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Sarah Hulbert, of Auburn, wrote in her complaint that she was treated differently from her male co-workers during her time as an executive assistant at Bates College in Lewiston.
The Sun Journal reports that the 59-year-old Hulbert worked for Bates president A Clayton Spencer for a little longer than a month in 2012.
Hulbert is seeking damages, back pay, and other costs. A Bates spokesman said in a statement that “the college strongly disagrees with the allegations”.
A play performed entirely in the dark will be one of the highlights of an annual arts festival dedicated to Irish writer Samuel Beckett.
The line-up of the festival in Co Fermanagh includes Drop The Dead Donkey star Neil Pearson and theatre director Sophie Hunter .
The production of Phaedra, which was written by composer Benjamin Britten shortly before his death, will take place in the grounds of a ruined castle.
A wildlife park has released “enchanting” CCTV footage of the birth of three tiger cubs.
Staff at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster watched the birth of the Amur tigers live on camera. The footage shows four-year-old mother Tschuna giving birth to the cubs before cleaning and feeding her new offspring.
Kim Wilkins, carnivore team leader at the park, said: “We watched the birth as it happened on the CCTV camera, as Tschuna had hidden herself away in the peace and quiet of the cubbing den. It was a very special moment and an incredible privilege.”
An increasing number of “entopreneurs” are launching businesses to feed a growing appetite for crickets, mealworms and other edible insects.
These upstarts are trying to persuade more Americans to eat bugs, which can be produced with less land, food, and water than other sources of animal protein.
The United Nations has been promoting edible insects as a way to improve nutrition, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and create jobs in insect production. At least 2bn people worldwide already eat insects as part of their diet, according to the 2013 report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
When Israeli health inspectors spotted a mail truck crossing into Israel from the West Bank, something didn’t smell right. Further examination discovered the source of their suspicion — cheese.
The agriculture ministry says the truck contained 300kg of cheese stuffed into cans, bottles, and other unsanitary containers.
The ministry says the same man was caught a month earlier, committing the same offence. The cheese was not refrigerated, had no health certificates, and was unfit for consumption.
The Jersey shore’s 127 miles of beaches are famous for their beauty and natural wonder. And once a year, they’re also famous for the disgusting debris either left behind by beachgoers or washed up with the tides from points unknown.
The Clean Ocean Action environmental group has released its annual list of rubbish picked up by volunteers during clean-ups last year.
Items retrieved included a whoopee cushion, parking meter, bra padding, wig and stun gun. Also found were a clay sculpture of baby Jesus, a bag full of loose arcade tickets, and a TV remote.
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