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§1571. Water quality improvement
(a) Authority to proceed with program
The Secretary of the Interior, hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary", is authorized and directed to proceed with a program of works of improvement for the enhancement and protection of the quality of water available in the Colorado River for use in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, and to enable the United States to comply with its obligations under the agreement with Mexico of August 30, 1973 (Minute No. 242 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico), concluded pursuant to the Treaty of February 3, 1944 (TS 994), in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Desalting complexes and plants
(1) The Secretary is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a desalting complex, including (1) a desalting plant to reduce the salinity of drain water from the Wellton-Mohawk division of the Gila project, Arizona (hereinafter referred to as the division), including a pretreatment plant for settling, softening, and filtration of the drain water to be desalted; (2) the necessary appurtenant works including the intake pumping plant system, product waterline, power transmission facilities, and permanent operating facilities; (3) the necessary extension in the United States and Mexico of the existing bypass drain to carry the reject stream from the desalting plant and other drainage waters to the Santa Clara Slough in Mexico, with the part in Mexico, subject to arrangements made pursuant to subsection (d); (4) replacement of the metal flume in the existing main outlet drain extension with a concrete siphon; (5) reduction of the quantity of irrigation return flows through acquisition of lands to reduce the size of the division, and irrigation efficiency improvements to minimize return flows; (6) acquire on behalf of the United States such lands or interest in lands in the Painted Rock Reservoir as may be necessary to operate the project in accordance with the obligations of Minute No. 242, and (7) all associated facilities including roads, railroad spur, and transmission lines.
(2)(A) The desalting plant shall be designed to treat approximately one hundred and twenty-nine million gallons a day of drain water using advanced technology commercially available. The plant shall effect recovery initially of not less than 70 per centum of the drain water as product water, and shall effect reduction of not less than 90 per centum of the dissolved solids in the feed water. The Secretary shall use sources of electric power supply for the desalting complex that will not diminish the supply of power to preference customers from Federal power systems operated by the Secretary.
(B) The Secretary is authorized to use electrical power and energy available from the Navajo Generating Station which is in excess of the Central Arizona Project pumping requirements for the purpose of supplying power and energy requirements of the desalting plant and protective pumping well field constructed pursuant to this subchapter: Provided, That revenues credited to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund shall not be diminished below those amounts which would have accrued had the power been marketed at the rate determined by the Secretary of Energy for the sale of power from the Navajo Generating Station to utilities and public entities, as a result of the use of power and energy for the desalting, protective pumping works, and other uses authorized by law, and that power and energy from the Navajo Generating Station shall be used first to meet the pumping requirements of the Central Arizona Project and after those needs have been met, for the desalting and protective pumping facilities constructed pursuant to this subchapter, and finally for other uses: Provided further, That prior to obtaining power from the Navajo Generating Station under the authority of this subsection, the Secretary shall complete an analysis of alternative sources of supply, including but not limited to the possibility of developing an agreement with the Republic of Mexico whereby the United States (or a non-Federal entity) would enter into contractual arrangements with Mexico for a sufficient supply of power to operate the desalting plant, the regulatory pumping fields and appurtenant facilities.
(C) Effective October 1, 1979, and to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase supplemental power and energy as required for the purposes of supplying the power and energy requirements of the desalting plant and protective pumping well field.
(c) Replacement water studies
Replacement of the reject stream from the desalting plant, Colorado River waters used for the mitigation of fish and wildlife habitat losses and of any Wellton-Mohawk drainage water bypassed to the Santa Clara Slough to accomplish essential operation except at such times when there exists surplus water of the Colorado River under the terms of the Mexican Water Treaty of 1944, is recognized as a national obligation as provided in section 1512 of this title. Studies to identify feasible measures to provide adequate replacement water shall be completed not later than June 30, 1980. Said studies shall be limited to potential sources within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and those portions of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming which are within the natural drainage basin of the Colorado River. Measures found necessary to replace the reject stream from the desalting plant, Colorado River waters used for the mitigation of fish and wildlife habitat losses and any Wellton-Mohawk drainage bypassed to the Santa Clara Slough to accomplish essential operations may be undertaken independently of the national obligation set forth in section 1512 of this title.
(d) Advancement of funds for that portion of bypass drain within Mexico
The Secretary is hereby authorized to advance funds to the United States section, International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), for construction, operation, and maintenance by Mexico pursuant to Minute No. 242 of that portion of the bypass drain within Mexico. Such funds shall be transferred to an appropriate Mexican agency, under arrangements to be concluded by the IBWC providing for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such facility by Mexico.
(e) Desalted water exchange
Any desalted water not needed for the purposes of this subchapter may be exchanged at prices and under terms and conditions satisfactory to the Secretary and the proceeds therefrom shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury. The city of Yuma, Arizona, shall have first right of refusal to any such water.
(f) Return flow reduction
For the purpose of reducing the return flows from the division to one hundred and seventy-five thousand acre-feet or less, annually, the Secretary is authorized to:
(1) Accelerate the cooperative program of Irrigation Management Services with the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, hereinafter referred to as the district, for the purpose of improving irrigation efficiency. The district shall bear its share of the cost of such program as determined by the Secretary.
(2) Acquire by purchase or through eminent domain or exchange, to the extent determined by him to be appropriate, lands or interests in lands to reduce the existing seventy-five thousand developed and undeveloped irrigable acres authorized by the Act of July 30, 1947 (
(g) Disposal of acquired lands
The Secretary is authorized to dispose of the acquired lands and interests therein on terms and conditions satisfactory to him and meeting the objective of this chapter.
(h) Assistance to water users for installation of system improvements
The Secretary is authorized, either in conjunction with or in lieu of land acquisition, to assist water users in the division in installing system improvements, such as ditch lining, change of field layouts, automatic equipment, sprinkler systems and bubbler systems, as a means of increasing irrigation efficiencies: Provided, however, That all costs associated with the improvements authorized herein and allocated to the water users on the basis of benefits received, as determined by the Secretary, shall be reimbursed to the United States in amounts and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Secretary.
(i) Contract amendment
The Secretary is authorized to amend the contract between the United States and the district dated March 4, 1952, as amended, to provide that-
(1) the portion of the existing repayment obligation owing to the United States allocable to irrigable acreage eliminated from the division for the purposes of this subchapter, as determined by the Secretary, shall be nonreimbursable; and
(2) if deemed appropriate by the Secretary, the district shall be given credit against its outstanding repayment obligation to offset any increase in operation and maintenance assessments per acre which may result from the district's decreased operation and maintenance base, all as determined by the Secretary.
(j) Acquisition of land for storage
The Secretary is authorized to acquire through the Corps of Engineers fee title to, or other necessary interests in, additional lands above the Painted Rock Dam in Arizona that are required for the temporary storage capacity needed to permit operation of the dam and reservoir in times of serious flooding in accordance with the obligations of the United States under Minute No. 242. No funds shall be expended for acquisition of land or interests therein until it is finally determined by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction that the Corps of Engineers presently lacks legal authority to use said lands for this purpose. Nothing contained in this subchapter nor any action taken pursuant to it shall be deemed to be a recognition or admission of any obligation to the owners of such land on the part of the United States or a limitation or deficiency in the rights or powers of the United States with respect to such lands or the operation of the reservoir.
(k) Transfer of funds
To the extent desirable to carry out subsections (f)(1) and (h), the Secretary may transfer funds to the Secretary of Agriculture as may be required for technical assistance to farmers, conduct of research and demonstrations, and such related investigations as are required to achieve higher on-farm irrigation efficiencies.
(l) Nonreimbursable costs
All cost associated with the desalting complex shall be nonreimbursable except as provided in subsections (f) and (h).
References in Text
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. MAVEN is scheduled to launch in November 2013 and will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.
ATLO represents a critical stage of the program because it is when the spacecraft begins to take form and culminates with its launch. Over the next five months technicians will install the subsystems on the main spacecraft structure, comprising avionics, power, telecomm, mechanisms, thermal systems, and guidance, navigation and control. The propulsion system was installed earlier this year and in mid-August the spacecraft was powered up with flight software for the first time.
During ATLO science instruments are being delivered to Lockheed Martin's Littleton, Colo. facility for integration with the spacecraft. Once the spacecraft has been fully assembled, it will undergo rigorous environmental testing in early 2013.
"I think it's very timely that we started assembly of MAVEN during the centennial year of our corporation," said Guy Beutelschies, MAVEN program manager at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. "Helping our customers rise to the challenge of tomorrow and discover new things is inherent to our core values and our team is thrilled to begin this next phase of the MAVEN mission."
On Sept. 10 the MAVEN project officially received authorization to transition into the next phase of the mission, Phase D, after completing a series of independent reviews which cover not only technical health of the project but also programmatic health (schedule and cost). The key decision meeting was held at NASA Headquarters in Washington and was chaired by NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
MAVEN is a robotic exploration mission with the goal to determine the role that loss of atmospheric gas to space played in changing the Martian climate through time. It will determine how much of the Martian atmosphere has been lost over time by measuring the current rate of escape to space and gathering enough information about the relevant processes to allow extrapolation backward in time.
MAVEN's principal investigator is based at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. The university will provide science operations, build instruments, and lead Education/Public Outreach. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the project and is building two of the science instruments for the mission. Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colo., will build the spacecraft and perform mission operations. The University of California-Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory is building instruments for the mission. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., provides Program management via the Mars Program Office, as well as navigation support, the Deep Space Network, and the Electra telecommunications relay hardware and operations.
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Fresh from another 67-county tour of the state, former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak recently sat with the Daily Times at a local coffee shop to talk about the future of the country, the state and himself.
Sestak, a retired Navy three-star admiral, had represented the 7th Congressional District, overlaying much of Delaware County, since 2007, after defeating longtime incumbent Republican Curt Weldon.
Sestak tried for a repeat against five-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter last year. While Sestak defeated Specter in the May primary following the elder statesman's switch to the Democratic Party, Sestak lost the general election in a close race against Republican Pat Toomey of Zionsville.
Since then, Sestak said he has been traveling the state on a "thank you" tour similar to one he embarked on in 2009 when determining whether he should pursue the Senate seat.
"I owe a lot of people who supported me because we had a tough time," said Sestak, wearing his trademark flight jacket from the USS Washington, the battle carrier he commanded in Iraq.
"A lot of people poured themselves into this race," said Sestak. "That's the reason we came that close. So I owe people."
Just in the hour spent at the coffee shop, no less than four people came up and shook his hand, offering their condolences on his loss. Apparently, that sort of thing happens a lot.
Sestak said he now intends to sit down and think about where he goes from here, but is in no rush to make a decision.
"I want to stay in public service of some sort," he said. "It's broadly defined, I don't know what that means yet. ... I still want to be a part of the public dialogue and help -- you know, how can you be involved and say, 'I want to serve,' and then all of (a) sudden, 'No?' You don't just say, 'No, I don't want to continue.' So I want to do something, and I'll take the weeks and months off to figure out how best to do that."
Sestak said he hasn't ruled out elective office, but he hasn't ruled it in either. He doesn't think he's really "the lobbyist type," though, so don't look for him hanging around K Street.
"That doesn't mean I won't be associated with one or two or three organizations that do things I believe passionately in -- you know, education or health -- but I just don't know how that's going to be yet," said Sestak.
Shortly after that conversation, rumors started swirling that he might be mounting a gubernatorial campaign for 2014. Neither Sestak nor spokeswoman Hannah Zale returned a call for comment, but he hasn't publicly dismissed the idea.
Sestak certainly talks like he's still in campaign mode: An assortment of seafaring malapropisms and statistics peppered with oddball stock phrases about "getting to morning in America" and the like.
Stuck among that oratory gobbledygook, however, were some fairly solid arguments on what the government can do to help facilitate job growth while removing itself as an impediment.
Sestak cited the U.S. Patent Office, where he said some 1.2 million patents are in a holding pattern.
The patent office is not free -- there are fees associated with filings. According to Sestak, the office had racked up a $640 million surplus from those fees by 2004, but that money was diverted elsewhere rather than used to hire more examiners and increase efficiency.
Today, the office would need something on the scale of 1,200 to 2,400 new officers just to get through the backlog, which Sestak said would take four years using the current staff.
"Capital investors are less likely to invest in something with their money if they know for four years this patent is going to be sitting there," warned Sestak.
Meanwhile, information on those proposals is available online to anyone with the resources to scour the documents -- say, a country with more than a billion people at its disposal.
Sestak said the federal government should hire the processors and examiners needed to deal with the backlog, while protecting entrepreneurs by blocking online access to pending patents.
It's not a "big government" or "small government" issue, he said -- it's just about what's smart and what works.
Another example: Sestak said he has no problem reducing business taxes on corporations -- as long as loopholes that allow those same corporations to escape taxes on profits made overseas are closed.
"That incentivizes the wrong behavior," he said. "I don't mind helping the corporation's bottom line, but that's a secondary priority to helping job creation by that corporation here in America."
Sestak said the political elite in Washington, D.C., could be working on those issues, but is instead stuck in its own bubble of power mongering and influence.
Leaders need to come up for air every now and again to test the political realities of governing against the reality on the ground for their constituents, said Sestak. He thinks politicians might find the two are fairly incongruous.
"The realities within the institutions, for both parties, is different than the reality out there, the conditions of people," he said. "Because our institutions won't brogue internal opponents, they force outside influence, where the conditions are different, to truly have more impact over those conditions because they know the institutions are not doing it. They're more worried about who's going to win ... rather than how they can affect it."
Hence the rise of the tea party in last year's elections. There might have been those seeking to misuse the new movement to their own ends, said Sestak, but that strong a shift in the political winds should nonetheless have sent a clear message to both parties: We are losing faith in you.
"(People) want some real policies, from immigration to education, to health, to investment, to small business, to entrepreneurship," said Sestak. "They want to believe in the American dream, where your child will have an opportunity -- not a guarantee, but an opportunity based on their own God-given talents -- to do better than their parents."
Unfortunately, he said, there is very little room for social mobility in America these days, as the gap between the wealthy and everyone else continues to grow unabated.
Meanwhile, Sestak said people have seen gambling on Wall Street, mortgage companies kicking families out of their homes, wealthy oil companies going untaxed on natural gas extraction and even judges -- the very paragons of truth and justice in America -- going to jail for taking kickbacks to send kids to juvenile hall.
"You lose trust, eventually, in those institutions that founded America," said Sestak. "That's why movements and even individuals ... are having more success (politically)."
His advice to the 112th Congress: Start reaching across the aisle like the 111th did in its last few months or risk getting the same boot in two years.
"They want to see that you're willing to be accountable and that you're willing to be reasonable about what you're proposing," he said. "They don't have to agree with you. They just have to know they can trust you."


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Paul returns as Clippers demolish 76ers
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[February 10, 2014]
LOS ANGELES — Coach Doc Rivers said
his Los Angeles Clippers were excited about the return of point guard
Chris Paul. That joy translated into laughter over the Philadelphia
The Clippers crushed the 76ers 123-78 Sunday night before an
announced crowd of 19,157 at Staples Center.
"You play like that, a lot of good things happen," Rivers said.
Forward Blake Griffin, who played 25 minutes and didn't appear in
the fourth quarter, led Los Angeles with 26 points and added 11
rebounds and six assists.
"It was one of those nights," said Griffin who shot 11-for-14 from
the field and hit all four of his free throws. "They missed some
easy ones, they missed a lot of open shots, and we seem to hit
everything. We were playing well defensively. We were extremely hot,
and they were a little cold."
The Pacific Division-leading Clippers (36-18) beat the 76ers for the
fifth consecutive time. The margin of victory was the largest by the
Clippers against Philadelphia, topping last season's 101-72 rout at
Staples Center.
"I just learned what a playoff team looks like in the playoffs,"
said rookie 76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams, who scored 14
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan grabbed 20 rebounds and scored 10
points, his 31st consecutive games with a double-digit rebound
total. Guard Jamal Crawford added 21 points in 26 minutes.
Paul, who missed the previous 18 games with a separated right
shoulder, scored seven points, handed out eight assists and recorded
four steals in 23 minutes.
"He looked great," Rivers said. "He ran into some people, which was
good. Obviously, his passing, he does what he does. He had some
fumbles, but I think that's something that the point-guard spot,
where you miss games, the speed, you're not used to it. You could
see he was fumbling the ball a little bit. But overall he was
Said Paul, "It felt good to get out there and compete. We've been
playing extremely well. I didn't want to break that rhythm also. But
at the end of the day, it's about winning games."
Crawford said it wasn't a coincidence that Paul's return resulted in
a blowout.
"It set the tone and energy from when he was introduced," Crawford
said. "It makes everybody better (and) it makes everybody's job
easier. We feed off of that."
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The Clippers feasted on the 76ers for a 46-15 lead after one quarter
and coasted the rest of the way. Los Angeles shot 72 percent (18 of
25) from the floor and held the 76ers to 18.5 percent (five of 27)
in the opening quarter. Crawford almost outscored the entire
Philadelphia team in the quarter, finishing with 14 points in 10
"They got going early and it didn't stop," said Philadelphia forward
Evan Turner, who missed seven of his eight shots and finished with
seven points. "They just started hitting us at all corners. They
didn't miss, and we didn't make anything. They played great
basketball. They just beat us down."
Griffin jammed home two highlight-reel slams midway through the
second period. The first one occurred when Paul tossed the ball off
the backboard, allowing Griffin to perform a windmill dunk. On Los
Angeles' next possession, Griffin threw a behind-the-back pass to
Paul, who returned it for an alley-oop slam and a 62-21 lead with
about five minutes left before halftime.
Los Angeles ended the half leading 69-30, limiting Philadelphia to
15.4 percent (8-for-52) shooting while hitting 56.8 percent
(25-for-44) of its attempts. The Clippers also connected on seven of
17 (41.2 percent) of their first-half 3-point attempts, compared to
one of 15 (6.7 percent) for the 76ers.
For the game, the Clippers shot 56.2 percent (50-for-89), and the
76ers shot 27 percent (27-for-100).
Guard Tony Wroten scored 21 points to lead Philadelphia, which lost
its sixth in a row. Forward Thaddeus Young finished with 15 points
and 11 rebounds.
NOTES: Los Angeles F Blake Griffin went to the locker room briefly
after he suffered a shin contusion in a first-quarter collision with
Philadelphia G Tony Wroten. Griffin returned in the second quarter
and didn't appear to be hampered by the injury. ... Clippers G J.J.
Redick sat out his third consecutive game due to a sore right hip.
Redick is listed as day-to-day. ... Philadelphia F Arnett Moultrie
rejoined the club Sunday after being assigned for three games to the
Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. Moultrie, in his
second season out of Mississippi State, hadn't logged any NBA
minutes this season until playing in the first half against Los
Angeles. ... The 76ers visit the Golden State Warriors on Monday and
the Utah Jazz on Wednesday before taking off for the All-Star break.
... The Clippers cap the first half Wednesday when they host the
Portland Trail Blazers.
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Front pay is an equitable remedy, an element of the "make whole" relief available to victims of employment discrimination. "Make whole" relief includes all actions necessary to make a victim of discrimination whole for the discrimination suffered, by placing the individual as near as possible in the situation he or she would have occupied if the wrong had not been committed. Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody[1]. The remedy of front pay compensates a victim in situations where reinstatement or nondiscriminatory placement would be an available remedy, but is denied for reasons peculiar to the individual claim. The compensation of front pay makes the victim of discrimination whole generally until such nondiscriminatory placement can be accomplished. See Romero v. Department of the Air Force[2].
Numerous decisions of the Commission have recognized the Commission's authority to award front pay as a remedy, and have discussed the propriety of such an award under the particular factsof those cases. The Commission decisions discussed in this article were selected to illustrate theCommission's treatment of the front pay remedy.
Reinstatement or nondiscriminatory placement is preferred over the remedy of front pay. See Romero. However, front pay may be determined to be more appropriate in certain situations. The Court in EEOC v. Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Association stated that front pay should be awarded "when the employer has exhibited such extreme hostility that, as a practical matter, a productive and amicable working relationship would be impossible.[3]" The Commission in Finlay v. United States Postal Service,[4] and in earlier cases cited in Finlay, set out three circumstances in which front pay may be awarded in lieu of reinstatement: (1) Where no position is available; (2) Where a subsequent working relationship between the parties would be antagonistic; or (3) Where the employer has a record of long-term resistance to discrimination efforts.
The remedy of front pay may not be appropriate even where one of the above situations is present. An example of such a case is Finlay, above, in which the Commission determined that front pay is not appropriate where an appellant is unable to work. The agency found that sexual harassment of appellant had occurred. The agency awarded certain relief but rejected, among other items of relief, the award of front pay. Appellant had been unable to work as a result of the discrimination. Rather than awarding front pay, the agency in its final decision stated that it would assist appellant to return to work in another location with full seniority and all wage and step increases. The question on appeal was whether the agency's remedy award was full, "make-whole" relief. The Commission decided that the remedy of nondiscriminatory placement was notavailable because, based on the medical evidence, appellant was unable to return to work. Citingto York v. Department of the Navy,[5] the Commission then decided that appellant was not entitled to an award of front pay. The Commission explained that an award of front pay requires that an employee be available to work. Since appellant could not work, she was unable to satisfy this requirement.[6] A similar result was reached recently in DeCamillo v. Department of the Treasury.[7] The Commission in that case ruled against a front pay award because appellant, due to a disabling medical condition, was unable to work. The Commission also noted that the ability to work requirement pertains regardless of the cause of the disabling condition. The Commission observed that the appellant could claim future pecuniary damages for wage loss, and directed the agency to determine the amount of compensatory damages payable to appellant.
An example of the second circumstance in which front pay may be appropriate, where there is antagonism between the parties, is found in Romero, above. Both coworkers and supervisors in that case exhibited substantial hostility toward appellant based on her national origin and her prior EEO activity. However, even though hostility was present, the Commission opted for the remedy of reinstatement, albeit under controlled conditions. The Commission based its decision on the fact that there had been a turnover in management since the discrimination occurred, and also on the fact that appellant desired reinstatement. The Commission also noted the agency's offer of reinstatement to a potentially favorable position in another location. The Commission directed the agency to prevent any contact between appellant and the discriminating personnel if appellant desired reinstatement to her former position.
Complainants have sometimes requested front pay in the belief that a position awarded by an agency is not appropriate relief. The Commission determined that a petitioner was not entitled to front pay in Todd v. Department of the Army.[8] The Commission in the appeal decision underlying this petition for enforcement had found that the agency's failure to select petitioner for a supervisory Visual Information Specialist position constituted race and sex discrimination and retaliation. The Commission had ordered retroactive promotion and back pay. By the time the petition for enforcement was filed, the agency had already provided the back pay and retroactive promotion. Petitioner, on extended leave at the time, was offered a supervisory Visual Information Specialist position, and entered into that position when he returned from leave. In his petition, petitioner contended that the position he was offered was not substantially equivalent to the position previously denied him, and that he was entitled to front pay. The Commission concluded that petitioner did not prove his claim that the position was not substantially equivalent. The Commission found that petitioner was not entitled to front pay because he was immediately placed in the position at issue upon his return from leave.
An earlier Commission decision illustrates a similar situation in which, because of the operation of the remedies of reinstatement and back pay, front pay was inappropriate. In Spicer v. Department of the Interior,[9] the agency had awarded appellant, an Area Psychologist, corrective relief for sexual harassment. The agency had awarded back pay from the date appellant was discriminatorily terminated to the date of its final agency decision, and reinstatement to a comparable position. Appellant rejected the agency's job offer, and on appeal requested additional relief, including front pay to the date she expected to sign a contract with a new employer. The appellate decision determined that appellant was not entitled to front pay because the agency reinstated her to a comparable Psychologist position where she would not be subjected to the hostile environment created by her former supervisor. In addition, the appellate decision tolled the back pay award as of the date appellant had received the agency's job offer. Appellant disputed both the back pay and the front pay determinations in a request to reconsider. The Commission in its decision found it unnecessary to address appellant's request for front pay because of its disposition of the back pay issue. The Commission determined that the agency's award of a comparable Psychologist position was insufficient, reasoning that the agency had provided no assurances against appellant being supervised by the discriminating officials. Therefore, the Commission ordered the agency to issue appellant a new offer of reinstatement containing the requisite specific assurances. The Commission also directed the agency to award appellant back pay through the date appellant is either reinstated, or declines the agency's job offer.
A request for front pay can also be affected by the type of appointment involved. In Turner v. Department of the Interior,[10] the Commission decided that appellant was not entitled to an award of front pay because her employment had been limited to a seasonal appointment. Appellant was a former seasonal Land Surveyor Technician when she filed a complaint of sexual harassment and retaliation regarding a number of actions by her supervisor. The record indicates that after appellant raised her allegations of harassment, the agency immediately reassigned the supervisor to another location. The agency also removed appellant from field work for the balance of her seasonal appointment, an action which appellant identified in her complaint as termination from her position. Her seasonal appointment ended in October 1993, and she stayed on as a volunteer for a few months. The agency then offered her another seasonal appointment to begin in July 1994. An EEOC Administrative Judge (AJ) after conducting a hearing on her complaint found that appellant had been subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation. With regard to the appropriate remedial action for the discrimination, the AJ found that because appellant had been employed in a seasonal appointment, and did not prove that she had been constructively discharged by the agency, she was not entitled to back or front pay. The Commission found the AJ's rationale for denial of those aspects of relief to be well stated, and adopted the rationale as its decision on the matter.
A distinction is to be made between front pay, which is an equitable remedy, and the loss of future earning capacity, which is in the nature of compensatory damages. The Commission noted that the two are not the same in Carpenter v. United States Department of Agriculture[11]. The parties had entered into an agreement to settle appellant's complaint of age and disability discrimination and retaliation. Appellant agreed to retire on disability when he entered into the settlement agreement, and the agency agreed to pay him a lump sum of $40,000 upon the effective date of his separation from employment. The agency also agreed to pay proven compensable damages not to exceed $150,000. In its subsequent determination on appellant's request for compensatory damages, the agency ruled that appellant was not entitled to future pecuniary damages. The agency asserted that the $40,000 lump sum provided in the settlement amounted to an award of front pay, and that no additional award for future pecuniary losses was provided for or justified. On appeal, the Commission agreed. The Commission stated that front pay is an equitable remedy and as such was not encompassed by the parties' agreement concerning compensatory damages. In contrast, an award for future pecuniary damages for the loss of future earning capacity concerns the effect that appellant's injury will have on his ability in the future to earn a salary comparable with what he earned before his injury.
[2] EEOC Appeal No. 01921636 (July 13, 1992).
[3] 763 F.2d 1166, 1172-1173 (10th Cir. 1985).
[4] EEOC Appeal No. 01942985 (April 29, 1997).
[5] EEOC Appeal No. 01930435 (February 25, 1994).
[6] In a separate discussion on the issue of compensatory damages, the Commission found appellant entitled to future pecuniary compensatory damages to compensate her for her future loss of pay and benefits. The Commission directed the agency to calculate the damages award to include wages, agency contributions to health benefits and life insuranve premium, and agency contributions to retirement plans.
[7] EEOC Request No. 05980180 (July 30, 1998).
[8] EEOC Petition No. 04970025 (May 29,1998).
[9] EEOC Request No. 05940880 (November 8, 1996).
[10] EEOC Appeal No. 01956390 (April 27, 1998).
[11] EEOC Appeal No. 01945652 (July 17, 1995).


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Charlie Paul's documentary about English cartoonist Ralph Steadman features Johnny Depp and will be introduced to buyers at the upcoming EFM.
Independent has picked up international sales rights to Charlie Paul's directorial debut For No Good Reason.
Paul's doc about English cartoonist Ralph Steadman, which features Johnny Depp observing Steadman's working process at his home studio, will be introduced to buyers at the upcoming EFM in Berlin next week. Steadman is best known for his work with Hunter S Thompson on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Separately, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to the film.
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In a bizarre twist, the conclave has decided to elect a random Atheist as pope - believing they will show the world that Atheists don't have any better answers than octogenarian celibates. You've been selected - what would you do?
Remember, disbanding the church really isn't an option because the adherents aren't going to give up just because an Atheist Pope said to abandon faith. Realistically, what could you do as Pope that would actually have a positive impact on the world?
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1. Promote the use of contraceptives, especially condoms. Manufacture Catholic Condoms, with a little holy cross on them, and give them away free.
2. Promote the need to address Global Warming, and inspire a planetary cleanup.
3. Cash in the Vatican's chips, as in sell off all its worldly goods, and organise a charity to distribute food, water and other necessities to the poor.
4. Permit priests to get married, and hand over all information regarding child-molestors within the church to the police for prosecution.
5. Tell the faithful that God will judge them on their behaviour, not their fidelity. Abolish confessionals.
6. Make my wife co-Pope :)
You really boiled it down fast. I even think you have a great order of priority to your reformations.
1) I notice you don't say anything about ending the opposition to abortion, and I think that makes sense in this context; the belief that that fetus is a sacrosanct life is too embedded in the theology. But there's no such "logic" to the condom prohibition. Arthur C. Clarke (I think) actually depicted the RC church making just such a proclamation in one of his novels, but then saying, once it's conceived its too late; we haven't changed our mind about that.
4) I think this too could be readily accepted in the church. You might create an order of the priesthood for those who actually want to be celibate for whatever reason but under NO circumstances let it justify molestation. (By the way why did you link this with the molestation issue? Are you claiming they take on an interest in little boys out of frustration in not being able to boink adult women? I thought sexual orientation was a little less malleable than that.)
5) I doubt that would fly, it's too integral to the theology.
6) I doubt this would fly, too. But it's a fun thought.
Ahahaha, Strega. I like number 6
4. Permit priests to get married, and hand over all information regarding child-molestors within the church to the police for prosecution.
There's no connection between celibacy and pedophilia. First, a pedophile isn't being celibate, he's having sex with a child. Secondly, there's no scientific evidence that pedophiles will turn to sex with women to the exclusion of children given the alternative.
These should really be two different items.
Now, as an ex-Christian, I do see a problem with the second item, turning over pedophile data. Christianity is all about forgiveness and redemption. For theological reasons, Christian officials will always be hesitant to turn over such information as anything but a last resort.
And, I might add, ESPECIALLY if the information is revealed in the confessional.
Oh over and above Strega's suggestons.
I'd mandate a return to Latin Mass. And various other measures to make church a bit less appealing.
I think I might try to 'connect to the flock' by suggesting that we need to think of Jesus in a modern context. What would he be like if he were born today? I'm certain his anger towards money-changers wouldn't be dampened. I might be tempted to rally the troops towards some sort of radical economic-revolution.
Put "Its Raining Men" on the juke box and order some rent boys!
HALLELUJAH! Its Raining Men!
1. convert churches to libraries
2. encourage scientific discourses during sunday mass
3. work towards abolishing alms giving
4. promote the use of contraceptives world over especially in africa where there is a great apathy
5. my first mass tell the faithful there is no god
"5. my first mass tell the faithful there is no god"
Before you do that, you better go build a squillion mental asylums to put them in because they arent going to take that news lightly.
That would truly cause global hyseria and mass suicides ...
Not a good idea.