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Strange day in Hartlepool has happy ending
Kevin Keegan's side were expected to win comfortably at Victoria Park but in the way that only Newcastle United can manage, they still made hard work of their friendly win over Pools.
The League One side ran rings around Newcastle in the opening 40 minutes and but for some hard graft from James Milner in the middle and some dogged defending by Steven Taylor at the back, they could have been further behind than 1-0 after Matty Robson opened the scores.
Untypically for a pre-season friendly, the rain lashed down at the Vic and a pre-game storm raised doubts whether the game was actually in danger of being called off
Yet it was all fine by the end and after Damien Duff levelled before the break, Hartlepool's confidence seemed to evaporate.
The second half resulted in Danny Guthrie pulling on a Toon top - purple for those who weren't there - for the first time and a surprise introduction for Shola Ameobi.
Guthrie showed some good touches and within eight minutes he'd set up Duff for number two and bagged his first Toon goal - not a bad start for the former Liverpool man.
Duff bagged a hat-trick by the end but notably Shola showed some decent touches and was afforded a warm reception by United fans.
Yet he somehow missed an easy chance when it was easier to score in the second period.
Toon fans best chant of the day had to be: "If Shola scored we're on the pitch."
Remember the Geordie supporters belted this one out at Cheltenham in the FA Cup a couple of years ago, with Shearer close to beating Wor Jackie's record.
And with Shola's days numbered at Newcastle, unusually, Toon fans may get to cheer a farewell goal before the season is out.
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milner in the niddle you say ?
great stuff, his stamina and both feet should lead him to becomming a great bos to box midfielder under keegan .
ohh, the press would have us belive we have burned our bridges with duff , after his house on the market and being supposedly pimped around the premiership .
really hope that if keegan wants him to say we hold onot him for at least another season .
I travelled down and it was a decent runout but how bad is Alan Smith. He's a striker but have you ever seen him try to get on the end of anything? Absolutely awful.
Nice to finally see some football, and a decent win to try and build on. A surprising display from duff and nice to see Guthrie contribute something to the team on his first game, all in all a usefull game in terms of building confidence and fitness. But I cant help worrying about next season, our squad is wafer thin and with Mr Billionaire tightening the purse strings i cant really see us signing the 5 players we need, never mind the quality we need. Losing out to Aimar to Benfica of all clubs last week was a kick in the teeth. Im all for building for the future and trying to control the wage bill, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere, if you offer low wages your gunna get low quality players, doesnt Ashley realise this??? Last i heard he had 1.9 Billion in the bank, failing to spend at least 50 million of that on transfers is just greed im afraid, how much money does one man need, wearing your black and white shirt in the stands may fool some but im quite sure most people see him for what he really is, a business man who doesnt really care too much about football.
WEVE got to be happy with a tidy win against low opposition,surprising display from DD and a good outing from the boy Guthrie.BUT....Its great to see KK speaking out on transfers,and,how right he is.I think the man isnt in the driving seat as regards transfers. To CARL,mate,we all think the same with the ashley thing......we think football,he thinksããããããããããã.we all gonna be here long after him.... howay the toon.
in a week or 10 days Mr Ashley will surprise us all watch this space .........
I'm starting to wonder what the chances are that Newcastle and Pools will be in the same division after the coming season. Truth is that Toon are making heavy weather of everything these days and perhaps soon there will be a lot less people who think KK still has GOT IT.
A win's a win, and they become a habit if continued, well done lads. I've always maintained that ANY player under the influence of KK can only get better. Now it appears that all of last season's deadwood bar Smudger have taken up Kevs challenge. Duff at last looking like the player we thought we'd bought, Zog hopefully realising that this place could take off big under Kev and Milner given the respect he should've had. Pity Kev hadn't arrived before Nobby left, he might even have gotten him to stay in with his missus more nights. But all in all, KK's said that there'll be 4 or 5 more signings before the season starts, what were we worried about?
i hope so mr bigas9 i really do.we keep hearing "if the right player comes along " M.A will put his hands in his pocket, lets just hope its deep!!! modric wasnt cheap and we nearly had him. i dont think money is the problem.Haway the lads!!!
I think alan smith is a good player ...or was!...but is totally lacking in confidence,lets all give him a break and hopefully he regains that confidence and then we can move him on in january.Sadly he is more a sunderland type of player than a toon one!
Ashley is a waste of time. He's reducing the wage bill to make the balance sheet look better than it is. He's trying to reduce his current liabilities by reducing wages payable. This is so he can sell the club, despite his protests.
The man is a fool because he doesn't realise that everyone who buys into a football club knows the score. Reducing wages of star players demotivates and causes them to seek transfers. Ashley is successfully putting us back several years by his stupid policy of transfer target by committee. Keegan very rarely bought a bad player. Dennis Wise isn't exactly known for his management expertise nor transfer successes. What qualifies him to select players over a man who has had his team challenge for the PL?
Ashley needs to either stump up the cash or get out of town (OK he's based in London, but you know what I mean!) People moaned about Freddy, but at least he backed the manager because he was a fan. All you who bemoaned him should now realise he had his own interests at heart and one of those was Newcastle United.
i trust kev to bring in the right players i think the signing of guthrie is a good choice, young, english and a passionate lad. i watched jonas for mallorca when they played madrid and he looked a real good player. Although not big names were not at the level we once were and these players are the start to building us to the team we once were. An anton ferdinand and stephen warnock would be fantastic and a creative midfielder perhaps somebody like arda turan although the links on him have gone cold. We need no more strikers oba says hes staying, mo's close to agreeing a new deal and dukes isnt to far away from a return. As with mike ashley i think he will back kk as the previous writer has writen we were close to signing modric wich was a deal estimated of around 16.5m so i think there are no worrys over that. Also, im fed up of people saying keegan isnt in control over the transfers unless your working for the nufc then how does anyone possibly know? i havnt heard kev come out and say 'i didnt want him' or 'not my choice'. The national newspapers are just trying to make us look like a club going down when infact i strongly beleive we are on the up. I dont think top 6 is out of are reach and is a very real possibility.
Strange day indeed. Who would have put money on a DD hatrick against any opposition? He was like a new signing, running off the ball, taking shots, workrate excellent, encouraging other players, I could go on. I hope that the chat I had after the match with a few supporters is not typical and does not produce that awful SJP disease (booing our own players), I heard a lot last year.
All the talk about KK's involvement in transfers is pure waffle - we do not know - and we can only say that at least the set up looks professional and buying young for the future is absolutely sensible. In fact if Guthrie continues as he has started he looks a bargain.
Leave it to Ashley and KK. For the first time since the FS/DH days we have expectations of better things.


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Over the last years, there's been a series of movies that kind of made one four-letter word come to strike terror in the human heart. Just think how you feel when I say this word—Jaws.
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Connecting Productivity of Office Workers and Climate Change
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Energy efficiency in office buildings struggles to gain the attention of top management, writes John Alker - because energy is too cheap to really matter. But with 90% of operating costs spent on staff, a new report shows that green building design makes employees happier and more productive. There would seem to be no connection between the productivity of office workers and the great challenge of climate change. But a report published by the World Green Building Council suggests otherwise.
If Hops aid cognitive function in mice, maybe beer will do it in humans
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Pollinators are important to nutrition, especially in poorer regions
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Study shows eating high-fat dairy lowers diabetes risk
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MISSION — The Mission Fire Department is moving in a new direction. Mission Fire Chief Ricardo Saldaña secured approval from the city council Monday for the department to become a registered first responder with the Texas Department of State Health Services.
According to Saldaña, although the fire department is already responding to about half the medical emergency calls coming in to the city 9-1-1 call center, they will now respond to almost every medical emergency call. The fire department will not be replacing the ambulance services presently being provided by Med-Care, the city's EMS provider. The department's role will be to respond to the emergency calls and provide treatment to the patient until the EMS provider arrives.
"We're not going to get into the ambulance business," Saldaña said. "We're not going to take it away from our current EMS provider. The mayor has already told us."
He explained that the primary reason for the change is to provide faster response times and better service to the community. With the growth of the city, both in population and in square miles as new areas are annexed each year, the fire department can often respond faster to calls than the ambulance provider, depending on where the ambulance is posted. The department has five stations strategically located across the city for fast responses, whereas the EMS provider has only two ambulances in Mission at any given time and their locations can vary, depending on calls. The city currently experiences an average of 14 ambulance calls per day – and even more in the winter months.
No new personnel will be required for the transition, Saldaña said. The fire department already has 28 personnel certified as emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Saldaña wants to eventually have all his personnel certified at the EMT level or better, in addition to being certified fire fighters.
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The Band of Horses at the Vic
It was almost a month ago, but the experience at The Vic on 2/19 still hangs softly in my memory. It was a wonderfully intimate show by A Band of Horses. It was seated show, the same as they do for comedy shows at The VIc, and it was packed to the brim. We missed the opener and arrived at set break between the two bands. Luckily my friend Dan had saved us a seat. We were all the way at the top, but it didn't seem to matter. The band was so relaxed and the result was great look into the true persona of the band. They sat down and chatted with the audience before starting into their acoustic set, and what a set it was. They have such beautiful harmonies and played unique versions of a few hits that really blew me away. Mostly due to the stand up base and the almost classical sound it created. Such a full sound, it filled The Vic with a joyous ring. The songs built beautifully and left us feeling energized.
All in all, it was a beautiful show. I would see them again in a heartbeat. And I'll leave you with another one of their acoustic shows at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN.
A couple of two tree dogs
Those were the words on the sign on stage at the Dr. Dog concert a few weeks ago at the Riv. This time I got there early, funny what happens when you heed your own advice. The opening band was Saint Rich out of Sussex County, New Jersey. The place was only about half full and I cozied up in front of the sound booth, which is my favorite place to be at any show because it ensures the best sound. You hear what the person adjusting the sound level hears, duh.
The first song that this group performed was admittedly pretty awful. I was second guessing my decision to get there so early, but I had a great spot and knew I would enjoy the headliner, so I stuck it out. I'm glad I did. They ended up playing a surprisingly good set. They had this vibe that was very Queen-esqe. I'm not saying they were THAT good, but still. At times they reminded me of some early Built to Spill work with their guitar riffs and bass lines. It was a bit rock and a bit jam. The lead singer reminded me of my roommate, Jordan O'Donnell. He didn't look like him mind you, he just acted like I imagine Jordan would behave on stage if he were the lead singer of a rock band, that is all. They played a solid set, got the crowd warmed up. They seemed genuinely excited to be there and the guitarist had some awkwardly funny remarks in between songs. You can check out Saint Rich here.
Then came the headliner, Dr. Dog. The place had filled up by now at this sold out show. The full stage was revealed and a drive thru type sign had the words "A couple of two tree dogs." I'm guessing a homage to Chicago dogs and the engrained accent of our "locals." I saw some pictures of this tour with the same stage setup and they had a different quote on the sign at each show, which I thought was pretty cool. They started running right out the gates. The crowd was awesome and the music was flowing. They have a jammy flow, but not too jammy. People were dancing and groovin and I found my self doing the old soft shoe. The harmonies were spot on and you could tell they were having a lot of fun. Overall it was a great show. I would definitely check out Dr. Dog if you are not familiar.
I'll leave you with a track off their new album, B Room, called Broken Heart. Enjoy!
Jake Bugg
I recently went to Jake Bugg at the Riviera. It got off to a bad start as it was an all ages show so it started early. I know you have to get to the Riv early to get a good spot. If you don't you get stuck by the bar, can't see and get a lot of echo and chatter from the crowd. I don't understand why people go to show just to talk to hear other. Listen to the damn music, you paid you come in. Why not go to a bar somewhere and "chat." Anyway, we arrived late and by the bar we were stuck. I was determined to not let that ruin my experience. We arrived as Jake was already in his set. I'm kind of hot and cold on him. I like about half his work, the more upbeat stuff. He showed great poise for a boy of 19. He is also a much better guitar player than I realized. He seemed seasoned in a way that is hard for me to fathom due to his age. Lord knows I was a mess at 19 and would not have had the composure or professionalism that he showed, which was refreshing. Overall his set was good, but not great. He didn't "blow the roof" off, but I left satisfied. It will be interesting to see if he develops further or disappears with only a hit about being in the path of a lightning bolt.


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The following is a portion of a question and answer page published by the EEOC regarding the final regulations interpreting the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. If you would rather read the entire document you can find it on the EEOC website here:
The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) was enacted on September 25, 2008, and became effective on January 1, 2009. This law made a number of significant changes to the definition of "disability." It also directed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to amend its ADA regulations to reflect the changes made by the ADAAA. The final regulations will be published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2011. The ADAAA did not change the basic legal requirement that employers must not discriminate against individuals with disabilities who are qualified for a job, with or without reasonable accommodation. The questions and answers below provide information on what has changed because of the ADAAA, what in the law remains the same, and some tips for complying with the law as amended. For general information on how the ADA's employment provisions apply to small businesses, you may consult "The ADA: A Primer for Small Business" at www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/adahandbook.cfm.
1. What is the purpose of the ADAAA?
Among the purposes of the ADAAA is reinstatement of a "broad scope of protection" by expanding the definition of the term "disability." Congress found that persons with many types of impairments – including epilepsy, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, major depression, and bipolar disorder – had been unable to bring ADA claims because they were found not to meet the ADA's definition of "disability." Yet, Congress thought that individuals with these and other impairments should be covered. As a result of the ADAAA and EEOC's regulations, it will be much easier for individuals seeking the law's protection to demonstrate that they meet the definition of "disability."
2. Must all small businesses comply with the ADAAA and these regulations?
No. These regulations apply to all private employers with 15 or more employees. State or local laws, however, may apply to smaller employers. Additionally, the ADAAA's changes to the definition of disability would apply to employers who are federal contractors or subcontractors subject to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and to employers who receive federal financial assistance under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, regardless of the number of employees they have. Finally, although these regulations do not apply to the employment practices of businesses with fewer than 15 employees, such businesses, if they are considered places of public accommodation, are required to comply with the ADAAA's changes to the definition of disability under Title III of the ADA with respect to the goods and services they provide to the public.
3. Does the ADAAA apply to discriminatory acts that occurred prior to January 1, 2009?
No. The ADAAA does not apply retroactively. For example, the ADAAA would not apply to a situation in which an employer allegedly failed to hire, terminated, or denied a reasonable accommodation to someone with a disability in December 2008, even if the person did not file a charge with the EEOC until after January 1, 2009. The original ADA definition of disability would be applied to such a charge. However, the ADAAA would apply to denials of reasonable accommodation where a request was made (or an earlier request was renewed) or to other alleged discriminatory acts that occurred on or after January 1, 2009.
4. How do the ADAAA and the EEOC regulations define "disability?"
The ADAAA and the regulations define "disability" as:
We will address each of these definitions (sometimes called the three "prongs" of the definition) of disability.
5. How do the regulations define the term "physical or mental impairment"?
Basically, an impairment is a physical or mental disorder, illness, or condition. Like EEOC's original ADA regulations and interpretive guidance (sometimes called the Appendix to the regulations), the revised regulations and appendix distinguish between impairments and ordinary personality traits, such as irritability, poor judgment, or chronic lateness, that are unrelated to a physical or mental impairment.
The revised regulations define "physical or mental impairment" as any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more body systems, such as neurological, musculoskeletal, special sense organs, respiratory (including speech organs), cardiovascular, reproductive, digestive, genitourinary, immune, circulatory, hemic, lymphatic, skin, and endocrine. They also cover any mental or psychological disorder, such as intellectual disability (formerly termed mental retardation), organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. This is basically the same definition that was included in the original ADA regulations.
6. What are "major life activities?"
The regulations provide a non-exhaustive list of examples of major life activities: caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, sitting, reaching, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, interacting with others, and working.
The regulations also state that major life activities include the operation of major bodily functions, including functions of the immune system, special sense organs and skin, normal cell growth, digestive, genitourinary, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, cardiovascular, endocrine, hemic, lymphatic, musculoskeletal, and reproductive functions. The regulations also state that major bodily functions include the operation of an individual organ within a body system ( e.g., the operation of the kidney, liver, or pancreas).
As a result of the ADAAA's recognition of major bodily functions as major life activities, it will be easier to find that individuals with certain types of impairments have a disability.
7. How much does an impairment have to limit someone to be considered a disability?
An individual must be substantially limited in performing a major life activity as compared to most people in the general population. However, Congress lowered the threshold for establishing a substantial limitation from the standards established by courts and in the original ADA regulations. An impairment no longer has to prevent or severely or significantly restrict a major life activity to be considered "substantially limiting."
Congress directed that the term "substantially limits" be construed broadly in favor of expansive coverage, although not all impairments will constitute a disability. Furthermore, under the ADAAA and the EEOC's regulations, the question of whether an impairment is a disability should not demand an extensive analysis.
8. Do the regulations require that an impairment last a particular length of time to be considered substantially limiting?
No. Even a short-term impairment may be a disability if it is substantially limiting.
9. What kinds of facts might be relevant in determining whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity?
The regulations state that the condition, manner, or duration (where duration refers to the length of time it takes to perform a major life activity or the amount of time the activity can be performed) under which a major life activity can be performed may be considered if relevant in certain cases in determining whether the impairment is a disability. But, with respect to many impairments, including those that should easily be concluded to be disabilities (see Question 16), it may be unnecessary to use these concepts to determine whether the impairment substantially limits a major life activity. Assessment of the condition, manner, or duration may include consideration of the difficulty, effort, or time required to perform a major life activity; pain experienced when performing a major life activity; the length of time a major life activity can be performed; and/or the way an impairment affects the operation of a major bodily function.
10. Can an impairment that does not affect someone all the time be considered a disability?
Yes. The ADAAA and the regulations specifically state that an impairment that is "episodic or in remission" ( i.e., the impairment's limitations are not present all the time) meets the definition of disability if it would substantially limit a major life activity when active. This means that even if the effects of an impairment occur briefly or infrequently, the impairment could still be a disability.
Examples of impairments that may be episodic include epilepsy, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. An impairment such as cancer that is in remission but that may possibly return in a substantially limiting form will also be a disability under the ADAAA and the regulations.
11. If someone takes medication or uses some kind of a device, like a hearing aid, to lessen the effects of an impairment, may that be considered in determining whether the person has a disability?
No, except for ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses (see Question 12). The ADAAA and the regulations require that the positive effects from an individual's use of one or more "mitigating measures" be ignored in determining if an impairment substantially limits a major life activity. Instead, the determination of disability must focus on whether the individual would be substantially limited in performing a major life activity without the mitigating measure. This may mean focusing on the extent of limitations prior to use of a mitigating measure or on what would happen if the individual ceased using it.
The ADAAA and the regulations provide a non-exhaustive list of examples of mitigating measures. They include medication, medical equipment and devices, prosthetic limbs, low vision devices ( e.g., devices that magnify a visual image), hearing aids, mobility devices, oxygen therapy equipment, use of assistive technology, reasonable accommodations, learned behavioral or adaptive neurological modifications, psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, and physical therapy.
12. Does the rule concerning mitigating measures apply to people whose vision is corrected with ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses?
No. "Ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses" – defined in the ADAAA and the regulations as lenses that are "intended to fully correct visual acuity or to eliminate refractive error" – must be considered when determining whether someone has a disability. For example, a person who wears ordinary eyeglasses to correct a routine vision impairment is not, for that reason, a person with a disability under the ADA. However, the ADAAA and the regulations do allow even individuals with fully corrected vision to challenge uncorrected vision standards that exclude them from jobs. An employer must be able to show that the challenged standard is job-related and consistent with business necessity.
13. May the positive or negative effects of mitigating measures be considered when assessing whether someone is entitled to "reasonable accommodation" or poses a "direct threat?"
Yes. The ADAAA's prohibition on assessing the positive effects of mitigating measures applies only to the determination of whether an individual meets the definition of "disability." Other determinations – including the need for a reasonable accommodation and whether an individual poses a direct threat (a significant risk of substantial harm to self or others) – can take into account both the positive and negative effects of a mitigating measure. The negative effects of mitigating measures may include side effects or burdens that using a mitigating measure might impose. For example, someone with diabetes may need breaks to take insulin and monitor blood sugar levels, and someone with kidney disease may need a modified work schedule to receive dialysis treatments. On the other hand, if an individual with a disability uses a mitigating measure that results in no negative effects and eliminates the need for a reasonable accommodation, an employer will have no obligation to provide one. For example, an employee with epilepsy may no longer need permission for unscheduled breaks as a reasonable accommodation after switching to a different medication that completely controls seizures.
14. May an employer require that an individual use a mitigating measure?
No. An employer cannot require an individual to use a mitigating measure. However, failure to use a mitigating measure may affect whether an individual is qualified for a particular job or poses a direct threat.
15. Do the ADAAA and EEOC's regulations still require that an individualized assessment be done to determine whether an impairment is a disability?
Yes. However, certain impairments, due to their inherent nature and the extensive changes Congress made to the definitions of "major life activities" and "substantially limits," will virtually always be disabilities. For these impairments, the individualized assessment should be particularly simple and straightforward.
16. Do the regulations give any examples of specific impairments that will easily be concluded to substantially limit a major life activity?
Yes. The regulations identify specific types of impairments that should easily be concluded to be disabilities and examples of major life activities (including major bodily functions) that the impairments substantially limit. The impairments include: deafness, blindness, intellectual disability (formerly known as mental retardation), partially or completely missing limbs, mobility impairments requiring use of a wheelchair, autism, cancer, cerebral palsy, diabetes, epilepsy, HIV infection, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia.
18. When does an individual have a "record of" a disability?
An individual who does not currently have a substantially limiting impairment but who had one in the past meets this definition of "disability." An individual also can meet the "record of" definition of disability if she was once misclassified as having a substantially limiting impairment ( e.g., someone erroneously deemed to have had a learning disability but who did not).
All of the changes to the first definition of disability discussed in the questions above – including the expanded list of major life activities, the lower threshold for finding a substantial limitation, the clarification that episodic impairments or those in remission may be disabilities, and the requirement to disregard the positive effects of mitigating measures – will apply to evaluating whether an individual meets the "record of" definition of disability.
19. What does it mean for an employer to "regard" an individual as having a disability?
Under the ADAAA and the regulations, an employer "regards" an individual as having a disability if it takes an action prohibited by the ADA ( e.g., failure to hire, termination, or demotion) based on an individual's impairment or on an impairment the employer believes the individual has, unless the impairment is both transitory (lasting or expected to last for six months or less) and minor. This new formulation of "regarded as" having a disability is different from, and is easier to meet, than the previous standard.
The regulations state that an employer may challenge a claim under the "regarded as" prong by showing that the impairment in question, whether actual or perceived, is both transitory and minor. In other words, whether the impairment in question is transitory and minor is a defense available to employers. However, an employer may not defeat a claim by asserting it believed an impairment was transitory and minor when objectively this is not the case. For example, an employer who fires an employee because he has bipolar disorder cannot assert that it believed the impairment was transitory and minor because bipolar disorder is not objectively transitory and minor.
20. If an employer regards an individual as having a disability, does that automatically mean the employer has discriminated against the individual?
No. The fact that an employer's action may have been based on an impairment does not necessarily mean that the employer engaged in unlawful discrimination. For example, an individual still needs to be qualified for the job he or she holds or desires. Additionally, in some instances, an employer may have a defense to an action taken on the basis of an impairment, such as where a particular individual would pose a direct threat or where the employer's action was required by another federal law ( e.g., a law that prohibits individuals with certain impairments from holding certain kinds of jobs). As under current law, an employer will be held liable only when the employee proves that the employer engaged in unlawful discrimination under the ADA.
21. Does an individual have to establish coverage under a particular definition of disability to be eligible for a reasonable accommodation?
Yes. Individuals must meet either the "actual" or "record of" definitions of disability to be eligible for a reasonable accommodation. Individuals who only meet the "regarded as" definition are not entitled to receive reasonable accommodation. Of course, coverage under the "actual" or "record of" definitions does not, alone, entitle a person to a reasonable accommodation. An individual must be able to show that the actual disability, or past disability, requires a reasonable accommodation.
22. May a non-disabled individual bring an ADA claim of discrimination for being denied an employment opportunity or a reasonable accommodation because of lack of a disability?
No. The ADA does not protect an individual who is denied an employment opportunity or a reasonable accommodation because she does not have a disability
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The EEOC has always held the opinion that the "no-fault" attendance policies that many employers have in order to get rid of their sick or injured employees after a set length of time (some have 6 month or 12 month policies) can violate the ADA. However, the problem with enforcing that as a violation was that before the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA) which went into effect 1/1/09, the federal courts shot down almost every case by ruling that the person was not disabled in order to qualify for protection. Under the ADAAA, the federal courts were instructed by Congress to lower the bar and not make it so difficult for a person to be classified as disabled under the ADA. So, now many individuals with disabilities are protected and many of the "no-fault" attendance policies violate the ADAAA because the company does not consider extensions of leave, as a reasonable accommodation, as they should. The EEOC states that an employer must consider holding a job open for a reasonable time for a person with a disability (say a person off with cancer) if the company can hold it open without it being an "undue hardship". And, it is the company's duty to prove that it would be an undue hardship. If the company cannot hold it open, then they must consider another equal or lower job which is open. If there is no open job, then they can fire the employee.
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The revised Americans with Disabilities Act regulations relating to public accommodations which became effective March 15, 2011 can be found here. A summary of these regulations is also located at this site. These important regulations provide information on the use of wheelchairs, miniature horses (can now be used as an alternative to guide dogs), communications, ticketing, and a safe harbor rule.
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The Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) is a little known federal law that protects truck drivers (drivers of a commercial motor vehicle, including an independent contractor when personally operating a commercial motor vehicle, a mechanic, a freight handler, or an individual not an employer) from retaliation by their employer for refusing to operate a dangerous vehicle, obeying the law, reporting dangerous conditions, and accurately reporting their driving hours . STAA provides that: A person may not discharge an employee, or discipline or discriminate against an employee regarding pay, terms, or privileges of employment, because (A) (i) the employee, or another person at the employee's request, has filed a complaint or begun a proceeding related to a violation of a commercial motor vehicle safety or security regulation, standard, or order, or has testified or will testify in such a proceeding; or (ii) the person perceives that the employee has filed or is about to file a complaint or has begun or is about to begin a proceeding related to a violation of a commercial motor vehicle safety or security regulation, standard, or order;
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The Department of Labor has a webpage that contains a comprehensive list of federal whistleblower laws. If you think you have been discriminated against or fired for complaining to your employer about something, you might want to take a look at this list and see if any of the laws could be applicable to your situation. If so, you probably should contact an attorney immediately because many of these laws have short times for reporting or filing complaints about the discrimination. Click on the highlighted link above to go to the list.
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The U.S. Supreme Court finally answered the long awaited question of whether the "Cat's Paw" theory was a valid method of placing liability on a company for the discriminatory actions of a supervisor that results in an adverse action against an employee by a higher supervisor who had no personal discriminatory animus. And, the answer was a resounding "Yes". On March 1, 2011, the Court handed down the opinion in Staub v Proctor Hospital. The Court held that if a supervisor's discriminatory act is motivated by illegal discrimination (in this case it involved the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994) to cause an adverse employment action, and if that act is a proximate cause of the ultimate employment action, then the employer is liable. In this case, the two supervisors of the employee were hostile to the military and plaintiff's involvment in the military reserves. The plaintiff was fired by a supervisor above the two hostile supervisors. The company claimed that the terminating supervisor was not hostile toward the military and did not know that the write ups he considered for the termination were motivated by the lower supervisors' hostility. The Court upheld the "Cat's Paw" theory that if the terminating supervisor utilizes the discriminatorily motivated input from the lower supervisors, the company is liable for the ultimate harm. This will be so, even if the terminating supervisor does an independent investigation, as long as the discriminatory information is used as part of his decision. The Court's holding stated: "we therefore hold that if a supervisor performs an act motivated by antimilitary animus that is intended by the supervisor to cause an adverse employment action, and if that act is a proximate cause of the ultimate employment action, then the employer is liable under the USERRA." Based on this decision, it is virtually certain that the Cat's Paw theory will be applicable beyond just USERRA suits, in Title VII actions, because it has been utilized extensively by other lower courts in these other employment discrimination suits.
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The dormant holographic storage volcano has rumbled, reminding us that it's not extinct and may yet erupt. As a reminder, this optical storage format came hot on the heels of previous storage successes: compact disks, magneto-optical drives, DVDs, and then Blu-ray. Blu-ray never reached the same relative scale of popularity as …
All I want
All I want is a way to store my data in such a way that 10, 20, or more years from now I know I will be able to retrieve it. Of course, it would have to be priced appropriately for the consumer market.
It is not unusual for writable CDs, DVDs, and BDs to go bad after even a few months.
Stone slabs, chisels.
Proven storage lifetime of the order of tens of thousands of years. Low capital investment, low ongoing costs. Reading and writing equipment has remained pretty much the same since its first release.
Write speeds and capacities are rather low of course, but you didn't specify those requirements in detail so I guess this'll do just fine.
lintel on top
Ah, back to the age of the silicon chunk..
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"10, 20, or more years from now I know I will be able to retrieve it"
How about a RAID array of something cheap-per-megabyte? (I'm not sure if optical discs actually *are* cheap per megabyte compared with bottom-end external hard discs.)
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"How about a RAID array of something cheap-per-megabyte?"
Repeat to yourself over and over, RAID is *not* a backup solution and is *not* an archive.
It appears
that in your eagerness to chant the mantra you've missed the rather obvious point that a RAID array makes a perfectly decent backup target.
Speed also not important
This tech is taking an age to come of ages but I think we need some alternative to hard drives for backup. And if the killer app is cheap long term storage it has to be reliable and cheaper (taking into account the burner and disks) than hard drives but it could be much slower. 30 hours for a 500Gb cheap backup would be fine for most people for home use.
Have to disagree.
Any backup which requires more than 24 hours to create is doomed to failure.
This will fail too - I don't use optical disks for archive purposes, I use HDD's. They are cheap enough at sufficient sizes (+1TB) that I can simply buy one every year or two and move the data to the new one and use the old one in a live machine.
The rolling nature of the HDD's means the drive is always useable on modern hardware, I get ever increasing storage capacity on my network and I can keep my data updated and organised.
Only threat I have now is in the slow evolution of formats over time - I still have some ancient documents I wrote in the mid-90's with a 3rd party office suit the name of which time has claimed from my memory. PF-somthing-something... I know it wasn't IBM's.
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Have you tried with Libreoffice? (Not affiliated with them in any way, just impressed by the number of formats supported)
the drive is always useable on modern equipment...
I take it you mean writable...
What do you plug this year's equivalent of the 5 1/2 in MFM winchester into in 20 yrs time?
Will noone rid us of these fragile media?
Spinning optical disks fail unless stored and used in hermetically sealed vaults, and even then they may have nktnhave burned correcty. Is anyone developing a way to store data cheply but securely in a format that doesn't fail if it's dropped on a slightly rough carpet?
Ahh...holographic memory
The data storage technology of the future. Always has been, probably always will be.
Will the disc melt before write is finished?
If I recall, these lasers put out a chunk of heat - such that good ripping software (EAC) has a 10-min cool-down pause per hour.
Writing probably uses more power than reading. 3 or 30 hours (depending on speed) -- they'll need serious cooling to ensure you don't end up with a pile of holographic plastic slag dripping out of the drive!
(flame because it's... well... hot!)
AC had it right
The threat is not that your precious bits will get lost. At least not the _main_ threat. Rolling from one generation of HDD to another works fine for that.
The threat is that when you try to open your PageMaker4 or Word3.0 files, you will be darn lucky to get anything recognizable back. Similarly for any other application (nearly all of them) that uses a proprietary binary storage format.
Unless there is an EMP
then all magnetic media is toast.
Optical media heading for the scrapheap
Spinning media is good in one way. It requires no power to store. However if you have a large archive it takes a bit more effort to keep it organised and then you have to go digging for it. HDD's are good and RAID arrays are better. However it takes power to keep it up and running and drive failures are a fact of life. Also we are now having to swtich from IDE to SATA as the interface gets phased out on modern motherboards.
I am looking forward to SSD's becoming larger and cheaper. They take less power, cause less heat and should be much more durable than spinning media. Also RAID should be needed less. Since SSD's being used for storage requires few writes, they should theoretically last a lifetime (assuming there is hardware to read them).
Eventually though we will have a small matchbox sized unit for local storage and everything else stored in the 'cloud'.
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Thanks Chris for bringing this subject some much needed attention. There has been a bit of a "quiet" period in this space, but rest assured, there is exciting development being done in the labs and research facilities to advance this technology. I posted a response to your blog here,
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text: Fingerless Gloves | A Quick and Easy Knitting Project Joanne B November 19, 2013. Posted in Beginner Tutorials, Blog, Featured, Holiday Gift Ideas, Instructions - Knitting, Video- Beginner, Winter 2615 Views Knitted fingerless gloves. Fingerless Gloves One of the quickest and easiest projects out there and a favorite for every age and taste! FREE PDF Download and video tutorial. A favorite for everyone- from teens to grandparents and anyone in between! Who doesn't love having their hands warm AND being able to still be functional? You can knit your Holiday presents in a matter of minutes! Here's the downloadable PDF file for these Knitted Fingerless Gloves- FREE! AND THE VIDEO: Knitted Fingerless Gloves | A Quick and Easy Knitted Project For a tutorial on how to cast-on stitches, please watch: For a tutorial on how to sow pieces together, please watch: Want to share your comments and ideas? Visit us on our social networks: Pinterest Google+ Facebook Twitter Tags: christmas easy fast fingerless free gift glove gloves holiday idea instructions joannesweb pdf present quick tutorial video Joanne B Joanne is a knitting teacher and passionate about teaching others how to knit and crochet. Join her on JoannesWeb.com for instructions, tutorials and to share tips and ideas about the world of knitting and crochet! View all posts by Joanne B → Related Posts 10 Most Useful Knitting and Crochet Tools Oct 23, 2014 New Rental: Crochet Lace Hat – Slouchy Crochet Beanie Hat Sep 25, 2014 How to Knit- Basic Knitting Video Tutorials Aug 19, 2014


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I have two loves in this life. One is politics, the other is music. Below are my top 13 songs of 2013 from albums released in 2013.
In no particular order:
Dust to Dust | The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars put out an outstanding album this past year. Too bad it couldn't be promoted, due to differences between the two. I hope they resolve them.
Surround You | Echosmith
A young group… kind of hoping they take off a bit. Love this song.
Do What U Want (featuring R. Kelly) | Lady Gaga
I love a good double entendre, just because it gives me a chance to use the phrase, "double entendre" and to say it in my head with a French accent. I remember hearing the first snippets of this song and wanting more. Love it.
Pink Rabbits | The National
Caught The National at ACL and it was an unforgettable experience. Been a fan of the group for years, but was my first time seeing them live. I'm an even bigger fan now.
Made to Love | John Legend
John Legend released an excellent album this year, that I have almost heard nothing about. Why is that the case. I miss good R & B releases but I miss promotion for good R & B releases even more. Or maybe I'm just not paying attention to the right circles. Whatever, great album… should be heard by more people. Crazy, sexy video for this song, too..
Winter | Mree
This album really stuck with me… I love this song… that one lyric:
Lets say we trade heartbeats, whats mine is yours and yours is mine…
Haunts me.
My Kind of Love | Emeli Sande
Emeli Sande's album was one of those early 2013 releases - or first half, if memory serves. I hope it got a lot of recognition in the U.K. She's a tremendous talent. I hope she takes off more here in the coming year.
Not a Bad Thing | Justin Timberlake
2013 will forever be the few months from when I found out that my first ever real life childhood friend, as in I can't remember life without her, told me she had a mass before she had her biopsy and when I was floored when it was lymphoma and kept repeating the phrase, "Jackie Kennedy died from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma" the night she told me it was Non-Hodgkins.
One of the best nights of the year was watching that friend experience Justin Timberlake from VIP. Only second to hearing on the 23rd that she's in remission, despite having to complete two more cycles of chemo and then, finally radiation. This is one of her favourite songs. It's why it's on the list, or I'd have chosen a different JT song of the two albums that were actually amazing. So glad he's back to music, though I don't think he's a horrible actor… I just think he does this stuff a lot better.
Glory and Gore | Lorde
So, I'm in Austin when I get a text message from a cool chick and she says, "Glory and Gore" that would make an excellent Scandal fan video, right? And I have to agree. It would… and I'm thinking about doing it for her. Probably won't make it before boot camp, though. Sorry.
But this was a better song choice over Royals. Love that song, but people need to hear more.
Go Slow | HAIM
There is no group that excited me more this year than HAIM. ACL performance was amazing to see from like maybe the equivalent of 4th row? These are three talented sisters… and I can't see what 2014 has in store for them. If you get the chance to catch them live, do not pass go, do not collect $200… just go.
Flawless | Beyonce
It is so incredibly frustrating to hear female artist after female artist, the very people that can elevate a word or thought or an idea to say that they are not (almost whispering) feminists, as if it's a dirty word - and so incredibly refreshing to hear a definition of the word in a song, unapologetically. Coming out just before 2014 and Beyonce being from Houston, if I were running Wendy Davis's campaign, I'd be all over asking Beyonce to release this song on September 15th and, I'm making a personal plea for that to happen. Keep the damn feminist definition in the public consciousness, because without having the right to control our bodies, feminism is just a dream…
Feel for Me | Foy Vance
Another artists posted this album on his Facebook page as his album was being released and I took one listen to this song and fell in love with it… It is a timeless love song that I know will hold up through years and years… and will be on my favourites list for decades.


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