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#CaseoftheWeek Episode 18: Are Legal Hold Letters Discoverable?
In episode 18 of the ACEDS and eDiscovery Assistant #CaseoftheWeek, we discuss how legal hold letters in this week's case were discoverable. Kelly goes over the details of the matter and why the court ruled that the letters were not privileged.
Good morning and welcome to our #CaseoftheWeek for March 30th, 2021. My name is Kelly Twigger and I am the CEO and founder of eDiscovery Assistant and the Principal at ESI Attorneys.
Before I get started this week, I just wanted to take a moment and thank all of you who reached out to us following the tragedy in Boulder this week. It's been a tough week, but it's been made a lot easier by all the love and support that has flowed from all of you. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.
Let's get into our #CaseoftheWeek for this week.
As you know, through our partnership with ACEDS, each week we talk about a different eDiscovery decision and the practical implications of those cases in the hopes that it will provide some insight for you, your practice and for your clients.
This week, you'll find in the links in the events page, depending on what platform you're watching us on, the public link to eDiscovery Assistant for the case we're going to talk about today, which is Thomas v. Cricket Wireless. You'll also find a link to our 2020 Annual Case Law Review report, which we put out in partnership with Doug Austin from eDiscovery Today. We'll also try to add the links to the sessions from the University of Florida eDiscovery Conference that took place on March 18th. Those sessions are now live and available on the conference registration page. You can use the password "eDisco21" to access those sessions. Also in your links, you'll also find a write up of the Cricket Wireless case from Doug Austin at eDiscovery Today. Doug wrote on this case last week, when we were originally supposed to do the #CaseoftheWeek, but our events here in Boulder kind of put that off for a week.
Our decision this week is a second decision that we have in eDiscovery Assistant from the case, Thomas v. Cricket Wireless. The decision date is from March 16th, 2021. Very recent. These are both decisions from Alex Tse, who is the United States Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of California. Judge Tse is relatively new to the bench. There are four total eDiscovery decisions from the judge in our database.
As we've talked about before, one of the benefits of eDiscovery Assistant is not only that we curate eDiscovery decisions, but also that we tag them with eDiscovery issues to make what you're looking for a little bit easier. In this case, this decision from Thomas v. Cricket Wireless includes the following issue tags in eDiscovery Assistant:
Failure to preserve
In camera review
Attorney client privilege
30(b)6 or corporate designee
and legal hold.
You can use any of those tags to search for the case in our database. You can also search for it using the title or the site.
What are the facts of Thomas v. Cricket Wireless? The decision that we're looking at right now, it's really important to put this in context because we can get out of it pretty quickly. We're looking at a motion to compel Cricket's legal hold notices by the plaintiffs. As always, when we get into these cases, the timeline of what's happened prior to the motion becomes very critical.
This case is a class action that was filed in November of 2019, alleging that Cricket engaged in a fraudulent scheme to market and sell 4G LTE devices and service plans to customers nationwide by falsely advertising coverage. According to the complaint, the alleged scheme ran from May 2012 until May 2014 when Cricket was acquired by AT&T. We've got that class period is 2012 to 2014. We've got this case that's filed in 2019. What happened prior to that is also going to be really important.
In May of 2015, roughly a year after the class period ended, different plaintiffs brought an almost identical allegation in a case called Barraza v. Cricket Wireless. That case was before a judge also in the northern district of California.
Now, it's really important to keep this in mind. Barraza was resolved before any class was certified, meaning that the resolution of the case applied only to the two named plaintiffs in that case. During the hearing in Barraza just prior to dismissal, Judge Alsup asked the parties if there was "any scenario" under which the merits of the case could come back to life, and the parties said no. He also asked counsel whether there was, quote, "any kind of side deal that allows you to go off and refile a similar case in some other court." The parties also said no.
At the time of the Barraza dismissal, the statute of limitations had not run on the hundreds of thousands of other putative class members claims against Cricket. That's really important to understand. Statute of limitations still open. Fast forward sixteen months to September of 2016, sixteen months after the Barraza complaint was filed, not after the dismissal. I don't actually have the timing of the dismissal, but that would be key because you've got 16 months between the filing of these complaints.
Two of the named plaintiffs, that are here in our current case, filed suit against Cricket in Missouri federal court based on the same alleged misconduct during the same time period. The court refers to that case filed again in September of 2016 in Missouri as "Thomas I". Doesn't ever actually refer to our case as Thomas II, but for purposes of our conversation today, we're going to do that to avoid confusion.
Thomas I was filed in September of 2016. Now, Thomas I was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, subject to a tolling agreement that would toll the statute of limitations and allowed the parties to discuss early resolution. The tolling agreement expired on November 4th, 2019. This case, Thomas II was filed on November 4th, 2019. We're now into Thomas II, that's our current case that we're talking about in the decision that we're talking about today. During discovery in Thomas II, plaintiffs learned that after Barraza was resolved in December of 2015, Cricket discarded certain documents and data from the class period that plaintiffs believed would help substantiate their class allegations.
There's nothing specific in the decision about the timing of the deletion, but it's important to note that we're not on a spoliation motion yet, we don't have to talk about the duty to preserve and the timing of the deletion of the data and whether it accounts as spoliation, because what we're on here is a motion to compel the production of the litigation hold or legal hold notice documents from Cricket.
What the court does indicate here is that Cricket took the following steps to delete information after the Barraza dismissal and we'll see why this is important. They deleted custodial accounts of key decision makers who participated in directed or approved of the alleged fraud, including the CEO, COO, CFO, Chief of Strategy, Senior VPs of Product and Marketing, Devices Business Development and the Chief Marketing Officer. Basically, all the key players. They failed to preserve a single custodial account from a single member of the Sales and Operations Planning Committee, so didn't keep any of those custodians, which was, according to the plaintiffs, a central decision making body responsible for more than 150 critical operating decisions. They failed to preserve critical sales data related to the 4G phone sales, including the price that customers would have paid for their devices, which would have been key to damages, and they failed to take steps to preserve the 4G advertisements it used during the class period. Of course, those would be crucial to determining whether or not the advertisements were fraudulent.
The plaintiffs argued here, on the motion to compel, that those actions by Cricket following the Barraza case constituted "preliminary evidence of spoliation", and they wanted further evidence on the spoliation claims, hence why they're asking for the legal hold or the litigation hold letters from Cricket.
Now, you've heard me talk on our #CaseoftheWeek series about moving for sanctions too early. And in fact, there was a short of article on law.com yesterday in which I was quoted talking about the number of decisions, or number of motions for sanctions that we see that are premature. Here we're seeing the opposite. We're seeing exactly what I'm always telling you. We're seeing the plaintiffs nailing down all of the facts and making sure that they've got all of the information about whether there is, in fact, spoliation before they're moving for sanctions. This is a really great example of exactly what we always talk about in terms of what you need to do before you move for sanctions.
On an initial motion before the court seeking these litigation hold notices — this is the decision from December 14, 2020 which is also included in eDiscovery Assistant — Cricket argued that the plaintiffs didn't need to get the litigation hold notices yet, that they could instead take a 30(b)(6) deposition to discern the facts about how the litigation holds were put in place and what information was in the litigation holds versus having to produce the privilege hold notices and that that was the appropriate process. Really important point. Cricket is saying on the first motion to compel judge, don't give them the notices, make them take a 30(b)(6) deposition.
Cricket's already taken asked for information in written discovery about the data that was deleted. They've been given what they've been given, they've been given privilege logs. They haven't been able to determine what they need. Now Cricket saying make them take a 30(b)(6).
The judge then agreed with the plaintiffs that the litigation hold notices were relevant, But said I'm not going to compel production of them right away. What I'm going to say is you need to take a 30(b)(6) deposition like Cricket suggesting and then if that's not sufficient you can come back to me and you can renew that that this motion.
What the court also did on this December 14th ruling was provide specific guidance regarding the permissible categories of inquiry at the 30(b)(6) deposition. This is important. "The plaintiffs will have the opportunity to get answers about Cricket's document preservation issues at the upcoming 30(b)6 deposition, and while the plaintiffs should not inquire specifically into how the litigation hold notices were worded or how they describe the legal issues in this or any other action, questions about the basic details surrounding the litigation holds are fair game." That's a direct quote from the court. This is further quote. "These basic details include:
When and to whom the litigation hold notices were given.
What kinds and categories of information and data Cricket employees were instructed to preserve and collect., and
3. What specific actions they were instructed to take on that end to preserve that information.
Plaintiffs then asked for and got two 30(b)(6) deponents from Cricket, but when they took the depositions of the 30(b)(6) deponents and asked about the individual categories of documents that were covered by the litigation hold, clearly a basic detail that the court had said they were entitled to, counsel instructed the witness not to answer the questions on grounds of privilege.
The court goes through a couple of examples, specific examples from the deposition and also says that they reviewed 800 pages of deposition testimony. In effect, to sum it up, the plaintiffs went through and asked whether advertising, customer records, data related to the price of consumer paid for a device, or retention policies were included in the litigation hold notice. Every single one of those questions was met with objection and refusal to answer by the witness based on privilege.
What we essentially have here is Cricket arguing on the first motion to compel that plaintiffs should be required to take a 30(b)(6) deposition and then plaintiffs taking a 30(b)(6) deposition and Cricket instructing its witnesses not to answer the basic details that the court ordered they were required to answer.
Then Thomas comes back, plaintiffs come back to the court on the motion to compel and says to the court, OK, we did what you said. We took the 30(b)(6) depositions. They won't tell us what's in the litigation hold notice. We still know that they have agreed that they destroyed all of this information following the dismissal of Barraza in 2015, and we have "preliminary evidence" of spoliation. We should be entitled to pursue additional evidence of that, and the only evidence that we can pursue further are these litigation hold notices to be able to understand whether they knew what their duty to preserve was and when it arose and what information should be preserved.
Like I said, the court looked at 800 pages of deposition testimony and then compelled the production of the litigation hold letters in Thomas to Barraza and a third case that was related, and said that it was appropriate and the only way that plaintiffs would get the information they needed to further investigate and possibly prove spoliation.
In reaching that conclusion, the court looked at the undisputed fact that Cricket had admittedly destroyed information and documents from the putative class period after Barraza was dismissed and found that those admissions raised enough questions about Cricket's document retention and preservation effort. The fact that Cricket had refused to answer those questions through written discovery and now two 30(b)(6) depositions, that it was required to allow plaintiffs to take the initial step of discovering the content of the litigation hold notices so they could investigate and possibly prove spoliation.
Somewhat unrelated, but the court did deny production of litigation hold letters from two peripheral patent infringement actions that the plaintiff sought, but the court held were not going to be produced.
What are our takeaways from this case?
First, remember, I know I mentioned it a couple of times that this is a motion to compel production of legal hold letters, and not a motion for sanctions for spoliation yet. That's really important just because of our takeaways. We're going to have a lot to explore on the decision on a motion for sanctions, if it comes to that.
As a general rule, your litigation hold or legal hold notices are privileged. The contents of those documents are privileged. Who they are sent to, when they are sent, whether they are sent, that information is often discoverable, but the contents of the notices themselves are generally determined to be privileged.
What this case teaches us is that you have to know and understand the context in which you're writing a litigation hold letter, and you also need to understand that if that litigation hold letter ever becomes discoverable, the contents of it will be free and open for the other side to see. When you are writing them, you have to keep that in mind. It's hard to tell here in this case, what is in that litigation hold letter that could be so damaging such that Cricket would go through two motions to compel and to somewhat fruitless 30(b)(6) depositions, prior to providing the litigation hold letters, but there may be some very damaging information in there that they're trying to put off and see whether there can be a resolution to the case or there's probably a lot of legal strategy that's happening in what Cricket's doing in this particular case. The reality is that when you write your litigation hold letters, you need to plan that if at some point they become discoverable, that you have taken the actions that are set out in that letter and you will be able to defend them.
One thing that's really important in this particular case, and I know that many of you who are out there are not dealing in class actions all the time, but this is important for our consistency across all of your clients' matters. You need to understand what your clients have done in previous matters. Here I didn't go back to all of these individual cases to see whether the same lawyers were representing Cricket on all of these different cases, and we talked about one from 2015, 2016, and now 2019. If there are different lawyers, did those lawyers look back at what those litigation hold letters said from Barraza and from Thomas I to Thomas II? So, do we have differences between the letters that are going to be a huge issue when it comes to the analysis producing those letters?
Did counsel recognize that in drafting a legal hold letter for Thomas II in 2019 after that case was filed, that data was deleted following Barraza? Did they know that already? Should their letter have been drafted differently because they would have known what information had been deleted? You've got to have a full understanding of your client's data when you're drafting those letters. Don't consider them just a one off kind of throwaway thing where you're just meeting your obligation to make sure you're informing your witnesses. They are very important documents that need to be carefully thought through and how you're wording them, and the history of what your client has done is going to impact them. Again, make sure that whatever information in there, if discovered, is not going to undermine your case.
We talked a little bit about how what counsel probably didn't realize was that information that was deleted between Barraza and Thomas I before the statute of limitations had expired on the thousands of claims. We do have also a duty to preserve issue here that I'll address in just a minute, but that's going to be more of an issue on the motion for sanctions.
There are also, just from a timing perspective and putting all of this in context, there's a huge amount of time that's transpired between the time period of 2012 to 2014, which is the putative class period, the first case that was filed in 2015, the second case filed in 2016, and this other case filed in 2019. That's seven years from the beginning of the putative class period during which time Cricket was acquired by AT&T, so the changes that were made to the IT systems and how Cricket was integrated with AT&T probably has a lot to do with why numerous systems were deleted following Barraza. There's no information about that decision so I'm really just speculating, just trying to think through all the facts that could have impacted what happened here.
Now, there is information in this decision that says that Cricket provided a spreadsheet of information on custodians and database systems that were deleted or taken offline by Cricket following Barraza, a lot of that is documented and that's fantastic. One of our big lessons on #CaseoftheWeek is document, document, document. That's a great process and to be commended. We'll see if this case shakes out on a motion for sanctions, whether that documentation is going to be sufficient on a duty to preserve argument.
One of the things that is going to come up is that duty to preserve. When does a duty to preserve disappear? We know that the duty to preserve arises when litigation is reasonably anticipated. Clearly, the filing of the complaint in May of 2015 would have created a duty to preserve. Given the merger between Cricket and AT&T Wireless, there might have been some sort of second request or investigation at a federal level where information would have been captured and preserved for purposes of that and provided to the federal government. If there was that information would have likely been discoverable had it been maintained. There's lots of lots of discovery here, and the question becomes, when Barraza was dismissed in, I believe, December of 2015 and then you had nine months before the next complaint was filed, because the statute of limitations had not yet run on these hundreds of thousands of claims that had been identified by Judge Alsup, did Cricket continue to have a duty to preserve information? That's going to be what's going to play out in a potential motion for sanctions here. We'll have to keep an eye on that and follow up on this case, and if such a motion is brought and we see a decision from Judge Tse, then we'll bring that one to you.
What more could Cricket have done here? It's a little strange to argue first for 30(b)(6) depositions and then instructed witnesses not to answer the questions that the judge said the plaintiffs were entitled to. There has to be some strategy going on here, otherwise there's a whole lot of miscommunication among the teams and the previous lawyers that represented Cricket as to exactly what's happening. But again, given that span of time that's passed from the putative class period beginning in 2012, the acquisition, the numerous cases filed in different courts, there's a lot of potential there for for gaps in communication.
As to privilege on the legal hold letters, and this is perhaps the most important takeaway here, the plaintiffs here were able to compel the production of those letters because they exhausted every avenue of written and oral discovery to get the information in the letters, AND they had a preliminary evidence of spoliation that they'd shown that the court held was permitted to be investigated by production of the letters.
So, we've got two things that happened here. First, we had the admission by Cricket that information had been deleted. You've got that preliminary evidence of spoliation. Secondly, you've got the plaintiffs using every tool in their arsenal to try and find the information about potential spoliation before asking for the letters.
At that point, the court said the only way you can continue to investigate the spoliation of which we already have some evidence is to get these letters. That's a high bar to getting legal hold letters, and it's appropriate. As we've said at the outset, legal or litigation hold letters are privileged as a general rule.
If you're trying to compel production of legal hold letters, know that that's the two step process that you're going to have to meet in front of Judge Tse and likely in front of the Northern District of California. I haven't seen too many other cases just like this one, so we'll keep an eye out for it and any follow up that we see citing this decision in Thomas v. Cricket.
Keep this case in mind when you're drafting your legal hold letters and when you have related cases. Make sure that you understand the history of what's been done for your client in the past, what data might have been eliminated that you are including as broad categories in your litigation hold letters, certainly would not want to include categories of information that no longer existed, and be sure that your legal hold letters are sufficiently either broad enough to include information that continues to exist at your client or narrow enough to make sure that you're taking into account what you know has already been destroyed.
Consistency in that process and use of discovery counsel to be able to manage that process effectively is also going to be key to be protecting your client's interest here. Knowing your client's data sources, understanding implications when you draft those legal notices is really key.
Those are the takeaways from Thomas v. Cricket Wireless and that is our #CaseoftheWeek for this week. Thank you so much for joining me. I'll be back next week with another case chosen for you from eDiscovery Assistant.
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Down House alumnus Russell Thoede and his wife Elizabeth Thoede opened Lei Low, their Tiki bar, at the tail end of February. A month in, they've learned how much people love their Mai Tai, and Russell has reaffirmed his own love for both Tiki drinks and Tiki culture. He sat down with us when we checked in to see how everything was going after one month in business.
How's the first month been for you?
It's been great. We have a really good weekend crowd. The one thing people keep asking us, is how has the construction affected business, and the answer is, we have no idea – the construction was here when we opened. It's just a constant for us.
You were looking to have a patio completed shortly after you opened. How's that coming along?
What we really wanted was to find the right contractor for it, someone whose vision for that space matched our concept for it, instead of building some generic outdoor space. We think we're about a few weeks away from that, so very soon, we should be having an outdoor Tiki space.
What's been the most popular drink so far?
The Mai Tai, by far. That's the drink everyone recognizes. You go to a restaurant in California and it's on every menu, same in Hawaii. So, people gravitate to it.
You've discussed this before, but why Tiki? What is it about this culture and this time and place in cocktails that draws you in?
Rum, actually. That's the number-one reason I like Tiki. It's such a versatile, easily drinkable spirit. And it brought me to Tiki. I like fruit juice. I like exotic flavors. Elizabeth is always telling me to drink more water, and I'm more into wanting passion fruit. Also, when I was growing up and we went out to eat, it was a big deal. And we went to places that seemed exotic to me: Mexican restaurants [and] Benihana, these places that looked like somewhere else than Houston inside. So that sense of escapism is something I came to love. And what else has that sense of escape more than a Tiki bar? You walk in and you see and feel things that are both real and utterly imagined. I'm blown away by the efforts of some of the people who do these kinds of places.
Lei Low [Gary Wise/flickr]
That's such a good point. You can't just throw up some thatch and call it Tiki. And you placed a big emphasis on being authentic here.
You have to know what you're looking for, so you have to know a little bit about this culture. You're right…you don't just buy a bunch of beach-theme stuff and stick it on a wall and call it Tiki. I've been collecting Tiki for a long time. I started with Trader Vic's cocktail books and some mugs. And I'd buy all I could find. I even had a room in our house that I turned into my room. You know, when Hurricane Ike hit, I was out of work for 12 days, and I went around the neighborhood and picked up all this bamboo and I trimmed out the bar in my Tiki room, and I made picture frames. So, I've been building toward this for a long time.
Yet when you opened, instead of doing the classic Trader Vic's or Don the Beachcomber recipes, you wanted to put your own spin on them. You've already said how much you love Tiki tradition, so what made you go in that non-traditional direction?
You know, the ingredients have changed since these drinks were made in the 1940s. We have access to much better stuff, and much more consistent things. When you think about how one little thing – like mango, right? Well, when you use mango, if it's not as ripe as it could be, it's going to affect the flavor. And then, maybe you're adding sugar to it. Or, it's over-ripe, now you cut it with a little lime. Growers over the years have become more consistent, and juices are better now than just stuff from concentrate. Our palates have changed, too, so the style of an old Tiki drink might not work as well right now. Also, I wanted to give everyone here the chance to create. Tiki can encompass all kinds of things, it's a broad canvas. We didn't want to regurgitate the Beach Bum Berry's drinks or Missionary's Downfall – I love the Missionary's Downfall, but I'm kinda tired of it. But I didn't want to be so confining that we said here, "This is the only way to do this." We've brought in some new ingredients to Houston, Amara, for example, which has a cardamom flavor to it. It works great in Tiki drinks.
Which Tiki bars inspire you, do you feel are really doing great things?
Tiki Ti in Hollywood. I mean, it's 800 square feet, maybe 12 seats and the place is packed. It's so small and so intimate, we just loved the idea that we might be able to do something like that. Smuggler's Cover in San Francisco is just an absolute escape when you walk in the door. There's a pirate ship there, and the décor…they just have a passion for the Tiki era that can't be matched. I wanted to do something like that, have a place where people felt transported to somewhere else.
Lei Low storefront [Photo: Gary Wise]
What's one of your favorite pieces of décor here?
The Witco carving. We found that in an antique shop. And the lamp above the bar is Witco, too. We saw that in a Mission Beach, California head shop – in the back they had all these aloha shirts and Tiki stuff. And we loved it, but it was more than we wanted to pay, so we came home without it and we dwelled on it. And we finally sent Liz's mom back to the shop with a whole big wad of cash. [Elizabeth's mother lives in California.]
What do you say when people tell you you're helping Tiki come back?
I say it never left. Over the years, you've always had people re-inventing and building Tiki bars. It had a heyday, but look at places like Tiki Ti and the new place in Disneyland [Trader Sam's]. Tiki cocktail culture began in California and spread across the country. To me, it's a part of American life. It's been around for 60-some-odd years. People's grandparents and parents have memories of Tiki, of these crazy places they'd go, restaurants and bars, that were like this and it resonates in the memory.
What do you want people feel when they come in here?
I want them to feel taken away. I want them to forget about the street construction. I want it to be like Bali Hai in South Pacific, their own special island, someplace that transports you into this world of Tiki.
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Anouncement
Future Food Campaign
author: A SEED Europe - 27.08.2002 22:29
PRESENTING ideas for united campaigning on FOOD SAFETY and Sustainable Alternatives to the present corporation-dominated industrial agriculture. Date: 08-15-02 18:34
At A SEED we've been brainstorming for a while where to go with these issues and would be very interested to discuss with other groups and organisations how we can work together within such a campaign.
We're especially interested in discussing the aims, means and target groups with which we would come up with a as broad and inclusive campaign as possible.
We are not intending to hold our own workshop on this but by presenting these ideas we hope to give and get feedback and inspiration for the related discussions in the programme.
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... then late on Thursday October 17th 2002 we had the first meeting with the new food team.
In increasing numbers environmental and social action groups, collectives and organisations are acknowledging food safety as one of the more important struggles, actualised by the threat that the European moratorium on GMOs be lifted, a demand from the WTO and the dominating agro-business corporations ruling the [food] market. Campaigns are being initiated to radicalise the CAP, the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU which is to be revised in 2006, while others promote and put into practise the sustainable alternatives to industrialised agriculture. Campaigns for e.g. a GMO Free Europe, No Patents on Life, Organic Farming and Local Trade are but instrumental in this work, the core objective being that of sustainable and autonomous agriculture worldwide. This objective brings together the struggle to save all parts of the sustaining ecosystem from the unpredictable effects of genetic engineering and industrialised farming to targeting the increasing influence from corporate powers and law sanctions, preventing the expressions of the real 'green' agriculture revolution.
With years of experience from cooperating within Europe wide campaigns on GMO Free Europe and No Patents on Life, A SEED Europe not only want to carry on this successful work but further broaden the focus of the campaigns. Now that corporations have mingled their way into decision bodies of what is supposed to be the people's United Nations, there is no return than to kick them out of every powerful position they have managed to acquire. The position of corporations persuading with disputable methods farmers and governments to convert further away from sustainable agriculture must be challenged and in that prevent further the out-competing of small scale farming. A SEED Europe would like to take up the fight against corporate influence in agricultural policies and practices but more important support the movements working towards the sustainable alternatives. Finding means for action we think it's important to create and strengthen links between organic farmers, consumers and activists groups, to unite forces.
A public awareness campaign originated from all these ranks could be on the table, or other coordinated campaigns and actions. Promoting local alternatives in cooperation on European and international levels is one of the more interesting challenges, as is to get more people, farmers, consumers etc to join this struggle. Bringing these ideas to the PGA conference we hope to inspire a discussion on the different possibilities for such a campaign. As but one of many European networks working on these issues, A SEED Europe wish to reach out to existing collectives and networks interested in taking on this challenge and in contributing ideas for how we can work together within a horizontal network, where A SEED Europe could function in a facilitating, supporting and information disseminating role.
... now in 2006 we're facing the preparation for the EU-summit where the CAP will be revised. Protests are expected to be bigger than ever seen over the past 25 years. A selection of the plans: a powerful street rave supported by an invasion of tractors. The line-up of the sound systems is very diverse; besides the new styles Drum 'n' Roots, Biobreak and Hardsoil, there will even be a sound system playing Country and there are rumours there will be line-dancing in front of the demo. A massive picnic with at least 20 thousand people is planned and the good old guerrilla garden action will be extraordinary effective with ploughs, drag-lines and other machines available. A wall of straw bales will be built to keep the police away. Politicians are nervous; they can't ignore this broad coalition of farmers, consumers, environmental activists, unionists and the increasingly popular BBB (black-bio-block). Even mainstream media reports repeatedly on the positive, realistic and successful alternatives. Lasts years they don't talk about the far left extremist groups but about the farm-left movement.
Join the discussions during the PGA conference or contact: +31-20-6682236 <aseedeur@antenna.nl>
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A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge
Don Lattin
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven, Don Lattin's Jesus Freaks is the story of a shocking pilgrimage of revenge that left two people dead and shed new light on The Family International, one of the most controversial religious movements to emerge from the spiritual turmoil of the sixties and seventies.
Some say The Family International—previously known as the Children of God—began with the best intentions. But their sexual and spiritual excesses soon forced them to go underground and follow a dark and dangerous path. Their charismatic leader, David "Moses" Berg, preached a radical critique of the piety and hypocrisy of mainstream Christianity. But Berg's message quickly devolved into its own web of lies. He lusted for power and unlimited access to female members of his flock—including young girls and teenagers—and became a drunken tyrant, setting up re-indoctrination camps around the world for rebellious teenagers under his control.
Thousands of children raised in The Family would defect and try to live normal lives, but the prophet's heir apparent, Ricky "Davidito" Rodriguez, was unable to either bear the excesses of the cult or fit into normal society. Sexually and emotionally abused as a child, Ricky left the fold and began a crusade to destroy the only family he ever knew, including a plot to kill his own mother.
Veteran journalist Don Lattin has written a powerful, engrossing book about this uniquely American tragedy. Jesus Freaks is a cautionary tale for those who fail to question the prophesies and proclamations of anyone who claims to speak for God.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 25 JUIN 2007
In January 2005, Ricky Rodriguez stabbed a woman to death and then fled the scene of the crime, finally shooting himself in the California desert. Rodriguez was a high-profile ex-member of the Children of God, also called the Family, a controversial hippie cult of the 1970s that had spiraled into aberrant sexual behaviors and other disconcerting practices. Rodriguez was seeking revenge for the sexual abuse that his murder victim and others had committed against him when he was a child (the cult had gone so far as to record its crimes in a bizarre book that glibly described "and provided photographic evidence of "sexual relations between adults and children). Lattin, who covered the religion beat for the San Francisco Chronicle, offers an arresting if uneven account of the Family. He begins by arguing that the cult is best understood in the context of American evangelicalism, and does some strong investigation into the founder's ancestry to prove this point. But he does not sustain these threads throughout the book, which becomes a typical true crime tale. Some aspects of the Family, like flirty fishing (sacred prostitution), are carefully researched, while others (like a journalistic account of how the cult funded itself so well on a global scale) are underreported.
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Chrysomyxa es un género de hongos roya en la familia Coleosporiaceae. El género tiene una distribución amplia en el hemisferio norte, contiene 23 especies. Los hongos roya del género Chrysomyxa se desarrollan en bosques boreales del hemisferio norte sobre Pinaceae, (principalmente Picea), y muchas especies alternan con hospedadores angiosperma en Ericaceae.

Especies
Chrysomyxa abietis
Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli
Chrysomyxa cassandrae
Chrysomyxa chiogenis
Chrysomyxa diebuensis
Chrysomyxa empetri
Chrysomyxa expansa
Chrysomyxa himalensis
Chrysomyxa ledi
Chrysomyxa ledicola
Chrysomyxa nagodhii
Chrysomyxa neoglandulosi
Chrysomyxa piperiana
Chrysomyxa pirolata
Chrysomyxa pyrolae
Chrysomyxa reticulata
Chrysomyxa rhododendri
Chrysomyxa roanensis
Chrysomyxa stilbae
Chrysomyxa succinea
Chrysomyxa vaccinii
Chrysomyxa weirii
Chrysomyxa woroninii
Chrysomyxa zhuoniensis

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Coleosporiaceae


Welcome to our Villa in Baan Talat Mai!
We hope that you will have a relaxing and an enjoyable time in our Villa as well as the time spent in Chiang Mai.
This Villa was built over a 3 year period. As in many things in Thailand, things work in their own ways and time. As much as it was hard work getting the house built whilst we kept travelling to and fro to make sure all was done properly, we are glad to say the overall quality of the house is excellent.
Built to the highest standards using the finest materials, the property sits on an idyllic plot and enjoys superb views across a lake to the mountains.
The design of the Villa is modern, with a touch of the Thai Lanna style. Most of the doors and windows are from ceiling to floor, giving the maximum natural light to the house.
On the ground floor, there is the living and dining room, a day time sitting area, two en suite bedrooms, one study/office room, kitchen, laundry area, an infinity swimming pool, a sala, and a big garden with a water feature.
The front garden also has ample space for kids to run around.
All of the rooms are equipped with air conditioning, except the kitchen. Each bedroom, the kitchen and TV area inclues a ceiling fan.
A salt water pool, with no chlorine, and it includes a jacuzzi. It's 70 m in length, and 2m at its deepest end.
Please take off your shoes before entering the villa, you may leave them by the door or in the laundry area. Please remember to close all mosquito net doors and windows each time you go in and out from the villa. Please ensure the electric gate is closed and all windows and doors are locked up properly at night. Please refrain from making any loud noise or playing music on a high volume, as the villa is set in an idyllic setting. The sound echoes easily throughout the village.
Please note whilst some people do drink the tap water, the owners don't and only use tap water for washing dishes, showers, and brushing teeth.
Mosquitoes are particularly active after 4pm, please ensure all mosquito nets and doors are closed and that you use mosquito repellents to protect yourself.
-Talking in loud voice, screaming, making noise is not usually seen in public in Thai culture.
-If you see shoes outside a shop or restaurant, please take off yours before entering.
-When you see monks, please do not touch them or offer to shake hands.
-When sitting down on the floor, especially if you are in a temple, do not have your feet pointing at the monks. Sit cross legged or sit on your heels whatever position you can manage.
-When greeting someone, put your palms together in front of your heart and lower your head instead of offering to shake hands.
Superb views across a lake and to the mountains.
Basic laundry service is available, but if anything needs special attention should be pointed out.
The study/office offers wifi and guests can hook up their laptops and tablets.
Khun Si is onsite 6 days a week to make the beds and general cleaning, including laundry.
Khun Si can help buy certain fresh produce if available in the village market.
The Baan Talat Mai Villa is located in Doi Saket District, some 20 km north East of Chiang Mai City.
From Europe or the US, fly through Chiang Mai via Bangkok. If already in Asia, there are direct flights from Hong Kong, Singapore, Phuket, Vietnam, China, etc.
The location provides easy access to local amenities including a lively evening market. Doi Saket town, with it's wide range of restaurants, banks, shops and markets is only 5 minute away. Baan Talad Mai also has its own village with local shops, restaurants and evening markets within walkable distance. Chiang Mai city centre is only a 20 min drive away, making it perfect for families who want some quiet time but also easy access for exploration in various areas in Chiang Mai.
There are two evening markets in Talat Mai Village, offering eggs and locally grown fruit and vegetables. Cooked food is offered in the market, and is geared up for the authentic local taste.
- Jamjuree: An excellent Thai restaurant owned and run by a couple who used to live and run a restaurant in Bangkok. It's 2 minutes away from the Villa by car.
- Khun Pirat Soup Noodle - Open for breakfast and lunch only. A simple open air store that sells excellent and home made beef and pork noodles.
- House of Palm - The owner previously lived and owned a Thai restaurant in Los Angeles. It has a lovely setting overlooking a pond and garden.
- The Goat Dairy Cafe - Great for kids; it has goats onsite and you can feed them.
- Kafevino - A coffee/cake shop during the day and a wine bar with Thai and western food in the evening.
- Sausage King - Sausage King has its own factory onsite, offering homemade sausages, bacon, and pies. Open for breakfast and lunch.
- Duke's - American diner that is a great place for family with pizzas, sandwiches, ribs, burgers, salad with all the big cookies and cakes.
- Giorgio's - A long standing popular Italian restaurant.
- Anatara - Sunday brunch is popular and requires booking.
- The Ginger Kafe by The House - A chic looking shop/restaurant. Thai and western food with specials on black board.
- Pun Pun - Vegetarian food with its own farm; highly recommended.
- Thai Organic - An excellent restaurant which grows its own organic veggies.
- iBerry - An ice cream/cake shop in Nimmanhaiman area.
There are many local road side restaurants. They are usually fine to get a quick bite. Dishes that are particularly northern Thai are Kao Soi (yellow curry egg noodles with chicken), Chiang Mai sausages, Northern dips with various vegetables, nam prik (a type of chilli paste), pork curry, sticky rice.
There is a lake available for swimming, shared by the neighbors.
There is a Nancy Chandler's map in the Villa in the laundry area. It will give you a good reference in terms of where places are.
Have a quick bite in the many local road side restaurants.


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10 Times WWE Struck Deals With Other Wrestling Promotions
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NJPW, ECW, AAA, and more...
By Justin Henry
26 September, 2018 10:00 PM
Rumours swirled in recent days over what may have happened at a meeting between WWE officials and IMPACT Wrestling representatives Scott D'Amore and Ed Nordholm. We've already seen some TNA footage pop up on WWE Network productions as a result of prior business dealings, so perhaps something else in that vein is forthcoming.
While it does seem weird for WWE to get along with a company that has actively tried to compete with them over the years, it's not the first time that WWE has schmoozed with some strange bedfellows. While WWE seems to be an all-for-one juggernaut that snuffs out any and all potential rivals, they've also understood the value of strategic alliances, be it an international affiliate, or an American promotion that they stood to gain from.
The following list will look at various wrestling promotions that WWE has forged just such an alliance with, although that isn't to say that IMPACT Wrestling will ever be as chummy as any of the following entries. Some of the companies you'll see on this list may surprise you, but there have, in fact, been agreements in place between them and WWE. And there are certainly more than 10 promotions that have worked in lockstep with the McMahons, but these are the most notable.
10. New Japan Pro Wrestling (1970s-1985)
We begin with a combination that would send enormous shockwaves through the modern industry, were there to be a link-up today. Beginning in the late 1970s, up until Halloween 1985, WWE and New Japan would periodically exchange talent, with even World Champions like Bob Backlund and Hulk Hogan appearing on New Japan cards. In fact, Backlund famously lost the WWE Championship to Antonio Inoki in the fall of 1979.
The likes of Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Tiger Mask, and others would also appear on WWE cards in the United States, with Inoki being awarded the oft-forgotten WWE World Martial Arts title in 1978, and Fujinami and Tiger Mask carrying another old relic in the WWE Junior Heavyweight belt. The partnership would dissolve in the midst of WWE's national expansion in the mid-eighties, though both companies seem to separately be doing just fine these days.
9. Super World Of Sports (1991-92)
In April of 1990, legendary All Japan Pro Wrestling star Genichiro Tenryu broke away from the company to serve as part of the foundation of a new company. Funded by eyeglasses manufacturer Megane Super, SWS attracted talents from All Japan and New Japan alike, and would even co-promote events with WWE. This would explain why Tenryu and sumo star Koji Kitao took part in WrestleMania VII in March 1991.
Together, WWE and SWS would run major events at the Tokyo Dome (including the well-known WrestleFest card one week after the aforementioned WrestleMania), and WWE would send over some regulars to fill out the smaller shows (the Jimmy Snukas, Hakus, Warlords, and Rick Martels of the world). SWS would run its final show in June 1992.
8. USWA (1992-97)
In August 1992, weeks before SummerSlam, WWE ran a Sunday night house show in Memphis that would see Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett sitting front row ringside. The angle was that the Memphis favourites were miffed that WWE would run in their town, and Jarrett even issued an open challenge to any WWE star. Jarrett would end up working a house show run in October of that year, while Lawler officially came on board as an announcer/part-time wrestler shortly after.
Throughout 1993, WWE maintained a strong presence on USWA cards, with Shawn Michaels, Randy Savage, Bret Hart, and numerous others headed south to duke it out with The King and friends. Most famously, Vince McMahon performed as a heel for the first time, sending goading promos in to be aired on USWA TV, taunting Lawler and the "redneck" fans. Over the next several years, some WWE names would pop up, but less so than in the hot 1993 run, and USWA would go under in November 1997.
7. Wrestle Association R (1992-95)
The WAR promotion in Japan (which was once known for some reason as Wrestle And Romance) surfaced after SWS' demise, with Tenryu also heading up this endeavour. Through his previous connections with McMahon, Tenryu was able to secure some WWE names for an event in September 1992, including Ric Flair, Undertaker, and Road Warrior Animal. Tenryu would take part in the 1993 Royal Rumble match, and was even slated to work WrestleMania IX as part of a working agreement, though that part fell through.
Tenryu would take part in a WWE tour of Japan in May 1994 alongside WAR regulars Nobukazu Hirai and Masashi Aoyagi, while The 123 Kid and Yokozuna would perform at a WAR card the week before WrestleMania XI in 1995. This was the last real connection between the companies before WAR's closure in 2000.
6. Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1993-95)
It was extraordinarily rare a quarter century ago for WWE to ever acknowledge another wrestling promotion on air, but Smoky Mountain would be an exception. Owner Jim Cornette and his top heel tag team The Heavenly Bodies were brought in to work an angle with The Steiner Brothers, though Cornette feared that people might interpret his WWE appearances as him leaving SMW. So in a rare concession, WWE acknowledged the existence of Smoky Mountain on WWE programming.
Over the next couple of years, there would be more crossover. The likes of The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, and even Randy Savage popped up in Cornette's rasslin' territory, while the likes of Brian Lee (fake Undertaker), Chris Candido (Skip), Tammy Sytch (Sunny), and a handful of others were cherry-picked by McMahon. Smoky Mountain would close up shop in late-1995, after which Cornette would join WWE's front office.
5. ECW (1996-97)
No, not the watered down ECW brand that limped along from 2006 to 2010, but rather the actual Philadelphia-based brand of alternative wrestling. McMahon allowed ECW talents like Paul Heyman, The Sandman, and Taz to stage disruptions at WWE shows in September 1996 as a means of generating buzz, but the following year would see more direct conflict.
Famously, Jerry Lawler insulted the ECW name and tenets on a Raw broadcast in February 1997, which led to an irate Paul Heyman calling into the show to rebut. Soon after, ECW and WWE stars would cross-pollinate, with Heyman's company getting national exposure for which to promote Barely Legal, while WWE turned some heads by putting some of ECW's core rowdiness on their shows (namely Rob Van Dam's brief push as a job-hopping heel). The Lawler/ECW feud continued in August 1997, at which time Tommy Dreamer vanquished Lawler and the WWE way.
4. AAA (1996-97)
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It was Jake Roberts that brought WWE to the table with Antonio Pena's AAA promotion, and both sides needed a boost: WWE wanted desperately to match the excitement of WCW's new-fangled Cruiserweight division, and Pena needed a big connection after Konnan departed months earlier, with a number of AAA talents following him. The plan was to make the 1997 Royal Rumble in San Antonio's Alamodome a joint WWE/AAA production.
In addition to putting some AAA stars in the Rumble match (Pierroth, Cibernetico, Latin Lover, and the iconic Mil Mascaras), AAA ran a few dark matches on the show, as well as a six-man tag on the main card, in which Hector Garza emerged as the standout. The co-promotion limped along after the pay-per-view, with some luchadors appearing on weekend WWE programming until the union was quietly dissolved.
3. Michinoku Pro (1997)
Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Once the AAA deal fizzled out, WWE joined up with a company that had made a major impact on ECW's first pay-per-view, Barely Legal. That show was stolen by a six-man tag featuring Michinoku Pro regulars, namely The Great Sasuke. WWE would bring in the masked daredevil that summer, along with kayfabe nemesis Taka Michinoku, with the two dazzling flyers looking to be the cornerstones of the new Light Heavyweight division.
Sasuke wouldn't be long for the company, as he reportedly bragged to the Japanese press that once he (the presumed winner of the inaugural tournament) would only defend the belt in Japan, and WWE quickly dissolved the agreement, parting ways with Sasuke (a story that Bruce Prichard disputes). WWE retained Taka, making him the first champion, and little else came from the tenuous agreement - save for Undertaker wrestling one of Michinoku Pro's events in October 1997, defeating Hakushi.
2. EVOLVE (2015-present)
Well, that was quite a time snap, wasn't it? Here we were discussing the acrimony between WWE and Great Sasuke, and now we're suddenly up to WWE's partnership with Gabe Sapolsky's prolific indy venture. Kids were born *and* graduated from grade school in the time between the two working relationships, which says a lot about how WWE was truly a standalone entity wrestling-wise in that duration.
A few years ago, WWE and EVOLVE came together, with several EVOLVE talents being featured in articles on WWE.com. The promotion would hold qualifiers for the Cruiserweight Classic in 2016, and it was noted that Triple H and William Regal attended EVOLVE 54 the night before the 2016 Royal Rumble match. The connection is still seen today, with Velveteen Dream appearing at a pair of EVOLVE events in September 2018.
1. PROGRESS (2016-present)
Getting to hang out at the ECW Arena during PROGRESS' US tour this past summer, it really did feel like an NXT UK event, with Pete Dunne, Trent Seven, Tyler Bate, Toni Storm, and a handful of others manning merch tables in the Arena lobby. The roster for the UK brand is packed to the gills with PROGRESS talents, and recent indications from The Wrestling Observer have Jim Smallman and other PROGRESS officials ultimately running the new brand.
PROGRESS, like EVOLVE, had a hand in the early stages of the Cruiserweight Classic by holding qualifiers, and obviously had fingerprints all over the UK Championship Tournament in January 2017. The partnership continues on with the UK brand, as WWE clearly values having their finger on the pulse of the wrestling scene across the Atlantic.
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There are a number of injuries possible in the arms and shoulders, ranging all the way from basic tendinitis and pain to serious issues. These conditions can be caused by long-term overuse or single incidents, but they're often tough to tell apart because there are so many different things that their pain symptoms might be trying to tell us.
An example of this in the shoulder is what's called a SLAP tear – "superior labrum, anterior to posterior." SLAP tears affect the labrum, which is a ring of tissue around your shoulder socket that keeps your arm attached to your shoulder. In the worst cases, the labrum tears fully.
What are some signs of SLAP tears, what are the causes, and how is it treated? Let's take a look.
However, because so many of these symptoms might cause several other conditions, it's usually tough to diagnose SLAP tears based on physical symptoms alone.
Additionally, many people who have SLAP tears will also have other shoulder conditions. If you're diagnosed with a SLAP tear, make sure your doctor also checks for other issues.
Anyone who uses their shoulders often, especially with lots of weight or pressure on them (think weight lifters or baseball pitchers), could be at higher risk of injuries like SLAP tears. People over 40 are generally at higher risk of SLAP tears through long-term wear and tear rather than individual injuries.
Diagnosing SLAP tears is usually more complicated than just noting the symptoms, mainly because so many of the symptoms could also mean other things. Your doctor will usually perform a standard physical exam, including testing your shoulder specifically for pain and movement issues.
As with most wear- or injury-related conditions, the first step to treating SLAP tears is pain reduction and maintenance. Painkillers can be useful, as can ice and heat in the right situations. Your doctor might prescribe you a few basic rehab exercises, or even a brief physical therapy program.
In some situations, though, these remedies alone aren't enough. Some patients require surgery – usually the same arthroscopic surgery used to find the SLAP tear, only this time repairing the problem using the same cameras. How exactly your tear is repaired will depend on how severe it is.
People who do need surgery for SLAP tears are almost always prescribed a specific physical rehabilitation program after they rest the shoulder for at least a few weeks in a sling. The goal of rehab is to get motion back and reduce pain wherever possible. If you're an athlete or someone who uses their shoulder for intense activity regularly, you'll have to talk to your doctor about when you can go back to normal activity.


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Chinese Students Sign 'Suicide Waivers' Before Starting College
Incoming freshmen at a university in China's Guangdong province have been asked to sign a contract waiving the school of any responsibility in the event any of them commit suicide.
An official told China Daily the contract was merely a "dormitory code of conduct" each of the 5,000 freshmen at City College of Dongguan University of Technology endorsed when they registered for school.
The document, officially called the "student management and self discipline agreement," contains language placing the burden of responsibility for any suicides or other injuries squarely on the students. Yet the cold legalese of officials offers little comfort to parents already nervous about leaving their children behind.
"I think this kind of agreement is irresponsible and unfair, and I doubt it's going to have any effect on student behavior," said Ms. Li, a mother whose son just started at the school, in a quote provided by Time. "The school should provide counseling services and other help for students, instead of trying to absolve themselves of responsibility even before anything has happened."
The school is not alone in its pursuit of legal armor. In 2012, Shandong Jianzhu University in Jinan asked its 20,000 students to sign a similar "suicide waiver." The South China Morning Post cited "broken relationships" and "gloomy job prospects" as being among students' primary motives in considering self-harm.
Indeed, a report by The Telegraph zeroed in on Lie Wei, a 21-year-old student who committed suicide in 2009 amid depression and shame over her inability to find a job. "I can't read or write, so I wanted her to go [to college]," her mother, Wang Shuxian, told the paper, adding her daughter had earned a scholarship. "I thought it would change her life. I thought it would mean she wouldn't have to be a farmer."
In China, the impact of a death is compounded by the country's one-child policy, which places greater stress on childless parents in old age.
China Radio International hastens to add that in 2011, of the country's 20 million students, 40 are reported to have committed suicide. Comparatively, China's average suicide rate is around 23 per 100,000 people -- or a jaw-dropping one person every two minutes.
Which is not to say there isn't a problem: 40 percent of Chinese students report having considered suicide, with a Shanghai Education Commission study concluding it was the No. 1 cause of death for students in the city in 2009 and 2010.
Ryan Grenoble
Editor at The Huffington Post
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Van Ling (ur. 1963) - jest producentem i twórcą wydań DVD wielu filmów. Zasłynął m.in. wydaniami takich filmów jak Gwiezdne Wojny, Terminator czy Titanic.

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