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Kb Rivals Top 10 Tips
This section summarizes different player's tips that they think are important to win: (This may be redundant, not sure it's worth it, but wroth going through the exercise because it distills down what you think is important in your strategy).
The order is more or less chronological not based on importance.
- I place my regions as follows and expand if possible to the right with ore/brick(matching numbers with brick/wheat) because of analysis of most used resources
gold wood brick …. brick
sheep wheat ore …….. ore
- the 4 cards i want to place first are: Parish Hall, Cadamir, Toll BRidge, abbey (between wheat and ore to get city faster) or 2nd TOll Bridge
- After this, all cards I play must generate celebration, strength, trade or VP points. Slots are so valuable.(foundry may be another exception)
- Gold Strategy : Toll bridge is so important because:1 trade point, 2 gold on Plentiful Harvest. use gold for Parish Hall card stack searches. have a goldsmith around, can be very useful.
- I play as many cards (especially action cards) that i can each turn. THE more cards I play, the less my opponent has to play.
- I try to stay one step ahead of my opponent and play all attack cards before he does: brigands when I have strength,merchant when I have city, trade master when I have guild hall.
- I play market place as soon as my opponent adds a settlement
- I make sure I always have 2 cheap expansions in my hand to be in a position to make VPs: staple house is my favorite because you get 2 resources
- Big knights are better than small knights because you get more bang for the buck. It is worth fighting to get/keep strength.
- Remember you can remove an expansion to free up a slot to earn a VP.
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The S.U.P. Welfare Plan was established in accordance with the collective bargaining agreements between the Sailor's Union of the Pacific and participating employers. The Welfare Plan provides many benefits such as medical and dental, the Money Purchase Pension Plan, the 401-K Savings Plan, and the Andrew Furuseth School of Seamanship to qualified Union members and their dependents.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the operation of the plan and is made up of an equal number of Trustees appointed by the participating employers, and trustees appointed by the Union. Only the full Board of Trustees is authorized to interpret the Plan benefits, and no individual Trustee, Union representative or Employer representative is authorized to individually interpret this Plan.
The Plan Administer, Ms. Michelle Chang who is employed by Zenith Administrators of San Francisco, handles the day-to-day administration of the plan. The Plan Administrator is retained and compensated by the plan at the direction of the Plan Trustees.
The office for the S.U.P. Welfare Plan is located at headquarters in San Francisco. The office processes all medical and dental claims for active members and retirees and their families and dependents. The office also handles all the enrollments for the assorted medical and dental plans, and advises members on their eligibility with the plans. The Welfare Staff consists of Ms. Patty Martin, and Ms. Jessica Campbell, who are employed by the Welfare Plan, and Mr. Brian Farmer from Zenith Admistrators. The SUP Welfare Representative also serves the individual needs of both the active and pensioner memberships. In addition to processing all of the medical and dental claims and issuing checks the headquarters staff also have many other duties. The office is responsible for the internal work on the Money Purchase Pension Plan, the 401-K Savings Plan, the death and burial benefits, disability benefits, vision benefits, alcohol and drug treatment benefits, and training benefits for active members. The Welfare Office also does all the work on the retiree's benefits, the annual medical and hospital allowance, the pensioners and spouse Medicare Part B premiums and widows benefits. These benefits along with the rights to appeal procedures are all listed in the Summary Plan Description books that are available to all members and pensioners.


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איזור אישי
דרושים לפי תחומים
דרושים לפי אזור
דרושים לפי מילות מפתח
דרושים לפי חברות
משרות בלעדיות
דרושים ללא קובץ קו"ח
כניסה לסוכן המשרות
הרשמה לסוכן המשרות
משרות חמות
המערכת זיהתה שלא בוצע שימוש באתר לאורך זמן.
על מנת לשמור על אבטחתך, בוצע ניתוק אוטומטי.
Carmit Hadar:
"Our product is unique thanks to the ease of use, making translation just a click away. The product has no competition in the digital world. It's a combination of encyclopedia and dictionary, allowing the user to receive a translation and information from dictionaries and encyclopedias in several languages – with a single click. The company has a linguistics department in charge of developing and adapting the existing dictionaries and improving them.
"Our company is young, dynamic and innovative, and the product is its great pride – the fruits of Israeli development marketed in over 170 countries and operating in dynamic and renewing markets."
How is the product designed?
"Babylon has a linguistics department in charge of developing the dictionaries as well as adapting and improving existing dictionaries. The department has speakers of over seven different languages."
Carmit Hadar, human resources manager at Babylon
Sales are carried out not just on the Internet?
"That's right. The software is also sold in stores as a shelf product, offering the program in an attractive box. Our marketing setup is very developed. There are salespeople who offer the program to large organizations and an Internet sales system that markets to the general public via the Web."
At an Internet marketing conference a few months ago sponsored by the Export Institution, Babylon was cited as an example of a company that focuses on Web marketing. At the conference the company's vice president of marketing said, "The Babylon label is built only through the Internet. We haven't run press ads or billboards, we haven't printed brochures or other advertising material. The public relations budgets have been substantially lower thanks to the Internet. In the final analysis Internet means a lot fewer business trips are needed, and this is a company whose products are sold in 170 countries."
There's not much turnover at the company.
Carmit Hadar: "That's right. We have programmers who have worked at the company since it's founding. The goal is to preserve this tradition. People love the product. It's not just another antivirus program. Many of our employees noted in their interviews before they were hired that because they were satisfied users and loved the program they wanted to become a part of the company staff. That means keeping the workers at the company does not stem only from worker management, but also from its special product."
You told me employee recruitment is one of the central areas of activity for the human resources department. It would appear not too many employees are recruited at a company with less than a hundred workers and a relatively low turnover rate.
"We recruit about ten employees per year and some of these are not due to people leaving, but following a promotion or a development in new directions and new products at the company. Still, there is relatively significant recruitment activity because we invest a whole lot in the recruitment of every employee."
How is the recruitment process carried out?
"We make extensive use of employee referrals. Most of our workers come to us this way. We have regular coordinating meetings with company employees and through them this type of information is passed on as well. Department meetings are held once a week and general meetings once a month.
"We also send employees internal e-mail messages listing the specific requirements of the position. They take it from there.
"Success in placement (i.e. the new employee works for at least three months) entitles the employee who made the recommendation to a monetary bonus. We also work with placement companies, including Internet companies."
Why don't you wait for the employee referral program to prove itself first? In most cases it works.
"In the first week after the position is advertised we only reply to employee referral applicants. We contact placement companies at the same time because it takes time until the request to man a position registers at the company. If the second week arrives and there are no results through the employee referral program, the placement companies can start offering their candidates right away. For me, personally, it's convenient to work with them because I know them well. I used to work at one of these companies."
You're looking only for skilled workers?
"Yes. People with experience at Internet companies. There aren't a whole lot of Internet companies in Israel, maybe a dozen, and of these we have to find people who are suitable for our needs. The supply is limited."
Since this is a field with relatively few employers, isn't there a tacit agreement among the Internet companies not to take workers from one another?
"I'm happy to say there are no competing companies in the specific field we work in. Most Internet companies in Israel are not direct competitors. In certain cases of a candidate from a similar company the matter is discussed with the CEO."
Why do you need only experienced workers?
"We need someone who knows and has experienced the mode of thinking and action of the Internet user. That can only be someone with real experience who has lived in an Internet environment. Those who worked at large software companies don't have that kind of experience."
Why can't you train inexperienced workers? Why do you have to take them from Internet companies?
"Because an experienced worker provides output almost immediately while a worker who has to be trained provides the desired output after several months. To train a C++ graduate for our work environment takes an average of six months, and like in all other matters, time is money."
But at your company he stays on for a long time, so maybe it's not so bad to invest in him a bit more.
"A worker without experience develops at Babylon, but we're seeking a mutual contribution – the company benefits from the employee's experience and the employee learns from the company's experience. It's true an employee like this costs more, but it's worth it to us."
How many candidates apply for every position?
For every position we receive 90 applications, about 30% through employee referrals. About 20-30 reach the company interview stage. Here the candidate undergoes several screening phases. Some candidates are interviewed three times: by the immediate supervisor (the head of the prospective team) a human resources person and even the department vice president."
Does the organizational culture at the Internet companies from which candidates come to you differ significantly from one company to another?
"Yes. Although there are many characteristics held in common from a professional standpoint, there are substantial differences in the organizational culture. When we assess potential employee's application, weight is given to the environment where they worked and the standards they got used to.
"For example, our organizational culture is distinguished by its creed that one must find the right balance between one's professional life and one's personal life, and not work hours into the night."
Is that the accepted standard at high-tech companies – working late hours?
"In many cases. At most high-tech companies the managers expect the employees to work long hours because their pay is relatively high and because they receive a set compensation package. We don't place such expectations on Babylon employees. If there are cases where hard work is required because we have to rush to put a new version on the market, then employees will even sleep here, but that's a rarity. Babylon maintains a balance between work and personal life, and both sides gain from it."
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One of the main reasons for having a performance evaluation system at a company is to map employees' abilities. It's needed at a large company because the management apparatuses cannot be familiar with each and every worker. It also allows them to plan mobility and promotion tracks within the company.
At a small company where everybody knows everybody else, there is little need for this. Nevertheless a few months ago Babylon began to execute performance evaluations. Why?
"For other reasons. For example, how am I to know if an employee is unhappy, that there are things that are bothering him? You cannot rely on these kinds of things coming up in day-to-day life on the job. But in an orderly process like this it will come up, making it possible to rectify. Therefore having a feedback process doesn't depend on the size of company; it's an important process at any place where there are employee/employer relations."
But it's another task for the managers, a task they haven't had to execute until now. How did they react to the initiative?
"They reacted positively, particularly in light of the recognition and the understanding that this is an important process in making the employees content."
How many people does each manager evaluate?
"Staff heads evaluate between four and ten people per year, depending on the size of their staff. We do it gradually. At the beginning of the process the managers receive a comprehensive evaluation questionnaire. When I saw there was too much contents and criticism I collected them and went back to the managers with a form that has ten sections and everything worked out. You have to realize complicated feedback processes cannot be foisted on the managers."
Is there a connection between the performance evaluations and salary meetings?
"None at all. Therefore we put a significant period of time between the salary talks and the performance feedbacks. There are companies that want to create a separation like this, but carry out these two management tasks with a short interval of time in between. In such situations you cannot expect the employee not to get upset over not receiving a raise after getting a positive evaluation. On the other hand, when there are four months separating the two, like at Babylon, this kind of problem does not arise.
"The feedback is intended to strengthen the manager and the employee, and encourage them to improve processes and performance, not to form a basis for salary talks. Therefore the evaluations are not quantitative but qualitative."
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What better way to start a great week than to feast your eyes on some new shoessss! Gianvito Rossi is right on trend with the designs in his new collection. He continues to push his creative boundaries and he does an epic job of blending edgy designs with everyday-wearable designs. He played with a lot of textiles and embellishments including denim, PVC, Snakeskin, fringes and so on. Of course y'all know I'm dead for some killer heels so picking a fav would be such a task but if I have to, it's definitely going to be the red strappy heels with the flirty fringe.
I also fell deeply in love with the mules in this collection. I never thought I'd be saying this because I have never been a fan of mules but I am seriously digging this new and re-invented look of the mules. I can see myself wearing the gold and snake skin pair.
Are we loving these strappy's or nah?
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Primal Adventure – Geocaching
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Today began with our usual Sunday breakfast, bacon and scrambled eggs. I fry the bacon and daughter #2 scrambles the eggs. Usually I have a grapefruit half, but since today was a low-carb challenge I had eggs on a portobello mushroom instead:
Daughter #1 reminded us that we didn't get to go Geocaching last weekend, so we decided to try to find some locations nearby. It was another beautiful sunny day, and I was glad that we were able to something active but not strenuous outside.
For dinner I decided to try a new recipe for roasted chicken from AllRecipes.
Juicy Roasted Chicken
- 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, giblets removed
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon onion powder, or to taste
- 1/2 cup
margarinebutter, divided
- 1 stalk celery, leaves removed
Of course I used butter instead of margarine. (duh!)
I felt obliged to save the offal, but I'm not sure what to do with it.
I think that this is the best roasted chicken I've ever made!
Organic red cabbage was an impulse buy. The color is so pretty! This is braised red cabbage with vinegar. I thought it tasted like the cabbage you get at a German restaurant. No one else I the family liked it though. If any of my local readers would like to try some, I have more than I can eat!
Day 14 Journal
Success Score: 7
Sweet Spot Calculations
Total calories: 1614
Fat 103.6g 58.2%
Saturated Fat 29.4g
Cholesterol 499.5mg
Sodium 2,025.9mg
Carbohydrates 82.1g 20.5%
Fiber 26.5g
Protein 85.1g 21.3%
Areas to improve: increase protein
Worst part of the results: although I easily kept the carbs <100, my stomach is already growling for a bedtime snack, so I'm not encouraged about intermittent fasting.
Best part: fiber at 26.5 grams with no grains or psyllium
Comments: I am supposed to fast from dinner until as long as I comfortably can tomorrow. I may last another 20 minutes.
Rest Day
Comments: I was going to do strength training since I missed all of last week, but my back was pretty touchy today so I went with the rest day.
Summary Comments
Daily energy levels: 2
Hunger level between meals: 4
Satisfaction with meals: 10
Struggles with Primal efforts: intermittent fasting
Benefits noticed from primal efforts: doing more activities as a family
Daily highlights: finding the first geocache
Daily needs-to-improve: I felt I did well today. I've been keeping my carbs a little over 100 since I'm not going for fat loss, and that's why I think I'm not ready to fast. Realistically I may never be able to fast with my history.
Week 2 Reflections
I feel that I am doing better this week with interacting more with the family and interacting with friends outside of just e-mail, Facebook and Lose It. I'm still struggling with limiting electronic media, but I'm making an active effort not to check my computer and phone constantly. Both Saturday and Sunday I was able to spend some time outside. For me the diet is the easy part of it. I haven't craved any processed food or grains. Eating whole food tastes great and makes me feel better, so it hasn't been a temptation to eat outside of the plan. I wish that my back would get better so that I could do more of the exercise component to the program.


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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. - Mrs. Angeline Mobley Cook, 84, of Community Road, entered into rest February 27, 2008 at University Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Cook, a native of Edgefield County, was a member of Young Macedonia Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Betty Pinckney; adopted daughter, Mattie Schoultz; four sisters, Catherine Collier, Lena Taylor, Arlean Jenkins-Johnson and Katie Wooden, all of North Augusta; four grandchildren, Angela (Myron) Starlings, Gloverville, S.C., Monica (Jimmy, Jr.) Mims, Natecia Pinckney and Felicia (Willie) Mims, North Augusta; sisters-in-law, Effie Taylor, Elviria Mobley and Annette Mobley; brother-in-law, Albert (Rosetta) Cook; seven great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Friends may call at the residence. G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary, 614 West Avenue, North Augusta, SC (803) 279-0026
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What is your company's greatest asset? Like most business owners, you would likely put your employees at the top of the list. And there is a good reason for that: many modern businesses are service providers. They don't provide products. They provide skills.
That means employees' skills and talents are more important than ever, and companies are doing whatever they can to hire and retain the best employees. Many employers now talk about treating their company like a family, but is that really the right approach?
Below, we look at some of the pros and cons of treating a company like a family, so you can decide.
On the plus side...
Treating your company like family can have some distinct advantages. You can have a feeling that your business is more ethical, more invested employees, improved internal communication and better hiring practices.
An ethical approach
Most employers who treat their company like a family do so because it feels more ethical. To them, their business is as much a way for employees to support themselves and their actual families as it is a way to increase profits. This can translate into a more trustworthy feeling around the brand, which can of course lead to better PR and a consumer base that feels good about working with your company.
More invested employees
Treating employees like family – where they feel cared for both inside and outside of work – can created an amazing atmosphere. When employees feel valued as more than just productivity machines, they become more motivated. When they feel completely cared for, they develop a sense of loyalty and emotional investment that gives them internal drive to become more productive and innovative.
Improved communication
When employees feel that level of emotional involvement in your company, they have no problem doing whatever they have to do to make things work. And when they feel like their opinions and points of view matter, they will happily open up about the ideas they have and the challenges they face. Suddenly, people aren't overprotective of their role or scared of asking for help. Instead, they communicate openly.
Read: Six pieces of family business wisdom every entrepreneur should read
Improved hiring practices
One of the most interesting aspects of this approach is the fact that it changes what you look for in a candidate. Where before, you might hire the person with the best CV, when you treat a company like a family, you look for the person who will best fit into the company culture. You look at things like personality and their ability to work in a team, as well as their skills and education. And when you find someone who will fit in well from the beginning, you find someone who is more likely to stay on and grow into the role – and the company.
On the down side...
As with most things in life, there are downsides to treating a company like a family. You may find that business decisions become more personal, that management can become trickier and that employees might become infantilized.
Business decisions become personal
When a business is a family, everything becomes more emotional. You aren't just making workers redundant to save costs; you're tearing apart the social bonds workers built with each other. That means the remaining workers begin to feel resentful or worry about whether or not they are safe, which can lead to a fearful environment. Then those you kept on might begin to look for new jobs.
Management can be tricky
Families do have hierarchies, but they are not nearly as structured as traditional businesses, especially once everyone has reached adulthood. This can make management tricky, especially when one employee has been promoted over a colleague they once worked beside. If it is not handled well, it can feel like one sibling is bossing another around, which can cause some obvious conflicts.
Employees can become infantilized
If it's not managed appropriately, employees can go from functional adults into children getting their allowance from Mum and Dad, Ltd. In other words, if your company treats employees like children, you risk losing the entrepreneurial spirit that your employees need to have in order to create innovative solutions. Instead, you'll have a workforce that, instead of being self-starting, will be reliant on the company for instructions and motivation.
When you treat a company like a family, you get some real advantages and disadvantages. You get more engaged, more productive employees, but you also make your business decisions a lot more personal. Of course, there are ways to manage the disadvantages – asking workers to take unpaid leave to avoid making anyone redundant, for example – and there are ways to get similar advantages in other management systems. But for employers with the ethical ideals and wherewithal to see it through, treating a company like a family just might be the best choice.
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Running Slow
Today I went out for my my first run (other than a few miles here and there), in about a week. As soon as I stepped outside, my Garmin started beeping low battery. My initial reaction was NOOOO! But then I realized this was a good thing, as I wouldn't be constantly checking my pace. My leg still doesn't feel 100% so I needed to take it easy. I tried going slow and I did a good job at that for the first mile or so. After that, I'm certain I was going about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes too fast. Why can't I slow down?? I think part of my problem is my pride. I don't want other people thinking geez, she's really slow or to get passed by the grandpa behind me. For some reason, I feel like I have something to prove to the random cars driving by because I know judging runners is exactly what I'm doing while driving down the road. (I'm kidding. The only thing that crosses my mind is to yell Go runner, go!)
Easy runs are good for us and there is nothing wrong with going slow. I really need to get over myself…
Running slow applies "gentle" stress to the key physiological systems required to run at a high level. Gentle, easy running helps to let the healing begin. Think of it as "active recovery" that helps facilitate blood flow gently to the damaged muscles that need help.
Independent of expediting the healing process, running slow is the most effective way to build a base. There are a million different training philosophies and approaches that you can utilize to get into quality running shape. Virtually all of them include some kind of base building phase comprised largely of easy runs.
This blog entry from The Lola Papers does a great job of summarizing the slow recovery run – it's for recovery. No race and no competition. The author describes the run as a vacation, a siesta of sorts. Just giving your legs a break while still doing what you love.
Tomorrow is a track workout and Wednesday will be a slow day – I insist. I'm pretty sure if I can master the slow run, my rate of in juries will decrease. Now I'm off to do my alignment exercises and back stretches. I have to keep proactive with the injury prevention 🙂
Happy Trails and Happy Running,
On a side note, today was the first day back for the students. I have 90+ students and I can already tell they're fabulous. I wholeheartedly believe that when given the opportunity and in the right environment, kids really do want to excel. Here is to a great school year!


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Some books make you want to jump in and write a review so that the whole world knows about it. One such book that I read recently is.. Sarah J Harris's The Color of Bee Larkham's murder.
You can find the synopsis of the book from GoodReads
When I first came across the title of the book last year during its cover reveal, I was much intrigued. When I heard of synesthesia, it perked my interest.
The book is about 13-year old Jasper Wishart, who has this condition called Synesthesia because of which he not only hears sound but also sees the color of them. For example, his father's voice is muddy ochre, the days of the week have specific colors and even knocking doors, whispers , sighs have colors. Jasper cannot also recognize faces, because of which he remembers people through their voices. Or the color of them.
My life is a thrilling kaleidoscope of colors only I can see..
Since Jasper can see colors, he loves painting the colors – the everyday sounds – around him. Having lost his mother who is the only person who understands and shares his ability to see colors, he copes with his life watching people through binoculars from his window. When he notices parakeets, his favorite colorful birds, on his neighbor's tree, he befriends Bee Larkham, the estranged daughter of his neighbor, just so he could spend time watching the birds from her bedroom window.
An unusual, unhealthy relationship forms between the two of them and when Bee goes missing, Jasper is the only one who knows what happened to her but he can't really tell. Or can he?
This book is brilliantly written and told in alternate time periods – before Bee went missing and the present – from Jasper's point of view. You can see the amazing efforts of Sarah J Harris when she talks through Jasper explaining colors and the difficulty of trying to make others understand the colors. The young child misses his mother terribly and this just breaks your heart when you read it. The book also brings to light an important topic – but no spoilers !!
Trying to find his mother in Bee, he falls in a rabbit hole of emotions and is caught between love and hate.
Must read this book, I cant recommend it enough!!
My rating : 5 STARS !!!!
also find this review on Goodreads page
About the book:
Author: Sarah J Harris
Publishers : HarperCollins
Published on: April 2018
Source: Own copy
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Friday, October 30, 2009
November 2009
This month features Derek Richards, Felino Soriano, A.A. Veitch, David Kowalczyk and Sergio A. Ortiz
Derek Richards
the doctor ignores my demands
for stronger painkillers
push, keep pushing
my wife grips my hand tighter
offers encouragement i don't even know why we're having this baby
we each share a dislike
for anything seven years and younger
i push again, harder
thinking that after this is all over
my wife and i need to talk
how to fail as a rock star
(originally published in MediaVirus)
attend yoga classes daily
shampoo your hair
purchase pre-ripped jeans
wash them
fall in love with a girl
who doesn't have issues
name your child when sober
drink vitamin water
smile for the camera
learn to dance
save your money
get old
i am the anti-christ
i am.
i've got the answers to all the worlds problems,
no one has asked me yet.
i speak well in public.
my fiance reminded me that i wore
a black winter hat
all through christmas dinner.
CHRISTtmas dinner.
black winter hat.
my favorite number is six.
so maybe i'll want to repeat it
a couple more times.
my last relationship ended with these words,
you are the fucking anti-christ.
my full initials are D.G.R. Devil-Guy-Rising...?
i've presented just some of the evidence,
you decide.
then respond to this poem
with flattery and offers of cash,
because i'll be seeing you around.
After performing for years, as both a musician and poet, in and around the Boston area, Derek Richards has recently decided to begin submitting his work for publication. So far he has been accepted for publication in Ghoti Magazine, Lung, MediaVirus, Word Riot, Right Hand Pointing, Tinfoildresses, The Legendary, Breadcrumb Scabs, Shootsand Vines, Cantaraville, Soundzine, The Centrifugal Eye, Strong Verse, Underground Voices, River Poets Journal, Halfway Down the Stairs, Dew on the Kudzu and Opium 2.0. His poetry aims to be direct and honest, brilliant and lucrative. He is currently residing in Gloucester, Mass., happily engaged and cleaning windows for a living.
Felino Soriano
Painters' Exhalations 642
—after Brian Simmons' Old Town
Old town wears
antiquated bones.
Eerily draws
segregating aspects of
hoary shadows. Home is
aspectual happenstance
allowing quiet corners
containing specialized memories
spiraled walls of choired hymns
wearing past
particular fortunes.
Neoteric communities
cannot claim existence
such as the pluralized patina forming
beautiful streaks of turquoise
stares into abbreviated newness.
Painters' Exhalations 643
--after William Phelps Montgomery's Slow Dance
Rain's dreary
choreographed slither
the back room music heard on sight of
birds' majestic slapping flap-wing rhythm,
resting within residue's origami
daytime folds.
Earth's 24 time 2/4 echo holds
hand of cloud's delicate
crafting pull, covering eye-sanity
fathom, future freely
seen in virtual expose,
naked the bodies move of tandem,
terrible recognition when torn
from designed rendition of
continuous together.
Painters' Exhalations 644
—after Maria Mann's Cold Comfort
Inside indigo's largest
masculine sleeve (barrel-grand garment
housing articulate mansion-base
spiritual comfort;)
no index of flying X's
round into focus haze finds fortunate on penultimate
guidelines (last, death).
A cold, distant cold
manmade bruise on heroine
circulates among an air nearest dust's most
superstitious death.
Felino A. Soriano (b. 1974, California), is a case manager and
advocate for developmentally and physically disabled adults. He has
authored 16 collections of poetry, including "Altered Aesthetics"
(ungovernable press, 2009), and "Construed Implications"
(erbacce-press, 2009). His poems have appeared at Calliope Nerve, Full
of Crow, BlazeVOX, Metazen, Heavy Bear, and elsewhere. He edits &
publishes Counterexample Poetics, www.counterexamplepoetics.com, an
online journal of experimental artistry, and Differentia Press,
www.differentiapress.com, dedicated to publishing e-chapbooks of
experimental poetry. He is also a contributing editor for Sugar Mule,
www.sugarmule.com, and consulting editor for Post: A Journal of
Thought and Feeling, www.postjournalofthoughtandfeeling.com.
Philosophical studies collocated with his love of classic and
avant-garde jazz explains motivation for poetic occurrences. His
website explains further: www.felinoasoriano.info/
A. A. Veitch
Allegorical Women
(Previously published in bear creek haiku)
Because we wither
like whispers in the
wintertimes of our life span
Tragedy's aftermath
Loss is the sound of
pulling a thousand
heavens down.
The insufferable feeling of it
still shatters my heart
into countless ghosts;
tongueless, crippled
with buttons for eyes &
wounds to lick
to heal.
(Previously published in freefall)
left behind his
in preparation. (No love poetry)
Mowing the lawn
jungle-like foliage
tempting traps
and trips.
Weeds nosy to our toes.
The blades and hands.
Our nails,
uncut and what we
later do with them,
to each other.
Crimes of humanity, the hilarity.
The extremists and their
missing reasoning;
nil respect for life,
civility, sanity;
no remorse for lack of chivalry.
Their passions removing all logic.
Lost weeds in a thick nameless patch.
Barely breathing, no
justified means in religion
exploited for greed, ignorance,
wrath unwarranted.
They'll die, sad nobodies in
an airless tangle of ache.
As if their suicide bombs grant
them rights. Decisions they
raid as though it's destiny for everybody.
Desperate, grasping,
refusing to acknowledge reality.
They're too dense to know to want it.
There's no love poetry in the desert of a barren heart.
A. A. Veitch has had poems published in mags such as: freefall, Black Book Press, Lilliput Review, Shemom, bear creek haiku, Nomad's Choir & The Poet's Art. She insists that she's a "professional." She dabbles in art & opinion pieces. Ms. Veitch is a badly-practicing Christian, native Georgian without a Gone-with-the-Wind brogue; new pet parent to a tabby-mix cat & supporter of a bill preventing employers from discriminating against people with poor credit scores. She's shopping out her two chapbooks: 'Poethead' & 'Seasons of Flesh.'
David Kowalczyk
Praying Like Mencius
His prayers
vanish instantly. Leaving no clues
as to dreams or desires,
no traces of attachment,
no evidence of being.
Still Thy Leprous Tongues
And all the angels,
the winged wonders
wandering in the wind,
"Where will you sleep?
What will still your hunger?"
I tell them:
"Hush. My bed is made
of dreams and prayers,
and my bread is made of faith."
"Something about you makes us
feel like Easter," the angels reply,
their hands no longer fists.
Words Like The Earth Slowly Leaning Forward
All memory
turn to sand.
Only then
the soul
Wild, detached, and,
or less:
David Kowalczyk lives and writes in Oakfield, New York. He has taught English in Changwon, South Korea, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, as well as at several American colleges, including Arizona State. His poetry has appeared in five anthologies and over seventy magazines, including St. Ann's Review, Maryland Review, and Rumble. He was founding editor of Gentle Strength Quarterly.
Sergio A. Ortiz
Voices Said
Last night I heard
a gathering of dead lilies
in the garden. Their petals covered
my mouth and I screamed: Wait!
I faded into a mist, magenta
dusk, the aroma of stables,
that last evening murmur,
and I cried.
A sandpiper chases waves up
and down the shoreline.
He is a character from a romance novel
waiting for an author.
It takes depth
to write memoirs,
afternoons full of
before my voice floods
the cemetery
with music.
Ortiz has a B.A. in English literature from Inter-American University, and a M.A. in philosophy from World University. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in: Autumn Sky Poetry, 3LightsGallery, The Smoking Poet, The Acentos Review, Poesia, and Words-Myth.
Posted by Deborah Stinson-editor at 7:48 AM
3 comments:
- Couture Carrie said...
Gorgeous poems and blog, darling!
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- Sergio A. Ortiz said...
Love the poems. The layout is beautiful. Be very proud!
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At least part of the confusion comes from the fact that if yield-from could somehow suppress the initial next and yield a different value instead (either an extra expression in yield-from or the last value yielded by a primed generator), there would be a simple way to write wrappers that could be used at the call site to handle all those cases. So a feature that allowed specifying the first value to yield in the yield-from expression would be enough, but a start argument to the coroutine constructor isn't.
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•Nigerian banks are healthy, says CBN
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The new Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Tokunbo Abiru, affirmed the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN's) statement that the leader remains healthy and strong.
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Cloud Standards Effort Could Turn into a Dustup
A trade organization whose members include IBM, Microsoft and a laundry list of other tech companies announced this week that it has formed a group to create standards for a way of accessing information over the Internet known as "cloud computing." But the new effort is just as noteworthy for who isn't included: Google, Amazon.com, Salesforce.com and other Internet companies.
The Open Cloud Standards Incubator is part of an organization called Distributed Management Task Force. The DMTF was founded in 1992 and has developed standards for managing computers and sharing information on the Web in the past. Its members are a who's who of the tech industry's old guard—in addition to IBM and Microsoft they include EMC, H-P, Intel and many others.


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Making a Documentary About Changing Views on Veterans Changed Me, Too
November 11, 2016
I lay silently in my one-person tent as massive artillery shells blasted in the distance. I listened to the "fshooop!" as each launched, and the booming thump as each struck the ground.
I tried to pass the time by counting the seconds between the release and impact, when my breath suddenly caught sharply in my throat. The final shell — which seemed much closer than the rest — made a different, almost cracking thud upon contact, shaking the ground beneath me and ratcheting my nervous energy up at least ten notches.
Fortunately, amid these sounds of wartime, I was completely safe camping in a remote part of the Huron National Forest on the Camp Grayling Military Base in northern Michigan. Military trainees were practicing artillery drills nearby, but the trajectories of their shells were well out of range of our campground.
I did, however, use the solace of those admittedly uneasy moments to imagine what it would be like as a soldier under fire, without the privilege of knowing I was safe. Those private moments served as the culmination of a months-long transformation that occurred within me as I really learned to appreciate and embrace the sacrifice our military brothers and sisters honorably take on.
I'll forever be grateful for that cathartic experience, and it's that sort of unexpected life-changing bonus that often comes as part of being a documentary filmmaker.
Certainly, it wasn't anything I could have predicted three months earlier when this journey began. I had been randomly contacted via a LinkedIn InMail message by Mike Nuteson, who along with Christian Anschuetz, founded Project RELO — a nonprofit whose mission is to educate corporate business leaders on the value of hiring military veterans.
I'd never met Mike, but he'd taken several of my LinkedIn Learning courses to learn video editing. In his message, he explained that he wanted to know how to make a documentary about Project RELO, so he reached out to the closest filmmaking teacher he knew — me.
Here's a snippet from that first point of contact:
Our mission is to create a network that brings business executives and veterans together; we aim to educate corporate America on the value and character of our vets… We do this by creating off-road adventures that bring together veterans and business executives in unique and challenging settings. The founders of ProjectRelo feel it would be a great idea to create a documentary... Knowing that you teach courses in this area, do you have any suggestions on how to proceed?
Mike was simply hoping for me to point him in the right direction. Little did he know that I had just pitched a proposal to make a series of courses on documentary filmmaking. I'd finally gained approval for the multi-course initiative, and all I needed was a subject on which to make a documentary!
The rest, as they say, is history. Fast forward again to the campout, and I, along with a three-person production crew from LinkedIn Learning, found myself in the thick of a week-long documentary shoot.
We were there to capture the magic that happens when you team rough-and-tough military veterans (most of whom had seen more than their fair share of active duty) with white collar corporate executives — CEOs, entrepreneurs and business leaders. I'd been researching and planning the production for months, and had already learned so much about Project RELO's mission.
I learned that roughly 250,000 vets transition from the Armed Forces to civilian employment each year.
I learned that many business leaders aren't tuned into how veterans' skills, character and leadership abilities can translate to corporate job descriptions (which often favor specific technical know-how above other character-driven soft skills).
I learned that many vets aren't well equipped to talk about how their military skills can transfer to a corporate environment.
I learned that many vets have such a difficult time breaking into corporate America that they often fall short of being able to pursue high-level careers, instead settling for jobs well below their true skill level.
And I learned how the founders of Project RELO discovered that a great way to educate corporate business leaders on the value of hiring veterans was to team them up in off-road adventures, where the vets' character, leadership abilities, problem-solving skills and coolness-under-pressure have an opportunity to shine.
Yes, I technically learned all of this ahead of time, but it was only upon actually witnessing it happen right in front of me in the isolated Michigan wilderness that it began to change me.
From behind the lens of the camera, I watched as seasoned soldiers led corporate presidents and CEOs through mud-bogging excursions in rough river terrain. I admired as they worked together to help each other through various obstacles.
I smiled as they shared laughs and told war stories while whipping through the forest at 40 mph in their UTVs.
I saw veterans continually step up as leaders, as they helped executives through a myriad of difficult situations. I watched partnerships form while they navigated through pitch-dark underground tunnels, where executives pushed through to overcome varying degrees of claustrophobia and anxiety.
And I watched as executives took on the virtual reality combat experience, while the veterans guided them through mock wartime scenarios.
But it wasn't until the final evening — a few short hours before that solitary moment in my tent — that I witnessed all participants, veterans and executives alike, pour their hearts out during a two-hour personal storytelling session over the campfire.
It was clear that I really was watching something special: the forging of a strong brotherhood between men with drastically different life paths.
I can now say that night I shifted from someone who proudly hung her flag on Memorial Day to someone who wanted to make a difference for the hundreds of thousands of vets who have given so much.
And you know what? It's not just that the Project RELO mission is successful in bringing people together, teaching important lessons and forming lifelong bonds. It actually works.
Several weeks after the conclusion of the mission, one of the veterans reached out to me and let me know that he'd gotten hired into the corporate career of a lifetime — by one of the executives on the trip. I later found out that he was but one of several success stories from that trip alone.
And so while very different life paths converged in those Michigan woods that week, it's clear that the resulting connections between these military and business leaders changed everyone that night — including me.
Want to learn more?
Project RELO is all about making veterans' futures brighter and more successful. To that end, LinkedIn is working to #HonorOurFuture through programs for veterans. This initiative is meant to reorient the focus on veterans—away from solely thinking about their past, and instead concentrating on their futures and all they have to achieve. You can learn more by checking out this video or going to veterans.linkedin.com.
The Project RELO documentary is currently in post-production and will be live in Spring '17, but here is a Facebook album with photos and descriptions of the documentary shoot. And here is a promotional video I made that describes their mission:
Interested in making your own documentary, but don't know where to get started? Check out our Learning Path, Become a Documentary Filmmaker.


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The Ghost Inside is back at it again with yet another great melodic metalcore album. This time around they chose to work on a loose concept album entitled Dear Youth. Essentially the record deals with the advice one would to give their younger selves or what one would tell the younger generations. Aside from the lyrical content, the album isn't too different from their past attempts, but with the great deal of success the band has faced why would they bother to fix something that is definitely not broken?
The album opens up with the track "Avalanche". It's an interesting song, but it's also just another The Ghost Inside song. One thing I will note is that its introductory instrumentals kind of reminds me of the song "Suicide Season" by Bring Me The Horizon. Once vocalist Jonathan Vigil's uncleans come in along with some drumming the track sets itself up for what could be the most intense introduction, but it kind of just stops and hesitates a little before going into what should have been included a few seconds earlier. There's nothing particularly wrong with this song, but it takes a little while to get into the interesting parts. If a song is just a bunch of screaming, it should have something that makes the screams super interesting or else it just kind of fades away into the background for me. Eventually, some clean vocals come in, but the song should have either played up the screams or thrown in some cleans a little earlier.
The album moves forward with the track "Move Me". It starts off in a way that is reminiscent of early emo rock, something I totally wasn't expecting for TGI. The introductory instrumentals are so hauntingly beautiful and the "1, 2, 3, 4!" at the beginning lets listeners know that they're in for a fun song. Fast-paced unclean vocals kick in and the track goes into a sound that is far more TGI than the intro, but hey, that's great too. The chorus is super catchy starting with the clean vocal part "We walk before we run" that goes back into some unclean vocals that really make this song exciting. This song basically depicts everything fans love about TGI.
Eventually, listeners get a chance to hear the most hardcore song off the record, "Mercy". Oddly enough the song starts off with some bells, but it makes sense once you hear the Ernest Hemingway reference, "For whom the bell tolls!" It then goes into some intense instrumentals that make you want to start moshing. "Mercy" is easily one of my favorite tracks off of this record for a number of reasons. For one, the lyrics are super inspirational in a bad ass way: "I'd like to think I'd never cave in/ A vicious battle I may never win/And I'd like to think I'll come out stronger/ Life's swinging hard, but I'm swinging harder". When I said that a song that is mostly screaming needs interesting unclean vocals, this is what I meant. The chorus manages to be catchy without the use of melodic clean vocals.
The record goes into a bit of an intermission with the track "Phoenix Flame". It starts off with some soft and slow guitars and drums. It's almost like a ballad halfway through the record. Hell, it even sounds like there's a violin playing at the end of it. If the fact that "Phoenix Flame" is a slower song doesn't make you think it's an intermission, the fact that it only has 5 verses should put all doubts to rest.
"Dear Youth (Day 52)" basically ties the whole concept together, which is to be expected of a title track. It's a fun pretty typical TGI song. However, one thing that is pretty cool about it is that the band asked fans to send in some of their own videos for the track's music video.
I thank the Epitaph gods for "Wide Eyed" featuring Jason Aalon Butler of letlive. They brought together two of my favorite bands for one super fun song. The introduction has a bit of a punk influence and the guitar parts are kind of thrown to the background to make room for some pretty awesome fast-paced drumming. However, the best part about this track is when Jason Butler comes in. He interrupts the song with a little quip about how people never thought that their bands would make it and now they're proving all of those people wrong. Butler tosses in a small singing part that is totally random, but oddly enough it works and adds to the song.
The record closes with "Blank Pages". It's a song that starts off pretty slow and throws in some ambient sounds. Even the Vigil's screams are slowed down to make this song one of the best ways to close Dear Youth. There are some very audible clean vocals that occasionally mix in with some unclean vocals, to no surprise. "Blank Pages" is a really melodic song that puts listeners into a bit of a trance and winds things down. It ties all of the loose ends together by giving advice to Vigil's younger self, while also breaking apart from that aspect of him to move forward with his older, stronger self. It ends with insanely beautiful and melodic instrumentals that close the album beautifully.
If you're a fan of The Ghost Inside, then do yourself a favor and buy Dear Youth. There's a good reason that the band has been so successful and this album just reconfirms that.
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Being the devout organic shopper that I am, I've occasionally gotten into debates with friends about the benefits of buying organic vs. conventional food. They often snicker, "Is it really worth your 'whole paycheck'?" And my argument has always been that it doesn't have to be your "whole paycheck" if you shop smart, not everything you buy needs to be labeled "organic," and ultimately, yes, I'd rather spend more on my food in the short-term, because I see it as an investment in my long-term health. But researchers from Stanford University seem to have a bone to pick with that argument.
They combined data from 237 studies and examined a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and meats over the course of four years for signs of health benefits from adding organic foods to the diet. Their sweeping conclusion? Organic food isn't necessarily more nutritious than non-organic. Unfortunately, the study didn't take into consideration the real reasons people like me go organic.
The researchers said that not only were organic fruits and veggies no more likely to have extra nutrition benefits, but they weren't any less likely to be contaminated by dangerous bacteria like E. coli. And they claimed there were "no obvious health advantages to organic meats." Huh???
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That's odd, because 38 percent of conventional produce tested in the studies contained detectable residues of toxic pesticides (especially harmful to kids and pregnant women, but that usually means they're no good for the rest of us either), compared with just 7 percent for the organic produce. And organic chicken and pork were less likely to be contaminated by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Duh. Those sure look like "obvious" benefits and advantages to me!
Ultimately, the glaring issue with this study is that the researchers weren't looking at the reasons people buy certain groceries (like the "Dirty Dozen") organic. I don't stick to organic strawberries and organic poultry because I think either food will provide me with more of anything ... be that vitamin C or protein. I'm buying organic, because I want fewer toxins. I want to know it came from a farm that abides by certain regulations, like the prohibition of synthetic, man-made pesticides (which can remain in the body and build up in the liver, causing mild to severe reactions at even government-approved "safe" levels), hormones, and additives. I want to know my chicken was fed an all-vegetarian (meaning no heavy metal-filled fish-meal -- yes, that's what regular chickens are often fed!), hormone-, antibiotic-free diet.
I personally have very specific health concerns that can be exacerbated by polluted food. But I know plenty of other shoppers who won't be deterred by this research, because they're buying organic for a variety of reasons the study didn't address. Like the fact that pesticides and hormones can impact development of their kids or that farming of organic foods doesn't take such a toxic toll on our planet.
In the end, this research will likely be spun and taken out of context by those hoping to make the case that organic food is all hype. But there's no doubt plenty of people still know better and will keep buying the foods we know are more beneficial to our health and the environment overall.
How do you feel about buying organic? If you do buy organic, what are your reasons for doing so?
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The Fourth Circuit reverses summary judgment in a Title VII retaliation case, where the plaintiff's direct boss allegedly declared that she "wanted someone of a different race" in the job, then proceeded to subject her to "constant surveillance, badgering, and criticism." When the plaintiff "told the City that she intended to file a formal grievance" about the hostile work environment, the defendant fired the plaintiff the very next day.
Strothers v. City of Laurel, Maryland, No. 17-1237 (4th Cir. July 6, 2018): The plaintiff, Ms. Strothers, was hired in 2013 as an administrative assistant in the City's Department of Communications. "She was interviewed by four representatives from the City, including [Mr.] Piringer, the Communications Director, and [Ms.] Koubek, the Community Services Officer. Director Piringer would later reveal to Strothers that Koubek did not want to hire Strothers and that Koubek 'wanted someone of a different race.' Despite Koubek's opposition, Piringer and others thought Strothers, who had over 20 years of experience, was the strongest and "most qualified" applicant and hired her anyway." (Citations omitted.)
"Strothers' troubles began on day one and indeed, ten minutes before her start time." Although Strothers had worked out a child-care accommodation with director Piringer to arrive at work at 9:05 a.m., Koubek began from day-one marking her as tardy because she did not arrive at 8:55 a.m. (supposedly the beginning of the work day). "Koubek effectively superseded the director's decision and had begun keeping a detailed log of Strothers' daily arrival time." Indeed, she allegedly surveilled and kept track of every one of Strothers' absences (for bathroom breaks, meals, and outside appointments). Koubek, indeed, required Strothers to report in and out for every departure from her desk.
Koubek also challenged Strothers' casual-Friday wear:
"According to Strothers, Koubek grabbed and tugged Strothers' pants without asking permission to do so. Koubek also allegedly circled Strothers, lunged at her, and loudly berated her in front of the entire officefor wearing those pants. Though Strothers maintained that she had worn the same pants on past casual Fridays without incident, she offered to change her pants. Koubek then required that Strothers deduct from her personal leave time the amount of time it took for her to go home and change."
Koubek gave Strothers a bad evaluation, despite that (under oath) she "conceded that Strothers did everything she was asked to do." During Strothers' employment with the City, she was the only black employee that Koubek supervised. When Koubek complained about her treatment to Piringer and other city officials, Piringer made the "different race" comment. Another Black employee formerly supervised by Koubek testified that she was also berated and micromanaged.
"On February 26, 2014, Strothers sent an internal memorandum to Piringer complaining about Koubek's actions," citing the enforcement of the desk and bathroom policy and the dress-code incident, as well as the negative review. The memo mentioned the "hostile environment," but did not specifically refer to race. "The record does not show that any investigative steps were in fact taken. Strothers then sent Piringer an email expressing her intent to file a formal grievance against Koubek and requested the relevant forms." Stothers was fired the next day.
The district court held, on her retaliation claim, that the plaintiff failed to establish a protected activity (because she could not have reasonably believed that the harassment was due to race) and causation (because the City was not aware that Strothers was complaining about a possible Title VII violation).
The Fourth Circuit reverses, holding that Strothers made out a prima facie case of retaliation on both elements.
On the first element, protected activity, Strothers announced (before she was fired) that she intended to file a complaint about the hostile work environment. "[O]ur inquiry is whether the circumstances known to Strothers at the time of her complaint support a reasonable belief that a hostile work environment existed or was in progress." The panel holds that the alleged conduct persistent enough to at least arguably constitute harassment:
"When Koubek accused Strothers of violating the dress code, Koubek circled Strothers, lunged at her, and grabbed her pants without seeking permission. Further, Koubek tracked Strothers' every movement in the office, requiring Strothers to obtain permission even to relieve herself in the restroom. Evidence also shows that Koubek considered Strothers late even on days when she arrived before the office's 9:00 a.m. opening.... It is hard to imagine a reasonable worker who would not find unwelcome Koubek's constant surveillance, badgering, and criticism."
The panel also holds that Strothers had reason to believe that the harassment was racially motivated, in light of the "different race" comment. "Strothers' employer injected Strothers' race into the equation and gave her reason to think that her race was relevant to the harassment she was experiencing." She also heard from other Black employees with similar complaints with Koubek. "Strothers was also aware that she was the only black subordinate employee and that she was the only one whom Koubek chose to surveil and scrutinize."
The district court erred by weighing the evidnece in favor of the movant, and giving the "different race" comment an innocent construction, i.e., "that Koubek preferred the white candidate for legitimate reasons; it was only coincidental that the preferred candidate happened to be white." Holds the panel, "Piringer's comment about Koubek's hiring preference creates at least some ambiguity as to her true motivations, and the jury is not required to believe Koubek's rationalization."
The panel also holds that a jury could find "that Koubek's actions were sufficiently severe or pervasive as to alter the terms or conditions of Strothers' employment and create an abusive environment." Indeed, the plaintiff alleged that Koubek directly affected the terms and conditions of employment by altering her schedule, compelling her to report her comings and goings, and ordering that she go home to change her casual-Friday outfit. "A reasonable jury could also find that Koubek's actions objectively interfered with Strothers' ability to do her job. Heightened scrutiny, unfair evaluations, and arbitrary dress codes are likely to make a job more difficult and trigger responses from workers who feel compelled to protest their treatment, which may further interfere with their work."
To impute liability to the company, there was a dispute about whether Koubek was a "supervisor" for Title VII purposes under Vance v. Ball State Univ., 570 U.S. 421 (2013). "However, because Strothers is seeking to prove retaliation, rather than an actual hostile environment claim, she need only show that it was reasonable for her to believe that Koubek was her supervisor." And even if she were not a supervisor, Strothers still had reason to believe that the City failed to investigate her complaints or otherwise exercise due care over the situation.
"It cannot be seriously disputed that Strothers diligently kept the City informed of every aspect of Koubek's harassment, through numerous phone calls, emails, meetings, and detailed memoranda, throughout the duration of her employment .... Despite Strothers' memo and other efforts reporting the harassment, the City neither reassigned Strothers, as she requested, nor took lesser steps to investigate or prevent the alleged harassment."
Finally, regarding causation, the panel holds that the one-day period between the plaintiff announcing that she was going to file a formal complaint and her termination would allow a jury to infer that the two were related. Moreover, even if the employee did not explicitly state "race" in her communications, the City had ample reason to understnad this is what she meant.
"The City should have known that the alleged harassment and hostile environment pertained to racial discrimination given what it knew about Koubek and her relationship with Strothers. Quite simply, Director Piringer was the one who pointed out that Koubek wanted to hire someone of a 'different race' when Strothers complained about how Koubek was treating her. In doing so, Piringer suggested that Strothers' race was relevant to the harassment."
The case is remanded for further proceedings.


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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
GILLIAM'S ISLAND From the clunky, cluttered, and effectively eclectic mind of director Terry Gilliam comes this fabulous wunderkind of a film known as The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. One of my personal favorites indeed! Munchausen comes as the third installment of Gilliam's unofficial trilogy. The previous two films include Time Bandits and Brazil.
A CITY UNDER SIEGE In the midst of a war-torn city its residents are struggling for survival. Momentarily distracting themselves from their distraught surroundings they watch a depiction of Baron Munchausen's adventures being put on by a local theatre company, Henry Salt And Son ["It's traditional"]. However this reenactment becomes interrupted by the authentic Baron Munchausen (John Neville) himself! He's old and cranky and he clamors onto the stage to set the record straight about himself and his adventures. Did I mention he's a liar? Or is he?Continue Reading
The Clowns
"The Clown is a mirror in which men see a grotesque, crooked, goofy image of themselves. It's the shadow within us. It will always be there." — Federico Fellini The Clowns is Fellini's way of breathing life back into the circus. At once whimsical and sad, the lifestyle and acts of it are thought to be near extinction. Surely in America, France, and Italy, the lifestyle of a carny and the pleasures of the circus have dwindled. Fellini revisits a boyhood experience of seeing the circus come to town and being one of the few who were disturbed by the clowns featured there. He compared them to real people in his village: bums, alcholoics, and perverts who dress in rags and had terrible grins on their faces. Their dopey and mischievous demeanor reminded him, as a child, of the worst mankind had to offer. But as an adult, the director was given the chance to direct a film for television. The idea to do something for television intrigued him because he knew nothing about it and it posed a challenge. He gathered a team and explored France and Italy, filming a movie that is as much of a document about the art of the circus as it is a semi-autobiographical divergence into a world breached within almost all of his feature films.
Pulled by what the director deems to be a purely "subjective" and "emotion" attachment to filmmaking, The Clowns is considerably different than his other films, yet plays with the same familiar themes. Presenting the circus as a unique experience full of characters that mirror and mask the tragic and comical aspects of life, the movie is a great feat based on the thoroughness of this exploration alone. However, the movie goes deeper into the depressing and realistic side of traveling acts, as was done in one of my favorite of his films, La Strada. It also exposed the mystery behind every detail of circus acts, down to the development of costumes. My favorite among these is the story behind the White Clowns, known to most from their appearances in pantomimes and more regal circuses. Their embellished and extravagant costumes, supposedly designed by either the clowns' wives or fashion designers, brings a sort of avant-garde runway appeal to their beauty.Continue Reading