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		<title>By: edhardy622</title>
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		<dc:creator>edhardy622</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>British law student sues Abercrombie-Fitch for disability discrimination.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abercrombieshop.us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.abercrombieshop.us&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>British law student sues Abercrombie-Fitch for disability discrimination.<br /><a href="http://www.abercrombieshop.us" rel="nofollow">http://www.abercrombieshop.us</a></p>
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		<title>By: Been laid off</title>
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		<dc:creator>Been laid off</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The comments are still valid for the majority.   There are exceptions of course and you knew one of them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All too often HR people view their job as to protect the company from the employees.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;CEOs do care about the bottom line and will not hesitate to layoff people as it  suits the bottom line.   Nowadays they come up with new euphemisms for layoffs and declare they don&#039;t have layoffs; they have people that have been made Available For Re-assignment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Company leaders will have to worry about more of the same if they continue the same practices.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The comments are still valid for the majority.   There are exceptions of course and you knew one of them.</p>
<p>All too often HR people view their job as to protect the company from the employees.</p>
<p>CEOs do care about the bottom line and will not hesitate to layoff people as it  suits the bottom line.   Nowadays they come up with new euphemisms for layoffs and declare they don&#39;t have layoffs; they have people that have been made Available For Re-assignment.</p>
<p>Company leaders will have to worry about more of the same if they continue the same practices.</p>
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		<title>By: Board Member</title>
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		<dc:creator>Board Member</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please, please, please, please, please stop this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The HR manager was a sweet old woman named Marilyn Lewis who never hurt a flea. The people at SiPort revered her. She was like a second mother to most of them. And the CEO, Sid Agrawal, was one of the kindest and most gentle people that God ever put on this planet. Ask anyone who worked at SiPort or anyone who&#039;s been in the Valley for any length of time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The posts here are doing real damage to people who have been traumatized and are just trying to put their lives together. Why is it so important for so many of you to kick them when they&#039;re down?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sometimes bad things happen to good people. This was one of those cases. It sounds like some bad things have happened to some of you, too. Let it go. Life is sweet, but it is short.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please, please, please, please, please stop this.</p>
<p>The HR manager was a sweet old woman named Marilyn Lewis who never hurt a flea. The people at SiPort revered her. She was like a second mother to most of them. And the CEO, Sid Agrawal, was one of the kindest and most gentle people that God ever put on this planet. Ask anyone who worked at SiPort or anyone who&#39;s been in the Valley for any length of time.</p>
<p>The posts here are doing real damage to people who have been traumatized and are just trying to put their lives together. Why is it so important for so many of you to kick them when they&#39;re down?</p>
<p>Sometimes bad things happen to good people. This was one of those cases. It sounds like some bad things have happened to some of you, too. Let it go. Life is sweet, but it is short.</p>
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		<title>By: Dick Yooo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dick Yooo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Get ready for more of these stories folks.  HR people are heartless, crass and soulless cretins who carve and shave off the lives of responsible hard working families all over the country.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;CEO&#039;s  care only about their bottom dollar while pulling in the biggest paycheck for themselves.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Get used to it people.  You ain&#039;t seen nothin&#039; yet!  Get ready for more of the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get ready for more of these stories folks.  HR people are heartless, crass and soulless cretins who carve and shave off the lives of responsible hard working families all over the country.  </p>
<p>CEO&#39;s  care only about their bottom dollar while pulling in the biggest paycheck for themselves.</p>
<p>Get used to it people.  You ain&#39;t seen nothin&#39; yet!  Get ready for more of the same.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter Principle &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Three killed at SiPort in Santa Clara</title>
		<link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/15/layoffs-prompt-killings-at-silicon-valley-tech-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-834258</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter Principle &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Three killed at SiPort in Santa Clara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Layoff prompts killings at Silicon Valley tech firm [...]</description>
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		<title>By: SiPort copes with shootings, sets memorial fund for victims &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/15/layoffs-prompt-killings-at-silicon-valley-tech-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-834183</link>
		<dc:creator>SiPort copes with shootings, sets memorial fund for victims &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] day after he was fired, Wu reportedly returned to the company&#8217;s office on Friday and gunned down three executives &#8211; Sid Agrawal, chief executive; Brian Pugh, vice president of operations; and Marilyn Lewis, [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] day after he was fired, Wu reportedly returned to the company&#8217;s office on Friday and gunned down three executives &#8211; Sid Agrawal, chief executive; Brian Pugh, vice president of operations; and Marilyn Lewis, [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Layoff Roundup : JOBMATCHBOX</title>
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		<dc:creator>Layoff Roundup : JOBMATCHBOX</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] &#8216;Layoff prompts killings at Silicon Valley tech firm&#8217; (VentureBeat) [...]</description>
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		<title>By: George</title>
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		<dc:creator>George</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>fired, let-go, laid off or whatever and why? Such inside info could be the key to apprehend the tragedy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>fired, let-go, laid off or whatever and why? Such inside info could be the key to apprehend the tragedy.</p>
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		<title>By: Lynne Jolitz</title>
		<link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/15/layoffs-prompt-killings-at-silicon-valley-tech-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-861562</link>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Jolitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brian and I went to Berkeley together in physics (he was combined physics / CS). Brian was very active in the SPS (Society of Physics Students) and CSUA (Computer Science Undergraduate Association). He was a really great guy. He will be missed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brian and I went to Berkeley together in physics (he was combined physics / CS). Brian was very active in the SPS (Society of Physics Students) and CSUA (Computer Science Undergraduate Association). He was a really great guy. He will be missed.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike_at_Wanna_Develop_COM</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike_at_Wanna_Develop_COM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Crazy!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crazy!!</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mug shot?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mug shot?</p>
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		<title>By: lavanda dolce</title>
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		<dc:creator>lavanda dolce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Prayers to the families who lost their loved ones in this terrible tragic way. May they find the man who did it and justice served.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prayers to the families who lost their loved ones in this terrible tragic way. May they find the man who did it and justice served.</p>
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