will lead to lower agricultural productivity in the future. Fourthly, ensuring economic and ecologically sound access to food to every Indian, while conserving and improving the natural resources and traditional wisdom, in a more competitive regime, is yet another challenge.


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Seelos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SEEL) stock shot up Thursday after the biotech said it has exclusively in-licensed the rights to a potential disease modifying Parkinson's disease therapy created by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Parkinson's disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement, and symptoms include tremors and changes in speech and gait.
Seelos Therapeutics stock nearly doubled to $3.30 in morning trade.
READ: Zynerba Pharmaceuticals launches Phase 2 trial of Zygel in autism spectrum disorder
The New York-based biotech has exclusively in-licensed the rights to a family of peptide inhibitors that target the aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-synuclein).
The function of α-synuclein proteins in the healthy brain is unknown, but Parkinson's researchers are interested in it because it is a major constituent of Lewy bodies, protein clumps that are the pathological hallmark of the neurological disorder.
The company has designed the new program as SLS-007, with an initial focus on Parkinson's disease.
Pre-clinical data provides supportive evidence to slow progression, an early sign of disease-modifying potential in Parkinson's disease.
Seelos will evaluate the potential for in-vivo delivery of SLS-007 in a Parkinson's disease transgenic mice model.
"Accumulation and aggregation of α-synuclein is a pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease," Seelos Therapeutics CEO Raj Mehra said in a statement. "Though its role is not completely understood, it appears pivotal in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's and other α-synucleinopathies such as dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy. Reducing the levels of pathological forms of α-synuclein may alter the course of Parkinson's."
Tim Whitaker, who is the head of R&D at Seelos, said that the current available treatments for Parkinson's including Dopamine promoter Levodopa and deep brain stimulation, "long-term outcomes for patients remain poor."
"With no disease-modifying treatments, and long-term use of established dopaminergic therapies resulting in both adverse events and side effects, significant need remains to develop not only a better means of restoring striatal dopamine but a safe and effective treatment that slows progression of the disease in patients with Parkinson's," said Whitaker.
Under the terms of the license, Seelos paid The UC Regents and UCLA $100,000 upfront and will pay royalties on net sales.
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Passing Judgment: The Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine
© 2016
The royal judge was an archetypal character in French tragedy during the 17th century. This figure impersonated the king by asserting his judicial authority and bringing order to an otherwise chaotic world.
In Passing Judgment, Hélène Bilis examines how an overlooked character-type—the royal judge—remained a constant of the tragic genre throughout the 17th century, although the specifics of his role and position fluctuated as playwrights experimented with changing models of sovereignty onstage. Her readings analyze how this royal decision-maker stood at the intersection of political and theatrical debates, and evolved through a process of trial and error in which certain portrayals of kingship were deemed obsolete and were discarded, while others were promoted as culturally allowable and resonant. In tracing the royal judge's persistent presence and transformation, Bilis argues that we can better grasp the weighty political stakes of theatrical representations under the ancien régime.
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- Page Count: 272 pages
- Dimensions: 6.4in x 0.9in x 9.3in
"This book is an excellent addition to scholarship on both humanist and classical French theater."
Brian Moots, Pittsburgh State University
Renaissance Quarterly
"Bilis writes with admirable clarity as she traces a fine line of research and thinking about dramatic history and court culture during this period. She makes a valuable contribution to seventeenth-century French studies and to theatre history."
Harriet Stone, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St Louis
"In Passing Judgment, Hélène Bilis proposes a new study on the evolution of French tragedy. She eloquently shows how the tragic genre is permeable to various aesthetics and does not necessarily bind to a set of rigid rules."
Hélène Visentin, Department of French, Smith College
Author InformationHélène E. Bilis is an assistant professor in the Department of French at Wellesley College.
Table of contents
CHAPTER 1: The Critique of Le Cid: Richelieu, Royal Judgment, and the Rules
CHAPTER 2: Failed Judgments, Thwarted Justice: Alexandre Hardy's Scédase ou l'hôspitalité violée
CHAPTER 3: The Ceremony Unravels: Tragedy's Comedic Turn
CHAPTER 4: Learning From Experience: On Corneille and Coherence
CHAPTER 5: Corneille's Cinna and Rotrou's Crisante: A Search for the Emperor's Judgment
CHAPTER 6: Racine and Royal Fathers of Injustice—Mithridate and Phèdre
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Bookworms Rejoice: Here Are 7 Reasons Reading Fiction Can Be Good for You
"In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own. I learned who I was and who I wanted to be, what I might aspire to, and what I might dare to dream about the world and myself." -- Anna Quindlen
Settling down for the evening with a great novel and a good cup of tea is, as many a bookworm will tell you, one of the finer pleasures of life. However, it turns out that these retreats into the literary realm are actually good for us.
As well as helping us to relax, reading fiction can prepare us for difficult situations, envisage change in ourselves, and even help us navigate social situations. If you're in need of an excuse to pick up a novel and treat yourself to a bit of 'bibliotherapy', here are seven good reasons to get started.
1. Relaxing with a novel can reduce stress levels by up to 68 percent
Mindlab International at the University of Sussex have found that reading for as little as six minutes can reduce stress levels by more than two-thirds, which is more effective than listening to music or drinking a cup of tea.
2. Fiction can help us prepare for difficult situations In Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction, professor and novelist Keith Oatley describes fiction as a 'simulation' of life which can guide us in much the same way that a flight simulator would teach a pilot. If you're about to face a difficult situation, why not see how fiction characters deal with it first?
3. Reading fiction can improve our social skills In fiction we witness how characters approach their relationships and group interactions. This can help us to understand what others think and feel, and even act more tactfully in our own social situations. In fact, the more fiction a person is exposed to, the better they tend to do on measures of social ability.
4. Reading fiction can help us make real changes When you enter the mind and world of a literary character, you may even change your own behaviour and thoughts to match that of the character, researchers Lisa Libby and Geoff Kaufman at The Ohio State University suggest. Therefore, by reading positive, inspiring novels, it can be easier to make better decisions and create change in our own lives.
5. Books can help us to connect with others in the real world By talking about books, we share our own stories, beliefs and dreams with others, and form meaningful connections in the process. Whether we start a book club, join a bibliotherapy group, or simply chat with friends about our favourite authors, reading fiction is associated with high social support, or having a circle of close friends.
6. Reading fiction can make us more comfortable with change If you've come to dread uncertainty, exposure to literature may even help you to open your mind and accept a greater degree of ambiguity.
7. Fiction opens our minds to new places, people and cultures Fiction can allow us to envisage a multi-cultural and more equal society to the one we currently live in. By simply opening a novel, we can get inside the role of a third world citizen, someone of the opposite sex, or a marginalised immigrant.
"Through art alone are we able to emerge from ourselves, to know what another person sees of a universe which is not the same as our own and of which, without art, the landscapes would remain as unknown to us as those that may exist on the moon." - Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
So, if you've been falling behind with your reading, try taking a trip to the bookshop to kick-start your reading habit. It will probably help you out more than you think.
True. I love reading fictions especially if the book features characters and scenes that are new to me, not the typical knight in shining armor adventure to rescue a kidnapped princess. haha Reading, regardless what genre you prefer, relieves stress and I'm a living proof of such wonderful effect. Thanks for sharing and have a great day!


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Bankingtech.com: Take Guard Against Sanctions Screening
July 23, 2019
Recently, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) was ordered to pay $1.1 billion for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and other international money laundering controls. It included a criminal conspiracy involving some 9,500 transactions worth a quarter of a billion dollars to the benefit of sanctioned Iranian entities.
More than half of the transactions were the result of deficiencies in SCB's compliance program, which allowed customers to request US dollar transactions from within sanctioned countries. Less than two weeks later, US officials fined one of Europe's largest banks, UniCredit Bank AG (UCB AG), more than $1.3 billion for processing nearly $400 million for sanctioned entities and countries, including Iran, Libya and Cuba.
UCB AG not only did business with sanctioned entities, it even altered its screening to strip sanctioned countries from transaction information in a conspiracy run by compliance staffers. Prosecutors said the bank "engaged in this criminal conduct through a scheme, formalised in its own bank policies, designed to conceal from US regulators the involvement of sanctioned entities in certain transactions". In one instance, the bank actually used its sanctions screening software to find and release illegal transactions to blacklisted regimes.
These and other financial institutions (FIs) have been scrutinized as regulators seek to send a strong message that FIs will be heavily fined if they drop the ball on sanctions screening. At the same time, US regulators are warning individuals they may also be held responsible for letting dirty money get through the system. In my opinion, this is a clear wakeup call for anyone in the financial industry.


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Sports Saturday: Agility Lesson!
This morning we had our first agility lesson in over 3 months. Between graduation, interviews for graduate school and grown-up jobs, going on short summer trips, and then moving across town, we were never able to squeeze in an agility lesson! I am so happy that we were able to have a lesson today, as were the boys (we switch dogs each lesson). Diesel and Bailey did really well, especially for having been off contact obstacles in 3 months. I was super pleased with Diesel's weave pole performance as well as his 2-on-2-off contacts on the see-saw and A-frame. Here are some pictures from today — I think they show how happy the boys were to be playing agility on a nice Saturday morning. 🙂
Posted on August 6, 2011, in Agility, Bailey, Diesel, Sports Saturday and tagged Agility, Aussie, Australian Shepherd, Bailey, Diesel, Dog Sports. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
Hey Guys,
That looks like so much fun and look at you jumping over that tall one, very impressive! 🙂
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
Looks like everyone was having fun! WE haven't been to an agility class in at least three months … I need to get back there. The fun the dogs have is worth it!
Glad to see your back. You must be having some fun too. My bet, the girls won.
Hi Kas,
Oh, boy! Or maybe I should say, oh dog! Either way, these are great photos that attest to the fact that the dogs are having a terrific time.
But these photos also put me to shame for not making the effort to enroll my two Shih Tzu boys for agility classes. I know they'd enjoy it but I fear that it might be too hard for me.
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Oftentimes, we hear the words calling and purpose in church, but we do not always understand what they mean. How can we discover our calling and purpose? How do we know if we are really living out our calling and into our purpose?
Hearing the Call
When I was fifteen years old, I responded to a public invitation by my pastor to commit my life to the Lord Jesus. I knelt at an altar in the front of our church sanctuary. As I did, I began to cry, almost uncontrollably.
Though I didn't understand at the time why I was so emotional or even what this all meant, when I rose from the altar, I felt as if the weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders. I couldn't have explained it then, but I'd been forgiven, and the weight of sin I bore had been lifted.
What I didn't comprehend fully then was that God had called me to be His child and, as such, to follow His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. In some respect, I believe we complicate this whole issue of "calling," and thereby, miss its simplicity.
Calling is an invitation to follow Jesus. As Christ-followers, our callings have many similarities, but our specific calling can manifest itself in very different ways. That's where purpose comes in.
Understanding Calling and Purpose
Two of the Apostle Paul's letters to Timothy, who was like a son to him, are recorded in the New Testament. In 2 Timothy 1:9, Paul writes: "For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was His plan [purpose] from before the beginning of time—to show us His grace through Christ Jesus."
In this verse, we catch a glimpse of the relationship between calling and purpose, both of which are invitations from God. Though this verse is packed with significance and truth on many levels, for purposes of clarity and simplicity, I'm going to focus on the relationship between calling and purpose.
In many respects, the relationship between calling and purpose is like two sides of the same coin, similar to belief and faith. One is not complete without the other. Belief is an intellectual acknowledgment that something is true.
For example, I can say, "I believe the medicine the doctor has prescribed will help cure my illness." But unless I exercise faith by actually taking the medication, my belief is of no value. In other words, unless I act on my belief, it will have no benefit. That's true in our relationship with the Lord as well.
Similarly, understanding that I am being called (invited) by God to enter into a relationship with Him through belief in Christ has no real bearing on my life until I exercise faith and say, "yes," to God's invitation to be saved and become His child, which opens the door of opportunity for me to discover my purpose for being on this planet.
At its core, calling is an invitation to partner with God in the fulfillment of His purpose on earth. And what is that? "… His plan [purpose] from before the beginning of time—to show us His grace through Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 1:9).
So, how do we do that? In Romans 8:29, Paul wrote: "For God knew His people in advance, and He chose [called] them to become like His Son, so that His Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters."
Once we respond to God's calling by accepting His invitation to become His child, then the journey of becoming conformed to the likeness of Jesus begins, and that, my friend, becomes our purpose. Simple? Yes. Easy? Not so much. The plan to climb Mount Everest may be simple, but it's far from easy.
Confusion abounds because people like me, who was a pastor for over 30 years, like to speak about our calling to be a pastor. Do I believe I was called to be a pastor? Absolutely. But how that really translates is this: Being a pastor was God's choice for me as I sought to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, which is my purpose. Being a pastor was the plan God had for my life as a means of living out my calling as His child, thus, contributing to the fulfillment of His purpose for my life.
God extends His invitation to everyone. He doesn't want anyone to miss their calling to become His child. But with virtually every invitation, there will be those who respond positively, and some will reject the invitation.
What's the point? Calling is for everyone. Purpose, from a biblical perspective, is only for God's children, those who accept their calling to become His child and begin the long journey of becoming like Jesus.
Discovering Your Purpose
Why is purpose wrapped up so tightly in becoming like Jesus? Because Jesus perfectly modeled what it means to be God's child. He alone opened the door of opportunity for us to accept God's invitation (calling) by laying down His life and paying the penalty for our sin, which we could never have paid ourselves.
So, what might your purpose look like? We get clues by looking at the life of Jesus. As I think of purpose, I see at least two primary dimensions. First, the character of Jesus, and secondly, the mission of Jesus.
In Colossians 2:9, Paul talks about the fact that in Jesus all the fullness of the Godhead dwelt bodily. In other words, Jesus was God in human form. Then in verse 10, he makes an astounding declaration that in Jesus we, too, are complete, whole, and filled with purpose. How can that be? Because of our union with Jesus! It's critical that we understand our purpose is all about Jesus, not about us, and allowing Him to develop His character in us is essential.
You might see your "purpose" as being an astronaut, physician, all-star athlete, mother, or teacher. The list is virtually endless in terms of how our purpose is expressed. But if Jesus isn't at its core, our true purpose will never be fulfilled.
The question isn't so much, "What should I do/be?" It's "Lord, may I never forget that whatever you've gifted and equipped me to do, may it be done to Your honor and fame and for the purpose of extending Your eternal Kingdom. May I use the gifts and abilities You've given me to accomplish Your mission on this earth—to allow Jesus to show His grace through my life."
Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:31: "So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." What does that mean? It essentially means that whatever we do—in our home, in private, or in public, at work, at play—whatever we do, it should reflect the character of Jesus, enabling us or whomever we may be with, to sense the glory, the presence of God.
Fulfilling Your Purpose
So, how has the Lord equipped and gifted you? What are you passionate about? What are you really good at? What really gives you satisfaction, a sense of accomplishment? Do you like to take orders or give them? Do you like to lead or follow? Do you like to invent a way or follow a prescribed way? Do you like people, or would you rather go it alone?
These things aren't a means of defining your "calling," but they might be an avenue to defining how God has designed you to fulfill your purpose, your mission on earth, because of your calling to be His child.
Your truly "happy place" will only be found in your "all-in" response to become God's child through faith in His only Son and pursuing with your whole heart Christ's mission on this earth.
Being a pastor for many years was fulfilling, and I believe it was exactly God's purpose for me. But since I've been retired and attending Chase Oaks Church, it's as if I've been set free to focus exclusively on what God wired me to do—love Him without reservation and serve Him boldly as I love those He puts in my sphere of influence.
There are many genuine responsibilities that tug, not only on your heart, but your time, money, and energy. Your vocation, family, personal interests, recreation, and on and on it goes until at the end of the day you collapse into bed, wondering whether or not you've actually accomplished anything of eternal value that day. Been there!
One day, sooner than you can imagine, you'll stand on the threshold of eternity looking back over the "blip" that was your life. The only thing that will matter on that day is "Did I respond to Jesus' call on my life to follow Him, and how effectively did I accomplish the purpose/mission I was put on this planet to carry out?"
Finding Your Happy Place
I invite you to follow Him, love Him without reservation, and find the fulfillment in your life you never imagined you could find. He's the Treasure you seek. His love will revolutionize your life. Trust Him. Love Him. Follow Him. He is your calling. He is your purpose.
Contrary to many people's opinion, under most circumstances, you don't have to make a decision between God or career, God or family, God or recreation.
The beauty of walking with Jesus, that I'm now discovering in such good and satisfying ways, is that Jesus is walking with me now, in this moment, whatever I'm doing, whomever I'm with, as long as my heart is beating to please and honor Him. My happy place has a name. His name is Jesus!
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It's a fact of life: the bigger your company gets, the more you're going to hear about "best practices," in nearly every context, from art you put on your walls to coding standards and everything in between. Even at smaller companies at this point in the evolution of the tech startup, it'll come up in conversation whether you like it or not.
I'm here to convince you that while it's certainly worth understanding industry best practices and how we've arrived at them, in the technology world especially it's not always the right choice to blindly follow those who have gone before. I'll start off with some obvious examples outside of our sector and end with some other options that you can use to kickstart yourself into better than best.
When best practices really aren't
"Never start a land war in Asia" and "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line" are two well-known best practices made famous by The Princess Bride. Yet, if our hero (who as we know is pretty clever himself) always decided to follow best practices, the plot would have turned out remarkably differently. Moving into a more real-world example, if best practices were never questioned, we'd all still be smoking for good health.
Working at a health company, I can safely say I'm glad we've moved on from there! Similarly in the world of game theory, we have a long history of achieving local maxima for long periods of time. When AlphaGo first emerged as a serious contender, many experts scoffed at the moves it was making… until it managed to defeat every single one of those experts in turn, and now best practices in a game that has been around for centuries have changed.
The software industry is certainly no exception, either. There are hundreds of blog posts on best practices, coding standards, and more, and countless more Google hits that you can explore, if you're feeling brave. Here's a hint – they are not all identical, and there are lots of them, each claiming to be the best – so something has to give. If there were singularly perfect practices across the board, we wouldn't still be having the tabs vs. spaces debate rage on today.
Innovation is stifled
Perhaps even worse, blindly following best practices is a good way to destroy your team's innovation and creativity. "Because someone famous said so" and "because it's the highest-rated answer on Stackoverflow" are great shortcuts – but they're shortcuts. Sometimes they can get you where you need to go, but you'll miss understanding the bigger picture of why they're important. Accepting anything as the rule without exploring it goes against the scientific method, and is the source of many self-perpetuating bugs in software and errors in process.
If you find yourself following the crowd because it's the crowd, and if you were to ask yourself why you're doing it but can't come up with any reason beyond that (I'm sure you can come up with a couple that the tech world is doing at the moment, generally speaking), you still might be doing the right thing, but you should really get to a place where you can prove and understand that you are doing the right thing.
When best practices really are
There's good news. There are some best practices (or, for the sake of not being hyperbolic, let's just call them excellent practices). "Don't play in the busy street" is advice that I give my 8-year-old that has served him pretty well so far. Similarly, if you page through the "best practices" links that I asked you to look through above, you'll find quite a few. Some of them are pretty good, no doubt! This time when you're looking through them, keep an eye out for things you find yourself nodding about, things that would make your life (and the lives of your team) easier.
If you try it, and it does (and perhaps you've already executed on this process several times – great job! That's an excellent practice!), then you know you've picked something good. If it adds overhead, underdelivers, makes code slow or unreadable or worse, you can always try again. (Remember that time I told you to be willing to fail? This is totally that.)
Focus your energy
But who am I kidding? You didn't actually read 1.5 million hits on "best practices," or at least I really hope you didn't. In the real world, no one has time to wade through hundreds of possible timesavers, lifehacks, coding standards, and technologies to find the right one on the off chance it may help you a little bit. You need wins! Thus, instead of paging through dozens of articles on things that will barely move the needle, decide instead where to spend your time.
Make a list not of potential technologies or process tweaks to test, but rather a list of your absolute worst practices. Get help making your list, too – if you're an engineering executive, your pain points are most definitely not going to be the same as an individual contributor on your team, or the same as those of the architect in the chair next to you, but all of your worst practices are impeding your common goal of delivering great software, which in turn is helping drive your higher-level success metrics whatever those may be.
If you're an engineering leader, make your list and make sure everyone else's list is part of it. Think of emails you get that make you say to yourself, "Again?" in frustration. Think of the last time someone asked about a problem on chat, only to have ten people jump on with "me too." If it's making someone upset, slow, or otherwise unable to deliver because something is getting in their way, get it on the list. (As an example, a while back we found that our build process was way too long and was slowing people down, forcing them to wait an unnecessary amount of time for things to build, leading to variants of this.
Now that you have your list, you can do your research: find a really good practice someone else is doing, or go your own way. Define success criteria for eliminating the problem, if it's not obvious; what does a win look like? Use sage advice on how to combat the problems you're facing, or at the very least what not to do about it. Perhaps most important, figure out the effect your efforts will have on the bottom line, as opposed to just iterating on something that already works for you – to truly move your overall bar, it's far more effective to get something from a theoretical 20% to an 80% than it is to go from 80% to a 90% (I learned that from video games).
So go forth, and get better – don't worry if you don't get to best. And if you invent the next agile or the next database paradigm in the new year while you're doing it, enjoy your fame and riches and please think of me.