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An employee who worked for decades at a family-run business, who had a good relationship with a VP that went beyond the workplace, and who failed to complain after he allegedly started touching her buttocks and making age-related comments after her husband died in 1999, could not show that her resignation 15 years later amounted to a constructive discharge and could not show that the alleged harassment she experienced was unwelcome, concluded the Eighth Circuit, affirming summary judgment against her Title VII, ADEA, and state-law discrimination and hostile work environment claims (Blake v. MJ Optical, Inc., August 31, 2017, Riley, W.).
Long-time "good" working relationship. Born in 1949, the employee started working for the family run optical business in the 1970's, working for decades as a "bench technician" fitting eyeglasses into frames. In the early days, the owner would sometimes bring his then-adolescent son to help around the shop. In 1993, the now-grown son became the company vice president, supervising the "whole shop" and interacting with the employee every day. The employer-employee relationship, which the employee characterized as "good," extended beyond the workplace. For example, the employee was invited to the VP's daughter's wedding, and he loaned her church a hog cooker, prompting her to introduce the VP to her pastor.
Fanny grab at funeral and beyond. Things changed at a 1999 funeral for the employee's husband. Several employees attended, including the VP, who allegedly grabbed her "fanny" outside the funeral parlor. She asked "What was that all about?" and he replied "I thought you needed it." From then on, the VP occasionally touched, grabbed, or smacked the employee's buttocks at various times. Though she flashed him a dirty look, she never verbally complained to him or anyone else, claiming it "[w]ouldn't have done any good." The VP also told her that she "needed to find a man," which she took to mean that if she had sex with a man, she would be happy. Another time, he asked if her nipples were the size of nickels or quarters.
Age-related remarks. The employee found herself at the receiving end of age-related affronts too. On one occasion, the VP said he "only kept her around to 'watch her die,'" even when other employees could hear. He acknowledged the comments and said he was joking. He also allegedly told her that her "hands aren't good anymore" whenever she needed his assistance to fit a lens in a difficult frame. Yet again, she did not complain to anyone.
Despite all this, the employee admitted to platonically touching the VP "between his shoulders" and responding "I love you, too," when he said he loved her. She also said "no" when asked in deposition if the VP treated her differently because of her gender.
Resignation. In May 2013, the employee noticed a problem with a large number of frames and the company president told the VP (her son) to investigate. Trying to diagnose the problem, he asked the employee to temporarily refrain from her mounting work while others took over for a few days. The employee kept busy with other work and did not consider this a demotion. Despite the instructions, though, she resumed her spot at the mounting station a few days later. The VP saw her and came at her "like a bull moose," red in the face, chomping his tongue, and telling her "I don't want you doing that, sit down. Let somebody else do it."
Fearing he would become physically aggressive, the employee reported his behavior to his mom, who said she would talk to the VP and the employee should "go home and plant flowers." The employee did not complain about any mistreatment based on sex or age, though she did complain about a different supervisor for unrelated reasons. She took the afternoon off with pay, resigning the next day. She left a message for the president saying she feared the VP's "noncontrollable" anger. She also claimed she felt she had no choice because she was close to retirement age and believed the employer was "weeding out" expensive, older employees. However, she testified that her decision had nothing to do with the VP's sexual or age-related conduct.
Lawsuit. Granting summary judgment against the employee's sex and age discrimination claims under federal and state law, the district court noted that the VP's behavior was "without a doubt disgusting," but the evidence was insufficient to support her claims.
No discrimination. Affirming, the appeals court noted that the employee admitted she was not fired, subjected to a pay cut, demoted, or transferred, based on sex or age. Rather, she claimed constructive discharge based on the employer's failure to control the VP's conduct. However, the Eighth Circuit has "consistently recognized that an employee is not constructively discharged if she 'quits without giving [her] employer a reasonable chance to work out a problem.'" Here, the employee did not give the employer a chance to fix the alleged mistreatment. The only time she complained about the VP was one day before she quit, and that was unrelated to gender or age. Though she argued that a complaint would have been "futile," this unsupported conclusory allegation could not avoid summary judgment for lack of an adverse employment action.
No hostile work environment. Summary judgment against the hostile work environment claims was also affirmed because the employee failed to show she considered the conduct at issue to be unwelcome. She and the VP had known each other for over 40 years and she admitted that their relationship was positive for most of that time. This was reflected in the way their relationship extended beyond the workplace. Also, after the misconduct began in 1999, the employee worked with him for another 15 years without once telling him to stop or complaining to anyone else. Instead, the two joked with each other, exchanged occasional "I love yous," and she sometimes touched the VP "between the shoulders." There was also no evidence the VP knew his conduct distressed the employee. To the contrary, he apparently saw it as an attempt to lighten the mood and even the employee recalled him saying she needed "to be happy." When the employee finally did complain about the VP to the company president, she made no mention of the behavior she now claims created a hostile work environment. "This was too little, too late," said the court.
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Conflict of laws in cyberspace has slowly and steadily started showing its impact. Initially, it was Indian government's inability to deal with foreign technology companies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc regarding the law enforcement requirements of India. Subsequently, it was realised that absence of a constructive control over these foreign companies is not good for national security and law enforcement requirements of India in the long run. Nothing short of a techno legal framework can solve these problems of India.
Meanwhile, one of the related case reached Delhi High Court that asked Indian government to formulate the e-mail policy of India. The Congress led government took a significant step in this direction and formulated an e-mail policy of India though it is yet to be implemented. Department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) issued documents like email services and usage policies of Government of India (PDF), NIC policy on format of e-mail address (PDF), password policy of Government of India (PDF), security policy for users by Government of India (PDF) and service level agreement by Government of India (PDF), etc for public comments. A final policy on this regard is yet to be issued.
We at Perry4Law have been stressing for long that India must ban Gmail and Yahoo e-mails for official communications. This is because the policies of these companies are such that they abet commission of cyber crimes in India. For instance, G-mail not only masks the Internet Protocol Address (IP Address) of a cyber criminals that makes it impossible to trace an IP Address without Google's assistance but Google also insists upon following of non Indian laws for providing even basic level information. Till the time the entire legal process is over, the damage is already done.
Not only this, government officials are also violating the provisions of Public Records Act, 1993 wherever public records are involved. This is more troublesome when foreign intelligence agencies are targeting Indian citizens and foreign courts are allowing access to data and information of Indians at foreign locations against Indian laws.
In a much needed move, email services like G-mail, Yahoo, etc are likely to be banned for official use to safeguard critical and sensitive government data. DeitY has already moved a proposal in this regard for cabinet approval. We at Perry4Law welcome this move of BJP Government but what is more important is the decision of Narendra Modi government to allow ministries of defence and external affair to have their own e-mail infrastructures. Other ministries/departments would also be required to use the platform of the National Informatics Centre (NIC). We hope this decision would be implemented as soon as possible.


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Hi Internet World,
It's been 4 years and I thought it was time for an update.
I started a blog my Junior year of college as an outlet and reason to write. I blogged because I was struggling with relationship OCD, on top of figuring out who I wanted to be in the world, being a HSP (highly sensitive person) and having general anxiety. My mental health was floundering.
I wrote about my struggles, my relationship with Trevor, and graduating college. I also tried to be Carrie Bradshaw- which was an awful mistake, because really? She wasn't that great of a person. Even a fictional one.
In the 4 years since I wrote about my first job, a lot has happened. I tried out a few different roles in my field and now know what I don't want to do. I'm currently at a great organization where I feel appreciated and challenged and I'm happy. Will I go back to grad school someday? Maybe. It's a story that's yet to be told.
More closely related to my blog….
Trevor and I got engaged in February of 2017 and married in September on a beautiful hilltop in Northern Michigan.
Our wedding was an emotional and wonderful day. It went very fast, as everyone says it does, but I was able to keep myself mindful and centered throughout the day. I stopped, I meditated, I prayed, I paused. I drank in the emotionally charged moments: sitting in the garden by myself in the sunshine, both of my parents walking me down the aisle, and hearing Trevor's self-written vows.
Our first 9 months of marriage have been good to us. I prepared myself for the worst- but it's been easier than I thought it would be. I think a lot of that has to do with dating for 6 years first. I won't say there haven't been hard days, or weeks… because believe me, there have been. There's been times when the "day to day" stuff bogs us down or I forget to take my anxiety medication. I am so grateful that Trevor has a patient, loving soul that can love me, cracks and all. We strive to be partners in life- and I'm so grateful he's my sidekick. We "get" each other in so many ways… as I said in my vows: "my teammate, confidante, lover, and friend."
We currently live in an apartment in our home town and are saving up to buy a house. We have no plans for babies anytime soon- right now, we look forward to growing together and traveling the world.
Most days, I can't believe I've been an "adult" for 4 years… it's so different than what I ever thought it would be. The real world has full time jobs, bills, cleaning that never ends, laundry, meal prepping, appointments to be made… and we don't even have kids yet!
I struggle with balancing working, co-running a household (even one as small as our apartment), and finding time for my passions- specifically acting. I've always loved theatre, but was in the middle of a 6 year break when I started this blog. I can't believe I stopped for that long, and honestly I'm not surprised I had a identity crisis. I stopped cold-turkey then struggled when I expected my relationship to replace that joy. No one but you is responsible for your happiness.
Something I've learned these past few years is that there's a lot of unexpected grief in adulthood.
I grieve for the loss of childhood. I grieve for the lives I never get to live. I grieve for the loves that never were. It hurts- to realize that you're mortal. It's sad, to realize that you'll never experience something again.
This past year especially held great joy- and great loss.
I lost my two remaining grandparents, one in July and the other in December.
In a way, I lost my best friend over the past few years. A woman I thought I'd get to grow into a crazy old lady with. Our friendship, which I held so dear, has all but disappeared due to distance and choices and it breaks my heart.
In preparation for marriage I grieved my single life, my maiden name, my lost identity. My lovely husband is a feminist, so there's no need for submission or "obeying." I'm still stubbornly and proudly "me." ….But that doesn't mean that it's abnormal to grieve these things. It's not unnoticed by me that while new chapters open, some close as well. I'm so joyful for the journeys I get to take with Trevor. I'm proud of my accomplishments in my career and grateful for the friendships I've gained from my hobbies.
As I prepared to write this, I looked at the data from Hugs & the Suburbs… and it surprisingly still gets views! The numbers are, admittedly, low, but I was shocked to see any traffic after such time. When I've come across other blogs that have puttered out, I've often wondered where the person is now. What are they doing? How have they changed?
I wrote this to let you know that your "happily ever after" may not look like you imagined it- but that doesn't mean it's not good! This is real life, after all, not Disney. I told you all in the beginning that I don't believe in soulmates and while that's still mostly true in the traditional sense of the word….
I think if you treat love as a verb, take responsibility for your own happiness, and have a little bit of luck- I think you can get pretty darn close.
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Photo credit for above wedding pictures: Dan Stewart Photography
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, or another mental health problem? You're not alone. Feel free to message me anytime or talk to a trusted friend, parent, or mentor. Living with mental illness is incredibly difficult- but there are things that can help. Talk therapy, medication, exercise, meditation… I can't recommend examining your options enough!


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A hearty, but elegant Panini. Great with a glass of wine for brunch..
|slices of porchetta
|1 tbsp
|garlic mayo
|basil leaves
|thin slices of sweet potato
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|crumbled goat cheese
|olive oil
1.Heat oven to 400° F. Pierce sweet potato several times with the tines of a fork. Place the sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. Bake until tender, about 4o minutes. Set aside to cool.
2, At the same time sweet potato is cooking, roast your garlic for the mayo. Peel away the outer layers of the garlic bulb skin, leaving the skins of the individual cloves intact. Using a knife, cut off 1/4 to a 1/2 inch of the top of cloves, exposing the individual cloves of garlic. Sprinkle with olive oil. Bake at 400 for 30 mins or until tender.
3. Once garlic is cool enough to handle, remove the flesh from bulb and mash, stir into mayo according to taste. Add minced parsley if desired.
4. Slice sweet potato thinly or according to taste.
Preheat Grill / Sandwich Press to medium high heat - lightly brushing with oil first
Assemble Panini!
1. Brush bread lightly with olive oil, then lay sweet potato until bread is covered
2. Lay whole leaves or ripped pieces of basil on top of potato
3. Sprinkle goat cheese to taste, then add the porchetta
4. On the remaining slice of bread, spread garlic mayo
5. Add salt to taste
6. Sandwich is assembled, now lightly brush with olive oil
7. Gently place sandwich on grill and close lid
8. After 5 minutes, turn over if necessary, grill for another few minutes until heated through.
9. Enjoy!
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A merchant vessel catches fire near Bosaso port
A commercial boat caught fire near Bosaso port on Monday, becoming the second marine incident since last February.
The local officials said the vessel transporting tonnes of trading goods, including fuel and brand new cars, went up in flames off Bosaso coast.
Puntland Maritime Forces have managed to rescue three Indian crew members after their boast caught the blaze.
The rescue operation has become unsuccessful as the state marine forces failed to safe the boast and the goods worth of millions of U.S. dollars.


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text: Mary Weller was born on 20th Dec 1862, she was the first child born to Edward and Mary Weller. Shortly after Mary's birth her maternal grandfather David Band died at Queenstown on the 30th Dec 1862. Mary was to marry Thomas Bell a 33 year old farmer from Kangaroo Ground. Their wedding to place on the 10th Sept 1885 according to the rite of the Presbyterian Church. Mary was 22 years of age at this time, her cousin Catherine Knell and a John Bell signed as the witness on this day.


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Okay, so maybe it's a little more than a week and maybe I don't really have the authority to do this, but I am singlehandedly declaring it Vampire Week on Beliefnet. (Or, um, Vampire 10 Days? But don't you think Vampire Week has a better ring to it? And I just can't wait any longer–I mean, can you?) This is, of course, in honor of the approaching release (!!!) of Stephenie Meyer's fourth and final (nooooo!) installment of the "Twilight" series, "Breaking Dawn," on the evening of August 1, at the stroke of midnight! And I'm kind of excited about it. Can you tell?
Definition of Vampire Week: It's kind of like Holy Week, which is the week leading up to Easter if you're Catholic, but Vampire Week does not end with the resurrection of anyone's savior, unless, that is, you consider getting to read about our glorious and shining hero, EDWARD once again (thank God for Edward!) rather salvific–and you might. I wouldn't make fun of you if you did. So anyway, Vampire Week is the period of time leading up to the release of "Breaking Dawn," and I declare it both a time of joy–when Stephenie Meyer fans can unabashedly wax on giddily about their fandom of all things "Twilight" and perhaps, even share your favorite "Twilight Imitation" novels with us (You all know what I'm talking about right? All those angsty vampire novels that have come out trying to hit the same nerve that Meyer did, but never coming close. But we'll read them to tide us over, right?!)–and it is also a time of mourning, as we all prepare for the reality that once "Breaking Dawn" is over, once we rip through it's pages, we are done with the series. (sniff, sniff!)
Unless, of course, Meyer finishes "Midnight Sun" which she will, of course. Because she loves all of us crazy fans very much. But I digress….
To launch Vampire Week, other than announcing it, I will give you fans important "Breaking Dawn" information. If you happen to be in NYC on the night of the release (or want to devote an exclusive trip to NYC in honor of Meyer), Stephenie Meyer will be doing an appearance at the Kodak Theater in Times Square. Blue October–one of the bands that inspires Meyer's writing–will be giving a concert, and Meyer will be signing books. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, July 26th, at 10 a.m. They are $20. And don't worry non-NYC people: Meyer is doing this in several cities after the NYC release.
What else you can look forward to during Vampire Week: posts about my "Top 5 B-Movie-like Twilight-Imitation Attempts" (or something catchy like that) which readers can feel free to chime in about and add their own favorites or argue with my choices; Personal advocacy for Team Edward (go Edward!)–and I want to make it clear to Team Jacob people that you are welcome to respond to any and all posts in honor of Vampire Week, even though you know not what you do, siding with Jacob and all; and then just other giddy postings about articles celebrating the approach of the book release, as well as all things-Vampire related in general. Feel free to post comments about any Meyer/"Breaking Dawn"/Edward/Bella/Jacob/Vampire sightings you find as well.
That's all for now. Three cheers for (Stephenie Meyer) Vampire Week!
(I am assuming I am not alone in this level of dorky-ness, right? Prove me right on this one people…)
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50 shades of greyscale set to be a best seller
By Alicia Kouparitsas28 Aug 2012
Australia's market-leading digital base map, used by organisations such as Woolworths and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is now available in greyscale – making it easier than ever for businesses to highlight their own data in online maps.
The MDS Greyscale Foundation Map, developed by MapData Services, includes all the standard features of the full-colour MDS Foundation Map – but is delivered in 50 shades of grey.
MapData Services' Data Manager Edwin Haverkamp said the new greyscale base map provided businesses with more options for data visualisation.
"The MDS Foundation Map is the nation's most authoritative, up-to-date base map – and making it available in greyscale provides Australian businesses with more options than ever before when developing their own digital maps," said Mr Haverkamp.
"Greyscale maps draw attention to your business data and thematic content by providing a neutral background with minimal colors.
"It gives you the freedom to better represent key information, while still providing a powerful geographic context, so you can really bring your data to life.
"The MDS Greyscale Foundation Map empowers users to create visually compelling map graphics which helps others view your data as you intended, without losing the context that an authoritative base map can provide."
Mr Haverkamp said the greyscale map can be used as a basis for any type of online or desktop mapping – including store locators, a mobile app or geodemographic analysis.
"Like our standard base map, the Greyscale Foundation Map draws on the most authoritative data sets available – PSMA in Australia and LINZ in New Zealand.
"This means businesses can relax knowing they're working with maps that are accurate and up-to-date – which is enormously important when delivering online applications such as store locators and distance calculators."


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Thanks to Pete for making sure your Thorney Post is delivered
Pete Chelton, who has been co-ordinating the delivery of the Thorney Post magazine for 16 years, is calling it a day.
Peter (83) has lived in the village for the past 56 years also had a long association with Thorney Football Club as committee member and secretary, and as Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator for Woburn Drive.
Born in London, Pete was evacuated to Monmouthshire during the Second World War to escape German bombing raids. He wrote about his experiences in the Thorney Post and was asked to give talks to local schoolchildren about his experiences.
He and his wife Marion, who celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary in November, came to live in Thorney by chance. On their honeymoon, they met a couple from Ramsey and struck up a friendship. They visited their friends from time to time and decided to sell up in London and move to this area.
The plans didn't go quite as expected and they ended up living in Gladstone Street, Peterborough for a while before finding their current home in Woburn Drive.
Fifty-six years ago, Woburn Drive and the roads off it, were just being built. Pete and Marion moved into a new house and their home, plus Russell Close, were the first to be developed. Their youngest child John was just two weeks old when they moved in.
Besides John, they have two other children – Debbie and Sue – six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pete worked for British Telecom for 38 years and then, after taking early retirement, he spent seven years with the Co-operative Funeral Services.
"Thorney had a real community feel when we came here," said Pete. "After living in the city, it felt really nice. Everyone seemed to be really close knit and there were lots of community events. I think we've lost some of that."
Editor's note – we're really grateful to Pete for all his work and contributions to the village magazine over the years. At the age of 83, he really has done his bit for the village.


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Category Archives: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE
Incidents of violence relating to voter registration, political campaigns, rallies and elections
Poverty, unemployment at the root of violence, says Nassarawa Gov Al-Makura
On 28 June, the Nassarawa State Governor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, identified mass poverty and the high level of unemployment as the key factors responsible for violence in the country.
He made the observation while receiving members of a sub-committee of the presidential panel on election-related violence, who paid him a visit in Lafia, capital of Nassarawa State. The panel is particularly investigating the violence that erupted in some northern states, shortly after the presidential polls.
Briefing the governor on the panel's work, the leader of the sub-committee, retired Justice Samuel O. Uwaifo, said its terms of reference include unravelling the immediate and remote causes of the violence, ascertaining the number of lives lost and the magnitude of property damaged, as well as making recommendations to avoid any re-occurrence.
Justice Uwaifo said the panel has been broken down into three sub-committees, adding that his sub-committee is in charge of Nassarawa, Akwa Ibom and Niger States. He said his sub-committee would hold a public hearing in Lafia, and that its members would also visit some other parts of the state, including Doma, Keffi and Nasarawa, to assess the level of damage.
Urging members of the sub-committee to discharge their assignment with utmost responsibility, the governor pledged the support of his administration for their work.
520 persons killed in post-election violence, Nigerian Police reports
On 1 June, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim reported that a total of 520 persons were killed in the violence that followed the April presidential election which saw President Goodluck Jonathan as the winner. According to him, 518, including six policemen were killed in Kaduna State while two persons were killed in Niger State.
The Inspector-General gave this figure during a review of the 2011 general elections, organised by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, in Abuja.
In his paper entitled "2011 General Elections Review: Experience-Sharing, Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward – The Nigeria Police Perspective," presented on his behalf by the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7 Headquarters, Felix Ogbaudu, the police chief stated that in Kaduna State alone, 22,141 persons were internally-displaced while 77 persons were injured. Still on Kaduna State, he added that "157 churches, 46 mosques and 1,435 houses were burnt. Four hundred and thirty-seven vehicles, 219 motor-cycles were also burnt. Forty five property belonging to the police were also burnt."
In Niger State, he said two persons were killed, four others were injured while eight churches, seven mosques, seven houses and seven vehicles were burnt, damaged or completely destroyed.
Throwing great light on the situation the police had to contend with during the polls, the IGP explained that: "The Police had to contend with a number of challenges ranging from inadequate logistic support and manpower among others. Some of these problems were created due to non-compliance with section 129 (2) occasioned by the agitation by some politicians who insisted and urged their supporters to stay back after casting their votes to "defend their votes" whatever that meant."
The police boss also blamed the high level of illiteracy, unemployment and the culture of impunity for the violence. He said the late arrival of election materials, use of vehicle headlights to illuminate vote collation processes along with the activities of political thugs all created additional challenges for the police.
The IGP therefore urged INEC and political parties to step up voter education, in order to dispel some serious misconception associated with the electoral process. He also called for strict legislations, including at least six years' imprisonment, for such crimes as the illegal possession of firearms.
The police report very much corroborates an earlier report by the Civil Rights Congress (CRC), a coalition of human rights organisations, based in Kaduna, which had reported over 500 persons killed. Also in mid-May, the US-based international organisation, Human Rights Watch, reported that over 800 were killed in the three days of rioting following the presidential elections.
President Goodluck Jonathan set up a 22-man "fact-finding" panel to investigate the violence. The Kaduna State governor, Mr Patrick Yakowa, also set up a judicial commission of inquiry on the violence.
Slain NYSC members: Bauchi State Gov Yuguda offers N2 million, scholarships and pilgrimage to families
On 29 May, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State announced an offer of N2 million, scholarships and flight tickets for going on pilgrimage, to the families of the 10 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) personnel killed during post-election violence in the state.
Speaking shortly after taking the oath of office for a second term at the IBB Square, Bauchi, Yuguda said his government was offering to the families of each of the deceased, the following:
- The sum of N2 million.
- Scholarships for two siblings from secondary to university levels of education within Nigeria.
- Three seats for going on pilgrimage to either Saudi Arabia or Jerusalem.
Making good the offer, Yuguda handed the NYSC director in the state cheques for the amounts, for conveyance to the families of the deceased on behalf of the state government.
The governor who described the killings of innocent citizens during and after the elections as barbaric and satanic, said security agencies had arrested over 600 persons, and that the suspected killers of the Corps members had already been arraigned in courts.
He also said he would have preferred a solemn inauguration at the Government House, in view of the recent incidents in the state, but that he still had to observe established traditions which include some public protocols and ceremonies.
It may be recalled that Yuguda had incurred the wrath of millions of youths and others across the country, when he disobligated himself from any responsibility for the security of Corps members in his state, as they had been engaged as ad-hoc staff for the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In particular, his statement that whatever happened to the Corps members was their destiny, drew intense anger from several quarters and efforts to control the damage achieved little results. The governor's recent offers therefore appear an effort both to compensate the bereaved families for their losses and to mollify some of the harshest critics.
Post-election violence: Gov Yakowa sets up judicial commission in Kaduna State
On 25 May, the Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, inaugurated a 12-man judicial commission of inquiry to probe the violence that erupted in several parts of the state, following the 16 April presidential elections.
Headed by Justice Muhammadu Lawal Bello, the Commission has Mr. John Waje Bagu of the Ministry of Education as its secretary, while Barrister Mohammed Isa Aliyu from the Ministry of Justice, Kaduna, is to act as its counsel.
Other members are Alhaji Abubakar Ladan, Mr. Stephen Bawa Manya, Hajia Hadiza Mailafiya, Mr. Ali Barnabas Hadwya, Alhaji Rabiu Bako, Rev. Dr. Sam Kujiyat, Alhaji Ja'afaru Makarfi and Rev Dr. Bauta Motty.
At the inauguration, Yakowa outlined the commission's terms of reference as follows:
- Inquire into or investigate, ascertain and identify the immediate and remote causes of the riots.
- Identify individuals, organizations and other associations that might have contributed to the build-up to the riot by way of publications in the print and electronic media, organizing seminars, workshops, conferences etc.
- To assess and determine the extent of loss of lives and property and other forms of damage caused during the riots and disturbances as well as identify the perpetrators of the dastardly acts.
- Examine any other matter or issue incidental to any of the terms of reference.
- Recommend appropriate legal actions to be taken against those responsible for the riots and or disturbances.
- Recommend appropriate steps to be taken by government to forestall future occurrence of the riots or disturbances.
The commission has eight weeks from the day of its first sitting to submit its report to the state governor.
The Commission is the third initiative towards probing the violence. It will be recalled that on 9 May, an Islamic umbrella organization, Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), with the approval of the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of JNI, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III, approved the constitution of a four-person committee to investigate the post-election crisis in Kaduna State.
Two days later, on 11 May, President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated a 22-member panel headed by Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, to investigate the same crisis (as well as election-related violence in other northern states and in Akwa Ibom State). State agencies such as the Police and the State Security Service are also conducting their own regular investigations.
For now, what these multiple initiatives will achieve is not exactly clear. But as one observer remarked: "We may end up spending more money on the investigations, than the value of property that was destroyed in the crisis".
ACN governorship candidate Steve Ugbah charged, released on bail, by court in Makurdi, Benue State
On 24 May, the governorship candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at the 26 April election in Benue State, Professor Steve Torkuma Ugbah, was granted bail, after he and 14 others had been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Makurdi, capital of Benue State.
Prof Ugbah was arrested on 23 May and detained at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, while honouring a police invitation. He was said to have been detained for allegedly inciting disturbances in the state.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Olusola Amore, explained to some newsmen that Ugbah was believed to have incited the disturbance which led to attacks on some leaders of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State.
One newspaper quoted the Police spokesman as saying: "He (Ugbah) was detained for inciting disturbance. There was robbery somewhere, he turned the story to be that the governor was the one sending people to go and attack people. As a result of that, they started attacking some PDP stalwarts. So he was the one who incited the disturbance".
After a night in detention in Abuja, Ugbah was driven to Makurdi by the police and arraigned before a Chief Magistrate's Court, along with 14 others, including his Security Adviser, Adaa Maagbe, and the former Chairman of Gboko Local Government Council, Chief Simon Abua. The men were charged with criminal conspiracy and rioting.
The prosecutor attempted to have Ugbah remanded in prison, arguing before the court that the offence was not bailable. Ugbah's counsel, J.S. Orkuma, along with 20 other lawyers, countered that it was. Chief Magistrate Cecilia Bakare agreed with the defence and granted each of the accused N200,000 bail with a surety in like sum. The men were subsequently released.
In a statement issued after the court proceedings and signed by its Benue State Chairman, Comrade Abba Yaro, the ACN said it condemned "in strong terms" what it described as "attempts by the authorities to criminalize what is otherwise a matter that is nothing but strong political opposition to the misrule and misgovernance by (the Benue State governor) Gabriel Suswan". The statement argued that: "If anything at all, those who should be facing charges in court are those who murdered Charles Ayede (Ugba's media adviser who was shot dead on 13 May) and others in cold blood".
The ACN said it was calling on the Police to "immediately drop these bogus, flimsy and phoney charges against our leaders and supporters" and instead "fish out the killers of Charles Ayede and charge them to court immediately". It warned that: "Anything short of these will be stoking the embers of social unrest in Benue State, which end nobody can predict".
Police rescue kidnapped ACN candidate Soibibo Horsfall in Bayelsa State
On 24 May, Mr. Soibibo Horsfall, the local government chairmanship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, who was kidnapped four days earlier, was rescued by the police.
Horsfall, who was seized by unknown gunmen in Emohua, Rivers State, a few hours to the local council election on 21 May, was found and rescued by the police in neighbouring Bayelsa State. Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer for Rivers State, Mr. Ben Ugwuegbulam, said Horsfall regained his freedom through the efforts of police detectives.
A statement from the Police spokesman detailed as follows: "The ACN chairmanship candidate in Asari Toru Local Government Area, Hon. Soibibo Horsfall, abducted in the early hours of the local government council election day at Soma Bridge, was rescued at about 4.00am (Tuesday). He was rescued between Mbiama and Yenagoa by detectives of the Police Anti-kidnapping Unit and Police Swift Operation Squad".
It will be recalled that, in the wake of Horsfall's abduction, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr. Suleiman Abba, had said the incident was not strictly a kidnap case and that he was optimistic that Horsfall would soon regain his freedom. According to Abba, "My men have gotten in touch with him and I am sure, very soon, he will regain his freedom. So there is no cause for alarm. We are on top of the situation".
Post-election violence: CPC secures bail for over 600 suspects detained in Kaduna State
On 23 May, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kaduna State, said it had secured bail for over 600 persons arrested by the police, on suspicion of involvement in the violence that followed the 16 April presidential election.
Briefing newsmen in Kaduna, the CPC chairman for Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro, said his party's action was based on compassionate grounds and that those it had freed were not only its members. He also said the party was still working to secure bail for more of the detained persons.
In spite of the high number of CPC supporters arrested during the crisis, Yaro maintained that members of his party were not responsible for the post-election violence. He claimed it was those members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) who were still bitter over their losses at the primaries that master-minded the crisis.
He claimed: "It was PDP members who were fighting each other as a result of the fall-out of the primaries. It was a crisis within the PDP that caused the violence. Many of their members were not happy. That was why they started the crisis. It was not CPC".
Killings in Benue State: ACN warns that Jonathan's "silence" could deepen crisis
On 22 May, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) warned that the seeming unwillingness of President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene and stop the "serial killings" of its members in Benue State, could be leading to a greater crisis in the state.
In a statement issued in Lagos by the ACN's National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the President's "failure" to stop the killings may be misinterpreted to mean that he acts only when the lives and property of his People's Democratic Party (PDP) members are in jeopardy.
The statement warned that if the President continually failed to intervene in Benue State, individuals and groups affected by the recent killings might be forced to take the laws into their hands "and the country will have another conflagration to contend with".
Addressing the President directly in the statement, the party said: ''You, President Goodluck Jonathan, are the President of Nigeria, not that of the PDP. The security and well-being of all Nigerians, whether they are in your party or in the opposition, are at the core of your presidential responsibility. It is therefore incumbent on you to take urgent measures today to stop the impunity that is taking hold in Benue, where several ACN members have been killed, starting from the run-up to the last general elections and to this moment".
The ACN urged President Jonathan that if he needed any impetus to act, he should only call for and see the pictures of the body of Mr Charles Ayede, Senior Media Adviser to the party's governorship candidate in Benue State (Professor Steve Torkuma Ugbah), who was killed by unknown gunmen on 13 May 2011.
It said: "The execution-style killing of an unarmed Nigerian in his own country, as depicted by the gory pictures of Ayede's bullet-riddled body, is enough reason for any leader to say Enough is Enough".
The party called on the President to demand from the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, an explanation on why most of the complaints which the ACN had lodged with the Benue State Police Command seem to have been ignored.
The PDP has been in power in Benue State since the return of democratic rule in 1999. The ACN put up a vigorous challenge in the most recent election (April 2011), but after a campaign that witnessed recurrent incidents of violence, the incumbent, Governor Gabriel Suswam, was declared winner. The ACN believes the election was rigged massively by the PDP and is petitioning the Election Tribunal in a bid to overturn that result.
Gunmen kidnap ACN candidate Soibibo Horsfall in Rivers State
On 21 May, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for chairmanship of the Asari-Toru Local Government Council in Rivers State, Mr. Soibibo Horsfall, was kidnapped by unknown persons.
Facts about the incident are still sketchy. Local sources say he was kidnapped at about 8 am, an hour before the accreditation of voters for the local government elections was billed to start. One account said he was forced out of his car by some yet-to-be-identified persons at Emuoha, on his way to Asari-Toru. Another said he was with three persons when he was seized. The gunmen are suspected to be loyalists of another political party.
The ACN's chairman in Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Mr. Boma Abiyesuku, said he believed the kidnap was politically, motivated as the kidnappers had not called to demand any ransom.
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, told a newsman that he had dispatched two teams of detectives to the area. He also said the incident was not strictly a kidnap case and that he was optimistic that Horsfall would soon regain his freedom. According to Abba, "My men have gotten in touch with him and I am sure, very soon, he will regain his freedom. So there is no cause for alarm. We are on top of the situation".
The kidnap of Horsfall comes amidst a fierce political contest between rival constituencies struggling for control of the local government. The incumbent chairman of the Council, Hon. Ojukaiye Flag Amachree, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is seeking a second term in office, but some residents say that under an existing arrangement in the area, he is not supposed to contest.
Former Petroleum Minister, Prof. Tam David-West, a native of Buguma, in a telephone interview with the widely-read Sunday Sun said under that arrangement, the position ought to go to the Horsfall family, and that it was wrong for the ruling PDP to support Amachree's bid for a second term. He said: "The council chairmanship rotates from family to family in Buguma and, this time, it is the turn of Horsfall. Anyone supporting the present chairman to come back is looking for great trouble".
Horsfall's wife told a local radio station, late in the day, that her husband's whereabouts remained unknown. She pleaded with the Rivers State government and security agencies to ensure his immediate release.
ACN-PDP supporters clash during local government polls in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
On 21 May, supporters of rival political parties clashed during the local government elections in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State.
Local sources reported that the violence erupted in Rumumasi, in the densely populated central area of the city, as voters awaited results of elections that took place in most parts of the state. Some accounts say it was sparked by arguments between supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), as results of voting were still being expected. As shots rang out, cars were set ablaze and several roadside shops were destroyed. The chaos invited the attention of the police, which had to shoot in the air to disperse the fighters.
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr Suleiman Abba, confirmed the violence to an AFP reporter, but said "the shooting was by the police SOS team sent to quell the confusion". It is not yet confirmed if anyone was killed or injured, but the police later restored order to the area. Local residents say the clash would have assumed wider dimensions but for the timely intervention of the police.
The elections took place in 21 of the 23 local government areas of Rivers State, the exceptions being Degema local government area and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni council. There was no election in Degema because the administration there came on board in November 2010, so its three year tenure is still running. In the case of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA, the council's executive was dissolved and another election conduced in March 2010, so there will be no election in the area until 2013.
Abba had informed newsmen, on the eve of the elections, that the police was deploying about 20,000 officers, in collaboration with other security agencies, to provide security during the election. Reports say apart from the clash in Port Harcourt, the kidnap of an ACN candidate in Asari-Toru Local Government area and the arrest of some ACN officials at Obio/Akpor local government areas, the council election was peaceful in most areas of the state.


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Build A Ministry, Not A Monument
When God uses someone to build a church, nonprofit association, or ministry of any kind, he must answer a question (myself included): Am I building a monument or a ministry? The difference is simple, yet so paramount: A monument is all about you; a ministry is all about Him.
Consider the following four questions in order to determine your motivation.
1. Have you developed a succession plan?
Those who strive for their ministry to go beyond themselves have developed a succession plan. When the Lord calls them away, the ministry will then not simply survive, but thrive! That goal requires intentional thought and planning. It's not something that comes together overnight or by itself and it may have some hurdles in the process. Without a succession plan, understand that the ministry is not likely to continue. Although I desire to continue full-time as long as God provides the health and strength, I asked the Board of Directors in 2004 to stand behind me in taking the ministry beyond me by expanding our team and reach. They gave me their unanimous support. Today we are seeing the fruit of the succession plan. Whenever the Lord calls me home, this ministry is positioned to thrive.
2. Who are you mentoring to follow you?
Succession plans are not only about set goals, but also about people. The ministry God used you to build needs a person who will follow in your footsteps. He or she must share your heart for the values of the ministry and a desire to build on its foundation. It is always ideal when the person who is succeeding you comes from within and has grown up through the ministry, accepting increasing responsibility. When that's not possible, please give such careful thought and research in finding that person and the mentoring process. A good succession plan always thinks of the upcoming leadership.
3. Is the Board of Directors on the same page with you?
Your Board of Directors largely determines where a ministry is going outside of your own position. They have to understand the ministry's purpose, goals, and the heart of its founder when he started it. That's why it is important that they not only give approval to the succession plan, but are also completely on top of it progression. If the Board of Directors is committed to the founder but not to the ministry, the succession plan will not work. Upon the founder's departure, there will be a monument, not a ministry. They must be committed to where the ministry is going, not simply where it has been.
4. Is the ministry becoming increasingly recognized for its fruit or its founder?
I have told the Board Directors and staff numerous times, "50 years from now, it will not matter who I was, but the world better know who Jesus Christ is." That's why the ministry has to keep building in such a way that those who don't know anything about the founder are being impacted by the ministry 50 or 100 years from now. People becoming knowledgeable of the ministry should be impressed with its fruit even though they know little about the planter. A ministry moving in this direction will always be all about Him, not about the founder. As strategic plans are put together properly, they center on the goals of the ministry. Hence it becomes increasingly known for its fruit alone.
Anyone God uses to plant and shepherd a ministry of God needs to be careful in keeping his or her heart and eyes in the right direction. God does not desire that he or she build a monument. Instead He desires that a person build a ministry. Answering the above questions will determine long after your departure who the center of worship has been: Him or you.


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Tourists were reportedly forced to shop in Hong Kong.
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It had been six months since my buddy Spike and I were captured and imprisoned in Harbour City, a massive maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp on Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, right across the street from Moo Goo Gai Pan. Every morning we'd be released from our tiny cells, where we were exposed to the Home Shopping Network 24 hours a day to whet our acquisitive instincts, and force-marched around the mall's 800 shops to consume against our wills. Believe me, if the UN knew about this they'd go out to lunch, drink three martinis, talk about it for a while and threaten some serious sanctions when they got back to the office. Before taking a nap.
"I don't know how much longer I can hold out," Spike said to me. "Home Shopping Network hostess Lynn Murphy telling me to use 'Tootie' all night long, then every day, the long march from Burberry, to Calvin Klein, to the Apple store, stopping only for lunch at Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill, then down the escalator to Bobbi Brown for a cleansing but highly abrasive treatment with Clinique Men's Scruffing Lotion. I, I can't take it much longer!"
Home Shopping Network hostess Lynn Murphy (shown without "Tootie")
I put down my shopping bags and tried to comfort him. There was no escaping the sadistic cruelty of our Chinese shopping masters. They had our Treasury bills, we had their cash–what were we supposed to do?
Bobbi Brown: "You're cute when you're scruffing!"
He was fading. I had to do something before his spirit was finally broken and he went over to the other side, brainwashed into a shopaholic. "You want to go to Orvis and look at overpriced outdoor wear that we'll look really cool in when we pay a real man to gut our fish for us?" I asked.
Spencer Gifts
"Vomit," he said weakly. "Need to get someplace . . . fast."
"Okay, buddy, hang on," I said. I consulted the "You Are Here" map, desperately searching for some shelter, someplace where they might sell the one thing he needed, the only thing that could bring him back to his senses after a day of being sprayed by perfume spritzer girls. "Here it is," I shouted as I got my bearings. "It's Shop C-98, Upper Concourse. Let's go!"
I hoisted Spike up on my back and made it to the escalator. "You okay?" I asked him.
"I . . . dunno. Can we stop for . . . an Orange Julius?"
I looked at my Swiss Army Knife watch. The guards would expect to see us at the next checkpoint in five minutes. There wasn't much time.
"Okay, but don't order anything fancy."
"No Premium Smoothie?"
"Just get the traditional Orange Julius, okay?"
"Gotta . . . getta . . . Julius," he conceded weakly.
I looked around nervously as we waited as the fruity, frothy, fabulous fruit drink was made, slapped the money down on the counter, then flung Spike back on my back and headed down the concourse.
We stuggled past Pottery Barn and Game On! Past Lids, the nation's leading purveyor of licensed sports headwear. Past Barnes & Noble and General Nutrition. We were getting closer.
"How you holdin' out?" I said over my shoulder.
"Okay–but still–need throw-up."
I knew what he meant. After a day of high-end forced consumption of gew-gaws and meretricious frippery, there was only thing that could restore a man's sense of self; a sense of proportion between "needs" and "wants" that is so thoroughly disrupted when he goes shopping against his will.
"There it is!" I shouted.
"Right there, next to the fake ficus tree that anchors a circular seating area for weary shoppers–Spencer Gifts!"
We rushed inside and, after scanning the Three Stooges artifacts, strobe lights, Star Wars tchotkes and professional wrestling action figures–we saw it.
"Fake vomit," Spike said, with a sense of relief. "Something completely worthless that doesn't even pretend to have any practical use, aesthetic appeal or emulative value. I feel–cleansed."


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One of my favourite tops is my glow in the dark skeleton.
Is it intended to be part of a Halloween costume? Yes.
Do I wear it pretty much all year round? Yes!
Do people joke about it not being Halloween yet?
Yes, but I say "I like this top, and I wear what I like!"
(Does it elicit confused sounds from people when while camping I wander around in the dark, glowing? oh yes...)


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Scott has 30 years of experience in the financial services and retirement industries. His experience includes managing a wide variety of functions within the retirement industry, allowing him to capture value through a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving.
Strategy Development, Sales and Distribution, Product Development and Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Organizational Transformation, Relationship Management
Relevant Experience
- Led a DCIO provider, Asset manager and DC Provider through a fiduciary rule impact assessment
- Led a top 10 provider in the small DC market through a strategic DC assessment that included defining the growth opportunities and target markets and creating a future state offer
- Led a top IRA provider in the development of a transformation plan that included changes to their strategy, product, service and operating model
- Led a DCIO salesforce for a mid-sized asset manager
- Developed a DC full-service product for both a retail and institutional money manager
- Worked with an asset management firm on an organizational readiness impact assessment of the fiduciary regulations
- Developed and led a new line of business for a major asset management company, marketing their DC full-service capabilities as a private label product to financial institutions
- Performed strategic evaluations of DC full-service organizations leading to acquisitions and divestitures of the business lines
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- Managing Director, Corporate Development – Invesco
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- Senior Vice President, DC Strategic Partnerships – Invesco
- National Sales Manager, Retirement Services – Nicholas Applegate
- Vice President, Retirement Plan Sales – Putnam
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Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang to contest in Aljunied GRC for coming election
[SINGAPORE] Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang said on Wednesday he will stay on to contest in Aljunied GRC at the coming election.
He said he wanted to thank residents there for their support, which has led to the Singapore moving closer to the goal of having a "First World Parliament", a reference to his party's campaign tagline in the 2011 General Election.
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Fall Semester Engineering Co-op Students
Aug 28, 2018
PTA welcomes first time co-op Brian Call as part of our Electrical Team. Brian hails from Stow, Ohio and is a junior attending The University of Akron School of Engineering studying Electrical Engineering.
PTA also welcomes back Nathan Caskey for his second session as part of our Mechanical Team. Nathan is a senior at The University of Akron studying Mechanical Engineering.


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IN THE NEWS: Top Animators Allege Conspiracy…and Judge AgreesBlake Harris 08.25.2015
Last week, in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit against several major animation studios (i.e. Blue Sky, Disney, Sony), a California federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs (animators Georgia Cano, Robert Knitsch, David Wentworth), enabling them to move forward with their claim and potentially go to trial. So what, exactly, is the claim?
The trio of artists allege that the major animation studios colluded to suppress wages–via a long-held "gentleman's agreement"–and then fraudulently concealed the conspiracy. To support this claim, the plaintiffs have provided a variety of compelling evidence, including the following:
- a 2005 e-mail from Lori McAdams, Pixar's VP of Human Resources, that literally refers to a "gentleman's agreement." Her email states: "With regard to [Industrial Light and Magic], Sony, Blue Sky, etc., we have no contractual obligations, but we have a gentleman's agreement not to directly solicit/poach from their employee pool.
- a 2007 email from Pixar President Ed Catmull to then-Disney chairman Dick Cook, stating, "we have an agreement with Dreamworks not to actively pursue each other's employees."
- an annual meeting between the studios, held at the offices of Croner Company, to "set the parameters of a compensation survey" that "provides wage and salary ranges for the studios' technical or artistic positions, broken down by position and experience level."
This ruling is noteworthy not only because of the potential damage it may cause these major studios, but also because just four months earlier the very same judge had originally claimed that the animators' case was barred by a statue of limitations. This time, however, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, determined that plaintiffs had sufficiently added details to their complaint so as to adequately present that the conspiracy was fraudulently concealed. From her ruling:
"Here, the Court finds that Plaintiffs' allegations of pretextual statements regarding compensation, in combination with Plaintiffs' allegations that Defendants actively concealed and ensured the secrecy of the conspiracy, are sufficient to allege 'affirmative acts."
We'll keep an eye on this story and report with any pivotal updates.
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Crossword clues for deice
The Collaborative International Dictionary
deice \de*ice\ v. t. to remove ice or frost from.
Syn: defrost.
vb. To remove the ice from something.
Usage examples of "deice".
Tam Paupa he wore, Kirk suspected, eb Riss would long deice have been runmag for the nearest exit.
There is a report of a high-ranking officer who fetched his wife from their cabin on the upper deck and began to deice the mountings of a motor launch that had been used in KDF times as an excursion boat during trips to Norway.
If takeoff is delayed for some reason, the aircraft may have to be deiced again while it waits, just in case.
The runway would be plowed and the jet deiced by the time he got there.
From that incident, the aviation industry gained a new understanding of how important it was to have planes properly deiced before takeoff in frigid weather.
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars for three hundred barrels of deicing fluid, a reminder that I was in a true cold-weather station for the first time in my career.
Later, when the sky was brighter and the aircraft were preparing for departure, all trace of it would have to be cleared off under the high-pressure blast of the deicing hose.
Therefore, deicing equipment was installed on the leading edges of the wing and tail surfaces.
Pavement deicing equipment had kicked in, adding clouds of steam to the atmospheric melange.
Slush was beginning to accumulate underfoot in spite of the deicing grid.


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Villa is Growing
On September 10, 2017, at Villa's 85th Anniversary Celebration, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held for our upcoming expansion project, which will feature the addition of a state-of-the-art, 600-seat auditorium and new 21st-century classroom spaces. We're excited about this major improvement to our facilities! More information and updates to come. If you have questions, please contact Jennifer Drayer-McDonald, Director of Development, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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