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Q: How to terminate a thread in python after a certain amount of time? I have multiple threads that run a while loop. I would like to terminate these threads after a given amount of time. I am aware of other questions similar to this but I don't see how I can transfer those answers to my code.
 def function1(arg1, arg2, arg3, duration):
        t_end = time.time() + duration
        while time.time() < t_end:
            #do some stuff

for i in range(100):
    t = Thread(target = function1, args=(arg1, arg2, arg3, 10))
    t.start()

This opens 100 threads but they never close. How can I close these threads after the specified time, in this example 10 seconds? My function opens a socket.

A: Use a mixture of terminating a thread (info found here: Is there any way to kill a Thread in Python?)
and threading timer objects: https://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html#timer-objects
The code below works for me, but the fact it keeps throwing a TypeError has got me puzzled. I can't seem to find much information on why it's happening or how to prevent it:
threadingtest.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import time
import threading

class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
    """Thread class with a stop() method. The thread itself has to check
    regularly for the stopped() condition."""

    def __init__(self):
        super(StoppableThread, self).__init__()
        self._stop = threading.Event()

    def stop(self):
        self._stop.set()
        try:
            self.join()

        except TypeError as tE:
            print("Shutting down")

    def stopped(self):
        return self._stop.isSet()

class MyStoppableThread(StoppableThread):

    def __init__(self, *args):
        super(MyStoppableThread, self).__init__()
        self.args = args # Use these in the thread

    def run(self):
        print("Started my thread with arguments {}".format(self.args))
        while not self.stopped():
            time.sleep(1)
            # THIS IS WHERE YOU DO THINGS

if __name__ == "__main__":
    threads = []
    for i in range(100):
        t = MyStoppableThread(i, 'a', 'b', 'c')
        t.start()
        threads.append(t)

    print("\n:: all threads created\n")
    time.sleep(5)
    print("\n:: killing all threads\n");
    for t in threads:
        t.stop()

A: You could pass a callback to each thread. And create a thread list.
threadlist  = {}
def cb(id, currtime):
    t = threadlist[id]
    d = currtime - t.starttime
    if d > 10:
        return True
    else:
        return False

def function1(arg1, arg2, arg3, duration, cb, threadid):
    t_end = time.time() + duration
    while time.time() < t_end:
        #do some stuff
        if cb(threadid, time.time()):
            break

for i in range(100):
    t = Thread(target = function1, args=(arg1, arg2, arg3, 10, cb, i))
    threadlist[id] = {"starttime": time.time(), "thread": t}
    t.start()

And to check:
time.sleep(15)
for item in threadlist.values():
    print(item.thread.is_alive())

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This character-driven thriller is the story of three girls from America, Nigeria and India who are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel...
Actors: Martin Landau,
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Paul Sorvino,
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Ashley Judd,
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As you all know, the campfire in Butte County, California, is continuing to devastate the northern part of the state. It has burnt down many houses, caused millions of dollars worth of destruction and taken the lives of many.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released a statement on Wednesday the 14th of November saying that the campfire is both the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history.
However, as we have shown many times on our page, when great tragedies happen, we hear about true stories of love, kindness, and heroism. In times of heartache, we find humans pulling together to help others in need.
Today we'd like to share the story of a Californian garbageman who defied his supervisor's wishes and continued to do his route to look out for any elderly or vulnerable people.
Dane Ray Cummings was driving his normal Thursday route on the 8th of November. His supervisor told him that he should not continue to work as the fires were starting to spread.
But Dane told his supervisor that he needed to go and check on the elderly residents on his route. But he didn't know if there would be anybody left who may need retrieving.
Dane Ray Cummings continued his normal route to make sure the elderly residents had either left or were leaving.
I been on that route eight years, and I just picked the people that I knew were older, and I tried to stop and help them and let them know that they were coming and make sure they were getting out.
Dane checked up on 45 to 50 people before pulling up to Ms. Margaret Newsum's home. Margaret Newsum is 93-years-old and her Thursday morning was like any other. She woke up, made her oatmeal and turned on the television to watch the news.
She had heard about the quickly approaching fire and she started to become quite anxious about how she would manage to get to safety.
Margaret stood outside on her front porch in the hopes that a good Samaritan would arrive and have space in their vehicle for her. As if her prayers had been answered, moments later, Dane's truck pulled up to Margaret's house.
Cummings soon found out that Ms. Newsum had no nearby family or any way of evacuating her home. At that moment, Dane abandoned company protocol and he lifted her into his garbage truck and drove her down the hill to safety.
Over the next five hours, the two got to know each other a little more while they joined the hoard of other people fleeing their homes.
He learned my history from the time I was born until today.
Margaret told Dane about how she managed to beat cancer three different times, how she flew into an 18-wheeler while hang-gliding when she was 70, and about the times she sang backup for Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.
Margaret has lived quite a life in her 93 years on Earth. She was even a witness to the Pearl Harbor attack!
I was to be married, and my future husband was in the Marine Corps. All I remember is the first bomb that hit one of the ships, and the apartment that he rented for me was right at the bay. And I went out to see what it was, and this Japanese plane came over. He was so low that I could see the pilot.
Dane had no idea that the little old lady he saw every week had such a fascinating backstory. Over the years she would offer Dane homemade cookies and ask him how his day was going.
I wish I'd known her when she was younger. I would've married her, you know what I mean? It was the best conversation I've had in a truck ever.
We're just so glad that Margaret Newsum got out safe and that the two have become even firmer friends.


Are you looking for homeschooling curriculum guides that will help you choose the best home school curriculum for each subject?
The first step to choosing the right program for your child is assessing your family's needs. Think about your lifestyle, your goals for your child and your child's learning style when making decisions about curriculum.
Here's a summary of what you should look for when choosing curriculum for specific subjects, along with links to more detailed information and lists of popular programs.
When teaching your child to read, you can choose between a strict phonics program, or a combination of whole-language and phonics instruction. Also think about whether or not you want a program that includes flashcards, games, songs and colorful illustrations, or a simple, black-and-white, book format.
Here are some additional things to consider when choosing a homeschool reading curriculum.
Homeschool writing programs can either focus on building creativity, teaching structure and mechanics, or a combination of thereof. In addition to deciding what you want your writing program to teach, think about whether or not you want the program to provide direct instruction or teach you how to instruct your child.
Here are some additional things to consider when choosing a homeschool writing curriculum.
Math programs typically teach in either a spiral format that introduces many concepts and incorporates frequent review, or in a mastery format that requires children to fully understand a concept before introducing others.
In addition to determining what teaching method you prefer, think about how much drill, review and direct instruction your child needs in a math program.
Here are some additional things to consider when choosing a homeschool math curriculum.
When choosing a science curriculum, look for programs that contain books with engaging text and vivid illustrations, and also use inexpensive, readily available materials. In addition, make sure you are comfortable with the religious perspective of the program.
Here are some additional things to consider when choosing a homeschool science curriculum.
History programs often present information in either a chronological, regional or interest-led format. In addition to considering how you want to approach the study of history, consider whether or not you want to study history from a religious or secular point of view.
Here are some additional things to consider when choosing a homeschool history curriculum.


Your family will enjoy the comforts of the Derby vacation townhome in Kissimmee. It's located in the beautiful Lucaya Resort, complete with village amenities for the whole family. The Disney Parks, Universal Studios, and SeaWorld are all just a short drive away! Old Town Kissimmee is another fun place that is located close by.
The Abaco features 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms across 1300 square feet of living space! A master bedroom features a king sized bed, 27" TV, and an attached private bathroom with dual sinks. Another bedroom includes a king sized bed, and the third bedroom has 2 full sized beds. There are TVs in all bedrooms. Stay in touch with friends and relatives via Wi-Fi internet access available to all guests.
A great feature of this property is a fully-equipped kitchen, complete with all major appliances, eating utensils, and dishes. You can cook in your rental property and save valuable vacation dollars on your visit! There is a large, 32" flat screen TV in the living room. Gather the family together to watch nightly movies. Enjoy the convenience of having your own clothes washer and clothes dryer.


The Black Stars of Ghana were yesterday beaten 1-0 by Brazil in London, UK, in an international friendly.
It was the seventh time Ghana was playing the Samba Boys, and the West Africans failed to break the Brazilian jinx, having lost six times and drawn only once.
Indeed, bad officiating turned what would have been an otherwise enthralling encounter, into a one-way traffic for the Brazilians, especially in the second half.
Ghana started strongly, dominating in every department of the game, as the thousands of Ghanaian fans that had jammed the Craven Cottage Stadium shouted their voices hoarse, in support of the Black Stars.
They took the game to the five-time World Champions, mounting one onslaught after another.
However, in the 33rd minute, Referee Mike Dean surprised all when he gave the marching off orders to Daniel Opare, dampening the spirit of the Ghanaians.
After a surging ran, the left-back, who was having a brilliant evening, lost his balance and crashed into Lucio, in defence for Brazil. The infringement attracted a second yellow card for the young defender.
Soccer fans booed Referee Dean and Lucio as Opare headed to the dressing room.
When the match resumed however, the Brazilians took control of the game, and it came as no surprise when they scored in the 44th minute.
After receiving a through pass, Brazilian striker Damiao fired a grounder past Adam Kwarasey, in post for Ghana.
In the second half, it was a one-way traffic, with the Brazilians attacking at will. New Brazilian sensation Neymar received a knock too many as the Ghanaians got more and more physical. The culprits included Samuel Inkoom, Lee Addy and Jonathan Mensah.
Ronaldinho justified why he was called back into the team when he compelled Goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey to pull up some hair-raising saves. And after 90 minutes of soccer action, the Black Stars were gallant losers, attracting a standing ovation from their fans.


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A Generous Quantity of Fat
Paul Henley: Yes, People Were Cooked, 2 September 1999
Man Corn: Cannibalism and Violence in the Prehistoric American South-West
by Christy Turner and Jacqueline Turner.
Utah, 512 pp., $60, January 1999, 9780874805666Show More
Cannibalism and the Colonial World
edited by Francis Barker and Peter Hulme.
Cambridge, 309 pp., £13.95, August 1998, 0 521 62118 6Show More
Cannibals: The Discovery and Representation of the Cannibal from Columbus to Jules Verne
by Frank Lestringant, translated by Rosemary Morris.
Polity, 256 pp., £39.50, April 1997, 0 7456 1697 6Show More
Chronicles of the Guayakí Indians
by Pierre Clastres, translated by Paul Auster.
Faber, 256 pp., £9.99, June 1998, 0 571 19398 6Show More
"... Even before it was published, Christy and the late Jacqueline Turner's Man Corn provoked media hubbub. Last November, the New Yorker published a long profile of Christy Turner, and soon afterwards the story was picked up in Britain. The Times dedicated half a page to a discussion of the book's findings, and even reflected on them in a leader ..."
Disappearing Acts
Terry Eagleton: Aquinas, 5 December 2013
Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait
by Denys Turner.
Yale, 300 pp., £18.99, May 2013, 978 0 300 18855 4Show More
"... was not some kind of brutal reductionism, any more than Marx's was. On the contrary, as Denys Turner points out in this superb study, he understood that 'there is a lot more to matter itself than meets the eye of today's average materialist.' His criticism of the materialists with whom he was acquainted was not that they were bad on the subject of ..."
I adore your moustache
James Wolcott: Styron's Letters, 24 January 2013
Selected Letters of William Styron
edited by Rose Styron and R. Blakeslee Gilpin.
Random House, 643 pp., £24.99, December 2012, 978 1 4000 6806 7Show More
"... required for a Southern white novelist to take on a black slave legend in The Confessions of Nat Turner and then the Holocaust with Sophie's Choice. That both of these novels became blockbuster successes doesn't mean that they were cynically, commercially conceived. Styron had no way of knowing way back in 1952 when he began contemplating 'a novel ..."
Opprobrious Epithets
Katrina Navickas: The Peterloo Massacre, 20 December 2018
Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre
by Jacqueline Riding.
Head of Zeus, 386 pp., £25, October 2018, 978 1 78669 583 3Show More
"... I visited the set of Mike Leigh's Peterloo last year. Jacqueline Riding, who was acting as a consultant on the movie and has now written an account of the event it commemorates, showed me round the recreated St Peter's Field. Actors wore the military regalia of the 15th regiment of hussars and the 13th regiment of foot; there was a wood-panelled room, like the one from which the Manchester magistrates had looked out over the crowd ..."
We must think!
Jenny Turner: Hannah Arendt's Islands, 4 November 2021
by Samantha Rose Hill.
Reaktion, 232 pp., £11.99, August, 978 1 78914 379 9Show More
"... it and which it encloses'; but that disconnection may open up important new coigns and angles. Jacqueline Rose, for example, finds in Arendt's emphasis on 'the privative trait of privacy' – viciousness in the kitchen! – a suggestive starting point for male fantasies of despotic domination, and hence domestic violence: 'Women become the ..."
Reasons for Liking Tolkien
Jenny Turner: The Hobbit Habit, 15 November 2001
"... Hannibal Lecter books. There are some gates sex shuts more firmly even than death does.As Jacqueline Rose suggested in The Case of Peter Pan, or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction (1984), children's books tend to display anxieties about sex in much the same proportion as they try to pretend it doesn't exist. Hence, perhaps, the fashion for ..."


Well I finally gave my hair a thorough wash and condition whilst in the shower. My hair feels lovely. I plan to try my first conditioner wash prior to putting my hair back in extensions.
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Salomonis Receives Endowed Scholar Award
Post Date: October 7, 2019
Nathan Salomonis, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Biomedical Informatics, has received the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation (CCRF) Endowed Scholar Award.
The CCRF Endowed Scholar Program is designed for Assistant and Associate Professors at Cincinnati Children's who have demonstrated exceptional academic success in their first years as faculty. Each year, a select few candidates are chosen based on the impact of their scientific contributions. The award is given to recognize and accelerate the success of these emerging leaders in their respective fields.
Salomonis is the first from Biomedical Informatics to be named a CCRF Endowed Scholar. The $1.75 million designation will ensure the continued success of his current research and allow the opportunity for new projects.
High-impact achievements
To understand diverse cancers, researchers must define the genetics behind them. Salomonis and his team are identifying new subtypes of cancer by studying variations in gene splicing. Using computational approaches to detect novel splicing patterns, their work has already uncovered dozens of novel splicing subtypes in diverse cancers. Such findings open the door for new approaches to diagnose and treat patients with subtypes of cancer that are uniquely associated with splicing.
Nathan Salomonis, PhD
In collaboration with the Grimes Research Lab, Salomonis and his team have developed a series of innovative computational approaches to study cell populations from single-cell RNA-Seq data. The open-access tools include Iterative Clustering and Guide-gene Selection (ICGS) and cellHarmony. These approaches have led to a better understanding of the cells associated with hematopoiesis—the formation of blood cells—in cancer, as well as differences between healthy and diseased cells.
Salomonis has led the production of these and numerous other computational tools that are used by thousands of researchers around the world. In fact, his tools have been applied in more than 2,500 research studies. Collectively, they have enabled:
The identification and visualization of transcriptional networks and signaling biological pathways in diverse diseases;
The detection of splicing variation impacting disease pathogenesis and organism development; and
The streamlined and user-friendly analysis of conventional RNA-Seq and microarray data.
Groundbreaking goals
With the help of CCRF Endowed Scholar funds, Salomonis will continue his research in gene splicing, exploring sequence-directed precision therapies for pediatric cancers that have proven challenging to treat. Gene expression of healthy and diseased cells may illuminate the cancer subtypes that will likely be susceptible to existing therapies. Initially, Salomonis will focus on pediatric AML.
Combining three-dimensional mapping with single-cell genomics technologies brings even greater opportunities to understand complex organ systems on a deeper level. Working with investigators at Cincinnati Children's and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Salomonis and his team have begun new Pediatric Cell Atlas initiatives. Using advanced computational workflows to harmonize, integrate, and display data from large-scale tissue mapping efforts, the team aims to define reference tissues at the single-cell level. This data will be used to study pediatric growth, development, and origins of disease.
As computational tools gain complexity, the flood of genomics data continues to grow. Mass ingestion and collation of this data is becoming increasingly important. In collaboration with researchers across institutions, Salomonis aims to create new web and cloud platforms that are accessible for all in the research community. Improved harmonization and integration of data will accelerate research at Cincinnati Children's and beyond.
—Post written by Dakota Campbell
To learn more about research from Nathan Salomonis, visit the Salomonis Lab.
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Henry Patterson
Labour Titan
Ernest Bevin never knew who his father was and was orphaned aged eight. He started work as a farm labourer at eleven and later became a lay preacher and union organiser. As foreign secretary in the post-1945 Labour government he helped stiffen the Americans' resolve to stand up to Stalin.
Defending the Union
The social democratisation of the Northern Irish state after 1945 transformed the life chances of working class children both Catholic and Protestant, yet the ruling party maintained its ethnic ethos and kowtowed to Protestant ultras on issues like the flag and the Orange Order's right to march.
A Lick of Red Paint
The silence of British Marxists on the long conflict in Ireland
The Limits of Empathy
A historian specialising in political violence argues that understanding terrorism requires empathetic analysis. But scepticism over the claims of the creators of victims to be 'working for peace' need not derive from a desire for vengeance: it could as easily signal a respect for truth.
Big and Little Lies
A new book argues that those who criticise the Good Friday Agreement for not creating a framework for dealing with the past or for not addressing the deep divide in the North, are missing the fundamental purpose of the accord, which was simply to deliver an end to violence.


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Alliance of Bristol funders supports transformation of services for older people
April 11, 2019 November 20th, 2019 09:37 am
The Bristol Older People's Funding Alliance is releasing £150,000 to help organisations improve their services for older people in Bristol.
For 2019, the Alliance has increased the available funds and aims to help organisations become sustainable, improve existing services or develop innovations that will have a positive effect on the quality of life for older people.
Chair of the Alliance and Dean of Bristol, the very reverend Dr David Hoyle said "Last years' fund was a tremendous success and we were able to support eight organisations to transform their services and improve their support for older people."
"With cuts to traditional sources of funding for organisations that support older people, organisations need to find new ways of providing services and new methods of income. The Bristol Older People's Funding Alliance aims to help with these changes and to support the continuity of services in Bristol."
The alliance is chaired by Dr Hoyle and is made up of the The Anchor Society, Bristol Ageing Better, The Dolphin Society, The Grateful Society, John James Bristol Foundation, Quartet Community Foundation, The Society of Merchant Venturers and the St Monica Trust.
Last year, the Transformation Fund gave over £80,000 to support services in Bristol,
most projects funded by more than one Alliance member with all members keen to proactively support the organisations.
Richard Pendlebury, CEO of Anchor Society said "There is a huge amount of expertise across the trusts, both in terms of running successful ventures and providing services for older people, that we can share."
All organisations will be asked to complete an Expression of Interest form and submit it before the deadline of midday on 29th April 2019. The successful organisations that meet the fund's criteria will then be shortlisted and invited to complete a full application for funding.
For more information about The Bristol Older People's Funding Alliance Transformation Fund or to request an Expression of Interest form, please go to the Transformation Fund website where you will be able to download an expression of interest form.
If you have any queries do bab@ageukbristol.org.uk or call 0117 928 1539.
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Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Girly Birthday!
Wags 'n Whiskers stamps are so versatile! So many of the stamps can be used for any occassion.
This is Tiny Dancer. She is embossed onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os.
Ribbon - It's hard to tell from the pic, but it is a sheer purple. I believe I bought it from the Dollar Tree.
Rhinestones - Queen and Co.
An absolutely delightful card. So soft and sweet, and very girly. I am SO grateful for you and thank you for sharing in our challenge.
What a cute birthday card! Love that darling image!
So sweet, so colorful. Any little girl will love this.
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The Spanish authorities have succeeded in arresting the so-called "Denis K", the man who led a cybercriminal team. They are accused of stealing 1 billion euros worth in Bitcoin from banks all over the world, according to Europol.
The group is made up of Russian and Ukrainian citizens who have managed to check and take control of the banks around the world by spamming employees' emails and malware their devices. Once they entered the servers, they had a free hand for any operation. Thus, from the bank side, they have released cash from the bankers.
The group also owns a Bitcoin mining center, compared to a money laundering mine, according to the authorities. In order to caught the team leader, the authorities have collaborated with police forces based in the United States, Asia and Europe, as well as private security institutions operating in the cyber industry. Following several investments and prosecutions, the suspect leader was found and arrested in Alicante, Spain.
The Ukrainian-Russian team has been operating on the market since 2013, having partners from 40 countries and attacking more than 100 financial institutions, according to Europol. The Interior Minister of Spain, led by Mr. Juan Ignacio Zoido, said that three other partners were found and laid behind bars.
They froze the attackers' accounts and confiscated all the fortune that reaches 1 billion euros. According to the Europol's statement, "With that level of access, the nefarious individuals authorize fraudulent bank transfers, raise the balances of mule accounts or command affected ATMs to spit out the money for them".
Criminals have been able to collect 15,000 Bitcoins following the conversion of fiat money through a crypto exchange in the house of one of the members. Cryptocurrencies were then split into partners' accounts.
Denis K, who is the team leader, was registered using money in Gibraltar and the UK, planning to consume the vast majority of Bitcoins on cars and homes in Spain.
Cyber-criminal attacks are a widely discussed topic in the crypto community. The attackers manage to falsify data, steal money and perform illegal activities that are penalized with jail for life or even worse.


Free parking is available for the duration of your stay. Guests flying from Gatwick Airport are also able to leave their car with us for the duration of their holiday.
One week's free holiday parking is included with each night booked, please contact us if you would like to leave your car with us for longer. Vehicles are parked at owners' risk.
Check in is between 15:00 and 22:00. Please advise if arriving later and special arrangements can be made. Check out is by 11:00.
Breakfast is served between 08:00 - 10:00, however we are happy to work around these times if requested in advance.
We don't provide evening meals, but are happy to book a table at one of our recommended restaurants, and can provide menus for you to peruse.
To make your stay extra special, why not treat yourself or your loved one to one of our pre selected Luxury Packages.
Payment is by cash, debit & credit cards.
Card details are required to secure your booking and the total cost of the room will be charged on checkout.
The full cost of the room will be taken if cancelled within 7 days of arrival, unless the room is re-booked.
We do advise you to take out travel insurance to cover these eventualities. Alternatively your booking can be moved to a future date if required.
We like to promote rest and relaxation at Windfalls so we cannot take group bookings from stag or hen parties.
Unfortunately we do not cater for children or pets as our aim is to promote peace & quiet.


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my new hire has past bad blood with another new hire
by Alison Green on May 18, 2016
I lead on HR for a small (less than 50 people) company. It's a very laid-back, friendly environment and employees frequently socialize. About a month ago, we brought on a new hire, Aidan, who has been doing really well–he loves the company, his team and manager love him, all good. We have another new hire in the same role, Miranda, joining the team in a couple of weeks. Aidan and Miranda worked together previously at another company. We had been talking to Miranda for awhile, and made the offer to her right around Aidan's first day.
Last night, we had a company happy hour and he told me that Miranda is the best friend of his ex-girlfriend, and there is apparently bad blood between him and Miranda. He referenced that being why he left their old company, which was under a year ago. I encouraged him to tell me anything I could do to alleviate concerns about working with her–seating arrangements, speaking with his manager, etc.–but he insisted it would be fine. When his manager had told him Miranda was hired, he had only good things to say about her ability to do her job.
We discussed it this morning (informally), and he assured me again that it won't be an issue and that he wouldn't have brought it up if he hadn't been drinking (he was in no way inappropriately drunk, just had had a few beers). She knows that he works here already. I'm obviously concerned for a number of reasons and I'm not sure what to do. Should I tell their manager? Their manager's supervisor? My manager? Should I have a more formal conversation with him about it, and/or have a discussion with her when she starts? Or do I just let it go and hope for the best?
I'd give their manager a heads-up, but other than that I wouldn't do anything.
It's useful for their manager to know the back story so that if she does notice any weirdness or problems, she has context for it (and can either nip it in the bud if it's serious or just ignore it if it's more like mild uneasiness between them).
But Aidan is telling you that it's not an issue and he's asking you to drop it. Believe him! If it becomes an issue, his manager can deal with it then — but give him the benefit of the doubt that he'll handle himself professionally, until and unless you see that he's not.
If it does become a problem, his manager should tell them directly — or just one of them, if only one of them is the issue — that they need to behave professionally and civilly to each other, and not let their personal feelings disrupt their work or make things tense for people around them. But she should wait and see what happens first, because it would suck to be on the receiving end of that conversation if you hadn't actually done anything to warrant it.
Speaking of things that suck — this so sucks for them! Aidan left a job to avoid this person, and now here she is showing up at his new job. That's no one's fault and there's nothing any of you could have done to avoid it, but let's all take a moment to recognize how crappy the vicissitudes of fate can be when we least expect it. Poor Aidan, and poor Miranda.
If this were a rom-com, they would end up happily married at the end of it. In this case, we'll just hope that their self-interests will drive them both to behave professionally, and maybe they'll end up realizing in time that they can tolerate each other reasonably well.
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Roscoe* May 18, 2016 at 2:05 pm
Please let it go and assume that you hired people who are mature and can behave professionally until they give you a reason not to. I think ideally you wouldn't do anything like have Aidan training Miranda or sharing a cube or something, but aside from that, just treat them like any other 2 new hires.
AdAgencyChick* May 18, 2016 at 2:09 pm
Yes, drop it! He's clearly not interested in letting past drama ruin his professional life. If it becomes an issue, hopefully their manager will manage them. But it's not OP's issue to resolve — if it even becomes an issue at all.
TootsNYC* May 18, 2016 at 7:01 pm
He apparently wasn't interested, about a year ago, in having *present* drama ruin his life; that's why he left that company–to get away from the drama.
Though, he left that job " under a year ago." And started here "About a month ago."
I'm wondering what he did in the meantime; did he just quit, and then start looking? If so, I think that really proves that he's pretty drama averse.
Snarkus Aurelius* May 18, 2016 at 2:13 pm
This situation is a good reminder to always, ALWAYS be on your bestest, classiest behavior as much as you can when a relationship goes south…because you never know when you'll see that person and/or her friends again!
(That's not directed at Aidan or Miranda specifically, but it's always a good rule to live by. Besides, Aidan was too good for Carrie anyway, and Miranda always needed a spine when it came to her friendship with Carrie.)
I recall a friend of mine getting jerked around and eventually ghosted by her ex…who started dating a childhood friend of hers a year later. Imagine his surprise when he showed up for a double date!
Another friend of mine was doing some hiring for a federal agency when she came across a resume that had a familiar name. She called up their mutual friend to ask about him. Turns out the job applicant had slept with his intern (in their bed!) and stole some stuff when she asked him to move out. No, he didn't get that job, and he'll never know why. I wish he'd known though.
happymeal* May 18, 2016 at 2:44 pm
Dana C* May 18, 2016 at 4:14 pm
I am so exhausted I totally missed the S&C reference going on here! Thanks for clearing that up!
Elle* May 18, 2016 at 4:32 pm
I'm fairly well-rested, and I missed it too!!
Ellie H.* May 18, 2016 at 7:33 pm
Me too! Nice.
Adonday Veeah* May 18, 2016 at 2:19 pm
I disagree with Alison about telling the manager. Once the manager "knows" she can't un-know, and if there is never a problem, why put it out there. If a problem arises, I believe that would be the time to mention it to the manager.
MK* May 18, 2016 at 2:36 pm
I think this depends on how the OP handles it. Definitely don't divulge the dark past of the two new hires as if it were a huge issue that needs to be dealth with extreme caution to avoid potential disaster; just casually mention that they are "ex's best friend" and "best friend's ex" to eachother.
The Cosmic Avenger* May 18, 2016 at 2:39 pm
I think it might be a good idea because the manager might want to minimize their need to interact, as long as it doesn't create more work or keep either of them from advancing, at least until they show that they can work together in a civil manner, if not collegially. It would certainly be to everyone's benefit to cut it off immediately if they started making snide comments to each other in a staff meeting, but if the manager has no idea of the history, I can see the manager being caught off guard if they have no reason to expect anything other than reasonable behavior from the two of them.
I see your point, but it's like one small red flag in an interview or resume: it isn't a reason to take drastic action, but possibly a reason to scrutinize everything else for signs of a deeper problem.
Countess Boochie Flagrante* May 18, 2016 at 2:56 pm
Yeah, this. As long as there isn't a professionalism problem on the manager's side (which the OP is in a position to know more about than we do), then they should be able to take "hey, heads up, these two might have a little friction, hopefully not, but maybe don't sit them next to each other" for what it is.
Ask a Manager* Post author May 18, 2016 at 3:31 pm
Yep. Otherwise the manager could unintentionally aggravate the situation — for example, sending the two new people to lunch together, etc.
Creag an Tuire* May 18, 2016 at 5:05 pm
Or worse, if they are in a rom-com, the manager (Luke Wilson) will send them on a conference together and book them in the same hotel room to "save money".
YES. That would definitely happen in a rom-com. Aidan is played by Matthew McConaughey.
Aidan is played by Matthew McConaughey.
Oh, Miranda. Poor, poor Miranda (Ellen Page).
Liana* May 18, 2016 at 5:35 pm
Hmm I think Miranda should be played by Rachel McAdams! Or possibly Kate Hudson – she's got the rom-com shtick locked down pretty well.
Sourire* May 18, 2016 at 5:49 pm
Kate would definitely be Carrie moreso than Miranda I think.
But just think, if they have to bunk together they can recreate that scene where Miranda slips in the bathroom and Aiden has to rescue her, and suddenly the bad blood turns into romance… *cue sappy music*
KT* May 18, 2016 at 3:14 pm
I agree with this–I don't see the need to tell the manager unless there's an issue. If they say they can handle it, why look for trouble?
Case of the Mondays* May 18, 2016 at 2:22 pm
The world can be cruel, that's for sure. I worked with someone at firm A that went to firm B likely to avoid some mean people at firm A. Two years after working there, firm A was bought out by firm B and they all had to work together again.
Mike C.* May 18, 2016 at 3:10 pm
See also "The Good Wife" and "Mad Men" and every other show dealing with firms. :)
Grace* May 18, 2016 at 4:36 pm
I was just about to type "Mad Men"!!
The_artist_formerly_known_as_Anon-2* May 18, 2016 at 3:18 pm
Oh, in my world, I've seen people fired by company B – they end up at company A. Then company B buys up and merges in company A – and guess what?
The guy who was fired by company B is working for company B again.
With few exceptional cases, you get over and beyond it.
Former Usher* May 18, 2016 at 3:46 pm
Burt Peterson being one of those exceptional cases!
I miss that show…
Rebecca in Dallas* May 19, 2016 at 9:36 am
Burt getting fired (again!) by Roger was seriously one of my favorite scenes.
Elizabeth West* May 18, 2016 at 9:01 pm
This was my nightmare when I was job hunting after Exjob. When I heard BullyBoss had been fired, I was terrified I would end up working with him again. He was sooo annoying. Thankfully, I heard he started his own business, and there's no way in hell my current company would hire him, because as far as I know, he can't do any of the things we do.
B* May 18, 2016 at 2:23 pm
Please drop it. He mentioned it, said her work was fine and that it wouldn't be an issue…twice. There is nothing there unless you keep harping on it. Should something flare up, then you deal with it. Until then I would really let it go.
I actually might drop in Miranda's ear that Aidan said good things about her work. The way I might if I didn't know any negative backstory.
Buffay the Vampire Layer* May 18, 2016 at 5:12 pm
I actually really like this idea, but only if it can come up naturally. If it looks too forced that might make Miranda feel the need to go to Aiden herself to clear the air and that would be awkward for everyone.
KR* May 18, 2016 at 2:24 pm
Good advice and good luck to all involved. If Miranda was his ex-girlfriend, I think it would be more of an issue but people fade in and out of friendships and relationships all the time. They should be able to work professionally together.
Christopher Tracy* May 18, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Yup. It's possible she's not even close to the ex anymore.
AMG* May 18, 2016 at 2:27 pm
The only thing that concerns me is that he left his old job to work here because it was so bad. I hope everyone stays professional.
LBK* May 18, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Yeah, that does make me a little uneasy, but if the breakup was still relatively new there could've also been a sting of having to be around his ex's best friend every day that's faded by now. Presumably he's moved on, so it won't be as emotional to have to be around someone that connects him to his ex.
That's what I was thinking–plus, there could have been other reasons he left the job (like gossipy coworkers or just a seeking a better paycheck).
Hilary Faye* May 18, 2016 at 2:32 pm
This gave me pause as well especially since it's only been a month. That's not a lot of time to pass for everything to suddenly be fine. I still don't think HR or the manager should get involved but I'd probably keep a close eye on the situation.
Kyrielle* May 18, 2016 at 2:37 pm
No – he started here a month ago but left the job with Miranda "under a year ago" – we wouldn't have a different timeframe for that if he left it a month ago when starting. If it's two months, I'd be worried. If it's 6+ months? Not as worried.
It has been a month since Aidan was hired, but under a year since he left the company to avoid Miranda; "under a year" to me suggests closer to ten months than one.
Ah yes…my bad! I misread that part!
Anon Moose* May 18, 2016 at 2:44 pm
And the breakup with Miranda's friend could very well have been longer ago than when Aidan left last job, too. Presumably you'd have to work with your ex's bff for at least some period of time for it to become clear that you should leave due to the awkward.
So far everyone seems to be acting professionally, so I think you're safe to proceed without worrying too much about it. Aidan said there wasn't a problem and Miranda knew he worked there and still took the job anyway, so it doesn't seem like it was a red flag for her either.
That being said, sometimes you might think you can be around someone and then once it's actually happening, everything that used to be a problem between you comes up again. You forget all the reasons you wanted to get away from them in the first place once you're distanced; it's the same reason some people miss and sometimes go back to their exes. I'd be interested in an update on this one in a few months; I think everything will probably be fine, but I'm also curious to know if that professionalism stays in tact once they actually have to see each other every day again.
Persephone Mulberry* May 18, 2016 at 2:35 pm
DID Miranda know, though? The letter doesn't say. It says the company knew they worked together at the previous place, and that they told Aiden she was being brought on board, but nothing about what Miranda knows. If things were that unpleasant between them that Aiden left over it, they probably don't keep up on Facebook about where his new gig is.
"She knows that he works here already."
I'm thinking "she" means Miranda.
Persephone Mulberry* May 19, 2016 at 8:19 am
Ah, thank you. My brain skipped right over that.
I'm not sure Miranda knew, actually; the offer was extended at around the same time as Aidan's first day, and since he left that old job "under a year ago" they were not working together when he accepted this position; it seems unlikely that she would have known. (Does she follow him on social media? That seems…unlikely.)
On the other hand, it's been "under a year" (but presumably more than a month) and it sounds like Aidan, at least, has moved on to where he can cope. I would just sit and watch in case Miranda hasn't, but it's very possible she has, in which case, there's no big deal here.
I may be reading stuff that isn't there, but it kind of sounds like the "bad blood" is mostly on Miranda's part – Aiden left a job to get away from her, yet still had good professional things to say about her.
Diluted_TortoiseShell* May 18, 2016 at 3:10 pm
It's also possible Aiden is the bad blood and he is setting up the perfect pot stirrer scenario.
Miranda is getting hired? Well her work speaks for herself so I can't get her there. I know I'll speak well of her to throw off others, let slip our "bad blood" to instill the doubt, then push a few buttons and watch it all go to hell.
Any workplace issues with Aiden and Miranda should be thoroughly investigated and not assumed to be either persons fault.
Lily in NYC* May 18, 2016 at 3:44 pm
This seems like a pretty big stretch.
I took Diluted_Torte's comment to mean that EITHER scenario is possible. After all, this was the last point:
" not assumed to be either persons fault.
Yes exactly. I don't think this is the likely scenario – I'm just pointing out that any issues should be investigated thoroughly.
I worked with a pot stirrer once – they are master manipulators and their classic tactic is to garner good will with compliments towards their victim, instill some doubt in an authority figure "Diluted is so great with spreadsheets, it's too bad she struggles with X", then mislead the victim about X and let the boss make all the wrong conclusions.
roisindubh211* May 19, 2016 at 4:12 am
that's kind of where my mind went first, TBH. If he can work with her and thinks she'll do a good job, it was really not necessary to mention something that will have her under the radar as soon as she starts.
Yes, but "get away from her" could mean that he didn't want to be around someone all the time who reminded him of his ex, and/or took her side when they broke up, even if it was amicable. I would feel awkward and want to leave myself.
I think its very possible LW is giving the fact that he "referenced" leaving old job because of Miranda too much weight. Or is misinterpreting/ not knowing the full story. You just hired two people in the same role from a competitor. If they both wanted to make the move pretty much simultaneously there's a good chance there's other reasons that new job is preferable to old job- more money, better company reputation, old job was horrible for reasons x, y, z. Not working with ex-gf's friend could have been one factor or a bonus factor to Aidan switching jobs, but perhaps not the whole reason he moved. Also, time has passed so it very well may not be nearly as much of a big deal for them to interact as it was right after the breakup.
And you know, in the moment after Aidan was told he would be working with Miranda again, that could have surprised him and he could have said something that he later thought better of or "referenced" it partly as a joke. "Oh I thought I was getting away from her haha." I think it would be weird for you to go to his manager about a conversation at a happy hour (especially absent any other indication of reason for concern).
TLDR- don't read too much into a casual convo at a bar and let Aidan, Miranda and their supervisor work stuff out on their own.
ChrisF* May 18, 2016 at 3:54 pm
Hi guys, OP here! Thanks for all the input (really). For what it's worth, it wasn't said in a funny or dismissive tone–it was very serious, and he made it clear that was THE reason he left that company.
But, I will go with having faith in my coworkers in acting like adults. The manager and I have a good relationship if any performance issues do come up, but I will probably give her a non-alarmist headsup.
If it's been a year, and they are otherwise reasonable adults, I would hope things have calmed down by now. I hope so, and hope it all works out okay.
snuck* May 19, 2016 at 7:23 am
I like your plan of non-alarmist heads up.
New hires sometimes come with a few unexpected twists… after the fact you find out they have a daycare pickup one day a week, or that they are needing a special chair for a back injury, or that their annoying ex is the reason they moved, or that they recently worked with someone else on your team and there was drama…
I like that the fact that new hire has given you a heads up… it means you won't be blindsided… and hopefully one day you can look back and realise it was all nothing. I know as a people manager I'd want to know, particularly if both were in my team, or were both working closely… especially as I'd already know they used to work together so I'd be likely to look to them to look after each other.
tango* May 18, 2016 at 2:41 pm
I guess I am not as willing to believe that Miranda didn't know Aidan worked at this company and specifically this job. With todays social network sites and Linkedin, etc, it's pretty easy to know where someone goes when they leave a job. Not to say Miranda specifically applied to the same company & job to be near to Aidan so she could cause him trouble on behalf of her best friend who is still hurting over a relationship going south, (or to report to best friend everything Aidan is up to) but I've read AAM long enough to know to never put anything past anyone in regards to weird behavior.
her best friend who is still hurting over a relationship going south
(It's possible the best friend/girlfriend is the one who behaved badly; it's also possible Miranda was the cause of the breakup, and that's the cause of the bad blood; nobody knows.)
I have to admit this thought crossed my mind.
If there's a break up bad enough that someone is going to quit a job so they don't have to deal with said breakup… then …. there's someone with a few screws loose somewhere in the mix… and it sounds like it's not just the new hire, the ex… but also the ex's best friend and who knows who else in the conga line. I will admit to wanting to watch closely, especially in a small business where things are more… intense.
The one saving grace is that I'm assuming Miranda being offered at around the same time as Aiden joining the company meant that Miranda was in the application process before Aiden would have told anyone he was joining the company… and thus it's a random coincidence, rather than a Single White Female Stalker.
Minion* May 18, 2016 at 2:52 pm
I think it speaks well of Aidan that he's not interested in trash-talking Miranda even though he had a great opportunity when his manager told him Miranda had been hired. If he had taken that opportunity to run her down either personally or professionally, then you might have more to be concerned about. It sounds like Aidan's already behaving in a professional manner and hopefully Miranda will as well.
Jenny* May 18, 2016 at 2:53 pm
The letter notes that Miranda is aware: "She knows that he works here already."
ThatLibraryChick* May 18, 2016 at 2:54 pm
Slightly off/on topic: Who chooses the names for the letters? Is it the OP or Alison do you choose them? This one is one of my favorites.
PS I was always #TeamAidan. Pff Big
Generally, it's the letter-writers. (Someone chose Star Wars names recently, and I had no idea that's what they were from and was mystified about the jokes in the comment section about it.) I choose the ones where I deliberately anonymize something, like with sample cover letters.
Elizabeth the Ginger* May 18, 2016 at 5:01 pm
You definitely have a core cast of characters, too, which I enjoy! (Persephone Mulberry, Apollo Warbucks, and Lucinda stick in my head.) Though I haven't paid close enough attention to tell if they have stable personalities. Do you have mental images of them?
Ha, no, I don't — which is weird because I definitely have mental images of many commenters. (Is that disturbing for me to admit?)
All flattering, I promise!
Sure, Alison, lol.
Turanga Leela* May 19, 2016 at 4:45 pm
I dunno, I assume mine is a cyclops, which is not a great look on me.
Ooh, now I REALLY want to know what your mental images are of everyone.
It's not hard to have an image of me because it's right there LOL ——->
Nervous Accountant* May 19, 2016 at 10:36 am
OMG I SO WANT TO KNOW lol
I think that's totally natural and kind of awesome.
CR* May 18, 2016 at 3:24 pm
Ha, I just got the Miranda and Aidan thing!!
Unicorn Horn* May 18, 2016 at 3:42 pm
fI am glad I wasn't the only one thinking SATC…all I can think of now is Nina Katz, "The Face Girl".
TrainerGirl* May 18, 2016 at 7:33 pm
Nina Katz was the worst! Carrie's self absorption was very hard to take, but this was one time I could understand it.
SaraV* May 18, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Just came to say…
Anyone else have Taylor Swift now stuck in their head after reading the title?
*slowly raises hand*
Armchair Analyst* May 18, 2016 at 3:25 pm
I also keep reading it as "new hire has PASSED bad blood with another new hire"
Which hopefully sounds too horrible to read on here, but who knows.
I feel sure that with the trend we're on, it's coming.
fposte* May 18, 2016 at 3:33 pm
I was thinking that that would be a generational divide–I knew about the Taylor Swift but I went to Neil Sedaka. And it's really dorky earworm.
And *I* went with Bastille.
Brett* May 18, 2016 at 3:56 pm
And I went to Ministry….
(It is somewhat NSFW to google Ministry Bad Blood)
Is THAT why it's stuck in my head?? Ha.
Rat Racer* May 18, 2016 at 4:45 pm
That is so interesting, I DID have that song stuck in my head, and didn't realize it was because of the title of this post. Hello subconscious brain, I see that you're not communicating with pre-frontal cortex today.
Ughhh, yes.
The worst part of it is, I once looked up the "story" behind that song and, honestly, Taylor, you're being a Drama Llama.
Joan Callamezzo* May 18, 2016 at 5:59 pm
Yes. Dammit.
You know, it's a funny thing. Really is.
I have run into people I feuded with in past jobs – in later life, when we were in other situations, sometimes at a new environment for the both of us, we became best friends and colleagues.
I know, I know, I'm an old geezer, and guys in their 60s shouldn't be giving advice to the younger crowd. A lot of the audience in here is female, works for non-profits, and are under 35. But I'm gonna do it anyway.
The adult working world is not junior high. You have to act like adults, and if there were personality conflicts in the past – YOU MUST grow beyond them. You don't build cliques in the workplace, you build teams.
If you find yourself working with someone you didn't like in a past job – turn the page and go forward. You won't survive if you can't evolve forward.
Get over your past differences – you don't even need to address them. Just do so through your work. And even then, if you don't find that you like the guy or gal – but can work with them – remember Al Davis' (Oakland Raiders) old adage about eccentric players = "you don't have to take them home with you at night."
This comes across of super sexist!
If you had just left of the whole "I know I know" paragraph your advice would carry so much more weight.
No, it's not sexist. But AAM has advised not to take the advice of elders in job situations. I come in here to discuss job situations but usually end up giving advice that's contrarian because I'm coming from "a different world". It was given as a disclaimer. And the fact that I recognize – by postings – what the primary audience is in here.
And she's usually correct on taking advice from elders. But this is a piece of LIFE advice. Which does not change.
The issue is implying that women would particularly bristle at this advice or need to be told that the working world is not junior high. If that's not how you meant it, then cool.
I did not intend to come across that way – just to state that I'm from a different time and perspective than the majority of people in here – but hope my advice is taken appropriately.
If people read MORE into that, then, well, sorry.
From what I understand – Aiden let his boss know that. IOW – "watch my back, boss, but I don't think there will be any problems."
A lot of people seemed to read more into this situation than what exists.
By the way – I mentally reviewed the situations of "past lives reuniting" – all four were male, and all four worked out well.
Thing is, everyone here is offering advice from a different perspective than the other commenters. There really isn't a need to qualify that in many cases (unless it's "I'm not a lawyer, I'm not from the US, etc"). The qualifying adds this "other" status to your advice that needn't be there.
Stop talking about gender. It's actually pretty irrelevant here, and it definitely gives off the impression that you think these conflicts are rooted in gender-based differences. I know, I know, it's not what you "intend", but that's how plenty of people are reading it. It also doesn't help that you casually threw in the "FYI, all my situations were with men and it worked out well."
Ahhhh… I can't win.
neverjaunty* May 18, 2016 at 8:50 pm
You can win pretty easily!
1) Don't say patronizing crap.
2) If you make a mistake re #1, own it and move on; don't blame other people for taking your words at face value.
Liana* May 19, 2016 at 11:48 am
+1 to neverjaunty (per usual)
What?* May 18, 2016 at 4:28 pm
Yeah, its still condescending. (You implied that women, those under 35 and those in nonprofits are like junior high.) You're also saying you think you know the general audience here on an anon site and you're placing yourself above them. If you think your opinion is relevant, you should probably leave that kind of age/industry stuff out unless its relevant, which I don't think it is here.
Alison usually says not to listen to elders about *job searching* etc because that environment has changed drastically in recent years. Not on workplace norms, on which there are generally a range of opinions and industry norms expressed here by a variety of people of different experiences and ages, as far as I can tell.
Ah, I can only remember when I discussed how I was laid off in an affirmative action scheme and everyone got on my case.
I come in to advise and I get ripped apart.
I should have just said – get along, this isn't junior high. Whether it's a group of men or women ….
And as I said – people read too much into situations.
Hmmm, that's not how affirmative action works. It's against federal law to make decisions based on race, sex, etc. You can't lay people off based on race or to advantage someone of another race. I don't know what the situation was, but it's important not to lump it in with affirmative action that way, because it reinforces really harmful ideas about race and employment.
(The data is also very clear that as white people you and I both benefit enormously from racial bias overall.)
I certainly don't want anyone to feel ripped apart here, but I'm proud to have a community that speaks out on things like that.
I didn't read it as sexist in any way. It was simply saying, "Hey, I know I'm different from a lot of you, but here's my advice for those types of situations."
ditto. And to mean, "since I'm a different gender from lots of the people here, I may not start from quite the same worldview, or I may be SEEN to not start from the same worldview."
Not So NewReader* May 18, 2016 at 7:36 pm
It kind of resonated with me because I had a boss who used to say, "If I tell you to work with that person, then you are gonna work with that person. End of discussion."
There are bosses out there who do not care what went on in the past. "Oh, Bob torched your house? Get over it, work with him anyway."
I am happy to say, I see less of this than I used to, but I am sure there is plenty of it that still goes on. Kudos to the OP for thinking/planning ahead and trying to find a scenario where everyone lands in a good spot. It sounds like this situation will work out okay in the long run.
Agreed. I mean…work's still gotta get done, and working with people who dislike or even downright can't stand is part of the deal.
There's been some coworkers who I've gotten in screaming matches with, but when it came down to an important project, we were able to work together and produced great work together.
This was one of the points I made in the LW who wondered if their cover letter would stand out if they highlighted how college was like full time work. In college, interpersonal stuff really doesn't matter. At work, it can tank you.
MsNarwhal* May 18, 2016 at 3:21 pm
I think the advice you're giving to "turn the page" is good, but what does some of the readership being female, working for non-profits, or under 35 have to do with it? I can think of plenty of people who aren't in any of those categories that are major grudge-holders and could take that same advice.
Not trying to pick a fight or anything, but that sentence seemed odd to me. If you're just saying that you personally are fairly far removed from those groups, I'm not sure that really matters when it comes to this topic.
"If you're just saying that you personally are fairly far removed from those groups, I'm not sure that really matters when it comes to this topic."
Looks to me like that's exactly what he's saying. As in, this may or may not be relevant to you because of our differences, but here's my advice.
I don't think there's any reason to assume he meant that women under 35 who work at nonprofits are all grudge holders.
That was my point. It DOESN'T matter.
Then why even bring it up?
JB (not in Houston)* May 18, 2016 at 5:20 pm
because it gets brought up in so many other places that he's self-conscious about the differences?
surlywench* May 18, 2016 at 9:37 pm
This seems disingenuous.
No comment about age and gender needed.
My much older male boss was shocked when I advocated strongly for hiring someone who had applied, who used to work there previously and wanted to come back. We had a position that needed to be filled; it was exactly what he had been doing before, and in fact we were short on people with his specialties.
He and I had rubbed each other wrong from the get-go; we simply didn't get along. So what? He was good at his job, and he was exactly what the team needed at that time. We weren't trying to hire someone to be my bff; we were trying to hire someone who could do the job we needed done. He not only could do it, he was worlds away a better choice than any other candidate.
I can't say we got on brilliantly the second time either, but we got along professionally, and guess what? He was an awesome choice and got the job done, and we were so lucky to have him on the team.
Baffled me that my boss was surprised I suggested we hire him. (I think he would have anyway – he just expected me to argue against it. Um, no.)
Really hope it ends up working out for these two and there are no issues. I have "bad blood" with one of my coworkers because of a personal issue that occurred outside of work (I briefly dated her now-husband while he was also beginning to date her – unbeknownst to me and I broke it off as soon as I found out) and it's the worst when someone isn't able to be professional toward you. For the most part, I don't have to interact with her at work luckily, but the rare times we do she is entirely unable to put her feelings aside and it's incredibly frustrating to both me and the people working around us when it happens.
That's really awful. She should be mad at him, not you!
I think it's always easier to blame the other person than the one you're in a relationship with, and it doesn't help that she's kind of a drama-llama anyway (she's forever sending passive aggressive office-wide emails about silly things and such). I ignore any and all drama and act as polite and cordial as possible around her (which only seems to make her more annoyed). I wish she could do the same.
I think it's always easier to blame the other person than the one you're in a relationship with
Yup, because if people did that, what does that say about their judgment and who they chose to be their partner?
well, or she shouldn't be mad at either of them, if it was a matter of "just starting to date." It almost sounds like the guy was dating Sourire first, and then started dating the woman he eventually married.
The funny thing is–if it's a competition, she WON! And she's still mad, which makes it appear as though she thinks she lost.
I get the feeling how things went down and what he eventually told her aren't exactly one in the same, hence some of her behavior.
From what I gather, he'd been friendly with her for a while, and thought that by telling me that they "talked" that meant I was aware he also planned on or had been seeing her (silly me thought that meant they were merely friends.) When I found out that wasn't the case, I asked him about it and he told me he really liked us both and couldn't decide, so I decided for him. Even if we leave all the work-drama possibilities out of it (can't even imagine how much worse it would be if I'd ended up with him), if it's a hard choice for you between me and someone else, it's no choice at all for me. Buh-bye.
Oh ha, just for future reference, "talking" with someone really means you're interested in them. So if you're trying to get an ex back and he says he's been "talking" to someone, fuggeddaboudit. Don't ask me how I know that. >_<
Sounds like a lesson we both learned the hard way! :)
TootsNYC* May 19, 2016 at 10:48 am
" he told me he really liked us both and couldn't decide, so I decided for him."
That probably explains why she doesn't think she won. If she caught the slightest whiff of that (and she had to have smelled SOMEthing; plus, you were the one who dumped him; he didn't dump you for her, so she may feel like a consolation prize), it would fuel her sense that she was 2nd best.
Boy, would it suck to be her, in that marriage! (Him too, but I actually feel for her more.)
I suspect Aidan might be a bit embarrassed about mentioning it in the first place, hence his insisting that it wasn't a big deal and things will be fine in the future. Also – if Miranda knows that Aidan works at the company and hasn't said anything to management yet about their bad blood, I think that speaks pretty strongly to her ability to stay professional. She probably doesn't think it's a big enough deal to warrant bringing up.
Rit* May 18, 2016 at 6:01 pm
I agree with the majority- once Aidan said it's not an issue, take him at his word unless he gives you a reason not to.
It does make me wonder, though. What on earth would someone do if the Aidan or Miranda was someone the other person absolutely could not handle working with, under any circumstances?
If there were some easy way to move them to a different team, that could be an option, if it worked for the team they were moving for. But otherwise, they'd have to decide if they wanted to quit over it. Staying and not being able to deal civilly with someone else wouldn't be an option.
Adding to this a bit, I wonder what would have happened had Aidan said something to that effect when his manager asked him about Miranda before she was hired (I assume manager saw they were former coworkers based on the resumes and that's why it came up). At what point do you let a current team member's (especially a brand new hire) preference come into play. I assume it's probably shades of grey, like if she was his ex-wife, had assaulted him, etc it's different than it was merely uncomfortable to work around her after a break up.
I think if I really liked my new hire, I might pass on the other person, unless for some reason I really needed that skill, or heard tremendous things from someone else.
I've already started with Aidan; if I can hire Wakeen instead of Miranda, and be pretty much just as happy, why wouldn't I? I like an easy life.
And again–a really important reason for Aidan to come across as professional as he can, because that'll make him more credible if he needed to be.
There's too many variables for me to be absolute…
But if I was going to hire someone new, and an existing staff member raised an issue… I would reference check closely for the raised behaviours… and examine whether the two would work apart… and take into consideration what I know about the existing staff member… and expect professionalism if I decided to proceed, but yes… it could affect a hiring decision in very specific team roles (ones that involve a lot of travel, long hours together etc).
If I was in the Aiden/Miranda situation… I'd let them both come onto the team, assuming their abilities and skills were both reasonable equal… and then manage the behaviours professionally… especially through any probation period.
If one of the new people coming in was very highly and specifically skilled, and it was a skillset I was having trouble filling… I would be more inclined to retain the harder to hire person, but not at the price of taking someone on my team who was hard to work with – I'd be rexamining that person's interpersonal skills through to the end of probation, and be prepared to act quickly and try to regroup the lost staff member if my immediate gut feeling of issues was confirmed by the new hire doing something quite difficult to manage in the early days.
Yep, that makes sense. Still, what a nightmare in some situations (ones far beyond Aidan and Miranda's situation, it's just where my mind went). I remember the palpable relief I felt when I found out my version of "unable to work with this person" had moved to another city and I didn't have to fear the thought of running into them at work some day.
Well, if I were giving confidential advice to the Aidan, I would say that when he heard they were interviewing Miranda, he should indicate that he has reservations about her skills or her ability to be professional on the job. And see if he can tank her application without making himself look bad
When you think about it, there are SO many ways you can damn someone with faint praise, exaggerate a known but minor fault, etc.
In fact, if Miranda herself would truly be part of the problem, that's information the company should have, frankly. And I'd sort of expect my still-new employee to share that with me.
If Aidan didn't get a chance to provide any info, then I'd say the standup thing to do is to go to the boss and say, "I envision a problem. This person and I have trouble getting along. I try my best, but here's where the problem will be."
And then ask for a transfer, or simply promise to do my best, and then quietly look for work elsewhere. Which would really suck if you were the person trying to be professional.
And of course, as always, it's so important to manage your own reputation and credibility. The more obviously professional you are, the better your chances of saying, "I don't want to work with this person directly anymore; you see how he/she is," and being taken seriously.
and yes, I know how slimy that sounds.
But I'll confess–I sort of did it. Well, what I did was say, when asked about someone I did NOT want to work with, for personal professional reasons (get it? professional reasons that were more personal in scope than simply skills), "I signed a non-compete clause, so I don't want to say anything."
But I really toyed with saying, "she hadn't been doing that job very long; I had to coach her quite a bit," etc. I'd have had the credibility to be believed.
I couldn't quite bring myself to be even that negative–but I do think it would have been fair.
I also toyed with flat-out saying, "I really don't want to work with her again. I don't want to get into it, but things were really awkward at the end of my time there, and I'd prefer simply to not enter into a new working relationship with her. I don't have much to say about her skills one way or the other; this is really the only point I want to make."
I took the chicken's way.
NicoleK* May 19, 2016 at 1:11 am
That scenario happened to me. I absolutely hated working with coworker. I hated having to work with coworker. Every single day was BEC day. It was a combination of personality conflict, communication style, work style, and her failure to produce. I left my job six months after coworker joined the company partly due to coworker. Side note: I had lunch with Old Boss recently and she admitted that I was right.
Cafe au Lait* May 19, 2016 at 9:35 am
You might find that Mirada opts out of the situation on her own. Years ago I interviewed and was offered a job in a small department. I would have worked very closely with my peer that was also just hired. When I heard his name, I realized that it was a man that had ghosted on me two years prior. I really saw myself having a future with this man, and was incredibly upset when he disappeared from my life.
I withdrew from the interview process. I knew I couldn't be professional when working with him.


Mr. Wednesday begins recruitment for the coming battle; Shadow Moon travels to Chicago with Mr. Wednesday and agrees to a high-stakes game of checkers with the old Slavic deity Czernobog.
Shadow questions his decision to work for Mr. Wednesday after learning of his plan to rob a bank; Shadow makes a surprising discovery when he returns to his motel room.
Her brief reunion with Shadow over far too quickly, Laura turns to an unlikely travel companion to find her way back to life, and back to Shadow. Mad Sweeney's long, winding, and often tragic past is explored.
On the run after the New Gods' show of force, Shadow and Mr. Wednesday seek safe haven with one of Mr. Wednesday's oldest friends, Vulcan, God of the Fire and the Forge.
As he is tracked by Mr. World, Shadow makes his way to Cairo, thanks to a ride from Sam Black Crow. Mr. Wednesday slyly gains Laura's help in forging an alliance with a powerful god.
While Shadow and Mr. Wednesday take a secret meeting in St. Louis, Bilquis arrives at the funeral home in Cairo, where she engages in a debate with Mr. Nancy and Mr. Ibis; Laura rejoins Mad Sweeney.
Shadow learns the ways of the dead with the help of Mr. Ibis and Mr. Nancy. In New Orleans, Mad Sweeney introduces Laura to old friends who share their world of voodoo healing. Mr. Wednesday embarks on a road trip with Salim and the Jinn.
In Cairo, Mr. Wednesday entrusts Shadow with the Gungnir spear. Mad Sweeney recalls his journey through the ages as he awaits his promised battle. Once again, he warns Shadow about Wednesday.
A young man falls in love with a seductive, sultry, young woman he meets on the beach. The more he falls for her, the more he will learn the dangers of falling in love with a siren.
A short comedy exploring the allure of property websites.
Shadow is tormented by recent events and Wednesday has disappeared. Those that remain witness the power of New Media as she is unleashed, and the nation is enveloped in a state of panic brought on by Mr. World.


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Приятельский — посёлок в Алейском районе Алтайского края России. Входит в состав Дубровского сельсовета.

География
Расположен в центральной части края, в лесостепной зоне, у болота Сухое.

 Климат
резко континентальный. Средняя температура января −17,6ºС, июля — + 20ºС. Годовое количество осадков — 440 мм.

История
Основан в 1921 г.

В 1928 г. состоял из 101 хозяйства. В составе Васильевского сельсовета Алейского района Барнаульского округа Сибирского края.

Население

 национальный состав
В 1928 г. основное население — русские.
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года, в национальной структуре населения русские составляли 94 % от 298 жителей.

Инфраструктура
Филиал МКОУ Толстодубровская СОШ «Приятельская начальная общеобразовательная школа».

Приятельский ФАП
 Экономика
Основное направление — сельское хозяйство.

Транспорт
Посёлок доступен по дороге общего пользования регионального значения «Алейск — Чарышское» (идентификационный номер 01 ОП РЗ 01К-18). От посёлка отходит автодорога межмуниципального значения «Приятельский — Осколково — а/д К-13» (идентификационный номер 01 ОП МЗ 01Н-0105)..

Примечания

Населённые пункты Алейского района

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This intense dark chocolate is made from directly traded cocoa beans from the eastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Fazendas Reunidas Vale do Juliana is a large agroforestry ecosystem located just off the Atlantic Coast in the lush hills between Salvador and the Ilheus, a town that has become the epicenter of Brazilian cocoa trading. This terroir yields strong, herbaceous flavors. Vale do Juliana was founded in order to provide a (somewhat utopian) model for ecologically sound, economically sustainable, and socially constructive tropical farming. Although cacao growing is the focus of the farm, it also harvests acai, bananas, rubber, and eucalyptus, all of which are inter-planted with cacao trees to improve shade a biodiversity. Vale do Juliana also includes cultivations of "pupinho" for palm hearts, aquacultures for raising fish, a hydroelectric power station, and its own school for local youth. Perhaps the most impressive feature of the farm is that 2/3 of its land mass is intentionally left as rainforest reserve.


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// Copyright (c) 2013 SIL International
// This software is licensed under the MIT license (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
using System;

namespace Icu
{
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	/// </summary>
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		{
			if (start > end)
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				throw new ArgumentException("start index cannot be greater than the end index.");
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			Start = start;
			End = end;
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		/// Checks to see whether the given object is a Boundary with the same
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		/// <param name="obj"></param>
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When my Mom was in her 70s, she had a stroke which affected the speech centre of her brain. Not only did she have difficulty in speaking and in finding the right words, she also found herself completely unable to read. The words were just black marks on a white page with no meaning. The doctors said there was nothing to be done about it. But while she was in hospital, we were chatting with the woman in the next bed, who quoted a few lines of poetry applying to what we were talking about. My Mom perked up immediately and said, 'I know that poem'. This gave me an idea.
The next da y I came in to the hospital with an anthology of poems – old poems, the kind my mother would have read and learned when she was in school. I opened the volume to Wordsworth's poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'. Mom looked at the page and said she couldn't read it. 'But you know this one', I said, and as I started reading it aloud, I pointed my finger to each of the words. My mother started to speak the lines with me, reciting from her memory. It seems that the area of the brain which stored her memory of poems was different than the speech centre which had been damaged by her stroke. And then the magic happened. Suddenly she began to be able to relate the words she was speaking to the words my finger pointed at on the page. The incomprehensible black marks started to make sense again, and formed into written words in her mind. She could read the poem.
That moment was a breakthrough. After practicing by reading more poems, in time she was able to read the newspaper, other books, and do her favorite crossword puzzles again. She could even beat me playing Scrabble. Her speech also improved to the point that most people didn't know she had any issues with it.
This memory came back to me today on World Poetry Day. That's why I use poetry in some of my Writing for Wellbeing workshops – because poetry really can heal us in all sorts of ways.


I recently submitted the following article to be published on an American and an Israeli website. I've had several articles over the last few years published on both sites. This time, however, my article was rejected. The American editor's reason - because he felt that the article was an unnecessary attack on the students at Duke University. The Israeli editor's reasoning - because the article went against their policy of inciting violence and hatred.
To the American editor, I quickly pointed out that my article was hardly an attack. But after pondering his comment for a few days, maybe he's right. It is an attack. An attack on the political correctness that has replaced logic and common sense across college campuses. An attack on narratives and agendas that have replaced truth. And an attack on the gullibility that has washed over campuses to the point that students believe Israel is an apartheid state and is the roadblock to peace in the Middle East.
After the rejection from the Israeli editor, I just wanted to cry. While the intellectual elites worry about whose feelings are hurt, men, women, and children around the world are being murdered. Never mind about the feelings of those who have been murdered since I first wrote this article a week ago. Never mind how it felt for the gay man to be thrown from the top of a high building. Never mind how it felt for the 13 boys, whose crime was watching soccer, to be executed. So much for the victims feelings. Instead, the messenger who reports to naive college students the hatred and violence happening under sharia law, is accused of hatred and violence. Go figure.
The article I submitted was based on the events at Duke University last week. Duke is a bastion of multiculturalism just like most other universities across America. You probably heard that Duke thought it would be a good idea to have the Islamic Friday call to prayer played from its bell tower. Although they've reversed their decision for now, if Duke had its way, "There is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah," would ring from its tower. Hello, is this mic on? You just can't make this stuff up.
I'm assuming Duke is a school that teaches history. But here's a little history lesson that I'm also going to assume the liberal students at Duke have never heard.
Duke students, if you lived under sharia law, you would hear the call to prayer reminding you that there is no God but Allah and that Allah is great. You know, the same words that are said by terrorists before they kill people or blow up things. Five times a day you would be required to stop whatever you were doing and pray.
This next part – not so simple. Especially for all the sorority babes and liberal feminists on campus.
Forget shopping for that cute outfit to wear to Duke football games or to Duke men's basketball games. Just like the women in Iran, under strict sharia law, you would be banned from attending sporting events to watch men play.
But whether you could go to the sporting events or not, you still wouldn't need any cute outfits. Under the most stringent, i.e. most religious, sharia law, you would be required to be covered from head to toe. But chin up buttercup. You can still have your Michael Kors purse hanging from your burqa-covered shoulder. Oops, I take that back. Michael Kors is gay. Sharia law bans homosexuality, hence no MK products.
Oh, and here's a biggie. You probably wouldn't mind too much being banned from Duke sporting events, because well, I'll try to break this to you gently – you would be banned from Duke period. Women under the most religious sharia law aren't allowed to get an education. Remember that sweet girl from Pakistan who tried to get an education? Her name is Malala Yousafzai. For trying to get an education she got a bullet in her head by the enforcers of sharia law. And even this week, women in Mosel who were described as "educated, professional women" were killed by enforcers of sharia law.
And forget about owning a sporty BMW or an environmentally friendly Prius. What's the point of having a car when you're not allowed to drive. In the many religious Islamic states, women are banned from driving.
Hungry and want to run out for pizza or a burger? Or want to go get a pedi or mani? Okay. As long as you are accompanied by a male relative. But let's say you did manage to go out by yourself, and God forbid, you got raped. Your account of the story doesn't matter. Under the most religious sharia law, the witness account of a woman doesn't count for much.
The vice president for public affairs and government relations at Duke, Michael Schoenfeld, gave a really good liberal sound bite when he said, "Our Muslim community enriches the university in countless ways. We welcome the active expression of their faith tradition, and all others, in ways that are meaningful and visible." The only problem with this heart-warming sound bite is that it marginalizes all the other active expressions of the Muslim faith tradition that are visible around the world that include the diminishment of women, and the murder of people who do not live up to the standards of sharia law.
Back to your history lesson. What does your iTunes playlist look like on your phone? Anyone like J Lo, Katy Perry, Beyonce, or Carrie Underwood on your list? Sorry, under the strictest sharia law, women are not allowed to sing in public.
Do you know what Derakhshani is referring to when he speaks of "the revolution" in Iran? Of course you don't. You weren't even born when the revolution happened. So here's a crash course. In 1979 sharia law began to be enforced in Iran. See, that's the opposite of the revolution that happened in American. The American revolution brought freedom. The Iranian revolution brought sharia law. I know, it's pretty iffy to assume you understand the difference.
On April 1, 1979 in Iran after a national referendum in which only one choice was offered (Islamic Republic: Yes or No), Ayatollah Khomeini declared an Islamic republic (there's an oxy-moron for you) with a new constitution, i.e. sharia law, reflecting his ideals of Islamic government.
There was a woman who was a little younger than you are now who lived in Iran when this "revolution" happened. She was a lot like you. She went to school. She wore what she wanted to. She listened to music. She danced. All that came to an abrupt end, though. She wrote a book about her experiences if you are interested in learning about real life. Her name is Marina Nemat and her book is Prisoner of Tehran.
Ms. Nemat was raised as a Christian in Iran. Her normal, peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about her math lessons being replaced by religious studies, Marina was arrested. She was taken to the notorious prison, Evin, where interrogation and torture were part of the daily routine. She was a teenager.
I think that's enough education for one day. One last thing to remember, though. If Duke does keep pushing for the Friday call to prayer to be played from it's bell tower, and you hear it, please keep in mind all of the people, especially the women, around the world who hear this call to prayer in their country and the lack of freedom that it represents.
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