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the failed resurrection of Mother Buchan
Fordyce is beautiful. If you had to paint an idyllic Scottish village, it would look exactly like that: stone houses, winding streets and well-kept gardens. There is nothing here that disturbs the idyll, not even a pub. There used to be a boisterous annual market, but not anymore.
A small castle on the corner of the street and an ancient church and cemetery, dedicated to Talarican, a Catholic priest from Ireland, make Fordyce special. The people of Fordyce have been praying to God here for over 1000 years. One of them rather prayed to herself, though, because from Fordyce came a woman, who worshiped herself. She founded what was probably the most unusual sect in Scotland. Her name was Elspeth Simpson, later Mother Buchan and her sect was called the Buchanites.
Baby Elspeth was born in 1739 in the Parish of Fordyce, her father was John Simpson, who owned an inn nearby, the mother's name was Margaret Gordon. When her mother died, a relative took care of her, and is said to have given Elspeth a good upbringing. This relative married a farmer from the West Indies and set about emigrating. Elspeth, who was supposed to come along, jumped ship in the proverbial last second and stayed in the Greenock instead. Life must have seemed wild and exciting to her after the quietness of Fordyce. From now on she was on her own.
She worked as a maid and married a potter named Robert Buchan, originally from Banff. They had three children. Robert wanted to return to his hometown Banff, so the family moved north again, but Robert's pottery was not exactly successful and he left his wife and children and disappeared to Glasgow.
Elspeth changed. The apparently headstrong young woman became a religious fanatic. Sometimes she fasted for weeks and neglected the children, annoyed her neighbours and finally made life so difficult for everybody, that she was forced to leave and stay with her husband in Glasgow. There she met Reverend Hugh White from Irvine, who had problems with the church himself because of his rather unorthodox teachings. The two got close and Elspeth more and more extreme until she was finally convinced she was a prophetess and figure from the Bible, who was not only immortal, but could also immortalize others by breathing down on them.
There were people who believed her and a small sect full of people with the desire for immortality formed around the woman from sturdy Fordyce. The group travelled from place to place in Scotland, hoping to settle, but often forcibly evicted as soon as their views became apparent. Not every landlord fancies a prophetess as a tenant.
Elspeth is said to have worn an extraordinary red robe and her followers were mostly very young women. Hence the name Mother Buchan, she was clearly the leading figure in this whole scheme.
The group abolished marriage, children were brought up by everyone. After two broken and rather chaotic attempts (once the stage broke down) to ascend to the sky, some followers left the group but others still fervently believed in their prophetess from Fordyce. Elspeth Buchan died on March 29,1791, but promised the other members of the sect to return within six days. After all, she was immortal. But only if the faith of the followers was strong enough. If not, it would take longer for her to come back.
Their faith was not strong enough.
Her body was not buried in a graveyard, as the others made the authorities believe, but buried in the kitchen of the farm where the group lived at the time. The 50th anniversary of Mother Buchan's 50th death drew close and she still hadn't come back. Then one of her last remaining followers faced death and he wanted his body to be buried on top of hers, so she would wake him if she woke and finally rose again.
Elspeth Buchan's mummified body was discovered that same year in Newhouse, Crocketford, Dumfriesshire. The remaining followers of the sect are said to have been buried in a small cemetery on the farm grounds after their death.
Still none of them have risen.
In Fordyce nothing reminds visitors of Elspeth Buchan, née Simpson. They are probably not particularly proud of being the Parish where she came from.
Liked the read? There's more here…
Scotland is a country full of history, stories and secrets. Often, the three cannot be separated. That is what makes this country so wonderful and unique. The stories of this book have been discovered and gathered for Erkenbach's blog, Graveyards of Scotland, over many years. Her main sources were historical travel guides from the 18th and 19th centuries, where the finds were scary, beautiful, funny, and sometimes, cruel. This unusual approach to a country's history has produced amazing results. You don't have to share the author's passion for cemeteries to enjoy this book; only a small number of the stories in this collection take place in graveyards, though they do all end in them, so perhaps it helps.
source and further reading
Ann Lindsay: Hidden Scotland. Edinburgh, Birlin, 2010
Fordyce, Banff AB45 2SE, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Banff, believe, Buchanites, Dumfries, Elspeth Simpson, failed, Glasgow, Greenock, Hugh White, Irvine, madness, Mother Buchanan, potter, prophetess, resurrection, Robert Buchan, sect, ship, West Indies, women
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National Volunteer Week: Meet EveryStep Volunteer Sara Brinker
April 17 to 23 is National Volunteer Week. EveryStep's hundreds of volunteers provide care and support to thousands of patients, clients, families and our own staff every year. Our volunteers play an important role in EveryStep's ability to live out its mission.
Sara Brinker is a volunteer at EveryStep Hospice's Kavanagh House hospice home in Des Moines. She started her volunteer work in December of 2019 — and then COVID happened. She says she's happy to be able to resume volunteering now.
"I have always enjoyed listening to people and hearing their stories, and as I see my parents age and age myself, it has become more and more important to me that people are allowed to revisit their personal stories and memories as they transition into death," says Sara. "I also feel strongly about being truly present for people when they need you, in all stages of life, whatever that may be. When I heard about EveryStep Hospice, all of these facets fit together for me and I felt it would be a good place for me to share my time and talents."
With her son almost a senior in high school and less dependent upon her, Sara felt she had a little more time to give to others. EveryStep Hospice's Kavanagh House was where she chose to share that time.
"Kavanagh House is truly a unique and beautiful facility," says Sara. "I basically do whatever the nurses and aides need help with — washing and folding laundry, answering call lights, changing linens, turning patients, sitting with patients — I'm happy to help out wherever they need me."
Sara says she feels appreciated and supported in her volunteer work. "I mostly enjoy the friendly faces of the staff and residents. Everyone is so very kind and appreciative of the time you are giving volunteering. I also really enjoy my volunteer partner, Vicki — she's awesome and I love working with her!"
One of her most memorable moments as an EveryStep volunteer began unexpectedly. "A patient of EveryStep who lived alone and had no family here was needing a haircut and didn't have a driver to get him where he needed to go. Our wonderful volunteer coordinator, Susan, put out a call for help and I said I would be willing to help him out," remembers Sara.
"Well, the patient and I did some texting back and forth and he asked for a ride to his haircut a day or two before Christmas! In the back of my mind, I was thinking there are a million things I 'need' to be doing before Christmas, and taking someone to a haircut really wasn't one of them; but I happily did it anyway because I knew this was obviously important to him.
"The haircut day came and went and we had a lovely time together. He was just so appreciative of my help and so open to talk about his diagnosis and life. From this meeting, a friendship grew and we would text back and forth. He always said my messages just made his day! That made me feel so good. I was helping make him smile, but he was definitely doing the same for me!"
In February, Sara could tell by his text messages that he wasn't doing well. He was having trouble breathing, so Sara contacted her volunteer coordinator to see if his care team could check on him, which they immediately. The patient and team agreed he should be transferred to EveryStep Hospice's Kavanagh House, the hospice home where Sara volunteers.
"I was out of state the week he was going to transfer to the house, but we were texting back and forth a lot. The plan was that I would go see him immediately at the house when I got back into town. He was very happy about that," remembers Sara. The gentleman arrived at EveryStep Hospice's Kavanagh House on a Friday and passed away that same day, before Sara returned to town.
She says she felt very sad, but was also happy. "I was sad that I didn't get to say goodbye to him, but I was so glad he was at peace and comfortable, and that the loving staff at Kavanagh House were with him in his final moments. It was just a really unique and beautiful journey with this man — one I won't forget."
When she's not volunteering, Sara, who is a nurse, works part-time at an esthetics studio. She also loves to travel with her husband and son, most recently to Iceland! She also stays busy with college visits and graduation plans, and loves to digitally scrapbook.
EveryStep has a variety of volunteer needs across Iowa. If you are interested in volunteering with EveryStep, visit https://www.everystep.org/volunteer.

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Diana Gamez received her B.A. in Intensive Psychology with a minor in Latin American and Latino Studies from UC Santa Cruz.
Diana is interested in the the relationship between schools and prisons as mitigated by racialization, gendered, and sexed processes upon Mexican and Central American youth in Southern California. Her work is guided through the analytical and methodological lenses of Black studies, critical race studies, intersectionality, and ethnography.
Diana's previous professional and community work included working as a project assistant with a clinical psychology project that examined the duration of untreated psychosis in the Latinx community and the non-profit sector in which she worked with youth.


In April 2011, the Australian Securities & Investment Commission's (ASIC) issued Consultation Paper 153 outlining a proposed framework intended to maintain and enhance the competence of financial advisers.
This consultation paper seeks feedback on a proposed assessment and professional development framework for financial advisers in Australia. The proposed framework is intended to enhance and maintain the competence of financial advisers, lead to improvements in the quality of advice, and increase consumer confidence. The paper includes an outline of the current training and competence requirements for financial advisers under Regulatory Guide 146 Licensing: Training of financial product advisers (RG 146), informal consultation we have undertaken and a proposed three-stage assessment and professional development framework.
Subsequent to initial responses from CFA member societies in Australia, ASIC issued additional questions.
On 25 September 2013, CFA societies in Australia responded to ASIC Consultation Paper 212 - Licensing: Training of financial product advisers – Update to RG 146.
On 1 November 2014, CFA Institute responded to The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada's (IIROC) consultation paper 14-081 ("the Notice") related to the next phase of the IIROC proficiency assurance model with respect to the licensing of IIROC Approved Persons.
On 10 July 2015, CFA Institute responded to the European Securities and Market Authority's ("ESMA") consultation paper pertaining to draft guidelines for the assessment of knowledge and competence of individuals working in MiFID firms that provide investment advice or information about financial instruments, investment services or ancillary services to clients on behalf of the investment firm.
On 15 March 2011, CFA Institute responded to the European Commission's consultation paper on the Professional Qualifications Directive. The purpose of this consultation paper was to seek comment on several proposals by the Commission for encouraging the mobility of professionals throughout the European Union.
On 1 April 2014, CFA Institute responded to the proposed guidelines released by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMBT) for licensing examinations of Capital Markets Professionals.


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The Myths We Live By
Richard Rohr, a fabulous Franciscan who constantly illuminates in his writings, wrote recently that we are, in many ways, defined by the prevailing myths of our culture. Our defining myths, whether based in fact or not, are the background against which we measure ourselves and our society.
For instance, one might say the people to the south of us once believed every man started from common ground and that any man could aspire to greatness. Canadians once believed we were strong, kind, firm, caring, polite, respectful, respected and egalitarian in nature.
Mr. Rohr noted that the current mythic statement about North Americans seems to be that we are either producers or consumers, or perhaps, both. He went on to draw a parallel from that mythic statement to current rates of depression among North Americans.
Imagine being defined in such a way. One either produces, or one consumes, or one does the former, to carry out the latter. I'm not a social scientist, nor am I a psychologist, but I wonder if Richard Rohr doesn't have the right of it.
That might also explain why so much of the recent Federal Election campaign appeared to be targeted at producers and consumers. More money in your pocket, more money from their pockets, more money spent in your interests, my vote will be determined by your wishes, and your wishes alone….
Our leaders seem to believe we are consumed by the interests of producers and consumers. Our media seems to believe we are only interested in what affects us as producers and consumers. Our new Prime Minister seemed to echo that belief, in a conversation with the US President on balancing the production/consumption cycle (the economy) with the life sustaining cycle (the environment).
Not that he's alone. Every party with an elected MP has policy that aims at some sort of balance between the two. All are pragmatic about choices before us and steps that must be taken to husband the production/consumption cycle while keeping a weather-eye on the relations that sustain us.
What would it be like if we changed the myth? Most of us believe in something beyond narrowly defined self-interest. Few would appreciate epitaphs listed as bank balances or inventory sheets. Especially if they carried a full accounting of the parts of creation that paid the price for status: climates changed; acidic, fished out oceans filled with plastic; children labouring in garment factories and mines; third world farmers chained to first world debt; rivers toxic to all forms of life; indigenous populations driven from their lands; species wiped out; marginalized women disappearing from our streets.
What would it be like if we changed the myth? If we decided we are a people who live in deep relationship with all of creation. A people who value life and the earth systems that sustain life above all else. A people who accepted, acknowledged and acted upon our commonly felt urge to transcendence. A people who hallowed one another, their relations, and their place as part of creation?
I wonder what it would be like if we became grounded in the assurances of love, blessing and belonging that our faith traditions try to articulate. Would we change our myths and thereby change our world?
Keith Simmonds


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Patti LuPone Responds to Social Media- 'I Gave Up My Equity Card'
LuPone's name has come up following an incident at Hadestown.
by Nicole Rosky Oct. 17, 2022
Patti LuPone's name has been used quite a bit on social media over the past week, and the three-time Tony winner is acutely aware of it.
Following an incident last week at Hadestown that involved Lillias White mistakenly calling out a hard of hearing audience member for using a captioning device, theatre fans are making their opinion of the event known. While some have taken to Twitter to express outrage over White's misstep, others have been quick to compare the backlash to some of LuPone's past onstage antics- many of which have received praise.
Earlier this year, LuPone called out a audience member at a Company talkback for not wearing a mask- an incident that resulted in magnanimous support from the Broadway community. In previous theatre seasons, she has been known to stop the show in response to phone use in the theatre.
Today, LuPone has responded to the situation, writing that she "gave up [her] Equity card." She told BroadwayWorld: "When the run of COMPANY ended this past July, I knew I wouldn't be on stage for a very long time. And at that point I made the decision to resign from Equity."
Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about. Gave up my Equity card; no longer part of that circus. Figure it out.
- Patti LuPone (@PattiLuPone) October 17, 2022
Messages to Actors' Equity Association for comment were not returned.
LuPone expanded upon her decision to give up her Equity card to People, sharing, "Fifty years to this year ... I've been a card-carrying member of Equity, and they don't know who I am basically...They just said, 'Fine, but if you want to rejoin, we're going to have to approve you.'"
LuPone went on to say that Actors' Equity Association doesn't "support actors at all," adding: "They're just not good. And I just didn't want to give them any more money."
LuPone most recently won a Tony Award for her perormance as Joanne in Company. A two-time Tony Award winner for her performances in Evita and the most recent Broadway production of Gypsy, her New York stage credits include War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations); Shows for Days; The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet); Company (New York Philharmonic); Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC Award nominations); Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations); Noises Off; The Old Neighborhood; Master Class; Anything Goes (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award); Oliver!; Accidental Death of An Anarchist; The Water Engine; and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). In addition to Company, her London stage credits include Master Class; Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination); The Cradle Will Rock, and Les Miserables, for which she won the Olivier Award, the first American artist to do so, for her performances in both musicals. Opera: The Ghosts of Versailles (Los Angeles Opera), To Hell and Back (San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Los Angeles Opera debut), Regina (Kennedy Center).
Her film credits include: The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy, and Witness. LuPone's television credits include "Pose," "Mom," "The Simpsons," "Vampirina," "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," "Penny Dreadful" (Critics Choice Award nomination), "Girls," "American Horror Story: Coven," "30 Rock," "Glee," "Frasier" (Emmy Award nomination), and three years as Libby Thatcher on the ABC series "Life Goes On." She is a founding member of both the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and John Houseman's The Acting Company and the author of the New York Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.
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Quick and Easy Guide to Labor & Employment Law: West Virginia
This state-specific guide covers labor and employment case law, statutes, rules, and regulations that HR professionals and clients often encounter or have questions about in West Virginia.
West Virginia is an at-will employment state, which means that either the employer or the employee may end an employee's employment without cause and for any reason or no reason, as long as it is not otherwise contrary to law (e.g., discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblowing).
Right-to-Work Laws
West Virginia is a right-to-work state. Therefore, no employee can be required to join a union as a condition of employment. Employees have the right to self-organize; form, join, or assist unions; bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; and engage in other concerted activities for collective bargaining purposes and other mutual aid or protection. W. Va. Code, § 21-1A-3. Employees also have the right to refrain from these activities, including the right to refrain from paying dues, fees, or assessments to a labor union or any third party. Id.
Immigration Verification
West Virginia places some additional employment verification procedures on employers beyond Federal I-9 compliance. Every employer with employees working in West Virginia is required to verify the legal employment status or authorization to work for each of their individual employees at the time of hire.
Employers meet this responsibility by requiring any one of the following types of identification at the time of hire — a valid:
Immigration or non-immigration visa, including photo identification
Photo ID card issued by a government agency
Work permit or supervision permit issued by the WV Division of Labor
Permit issued by the Department of Justice
Additional information regarding West Virginia's employment verification requirements may be accessed at labor.wv.gov/Wage-Hour/Undocumented_Worker/Pages/default.aspx.
Employers can test employees and applicants for drugs or alcohol as a condition of hiring or continued employment if such testing is conducted in accordance with the drug- and alcohol-testing law. W. Va. Code § 21-3E-4. An employer also can require employees to submit to a drug or alcohol test if the employer has a drug-free workplace program as established in the West Virginia code. W. Va. Code § 21-3E-4; W. Va. Code § 21-3E-16. Specifically, an employer may require a current employee to take a drug or alcohol test on suspicion of intoxication or drug use if the employer's written policy allows for drug or alcohol testing to investigate whether an individual employee is impaired, and the employer follows all West Virginia Safer Workplace Act notice, educational, and procedural requirements. W. Va. Code § 21-3E-8(c)(2).
Jury Duty Leave
West Virginia employers must allow employees to take leave to serve as jurors. Jury duty leave can be unpaid. Employers cannot discharge or discriminate against employees because they take leave to serve as jurors. W. Va. Code § 61-5-25a. An employee may have a private right of action against their employer if they are discriminated against by their employer because such employee received or was served with a summons for jury duty, or was absent from work to respond to a summons for jury duty or to serve on any jury in federal or state court. W. Va. Code § 52-3-1.
Voting Leave
Employers in West Virginia are required to grant employees sufficient time off to vote. Specifically, employees may take voting leave for up to three hours between the opening and closing of the polls on Election Day. W. Va. Code § 3-1-42. Employees are required to notify employers at least three days before Election Day that they need time off to vote. Id. Employers in industries such as essential government, health, hospital, transportation, and communication services; and in production, manufacturing, and processing works requiring continuity in operation, can arrange schedules of employees' voting time leave to avoid disruption or impairment of essential services and operations. Id.
Other Leave
Emergency Response Leave
West Virginia employers with 15 or more employees must allow eligible employees to take emergency response leave if they respond to an emergency call as members of volunteer fire departments, emergency medical service attendants, or members of emergency medical services. W. Va. Code § 21-5-17. Any time lost from employment as provided in this section may be charged against the employee's regular pay or accumulated leave, if any, at the option of the employee. Id.
Employers must grant the same re-employment rights to National Guard members on active military duty that are granted to members of the U.S. armed forces' reserve by applicable federal law. W. Va. Code § 15-1-1; W. Va. Code § 15-1F-8.
Pregnancy Disability Leave
Employers in West Virginia must make reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of an employee or applicant, unless these accommodations would impose undue hardship on employers. W. Va. Code § 5-11B-2. It is unlawful for employers to deny an employment opportunity to a job applicant or employee if such denial is based on the employer's refusal to make reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of the employee or applicant, or require an employee or applicant to accept an accommodation that such applicant or employee chooses not to accept. Id. Employers cannot require employees and applicants affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to take leave if other reasonable accommodations can be provided. Id.
It is unlawful for public and private West Virginia employers to refuse to hire applicants, discharge employees, or otherwise discriminate against or penalize employees solely because they use tobacco products off employer premises during nonwork hours. W. Va. Code § 21-3-19. This requirement does not apply to nonprofit organizations that, as one of their primary purposes or objectives, discourage the use of tobacco products by the general public. Id.
Break Time to Express Milk
West Virginia does not have any state-specific statutes or other provisions relating to breastfeeding rights for employees. However, if the employee is protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers are required to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for their nursing child for one year after the child's birth each time such employee has the need to express milk. Id. In addition, under the FLSA, employers are also required to provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from co-workers and the public, that may be used by an employee to express breast milk. Id.
During a workday lasting at least six hours, all West Virginia employers must provide employees with at least 20 minutes for meal breaks at times reasonably designated by the employer. W. Va. Code § 21-3-10a.
Minimum Wage, Overtime, and Wage Recordkeeping
West Virginia's state minimum wage rate is $8.75 per hour. W. Va. Code § 21-5C-2. For West Virginia's state minimum wage requirements to apply, at least six or more non-exempt employees must be working at the same separate, distinct, and permanent work location. Id. If that requirement is not met, the federal minimum wage may apply. Employers must still comply with federal wage laws and regulations.
West Virginia's minimum wage standards allow employers a 70% credit against the minimum wage requirement for their service employees who receive tips. W. Va. Code § 21-5C-4. That means an employer may pay their tipped employees a cash wage of $2.62 per hour, as long as the employee's hourly cash rate, plus reported tips, equals the state minimum wage of $8.75 per hour. Id.
West Virginia law requires employers to pay overtime to employees, unless otherwise exempt, at the rate of 1½ times the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. W. Va. Code § 21-5C-3. However, any individual that is involved in one of the categories of work, or descriptions of work, listed in W. Va. Code § 21-5C-1(f), are exempt from overtime requirements under West Virginia law.
This does not apply to agricultural employees.
Employers are required to maintain payroll and employment records during an employee's employment and for a period of not less than 5 years from the date each record was created. W. Va. Code R. § 42-5-5. This record must contain the employee's:
Date of birth (if under 18)
Occupation, title or job classification
Rate of regular pay
Hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek
Documentation of legal status or authorization to work, as required by W. Va. Code § 21-1B-1 et seq.
Final Payments
Whenever a person, firm, or corporation discharges an employee, or whenever an employee quits or resigns from employment, the person, firm, or corporation shall pay the employee's wages due for work that the employee performed before the separation of employment on or before the next regular payday on which the wages would otherwise be due and payable. W. Va. Code § 21-5-4. Wages due include at least all wages earned up to and including the 12th day immediately preceding the regular payday. Id. If a person, firm, or corporation fails to pay an employee wages as required under this section, the person, firm, or corporation is liable to the employee for two times that unpaid amount as liquidated damages in addition to the amount that was unpaid when due. Id.
Frequency of Wage Payments
Employers in West Virginia must pay employees at least twice every month with no more than 19 days between pay periods, unless provided by a special agreement. W. Va. Code § 21-5-3. If an employee is absent from their regular place of labor and does not receive their wages, the employer must pay the wages due upon demand at the place where their wages are usually paid. Id.
Unemployment insurance benefits provide income to individuals who have lost work through no fault of their own. The benefits are intended to partially offset the loss of wages while an unemployed worker searches for suitable work or until an employer can recall the employee to work. Nothing is deducted from the employee's wages to pay for this coverage. Unemployment benefits are administered by the West Virginia Department of Commerce through WorkForce West Virginia, and additional information regarding the benefits may be accessed at workforcewv.org/unemployment.
The West Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, W. Va. Code § 23-2-1, et seq., applies to every employer in West Virginia with three or more employees. Pursuant to this law, most West Virginia employers are statutorily required to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage. Id. Employees who suffer injuries and/or occupational diseases arising out of and in the course of their employment may be eligible to receive several types of benefits.
The following employers are not required to procure workers' compensation insurance, but may elect to do so:
Employers of employees in domestic services
Employers of five or fewer full-time employees in agricultural service
Employers of employees while the employees are employed without the state except in cases of temporary employment without the state
Employers with fewer than three employees and the period of employment is temporary, intermittent, and sporadic in nature and does not exceed 10 calendar days in any calendar quarter
Employers engaged in organized professional sports activities
Any volunteer rescue squad or volunteer police auxiliary unit organized under the auspices of a county commission, municipality, or other government entity or political subdivision
Taxicab drivers of taxicab companies
Any employer whose employees are eligible to receive benefits under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
The West Virginia Workers' Compensation Act is administered by the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner. W. Va. Code § 23-2-1. Additional information regarding the Act may be accessed at www.wvinsurance.gov/Workers-Compensation.
Generally, 14 is the minimum age for employment under West Virginia state law. W. Va. Code § 21-6-1.Children or youth under the age of 14 are generally prohibited from working unless one of the following exceptions apply:
Being employed by parents in non-hazardous occupations
Working as actors or performers
Delivering newspapers
Employed as homeworkers in making wreaths from natural elements
Performing certain agricultural work
There are restrictions for places of work dealing with minors, as well as on the hours of the day the minor may work. W. Va. Code § 21-6-2, et seq.
Employers can prohibit employees and applicants from openly carrying or concealing firearms and other deadly weapons on employer property. W. Va. Code § 61-7-14. However, employers may not prohibit any customer, applicant, employee, or other person lawfully on the premises from storing a lawfully possessed firearm inside a privately owned vehicle in a company parking lot, as long as the firearm is out of view and locked in the vehicle. Id. Employers cannot condition employment based on whether employees and applicants have a license to carry certain deadly weapons or on agreements that prohibit them from keeping firearms in or on privately owned vehicles under certain conditions. Id.
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The State of West Virginia allows for the certified medical use of marijuana to treat certain serious medical conditions. W. Va. Code § 16A-1-1, et seq. An employer cannot discipline an employee solely for medical marijuana use, but employers may maintain a drug-free workplace policy, prohibiting employees to report to work under the influence or use or possess marijuana in the workplace.
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Mehmed Selim Pasha or Mehmed Selim Sırrı Pasha (1771 Bender, Moldova – 1831 Damascus, Ottoman Empire, nickname: "Benderli") was an Ottoman statesman. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He ruled from 14 September 1824 to 24 October 1828 as Grand Vizier of sultan Mahmud II and failed in the fight against the Greek War of Independence. The Auspicious Incident (Vaka-i Hayriye), the Battle of Navarino (1827), happened during his period in office. In 1828–30 he became Wali (governor) of Rumelia Province and 1830–31 Wali of Damascus (Syria). When the citizens of Damascus and the local garrison of Janissaries rose in revolt against him, Selim Pasha sought refuge into the Citadel of Damascus. After a siege lasting 40 days he was promised safe passage but murdered before he could leave the city.

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PM Hasina: Bangladesh with UN to establish global peace
Published at 08:04 pm June 24th, 2018
Last updated at 08:05 pm June 24th, 2018
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and UN Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix during their meeting at her Jatiya Sangsad office on Sunday, June 24, 2018 Focus Bangla
'We are extremely grateful and we are also respectful of the services of the Bangladeshi peacekeepers around the world'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reaffirmed Bangladesh's firm commitment to remain engaged with the United Nations in its efforts towards preventing conflict and establishing peace in the world.
"Bangladesh always remains ready to contribute troops and police in response to UN's call for strengthening world peace and stability," she told UN Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix when he paid a courtesy call on her at her Jatiya Sangsad office in Dhaka.
After the meeting, the prime minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the media.
Hasina said Bangladesh also remained prepared to support the UN peacekeeping capability readiness steps.
As per the UN's request, she said, the government was also ready with "rapid deployment battalion" for MONUSCO in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The prime minister also underscored implementation of a nine-point reform agenda for the UN peacekeeping operations presented by the UN secretary general and assured the UN of Dhaka's support in this regard.
While talking about the Rohingya issue, she pointed out Bangladesh's foreign policy of "friendship to all, malice to none" and said the country wanted to maintain peace with all.
"Accordingly, the government opened dialogue with Myanmar to solve the Rohingya crisis," she said.
Hasina regretted that Myanmar authorities agreed to take back their nationals from Bangladesh, but they did not act as per their commitment.
"The presence of nearly 1.1 million Rohingya people is a huge burden on Bangladesh and it is causing sufferings to the local people where the refugees have been sheltered," she said.
She added that all, including the army, navy, air force, security forces, administration and volunteers, have been working to mitigate the sufferings of the Rohingyas.
UN Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix and Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali during their meeting at state guesthouse Padma in Dhaka on Sunday, June 24, 2018 PID
High praise for Bangladeshi peacekeepers
During the meeting, Jean Pierre Lacroix highly praised the role of Bangladeshi peacekeepers, including the female troops and police, in maintaining peace at UN missions in different parts of the world.
He recalled the ultimate sacrifice of made by many Bangladeshi peacekeepers while they were on duties, and said that Bangladesh was a key member regarding UN's peacekeeping efforts.
He also assured Hasina of continuing the UN support towards development efforts of the Bangladesh government.
Prior to his meeting with Hasina, Lacroix had met with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at state guesthouse Padma in Dhaka, and led a five-member UN delegation to a meeting with Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary at the Police Headquarters.
At both meetings, the UN official had lauded Bangladesh's strong engagement in ensuring peace around the world with its peacekeepers.
"We had a very frank discussion. This was an opportunity for me to thank him personally and Bangladesh for its extremely strong support to peacekeeping and its steadfast engagement in favour of peace around the world," he told reporters after the meeting with the foreign minister.
"We are extremely grateful and we are also respectful of the services of the Bangladeshi peacekeepers around the world," he said.
UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo was, among others, present at the meeting.
During the meeting with the IGP, Lacroix had highly praised Bangladesh Police for its role in establishing world peace.
Hailing the professionalism and efficiency of the Bangladeshi police members, he said they had been making a unique contribution to protecting peace in conflict-stricken and war-torn countries across the globe, Police Headquarters spokesman AKM Kamrul Ahsan quoted him as saying.
The UN under-secretary-general, however, added that Bangladesh Police would have to acquire more skills in the face of challenges of the UN peacekeeping missions.
He also emphasised obtaining fluency in French language in particular.
The IGP urged Lacroix to increase the participation of Bangladesh Police and the number of women police, especially the Female Formed Police Unit, in the peacekeeping activities.
Lacroix arrived in Dhaka on Sunday morning on a visit to thank Bangladesh for its service and sacrifice in ensuring global peace.
He will also visit Nepal, India and Pakistan by July 3.
Together, troops and police from these four countries make up close to one-third of some 91,000 uniformed personnel across 14 UN peacekeeping operations.
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What are the most powerful hurricanes that struck the Arabian Peninsula?
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Weather_Arab What are the strongest hurricanes that struck the Arabian Peninsula?
Hurricanes affect the Arabian Peninsula, especially the areas bordering the Arabian Sea, and there are 60 tropical cyclones (tropical cyclone) that struck the Arabian Peninsula. Oman and Yemen were affected by these cyclones in particular, in addition to those located near the Bay of Bengal off the eastern coast of India, and these storms resulted in losses estimated at at least $ 8.3 billion USD and 1,693 deaths. The main cause of tropical cyclone damage in the Arabian Peninsula is due to the floods.
Among the most powerful hurricanes that struck the Arabian Peninsula:
Hurricane Gonu:
Gonu was the strongest storm recorded in the Arabian Sea in 2007 and the strongest on land. It was classified as the strongest and most destructive tropical cyclone in the Sultanate of Oman, leaving losses estimated at $ 4.2 billion and killing nearly 50 people. Hundreds of people in the UAE were forced to evacuate due to the high waves of Gonu and the storm later crossed the Gulf of Oman and struck Iran.
Hurricane Wit:
It is the second strongest tropical cyclone to form after Cyclone Gonu , which started to form on May 31, 2010 and was classified as a Category Four hurricane due to its strength, which was greatly increased due to the decrease in air pressure over the sea, and the wind speed reached 235 km / h on June 1, 2010. Hurricane Feet caused slightly weaker losses and damages, amounting to $ 780 million and 24 deaths while crossing eastern Oman.
Cyclone Chapala:
On November 1, 2015, Hurricane Chabala struck the Yemeni island of Socotra, which is the second strongest tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean and one of the most powerful hurricanes that reached land in the Arabian Sea. It is in a low pressure area in the Arabian Sea, then the next day it turned into a very severe hurricane Large amounts of rain caused floods and torrential torrents, and the storm severely damaged 444 homes and destroyed major roads in Hadhramaut Governorate. Nationally, the storm displaced more than 50,000 people, including 18,000 in Socotra. Chappala was hit in the midst of a continuing civil war.
Hurricanes that struck the Arabian Peninsula in the past decade of 2010 alone reached 12 hurricanes, ranging from a tropical depression to a Category Four hurricane.
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Or both Old and New styles so there is more variation of buildings.
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: New style building.
Going by what people have said about the previous buildings, complaining about the textures ive been trying out new textures to see how they fit and i came up with this.
A more standard brick texture . .
So should the buildings look like this or like the other style i have posted, or perhaps keep both styles for more variation.
Keep in mind regarding the last option theres going to be buildings with a variety of styles in the project anyway, so by keeping the old style and this style it will already give us two variations to work with.
Oh and theyre not 100% finished.


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Los Angeles Dodgers' Deferred Contract Burdens Slowly Beginning to Fade Away
Over the last several years, the Los Angeles Dodgers' management team of owner Frank McCourt and general manager Ned Colletti have utilized the deferred contract option as a tactic to bring in numerous big name players with highly valued contracts—without paying much up front.
Looking back at several of the players who were still part of the Dodgers payroll in 2010, and who will be receiving paychecks from McCourt into the future, there's no doubt that many of the deals have failed miserably.
There's no way of telling exactly what position Frank McCourt is in financially, and just to be competitive, the club may be forced to continue to back-load contracts and pay players deferred cash long after they leave Los Angeles.
Nevertheless, as the 2010 campaign came to an end, some relief began to appear. Six players who were on the team payroll this season, yet never suited up in Dodger Blue, have finally received their last paycheck from Los Angeles. Now, these funds can finally be utilized to fill in a number of gaps on the player roster.
Left-handed starting pitcher Ted Lilly was recently signed to a three-year, $33 million deal, and although the contract was back-loaded, surprisingly no deferred payments exist that will need to be made once the contract expires. This could be a positive sign for the Dodgers, as Colletti and McCourt finally may be realizing how costly several of these deals actually were.
Still, the offseason is young, and the verdict is out on McCourt and Colletti. It's already been announced that the team payroll will be increased, but it's unknown by how much. Yet it is possible that with all the right moves, the Dodgers may find themselves in a position to improve upon a very dreadful year.
The following slides show all nine players who weren't part of the team in 2010 yet still received paychecks signed by McCourt. Several are finally cleared from the payroll, and while a few will continue to be paid into the future, there is a bit of relief in sight in terms of overall dollars.
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My first goal is to be a valuable resource for the organisation where ever i work. I am a database developer now and it is nice to get to do something new every few years, even if it is just writing the same "data driven Web application" projects in a different language.So I wouldn't mind eventually becoming a DBA, at the same time management isn't out of the question, and I think it might be interesting to be. I did find that management is the same way, you're constantly learning and changing; if you can "abstract out" the desire to learn new things from being specific to technical work, and just simply make it, "I love to do new things" and management can be a good direction to fulfill that. Moreover engineering and technology projects are also business projects, they are conducted in a business context and involve business issues such as customer satisfaction, resource utilization, deadlines, costs, profits, and so on.
I was born in a small village in Rajasthan. My parents are farmers. I have one younger brother he is boi-chemistry scientist in Govt of India.
My first valuable achievement is the position i am in right now. Being the son of illiterate farmers from a village background I never thought that i would be here one day. Other achievements include: Consistently I have been top performer in my organisation in every appraisal year. Since the domain i work in is very critical and quality is vital here, and i have been able to deliver very high quality software, In many of the cases not even one issue was logged against my deliverables and that got me many spot awards. On the other side i was very happy when my parents travelled in an aeroplane, this was one of my childhood dreams.
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Headlines blared this weekend that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he favors building a giant wall along the northern border, but his camp claims he never said this.
"Despite the attempts of some to put words in his mouth, Gov. Walker wasn't advocating for a wall along our northern border," campaign spokeswoman AshLee Strong told the Washington Examiner's media desk on Monday…
Only a small handful of newsrooms, including the Washington Post, which corrected its original headline suggesting Walker wanted a wall, broke with the pack to note that the governor was talking about overall security concerns on the northern border.
"Chuck asked about it and Gov. Walker said based on what he's hearing from people there are security concerns that need to be addressed," his campaign told the Examiner.
"There have been a lot of dumb ideas put out," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in an interview with Boston Herald Radio. "One, that the Mexicans will pay for a wall, [which] was probably the dumbest of dumb ideas. But putting a wall up between us and Canada is sort of a ridiculous notion."
Democratic Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, who was born and raised near the Canadian border, called building a wall to keep Canadians out "crazy."
"Election season always brings out crazy ideas, but this is one of the craziest," he said in a written statement on Monday. "If Marcelle's (his wife's) parents were still here they would say the same thing, but in French." Leahy married Marcelle Pomerleau in 1962. Her family is French-Canadian.
Via the DMR.
Walker's backers see a campaign discombobulated by Trump's booming popularity and by his provocative language on immigration, China and other issues. They see in Walker a candidate who — in contrast to the discipline he showed in state races — continues to commit unforced errors, either out of lack of preparation or in an attempt to grab for part of the flamboyant businessman's following.
These supporters say what is needed now is a return to basics, a more disciplined focus on the issues Walker long has championed in Wisconsin. They say there also needs to be a clear acknowledgment inside the campaign that the governor has yet to put to rest questions about his readiness to handle the problems and unexpected challenges that confront every president…
Several supporters say Walker appears to have had too many meetings with too many experts, turning him into a more timid version of himself. They miss the Midwestern candidate who focused on economic issues like weakening public unions, making painful cuts to the budget and reducing taxes by more than $2 billion.
A former Republican officeholder said Walker needs to project the political persona that first made him attractive to conservatives, rather than seemingly lurch further to the right on issues that never have been at his core.
Walker's fade is a bit harder to understand. A sitting Governor of a swing state, he had accomplished a host of very conservative reforms in a state that was not necessarily inured to them. He stood up to a very powerful public sector and overcame opposition from within his own Republican party to push the envelope on reform. He won three statewide elections in four years. Walker also has a compelling personal story that is the opposite of the resume of the political class.
Yet, on the trail he underwhelms. His performance in the first GOP debate was forgettable. He relied on canned talking points at the exact moment voters were most interested in authenticity. Another governor, John Kasich, improbably out-shined him. Kasich has many unconservative positions, but he comes across as a real human being, instead of a political candidate. Walker looked as if he had been debate-prepped into wallpaper.
"I'm literally dizzy trying to keep track of where he's at, and in Iowa, he's the incredible shrinking candidate right now," says Doug Gross, a Republican strategist in the Hawkeye State not affiliated with any of the campaigns. "He is trying to occupy every lane, and in this environment, where authenticity is so important, he's coming off as an opportunistic candidate who doesn't know who he is."…
"Voters sense when a candidate changed positions for political expediency and they don't like it," says John Feehery, a Republican strategist and former congressional aide. "I think Walker's shifting positions have hurt him. There are plenty of candidates out there and voters usually gravitate to the ones they trust the most."…
"Like almost everybody else running, these guys are all trying to get some traction in a Trump world. Walker is especially boring in this Trump world," Feehery says. "I think he thinks the only way he can get traction is to move further to the right. Not sure if that works, but that is his strategy."…
"It has always been my opinion that if Scott Walker ran for president as a conservative, he would find plenty of success. As we are now seeing, he's not running as a strong, reform-minded conservative, and that is severely hurting him in a state like Iowa," writes Iowa Republican strategist Craig Robinson. "In Iowa it's not good enough to have the right position on an issue. Evangelical voters here are looking for conviction on their issues, and they are not seeing that from Walker."
Even when he isn't trying to mimic Trump, Walker has had a difficult time delivering a clear and consistent message. The governor has a strong pro-life record, but during his 2014 reelection campaign he wouldn't say if he'd sign legislation protecting unborn children after the fifth month of pregnancy. He again declined to specify any actions he'd take to protect the lives of unborn children in a March 1 interview on Fox News Sunday. Two days later, under pressure from pro-life leaders, Walker said he would sign the popular bill banning abortion after the fifth month of pregnancy. He made good on that promise in June.
But in the August 6 GOP debate, with 24 million people watching, Walker staked out a very unpopular position on the issue. When Fox News's Megyn Kelly asked Walker if he'd "really let a mother die rather than have an abortion," Walker replied, "that unborn child can be protected, and there are many other alternatives that will also protect the life of that mother." In a post-debate interview with Sean Hannity, Walker called the question a "false choice."…
There were several problems with Walker's statements, the first of which is that they just aren't true. There are cases prior to viability when lifesaving treatment for a pregnant woman will necessarily result in the death of her unborn child. A Walker aide told me that Walker doesn't consider such treatments to be abortion, but Walker's public comments did not make that clear…
There's still time for Walker to turn things around and win the GOP nomination. But if he's going to succeed, he'll need to do a better job of explaining his agenda—and convincing voters it's clear in his own mind.
"Given China's massive cyberattacks against America, its militarization of the South China Sea, continued state interference with its economy, and persistent persecution of Christians and human rights activists, President Obama needs to cancel the state visit," Walker said in the statement.
But up until he emerged as a top presidential contender, concerns about Chinese currency manipulation and human-rights violations didn't seem like a top priority for Walker… Throughout his governorship, Walker adopted rhetoric and policies that sought to build bridges and deepen relationships between China and Wisconsin—even though, according to one analysis, the Badger State lost more than 60,000 jobs during his tenure because of the growing Chinese trade deficit and the country's currency manipulation…
Shortly before the 2012 presidential election, Walker made an appearance on CCTV—a Chinese state television broadcaster—sporting a lapel pin that depicted the American and Chinese flags side by side, waving over Wisconsin (Wisconsin blogger Jud Lounsbury flagged the video on YouTube in 2013).
Things get ugly for Walker—very ugly, quite fast—when he talks about immigration. It's complicated his presidential bid, causing him headache upon headache. And some who know him say that a big reason his immigration struggles are perpetually messy just might be because he doesn't necessarily buy into the things he's saying…
Charlie Sykes, one of the most influential conservative talk-radio hosts in Wisconsin, estimates he's interviewed Walker hundreds of times over the last 20 years. Sykes said there may be a very simple explanation for why Walker has had so much trouble talking about the issue: The governor doesn't believe what he's saying.
That's right. Walker's Breitbart-friendly, immigration-skeptical rhetoric on the issue is an innovation that seems to make the governor uncomfortable. Sykes said that though Walker's official stances put him nearly as far right as Donald Trump on questions regarding birthright citizenship and the economic impact of legal immigration, his heart is elsewhere. Sykes said he thinks Walker has adopted this position to keep any other Republican candidates from getting to his right…
"I think the nativist rhetoric does not come naturally to him," Sykes continued. "That is not his native tongue. That's when a politician begins to stumble, when they're speaking a language they're really not that comfortable with."
His problems continued on Sunday. Walker was grilled on birthright citizenship and gay marriage flip-flops, his low home-state polling and his state's economic record, that latter suggesting a line of attack for other GOP governors in the race. Walker pleaded that "if you look at Minnesota, it's had a lower unemployment rate for 25 years, or something like that, in the last two, two and a half decades. So that's not an apples to apples comparison." Really, Wisconsin can't be as good as Minnesota? Then he argued that "we're heavily dependent on manufacturing. That's been something that's been slow, not just there, but across the country." One can imagine other governors licking their chops. Even worse, he was pushed into saying a wall on the Canadian border is worth considering. That's plain goofy since immigrants are not exactly streaming in from Canada.
Meanwhile, Christie was loose and funny on Fox News Sunday. (At one point he declared, "Let's do a lightning round baby, let's go.") Jabbing at Hillary Clinton for telling Fox's Ed Henry he was "entitled" to only one question at a recent press availability, Christie joked, "Thank you very much, your highness. We appreciate it. This is not royalty in the United States. You have to battle, fight, and answer questions by the American people to become president of the United States. It's not a familial ascendancy." On her comparing pro-lifers to terrorists, Christie punched back. "Well there's a uniter, isn't. Comparing Republicans to terrorist groups. There's a real uniter. That's the woman you want sitting in the Oval Office to bring our country back together. That's a disgrace and she's a disgrace."…
Christie, like other contenders, is overshadowed for the moment by Donald Trump. Unlike Walker, however, he has stuck to his guns on issues and performed ably in the debate. Walker seems in over his head.
Walker hasn't been the dark horse we expected—the strongest challenger to Jeb Bush's dynastic candidacy. He's been, instead, a non-presence. He doesn't flicker, let alone catch fire, and when it comes to issues and answering voters, the Wisconsin governor has been awkward, clumsy, and flat-footed. Yes, he has money and yes, he has an organization. But that doesn't make up for skill, or a lack thereof. So far, he just isn't good, and it shows…
As for Walker? Trump has him shook. On birthright citizenship, the Wisconsin governor has had three different answers. At the Iowa State Fair, he told MSNBC's Kasie Hunt that he wanted to curb the practice. "To me it's about enforcing the laws in this country. And I've been very clear, I think you enforce the laws, and I think it's important to send a message that we're going to enforce the laws, no matter how people come here we're going to enforce the laws in this country," he said. The following Friday he told CNBC that he wouldn't take a stance on the issue. And this past Sunday, he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he doesn't want to repeal or alter the provision at all. It's clear, at this point, that he just doesn't know what to say.
In fairness to Walker, Trump overlaps with his base—working-class and downscale whites. To a large degree, Walker has been shut out by Trump's rise; with Trump in the race, it's hard to get a hold with these voters, who prefer the flamboyant reality television star to the staid Midwestern politician…
There's also the question of Walker's electoral success. Of his three statewide wins, two were in midterm years, when Republicans have the advantage. Other than the recall race—which took place in the summer of 2012, well before that November's national elections—he's never run during a presidential year, when—in the last two cycles—Democrats have had the advantage. His rhetoric aside, he may not be as electable as he looks.
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Zucker v. Andreessen, C.A. No. 6014-VCP (Del. Ch. June 21, 2012) (Parsons, V.C.)
In this memorandum opinion, the Court of Chancery granted nominal defendant Hewlett-Packard Co.'s motion to dismiss pursuant to Court of Chancery Rule 23.1 for plaintiff's failure to make a pre-suit demand or to allege a basis to excuse demand. Plaintiff, a shareholder of Hewlett-Packard Co. ("HP" or the "Company"), brought a derivative action, accusing certain HP directors of committing waste in connection with a severance package provided to HP's former CEO, Mark Hurd. Plaintiff also claimed that the directors breached their duty of care by failing to have a long-term CEO succession plan prepared in the event of an unexpected termination, such as that of Mr. Hurd. The Court held that the complaint did not meet the standard set by Delaware precedent for demand excusal, and therefore dismissed both claims.
In August 2010, the HP board voted unanimously to terminate Mr. Hurd after an internal investigation of certain claims of sexual harassment and falsifying expense reports revealed a breach of the Company's standards of business conduct. The Board entered into a severance agreement that provided payments and benefits estimated by plaintiff to be worth over $40 million to Mr. Hurd. In exchange for these benefits, Mr. Hurd agreed, among other things, to release any claims he ever had, then had, or may have in the future against the Company. Upon Mr. Hurd's termination in August 2010, the Board immediately appointed the Company's CFO, Cathie Lesjak, as interim CEO and formed a search committee to find a permanent replacement.
On November 24, 2010, plaintiff filed a shareholder derivative complaint, which was subsequently amended. Plaintiff argued that entering into the severance agreement constituted corporate waste because the board was not required to provide any severance to Mr. Hurd and did not receive what plaintiff believed to be anything of value in return. Plaintiff also claimed that the directors breached their duty of care by not adopting a long-term succession plan, forcing HP to hire Lesjak as a temporary CEO and thereby putting HP in "a crisis mode." In response, HP and the director defendants moved to dismissed, contending that demand was not excused as to either claim and the complaint should therefore be dismissed pursuant to Court of Chancery Rule 23.1.
The Court explained that because plaintiff's first claim challenging the severance agreement as waste concerned a discrete transaction of the board, it should be reviewed under the standard set by the Delaware Supreme Court in Aronson v. Lewis, 473 A.2d 805 (Del. 1984). Under Aronson, the Court will find demand futility where "the particularized facts alleged create a reasonable doubt that: (1) the directors are disinterested and independent or (2) the challenged transaction was otherwise the product of a valid exercise of business judgment." Because plaintiff conceded that the HP directors had no interest in the severance agreement and were independent of Mr. Hurd, the only question in terms of demand excusal was whether plaintiff had satisfied Aronson's second prong by alleging particularized facts that raise a reasonable doubt that the severance agreement was the product of a valid exercise of business judgment. The Court explained that while "the discretion of directors in setting executive compensation is not unlimited . . . it is the essence of business judgment for a board to determine if a particular individual warrants large amounts of money, whether in the form of current salary or severance provisions." A finding of waste is inappropriate so long as there is some rational basis for directors to conclude that the amount and form of compensation is appropriate and likely to be beneficial to the corporation. The Court held that the agreement did not constitute an "egregious or irrational" exchange of corporate assets partly because it could have been appropriately given to Mr. Hurd for his prior successful stewardship of the Company. It additionally found that the severance agreement, on its face, memorialized an exchange in which at least some consideration ran to HP. For these reasons, the Court held that plaintiff failed to satisfy his burden under Aronson to show demand futility as to his waste claim.
As for plaintiff's due care claim, because the claim challenged the board's inaction in failing to adopt a succession plan, rather than any particular board action, the Court applied the separate test set by the Delaware Supreme Court in Rales v. Balsband, 634 A.2d 927 (Del. 1993). The Court noted that for claims based on board inaction, it is impossible to perform the essential inquiry contemplated by Aronson because there is no "challenged transaction" to review. The Court explained that to properly plead demand futility under Rales, a plaintiff must allege particularized facts that create a reasonable doubt that the board of directors could have properly exercised its independent and disinterested business judgment in responding to a demand. Only defendant directors who face a substantial likelihood of personal liability are deemed interested for purposes of a Rales analysis. In that regard, the threat of directors' liability is significantly lessened where, as in this case, the corporate charter exculpated the directors from liability to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law. For the HP directors to suffer a disabling likelihood of personal liability, the alleged breach of the duty of care for failing to implement a succession plan would have to rise to the level of bad faith.
Plaintiff separately attempted to argue that the Board implicitly conceded demand futility by allegedly establishing a special litigation committee. While the appointment of a special litigation committee is in some cases an acknowledgement of demand futility and that a shareholder's lawsuit was therefore properly initiated as a derivative action, the Court concluded that "to find that a board of directors conceded the futility of demand, a derivative plaintiff must allege particularized facts that support a factual finding that the board made the concession." Plaintiff failed to make such allegations in his complaint. The Court rejected plaintiff's waiver argument, stating that the complaint contained no allegations that the HP board formed a special litigation committee and thereby evidenced an intent to concede demand futility.


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Liquor licenses, 2/19/14 to 3/5/14
by BBJ Staff • March 5, 2014 9:00 am
Records include license activity in Whatcom County. They are obtained from the Washington State Liquor Control Board, online at www.liq.wa.gov.
New license applications
Portal Way Station, MSJM Enterprises Inc.; Lakhwinder S. Malhi and Rajvinder Kaur Malhi applied for a new license to sell beer/wine is a restaurant and for off-premises consumption at 6000 Portal Way, Ferndale, WA 98248. License No.: 350284. 2/25/14.
Recently approved licenses
Artisan Wine Gallery at 2072 Granger Way, Lummi Island, WA 98262, received approval for changes to an existing license to be a direct shipment receiver (in/out of WA). License No.: 086642. 3/4/14.
Bellewood Distilling at 6140 Guide Meridian Road, Lynden, WA 98264, received approval for changes to an existing license to operated at craft distillery. License No.: 408920. 2/27/14.
Aslan Brewing Company at 1330 N. Forest St., Bellingham, WA 98225, received approval for a new license to operate a microbrewery. License No.: 411480/ 2/21/14.
Albertson's #416 at 1650 Birchwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225, received approval for changes to an existing license allowing spirits sampling. License No.: 351172. 2/20/14.
Open Kitchen at 1330 N.State St., Bellingham, WA 98225, received approval for a new license to be a direct shipment receiver (in WA only). License No.: 411359. 2/20/14.
Discontinued licenses
Bobby's Dry Dock at 7876 Birch Bay Drive, Blaine, WA 98230, had a license to sell beer/wine/spirits in a restaurant lounge discontinued. License No.: 358634. 2/21/14.
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Rail Trail Groundbreaking on January 10!
Join Friends of the Rail & Trail at the City of Santa Cruz groundbreaking for the first segment of the Coastal Rail Trail — the San Lorenzo River Parkway Phase III/Trestle Trail Project. This project will construct a 10-foot-wide multi-use path for cyclists and pedestrians crossing the river. The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the west base of the San Lorenzo River Railroad Trestle Bridge.
Come celebrate with City and Santa Cruz County officials and community members who helped to bring this project to fruition over many years. The City-hosted groundbreaking ceremony will run from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., followed by a free community party hosted by Friends of the Rail & Trail that will include speakers, refreshments, and commemorative giveaways.
Parking is available free of charge at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk River Parking Lot. Free bicycle valet parking is hosted by Bike Santa Cruz County. Rain or shine!
The 32-mile long Coastal Rail Trail is a part of the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission's Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network Master Plan.
Letters to the Editor: Rail and Trail Crucial To Decreasing Reliance on Cars
Rail and Trail Crucial To Decreasing Reliance on Cars Dear Editor, The Rail Trail plan is the fastest path to a countrywide protected bike route.…
2018 State Rail Plan
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Friends of the Rail & Trail, local partners and supporters ran an ad in the Sentinel, featuring the "Top 10 Reasons to Build the Rail…


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I'm selling 4 15x7 Alcoa wheels and 31x10.50 Uniroyal Liberators off off my 2007 Fx4 Level ii. I finally put a superlift and some new wheels and tires on it so I no longer need these. I've had no problems with them at all. They ride very smooth and the wheels are super light. Minimal and regular wear but all in very good condition. Tires still have good tread on them are just beginning to show wear but are all even. Regularly rotated. I'm located right outside of Atlanta. $750 OBO takes all 4. Any questions feel free to ask!
I have no use for the tires, but interested in the wheels.
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Look up kamaʻaina in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Kamaaina (Hawaiian: kamaʻāina, literally "child or person of the land"  ) is a word describing Hawaii residents regardless of their racial background, as opposed to "kanaka" which means a person of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
A kamaaina may be considered to be someone who currently lives in Hawaii, or may be expanded to include people who once lived there but have moved away. The State of Hawaii sponsors an official "Kamaaina Come Home" event each year, intended to increase the state's labor pool by inducing Hawaii college students and former residents who are now living in the continental United States to return to Hawaii. The program has been successful in bringing qualified kama'aina back to the Islands and in doing so, reuniting families.
Many businesses in Hawaii offer a "Kamaaina rate," an often sizable discount given to local residents. These rates are offered primarily at restaurants, hotels, and tourist attractions.
This original meaning has broadened over time to include long-term residents. First those whose ancestors came before certain dates in the 1800s until today it is commonly applied to anyone who has been in the islands for a decade or more. Many merchants today offer these "kamaaina discounts" to anyone with a local ID.
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So far my Skill set is double unleash storm call. im playing as trickster which changes some aspects but my cast speed is fast enough that I can drop a double Unleash and things just melt. I paired them with storm Burst for charges and infused channeling if I can manage it but have yet to decide on it.
However I definitely have enjoyed my double Unleash setups.
I am interested in your gem links. Can you list them out? I am a bit confused on what you mean by double unleash storm call. I have a decent amount of cast speed but am curious as to what you mean.
Then one more socket that I havnt quite decided on, ATM I have one with Elemental Focus and a second with increased AoE.
Since I have alot of cast speed as I run I click Both keys, drop 8 stormcalls(4 each) then keep running. Or drop one to the left, one to the right.
when I hit a boss I channel burst for max charges(6/5). for at least 1.6 seconds for infused channeling( both of which make my stormcall 5.8k and 3.9k when my base is only 3.9 and 2.6 --Tooltip dps) and while channeling I can click the stormcalls and it automatically mixes them between my channeling for extra dps.
Im using increased AoE on the one instead of double concs since I tend to clear trash with the unleash stacks instead of stopping with channels.
Doesn't stormburst deal more damage? I also believe it gets more damage for less investment in the passive tree due to conversions from phys.
ON Bosses it seems to, but 8 hits of stormcall stacked with a vaal stormcall is the tried and true storm call burst- assuming your gear is up to par which mine isnt lol. atm my burst is 7.58 cps, stormcall is only 3.8. with 36% ICS trickster to pick up still but thats irreverent. so casting the calls takes half a second lossing me ~ 3.7 burst casts but 8 stormcalls gained, along with bursts explosion effect. likely not worth the 8 gems lost in comparison and its preventing me from picking up the duration on the skill tree. but I wanna improve the stormcall, whas my initial skill choice.
So I am running basically the same thing. Haven't spent on the daggers yet still working on getting the crafting mods much less the 4 exalts.
Running 2 auras Wrath, Heard of Thunder. I run semi low on mana sometimes single target boss fights but with unleash I can wait a few seconds while dodging to get the mana back up. Zealotry can over take Herald of Thunder but that would require EB but if you look at the next paragraph you will see that EB is unnecessary.
The larger dmg increase is from running 2 curses by impresence and then an extra curse item. Right now i am using vixens but you could easily doedre's Damning instead and craft gloves which would be better in the long run but more expensive. The most expensive is getting an impresence that is corrupted with the extra Curse. Assassin's Mark is huge dps increase with conductivity and if you wanted to be safe you could replace assassin's mark with enfeeble to increase tankiness. I am applying the curses by storm brand which is also what i am using to proc arcane surge for increased dmg.
Overall this is a good build and fun. I love storm call and haven't gotten to use it in a long time and plays very well. I think the small amount of ES leech/ES keeps me much safer wondering what you thought over reserving all your mana.
Greetings, I'm currently leveling a character using this skill build, got into the league a bit late this season but still wanted to check it out. I've been using the PoB leveling trees that increment every 10 levels for the EB version of the build. So far it's worked out well in the early stages, but I noticed that transitioning from the level 60 to level 70 tree requires 28 refunds, and then going from 70 to the default tree requires another 35. Is this fully intentional or were the leveling trees just not updated?
I've definitely seen guides recommend swapping around some points for gems later and changing sections, but I've yet to see a PoB guide that requires 63 refunds. If it's intended, I don't mind, but I just wanted to make sure before investing into it.
Also, is there a certain currency amount and level you'd recommend to be the minimum for switching over to the CI occultist version? I've been wanting to mess around with a CI build for a while now, but never have gotten around to it.
This looks interesting, but I have a question. In your PoB, it shows you use Arcane Surge linked to Flame Dash and also to Storm Call, but you also take Eldritch Battery which means you're spending ES instead of mana to cast, so Arcane Surge doesn't proc unless you burn through your ES. Is this intended? Surge won't hardly ever be up this way.


The wife of a young airman in California says her husband lost his legs when something went wrong during routine removal of his gall bladder.
Colton Read, 20, an airman first class at Beale Air Force Base, remained hospitalized at UC Davis Medical Center this week, The Sacramento Bee reported. He was transferred there from the hospital at Travis Air Force Base.
Jessica Read told the newspaper a device for laparoscopic surgery to remove her husband's gall bladder pierced the aorta, the largest blood vessel, which carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body. Surgeons were able to repair the damage but something cut off blood supply to her husband's legs.
At UC Davis, Read has been through several surgeries. Both his legs are now amputated above the knee.
Jessica Read said her husband was not flown to UC Davis for nine hours after the first surgery went wrong.
"They were wasting time doing a sonogram, doing an angiogram, wasting so much time," she said.


In this week's article, which I've been meaning to write for a few weeks now, I'll be talking about the wealth gap and what has really happened from a macro level in the last few years to the affordability of a home.
Throughout my real estate career, I've worked with a lot of first-time home buyers and it brings me great joy to be able to help them in the process of finding a home. Years ago, the first-time home buyers were all well-paid young professionals looking to enter the market either as a couple or on their own. However, in the last 2 years, certain things have shifted. Most of the first-time home buyers who I'm working with now all have some kind of support for their down payment. The quick and obvious conclusion to this is that the prices of real estate have been growing so fast that saving for a down payment is incredibly hard now.
Let's take a deeper dive into that previous thought. At present day, to buy a 500 square feet, 1-bedroom condo in downtown Toronto will cost you almost $500,000. That's a $100,000 down payment at (20%). That's a lot of money to save up as a first-time home buyer, especially if you have student debt.
Wishing upon a star for affordability – A lot of people who I talk to (in the midst of all of these mixed media messages and government changes) are hoping that we have reached some sort of peak in real estate prices, crossing their fingers and wishing that these prices will fall to the ground and somehow be affordable again. Unfortunately, I'll have to be bearer of bad news and say that I don't think property prices will ever be any more affordable than it is right now, purely from an economics perspective.
Average House Price vs Average Income – I've spoken about the rent-to-price ratio that economists use to see how affordable it is to live in a city. Last week, I outlined Toronto's very own proposal to Amazon showcasing how affordable we still are on a global level. Today, I'm going to outline a metric that also measures the affordability of a home based on average income. Below is a chart with an absurd trend that you won't like (that is, unless you already own a property).
Based on the chart above, you can see that back in the 80's, 3 times your average income allowed you afford you an average house. We're currently at 13.44 times the average income to afford a home. If we keep going at this rate, just how unaffordable will houses be for the average income earner? Also, don't forget about mortgage rules that make it even harder to buy. For example, back in 2008, you could buy a 1-bedroom condo in downtown Toronto for $250,000 with 5% down ($12,500). Compare that to present day with the $100,000 down payment required from our example above!
THE BIG PICTURE – I've written about each point below separately before but I feel that having it all on one page in aggregate will allow you to see the big picture. The points below are factors that that are preventing many Torontonians from ever owning a piece of real estate in Toronto.
1. Mortgage rule changes: Once the OFSI B-20 rule takes effect on January 1st, 2018 and reduces everybody's buying power, it will eliminate a lot of the first-time home buyers out of the market forever.
2. Rent Control: Since the implementations, it has psychologically made all renters with favourable non-market rent stay in their spot forever. To all of those in this situation, congratulations. However, good luck and be prepared for a sticker shock when you need more space.
3. Rent Control (ii): This has made the rental supply completely diminish. You can't solve a demand problem unless you address the supply. I foresee rental rates continuing to go up, which will completely decimate anyone trying to save for a down payment.
4. The Buyer Psychology: There has been an increasing number of millennials who are opting to never own a home That's going to cause more pressure being placed on the rental market as these non-home owners will be renters for life. On the flip side, that's great for all of you investors out there!
5. Minimum Wage: With the minimum wage being pushed to $15 per hour, which is an effective 32% increase, we're going to see a lot of people with minimum wages being able to afford condo rentals. That will put even more pressure and strain on the rental supply, thereby effectively increasing rent. See point #2 again.
6. Immigration: Toronto gets approximately 100,000 quality immigrants with professional education and inter-generational wealth coming every year. This always puts pressure on housing supply and price with that many people entering our city every year (they have to live somewhere!). Remember, Canada selects its immigrants based on how they can "contribute" to the economy, which basically translates to "selecting" high income earners who have money, and in turn, can be taxed more.
Sticker Shock… or Not? As Torontonians, we often get sticker shock when we keep seeing our prices go up while our incomes remain relatively flat. However, here is the unfortunate truth: Toronto, compared to all of the major cities in the world, has a very low ratio of house price to income ratio. Have a look at the chart below that outlines this very statistic.
Toronto was so far down the list in the world that I had to use the "search" function to find it. We're #136 out of 267 countries – that's just about half. According to this website's model, Toronto housing prices are only about 9.09 times the Toronto average income. This is still quite high, but when you compare it to the major cities such as Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Mumbai, which are all 30 times the average income, Toronto's statistic is pretty low relatively speaking for our "livability" factor.
When you combine all of these factors together, it's pretty obvious which way the wealth gap will trend. But in terms of how much and how fast, that we'll have to see.
All I know is that if you own the asset, do not sell it. Keep it rented out for cash flow, and you'll be in a great spot. Lastly, if you can afford to, buy more properties now before they become even more out of reach later.
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