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I had booked a flight to Orlando from Seatac for 7 days due to bad weather the flight was canceled we decided not to go. We asked Alaska Airlines for a refund and received one in two days. We also called Expedia to cancel our car rental so they called Dollar car rental and they waived the $50 cancellation fee. after we returned from our alternate vacation. I noticed my credit card bill had not received a refund for the car rental or the booking fee. I've been calling and asking for a refund (four times now). Average hold time 20 minutes. I've been told were taking care of it.
Fifteen days later and still nothing. I'll update what happens.
----Next day (Sept. 3rd. 2008)
I was told I'd be contacted yesterday... no callback I called back I was told Spencer was working on it right this minute! will call back I'll wait...
----next day (Sept. 4th 2008)
Spencer called me back yesterday and told me the matter was resolved and I will get a full refund.
(might be one of those "The cheque is in the mail" type of things.)
...I'll wait again.
----next next day (Sept 6th) still no refund, I'll update next when I call or when I get my rrefund.
---next week (Sept 12th) still no refund I called and asked what the hold up was after much ado about nothing I was told that Spencer was not working that day, but she contacted the refund department and they said it would take 4 to 6 weeks to get back my refund. I then explained to the call center clerk that if I returned a pair of running shoes I would get credited for that instantly. I don't think they're allowed to hang up on you because I was being very long winded (remaining professional). I told her I would call back twice weekly to see how thing are progressing with the refund.
---Sept 22nd still no refund (maybe I'll copy and paste updates) I was on hold for under 1 minute this time. I asked for Spencer the supervisor. not in today Last time I checked he worked Monday to Friday. This was a relatively short because I'm getting tired of the same old crap.
October 16th Still no refund. I received a letter from my credit card company (CIBC Visa. dividend card) requesting supporting documentation for the services not received. I gave them a call (30 seconds on hold)and explained to them that these negotiations were entirely conducted over the phone. CIBC visa told me that they would credit my account and would let Expedia dispute the charge reversal. Hopefully this matter is finally resolved, no thanks to Expedia's much less than straight up business practices. Thank you CIBC visa!
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Many of these type of sites claim it can take 1-2 billing cycles to get your refund. Odd, they grab the money in seconds and take months to give it back.
godofwar on 10/28/2008:
refunding is a gruesome process, not by Expedia butby your credit card company or your issuing bank (for debit cards). they require each party (Expedia and car rental company) to acknowledge the refund first before everything can be processed. blame your credit card company for this.
MJ79 on 12/27/2008:
Kudos to godofwar... hit it right on the nose. The "1-2 billing cycles" phrase that you hear on occasion is due to the rules and restrictions set in place by your credit card company. Your travel agent authorizes the refund but the credit card company is the one holding the fundage. It happens to the best of us. Patience is key. :)
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Cheaper car rental rates - no way
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Checked on car rental at Budget for Anchorage AK: total $372.44. Then I went to Expedia to get a better rate, but the cheapest rate it had for the exact same period, same size class, etc was $441.
One wonders how they can advertise 'cheaper' rates than if you go directly to the rental company.
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Third party contractors advertise the lowest rates, but make sure to say in their fine print that you won't always get them. I book cars, travel, etc. directly and have often found my fees less than what a third party bargain company has offered.
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DENVER, COLORADO -- I've never bashed a company on the internet until now. After getting home and doing what I should have done previously, due diligence, I would have never reserved a vehicle through Expedia.com for a rental vehicle from EZ rent a car. Run away! Spend the extra $5 to $25 per day, and get a vehicle from any different company. If you don't believe this? Enjoy your time writing my same review.
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EZ Rent a car is the cheapest of the cheap, with matching cars and customer service.
What exactly happened to make this an Expedia complaint instead of an EZ complaint?
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European car rental through Expedia.com
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I reserved a car rental in Italy through Expedia.com. When I arrived in Milan, the rental company, Lukauto, charged me 50% more than my Expedia reservation which included Superinsurance that was already included in my reservation. After I returned the car and inspected it to see that there were no damages, they claimed that I damaged it and charged me $560 for repairs.
I e-mailed Expedia.com 3 times and the only answer I received was an instruction to call the customer service number. When I called the number and spoke to their agent, I was put on hold for 45 minutes and then was connected to the U. S. office of the crooked car rental company.
Expedia offers no help to their customers and I would never rent a car through them again.
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If you had checked your itinerary, Expedia has a disclaimer that quoted prices are just ESTIMATES. This price was given by the car company itself and not created by Expedia.Only cars included in packages are prepaid and have a fixed amount. If you called to complain about the price, forget it. The disclaimer is clearly stated in the itin. IF you called to complain for the repair charges, that's also not valid because it's between YOU and THE CAR COMPANY. Expedia was NOT there when you returned the car and had no way of knowing whether it was truly damaged or not.
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7 Sins of Offshore Outsourcing
Offshoring business operations offers the potential for cost savings of 15 percent to 20 percent, but Compass analysis show that organizations that properly plan and operate offshore initiatives can reap substantially higher rewards.
Organizations that focus on short-term cost reductions often rush through projects without adequate planning, due diligence or consideration of the long-term implications of the inevitable changes in business requirements or offshore market conditions. In many respects, the mistakes organizations make when implementing and managing offshore initiatives can be understood in the context of the seven deadly sins: pride, sloth, avarice, lust/extravagance, envy, gluttony and anger.
1. Pride
Many organizations succumb to the sin of false pride and plunge headlong into an offshoring initiative without performing due diligence. They assume they have the internal capabilities to create and govern an offshore operation, but they seriously underestimate the management resources needed to set up and run such an operation. This contributes to poor productivity and communications, and to missed cost savings and improvement targets.
It takes time, good planning and detailed execution to offshore successfully. An organization unwilling to invest time at the outset and do it properly cannot expect to reap the long-term benefits of offshoring. Don't be too proud to learn from the mistakes of others, nor too arrogant to assume that you can cut corners in implementation and abdicate the responsibilities associated with the ongoing management of the operation. Acknowledge that your existing internal resources may not be adequate. Invest the time and resources needed to do it right the first time and keep it successful over the long term.
2. Sloth/Laziness
It's lazy to move an inefficient business operation offshore and rely on lower salaries to run the operation at a reduced cost. This "lift and shift" strategy is seriously flawed: Although individual salaries may be substantially lower in an offshore environment, the personnel resources required increase by as much as 15 percent. Consider this real-life example:
The chart shows that a "lift and shift" strategy achieves short-term cost savings, but does not address underlying problems. When these problems are offshored, the solution is often to throw additional resources (people) at the problem. This strategy becomes unsustainable over time as offshore salaries increase and traditional offshore locations experience staff shortages and high turnover (up to 80 percent a year in certain sectors and regions). A decrease in individual productivity is common in offshored environments. While offshoring to a captive operation offers the chance to solve problems over time, outsourcing a "lift and shift" approach means managing problems through a third party.
Top-performing companies are shaking off laziness and adopting a "fix and mix" approach. This involves an analysis and improvement of operations prior to offshoring (fix), followed by a movement of specific functions offshore where appropriate (mix). Data shows that the investment in such initiatives is more than offset over the long term by increased savings.
3. Avarice/Greed
In offshoring projects, avarice shows itself as a lack of concern for the fate of the business, as well as a disdain for the well-being of offshore development. Apart from the dubious morality involved, this approach eventually collides with the reality of staff-retention problems offshore, and the associated cost and quality problems. A long-term view focuses on investment in local resources, specifically in staff training, orientation and retention. Offering a career path will pay off in higher productivity and lower attrition.
4. Lust/Extravagance
The desire to solve a problem by taking on more, cheaper personnel is extravagant and wasteful and has serious implications for service quality. Many offshore operations have lower productivity and excessively high turnover, reducing cost savings.
Here's a typical scenario: A problem is offshored, and additional lower-cost but highly educated staff are thrown at the problem, without any effort to find a solution. After awhile, employees grow frustrated and depart for more rewarding jobs, which means more staff must be hired. A vicious cycle is created: Service quality and cycle times suffer, and error rates increase.
Upward salary pressure in India and elsewhere is forcing organizations to seek new destinations, but the low-cost/low-efficiency model will likely be replicated in those markets. Although the salary differential between onshore and offshore workers remains substantial, the combined effects of lower productivity, increasing salaries, hiring/training replacement staff and managing problems associated with continuity will close the gap far sooner than anticipated. Fixing problems before offshoring enables organizations to reap the benefits of both lower salaries and an efficient organization.
Don't give in to the impulse to compensate for low productivity with more bodies: It's a false economy. Leading organizations apply the same continuous performance improvement mind-set to offshore operations as they've applied to onshore operations for years. Companies that have invested in technology, infrastructure and processes in their offshore operation continue to show improvements in productivity and cost savings.
5. Envy
Don't succumb to envy and offshore operations because you think others are reaping huge savings. The discounts are not nearly as deep as touted: Claims of cost savings of 40 percent don't account for the impact of lower productivity offshore, higher communications costs and the additional overhead for onshore governance. Actual savings are closer to 20 percent.
Analyses of onshore operations frequently identify cost-saving opportunities of 20 percent to 25 percent, attainable through the application of technology or improvements in business processes. In other words, offshoring may not be necessary to realize cost-saving targets. Before embarking on an offshoring strategy, a firm should gauge the current and potential efficiency of its onshore operations, and the investment needed to realize the potential efficiency.
Offshoring continues to grow, but concerns over the quality of customer service are driving some operations back onshore. This trend is particularly evident in call centers involved in product advice and direct sales. Companies currently repatriating some of their services have concluded that a client-facing operation onshore (and/or a customer segmentation strategy) can offer a competitive advantage.
6. Gluttony
Some organizations succumb to gluttony and offshore as much as possible, as quickly as possible, believing this will maximize savings. But companies have a limited ability to digest change—and an even smaller capacity to digest offshore change. Organizations that indulge in gluttony find their management focus will ultimately be directed toward firefighting.
The experience of IT outsourcing offers some lessons. Early ITO deals were characterized by a soup-to-nuts mega-deal approach as a way to achieve substantial savings and value-add. Over the past few years, this strategy has failed to deliver, and selective sourcing has emerged as an alternative.
IT outsourcing worked for companies that took a measured approach, designed an optimal mix of outsourced/insourced/offshored service delivery, adopted a best-of-breed strategy regarding service provider selection and built internal governance capabilities to manage their operations.
Resist the urge to offshore everything at once. Instead, take a measured approach, process by process. Monitor success and identify what works and what the management team can handle. Build confidence and experience by gradually moving the operations. Establish a track record and develop the governance capabilities to maximize potential benefits.
7. Anger/Wrath
If a sourcing relationship goes awry, the business might be tempted to blame the outsourcer, but both parties are usually responsible for the results. Some clients mistakenly believe they can simply outsource major problems. Others have un-realistic expectations about the cost savings achievable.
If an offshore outsourcer has failed to deliver on expectations, don't get angry. Acknowledge your contribution to missed goals and objectives. Channel your energies in a positive manner, work with your outsourcing partner to discover the source of the problems and chart a path to success.
Geraldine Fox and Nigel Hughes are senior executives at Compass, a global management consulting firm.


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Dolphins To Be Featured on "Hard Knocks"Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
The Miami Dolphins announced today that the team has agreed to appear on this season of HBO's popular reality series "Hard Knocks," which will give fans an exciting inside look at everything from the team's front office decisions to grueling practice field drills through the first six weeks of training camp.
"The series will highlight the outstanding men who comprise our team and represent our organization admirably, both on and off the field, as they compete for a coveted position on our roster," said first-year Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin.
"It's a great opportunity for us to connect with our fans, and it's a chance for us to show the new direction (and) identity of this football team."
With a revamped offense and new-look coaching staff, a three-way starting quarterback competition between Matt Moore, David Garrard and rookie Ryan Tannehill, and Reggie Bush's quest to win the NFL rushing title, the series will have no shortage of interesting storylines from Miami. The Dolphins, coming off a disappointing 6-10 season, certainly hopes to follow in the footsteps of the last two teams to appear on the show — the Cincinnati Bengals in 2009 and the New York Jets in 2010 — both of whom reached the playoffs.
Whether the decision to put Miami in front of the cameras was owner Stephen Ross' call, as many have speculated, or came from Philbin ultimately makes no difference, as fans will get unprecedented access to their favorite team each week while the upstart Dolphins get the national spotlight over the summer.
General Manager Jeff Ireland and defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle are also no strangers to the show from their stints with the Dallas Cowboys (2002) and Bengals, respectively.
The first of five episodes is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 7.
DolfansNYC Reacts to Dolphins Drafting TannehillFriday, April 27th, 2012
The Miami Dolphins finally selected a quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft for the first time since 1983 (Dan Marino), taking Texas A&M's Ryan Tannehill with the eighth overall pick.
As Commissioner Roger Goodell walked up to the podium at Radio City Music Hall and announced the selection last night, more than 20 members of DolfansNYC were captured by television cameras, cheering and chanting from the stands.
Check out the video below from NFL.com to see us singing the Dolphins fight song and showing our support for the aqua and orange in New York around the one-minute mark.
While Tannehill comes with a lot of questions marks – he incredibly started more games at wide receiver in college (30) than quarterback (20) and passed for 5,450 yards with 42 touchdowns and 21 interceptions – he also played under Dolphins offensive coordinator Mike Sherman for four years and has the size, arm strength and athleticism to become the franchise QB the team has long desired.
Asked about the inescapable Marino comparison, Tannehill called it "humbling†and said he's looking forward to getting some tips from the Hall-of-Famer.
"He's a legend and was a great quarterback for the Miami Dolphins franchise, and I'm excited to hopefully reach out to him and learn from him,†he said. "I don't think I'm trying to fill his shoes – I'm my own player and I have a lot to learn and I'm excited to get started.â€
We'll have plenty more thoughts and analysis down the line, including whether Tannehill should be the opening day starter over Matt Moore, but for now, let's all welcome the newest member of the Dolphins to South Beach.
Dolphins Run Out of Options, Sign David GarrardTuesday, March 20th, 2012
After striking out in their pursuit of Peyton Manning (never wanted to come to Miami), Matt Flynn (apparently low-balled by the front office) and Alex Smith (will likely now re-sign with San Francisco), the Dolphins turned to their fourth (fifth? sixth?) fall-back option: former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard.
A Pro Bowler in 2010, the 34-year-old was unexpectedly released prior to last season's opener and missed the entire year with a herniated disc. He declined to sign with Miami last year when he couldn't land a guaranteed contract, and his current one-year deal is, fittingly enough, fully non-guaranteed.
From 2007 to 2010, Garrard started 58 out of 64 games, completing 62.7 percent of his passes and sporting a respectable 71-to-41 touchdown-to-interception ratio. During the time-span, he also led all QBs with 1,109 rushing yards and tied for second in rushing scores (11). In 2007, Garrard led the Jaguars to an 11-5 record, throwing 18 TD passes and tying an NFL record with only three picks.
But again, he's 34 and coming off major back surgery.
Through Garrard will reportedly have a chance to compete for the starting job with Matt Moore, the signing likely means the Dolphins will, finally, draft a QB in the first round, with Ryan Tannehill behind mentioned as the most likely possibility.
Perhaps just as importantly, Miami has a gaping hole to fill after the trade that sent WR Brandon Marshall to the Chicago Bears last week. The deal is more understandable now, given that details have emerged about Marshall's inexcusable run-in with a woman in a nightclub, but with top-tier WRs Vincent Jackson (Bucs), Brandon Lloyd (Patriots), Mario Manningham (49ers) and Pierre Garcon (Redskins) headed elsewhere, it's slim pickings on the free agent market. It's unlikely the team could land restricted free agent Mike Wallace — especially since his Pittsburgh Steelers teammate Ryan Clark Tweeted that "no one" wants to play for the Dolphins, apparently because of GM Jeff Ireland (good times!) — leaving the likes of Brandon Edwards, Early Doucet and (brace yourself) Tedd Ginn, Jr. as the best players available.
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North Carolinians on average are paying less for gasoline than they were a year ago, AAA Carolinas reported Monday.
But Wilmington and some other metro areas aren't there
Average gas prices in North Carolina have fallen 47 cents since mid-September to $3.38, 1 cent lower than the year-ago price of $3.39, AAA said.
Wilmingtonians, however, are still paying 9 cents more per gallon of regular — at $3.45 Monday — than a year ago, AAA said. Asheville area drivers are paying 11 cents more; Fayetteville, 2 cents more..
But in Greensboro, gasoline is down 5 cents from a year ago, Charlotte is down 3 cents and Raleigh is down a penny.
Readers report that gasoline prices are all over the place in New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender and Onslow counties.
In Southport, at least three stations posted prices Monday of nearly a dime less a gallon than in Wilmington.
Gas was reported last week to run about $3.20 in Wallace and less than Wilmington's along U.S. 17 from Hampstead north to Jacksonville.
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It might be helpful if you investigate and report why Wilmington's prices are higher. That would be real news.
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Seems he's also made a wallpaper of the Tankspot image: encounter at Northrend by ~azazel1944 on deviantART
I'm not entirely sure what I think about it. Looking at the current one (orc warrior & marmot, blood elf paladin..), the warrior looks very close to what a warrior looks like in dreadnaught/naxx gear. On the other hand, the blood elf is hypersexualized beyond what the game shows for that tier.
She's so hypersexualized that I didn't even realize it was a paladin at first, neither did the other person who I talked to who saw it. For a while there we thought it was a mage.
Arguing that it's perfectly in-line with what is in game is moot because that isn't the way the armor is portrayed in game. If you look up pictures of Justicar as worn by blood elf paladins, not only is it not that revealing but the race isn't that busty.
If my women are running around in a metal sports bra and thong, then I want my men running around in a speedo and nothing else. It's only fair.
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What will happen w/ the artwork? Currently it will likely stay the same. However, we may divide up the images between our YouTube channel and this website, with the Orc being the only character here but both elves being on our YouTube channel background. That won't solve the problem if you despise fantasy art that depicts attractive women in skimpy clothing, but it will solve the issue of people who don't want to view this particular website at home with children or spouses around or at work. That's a small number of people but it's just not in my interest to screw anyone out of a site that everyone can enjoy. Again, that is not a guarantee, so don't take it as such.
How can you find a desktop version? Where can you see the original? I removed the link from the frontpage to Azazel's gallery as it is NSFW. Understand that before clicking any of the following. Here ya go:
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TankSpot's Earlier Background (Now Edited)
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The Make My Day column of Hilarion M. Henares Jr., Filipino Economist, Nationalist, Educator, is on four media: radio, TV, print and the Internet.
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One of the most brilliant in my cabinet...Secretary Henares has a sharp intellect and a mighty pen. These and his knowledge of economics and healthy nationalism make him one of the truly valuable leaders of our people today. --- Diosdado Macapagal, Fifth President of the Republic of the Philippines.
Our Make My Day series is being published by AMAZON.COM through the efforts of Tatay Jobo Elizes.
Go to website www.amazon.com and search for Tatay Jobo Elizes, So far, ten of the 24 books of Make My Day are currently available. Will let you know when the others are available, specially the ever popular Sinatra Songbook.
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this is really comforting today... 10 dpo with a BFN - It's still relatively early, so I hope the next few days will bring me different results!
Me 41 DH 46
5 IVFs - all abnormal embryos except ONE: our beautiful 2 yr old daughter!
I put a post on the last pg and that cycle didn't end in a BFP my cycle was just all off HOWEVER
Last cycle I got BFN's on 10 and 11 DPO and a BFP on 13 DPO (it ended in a m/c but none the less I thought I would share). 13 DPO is encouraging I hope for some of you ladies that are worrying and 9/10 DPO
I was testing with Wondfo IC's, and they picked it up before FRER, E.P.T., Saveontests IC's, and Cleablue Easy Digital (all of which eventually gave me positives). Wondfo's also NEVER gave me a shadow line or an evap.
BFN: Morning of 10dpo
BFP: Evening of 10dpo
I tested for the next 3 days in a row, morning and evening, and for some reason I got darker lines in the evenings. I guess I'm just not an FMU kinda gal.
38 years old, DH is 40
Pregnancy #1 with first round of Clomid and 10 mos. TTC
born 2/11/2011
My Chart
8 DPO - Negative Ebay IC
9 DPO - Negative Ebay IC
10 DPO - Positive FRER & CBED
Me (20) and Hubby (24) BFP in March after TTC with PCOS. Due December 5th, 2010.
My Blog - Life Is a Dance
Most recent BFP at 11 DPO! Didn't test before that but pretty sure it would have been positive at 10
I believe I am 16 DPO (it was kind of a weird cycle) and my last luteal phase was only 14 days (this is only my second month charting). Temps have been unusually high but did Clearblue Easy yesterday (15 DPO) and today and both BFN!!
I am so confused by all this but keep hoping to see a BFP soon!
Shelley (27), DH (26) Together since 9/14/02, Married since 9/19/09.
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TTC #1 since June 2010.
1st RE appt: 11/29/11; CD3 bloodwork, SA, HSG: All normal; Diagnosed w/Unexplained Infertility: 1/5/12IUI #1 (1/12): Beta #1: 17.2, Beta #2 44, Beta #3 15 IUI #2 (3/12): Cancelled due to exceptional ovarian response IVF #1 (7/12): 30 eggs retrieved, 27 mature, 25 fertilized naturally. ET 7.21: Transferred two perfect Grade A day-5 blastocysts. BFNFET #1 (9/12): Two blasts transferred. 9dp5dt: BFP! Beta #1: 1,508! Beta #2: 2,538, due 6/15/13
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11dpo - BFN
12dpo - BFP!!
(I was just obsessing over this post yesterday when I got my BFN -- I can't believe I'm posting on here now!!)
December 2008
November 2009
February 2011
10dpo - BFN with 6 day FRER
11dpo - BFP with $tree, 6 day FRER with afternoon pee!
Fwiw, I have gotten BFPs at 10dpo, 10dpo and 9dpo, so 11dpo is "late" for me.
When I got pregnant with DD this is how my tests went:
2 days before AF BFN
BFN AF's due date
BFN day after expecting AF
BFP 3 days late, with late evening testing. Almost threw the test away, but when I picked it up after washing my hands I saw a faint line.
BFN 9dpo
BFP 11dpo!!!
9DPO-11DPO= BFN with FMU
12DPO= BFP with FRER and CBED with 4pmU
Me (30) + DF (34)
David Michael 5/31/2000 (from previous marriage)
BFP= June 22, 2010- 12dpo
@ 18dpo-06/10-terribly loved, and terribly missed already
Aidan Taylor BFP August 29th @ 10DPO.. born May 3rd 2011
Madison Quinn Rose BFP September 8 @ 10DPO, born May 14th 2013
bump! 14 dpo & waiting to test until tomorrow..
BFN at 9 DPO
BFN at 10 DPO, but read the results after the time limit (I know, bad) and there was a faint pink line
BFP at 11 DPO
Amber Leigh 33, Brennan 34
DD1 - Adalyne Leigh - 10/2008
Missed M/C at 6 weeks - 12/2009
DD2 - Ellasyn Cooper- 04/2011
Missed M/C at 6 weeks - 09/2012
DD3 - Avery Brynn - 10/2013
http://tcoyf.com/members/aleigh6/pccharts/default.aspx Using FAM since 2007 to TTC and TTA
I had a BFN at 16dpo, didn't test 17dpo, and a BFP at 18dpo. The BFN at 16dpo was a mid-afternoon urine test at my doctor's office. I also started a light period, which stopped before a heavy flow started.
Link to My Chart
Nov '09
Feb '11
10 dpo BFN on FRER but BF Maybe on blue dye target brand with same urine
11dpo BFN on IC with FM
11dpo BF Maybe IC with PM urine
12dpo BFP with Equate, wondfo IC, and green handled IC HPT
12dpo BFP with wondfo afternoon urine, BF Maybe green handled ic hpt
For this pregnancy! I'm still a little uneasy because of the m/c in Dec. this little one sticks!!!!
5DPO (FMU) - Evap (OK I know too early to test) Wondfo7DPO (FMU) - Evap Wondfo8DPO (3rd MU) - Faint positive on FRER!! 9DPO (2nd MU) - Positive on FRER, very faint squinter on Wondfo10DPO (FMU) - YES+ on FRER digi, positive on Wondfo (finally noticable without squinting) and darker FRER.


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I think we both are. How dare we do such a thing!
I think today's auction piece will go for at least $20,000.00. Like him or not, he just got a few lucky breaks, and took advantage of them. He is a good craftsman, and the breaks have required him to become a good businessman as well. The two don't often go hand in hand. I think it would be fun to sit around and drink a few beers and eat a few tacos with the guy. Your names might have been removed from his mailing list once you bought a knife, at least that's my understanding, even if you sold it later.
Tom Gray, Seagrove, NC
A few points here. First, there are few doubts that Bob is as good a businessman as he is a craftsman. Second, custom kitchen knife makers have to admit that Bob Kramer raised a profile for kitchen knives for everybody. When his knives sell for 20K, a knife under 1K seems like a steal.
So, if he can sell at those prices, good for him and good for everybody else who makes custom kitchen knives.
And for those who can't afford Kramer's knives, there are (and will soon be) plenty of alternatives for a fraction of a cost. The pie is tempting.
"If theres something worth doing, its worth overdoing. - An US saying.
If my KKF Inbox is full (or not), please contact me via Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
People really should invest in their knives anyways. If you do it right, you will probably only buy one(unless you are one of us).
At 4:50pm EDT, with 22 hours left to bid, it stands at $8000.
Sweet knife. I hadn't seen him make a saya before this.
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Please excuse the delayed commentary on the Season 5 premiere of Mad Men. As I mentioned before, I do not have cable so the majority of my entertainment is provided by Netflix, Hulu, and if a series makes the grade, Apple TV. My honeycakes sprung season pass, and if the first episode is an indicator of things to come, I will need to employ a crutch to get me through– Gibson martini(s) and a drinking game.
Take a drink anytime:
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- Peggy gripes about her work load
- Pete mentions the number accounts he brought in/is bringing in
- Joan's figure is complemented
- There's a gratuitous shot of Don's bare chest or abdomen
- Lane behaves like a posh spaz
- Harry puts his foot in his mouth
- Someone in the room comments on the size of Megan's teeth (as a toothy woman, I object.)
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I'm using Eclipse and I have two projects. The first is a BUG project I created using the Dragonfly SDK and the second is a regular Java Project. I would like to use the code from the Java Project in the BUG Project without copying it all over (since the Java Project is a rather large project). I included the Java Project in the BUG project (via the Build Path); however, when I try to run the BUG application I get the following type of error:
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Error starting bundle Bundle [38]: file:/usr/share/java/apps/MotionDetection.jar
I've copied over the jar from the BUG to my desktop, and it doesn't contain any of the files from the Java Project it would need to run.
So my question is, how do you I properly include a Java Project in a BUG project?
Thank you,
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Hi jpdelacroix,
The BUG runtime has no notion of your Java Build Path in eclipse, the OSGi way is to list the package namespace to be imported in your Import-Package: declaration in your MANIFEST.MF. The Framework will then know to load the corresponding bundle to satisfy the required imports. Have a look over at the rather detailed tutorial here:
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Thanks for the tip! Turns out I really needed to run my application separately from the bundles anyways, since it requires Java 1.5/1.6. I cross compiled the newest JamVM and GNU classpath and use those to run my Java 1.5/6 application. The bundles that access the hardware run in the OSGi framework and exchange data with the application in JamVM via a socket on the loopback device. Probably not the most elegant solution, but it works.
Is it possible to substitute pMEA with JamVM without breaking everything? It'd be great if I could push my application down into OSGi and avoid using sockets to share information.
Thanks again.
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oh wow cool… there are only a handful of phoneME-specific classes used in our entire API (IVonHippelSerialWriter) which would cause a runtimeexception if used. Other than that I think you should be able to swap out the VM without worrying. In fact motherbug is running on cacao-openjdk6 and all I did was swap out the JVM's. It's interesting that you ask though, because I'm going to try to move away from javax.microedition classes and towards librxtx. The upcoming R1.4.3 version of our stack will include avetana-based bluetooth support, which also relies on some CLDC-specific classes. That effort would be slightly more complex to re-implement.
Either way, have at it!
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Yes, I think it'd be a great to have the BUG (and its OSGi framework) run with a VM that is Java 1.6 compliant. Java generics introduced in 1.5 and the Java concurrency work that went into 1.6 make Java applications so much more powerful.
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Yeah we have some backported concurrency libraries as part of our stack (edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util), but generics sure are nice. Not to mention all of the cool extra libraries out there that require a >jdk1.4 compatible VM. Not to mention the lack of swing or a nice GUI framework in phoneME… I could go on. ;D
We're working on the option of using a JDK1.6-compatible VM but it's not yet ready for production. stay tuned!
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Gaspard Marsy's bronze of Boreas Abducting Orithyia entwines three figures in a complex and compact spiral: a small reclining Zephyr, the young but powerful Boreas, whose puffed-out cheeks refer to his identity as the North Wind, and the struggling Orithyia, daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens. According to Greek mythology, Boreas brought Orithyia to Thrace, where the two reigned as King and Queen of the Winds. To decorate the corners of Charles LeBrun's never-completed garden at Versailles, the Parterre d'Eau, Louis XIV commissioned four monumental marble groups representing mythological abductions, each featuring three figures and symbolizing one of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. This bronze, with Boreas as a personification of the North Wind representing Air, is based on Marsy's preparatory model for one of these statues. Since the garden was never built as planned, Louis XIV commissioned bronze reductions, or smaller scale copies, of Marsy's work and François Girardon's statue to form a pair for his Salon Ovale in the palace of Versailles. The Getty Museum's collection includes two casts of both of these works, in two different sizes.
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Arena Stage and War 6 council member Tommy Wells are sponsoring one such promising job fair in SW DC at Arena's Mead Center for American Theater tomorrow, Thursday, November 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It's this fall's successor to last February's "Looking for Good People" job fair, which, according to an Arena release "was attended by over 2,000 community members and featured partnerships with 18 participating organizations."
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Prior to Procedure
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Post-procedure Care
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- You will likely need to lie still and flat on your back for a period of time. A pressure dressing may be placed over the area where the catheter was inserted to help prevent bleeding. It is important to follow the nurses' directions.
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- Do not lift heavy objects or engage in strenuous exercise or sexual activity as directed by your doctor.
- Change the dressing around the insertion area as instructed.
- Take medicines as instructed.
- Ice may help decrease discomfort at the insertion site. You may apply the ice for 15-20 minutes at a time. Place a towel between the ice pack and your skin.
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- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the insertion site
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
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American Heart Association http://heart.org
Texas Heart Institute http://texasheartinstitute.org
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada http://heartandstroke.ca
University of Ottawa Heart Institute http://ottawaheart.ca
Electrophysiology studies (EPS). American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/SymptomsDiagnosisMonitoringofArrhythmia/Electrophysiology-Studies-EPS%5FUCM%5F447319%5FArticle.jsp. Updated December 10, 2012. Accessed May 6, 2013.
Electrophysiology study (EPS). Stanford Medicine website. Available at: http://stanfordhospital.org/cardiovascularhealth/arrhythmia/overview/diagnosing/eps.html. Accessed May 6, 2013.
Electrophysiology studies. Texas Heart Institute website. Available at: http://texasheartinstitute.org/HIC/Topics/Diag/dieps.cfm. Updated August 2012. Accessed May 6, 2013.
Warning signs of a heart attack. American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/WarningSignsofaHeartAttack/Warning-Signs-of-a-Heart-Attack%5FUCM%5F002039%5FArticle.jsp. Updated March 22, 2013. Accessed May 6, 2013.
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Mediolanum, the ancient Milan, was an important Roman city in northern Italy. This article charts the history of the city from its settlement by the Insubres around 600 BC, through its conquest by the Romans and its development into a key centre of Western Christianity and capital of the Western Roman Empire, until its decline under the ravages of the Gothic War, its capture by the Lombards in 569, and their decision to make Pavia the capital of their Kingdom of Italy.
In late Roman times (300-400 AD) the population were 40,000, when the city became Capital of the Western Roman Empire the population rose to 100,000 people and thus Milan became one of the largest cities in Roman Italy.[1][2][3]
Mediolanum appears to have been founded around 600 BC by the Celtic Insubres, after whom this region of northern Italy was called Insubria. According to the legend reported by Livy, the Gaulish king Ambicatus sent his nephew Bellovesus into northern Italy at the head of a party drawn from various Gaulish tribes; this Bellovesus was said to have founded Mediolanum (in the time of Tarquinius Priscus, according to this legend).[4] The Romans, led by consul Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, fought the Insubres and captured the city in 222 BC; the chief of the Insubres submitted to Rome, giving the Romans control of the city.[5] They eventually conquered the entirety of the region, calling the new province Cisalpine Gaul— "Gaul this side of the Alps"— and may have given the site its Latinized Celtic name: in Gaulish *medio- meant "middle, center" and the name element -lanon is the Celtic equivalent of Latin -planum "plain", thus *Mediolanon (Latinized as Mediolanum) meant "(settlement) in the midst of the plain".[6] [7]
Mediolanum was important for its location as a hub in the road network of northern Italy. Polybius describes the country as abounding in wine, and every kind of grain, and in fine wool. Herds of swine, both for public and private supply, were bred in its forests, and the people were well known for their generosity.[8]
During the Augustan age Mediolanum was famous for its schools; it possessed a theater and an amphitheatre (129.5 X 109.3 m[9] A large stone wall encircled the city in Caesar's time, and later was expanded in the late third century AD, by Maximian. Mediolanum was made the seat of the prefect of Liguria (Praefectus Liguriae) by Hadrian and Constantine made it the seat of the vicar of Italy (Vicarius Italiae). In the third century Mediolanum possessed a mint,[10] a horreum and imperial mausoleum.
In 286 Diocletian moved the capital of the Western Roman Empire from Rome to Mediolanum. He chose to reside at Nicomedia in the Eastern Empire, leaving his colleague Maximian at Milan. Maximian built several gigantic monuments, the large circus (470 x 85 meters), the thermae or "Baths of Hercules", a large complex of imperial palaces and other services and buildings of which fewer visible traces remain. Maximian increased the city area surrounded by a new, larger stone wall (about 4.5 km long) with many 24-sided towers. The monumental area had twin towers; one that was included in the convent of San Maurizio Maggiore remains 16,60m high.
It was from Milan that the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, granting tolerance to all religions within the Empire, thus paving the way for Christianity to become the dominant religion of the Empire. Constantine was in Milan to celebrate the wedding of his sister to the Eastern Emperor, Licinius. There were Christian communities in Mediolanum, which contributed its share of martyrs during the persecutions,[11] but the first bishop of Milan who has a firm historical presence is Merocles, who was at the Council of Rome of 313. In the mid-fourth century, the Arian controversy divided the Christians of Mediolanum; Constantius supported Arian bishops and at times there were rival bishops. Auxentius of Milan (died 374) was a respected Arian theologian.
At the time of the bishop St. Ambrose (bishop 374-397), who quelled the Arians, and emperor Theodosius I, Mediolanum reached the height of its ancient power.[12]
The city also possessed a number of basilicas, added in the late fourth century AD. These are San Simpliciano, San Nazaro, San Lorenzo and the chapel of San Vittore, located in the basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. In general, the Late Empire encouraged the development of the applied arts in Mediolanum, with ivory and silver work being common in public building projects. In the fourth century AD. In the crypt of the Duomo survive ruins of the ancient church of Saint Tecla and the baptisty where St. Augustine of Hippo was baptized.
In 402, the city was besieged by the Goths and the Imperial residence was moved to Ravenna. In 452, it was besieged again by Attila, but the real break with its Imperial past came in 538, during the Gothic War, when Mediolanum was laid waste by Uraia, a nephew of Witiges, King of the Goths, with great loss of life.[13] The Lombards took Ticinum for their capital (renaming it to 'Papia', hence the modern Pavia), and Early Medieval Milan was left to be governed by its archbishops.
Extant structures[edit]
Some of the monuments of the Roman Mediolanum still to be seen in Milan:
- in the basilica of S. Ambrogio:
- the Chapel of S. Vittore, with Late Antique mosaics
- the so‑called "Tomb of Stilicho", assembled from a Roman sarcophagus and other material.
- a large collection of inscriptions.
- the Colonne di San Lorenzo, a colonnade in front of the church of S. Lorenzo.
- Roman lapidary material in the Archi di Porta Nuova.
- the scant remains of a large amphitheatre, now in an archaeological park dedicated to their preservation.
- a tower (16.6 m high) of the circus, now inside the Convento di San Maurizio Maggiore.
- a bit of moenia (walls) and a tower with 24 sides (Maximian, 3rd century)
- the church of Lorenzo (IV-V sec.) and the San Aquilino chapel.
- ruins of the imperial palace.
- some ruins from the Baths of Hercules; further remains of ceilings and floors are in the archaeological museum.
- the body of St. Ambrose (d. 397) and those possibly of SS. Gervasius and Protasius — or at any rate, of earlier men, found in St. Ambrose's time, are still seen in the crypt of the church of S. Ambrogio.
- crypt of San Giovanni in Conca
- a bit of the moenia and some remnants of pavements in piazza Missori and in the namesake station of Milan Metro.
See also[edit]
- Milan#History, for the medieval and modern history of Milan
- Walls of Milan
- Diocletian
- ^ http://books.google.dk/books?id=RA21YIHFTjkC&pg=PA182&dq=Mediolanum+40,000+people&hl=da&sa=X&ei=9IhBU42fMarb7Aa4oIGICg&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Mediolanum%2040%2C000%20people&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.dk/books?id=gR09AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA356&dq=roman+capua+100,000+inhabitants&hl=da&sa=X&ei=2VthU72EMcmFtQabg4CIDA&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=roman%20capua%20100%2C000%20inhabitants&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.dk/books?id=obEJAQAAIAAJ&q=Mediolanum+western+roman+empire+100,000&dq=Mediolanum+western+roman+empire+100,000&hl=da&sa=X&ei=FWRhU4ucJMTEtQb77YDgAQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwAw
- ^ Livius, Ab Urbe condita 5.34-35.3.
- ^ Polybius, Histories
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, 2nd ed., 2003, Errance, Paris, 2003, pp. 221-222.
- ^ Compare G. Quintela and V. Marco '"Celtic Elements in Northwestern Spain in Pre-Roman times" e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, 2005, referring to "a toponym, clearly in the second part of the composite Medio-lanum (=Milan), meaning 'plain' or flat area..."
- ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898): "Gallia Cisalpina"
- ^ Herbert W. Benario, "Amphitheatres of the Roman World" The Classical Journal 76.3 (February 1981:255-258), measurements as given p. 257; it was not, as is sometimes claimed, the third largest in the world after the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome and the vast amphitheatre in Capua.
- ^ Though Trajan Decius may have struck coinage at Mediolanum, the sequence begins with Gallienus, c 258; the mint at Mediolanum, transferred to Ticinum by Aurelian, ranked with Rome and Siscia (modern Sisak in Croatia) as one of the three great mints of the Empire (H. Mattingly, "The Mints of the Empire: Vespasian to Diocletian" The Journal of Roman Studies 11 (1921:254-264) p. 259).
- ^ There were Milanese cults of Saints Gervasius and Protasius, St. Victor Maurus (304), Sts. Nabor and Felix, and Sts. Nazarius and Celsus and the legendary Saint Sebastian.
- ^ The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (eds. Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister)
- ^ According to Procopius, the losses at Milan were of 300,000 men.
- Polybius (1889). Histories. London, New York: Macmillan.[1]
- Thurston Peck, Harry (1898). Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York: Harper and Brothers.[2]
- MacDonald Stillwell, Richard; William L. McAlister; Marian Holland (1976). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton: Princeton University Press.[3]
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Williams v. Jeremiah's International Trading Company, Inc.
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ORDER denying 11 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Judge James S. Moody, Jr on 6/5/2009. (LN)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION LINDA WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. JEREMIAH'S INTERNATIONAL TRADING COMPANY INC., Defendant. ________________________________/ CASE NO: 8:09-CV-152-T-30MAP ORDER THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon Defendant Jeremiah International's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint (Dkt. 11) and Plaintiff's response thereto (Dkt. 15). The Court, having considered the motion, response, memoranda, and being otherwise advised, finds that the motion to dismiss should be denied. STANDARD OF REVIEW When considering a motion to dismiss, courts view the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accepting all factual allegations as true. See Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A., 534 U.S. 506, 508 (2002); Hunnings v. Texaco, Inc. 29 F.3d 1480, 1483 (11th Cir. 1994). A plaintiff's complaint must include "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 547 (2007); see Davis v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 516 F.3d 955, 974 (11th Cir. 2008) (stating Eleventh Circuit applies Twombly standard to all claims and that test is "whether `allegations plausibly suggest ([and are] not merely consistent with)' a violation of the law"). Though this plausibility threshold is low, the plaintiff has an obligation to provide "more than labels and conclusions" and a "formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 545. The court should not assess "whether a plaintiff will ultimately prevail but" consider "whether the claimant is entitled to offer evidence to support the claims." Id. at 556 (citing Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236 (1974)). DISCUSSION Plaintiff Linda Williams filed a two-count amended complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against Defendant Jeremiah's International, alleging that beginning in about November 2007, Defendant "subjected her to repeated instances of racial discrimination and disparate treatment." In Count I, Plaintiff, an African-American, claims she was discriminated against because of her race by being told not to "talk or laugh" or "yell out catalog numbers" and being denied permission to grant free shipping and handling for a frequent customer, though white employees were not prohibited from doing these things. In Count II, Plaintiff claims she was fired in retaliation for complaining to her manager about this disparate treatment. Defendant moves to dismiss Count I of the amended complaint for failure to state a claim, arguing that Plaintiff's claim is insufficient because the amended complaint's allegations, taken as true, do not show the Plaintiff suffered an "adverse employment action." The essential elements of a Section 1981 employment discrimination claim are the same as a Title VII employment discrimination claim. See Bass v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 256 F. 3d 1095, 1109 (11th Cir. 2001) (noting that elements of race discrimination claim under Section 1981 are the same as Title VII disparate treatment claim in employment context); McNeal v. Tarrant, 2009 WL 1132348, Case No. 08-14250 (11th Cir. April 28, 2009) (noting Section 1981 has the "same requirements of proof and uses the same analytical framework as Title VII"). In the absence of direct evidence of racial discrimination, a plaintiff would assert a prima facie case of racial discrimination by alleging the elements of the McDonnell Douglas framework, i.e. that: "(1) she is a member of a protected class; (2) she was subjected to an adverse employment action; (3) her employer treated similarly situated employees who are not members of the plaintiff's class more favorably; and (4) she was qualified for the job or job benefit at issue." Rice-Lamar v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 232 F.3d 836, 842-843 (11th Cir. 2000). However, the McDonnell Douglas framework is an evidentiary standard, not a pleading requirement. See Swierkiewicz v. Sorema, N.A. 534 U.S. 506, 514 (2002); Twombly, 550 U.S. at 569-570 (noting that the Court's holding does not run counter to Swierkiewicz, which held that "a complaint in an employment discrimination lawsuit [need] not contain specific facts establishing a prima facie case of discrimination"). Thus, "a Title VII complaint need not allege facts sufficient to make out a classic McDonnell Douglas prima facie case," but must "provide `enough factual matter (taken as true) to suggest' intentional race discrimination." Davis v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 516 F.3d 955, 974 (11th Cir. 2008) (emphasis added) (dismissing some of plaintiffs' claims where plaintiffs presented no facts to support complaint's statement that plaintiffs were denied promotions and treated differently because of race). The district court cases upon which Defendant relies in its Motion to Dismiss discuss the viability of racial discrimination claims at the summary judgment stage, rather than the motion to dismiss stage. See Hysten v. Burlington N. V. Santa Fe, 167 F. Supp. 2d 1239 (D. Kan. 2001) (granting defendant's motion for summary judgment); Penn v. The Aerospace Corporation, 2009 WL 585839, Case No. 1:08-cv-630 (E.D. Va. Mar. 6, 2009) (granting defendant's motion for summary judgment because plaintiff failed to demonstrate similar employees outside protected class were treated differently). Count I of the amended complaint is weak in that no adverse job action has been pled. Paragraph 24 makes it clear that Plaintiff claims her discharge was a result of retaliation, not discrimination. But, at the motion to dismiss stage, the amended complaint contains sufficient allegations to suggest intentional race discrimination. Taken as true, the allegations show a pattern by management of disciplining black employees, including Plaintiff, for behavior for which white employees were not disciplined. The allegations state that Plaintiff was terminated for reporting this behavior. Furthermore, the amended complaint lists specific dates and facts. See Davis v. Coca-Cola, 516 F. 3d at 974 (noting purpose of Rule 8 is to "give the defendant fair notice of what the claim is and the grounds upon which it rests," citing Twombly). It is therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED that Defendant Jeremiah International's Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. 11) is DENIED. DONE and ORDERED in Tampa, Florida on June 5, 2009. Copies furnished to: Counsel/Parties of Record S:\Even\2009\09-cv-152.mtdismiss-REVISED.wpd


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Passports used to track people? why go so far..
July 13th, 2009 by noam, Filed under: Commentary
In recent news, a posting on slashdot talked about: Cruising Fisherman's Wharf For New Passports' Serial Numbers as a means of gaining access to sensitive information as well as being able to secretly do surveillance on people without their concent.
Is it just me, or have everyone forgotten the little, sometimes more than one, devices they take around with them all the time called cellphones?
Those tiny devices are perfect for surveillance, they emit a signal, when the signal is too weak to reach a cell site they try harder, they – if enabled – broadcast their GPS location via Google Latitude, and can allow anyone with the right equipment – not expensive as you would think – to track you down.
I think that the RFID and Passports "noise" being generated is just a smoke screen to distract people from the already existing and being used ability of governments and bad people of course, to track you down using the signalls emitted by your cellphone.
RFID unlike cellphones, can be easily blocked by simple means, for example putting your passport into a aluminium/metal sleeve, while I don't see anyone doing the same to their cellphones