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June 4, 2007
RITA CHISHOLM, PLAINTIFF,v.SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ET. AL. , DEFENDANTS.
The plaintiff brings this suit for, inter alia, monetary damages based on alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (2000) (Count I), and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 701 et seq. (2000) and the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. (2000) (Count II) against the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ("Superior Court") and Ann B. Wicks in her official capacity as the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts.*fn1 Plaintiff's Complaint ("Compl.") ¶¶ 21, 44-48. Currently before the Court is defendant Ann Wicks' Motion to Dismiss the plaintiff's claims against her on the grounds that "(1) [she] is not a proper party to this action; and (2) [she] is entitled to qualified immunity in a suit against her in her official capacity." Defendant's Motion to Dismiss ("Mot. to Dismiss") at 1. The plaintiff has not filed an opposition to defendant Wicks' motion to dismiss*fn2 and for the reasons set forth below her motion to dismiss is granted.
The plaintiff, Rita Chisholm, age 59, was an employee of the District of Columbia Courts for 19 years. Compl. ¶¶ 1-2. In May 2004, the plaintiff allegedly experienced "severe pain" in her right wrist . Id. ¶ at 7. The injury was purportedly determined to be caused by repetitious physical activity in performing her activities as a court clerk. Id. On November 9, 2004, the plaintiff contends that she fell and injured her ankle. Id. ¶¶ 8-9. Subsequently, Ms. Chisholm applied for and was denied advance annual leave to have surgery to address these injuries. Id. ¶¶ 10-11. Therefore, in January 2005, the plaintiff applied for workers' compensation, which was granted by the United States Department of Labor. Id. ¶¶ 9, 13.
In response to the denial of her request for annual leave, the plaintiff filed a grievance memorandum with her supervisor, Mr. Cyril Erugo. Id. ¶ 18. The plaintiff asserted that the denial of her annual leave request and her relationship with her colleague and former friend, Jennifer Galloway, had created a "hostile" work environment. Id. ¶¶2-3, 18. According to the plaintiff, after befriending the plaintiff's daughter, Ms. Galloway allegedly "overstepped all professional and personal boundaries" by falsely telling their co-workers that the plaintiff "was not a good parent." Id. ¶¶ 15-18, 30-31. In the grievance memo, the plaintiff alleged that in reporting information about the plaintiff's personal life, Ms. Galloway influenced the supervisors' decision to deny the plaintiff's request for annual leave. Id. ¶ 18. Thus, the plaintiff contends that she requested, to no avail, that Mr. Erugo investigate this decision. Id.
On February 21, 2005, the plaintiff met with an Employee Assistance Counselor to discuss the alleged hostile work environment and her concern that due to her absence from work while on workers' compensation, her supervisors were unsympathetic to her complaints. Id. ¶ 22. Then, on March 11, 2005, the plaintiff filed a second complaint with Mr. Erugo's supervisor, Dana Friend, reasserting the same concerns expressed earlier and asking that she be transferred to another division in the District of Columbia Courts. Id. ¶¶ 24-25. Mr. Friend purportedly assured the plaintiff he would follow-up on her request, but allegedly failed to do so. Id. ¶ 26.
Sometime shortly after April 7, 2005, the plaintiff learned that Ms. Galloway had filed a police report against the plaintiff after an alleged incident involving Ms. Galloway, the plaintiff, and the plaintiff's daughter, which resulted in a warrant being issued for the plaintiff's arrest. Id. ¶¶ 30- 36. The plaintiff voluntarily surrendered to the police and as a condition of her release the plaintiff was ordered to stay away from Ms. Galloway. Id. ¶ 36. Anthony Rainey, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia Courts, allegedly authored a memorandum that confirms that the decision to terminate the plaintiff's employment with the court system on August 5, 2005, was based, in part, on the stay away order and the allegations made by Ms. Galloway against the plaintiff, despite the fact that no one contacted the plaintiff directly about the allegations or otherwise investigated the validity of them. Id. ¶¶ 37-41. The plaintiff contends that other employees who had also been arrested did not have their employment terminated, but rather were transferred, reassigned, or received less severe sanctions. Id. ¶ 42. The plaintiff claims that her disparate treatment was the product of discrimination based on her age (Count I) and her absence from work due to her disabling injuries (Count II). Id. ¶¶ 42, 45, 47-48. The plaintiff requests monetary damages as well as non-monetary relief, including reinstatement. Id. at 11.
On February 1, 2007, defendant Wicks filed the motion to dismiss which is the subject of this opinion. As indicated, the motion is based, in part, on Ms. Wicks' position that she has been improperly named as a party in this case, having been sued solely in her official capacity as the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts.*fn3 Def.'s Mot. to Dismiss at 1.
A. Motions to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Under Rule 12(b)(6)
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) provides that a motion to dismiss may be granted when the plaintiff fails in her complaint to "state a claim upon which relief can be granted." Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). When ruling on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, the "complaint is construed liberally in the plaintiffs' favor, and [the court must] grant plaintiffs the benefit of all inferences that can be derived from the facts alleged." Kowal v. MCI Commc'n Corp., 16 F.3d 1271, 1276 (D.D.C. 1994). The Court need not, however, "accept as true a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation." Papasan v. Allain, 478 U.S. 265, 286 (1986).
A. The Case Against Ms. Wicks Is Equivalent to a Suit Against the District of Columbia Courts
"A suit[ brought] against an individual in her official capacity is one method of bringing suit against the employer and is distinct from an individual capacity suit." Cooke-Seals v. District of Columbia, 973 F. Supp. 184, 187 (D.D.C. 1997) (citations omitted). If a suit is filed against both the employer (here the District of Columbia Superior Court), and an employee in her official capacity (Ms. Wicks as the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts), "the claims against the employee merges with the claims against the employer." Id. (citing Gary v. Long, 59 F.3d 1391, 1399 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1011 (1995); see also Carter v. Marshall, 457 F. Supp. 38, 41 (D.D.C. 1978) (since the proper defendant in an action brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act is not specified in the statute as to government employees, the proper defendant would be the plaintiff's employer). Here, the plaintiff has filed suit against the Superior Court, and the defendants filed an Answer to the Complaint and a Motion to Dismiss defendant Wicks as a party on February 1, 2007. In addition, the plaintiff names Ms. Wicks as a defendant solely in her official capacity, having asserted no facts demonstrating that Ms. Wicks personally engaged in any wrongdoing related to the plaintiff or her claims. Compl. ¶ 2. Instead, the plaintiff's claims are directed against the Superior Court, the entity Ms. Wicks represents as a government official and employee. Id.; See Graham, 473 U.S. at 165 (holding that an official capacity suit is "another way of pleading an action against an entity of which an officer is an agent") (citation omitted). Because "an official capacity suit against an individual is the functional equivalent of a suit against the employer," claims against an individual in her official capacity have been routinely dismissed as "redundant and an inefficient use of judicial resources." Murphy v. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP, 357 F. Supp. 2d 230, 244 (D.D.C. 2004) (quoting Cooke-Seals, 973 F. Supp. at 187) ; see also Robinson v. District of Columbia , 403 F. Supp. 2d 39, 49 (D.D.C. 2005); Barnes v. District of Columbia, No. Civ.A. 03-2547, 2005 WL 1241132, at *3 (D.D.C. May 24, 2005). Consistent with what these courts have concluded, this Court finds that by asserting claims against both Ms. Wicks in her official capacity and the Superior Court, the plaintiff's claims against Ms. Wicks are duplicative of the claims against the Superior Court. Cooke-Seals, 973 F. Supp. at 187. Therefore, the plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted because she is suing an individual from whom she cannot recover monetary damages.*fn4
Graham, 473 U.S. at 166, 169 (stating that a plaintiff suing an individual in her official capacity for monetary damages must look to the government entity for recovery). Accordingly, the Court must grant defendant Wicks's uncontested Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss as to the plaintiff's demand for monetary damages, and, at least for now, deny her motion as to the plaintiff's demand for equitable relief.*fn5
For the aforementioned reasons, defendant Wicks's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claims for monetary damages and equitable relief against her pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is granted, in part, and denied, in part.*fn6
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I'm guessing after Voldemort's demise, she went and jogged their memory or had the ministry do something to them. This is my assumption, but there may be something said about this in Pottermore. Signed, Lucci (talk) 21:00, December 21, 2012 (UTC)
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Disc 1
Andre The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan
Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz
Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven
Randy Orton vs. Triple H
Bruiser Brody vs. Abdullah the Butcher
The Undertaker vs. Kane
Mick Foley vs. Triple H
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
Mankind vs. The Undertaker
Hulk Hogan vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Von Erich's vs. The Fabulous Freebirds
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mr McMahon
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair
Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
Tazz vs. Sabu
Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum TA
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Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero
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WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
The War to Settle the Score • February 18, 1985
"I Quit" Steel Cage Match for the NWA United States Championship
Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A.
Starrcade • November 28, 1985
Bruiser Brody vs. Abdullah the Butcher
World Class Championship Wrestling • July, 1987
Badstreet Rules Match
Kevin & Kerry Von Erich vs. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts
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Hulk Hogan & "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase & Andre the Giant
SummerSlam • August 29, 1988
The Undertaker vs. Mankind
King of the Ring • June 23, 1996
Disc 3
Grudge Match
Tazz vs. Sabu
ECW Barely Legal • April 13, 1997
The Final Battle
Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven
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"Winner Take All" Handicap Ladder Match
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King of the Ring • June 27, 1999
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Backlash • April 30, 2000
WWE Championship Match
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Rebellion • November 3, 2001
WWE Championship Match
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Shawn Michaels' Tribute to The Undertaker
SmackDown • March 27, 2009
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We get asked one question often & regularly. Who founded Nour? Why was this initiative taken? And how did you manage to establish a charity?
The truth is, each time we are asked those same questions we forget how far we have come and how much work goes in constantly to keep Nour alive to even dwell on our humble beginnings. It literally makes us pause, think and then answer and even the answers take us back by surprise.
We are two friends like friends no other. And we formed a strong friendship whilst both at university. We were loud and free spirited but our love of politics and Islam always kept our discussions more soul searching and with a desire to want to help others. And this was easy because of the Islamic society and the pivotal role they played in supporting charity week. As Muslims we grew in our deen together and each day found a sweetness in our Iman but paradoxically discovered the bitterness in some of our own Muslim communities. (It is true the company you keep does mould you).
As women we loved that Islam gave us the right to be born brave, be educated, be strong and be independent. We were women with goals of fulfilling all that and more. Through one of our discussions and a sad discussion it was, we touched on the issue of Domestic Violence. How severe was this problem and more specifically was it a real threat in our communities? We are all so well versed in the rights of women in Islam but theory and practice don't always marry together and we dwelled on how little help or support there was to both tackle this issue but also support women suffering from DV.
What was more disheartening was that we knew of several charities for orphans, disaster relief, and so forth but not a single one for helping the community and fighting against DV. It is in fact such a large issue that a lecture at the local masjid with the Imam advising you to be kind to your wife does not hit the nail on the head let alone suffice. Of all the charities we have and nothing for DV!!!
Angry and upset of course we reminded each other that it is better to be proactive rather than reactive. That in itself set a challenge and made us eat our own words and so within minutes we rushed out to buy a notepad. We had the name within the next 5 minutes or so. We wanted to bring Nour to the lives of those oppressed and be that light at the end of a dark and torturous tunnel. And that was all we had, a name.
With no idea of how a charity functions, the governing laws or the the effort and sacrifice it takes, what we did have was fire and determination. We started scribbling various ideas and started with what we wanted to offer and we started with strength, support and solace. Those three words are the backbone of everything we do at Nour.
Did I mention this was all during our industrial year and the crunch of the work was to begin during our final year at university. Juggling everything became difficult but we moved ahead slowly but we did not give up. We utilised this time to do background research and see what the average Muslim knows about domestic violence and whether a charity serving the Muslim community would be beneficial. Unsurprisingly, we found many Muslims had not heard of a charity where Muslims being abused could turn to, where their faith was considered and appreciated. Thus, this was enough of an incentive to launch a charity to serve these people. Two passionate university students, who did the odd charity work here and there, yet we had no idea how to establish a charity.
Initially we approached many charities and requested whether we could work under them as a sister organisation, however there was no positive responses. This of course disheartened us however did not dent our passion, and we were even more so determined to establish a separate charity alhamdulillah. At that point we turned to Brother Azad Ali, a well respectable figure of our community, may Allah bless him in abundance. We knew off him, however he did not know us, yet when we approached him with our idea and asked him whether he would provide us with help and direction in setting up a charity, he was more than willing to help. Brother Azad met us on a few occasions, to assist and give us the motivation that we needed to establish a charity whilst simultaneously meeting those dreaded dissertation and lab project deadlines.
5 years on, we are excelling every year alhamduilllah with support and prayers from you all. Our gratitude first and foremost goes to Allah, for allowing us to serve all these people who have been suffering in silence, and to Brother Azad in abundance and everyone else who has supported and continue to do so.
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#ItsMyRight campaign
There are so many angles from which we can consider the rights of ourselves but also the rights owe to others. Sometimes we become fixated on such one linear version of rights, whether it be always considering the rights of others and neglecting oneself or propagating the rights of oneself without any care or thought of the rights of others. Both can be harmful and pull individuals into a selfish and destructive mode that is unhealthy, damaging and tainting relationships between children, parents, siblings, friends and spouses. For DVAW2016, Nour is encouraging you all to consider the rights of both ourselves and others in a show of support and self-realization that we can all co-exist mutually if we find this balance. By acknowledging these rights, we may even come to realise that some of our actions are rather the opposite, oppressive. Let's know our rights and empower ourselves to be a better person to ourselves and to others. When we discuss rights we do not mean rigid walls and iron bars, we mean beautiful rights to create sakeena and tranquility and beauty in the home. #ItsMyRight to protect her. #ItsMyRight to keep him happy. Send us your image and your caption to firstname.lastname@example.com
Twitter Storm
Join our twitter storm at 8pm, using the hashtag #ItsMyRight, as we explore fulfilling our rights to serve ourselves and others in goodness. Keep your eyes peeled for the pastebin to help you with tweets.
We often talk about the bittersweet struggle and the torturous paths that lead to a divorce and the hope of the resolution and peace it may bring after. But the in-between limbo land during, and sometimes even after, a divorce is never addressed enough. Sometimes it is during these times that we can become lost and if only there was someone to just listen to us without judging us, it could mean the difference between breathing normally to fight through the next day. We will be providing a safe haven and community of friends to just listen and share and support, through regular meet ups where you can come along to relax and recharge or even to find resolutions to be that stronger and better person.
Express Competition
Let's talk about DV. Send in your creative work reflecting domestic violence and what it means to you. It can be a short story, poem or even an artwork. It must be original and should not be offensive. We will compile these and the short listed pieces will be displayed and open to the public to view at a forthcoming event. Prizes will be given for the best creative work followed by a runner up prize as judged by Nour. Send in your entries to email@example.com. If you are creating an art work please send in a picture of the artwork initially.
Jummah Khutbah
With the support of FOSIS, we are encouraging Masajid around the country to deliver a khutbah at Jumu'ah relating it to domestic abuse. You can download the khutbah template by clicking here.
Reality of DV Documentary
Umm Sariah Productions and Nour have worked on a real life feeling documentary on those who suffer from domestic abuse including interviews with beneficiaries of Nour. We will be showcasing this for the first time since being produced.
Who Am I Workshop
Afshan Khan, a professional and experienced counsellor, will be delivering a workshop "Who Am I", helping those who have survived hardship and are rediscovering themselves again. A free workshop, with limited seatings. Book your tickets here:
Nour will be finally launching a phone line to allow our beneficiaries easier access to reach us and seek the help that is required.
Message in the Clouds
We'll be closing DV week with a beautiful event in Trafalgar Square, join us at 12 pm where we will be writing messages of hope on balloons and release them into the clouds, in the hope it is received by someone who is need of uplifting words.
Whilst we the guardians are busying ourselves carving out our personal lives, happily meeting our needs and planning for our own personal objectives, we often forget those whom Allah has placed under our authority, those that are a part of our lives, who like you and I, have objectives and needs. But of course, they are told to remain patient and bear it with difficulty.
Whilst we begin to change the world with our vision, and drink the tea brought to us by our daughters, we dismiss the possibility of those very 'local' to us who also have a vision of their own, more than to make tea and wash the dishes. But as usual, they are told to remain patient and bear it with difficulty.
Whilst we laugh, play, meet friends outside, earn a good income, buy our houses, enjoy our marriages and have children, we neglect those that are shrivelling up close to us, who are living in the polar opposite; in a world carved out of depression, pain, neglect, fear and anxiety. But yes, we drink the tea that they make for us, and they are told to remain patient and bear it with difficulty.
Whilst we keep our solitary eyes open, only seeing what we want to see and feeling what we want to feel, we don't realise that there are those amongst us, in our own families, that would rather that their eyes close, sometimes permanently. Yearning to be listened to and acknowledged, But indeed, we drink their wonderful tea, and they are told to remain patient and bear it with difficulty.
My dear brothers, fathers and uncles, do not neglect your children, especially your daughters.
We talk about how they're 'beautiful diamonds and pearls', covered up in hijaab and abaya, only to be kept away and preserved, but we don't realise, many a time, this preservation coupled with neglect, results in a cage, like the animals locked up for their 'own good' by their guardians.
How many of you have consulted your own sisters or daughters other than for them to make you a wonderful cup of tea. To see how they are and what they are going through in their life living in a secular or dictatorial world, that too with many islamaphobic attacks that are prevalent? You haven't, because their life isn't as important to you than your own, nor do their lives 'fit into your personal objectives, except when it benefits you. But most certainly, they are told to remain patient and bear it with difficulty.
Have you asked why they may always be in their room, at times in the dark; and cursed for being unsociable, only seen to be smiling a little, but weeping much?
Have you once considered their needs over yours? Whether they are happy, or burning inside and yearning for your support? Have you asked what grieves them or why they act the way they do? Have you helped them and advised them like you help your wives and advise them with something that may be wrong?
If you haven't, then know! That they will break their cages, seek love, attention, support, and affection elsewhere, because those rights were neglected by you.
When they turn to Allah, in sujuud for assistance at the depths of the night, and you neglected their rights particularly for marriage and companionship, and their desire to work and study to make a change in society and the world, what then will you say to Allah Azzawajal when they mention on the greatest day man will ever witness, that 'you were their awliyaa (protectors, supporters, helpers, guardians), but you neglected their huquuq (rights) and they were left unattended to, and caged in their sadness and depression?
We will never know, and indeed I will never know, since Allah hadn't blessed me with a sister amongst my many brothers, what it's like to be a god fearing Muslimah living in a corrupt secular society, whilst at the same time, being neglected by those who claim to love them.
May Allah the Most Merciful grant us mercy, and allow us to open our hearts to those that are under our care, give them their due rights, and protect them in a way that Allah is most pleased with.
– Sy Zam Chow]]>
I was new to Islam, I did not know how to pray, let alone having a wali and meetings etc, so when he asked me to marry him I was so happy, after all coming from a unislamic background I was so happy that I had found someone who wanted to marry me and learn the Deen together, raise a family and live as a normal Muslim man and wife. Perfect, I thought. I married when I was 21, I only knew about him from what he told me, his family never warned me neither did his friend who acted as my wali. So after a year of marriage, I remember the first time he went 'missing' I would ring his phone, he would ignore my calls and eventually block my calls.
I was stricken with grief not knowing where he was or if he was even alive, eventually he rang me and said he had been arrested, and could I transfer money into his bank so he could get a travel card home. So I did. Still he did not come home and I was so confused. What's happened to him?? Is he OK? Alarm bells should have rang. But they didn't, or maybe they did but I ignored them. Eventually he came home and I was hysterical, he admitted to me he had not been arrested and he infact has a drug problem, crack cocaine to be specific, he told me he has had this addiction for 16 years, still I had hope that it would just… Go away.
He would go missing every few months, always days at a time. And every time he came back he swore by Allah he would never do it again… I believed him. I fell pregnant with my first child, he went missing 3 days before I gave birth and returned the day before I gave birth. I fell pregnant with my second child straight away.. He was gone for literally a whole month while I was 5 months pregnant. In fact he was gone pretty much for the whole of my second pregnancy. I had enough at this point and packed my bags and left. My baby and I went to a hostel and got very ill, eventually his mum persuaded me to go back to him. How can I be a single mum, she would say. Plus at that time I had been so manipulated into thinking I needed him, I literally couldn't bear to leave him.
I gave birth to my second child. Trying to be a mum and a supportive wife, but his mood swings and constant lying just so he could go on a drug binge, slowly started to weaken my eeman, and strip me of who I was. All I could think about was when is he next going to disappear. When would my purse be emptied or the TV taken to be sold. You may ask.. Silly girl, why did you stay? Why not get out before the children? Logical questions, the bottom line was I genuinely thought Allah would change him. Forgetting that Allah does not change the condition of someone unless they change themselves. I then fell pregnant with my third child and by this time my health was very bad I was losing huge amount of weight in the space of a few months due to the stress.
The morning I gave birth to my beautiful boy, that night we got told my baby had water in his lungs, and an infection so would have to go on antibiotics, I was very worried, hormones every were. Just needed support really. That night after he left us in hospital. He was gone for 3 days. Left my oldest two children with his mum and just gone. When I think about this time period wallah it's so painful.. so so painful. I was so stressed I could not even breastfeed my baby. The kids' grandmother would bring my other two for literally 10 minutes to see me then go. The doctors told me, as my baby was not feeding well his jaundice shot up sky high and would need to go into intensive care in an incubator. It was all too much, Alhamdulillah the kind doctor saw how visibly upset I was so he brought the incubator up to my ward. I couldn't take my baby out as he had to be under the special light constantly.
He came back after 3 days. All apologetic, but something inside me had changed. I left hospital but I was dead inside. I had severe post natal depression. From the November to March I left my home 4 times. I didn't cook.. I didn't clean. I was just drained completely. 4 months after the birth of my baby, he walked out on me. He had had enough of me!! Left me for some girl!! I begged him to stay. Stay for the kids I said please don't make me a single mum. He looked at me and laughed and said… I'm leaving you. He came back 4 weeks later for 5 days.. Then left me again because he couldn't decide who he wanted to be with. The mother of his children… Or this new girl. He came back 2 months later.. Persuaded me to give it 1 last go for the kids. I reluctantly agreed, but my heart was dead. He destroyed everything. He eventually… Well after 6 weeks relapsed again.. and he finally realised the oppression he was causing to me.. So he gave me the final talaq. He left home.
Now he is wanting to see the kids, he does not provide for them at all, not 1 penny. But still demands his rights to see them. I do not know what his state is. If he is on drugs, so right now he cannot see the kids. They have seen and been through enough in there short lives and I need to protect them now from there toxic father. Allah knew the marriage was destroying me in every single way. Mentally/emotionally/physically and deenwise. Allah rescued me from severe oppression. Alhamdulillah. May Allah bless me with a righteous husband who will fear Him and lead me and my children to Jannah. Aameen
A web of lies. A mesh of treachery. A snare of shams. Egocentric.
Guilt blaming. Gas lighting. Stone walling. Narcissist.
Separated. Now divorced. Still you control. Drama.
Bored? Jaded? Scared I might reveal the truth?
Leave me at peace. In my cave. Alone with my Lord.
Comfort is al Qu'ran. Weapon is my prayer. Seeking justice.
Maintaining boundaries. With no contact. Rising from a fall.
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Join Nour for a tea party with a twist. Relax in our Moroccan – themed soirée. Enlighten the mind with our inspiring workshops. Browse through our collection of stalls and indulge in delicious, mouth watering cakes, treats mocktails and chai!
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Stall enquiries: firstname.lastname@example.com / 07858180300]]>


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|This is a discussion on Too Merge or Polarize that is the Question within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; Probably been done before but as I'm new to site. I'd like to know what hand ranges you merge and what hand ranges you polarize
Too Merge or Polarize that is the Question
Probably been done before but as I'm new to site. I'd like to know what hand ranges you merge and what hand ranges you polarize vs. different villain type.
TAG. LAG. AGGRO Fish. NIT
Probably could leave NIT off the list but might as well put it up there. I have no care for strategy vs. passive player no fun there.
Anyway please limit post to one type of player as I believe this will be an intense discussion and any post on all three could soon become a term paper.
I polarize against all but I merge very much vs Argo fish when I am confident I can take them on and make big calls postflop.
I think merging is really good only if you have a huge skill gap postflop or your opponent has a bluff catching tendency with medium weak hands.
Meh, my opinion maybe sucks but since no one responded....
Thanks I like it. I think I merge too often. But I do like being unpredictable. My main problem is calling down implied odds hands. Some days people think I work for the site. Other day heeehawww...lol.
re: Poker & Too Merge or Polarize that is the Question
Simply put polarizing your range is playing only very strong hands and bluffs. Merging is where you add in more middle strength hands. There are some good threads here about it.
merge against LAG and maybe Aggro
but never against Tight aggressive players, they will make you pay if you do it frequently
depending the table you are playing you can include more hands like broadways or suited connectors, this is my approach here, of course, as you, i like tolearn how the more experienced face it
im sorry but this is a bit of a stupid question bc it is more a specific situation thing and not a "do this against this people and you will be god"
sorry to be really harsh but being lazy and not learning the fundamentals will lose you a lot of money
To have a merged or polarized range -- this is generally something that is said regarding a betting/raising range, particularly a 3-betting range preflop.
When 3-betting, the first question you must ask/answer is: Why am I 3-betting?
1. One reason to 3-bet is that some people fold too often to 3-bets. So the reason we are 3-betting is to make money off their folds. Against such a type, we generally want a polarized range. So, depending on how much they fold, we could construct a polarized range that looks something like this:
Value hands: AA, KK
Bluffs: A2s-A7s, A6o-A9o, K7s
PLEASE: Do not take this range seriously, I didn't spend any time working on it, I just made it off the top of my head.
Anyway, so this range is pretty ridiculous, as we have 12 value combos of the nuts (KK+), and like 76 or something combos of bluffs (this ratio probably isn't going to work out well in practice against anyone). But this is mega-polarized, and is ridiculously weighted toward bluffs. (Against someone who is folding way too often vs. 3-bets, we might want to start flatting AA/KK once in a while so as not to lose value with those hands. But then our range is so ridiculous, someone -- either villain or someone at the table -- is going to notice that our 3-betting range is ridiculous in this spot, and they can exploit us)
(If you want to know why we chose these hands to bluff with, it's sort of another topic, but the quick and dirty version is this: Because this guy is folding so often we want blockers to his continuing range, which is always going to include AA, KK, AK. Since we print money vs. this guy because he folds too often, we don't care what our flopability is. Vs. someone with a 20% opening range, A6o has the same hot-cold equity as QTs. But A6o is a better hand to bluff with because A. It has blockers to his continuing range and B. We can profitably flat call with QTs whereas A6o is one of the better hands we would fold.)
2. Against someone who opens wide and never folds to 3-bets, we would 3-bet him with a different range. We want good hands that play well vs. his range, hands that flop well and make good top pairs. So we use a merged 3-bet range vs. this type of villain, and it might look something like this (again, don't take this specific range too seriously):
Here, we are not bluffing, but we are reraising a super wide value range.
re: Poker & Too Merge or Polarize that is the Question
Here I come on CC to try and help some newer players, thinking "hey I could help these guys out!". Little did I know Baudib was already on it. Fantastic post right there that explains the difference between merged and polarized ranges very well. I don't really have anything that I could expand on what Baudib has already said. So for anyone wanting to understand these terms go back and re-read the post above mine.
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