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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
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Actually as long as there was some way to assure that the pumpers had their privacy when needed, I don't actually see this as a problem (Juliebird may have a different POV.) I suppose that it is not at all professional to announce that one is having a nervous breakdown that very moment if one does not get a bit of downtime. To me, a company that instituted a room to just take a breath would be very humane indeed -- comparatively. Making it law would not bother me.
I have worked with a few schizophrenics and schizoaffectives who were trying to transition to work after a long time out. A place of peace and quiet would have been great for them.
In fact, the few times I worked in an office environment a place of momentary peace and quiet would have been great for me and I am only ADD. You could call it a meditation/lactation room. Can you imagine how the corporate world might freak if employees actually could take a meditative moment?
I bet productivity would actually increase.
"The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which requires employers to give 12 weeks of unpaid leave in certain circumstances, applies only to companies that employ more than 50 people within a 75-mile radius. If your company doesn't meet these conditions, you do not have to provide leave under the FMLA."
The above information was provided by
smallbusiness.att.yahoo.com
There is no federal law that requires PAID leave for new parents. Please note that the federal law for unpaid leave(only for those employers that the law covers) allows both men and women who are new parents to take the 12 weeks off to care for the newborn.
Many business do not fall under federal law and state laws vary.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f02/web2/stan.html
The above link will take to information on the aersol spead of germs when a toilet is flushed.
KStone, I am worried about your health if you are not up-to-date on the above facts. At the very least, you need a toothbrush cover. However, maybe after you read the link you will have a better understanding of why mother's should not pump breastmilk in a bathroom.
Of course from your tone, I suspect you would not concern yourself much with the social cost of sick children, let alone with the children themselves.
Everyone of your recent five posts at Salon is essentially the same. In other words, you are spamming.
Furthermore, your bill -- yes I went there -- would leave the decision or whether or not the molester was reoffending or was still a threat entirely up to the treating therapist. In other words, it would take the offense out of the hands of the law, the offender would remain at large, and the child -- especially if this child remained living with the offender -- would still be at risk.
Oh yes, your bill would indeed by a great boon -- to child molesters and the "therapists" who treat them. There are indeed therapists who legitimately treat offenders. May I direct readers who would like more information to Anna Salter's book "Predators." She is not nearly as optimistic as you.
Your optimism about the effectiveness of your treatment is not supported by the research. Also you stats on recidivism are false, but I think you already know this.
Drumming up a bit of business are we?
If Guiliani seeks the presidency and succeeds, perhaps he can make Alan Placa Attorney General since Placa has a law degree. In that position, Placa could make Mark Foley, who chaired the House caucus on missing and exploited children, look like an a good guy. If you will recall Foley was the House Republican who sent suggestive emails to house pages.
Placa, in that position, could certainly sweep a lot of stuff under the rug. Maybe Guiliani understands that, if you have someone by the balls, it is even easier to extract loyalty.
It is odd. I keep hearing about this Duke case, but when it happened, I was in the process of moving. I was so busy that I was scarcely aware of it and, to my memory, never expressed an opinion one way or another.
I have noticed that no matter what I say when I post in many a Broadsheet thread that this stuff comes up. Sometimes I am harangued about it no matter what I say or whether or not the it has any relevance to the topic at hand. Therefore, even though I know little about this case, I have concluded that certain people have latched on to it like a dog with only one bone. Frankly, I find all the irrelevant growling amusing. I always attribute it to the lack of a real argument.
Since it is old news to me, I mostly ignore the mention of it. It is not as if it were the only botched case on record. Cases get botched to the detriment of defendants and cases get botched to the detriment of accusers. That one just happened to get lots of publicity because of some of the elements you mentioned, such as race and class.
I have decided to ignore all further mentions of it.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
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