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Poland continues to milk Ireland dry.
21 Aug 2009 #1
On reading that financial report released the other day on the grim uncertain economic picture I saw where the Irish government(Fianna Fail) had bought 3.5 million tons of carbon from. Now, it took searching elsewhere but I eventually learned that the cost of this cloud was fifteen million euro. They intend to buy about three times more for about fifty million euro.
There is a prize for whoever guesses who got paid the fifty large. OK the suspense is too much, it was of course, the Polish government. Forget the fact that as a coal burning nation they pollute way more than Ireland that makes no difference. Now, not content with Ireland supporting 50,000 of their citizens with social welfare(204 euro a week), supporting thousands of Polish children who never set foot in Ireland by means of child allowance, and by paying some 8,000 Polish families rent so they can reside in Ireland subsidised by the Irish taxpayer. Now they are siphoning off some 50 million euro more of the taxpayers hard earned cash.
Now, at the time of this generous payment, the government had another brainwave.
The planned national cervical cancer vaccination programme for around 75,000 young girls, due to start next year, has been scrapped by the Health Minister Mary Harney due to Budget cuts.
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Now, heres the bit that takes the biscuit, as some of you may know, Dell left Ireland and relocated to Poland. According to an iol report the Dell move out of Limerick to Lodz in Poland included our generous €50million, €52.7million aid package from the Polish Government. The European Commission will now decide whether that sweetner breaches EU state aid rules.
You couldnt make this shyte up, you really couldnt.
Edit: Heres the link thingy I would have been hounded for.
Put this in Ireland and the UK please mods.
Without doubt, [the summot] ended with our success," said President Lech Kaczyński.
It most certainly did, Lech. It most certainly did. Anyone got the number for the rape crisis centre? The Irish nation has just been ass raped.
Paulie 1 | 43
Dell left Ireland and relocated to Poland.
Don't worry they'll be off to the Ukraine when Polish wages start to become uncompetitive. This is simple economics.
The Irish nation has just been ass raped.
Not for the first time eh?
OP RevokeNice 15 | 1,860
I know that. They employed too many foreigners anyway, still a big loss to Limerick.
Probably not the last time either. The Poles in Poland are taking money from our exchequer, the Poles here are fleecing our social welfare and various other handouts. For christ sake they wanted Polish to be our third official language. What did Ireland do to deserve this plague?
Ajb 6 | 232
Do you do much else than moan?
If you don't like Polish people then maybe this is not the best place to moan about it....
Your government allows it to happen... more fool them
I dont "dislike" them you cretin. I dislike the fact that vast throngs of them settling in my country.
Well thats life is it not? it's not just Ireland.. i'm from England and the town i come from is now full of Polish/Asians at first i was annoyed and then i realized the government will let it happen, regardless to what i think it makes no difference so **** it why moan about it.
JustysiaS 13 | 2,240
government will let it happen, regardless to what i think it makes no difference
exactly. revokenice, you blaming people for trying to make a living for themselves? for trying to earn better money, even living on benefits? it's the system that is wrong, not the people, wherever they're from. they will keep coming untill someone up there does something about it, you can't and it is frustrating that people whose opinion should matter doesn't mean a thing to your government.
southern 75 | 7,102
The goverment is aware of how much money it can collect.Businessmen using cheap labor provide money and government does not give a sh1t about anything else.
But we will hang them.We will cut their ears and noses aka Pol Pot.They will be late to see their faces in the mirror.
revokenice, you blaming people for trying to make a living for themselves?
Read the opening post.
even living on benefits?
Most fooking definitely. Any able bodied person who lives on benefits is a parasite. To sponge off a foreign nation is the lowest of the low, it is beneath contempt. And over 50,000 Poles do so.
they will keep coming untill someone up there does something about it, you can't and it is frustrating that people whose opinion should matter doesn't mean a thing to your government.
Well if the government ignore the will of the people and continue to support mass immigration, which is to the detriment of the Irish working class, something has to give. Paddy's are not a docile race.
it's the system that is wrong
Not really sweety, Ive never claimed even though the system is there...its 'people' that abuse it and thats the problem.
Paddy's are not a docile race.
To be sure to be sure ;0)
I left my last job and start a new one on September 1st. Technically I am unemployed, and could claim 204 euro for this week and the next. Fooking madness if you ask me.
Just out of interest, my polish chums, how long must a foreigner work in Poland before he is able to go on the leech(dole)?
tornado2007 11 | 2,277
i'm from England and the town i come from is now full of Polish/Asians at first i was annoyed and then i realized the government will let it happen, regardless to what i think it makes no difference so **** it why moan about it.
i don't think there is a case for moaning as such, you can speak out though if you think the situation needs to be looked at, we have a poor immigration policy and i think you and i both know it :) It does need to be looked at and sorted out sooner rather than later.
you blaming people for trying to make a living for themselves?
I don't think anybody would do that, as far as i'm concerned the people who come here are not doing it to cause us (in my case, the British) a problem, they are just doing it to try and better their lives, for themselves and maybe those in their homeland too.
that is wrong, kick the bunch of spounges out!!!! I don't mind people coming here legally and wanting to EARN/make a better living for themselves, however just coming here to spounge of the state is wrong and should not be allowed. Do you think that is right??
agreed, so peope should be allowed to speak out against the poor immigration policy and the consiquences of it. That may include the mentioning of a few Poles, Pakistanis, West Indians etc etc but so what, people are just trying to make a point and justify it by using examples.
That does not mean people cannot have their say though, if everybody stays quite, that plays straight into the hands of the government. They will say, nobody has made it an issue, so why should we give it time??
Not really sweety, Ive never claimed even though the system is there...its 'people' that abuse it and thats the problem
exactly, if your the type of person who wants to work hard to better themselves, you will not 'use' the system unless its your last resort. There are those however who choose the 'last resort' as a 'first resort' its wrong!!
Its hardly worth filling out the paperwork for an Irish or British person, its works out at about £25 per week.
Some of us have different attitudes, for me there is shamed attached to claiming benefits and would rather clean floors then do it.
Probably not, I was just wondering how long a foreigner has to work there before he qualifies for welfare. They get 204 euro after two years here, or half of that for under 18 months. Madness!! Thats nearly the minimum wage in the UK.
And still, Paddy scratches his ginger mallet and wonders why hes broke!
Now, in saying that I have no problem with somebody who has bills to pay, mortgage repayments etc, claiming welfare. It is a safety net, but its is being used as a fishing net.
well i do realise one has to be a total scumbag for coming to a foreign country just to sponge off the state BUT if it wasn't so goddamn easy to do in UK people wouldn't be doing it! try that in Poland, to be eligible for the unemployment benefits you gotta have a good few years of work experience behind you, and when you do get them, surviving on what they give you is virtually impossible. that is why some action should be taken to sort through the people who come here and monitor whether they get employed or not, anything to make sure the taxpayers are not supporting immigrants who never intended to take on a job. same with people who come here a few years before retiring, they work for a bit and get a pension and free bus pass, at least that's what i heard. the system is so very wrong, this should not be allowed. i lived and worked here for nearly 5 years and it p*sses me off that some illegal 'asylum seekers' or even my fellow Poles get money for doing nothing, and make everyone hate foreigners in the progress. that is why people like that should be swiftly removed, i'm happy for them to use my tax money to fly them back to wherever they came from, and feck their human rights! why is it that this government get softer on people who don't even belong here, and tougher on perfectly decent, employed citizens/residents? it absolutely beggars belief. can't do anything to the big guys at the top, so the immigrants will have to pay for that sooner or later, even if they're genuinely making a living and paying taxes. gonna have some sort of a civil war here if things don't change.
well i do realise one has to be a total scumbag for coming to a foreign country just to sponge off the state BUT if it wasn't so goddamn easy to do in UK people wouldn't be doing it
I know where you are coming from, but does this give people the right to sponge? The sytem was set up to help the needy, if we make it difficult for people to claim, then those that need it may fall through the net.
lived and worked here for nearly 5 years and it p*sses me off that some illegal 'asylum seekers' or even my fellow Poles get money for doing nothing, and make everyone hate foreigners in the progress. that is why people like that should be swiftly removed, i'm happy for them to use my tax money to fly them back to wherever they came from, and feck their human rights!
Justysia for PM!
aye!!! lol
I know where you are coming from, but does this give people the right to sponge?
no, but it gives them the opportunity. as we say in Poland, okazja czyni złodzieja (opportunity creates a thief)
McCoy 27 | 1,282
damn Irish. theres 80 million of them and only around 5 mil. in the country. they suck the world dry.
SeanBM 35 | 5,809
We are taking over the world, using Irish bars as a front ;o
Irish ancestry, they claim Irish ancestry you imbecile. There are only five million Irish CITIZENS breathing today. Not eighty million you donkey. You do know the difference, right?
Anyway, we should have used our diaspora for any of our labour hortages, not slavs and third worlders who care not a jot about the Irish nation and who view it as an ATM.
Enjoy the 50 million you raped from the Irish nation, Poland!
One good thing about this free movement of labour lark, is that the Irish nation is free of SeanBM. Hopefully forever. He is a disgrace to every Irish person who has ever lived and those yet to be born. I highly suspect he was forced to leave Ireland by his own community.
im doing it right now with a beer my first world friend
That works out as this, each and every Irish citizen giving away a tenner to Poland. When you take into account, the welfare benefits Poles get in Ireland etc etc it probably works out at 100 euro per Irish citizen, ranging from babies to pensioners to subsidise this plague. Foooking madness.
At least when the Brits where ass raping us they where honest about it.
I didn't know you cared.
How were you ass raped by a Brit? hahaha
the Irish government(Fianna Fail) had bought 3.5 million tons of carbon from.,,,bla bla Poland
You are such a baby.
are you encouraging me to honestly rape you in the ass? wheres your catholic irish morality?
oh come on, we don't wanna hear about his sex life do we? DO WE??
It seems to be coming out whether we like it or not, or perhaps they are just his fantasies?.
Says it all. Says it all Seany boy. You are a traitor.
Mister H 10 | 759
RevokeNice
Can I just ask you what, if anything, you are actually doing to get your views known by someone that can actually instigate change ?
Posting on here will not get you far. Some will agree with you and some won't, but regardless of however many agree, nothing will change.
Have you ever written to any of your elected representatives ? ok, it probably won't make a lot of difference, but you should still make the effort.
I've read a fair few of your posts now and, for the most part, I agree with what you're saying and much of what you said could have been written by me about immigration into Britain.
The lack of a managed immigration policy (both EU and non-EU and I think that they should both be vastly improved and both have some very stringent rules) is taking the UK to the brink.
Immigration will be the elephant in the room at the next election.
I am here to get an opposing view. I could post on an Irish forum, but I would be preaching to the choir in the vatican!
Yes, I have also had letters printed in the newspapers.
Isnt it always, granted now more so than ever. Recessions and unemployment are like kryptonite to mass immigration.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,649
Hmm. So you admit it.
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My husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease about 8 to 9 years ago. In the beginning he could do all his chores (bathing, etc.) on his own. But now he needs constant help and lately he has suffered repeated falls while getting up from a chair, while turning, bending. My questions: Are these falls due to the disease itself or due to side effects of the medication? His dosage was adjusted but even that has not helped much. The neurologist is now of the view that my husband is actually suffering from a condition called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Is this an advanced stage of Parkinson disease? Almost all his falls have caused head wounds, esp on the skull cap and the brow. Could the cumululative effect of these falls result in any other type of brain problems? His speech has become so muffled and indistinctive that even when I'm sitting right next to him, it's difficult to hear or understand him. Please clarify and also provide a solution for his falls.
arkinson's disease affects the motor functions. As the disease progresses many patients tend to lose postural balance to a sizeable degree. There is however a variety of the same group of diseases called Parkinson plus syndrome or PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) where falls are a prominent feature. Unfortunately this subgroup generally doesn't respond to drugs. The only solution for managing these patients is to provide adequate attention and care so that the falls are limited. Attending a Parkinson's Support Group meeting would be a good idea to start with. There you'll learn more about the kind of care your husband needs, like physical therapy, speech therapy, etc. Some patients with Parkinson's disease do go on to develop dementia, and this is not in any way related to the falls they experience. The disease itself can bring about changes in the brain that affect mental functions. So apart from poor motor function, the patient may experience memory loss, hallucinations and so on.


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60. Two balls mass m1 = 3 kg and m2 = 2 kg suspended on strings length l = 1 m. Initially, the balls come into contact with each other, then the greater the ball to deviate from its equilibrium position by an angle α = 60 ° and released. Assuming an elastic blow, determine the velocity of the second ball after the impact.


The project retained the Tower's architectural significance while updating components and preserving its original structure to ensure continued prominence on the Dartmouth campus.
The building contains classrooms, art galleries, a film screening room, production studios and administrative offices.
The facility supports teaching and research, with advanced classrooms, teaching laboratories, faculty research laboratories, and offices for the Department of Biology.
The Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, newly finished in October, 2017, hosts First-Year Trips and serves as home base for outdoor enthusiasts and and many other visitors.
Morton Hall was completely renovated after an October 1, 2016 early morning fire significantly damaged the building.
The West End Master Plan "forges stronger physical and programmatic connections between the West End and the surrounding campus."


You have already provided the service or sold your product to a customer of yours. The next step must be your receiving their payment. The payment deadline for the invoice has already passed. After not hearing anything from your customer, you then made the decision that you better get in touch with them via phone. The customer then tells you that you are paying them for the week. Even so, a month has passed and still, the customer did not give you any of his or her payment as discussed. Having this kind of customers will never do your business any good; below are some points to consider as recommended by the Merrick Ventures Board of Directors to avoid making business with these customers.
According to the Merrick Ventures Board of Directors, you must be sure to choose the customers to get for your business wisely. Before any customer will order some services or goods from you, you must first find out what kind of person you will be potentially doing business with. Never make deals with customers that give a demeanor of being vague, uncompromising, and demanding. When you get that feeling that this particular person is no one you want to have to deal with in terms of your payment conditions, then you better not strike a deal with them. When this is your first time doing business, you might not find it very easy to be declining any deal with any customer that comes your way. You will most likely come to the point of wondering where you will be able to find more customers for your company when this kind of person is the first to approach you. Even if this can be all too tempting to disregard, you know sooner or later that dealing with this kind of customers will just get your business nowhere as per studies done by Merrick Ventures.
What you can learn from the Merrick Ventures Board of Directors will be that it will be better on your part to be getting your payments upfront. You can see that this is the most practical tip to ever be given to your business in one way or another. And yet, up until now, omitting this rule seems to be very common among a lot of companies big or small. According to Merrick Ventures, the most common reasons for this include the preference of the business as well as the fear of not getting enough customers to buy from them. However, it is better that you get paid before you render your service or send your product to not have to face any hassle in collecting their payment and saving your time. The method of cash on delivery, on the other hand, works well for your company and the customer if you are providing your services or products online.


In the past, books covering the topic of beauty fell into two categories: tutorial-come-guides, which truthfully are all but obsolete due to YouTube; then there's the lengthy - and often stuffy - history of cosmetics type novels - great if that is your calling, dull otherwise. However recently there has been a revival of beauty books, most of which offer a different insight and slant on the ever booming category and industry and with the colder seasons on the horizon, now may be a good time to get reacquainted with your local bookstore...or y'know make the most of your Amazon prime account.
If ever you have struggled describing fragrances, or simply want to increase your general knowledge of over 400 existing perfume, cologne and Eau de Toilettes, this is the book for you. This is a detailed yet non-frills guide that breaks down all the elements and categories of fragrance (the authors can be a tad scathing, particularly towards celebrity fragrances which can be amusing). A must read for any collector and beauty blogger for that matter; the only downside is it may make you reconsider any current or future scented purchases. You can find Perfumes The A-Z Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez via Amazon for £10.55 - link.
Think of this as the print version of the Into the Gloss, Top Shelf series. A beautifully composed book that details the top beauty products (some of which are truly surprising) of many well known women in the media. You will read this in one sitting and you will come away with a wish list as long as your arm. I'm currently living in hope that a follow up edition is in the works and that it is a case of sooner rather than later. You can find Skin Deep by Bee Shapiro via Amazon for £16.88 - link.
Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colour, creeds and of course ages, this coffee-table book celebrates just that with 500 utterly breathtaking portraits from all over the world. The great thing about The Atlas of Beauty is that most of the portraits are a, of regular people and b, there is a small biography to correspond with each image so you can learn a little about each subject. In a word - inspiring. Find it again on Amazon for £16.32 - link.
I realise that I've pretty much shown my distain for historical books in regards to the topic of beauty but I promise this one is in a league of its own. Perfume A Century of Scents is a charming yet educational breakdown of the most iconic fragrances of the last century, free from snobbery and never patronising. Yes it is a fairly lengthy read but it is one of those great - and rare - books that you can easily dip in and out of. If your vanity is littered with bottle of fragrance, this should be next on your to read list - you owe it to yourself. You can track it down via Amazon for £12.04 - link.
In true blogger cliche fashion, I'm going to recommend that you snuggle up with a scented candle whilst flicking through the pages of any of the above - pumpkin spice latte optional of course.


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Why am I Stressed at Christmas? | CLIMBING THE MOUNTAINS…….
Why am I Stressed at Christmas?
Big preparations are taking place right now because it is the time of year for celebrations. Parties are in progress everywhere. The Big Office Christmas Bash, small intimate gatherings among close friends. Almost every social or business related group that one is a part of plans some sort of Christmas celebration.
So much shopping. Retail parking lots are full. For those who do not like to walk a lot or wait a lot, it is not a fun time.
Personally, I love to go into a place of business and see the Christmas decorations, hear the Christmas music and see the people rustling, bustling, colorfully clothed, carrying multiple packages. It is contagious, that part of the Christmas spirit.
Taken Aback, or Overwhelmed by Expectations?
The activity can very quickly become very overwhelming. We will feel taken aback and that is when stress will try to set in. Things would especially get overwhelming for me when I had small children running around with lots of dreams of Santa Claus coming. They would watch the Christmas specials on TV and listen to their friends. They would compare with one another what they were going to get up on Christmas morning and find under the tree or in a stack in the living room just for their personal pleasure.
I would overhear so many desires coming from the mouths of my children and at times I was barely able to afford to buy all of the groceries that were needed to feed them. It was then, that I would become concerned about how there were going to be any presents for anyone. The concern would become worry, worry would become stress, stress would become depression.
The children with all of that hope in their eyes. Their ideas of what would make them so happy. A mother who knew that the hopes may not be satisfied with the brand new toys or gifts that they were hoping for.
So many years ago. I was a brand new Christian, then. I thought I had to be Super Woman and provide it all. I wasn't able to provide it all, though. Not even close to all of it. Sometimes, not even a small fraction of it all.
Many of the expectations that we take on ourselves at this time of year are false. They are expectations that God does not place on us. The world places them on us through media. People who don't really know Jesus take them on and place them on us and we take those expectations on ourselves as our own as if they are a heavy cloak that we are destined to wear.
We don't have to take them on. God's expectations are so simple.
He provides what He knows that we need.
I have not researched the history, but I know that the date is not mentioned in the Bible. All I know is that somewhere down the line, someone decided to celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25 of every year. The world took on that celebration date and now it is a worldwide practice. This is a good thing. No matter how the world is trying to deny Jesus more and more, there is still a day that is set aside for the celebration of His birthday.
There are many practices that have become attached to this same day. Some Godly and some not.
We can still dedicate December 25th to the celebration of Jesus' birthday. We only need to take on the practices that we are peaceful about taking on. There are no guidelines set up telling us the right or wrong way to celebrate. I recently read a story of a real family with 6 children who decided to dedicate their gift giving to overseas missions. They never have gifts under the tree, but their hearts are full. They get excited and the whole family participates in the selection of what to send overseas. They have done this for many years.
God's seed in her womb and the Angel Gabriel (Messenger of God) visiting her betrothed and letting him know that everything was not as it seemed in the eyes of the world but that it was ok. Then, after a time, Mary labored with the pains of childbirth and the Godchild was born in a little barn surrounded by the odor of cow dung because "there was no room at the inn".
I don't think that after giving birth, Mary was sitting up beside the manger all prim and proper and perfectly clothed like the world depicts. I've given birth to 4 children myself and have experienced what goes on after childbirth. However, the scripture tells us that the Godchild was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger and that Angels came to visit and sang heavenly songs over Him.
No, do not be disheartened if you cannot shower all of the luxuries of this world on your children this year. If stress and depression are trying to creep into your heart, don't allow them to take up residence. Ask God to give you joy and show you the hope of Christmas and the joy that He wants you to share with your family. He will provide you with everything that you personally need for your day.
God's world is upside down when we compare it to the condition of the world as it is, today. Personally, I love God's upside down world.
Love to you and be blessed.
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I saw this picture come to life on the news fro black friday…that's the scary part!
Funny! I don't do Black Friday!
Me neither! For that very reason!
See what God really thinks about Christmas, if you care what God thinks that is….
Thank you for this precious post. I laughed at the picture, so comical. But the reality sometimes. I fight for a stressfree Christmas. So we can cherish the wonderful gift God gave to us: His son, our Saviour. Big hug!
That picture is funny isn't it? And fight we do for what we want. Bless you Jedidja, Big hug to you, too.


Uzbekistan generally lies between the two largest rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya. These two roughly parallel rivers both have their headwaters in the mountains east of Uzbekistan and follow northwesterly courses toward the Aral Sea, a saltwater lake straddling the border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Since the early 1960s the Aral Sea has shrunk to less than half its former size, and dry land has separated the remaining water into two main lakes. Uzbekistan's largest river is the Amu Darya. This river is formed by the confluence of the Panj and Vakhsh rivers on the extreme southwestern border of Tajikistan, near the southeastern tip of Uzbekistan. The Amu Darya traverses a course generally parallel to, and at times part of, Uzbekistan's southern borders with Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, then turns due north through Uzbekistan's Qoraqalpogh Autonomous Republic toward the southern section of the Aral Sea. The Syr Darya is formed in the fertile Fergana (Farghona) Valley by the convergence of two rivers flowing from the east, the Naryn and Qoradaryo. The Syr Darya then flows westward through this valley and northern Tajikistan, turns north to cut through Uzbekistan, and enters Kazakhstan, eventually reaching the northern section of the Aral Sea.
Another important river is the Zeravshan, which flows westward from the mountains of Tajikistan through east central Uzbekistan. Before it began to be tapped for irrigation, the Zeravshan was the Amu Darya's largest tributary; now it dissipates in the Qyzylqum desert near the city of Bukhoro (Bukhara). Uzbekistan has thousands of small streams that expire in the desert, many having been emptied by irrigation.
Extensive canal systems, such as the Amu-Bukhoro canal and many others built during the Soviet period, have greatly altered water-flow patterns. Artificial lakes and reservoirs have been created, many of which are fed by irrigation runoff. The largest freshwater lake is Lake Aydarkul, in northeastern Uzbekistan.


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Understanding Rank in Leadership Teams by Michael Warden, CPCC
May 28th, 2009 | By Michael Warden | Category: Coaching Ministry Leaders
I was enjoying a meal with a lead pastor of large church a few weeks ago. He is a brilliant man who leads a large team of great people. We were discussing a particularly entrenched dynamic on his team that he didn't understand and didn't like. It seemed every time he wanted the team to wrestle with a difficult challenge their organization was facing, the team would start haltingly poking around for the "right answer"–the solution that the team believed their leader had already thought of. To them, it wasn't a discussion so much as a test to see if they could or would come up with the same answer the leader had already decided on.
Only, this really wasn't the leader's intent. He really did want them to wrestle together to find solutions to creative challenges, and he really didn't already have an answer in mind. But no matter how often he would say that, the team didn't seem to believe him. They would keep trying to uncover the "right answer" as he saw it rather than offering their own unvarnished opinions and ideas. All of this was doubly frustrating because this happened to be a team full of creative geniuses!
So what was really going on here?
It's hard to unravel dynamics like this without first understanding the notion of "rank" on a team. Rank is a way of describing a person's level of authority on the team within a particular arena. Every member of a team has some form of rank. The kind of rank we're most familiar with is positional rank. My friend in this story, for example, is the boss over everyone on his team. So he has the highest positional rank.
But there are many other kinds of rank that exist on a team (or in a relationship), and these often carry more weight than positional rank. For example:
intellectual rank (who's the one that the team holds as the smartest among them?),
emotional rank (which team member's emotional state matters most to the team?),
spiritual rank (who is seen as the wisest spiritually?),
social rank (who is the one who holds the group together as a relational community?)
There are as many types of rank as there are arenas of authority. Having a particular kind of rank in a team is not the same thing as playing a particular role; in fact, sometimes there can seem to be little connection between a person's rank and their role on the team. The person taking the notes (a role) may be the one with the greatest emotional rank on the team (i.e. when he's happy, everyone's happy; when he's upset, the group stops everything to "make it better" for him). Or the person with the lowest paid job may have the highest social rank (i.e. she's the one who has the power to either include or exclude anyone on the team from the social community within the team or the organization).
So back to my pastor friend. His problem was that he was carrying too much rank in too many arenas within the team, and that was effectively shutting down the team's capacity to function creatively. Besides having positional rank on the team, he also had the highest intellectual rank, and the highest emotional rank. He was the boss. He was seen as smarter than anyone else in the room. And everyone on the team was bent on keeping him emotionally happy. No wonder the team couldn't have open creative discussions!
Now that the pastor knows about his rank (most people are unaware of the rank they hold within a team), he is able to consciously "give it away" it to others on the team. For example, he's shifting the organizational structure so that others on the team have more positional authority. He's also begun to consciously defer to the team's collective intelligence in many key decisions as a way of transferring his own intellectual rank to others on the team. Finally, he's learning to better manage his emotions to avoid inadvertently hijacking the team's creative process when he feels frustrated or sad.
What about your team (or teams)? What rank do you hold on the team?
Tags: Leadership, Teams and Teambuilding
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Who doesn't want a skin care routine that is absolutely harmless, cruelty free and au naturale? The least any individual would want is their CTM products to be full of harmful chemicals or unsafe ingredients. Thanks to our faster than a bullet train lifestyle, our skin goes through a lot of trouble already. Add to that the dust, pollution, UV rays and above all, the invisible chemical particles cause a lot of harm to our skin, some of which just goes unnoticed. Maybe that's why, many people are now taking shelter in the nature's lap and trying to find products which are similar to the skin remedies and concoctions mixed up in their grandma's kitchen.
My recent visit to The Nature's Co branch at Palladium reminded me of just that. Enter the store and you are engulfed in the aroma of Eco - friendly, vegan body, hair and face products. But do the products stand by their promise and deliver a good result?
The store manager welcomed me with a warm smile, as she juggled between attending to several customers and showing me around. I asked her to continue, as the demand for products from these customers kept going up by the minute. Some items were out of stock, thanks to the heavy demand. "Our products contain natural ingredients that are against animal cruelty. We follow the vegan philosophy and each product here is made of up of one unique vegetable, fruit or element," the manager told me.
True to her spoken words, each product did have unique ingredients. I mean, where else would you find a Garlic Anti - Acne cream or a Coffee face scrub that smells divine? The products here are divided into 5 types: Atmospure (Inspired by pure air - soothing, calming items), Starrize (Inspired by the sun - providing nourishment), Foressence (Inspired by the forest - veggies, fruits, leaves among others), Earthborne (Inspired by the earth - nurturing properties found in soil, minerals among others) and Aquaspark (Inspired by oceans and rivers - replenishes and reinvigorates). While most products are all skin types, a few are treatment products for specific skin or hair problems.
I tried out a few products, but the experience isn't complete till you feel the products and see the difference for yourself. To enhance the 'product testing' experience, The Nature's Co offers a complimentary spa service, where you can try out the product/s of your choice, in a dedicated spa area. I loved the concept, since trying out a few testers isn't always the best way to judge a product. I zeroed in on a few items, which included a fuller's mask and got ready for the service, which I must say was a great one. After a good 20 minutes, I came out feeling fresh and my face felt hydrated and really supple. Moreover, the effect of the mask and subsequently applied moisturizer stayed on for several hours.
The store manager also suggested a few products according to my skin and hair type after a quick consultation and check. This service is offered to every customer, while the spa service to open to all those who buy products worth Rs 1000 and above (in case you don't have the time to enjoy the service on the same day, you will be issued a coupon which is valid for three months). They also have the Eco-barrel, where you can drop empty product containers and get discounts. Cool, right?
Verdict: My experience at The Nature's Co was wonderful. I also picked up a few products and so far, the experience has been good. Your best bet here are the amazing body scrubs, face masks, massage oils, body lotions and ayurvedic eye masks.


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[Blu-Ray Review] Good Boys: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Universal
'Good Boys' is a crude, vulgar and occasionally somewhat heartwarming tale of friendship and the struggles of being a kid, especially in today's age. It's consistently fun and often quite hilarious, although certainly not perfect either.
Good Boys (2019) [Blu-Ray]
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon
Film Rating: 6/10
After being invited to his first kissing party, 12-year-old Max (Jacob Tremblay; Room) is panicking because he doesn't know how to kiss. Eager for some pointers, Max and his best friends Thor (Brady Noon, HBO's Boardwalk Empire) and Lucas (Keith L. Williams, Fox's The Last Man On Earth) decide to use Max's dad's drone – which Max is forbidden to touch – to spy on a teenage couple making out next door. But when things go ridiculously wrong, the drone is destroyed. Desperate to replace it before Max's dad (Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth) gets home, the boys skip school and set off on an odyssey of epically bad decisions involving some accidentally stolen drugs, frat-house paintball, and running from both the cops and two terrifying teenage girls (Molly Gordon; Life of the Party and Midori Francis; Ocean's Eight).
'Good Boys' accompanies pre-teen best friends Max (Tremblay), Lucas (Williams) and Thor (Noon) who after being invited to their first "kissing party" realize they have no clue what they're doing and in their panic seek out answers in any way possible. But when googling questionable things and trying to spy on their teenage neighbor only lead them into one problematic scenario after another including a conflict with a pair of troublemaking teenage girls, this trio of best friends find themselves trying to fix their mistakes which only become more numerous along the way, desperate to find answers to their questions while also working to make sure they don't end up grounded for the party.
Directed by Gene Stupnitsky (TV's The Office US) from a screenplay that he additionally co-wrote with Lee Eisenberg (TV's Hello Ladies), Stupnitsky does a highly capable job at the helm of 'Good Boys' which also marks his feature length directorial debut, always smoothly guiding along the crude and humorous fun. The film features a cast comprised of some less recognizable faces and a few familiar ones and includes Jacob Tremblay (Wonder), Keith L. Williams (TV's The Last Man on Earth), Brady Noon (TV's Boardwalk Empire), Molly Gordon (Booksmart), Midori Francis (Ocean's Eight), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), Retta (TV's Good Girls), Will Forte (Keanu) and more, with some offering more capable performances than others in each of their respective roles.
'Good Boys' is a crude, vulgar and occasionally somewhat heartwarming tale of friendship and the struggles of being a kid, especially in today's age. It's consistently fun and often quite hilarious, although certainly not perfect either. An undeniably clever idea in its own right to take such young characters (and those generally unable to attend an R rated motion picture themselves at that) and craft a raunchy and foul-mouthed comedy out of the concept. Regardless of what some may believe, this is how many young boys tend to talk when learning so many new (and taboo) words while simultaneously starting to get an idea of the bigger world and everything about life therein. The formula itself is definitely sound and it certainly manages to result in plenty of hilarious moments and relatable scenarios, although it occasionally gets a bit repetitive or overly goofy, often relying more on the shock value than the plot to move things along, although it does manage to exude a surprising amount of heart at times as well. If the trailer caught your attention and you'd been looking forward to 'Good Boys' yet missed it during its theatrical run, I would suggest going ahead and giving it a shot whenever possible. It's a fairly hilarious and at times quite clever comedy with a smart premise that may not hit all of the right marks, but still manages to hit more than enough of them to make it a thoroughly enjoyable and humorous ride worth taking.
Overall, 'Good Boys' is a consistently entertaining and frequently hilarious raunchy comedy that has a few problems but altogether still manages to provide enough fun and laughs to make it worthwhile. It may have its issues and is by no means a perfect film, yet I would still recommend 'Good Boys' to those of you that are already excited for the film, along with anyone who tends to enjoy similar raunchy comedy movies in general; you should certainly find yourself thoroughly amused for its duration. If nothing else it should be worth ninety minutes of your time and the cost of a rental one evening when you just want to relax and laugh along with a fairly simple and entertaining comedy that doesn't require a great deal of brainpower to keep up with.
The Blu-ray release of 'Good Boys' features a full 1080p High Definition presentation utilizing the film's original 2.39:1 Cinemascope Aspect Ratio. The video presentation looks great as a whole and delivers a clean, sharp and brightly colored presentation from start to finish, with no real problems or issues to be found throughout. It holds up smoothly even during the few darkly lit, fast moving and heavily populated moments, always making certain that anything occurring onscreen remains sharp, clean and fully discernible. Overall, this is a solid high definition video presentation that looks consistently clean and great and should easily please both fans and first time viewers.
The Blu-ray release features a 5.1 channel DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. This multichannel soundtrack provides a smooth, crisp and frequently active audio presentation throughout. It repeatedly takes advantage of all five available channels in order to send some vehicle activity, music, nature elements and bits of dialogue along with more throughout the various speakers whenever fitting, and never allowing any dialogue or other audio elements that might be occurring simultaneously to become distorted or rendered inaudible along the way. Overall, this is a great 5.1 DTS-HD MA soundtrack that more than delivers in every way required and shouldn't disappoint.
The Blu-ray release of 'Good Boys' includes a number of enjoyable extras. Included on the release is an 'Audio Commentary with Director/Co-Writer Gene Stupnitsky and Producer/Co-Writer Lee Eisenberg', in addition to an 'Alternate Ending' (running two minutes in length), various 'Deleted and Extended Scenes' from the movie (running approximately 10 minutes altogether) and a 'Gag Reel' (approximately 2 minutes). We are also treated to a collection of short Behind the Scenes Featurettes that feature interviews/comments with the cast and crew and behind the scenes footage. The included Featurettes are: 'Boys For Real' (running approximately 3 minutes), 'Welcome to Vancouver' (approximately 1 minute), 'A Fine Line' (3 minutes), 'Ask Your Parents' (2 minutes), 'Bad Girls' (2 minutes) and 'Guest Stars' (2 minutes).
'Good Boys' is Now Available to Own on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP) will launch their fourth new construction project in just twelve months on Wednesday, December 7th.
The Westfall Community Reconstruction Project will include rebuilding 90 multi-family homes with energy efficient appliances, new HVAC systems including refrigerated air, landscaping that advocates water conservation, among other interior and exterior improvements bringing in an investment of $18.3 Million to this east side neighborhood.
This reconstruction project marks HACEP's fourth new construction project since launching into the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program – a national effort to revitalize public housing across the nation set forth by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
HACEP recently began the new construction of Sherman Plaza-North in south-central El Paso, and is nearing the completion of the Krupp Community in east El Paso and Tays South Community in the historic Chamizal neighborhood.
HACEP currently has 17 communities under construction city-wide, nearly half of its public housing portfolio, and a total of 2 communities officially complete.
In 2014, HACEP became the largest public housing agency in the country to activate a portfolio-wide revitalization effort.
By 2020, HACEP will have revitalized nearly 6,000 affordable homes across the Sun City – an effort unmatched by any other PHA in the United States.
Click HERE for more info on HACEP's revitalization effort.


On November 15, the Design Museum London will open the first retrospective for fashion designer Paul Smith, who is even helping to curate the show himself. Celebrating his career to date, it will chart his history, from his first store opening in Nottingham. It will be evocative of his quirky style, including his love of cycling and a re-creation of his office, complete with the books and objects he looks to for inspiration.
Brooklyn-based knitwear designer Annie Larson's line of sweaters and hats are wearable works of art – a blend of 80s colors, crazy patterns, and well-crafted, hand-linked construction. Larson weaves incredible geometric patterns in bright oranges and blues, pinks and greens (like the striped and checkerboard sleeves here). All her creations are fun and fantastical, sure to break you out of grey winter doldrums.
Many of us now keep tabs on where our food comes from – but what about clothing and other goods? Ethica is a new online retailer working to make it easier and more transparent where clothing comes from, and how it gets to your closet. They sell wares from socially and environmentally responsible sources, dividing each product into five ethical qualities – Sustainable; Made in the US; Trade Not Aid; Handcrafted; and Vegan. Everything they sell fits into at least one of these categories, making it a good buy on all fronts.
Opening in November at the Metropolitan Museum, "Jewels by JAR" will be the museum's first exhibition of a contemporary gem artist, Joel A. Rosenthal, who lives and works in Paris. The retrospective will include JAR's classical flower shapes, objects d'art and organic forms studded with impeccable diamonds, citrines, tourmalines, garnets and more. A sparkly treat, open November 20 through March 9.
Fashion designer Mary Katrantzou creates clothes we want to escape into visually. She has always had an eye for overabundant combinations of patterns, and her Resort 14 collection is no different. Using photographic imagery of luscious fields of flowers, and repeating patterns constructed from colorful buildings, she creates magical postcards with each piece.
Industry of One is a lovely new site profiling various interesting and stylish people whose work seamlessly melds with their way of life. Rich photographs, engaging writing, and interesting interviews give a glimpse into the worlds of: Jack, the proprietor of Jack's Coffee in the West Village; fashion designer Brandon Sun; and florist Amy Merrick, to name a few.
Swedish designer Johanna Törnqvist works with an unexpected material to make her dresses, tops and jewelry – trash. In an effort to make excess consumption more visible, she meticulously crafts beautifully executed wares from plastic wrappers, bags, and string. She pleats and stitches the unconventional materials, making colorful and precise creations that are surprising in their fit and shapes.


The Baltic Sea Index plummeted more than 40% in half a month. What happened to global trade?
The Baltic Dry Bulk Index, which shows the prosperity of the shipping market, has been declining continuously recently. As a leading indicator of the global economy, what does this mean?
The prosperity of the shipping market is closely related to the fluctuation of the world economy. Recently, the Baltic Dry Bulk Index, an important economic indicator of the shipping industry, has seen a unilateral and rapid decline, implying a slowing trend in global economic activities and a continuous deterioration in the trading environment.
The World Trade Organization ( WTO ) lowered its forecast for global trade growth in October last year, expecting the growth rate of global merchandise trade to slow to 3.7% in 2019 ( the previous value was 4% ). Koopman, chief economist of WTO, said that the real risk at present is whether the policy uncertainty caused by trade friction will spread to investment and consumer behavior.
Dry bulk commodities are often regarded as leading economic indicators because they often play an important role in core industrial fields such as steelmaking and power generation. Goods such as grain, iron ore and coal, which are generally handled and transported in bulk, are used as primary raw materials, and they are often transported across the sea by ships.
The Baltic Dry Index reflects the changes in spot freight rates of several major routes in the world. Capesize ( Cape Type, Cape of Good Hope Type ), Panamax ( Panama Type ) and Supramax ( Flexible Type ) account for 40%, 30% and 30% respectively. Capesize ships carry more than 100,000 tons, mainly for long-distance transportation of industrial materials such as iron ore and coal. Panamanian ships carry 60,000 to 80,000 tons, mainly for transportation of grain and sugar, and flexible ships carry 50,000 to 60,000 tons, mainly for transportation of phosphate fertilizer, potassium carbonate, cement and other products.
From January 18 to February 5, the Baltic Dry Index fell for 13 consecutive days, with an interval drop of nearly 42%. Compared with a four-year high of 1747 in July last year, the cumulative decline was nearly 60%, a two-year low. According to the data of the domestic shipping big data provider billion aquamarines, since the middle of 2018, the major dry bulk cargo speed in the world has also continued to decline. Generally speaking, when the market is booming, ships are sailing at a higher speed, shipowners tend to run faster and faster, and the market is weaker. Considering the cost, shipowners tend to control the speed of ships, and the speed continues to decline, indicating that the overall market is weakening.
The last financial product with a similar extreme trend was crude oil in the fourth quarter of last year, which was also a worry caused by the global economic slowdown. However, OPEC can stabilize oil prices through measures such as production reduction, while international shipping companies can only wait patiently for economic recovery. Another important indicator, the Harper Peterson Index, which measures the trend of global container freight rates, has also dropped 30% in six months.
The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) lowered its forecast for world economic growth on January 21, causing widespread concern. In its latest Global Economic Outlook report, the IMF lowered its global economic growth forecast for 2019 and 2020 by 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points to 3.5% and 3.6%, respectively. Tight financing environment, trade uncertainty, Britain's " hard Brexit" and other risks are all considered by the IMF as triggering factors for the economic downturn. This is also the second time in three months that the IMF has revised its global economic growth forecast.
The global economy is facing great downward pressure.
It should also be pointed out that manufacturing PMI index and industrial output are two important factors that affect the global shipping market. Since the second half of 2018, the two indicators of major economies in the world except the United States are worrying.
Among them, Europe's manufacturing PMI index in January continued the doldrums at the end of last year. The eurozone manufacturing PMI in January reached an initial value of 50.5, the lowest since November 2014, with the new orders index declining for the fourth consecutive month, with factory production slowing down and corporate demand falling for the first time in more than four years. German manufacturing PMI, the economic locomotive, reported a final value of 49.7 in January, the first time in four years that it fell below the boom-bust line. Among them, the new orders index continued to deteriorate and the growth of employment slowed to its lowest level since December 2016. Italy's manufacturing PMI index reported 47.8 in January, down 1.5 from the initial value, a new low since May 2013, while France's manufacturing PMI final value reported 51.2 in January, in line with market expectations.
U.S. and Japan have mixed feelings. The final value of Markit manufacturing PMI in January in the United States was 54.9. The growth rate of new orders rebounded and business confidence improved slightly, reflecting the stronger resilience of the U.S. economy. It is worth mentioning that the Markit manufacturing PMI index in December last year just recorded the largest decline since the financial crisis in October 2008, which once triggered market worries about the U.S. economy. Following the biggest drop in exports in more than two years, Japan's manufacturing PMI index fell to 50 in January, the lowest since August 2016. The new orders index shrank significantly and the enterprise confidence index fell to a six-year low.
Erik Nielsen, chief economist of Italy's UniCredit bank, said Europe was now worried and trade frictions had seriously damaged companies' willingness to invest. According to statistics from Yuxing Bank, the growth rate of global trade has dropped to 2.25%, half of the long-term historical average. Hussein Sayed, FTSE FXTM's chief market strategist, pointed out that the global economic slowdown, trade frictions between the United States and various economies and the uncertainty of Britain's Brexit are dragging down business sentiment.
In terms of industrial output data, the European region is also in trouble with a collective decline. Euro's industrial output fell 3.3% year-on-year in November last year, the first time since 2017. France's industrial output fell 2.1% year-on-year in November last year, falling for three consecutive months. Britain's industrial output fell 1.5% year-on-year in November last year, showing a trend of continuous deterioration, while Italy's fell 2.6% year – on – year. According to data released by the German Federal Statistical Office on January 8, Germany's industrial output fell 4.7% year-on-year in November last year, the worst performance since 2010, mainly due to the reduction in output of semi-finished products, capital products and consumer goods, and the decrease in construction and energy activities.
Data on industrial output in Europe in December last year will be released one after another from February 7. European Central Bank President Draghi said in the European Parliament last week that the recent economic data in the euro area were weaker than expected, and continued uncertainties, especially those related to trade protectionism, were affecting economic confidence. We are ready to use all policy tools to support Europe's weak economy, including restarting the bond purchase program QE that was shelved shortly before.
U.S. industrial output rose 4.0% year-on-year in December last year. The growth rate fell for three consecutive months, with a 0.3% month-on-month growth, slightly better than market expectations. Japan's industrial output fell 1.9% year-on-year and 0.1% month-on-month in December last year. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on January 31 that the weakening market activity in the general and commercial machinery industry, electronic components and equipment industry, and the automobile industry was the main reason. Considering the increase in inventories in 10 of the 12 industries included in the statistics, Japan's industrial output is expected to show a month-on-month increase from February 2019.


Tuesday in our event organised in St Bede's I met a young woman from Longfellow Street. She was excited when she came and saw that we had prepared some recycle activities for the community. In the meantime she was a little stressed (I suppose why and you will read later in the interview).
Andreea: My name is Andreea and I have 25 years.
Me: How long have you lived in Liverpool?
Andreea: No, I am a housewife and I take care for my children, because I have 5 children and they need me all the time.
Me: And now, where they are?
Andreea: My husband is home with them, I need to be back until 12, because he will go to work.
Me: How you feel with us and with this activity?
Andreea: I am pleased that someone thinking to organise something for us, today I discover that I love to create earrings. My girls will be happy when they see what beautiful present they will receive. I also lived in Spain and there were some activities same like today organised by the "Red Cross", unfortunately in Romania I don't see something like this because some organisations from my country don't want to be involve in the traditionally communities only they work with the Roma who are more integrated (she started to laugh) they believe that we don't understand their work or we are stupid. But see now we are not so stupid and we want and try to integrate and to know more about the community.
Me: What you learn today?
Andreea: I learn to relax, a little because all the time in my mind is that I need to be at home to care of my children and my husband to go to work….But in principal also I learn that I can have some creativity in something and to interact with other people from the area.
Me: You want to tell me a last word?
Andreea: Yes! I want to thanks you and the others who organise this event, that you think about us. Was a pleasure to come and to know more good my community between different activities.
Me.: Thanks also for the interview and the presence.


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AKA National Sorority Dismissed from Hankins' Lawsuit
Newsletter > November 2020 > "AKA National Sorority Dismissed from Hankins' Lawsuit"
Ilana L. Linder, Fraternal Law Partners, Ilana.linder@manleyburke.com
Back in January 2019, Fraternal Lawreported that a new lawsuit had been filed by the family of Jordan Hankins, a Northwestern University basketball player and Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) pledge who committed suicide.[1]
The Complaint, which was brought primarily against the national sorority, local and alumni chapters, and multiple individuals affiliated with AKA, alleged sixteen wrongful-death and survival claims against the Defendants. In essence, the Hankins family believes that the "post-initiation pledge process" in which Jordan was physically, mentally, verbally, and financially abused or exploited led Jordan to take her own life.
Since the filing of the Complaint, the Defendants all moved to dismiss the Complaint. In March 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the national sorority's motion to dismiss, but denied the motions of both the local chapter and the individual sorority members named in the Complaint.[2]
Individual Sorority Members:
The district court concluded that the claims against the individual sorority members had been sufficiently pled to survive the motion to dismiss phase. The claims asserted against the individual members are all rooted in the general theory of negligence, raising the question of whether the individual members owed a duty to refrain from hazing Jordan and, if that duty was breached, whether the hazing proximately caused Jordan's suicide.
Relying on Bogenberger v. Pi Kappa Alpha Corp. Inc.,[3]the court easily concluded that the individual sorority members who physically hazed Jordan did indeed owe a duty to protect Jordan from hazing. After all, as the Illinois Supreme Court explained in Bogenberger, hazing injuries are both reasonably foreseeable and likely to occur, as evinced by the enactment of state anti-hazing statutes and the fact that national fraternities/sororities themselves prohibit hazing. Moreover, although the court acknowledged that establishing that an individual's own choice to take her life was proximately caused by specific actions of certain individuals, it nonetheless found that the Plaintiff's Complaint contained explicit allegations that were enough to hold that suicide would have been a reasonably foreseeable outcome of Jordan's hazing. Specifically, because the Complaint alleged that Jordan had expressly communicated to the individual members that she had a plan to commit suicide, not just that she was depressed or generally suicidal. For these reasons, the court denied the individual defendants' motion to dismiss and the case against them will proceed.
Local Chapter(s):
For reasons nearly identical to those applied to the individual sorority members, the Court also denied the local (graduate) chapter's motion to dismiss.[4]
Here, the Bogenberger decision again controlled, as the Court noted that "it is reasonable to place the burden of guarding against hazing injury on the 'very people who are in charge of planning and carrying out the pledge event.'"[5]Given the personal involvement in Jordan's initiation (and post-initiation) activities, including the hazing that allegedly led her to commit suicide, by "officers" of the local (graduate) chapter, the court concluded that this local chapter also owed a duty to Jordan to protect her from hazing.
National Sorority:
In seeking to hold the national organization vicariously and directly liable for Jordan's death, the Complaint asserted claims of negligent supervision, negligent entrustment, and ordinary negligence against AKA National. Here, the Court concluded that, even if the Plaintiff could establish the requisite level of control over the chapter/individual members by the national sorority—which the Court recognized as a very high bar to reach—so as to establish an agency relationship between the national organization and the local chapter(s), the Plaintiff's claims of vicarious liability against AKA National failed. Specifically, because hazing conduct falls outside the scope of any alleged agency relationship given the National's anti-hazing policies, the Plaintiff could not maintain an action against AKA National as being vicariously liable for the conduct of its local chapters or individual members.
The Plaintiff's attempt to hold AKA National directly liable for Jordan's death on account of its "failure to protect" Jordan (from third-party hazing) also failed because the Complaint did not adequately alleged the existence of a special relationship between Jordan and AKA National. Therefore, AKA National's motion to dismiss was granted.
As of the time of this publication, the case was proceeding into the discovery stage against the remaining Defendants.
[1]Ilana Linder, Lawsuit Filed After Tragic Death of Northwestern Student, 158 Fraternal L. 22 (Jan. 2019).
[2]Hankins v. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 447 F.Supp.3d 672 (N.D. Ill. 2020).
[3]104 N.E.3d 1110 (Ill. 2018).
[4]At the time the Court ruled on the various motions to dismiss, service had not yet been perfected on the local (undergraduate) chapter. Therefore, the Court only discussed the merits of the local (graduate) chapter's motion to dismiss.
[5]Hankins,447 F.Supp.3d at 690 (citing Bogenberger, 104 N.E.3d at 1125).
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All go . . . Duncan Campbell (centre) trains in Finland with fellow teammates for three upcoming Snowboard cross World Cups.
The pressure is on for rising snowboard cross star Duncan Campbell, who is on the verge of qualifying for the Winter Olympics.
Campbell is ranked No 54 in the world for snowboard cross.
Snowboard cross is a competition where four to six snowboarders race down a tight course with steep and flat sections, making it challenging to avoid collisions while maintaining speed.
Campbell will take part in three Snowboard Cross World Cup events next month, all in the space of two weeks.
"Depending on how those events go, I should be right for qualifying and competing in the Winter Olympics," Campbell said.
Campbell, who grew up in Queenstown, began training at Cardrona, first doing freestyle before specialising in snowboard cross.
When in New Zealand he trains at the High Performance Sport NZ training centre in Wanaka.
He joined an international private team because New Zealand did not have a national team for snowboard cross, he said.
Campbell (20) has been travelling to Europe for the past five years to hone his skills.
"We've just spent two weeks at Hintertux, one of the glaciers in Austria," he said.
He would soon be travelling to Vel Thorens in France for the first of the three World Cups, being held on December 13.
The second World Cup would be held in Montafon in Austria and the third at the Cervinia glacier in Italy.
"There is quite a bit of pressure, especially in an Olympic year," Campbell said.
"Every other nation, every other athlete, they have criteria to meet as well as I have to, and they are trying as hard as they can to get there.
It was a somewhat lonely life being a member of the team, but having the internet and good teammates made it easier.
"You end up spending more and more time with [your teammates], and you catch up with them all over the world.
"With how the internet is now it is reasonably easy to catch up with friends and family back home.
"I miss my dog probably more than people," he joked.
Although his focus was on the Winter Olympics, he also had an eye on his future, Campbell said.
With the help of a Prime Minister's Scholarship, he was gaining a commercial pilot's licence, training with Wanaka Helicopters.
"I got a whole bunch more hours done at Wanaka Helicopters, which is fantastic," Campbell said.
But in the meantime, he was loving doing what came naturally to him, out on the slopes.
"I always like the saying: 'If you love what you do, you're not really working a day in your life' – and this definitely isn't work. I'm chasing that moment of flow, where everything else fades away and you're not focused on anything other than the one thing you are trying to do," Campbell said.


Begging to walk about noticeably, frayed.
I do not want to see, but I long for illusion.
After all, the destination remains the same, but only one comes with a smile.
It maybe temporary bliss, but I remain faithful to hope.
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Helen became a director of the Dental Law Partnership in 2009 having joined the practice in 2003 as an Assistant Solicitor. Prior to joining the firm Helen gained a wealth of experience in clinical negligence in both the United Kingdom and abroad. Working with leading health litigation specialists Helen was involved in a number of complex and high value cases before focussing her career on Dental Negligence.
Helen is now head of the Legal Team at the Dental Law Partnership and gets a great sense of satisfaction in being able to guide clients through the claims process to a successful outcome.