<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10029" dir="ltr">I, for one, have found this an interesting discussion. I also was thinking along the lines of giving several month of notice before court proceedings could commence. Somehow, in my mind, I was thinking that the building department having jurisdiction should also be notified. And maybe 90 days should be longer. Or if the business is not open on the 91st day, proceedings can not begin until it is open. The remodel might be in progress or the owner has decided to permanently close or ...</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10072" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10073" dir="ltr">In small claims court, one must make an attempt at settlement before filing.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10074" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10075" dir="ltr">How did CA come to have the minimum $4000 + costs law?</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10076" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10077" dir="ltr">And what is in the proposed legislation for "frequent filers"? I will try to look that up in a future evening. </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10078" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10079" dir="ltr">As for education, there are a number of other online classes. I went through a several day series of lectures on Python by Google. I gave up at the end because the links to the "homework" files were broken.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10080" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10110" dir="ltr">Kahn Academy has good material from arithmetic to multiple-dimensional calculus. And lots of other subjects besides maths. (I deliberately use the British plural form.) </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10133" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10186" dir="ltr">A key piece of learning/teaching is motivation. Until someone decided they want to learn a subject, it is difficult to make them study. Just telling someone that they need to pass a course / certificate is generally not adequate motivation. If someone decides, for any reason, that a subject is important to them, it is hard to stop them.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10205" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_10206" dir="ltr">My daughter is a professional translator of human languages. A while back, she and some professional colleagues had a discussion about which language a young niece should take in school. The early choices bounce around between Spanish and Chinese and ... The final conclusion is that the student needs to have a personal reason to learn the particular language. After that, pick from the 100+ that are used in the UN. (or the 2 choices offered at the junior high).<br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_9989" style="display: block;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_9988" style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_9987" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490211011880_9990"><br clear="none"><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>