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Exploring the craters at the moon's north and south poles may be even more challenging than previously thought for future astronauts. New NASA calculations now show that solar wind streaming over the rough lunar surface may electrically charge polar craters on the moon.
The moon's polar craters are of particular interest to researchers because resources, including water ice, exist at these lunar structures. The moon's orientation to the sun keeps the bottoms of polar craters in permanent shadow, allowing temperatures there to plunge below minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 240 degrees Celsius), cold enough to store volatile material like water for billions of years.
"However, our research suggests that, in addition to the wicked cold, explorers and robots at the bottoms of polar lunar craters may have to contend with a complex electrical environment as well, which can affect surface chemistry, static discharge, and dust cling," said William Farrell of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the lead author of the study.
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These new observations contribute to our evolving understanding of the moon, said Gregory Schmidt, deputy director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
"This important work by Dr. Farrell and his team is further evidence that our view on the moon has changed dramatically in recent years," Schmidt said. "It has a dynamic and fascinating environment that we are only beginning to understand."
Solar wind hits the moon
Solar wind is a thin stream of electrified components of atoms – negatively charged electrons and positively charged ions – that constantly blows from the surface of the sun into space. Since the moon is only slightly tilted compared to the sun, the solar wind flows almost horizontally over the lunar surface at the poles, and along the region of the moon called the terminator, where day transitions to night.
The researchers discovered that in some ways, solar wind behaves like wind on Earth – flowing into deep polar valleys and crater floors. But, unlike wind on Earth, the dual electron-ion composition of the solar wind may create an unusual electric charge on the side of the mountain or crater wall; that is, on the inside of the rim directly below the solar wind flow.
As solar wind flows into craters, it can erode the surface, which affects recently discovered water molecules. Static discharge could disturb sensitive equipment, while the sticky and extremely abrasive lunar dust could wear out spacesuits and may even be hazardous if tracked inside spacecraft and inhaled by astronauts over long periods of time.
Since electrons are over 1,000 times lighter than ions, these lighter electrons in the solar wind rush into a lunar crater ahead of the heavier ions, creating a negatively-charged region within the crater.
The ions eventually fill the crater, but at consistently lower concentrations than that of the electrons. This imbalance in the crater makes the inside walls and floor acquire a negative electric charge. The researchers calculated that the electron/ion separation effect is most extreme on a crater's leeward edge – along the inside crater wall and at the crater floor nearest the solar wind flow.
Along this inner edge, the heavier ions have the greatest difficulty reaching the surface, unable to make the sharp turns over the mountain tops the way the lighter electrons can.
"The electrons build up an electron cloud on this leeward edge of the crater wall and floor, which can create an unusually large negative charge of a few hundred volts relative to the dense solar wind flowing over the top," Farrell said.
Still, the negative charge along this leeward edge won't build up indefinitely. Eventually, the attraction between the negatively-charged region and positive ions in the solar wind will cause some other unusual electric current to flow.
Electrified moon dust
The research team believes that a possible source for this current could be negatively-charged dust that is repelled by the negatively-charged surface that then gets levitated and flows away from the electrified region.
"The Apollo astronauts in the orbiting Command Module saw faint rays on the lunar horizon during sunrise that might have been scattered light from electrically lofted dust," Farrell said. "Additionally, the Apollo 17 mission landed at a site similar to a crater environment – the Taurus-Littrow valley. The Lunar Ejecta and Meteorite Experiment left by the Apollo 17 astronauts detected impacts from dust at terminator crossings where the solar wind is nearly-horizontal flowing, similar to the situation over polar craters."
To further this research, scientists want to create more complex computer models.
"We want to develop a fully three-dimensional model to examine the effects of solar wind expansion around the edges of a mountain," Farrell said. "We now examine the vertical expansion, but we want to also know what happens horizontally."
NASA is planning to launch the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) as early as 2012, in a mission that will orbit the moon and could look for the dust flows predicted by the team's research
The details of the study were published March 24 in the Journal of Geophysical Research. The research is part of the Lunar Science Institute's Dynamic Response of the Environment at the moon (DREAM) project.
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Saturday, September 1
- GAC discovers Trace Adkins, Josh Turner, Oak Ridge Boys, Kix Brooks and Little Jimmy Dickens will be performing and talking about what they learned from, and which artist they respect and admire most, as GAC presents Noteworthy at the Opry: Men of Country.
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Segway's original boss of scooter development is retiring his gyroscopes to craft future merchandise for Apple.
Doug Field, Segway's chief technology officer since 2001, will leave the company for the brushed aluminum-gilded halls of Apple as its new vice president of product designs.
The news was broken by a post on the official Segway Chat forums (of course there is an official Segway Chat forum, don't make that face) by site administrator John Grohol. Apple hasn't made a peep about it, so Field's exact work at Apple remains a mystery.
Exhibit A. Exhibit B-Z burns retinas here.
"Doug has been the driving force in making the Segway what it is today and will be sorely missed at the company," wrote Grohol. "However, with every change comes good and bad. So while it's bad the rich history and experience of Doug is leaving, it's good in that perhaps the team will get a fresh perspective into possible engineering solutions for future versions of the Segway (or Segway-like applications)."
The company's website describes Field's team as "wholly responsible" for developing the Segway and all research and development of future Segway products.
The Segway scooter was thrust into the public eye during a national television debut in late 2001 and fawned over generously by pundits as the "it" device that would revolutionize travel forever. Unfortunately, it was quickly realized the Segway isn't something easily ridden by adults who desire to avoid looking like silly asses. One puttering on a Segway scooter has only the man wearing his mobile Bluetooth headset as a fashion accessory to look down upon.
Sales for Segways have not lived up to initial expectations, and various glitches as well as countries banning them from public streets haven't helped either.
However, the scooters maintain a cult following in certain tech circles — notably capturing the heart of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Recent successes for the company include sales to the Chinese government for security detail at the Beijing Olympic games. China has accomplished what was until recently thought to be impossible: making squads of grown men riding scooters look imposing, even menacing to a certain degree. ®
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Volume XIV, No. 2
Office of Federal Operations
Spring Quarter 2003
Compensatory Damages/Disparate Impact
Disability Law-Fitness for Duty Examinations
Disability Law-Reasonable Accommodation
Stating a Claim Under the Commission's Regulations
The Digest of EEO Law is a quarterly publication of EEOC's Office of Federal Operations (OFO).
Carlton M. Hadden, Director, OFO
Donald Names, Director, OFO's Special Services Staff
Editor: Arnold Rubin
Writers: Dann Determan, Robyn M. Dupont, Lori Grant, Navarro Pulley
Available in accessible formats for persons with disabilities. The Digest is now available online through EEOC's homepage at www.eeoc.gov. If you wish to receive a copy in print, you must send a request, in writing, to Arnold Rubin, EEOC, Office of Federal Operations, 1801 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20507.
No Abuse of EEO Process Found. The Commission found that the agency improperly dismissed complainant's consolidated complaints for abuse of process. EEOC recognized that complainant had filed over 20 complaints and that the agency had framed the complaints as being comprised of over 800 claims. However, the Commission noted that the complaints were submitted in the form of a narrative daily log. It appeared that complainant listed so many dates and incidents in order to illustrate the alleged pervasive nature of the disparate treatment to which he had allegedly been subjected. The Commission found that complainant did not appear to be misusing the EEO process, but instead appeared to have filed complaints which were unwieldy and incapable of investigation. EEOC reminded complainant that, in the future, he had to specifically list only the claims of discrimination in the complaint and to save background information or evidence for the investigatory stage of the complaint. The Commission remanded the complaints for clarification and further processing. Gallegos v. Department of the Interior, EEOC Appeal No. 01A15408 (December 16, 2002).
No Interest Available on Attorney's Fees, Absent Undue Delay. The Commission found that complainant was not entitled to interest on attorney's fees when the agency, within appropriate time periods established by the Commission and Regulations, paid the awards after the Commission's decisions determined the amounts in controversy. Thomas v. Smithsonian Institution, EEOC Appeal No. 01A20336 (January 21, 2003). Cf. Cole v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Petition No. 04950009 (February 17, 1997) (interest ordered for 3-year delay in payment of award); and Shrader v. Department of Agriculture EEOC Appeal Nos. 01964602) and 01970488 (November 25, 1998) (delay of 16 months between date of fee petition filing and the date of agency's final decision on fees; Commission found agency did not delay in pay attorney's fees once a specific sum was awarded).
Compensatory Damages Unavailable in Disparate Impact Case. In its previous appellate decision, the Commission found that complainant was subjected to race-based discrimination under a theory of disparate impact when he was not selected for the position of Legal Technician due to his arrest record. In its request to reconsider, the agency noted that it accepted the Commission's finding of disparate impact discrimination and complied with the Commission's order, but for that portion which directed the agency to conduct a supplemental investigation into the issue of compensatory damages. Citing Section 102 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the agency argued that compensatory damages are not available in disparate impact cases. The Commission agreed and granted the agency's request. Beaton v. Department of Justice (Board of Immigration Appeals), EEOC Request No. 05A30093 (January 6, 2003).
In the following decisions, the Commission took these actions:
Complainant Not a Direct Threat: Discrimination Found. Complainant, a distribution clerk, had been treated for back problems over many years. A letter from complainant's most recent physician stated that he had a herniated disc, and he was advised not to lift objects weighing more than 20 pounds and to rest if the pain recurred. After conducting a fitness-for-duty examination, the agency informed complainant that the medical officer had assessed him as a moderate risk. The plant manager subsequently concluded that complainant's continued employment would not be in either complainant's or the agency's best interest and terminated complainant.
An EEOC AJ concluded that the agency regarded complainant as being disabled and terminated him based on that perception. On appeal, the Commission agreed with the AJ that the agency regarded complainant as disabled, based upon its assessment that he could not lift more than 20 pounds, bend, or lean, as described in his medical documentation. The Commission noted complainant's uncontradicted testimony that, on the few occasions when he had to lift more than 20 pounds, he merely put on a back brace. EEOC also noted that complainant was subsequently reinstated into a distribution clerk position and thus concluded, as did the AJ, that complainant was a qualified individual with a disability under the Rehabilitation Act. The Commission found that the agency had failed to conduct an individualized assessment, taking into account the duration of the risk; the nature and severity of the potential harm; the likelihood that the potential harm will occur; and the imminence of the potential harm. Accordingly, the Commission found that the agency had failed to show that complainant's continued employment in his distribution clerk position posed a direct threat, and that his termination violated the Rehabilitation Act. As part of the relief ordered, the Commission directed the agency to investigate complainant's entitlement to compensatory damages; reinstate him retroactively; determine back pay; and consider disciplining the responsible management officials. Arnow v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 07A10023 (November 15, 2002).
Unnecessary Fitness-for-Duty Examination Violates the Rehabilitation Act. The Commission found that the agency violated the Rehabilitation Act, when it ordered complainant to undergo a fitness-for-duty examination and then suspended her for not submitting to the examination. The Commission noted that, irrespective of whether an employee is an individual with a disability, an agency may only make a disability-related inquiry or require a medical examination if it is job related and consistent with business necessity. The Commission awarded complainant $50,000 for non-pecuniary harm. Amen v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 07A10069 (January 6, 2003).
Complainant Unlawfully Denied Reasonable Accommodation. The Commission found that the agency violated the Rehabilitation Act when it failed to provide complainant, a deaf employee who uses sign language to communicate, with an interpreter during a safety talk. The Commission found no evidence to support a finding that the provision of interpreter services would have caused an undue hardship. EEOC also noted that the agency failed to provide evidence that it attempted to contract the services of an interpreter in contemplation of the safety talk. As part of the relief ordered, the Commission directed the agency to train its management officials as to their obligations under the Rehabilitation Act; to notify complainant of his right to submit objective evidence in support of his claim for compensatory damages; and to consider disciplining the responsible management official(s). Saylor v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01A05281 (November 15, 2002); see also Holton v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01991307 (November 7, 2002) (denial of services of interpreter for hearing impaired employee for presentation of new automation concept violated Rehabilitation Act).
Burden on Complainant to Establish Likely Vacancies. Complainant bears the burden of establishing likely vacancies in cases of reasonable accommodation involving reassignment. The Commission held that, in the reassignment context, an agency's failure to conduct either any search at all, or a broad enough search for a position, does not, by itself, result in a finding of discrimination. Instead, complainant must show that it is more likely than not that there were vacancies available, during the relevant time period, into which she could have been reassigned. McIntosh v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01A15285 (January 13, 2003).
Harassment Based on Religion. The Commission found that complainant was subjected to religious harassment by an Assistant Manager for Administration (H1) and another clerk (H2) that was sufficiently severe and/or pervasive to alter the condition of her workplace. EEOC found that both H1 and H2 made unwelcome remarks to complainant for months, and that their remarks were derogatory and threatening. The Commission also noted that religious overtones pervaded the work environment. H1, for example, was known to inject religious statements and conversations into work-related situations. The Commission found the agency liable because it failed to take appropriate corrective action to prevent H1 from intimidating employees on the basis of religion. By way of relief, the Commission ordered training for all management officials involved in this case, as well as notification to complainant of her right to submit evidence in support of her claim for compensatory damages. Wallace v. Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census), EEOC Appeal No. 01A15109 (January 23, 2003).
Sexual Harassment. The Commission found that complainant was subjected to hostile environment sexual harassment, when she was repeatedly subjected to comments of a sexual nature and requests for sexual favors by her supervisor for a period of several years, in addition to physical contact. Because this was a case of supervisory harassment, and it involved hostile environment harassment which did not result in a tangible employment action, the Commission considered the agency's liability for the supervisor's actions under the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998) and Faragher v. Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998). The EEOC found that the agency was liable for the supervisor's harassment, since it had failed to prove that complainant unreasonably failed to avail herself of preventative or corrective opportunities provided, or to otherwise avoid harm. As part of the relief ordered, the Commission directed the agency to consider complainant's entitlement to compensatory damages. Diggs v. Department of the Army, EEOC Appeal No. 01A12480 (January 9, 2003).
Nonselection. The Commission affirmed an AJ's finding that complainant was subjected to reprisal discrimination. The Selecting Official was aware, by virtue of a notation on complainant's evaluation, of the prior EEO activity; and the interviewer abruptly terminated the interview after complainant responded affirmatively to the interviewer's question as to whether he engaged in prior EEO activity. The Commission further found that the record did not support the agency's assertion that it relied upon its policy not to rehire individuals terminated for cause, stating that the recommending official was not aware of such a policy and that complainant's former supervisor had recommended that he be rehired. As part of the relief ordered, the Commission directed the agency to retroactively place complainant in the position for which he had applied, or a substantially equivalent career position. EEOC also ordered the agency to pay complainant compensatory damages in the amount of $2,000. Smith v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01A01538 (January 9, 2003).
Sanctions Finding of Discrimination Upheld. The Commission found that an AJ's issuance of a decision in favor of complainant was proper where the agency failed to produce the complaint file or show good cause for why it could not do so. The Commission noted that the AJ did not abuse his discretion in issuing the decision, given the agency's failure to comply with a Show Cause Order, which included a notice that failure to comply with the Order could result in a default judgment for complainant. The agency failed to offer any explanation to the AJ for its failure to respond. Rhinesmith v. Department of the Treasury, EEOC Appeal No. 07A10103 (January 28, 2003).
Violation of Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA). The Commission found that a settlement agreement violated the OWBPA when it failed to refer, in writing, to complainant's age discrimination claims and notify complainant of her right to consult with an attorney prior to signing the agreement. Hall v. Department of the Navy, EEOC Appeal No. 01A25074 (January 9, 2003).
Agreement Enforceable When Ratified by Complainant's Actions. In this case, the complainant rejected a written memorialization of the settlement terms to which the parties had purportedly previously agreed. Complainant had nevertheless accepted the agency's payment of $20,000 made pursuant to the purported settlement. The Commission found that, by accepting the money, the complainant had effectively nullified her revocation and ratified the agreement. In addition, EEOC found that the agency had clearly acted to its detriment in reliance upon the terms of the settlement. Further, the Commission found that complainant's acceptance of the agency's payment, coupled with the filing of her appeal 10 days later requesting reinstatement of her complaint, demonstrated her intention to both retain the benefits of the bargain, and appeal to the Commission claiming the agency had breached the agreement. Complainant thus acted as if the parties had a valid, enforceable agreement. Franke v. Department of Transportation, EEOC Request No. 05A20587 (January 3, 2003).
Settlement Offers are not Admissible. The Commission rejected complainant's argument that, by offering to settle her complaint for $100, the agency conceded liability. EEOC reaffirmed the legal principle that an offer of settlement by a party to a dispute may not be used as evidence of liability. Wiley v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05A30146 (January 21, 2003).
EEO Contact Timely. Citing National Railroad Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 2061 (2002), the Commission found that a claim of hostile environment, in which some of the incidents occurred during 45 days of complainant's contact with an EEO Counselor, was timely raised. The Commission noted that the most recent of complainant's claims occurred within 45 days of complainant's initial EEO contact. Therefore, the Commission found complainant's entire hostile environment claim to be timely raised. Dobbins v. Department of the Army, EEOC Appeal No. 01A15248 (January 16, 2003).
Fear of Reprisal Will Not Toll Time Requirement. Finding complainant's EEO contact untimely, the Commission rejected her contention that she was afraid of retaliation. EEOC reaffirmed its case law that mere fear of reprisal is insufficient justification for extending the time for initiating EEO counseling. Roublow v. Department of Veterans Affairs, EEOC Request No. 05A01106 (January 3, 2003).
EEO Complaint Timely. EEOC found that the complaint was timely filed within 15 days of receipt by complainant's attorney of the notice of the right to file a formal complaint, despite being received at the attorney's address of record several weeks earlier. The notice was mistakenly addressed to another attorney. Townsell v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01A22218 (January 9, 2003).
In order to state a claim under the Commission's regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. Part 1614, a complaint must be within the purview of the EEO process; that is, it must allege employment discrimination on a basis set forth in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq (race, color, sex, religion, and national origin); the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq (aggrieved individual at least 40 years of age); § 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 791 et seq (disability); or the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (1978) (sex-based wage discrimination). EEOC Regulation 29 C.F.R. § 1614.103(a) provides that complaints alleging retaliation prohibited by the foregoing statutes are also considered to be complaints of discrimination. Allegations that fail to state a claim are subject to dismissal under 29 C.F.R. Section 1614.107(a)(1).
To be cognizable under 29 C.F.R. § 1614.103, a claim must concern an employment policy or practice which affects the individual in his or her capacity as an employee or applicant for employment. An agency must accept and process a complaint from any aggrieved employee or applicant who believes that he or she has been discriminated against by that agency. The Commission defines an "aggrieved employee" as one who suffers a present harm or loss with respect to a term, condition, or privilege of employment for which there is a remedy. Diaz v. Department of the Air Force, EEOC Request No. 05931049 (April 21, 1994). With regard to claims alleging retaliation, the Commission has stated that adverse actions need not qualify as ultimate employment actions or materially affect the terms, and conditions of employment to constitute retaliation. Instead, the statutory retaliation clauses prohibit any adverse treatment that is based on a retaliatory motive and is reasonably likely to deter the complainant or others from engaging in protected activity. See Schneider v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05A01065 (August 15, 2002), at note 2 (citing EEOC Compliance Manual, No. 915.003 (May 20, 1998)).
The decisions set forth below illustrate some of the circumstances under which the Commission has considered whether a complaint states a claim within the meaning of its regulations. These selected decisions are not intended to be a comprehensive survey but, instead, have been included to provide the reader with recent examples of the Commission's determination as to whether and why certain claims are actionable; in other words, whether they are entitled to a finding on the merits with regard to whether discrimination occurred.
The Commission has generally held that complaints involving other administrative proceedings do not state a claim within the meaning of its regulations. For example, in Bell v. Department of Transportation, EEOC Appeal No. 01991806 (January 11, 2001), complainant alleged that the agency had discriminated against her because it had failed to ensure that records submitted to the Department of Labor in relation to her Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) claim were accurate and complete. She also alleged that the agency had falsified documents in the process of controverting her claim. The Commission rejected complainant's argument that her claims stemmed from the agency's discriminatory act of submitting inaccurate information in the processing of her OWCP claim. The Commission noted that it has consistently held not actionable claims that the agency discriminated in a manner pertaining to the merits of the workers' compensation claim, for example, by submitting paperwork containing allegedly false information. See, e.g., Hogan v. Department of the Army, EEOC Request No. 05940407 (September 29, 1994) (reviewing a claim that agency officials provided misleading statements to OWCP would require the Commission to essentially determine what workers' compensation benefits the complainant would likely have received).
The Commission has also held that an allegation that agency officials delayed in processing the paperwork for a workers' compensation claim for a few weeks constitutes an impermissible collateral attack on the OWCP decision making process. Schneider v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05A01065 (August 15, 2002). The Commission noted, in Schneider, that there was no evidence of a pattern or practice of discrimination in the processing of workers' compensation claims, and that the complainant did not raise a claim of hostile work environment. In addition, an allegation that a complainant was not approved for medical treatment despite having her claim accepted by the Department of Labor was found not to state a claim within the purview of EEOC regulations. See Dye v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01A30060 (February 6, 2003) (stating that the proper forum to pursue the matter was with the Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, and not with the Commission).
Similarly, claims involving an alleged violation of the Privacy Act or a union grievance procedure also generally do not state a claim for purposes of the EEOC regulations. The complainant, in Lambert v. Social Security Administration, EEOC Appeal No. 01A15184 (November 26, 2002), request for reconsideration denied, EEOC Request No. 05A30330 (February 6, 2003), contended that the agency violated the national union agreement and the Privacy Act, and controverted her workers' compensation claim. The Commission concluded that such issues failed to state a claim, stating that the EEO process cannot be used to lodge a collateral attack upon another administrative proceeding. The Commission noted that the proper forum for contesting the outcome of a workers' compensation claim was the Department of Labor, and that jurisdiction for Privacy Act claims rests with the U.S. District Court. An allegation that a complainant was not allowed to be present during a grievance meeting also does not state a claim, and, instead, was found to be a collateral attack on the grievance process. Spiwak v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01991180 (January 26, 2001).
Remarks and comments, such as proposals to take disciplinary action, in the absence of a concrete agency action, generally do not state a claim. In Martin v. Department of the Treasury, EEOC Appeal No. 01A11050 (February 27, 2001), the Commission found that the complainant was not aggrieved as a result of a supervisor's proposal to deny him a transfer. Complainant acknowledged that the proposal was not carried out, and the record did not reflect that any action followed the remarks. Moreover, the Commission did not find that the alleged incidents were sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of complainant's employment. The complainant in Reed v. Department of the Air Force, EEOC Appeal No. 01A24387 (February 19, 2003), raised claims concerning comments made in an electronic mail message, and statements made by a supervisor regarding which personnel would be hired for upcoming jobs. The Commission noted that it has consistently held that a remark or comment unaccompanied by concrete action is not a direct and personal deprivation sufficient to render an individual aggrieved for purposes of the EEOC regulations. Further, there was no evidence the complainant was subjected to any adverse actions as a result of the remarks in question. Similarly, in Sarven v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01A30103 (February 11, 2003), the Commission held that an official discussion concerning a complainant's behavior, which was not recorded in any personnel or supervisory files, did not render the complainant aggrieved.
Nevertheless, a claim involving a proposed disciplinary action which becomes effective during the EEO counseling process does state a cognizable claim. Roberts v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01A21360 (March 14, 2002). In Roberts, at the time the complainant contacted the EEO Counselor he had received a proposed suspension, which subsequently became effective during the counseling process. The Commission stated that when an individual received EEO counseling with regard to a proposed action which ultimately became effective, the otherwise premature claim merged with the effective action even if the complainant had not filed a formal complaint on that later action.
Generally, the Commission has held that issues concerning personnel actions, such as selection actions, transfers, reassignments, and details do state a cognizable claim. In the case of Vasquez v. Department of the Army, EEOC Appeal No. 01A24477 (January 29, 2003), the complainant was issued a notice of impending detail. The complainant stated that while she was not detailed as initially proposed, she was transferred to another position. The Commission found that complainant's transfer clearly affected a term, condition, or privilege of her employment which was sufficient to render her aggrieved. The Commission further stated, in Dixon v. Department of the Navy, EEOC Appeal No. 01A23545 (February 10, 2003), that complainant's nonselection for a position on a Selection Advisory Board stated a claim within the meaning of its regulations. The Commission noted that, even though the issue involved a collateral duty assignment, such an assignment is a condition or benefit of employment and the denial of such an opportunity renders an employee aggrieved. Finally, the Commission found that a complaint involving allegations that an individual was not rehired by the agency stated a claim of race and gender discrimination under Title VII. Clark v. Department of Transportation, EEOC Appeal No. 01A22197 (June 18, 2002). The Commission noted that the agency's assertions concerning complainant's willingness to accept the salary level of the position, and the existence of outside selections for the position, addressed the merits of the allegations, and, as such, were irrelevant to the procedural issue of whether the complainant stated a justiciable claim of discrimination.
In Smith, et al. v. Department of Defense, EEOC Appeal Nos. 01A24119 (February 11, 2003), the Commission consolidated 19 complaints which alleged that the agency denied the complainants an opportunity to apply for a particular vacancy announcement. Specifically, the Commission noted that the complainants stated that the agency closed the vacancy announcement knowing that in approximately two weeks a large number of black employees would meet the minimum educational requirements necessary to apply. The Commission found the act of closing the vacancy announcement was sufficient to render the employees aggrieved. As in Clark, the Commission stated that the agency's assertions that other announcements remained open for extended periods, and that workforce profiles showed that African-American employees were not under-represented in the particular field, addressed the merits of the claim and not the issue of whether the issue stated a cognizable claim.


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Sometimes one forgets that third party mobile apps basically didn't exist on any mass scale until Apple opened up the iPhone to apps in 2008, one year after the phone's introduction. Until then, the only way new apps appeared on your iPhone was when Apple issued an OS update and included something new.
In many ways the evolution of the mobile app in business reminds me very much of the evolution of the web. At first only a few companies built their own websites, and often companies partnered with media companies to be included in their offerings.
That was the premise behind much of the sales pitch from VerticalNet: the B2B web pioneer, and flame out, originally pitched mini sites to customers who could showcase their products on a VerticalNet industry website. The seemed to make sense for a while – what an easy way for a company to get some sort of web presence – but the idea made less sense when companies realized that they really needed to build their own websites, not rely on some company they had never heard of.
Today Southwest Airlines issued an update to its existing iPhone app that adds in many familiar features available to web users: early check-in, flight status notifications, etc. It is a natural evolution for the app, one that travelers will certainly appreciate. Some of these features are merely minor variations on existing services. For instance, airlines have allowed their customers to register for notifications of flight delays for a while now. Typically, once you have signed up for the service, you get a phone call whenever you flight has been delayed. Getting a notification on your iPhone is the same concept, but possibly more convenient.
But it is important to remember that it took a decade for companies to start to use their websites in this way, the evolution of their mobile apps is happening much faster.
That brings me to media apps: they seem to be evolving at a much slower pace. The reason for this, I believe, is two-fold: first, at many companies, the mobile and tablet initiatives are being managed by the editorial departments, leaving out sales and other departments from the process; and second, the outsourcing of apps means that their creation and updating are handled as projects – once completed the relationship is all but over until a new project is initiated.
For a newspaper or magazine, most publishers or editors have seen the purpose of a mobile app as furthering the reach of the editorial content. That's nice, but it is very limiting. Few newspapers, for instance, have their own classified advertising apps, or have created retail shopping apps.
In those cases where a publication has created secondary apps, such as Food & Wine's Eat and Drink, or DEPARTURES Ultimate City Guides, both from American Express Publishing, the products are still really just extensions of the editorial content.
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I moved it to the what's for dinner thread. That is interesting, so they're like in between a Cornish hen and chicken in Europe?
That's what you read into my comments anyway, but that's on you not me. Unbunch the panties. Like I've said before dueces man... I'm done having this conversation with you. You continue to flip out further it'll be one-sided. This whole thing has been overblown start to finish by you all for me telling you to lighten up over a joke...
The fact that you've blown it up this far shows just how tightly wound you are. Find a relaxing hobby or something and let it go man. It's a football discussion on a forum for christ sake man.
It's hilarious to me that you are resorting to personal attacks, calling me an idiot, because I don't want to back down and apologize to you. whatever man, dueces.
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Sure he was wrong to make the comments he did earlier in the thread, I'll side with you there, but I guess I don't think yelling at him 20 pages later is an effective means of solving a dispute.
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For help in understanding the rapid spread of obesity in the United States, one group of researchers has turned to the principles of physics. And what they have found is that it is spreading fast.
The team of scientists has recently published its findings in a paper called "Collective Behavior in the Spatial Spreading of Obesity." Their analysis of the data using statistical physics methods found "correlations between the epidemic's geography and food marketing and distribution patterns" and suggests that "individual habits may have negligible influence in shaping the patterns of spreading."
In other words, the obesity crisis isn't just happening on a person-by-person level. This isn't about your individual weakness for supersizing. It looks, from a scientific perspective, like a systemic problem. And it is moving quickly. Obesity is a non-communicable disease that is spreading through this country like a virus.
The findings may have implications for public health policies aimed at reducing obesity, such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to ban large sugar-sweetened drinks or the "Let's Move!" campaign spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama.
The researchers, including Lazaros Gallos and Hernán Makse of the City College of New York, looked at data including obesity and diabetes prevalence; physical activity; and the presence of food-related industries in the local economy, including restaurants, supermarkets, and food and beverage stores.
I asked Gallos to explain the research methodology and what the findings reveal about the way obesity is propagating across the country.
"The statistical physics methods can study the behavior of large ensembles of small interacting parts, e.g. the molecules in a gas," he writes in an email. "Although we cannot predict how an individual molecule will behave, we can make accurate calculations for macroscopic quantities, e.g. what is the temperature of this gas, as a result of collective behavior. Similarly, we can extend these methods to study how individual choices in real life result to collective behavior."
That's not to say, he continues, that you can't put down the fries of your own volition. But from a macro perspective, that one choice isn't the point. "Of course, every person in a society has the free will to adopt any opinion or behavior," he writes. "However, at the global level there are clearly observable trends, even though they represent the result of individual choices…. These individual choices can be much more dependent on global drivers, such as messages widely accepted by the current society norms, rather than a result of free will alone. The use of physics methods would then detect these general trends, in the same way that the seemingly chaotic motion of an enormous number of gas molecules results in a well-defined temperature."
Gallos says that his team's analysis of the data showed a rapid geographic spread of obesity, with the main cluster centered in Greene County, Alabama. This area of the country is an obesity "hot spot," he says. But what is startling, and concerning, is the way that higher obesity rates have propagated over long distances, and how quickly and universally it is happening.
I asked him what the policy implications of the research might be. He cautiously says that it is an open question, but ventured some thoughts. "The results of our paper may seem to indicate that policies may be more successful if they address the 'obesogenic' environment created by the food industry and marketing forces directly," he writes. "Regulating the food industry (by e.g. making access to higher quality food easier, reducing or eliminating unhealthy food advertisements directed to children, taxing unhealthy processed food, etc., etc., as has been done with anti-smoking campaigns directed towards the tobacco industry) might help to deter the obesity epidemic faster than addressing the personal habits of each individual, one at a time."
The smoking analogy provides some real hope for the future, says Gallos. Since obesity seems to be spreading through social systems and societal norms, a similar full-court press effort to change those norms through a concerted set of policies might be able to effect positive change more quickly.
And cities might be the perfect place to start. "Cities are the place where most of the population lives," he says. "That is where trends start." The same forces that have spread obesity, says Gallos – societal and economic incentives to eat and get around in certain ways – could be used to reverse it. "It has spread through the social system," he says. "If you want to reverse the trend, that might be helpful."
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J/88 was introduced in July 2013 and its popularity has grown dramatically ever since. Today, 100+ J/88s are sailing in ten countries on four continents. Here's a selection of sailing videos that feature J/88s sailing in venues around the world as well as some J/88 instruction videos.
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The location in a courtroom where the parties and witnesses offer their testimony. To appear in court; to submit to the jurisdiction of the court.
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See also: bear, belief, desist, endure, halt, last, lie, opine, opinion, outlook, remain, resist, resistance, rest, stay, suffer, thesis, tolerate, withstand
TO STAND. To abide by a thing; to submit to a decision; to comply with an agreement; to have validity, as the judgment must stand.


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"We'd like to say the funding (for autism research) is driven by our highest scientific ideals," said Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health. "In fact, what really helps drive the funding is to have parents who are informed and who are passionate and who are effective. And the autism community has been blessed by parent advocacy groups that have made a lot happen."
Parent organizations like Cure Autism Now and the National Alliance for Autism Researchhave taken the lead in parent advocacy, together raising almost $50 million to support biomedical research in autism.
"Parents of autistic children are facing monumental problems, and they need answers to those problems," said Eric London, founder of the National Alliance for Autism Research. "The medical establishment doesn't really have the answer. The educational establishment doesn't really have the answers. And so this community has come to the conclusion that we're going to have to fight until the answers are forthcoming."
Bob Wright, chairman and CEO of NBC Universal, and his wife, Suzanne, joined this fight last fall when their grandson was diagnosed with autism. (MSNBC.COM is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)
"The grandparents really grieve twice," said John Shestack, founder of Cure Autism Now. "They grieve once for their autistic grandchild who has so many challenges. And then they grieve a second time for their son or daughter who now has this challenge in their life when they thought there would just be simplicity and joy."
The Wrights are launching a new organization, Autism Speaks, which will focus on research, treatment and education.
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British police arrested two men on board a Pakistan International Airlines plane that was diverted to an airport near London.
Bernalillo corrections officer said he was fired over medical marijuana use.
Finally what I've been looking for: The NASA shuttle launch pad is up for lease.
As if cockroaches weren't disgusting enough, now they glow in the dark.
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Case Study: How Shpongle Went From Yelling At Fans To Embracing Fans
from the a-case-study deptOver the last month or so, things have been quite busy at Techdirt, and we haven't had time to add to our case studies section, even though we have a few more lined up. However, Bas Grasmayer, sent over the following case study (also posted on his blog), which is a part of his thesis (which we've mentioned before). The case study is about Shpongle, a much respected group of musicians in a very specific niche, psychedelic chill-out, but it has attracted many fans of other genres too and is generally categorized as 'electronica'.
A while before they released their latest album 'Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland,' it leaked onto filesharing networks and fans of Shpongle started discussing the new album on the internet forum of Shpongle's record label, Twisted Music. Obviously, Simon Posford, the main person behind Shpongle and owner of the Twisted Music label, was very unhappy about this and lashed out:
"So some fucker has released the album on the internet already.... thanks a lot, whoever it was... Maybe twisted will still recoup, maybe not... all i know is that we are teetering on bankruptcy, and are seeking deals elsewhere.... the 12 loyal fans on this forum are not enough to sustain a record label.... How much do you think Twisted has in the bank account? Have a guess? More than $10,000 ? More than $20,000 ? Well it is actually less than $1,000..... Raj and i haven't even been paid our advance for this album.... All the artists on twisted are seeking deals with other labels now... We can't pay a label manager, and we can't pay the artists.... always putting our hope in 'just ONE more release'.... "We'll be ok if the DVD sells"...."Surely the Shpongle CD will sell, right?"
This sucks, for Twisted, for myself and Raj who have spent 3 years working on the album.... Just as i started looking around and posting on this forum again, i remembered why i shouldn't bother.... I'm outta here... Soon to be followed by Younger Brother [another project by Simon Posford] and probably Twisted...
He got understandably emotional, but misdirected his anger towards perhaps the most dedicated fans: those who really cannot wait until the release and decided to preview it. After all, Shpongle hadn't released an album in four years and their following is quite fanatical about their music. Later in the same forum topic, he adds some more thoughts, which are also relevant to this case study:
"It's all very well to speculate, but i can tell you as a fact, we made more money before file sharing... we could survive... now not so.... and i think you will find it the same all over the music business... the argument that "file sharing is promotion" is probably valid.... in fact, i agree...in a way it serves a similar purpose to radio.... but the argument that "file sharing is promotion and therefore you will sell more CDs" is clearly absolute bollocks, otherwise the music industry would be booming right now!
Also i'm sorry that "And if it weren't for the internet, I would have given up on music entirely".... for me, the internet makes me want to give up music wink But i guess i'm from a different generation.... I started making some of the trance that probably fills your 100Gigs hard drive before i'd even heard of the internet... and i didn't need the internet to find a deep love of music... the rush of buying a new vinyl, of collecting every release/picture disc by my favourite artists…. discovering new music i liked, all underground, no radio-plugged mix CDs or whatever... ALL without the internet!"
Later on in the topic, which currently carries over 600 replies, fans started to suggest ideas to Simon. They encouraged each other to buy more merchandise, to replace old t-shirts or hoodies, to buy an extra album to give to a friend and they came up with ideas to help out Simon Posford, Shpongle, and Twisted Music.
And it seems Simon has also learned from the fact that you indeed will not sell more CDs even when filesharing is good promotion, as he noted. Being a fan myself, I was very delighted to receive a newsletter, one year after the leak, which featured some interesting new business models and experiments. It does a few things very well and I'll highlight this bit by bit. The opening paragraph is as follows:
"Dear Twisted fans,
The new Prometheus album has been doing very well on Beatport with 4 of his tracks reaching the Top10 of the electronica charts. If you haven't got your copy yet then Benji and Twisted would be happy if you could get onto Beatport and purchase at least the electronica tracks. We'd love to see him get to Number 1!
Ott is beginning his 6 date tour of the USA starting tonight! You can see and buy tickets to all his tour dates at the bottom of this newsletter. You can also join his Facebook Fan Page here.
We've also got two new tracks of Younger Brother and Shpongle available as a free download, keep reading to find out how to get hold of them."
What a dramatic change of tone, compared to the rants on the forum. This is how you connect with fans! First of all, it acknowledges fan support in terms of chart positions and makes a polite request (as opposed to lashing out or guilt-tripping fans, like on the forum). Also, it tries to unite the fans and give them a purpose; a mission. People love accomplishments, individually or in groups, if only for the little dopamine rewards our brains release.
They then give the fans more information and ways to connect with one of the labels artist's and finally reward fans with free music. That's a great way to open a newsletter.
As for the free tracks, the newsletter featured two images with links to the place to download the song. Once on the page, the page showed a download button, which when clicked, becomes a box in which people must enter their email address (as seen on the left). So actually, they can see which email addresses support which artists, but also, when people choose to use one of the share buttons, they help Twisted Music get more email addresses than just the ones they already had for the newsletter.
Younger Brother's page was a little more complex (see screenshot on the right), with more information, but basically boils down to the same thing.
The newsletter then continues with another exciting way of dealing with the reality created by the internet, which is crowd-funding:
"Many of you have already pledged on the Younger Brother album 'Vaccine'. We're working with pledge to raise money and to set up the best possible foundation to promote and release the record next year.
We're calling on the loyal and faithful to help. In exchange we're offering loads of interesting things from studio time with the band to limited artwork and access to rehearsals."
Again, a great way to involve fans and to offer them something exciting. It basically offers them a reason to do it for themselves, instead of telling them to please buy a CD because the label needs it (see forum post). Some of the 'items' on the list for people that pledge: signed CD (£15), new album and entire back catalogue (£25), coming to one of their rehearsals (£40), studio workshop (£300), being in one of their videos (£150), a unique personal remix of your favourite track of the album (£600), and much more.
The newsletter closes with more standard stuff, such as tour dates and the like.
The strategy here is simple, yet complex. First of all, the label releases some very unique, high-quality music, which has given them a fanatical and evangelical following (Seth Godin would call this a tribe). Secondly, this following, together with the label, has turned into an ecosystem; when things were not going well, the ecosystem started figuring out ways in which it could survive as a whole. Thirdly, Simon Posford started paying close attention to his tribe and started catering directly to their needs. When reduced to a communication and business strategy, it becomes the formula of CwF (Connecting with Fans) and giving fans a RtB (Reason to Buy).
Giving away free songs is a good example of connecting with fans by rewarding them. The clearest reasons to buy in this mailing are the mission to get one of the label's artists to number 1, as well as all the rewards for pledging money for the new album.
It is important to note that this should not be done to generate profit, but should genuinely be done to please the fans and to give them what they want. I thoroughly believe that if you betray your fans' trust, you will lose them and your (potential) income.
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Terry Byrne, The Boston Globe October 29, 2012
MEMORY HOUSE a satisfying sliver of a play
Pie and memories are right recipe for this pair
LOWELL — What is it about baking a pie that strikes such a visceral chord? Beyond the inviting aroma, the feeling of home, and the rewarding taste, there's an exactness to the art that playwright Kathleen Tolan transforms into a powerful metaphor in "Memory House," now getting a crisp production at Merrimack Repertory Theatre.
Set on New Year's Eve in the New York apartment of Maggie (an affecting Susan Pellegrino) and her teenage daughter Katia (the remarkably expressive Rebecca Blumhagen), this satisfying sliver of a play, just 80 minutes long, captures the few hours left before Katia's college application essay is due. While Katia struggles to complete it, the recently divorced Maggie decides to make a blueberry pie, a domestic pursuit that's new to her.
As Katia petulantly complains about writing, pontificates about politics, and enumerates her mother's flaws, Maggie measures out the handful of ingredients with care, follows the instructions with humor and delight, and gently encourages Katia to finish. When her daughter mocks Maggie's decision to spend the night at home making pastry, Maggie replies that "baking things acts as an anchor to keep the brain strands in place." Without ever rubbing our noses in it, Tolan lets us know that Maggie's ex-husband, recently made chair of a college department, is now involved with a younger woman, while Maggie, a former dancer with her own company, works in an office. Maggie expresses no bitterness, just a sense of being left adrift. Baking serves as an effort to ground herself as well as her daughter.
Maggie's baking exercise — and she truly is baking over the course of the play — is also a helpful distraction from the task of nagging her daughter about meeting the looming deadline. The essay is required to be a memoir, and Katia, who was adopted from Russia, cannot reconcile her resentment at having been "stolen" from her home country with her gratitude for the opportunities she's been given by her adoptive parents. For Maggie, navigating Katia's emotional roller coaster requires humor, persistence, and a thick skin as well as a delicate sense of timing.
Director Melia Bensussen understands the simple rhythm of this duet, and moves the characters gracefully through this dance of negotiation and connection. Within the confines of the modest apartment, Maggie shifts from the kitchen area to the living room, balancing her own needs with those of her teenager, moving in and backing off sensitively, depending on Katia's responses. As Katia's tone ranges from churlish to childish, Maggie's responses reflect the complexity of parenting an adolescent, a role that comes without the exact instructions of a recipe, but requires careful preparation.
Full disclosure: I am the mother of a high school senior currently in the midst of wrestling with her college application essay, and believe me, I feel Maggie's pain. But Tolan's writing adroitly connects audience not simply with this specific situation, but with the universally recognizable moment when life is about to change. Maggie implores Katia to "just do the thing," which is also a plea to herself to pick up her own life and move on.
When Katia reads her essay at play's end, she pulls together an extraordinary collection of memories, which feel like a foundation for a new beginning rather than a summary of what's past. The impact is as satisfying as sampling a piece of a freshly baked pie.


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Tyson Gillies takes the #12 spot midst some voting irregularities. If your guy had not had someone speak up for him please do so that I can tell who is getting actual support. By request I have added Franklyn Vargas, Kevin Brady, and Kelly Dugan.
List so far:
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- Morgan
- Joseph
- Franco
- Ruf
- Asche
- Pettibone
- Martin
- Tocci
- Aumont
- Gillies
Here is the compiled spreadsheet of all rankings out so far https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq9atTaYBdErdDFibUpEVENleTB0Mnk1X0dSb19DSWc


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Doctor Who's Matt Smith and Sherlock's Andrew Scott are to star in a new one-off play.
The show - a sequel to hit West End show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - will see Smith's Doctor pitted against Scott's Moriarty, according to the Radio Times.
Skyfall's Ben Whishaw will also appear as James Bond's gadget-master Q, while Helen Mirren will play the Queen.
The production is part of A Curious Night at the Theatre, a charity gala aiming to raise money for charities Ambitious about Autism and The National Autistic Society.
Smith, Scott, Mirren and Whishaw will appear in specially-filmed scenes, while Jude Law will appear opposite Curious Incident star Harry Treadaway on-stage.
"It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see all those people in the same story," said director Simon Stephens. "I'm sure a lot of people have fantasised about what would happen if the Doctor did battle with Moriarty."
The Audience will be staged tonight (Monday, July 1) at the Apollo Theatre, London.
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We already knew the 3.7-liter V6-powered 2011 Ford Mustang has a power output of 315 HP at 5,250 RPM. Sources now tell us peak torque will be 275 lb-ft at 3,500 RPM. Camaro-comparo graph below.
When the folks at The Mustang Source dropped power output numbers on the both the "Coyote"-powered 2011 Mustang GT and the 3.7-liter V6-powered 2011 Mustang, we'd only heard what horsepower would look like. And it looked strong — a Camaro V6-killing 315 HP.
Now sources have leaked to us the torque numbers and they're set to provide the same kind of a smack down — 275 lb-ft of torque. While that bests the 2010 Camaro V6 by merely 2 lb-ft, as we all know, the muscle car wars have always been a game of whipping power numbers out of your pants. So on the budget side — Ford's V6 looks like they'll win this round. Here's a quick graph we've worked up to show you the full secretary car tale of the tape: