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Frequently Asked Questions
- Can employees request medical, maternity or paternity leave?
- Who is eligible?
- What if the need for leave is due to a workplace injury?
- What type of qualifying event may eligible employees request leave for and how much time is allowed?
- Is elective surgery covered under the FMLA or other state leave laws?
- Are spouses who both work for WWU each entitled to 12 weeks of FMLA?
- What medical/health or disabling conditions are covered?
- Who is considered a covered family member?
- What is the difference between maternity leave and paternity leave?
- Can I return to work part time following maternity/paternity leave?
- If an employee's qualifying event is eligible for leave under multiple provisions, does the leave time run concurrently?
- Will the approved leave be paid?
- What if an employee does not have enough accrued leave to cover their absence?
- Will taking leave affect an employee's health benefits?
- How do employees request family/medical leave?
- What is a supervisor's role in notifying Human Resources about an employee's need for leave?
- How is FMLA time tracked?
- How is leave time submitted/charged?
- What are employees and their supervisors required to do prior to returning to work?
- What happens when an employee is not released to return to work?
- What resources are available to employees who cannot return to work?
- Where can I learn more about laws related to family medical leave?
Can employees request medical, maternity or paternity leave?
Yes, employees may request medical, maternity or paternity leave as allowed under federal and state law, union contracts and applicable employee handbooks. Approval is contingent upon Human Resources receipt of supporting medical documentation. The amount and type of leave granted is dependent upon eligibility and individual circumstances reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Who is eligible?
An employee may be eligible for more than one provision below. Human Resources will ensure a thorough review of all provisions for each employee that has provided notice of a need for leave.
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Employees are eligible for leave under the federal and state Family Medical Leave Acts if they have:
- Been employed by Western for a total of at least 12 months (within the past 5 years) from the date the FMLA leave is to commence,
- Worked at least 1250 hours during the 12 month period preceding the first day of FMLA leave (not including paid leave time),
- A qualifying event.
State Family Care Act
- Employees are eligible for leave under the state Family Care Act if they have:
- Available accrued leave and
- A qualifying event.
State Maternity-Disability Leave
- Any female employee is eligible under the state sex discrimination provision when she is disabled (prohibited to work by her physician) during pregnancy or following the birth of her child.
ADA - Reasonable Accommodation Leave
- Employees may be eligible for leave if the:
What if the need for leave is due to a workplace injury?
The Worker's Compensation Program does not provide job protection when an employee requires a leave of absence due to a workplace injury. If an injured employee must take leave to recover, Human Resources will review the employee's eligibility for the provisions listed above and coordinate services with the University's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) department. For more information on the Worker's Compensation program, call EHS at 360.650.2947.
What type of qualifying event may eligible employees request leave for and how much time is allowed?
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
FMLA eligible employees may request:
- Up to 12 workweeks (or 480 hours) of leave in a 12-month period:
- For the birth and care of a newborn, or for placement of a child for adoption or foster care
- Parental leave must be taken within one year of the date of the child's birth or placement
- To care for an eligible family member or state registered domestic partner with a serious health condition
- To take medical leave when unable to work because of their own serious health condition
- For a qualifying exigency arising out of a covered family member's active military duty or has been notified of pending call to active duty in the Armed Forces in support of a contingency operation
- Up to 26 weeks of leave in a single 12-month period:
- To care for a covered service member recovering from a serious illness or injury incurred in the line of duty. This provision includes a combined total of up to 26 weeks of all types of FMLA leave.
State Maternity-Disability Leave
Female employees may request leave for the period of time that she is sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy or childbirth. Leave time is typically 6-8 weeks of leave as determined by healthcare provider based on individual's condition. This leave time is provided in addition to the leave time the employee may be eligible for under the Family Medical Leave Act.
State Family Care Act
- Employees may request to take a leave of absence to care for:
- A child of the employee with a health condition that requires treatment or supervision, or
- A covered family member or state registered domestic partner with a serious health condition or an emergency condition
- Leave protections are provided to the extent of the employee's accruals. Use of leave must comply with the terms of applicable collective bargaining agreements, employee handbook policy except for any terms related to the choice and order of leave to be used.
ADA - Reasonable Accommodation Leave
Employees may be grated leave under this provision for their own condition if it meets the definition of "disability" under state or federal law. Leave may be grated as an accommodation when an employee is not eligible for leave protections under state and federal leave laws, collective bargaining unit agreements, or employee handbook provisions. The amount of leave granted is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Is elective surgery covered under the FMLA or other state leave laws?
Elective surgery is not covered under the FMLA unless there are complications following the procedure that result in a "serious health condition" and requires the employee to be out beyond two weeks.
Are spouses who both work for WWU each entitled to 12 weeks of FMLA?
A husband and wife or state registered domestic partners who are eligible for FMLA leave and are employed by WWU may be limited to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave during any 12-month period if the leave is taken:
- For birth of the employee's son or daughter or to care for the child after birth;
- For placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or foster care, or to care for the child after placement; or
- To care for the employee's parent with a serious health condition.
Where the husband and wife or state registered domestic partners both use a portion of the total 12-week FMLA leave entitlement for one of the purposes above, the husband and wife or partners would each be entitled to the difference between the amount he or she has taken individually and 12 weeks for FMLA leave for a purpose other than those listed above. For example, if each spouse or partner took 6 weeks of leave to care for a healthy, newborn child, each could use an additional 6 weeks due to his or her own serious health condition or to care for a child with a serious health condition.
What medical/health or disabling conditions are covered?
Family Medical Leave Act
Serious Health Condition means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves one of the following:
Hospital Care: Inpatient care (i.e., an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility, including any period of incapacity or subsequent treatment in connection with or consequent to such inpatient care.
Absence Plus Treatment: A period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days (including any subsequent treatment or period of incapacity relating to the same condition), that also involves:
- Treatment two or more times by a health care provider, by a nurse or physician's assistant under direct supervision of a health care provider, or by a provider of health care services (e.g., physical therapist) under orders of, or on referral by, a health care provider; or
- Treatment by a health care provider on at least one occasion which results in regimen of continuing treatment under the supervision of the health care provider.
Pregnancy: Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy, or for parental care.
Chronic Conditions Requiring Treatments: A chronic condition which:
- Requires periodic visits for treatment by a health care provider, or by a nurse or physician's assistant under direct supervision of a health care provider;
- Continues over an extended period of time (including recurring episodes of a single underlying condition); and
- May cause episodic rather than a continuing period of incapacity (e.g., asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.)
Permanent/Long-Term Condition Requiring Supervision: A period of incapacity which is permanent or long-term due to a condition for which treatment may not be effective. The employee or family member must be under the continuing supervisor of, but need not be receiving active treatment by, a health care provider. Examples include Alzheimer's, a severe stroke, or the terminal stages of a disease.
Multiple Treatments (Non-Chronic Conditions): Any period of absence to receive multiple treatments (including any period of recovery therefrom) by a health care provider or by a provider of health care services under orders of, or on referral by, a health care provider, either for restorative surgery after an accident or other injury, or for condition that would likely result in a period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days in the absence of medical intervention or treatment, such as cancer (chemotherapy, radiation, etc.) severe arthritis (physical therapy), kidney disease (dialysis).
Additional Definitions:
Incapacity - inability to work, attend school or perform other regular daily activities due to the serious health condition, treatment therefor, or recovery therefrom.
Treatment - includes examinations to determine of a serious health condition exists and evaluations of the condition. Treatment does not include routine physical examinations, eye examinations, or dental examinations.
A regimen of continuing treatment - includes, for example, a course of prescription medication (e.g., an antibiotic) or therapy requiring special equipment to resolve or alleviate the health condition. A regimen of treatment does not include the taking of over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, antihistamines, or salves; or bed-rest, drinking fluids, exercise, and other similar activities that can be initiated without a visit to a health care provider.
Family Care Act
Serious health condition: an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves any period of incapacity or treatment connected with inpatient care (ie., an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility, and any period of incapacity or subsequent treatment or recovery in connection with such inpatient care; or that involves continuing treatment by or under the supervision of a health care provider or a provider of health care services and which includes any period of incapacity (i.e., inability to work, attend school or perform other regular daily activities).
Health Condition of a child:
- A medical condition requiring treatment or medication that the child cannot self- administer;
- A medical or mental-health condition which would endanger the child's safety or recovery without the presence of a parent or guardian; or
- A condition warranting treatment or preventive health care such as physical, dental, optical or immunization services, when a parent must be present to authorize the treatment
Emergency condition: a health condition that is a sudden, generally unexpected occurrence or set of circumstances related to one's health demanding immediate action, and is typically very short term in nature.
ADA-Reasonable Accommodation
Please refer to POL-U1600.03 Accommodating Persons with Disabilities for the definition of disability.
Bargaining Unit Agreements/Employee Handbooks
Please refer to the appropriate bargaining unit agreement or employee handbook for definitions.
Who is considered a covered family member?
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The federal FMLA define a "family member" as:
Son or daughter - a biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis, who is under 18 years of age or 18 years of age or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability.
Spouse - a husband or wife as defined or recognized under State law for purposes of marriage in the State where the employee resides, including common law marriage in States where it is recognized.
Parent - means the biological parent of an employee or an individual who stands or stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a child.
Washington State also recognizes state registered domestic partnerships and individuals for the purpose of leave benefits provided by RCW 49.78 (Family Leave).
Family Care Act and Family Leave Acts
A covered family member under the FCA includes a spouse, child, parent-law, grandparent, and state registered domestic partner.
Spouse: husband or wife
Child: a biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis who is:
- Under eighteen years of age; or
- Eighteen years of age or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability
Parent: a biological or adoptive parent of an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a child
Parent-in-law: a parent of the spouse of an employee
Grandparent: a parent of a parent of an employee
Registered Domestic Partner: A Washington-state registered domestic partner, qualified through the Certificate of State Registered Domestic Partnership or registration card issued by the Washington Secretary of State's office. Including same-sex domestic partners, and opposite-sex domestic partners in which at least one partner is age 62 or older.
Bargaining Unit Agreements/Handbooks
Additional relationships may be covered under a Bargaining Unit Agreement or handbook
What is the difference between maternity leave and paternity leave?
For the purpose of administration of the family medical leave program,
Maternity leave is considered to be the leave time a female employee needs to take when she is temporarily disabled (unable to work) due to pregnancy or childbirth
Paternity leave is considered the time a female or male employee requests to take leave to care for and bond with a health newborn, newly adopted or placed foster child.
Time requested by a male employee to care for his spouse who as been document to be disabled due to pregnancy or following childbirth or to care for a newborn, newly adopted or foster child with a serious health condition, is not considered paternity leave. Rather this would be leave requested "to care for a family member with a serious health condition." Paternity leave could be requested once the serious health condition was resolved.
Can I return to work part time following maternity/paternity leave?
If an employee is still eligible for FMLA hours, a part-time schedule requires departmental approval for the remainder of the FMLA allowance. Extensions requested following exhaustion of FMLA hours would also require departmental approval.
If an employee's qualifying event is eligible for leave under multiple provisions, does the leave time run concurrently?
If an employee takes leave that is eligible under the Family Care Act, it will also be counted against an employee's available FMLA allowance.
An employee eligible for leave under the state maternity-disability provision does not run current with FMLA leave, but is leave provided in addition to eligible leave under the FMLA.
Leave taken due to a work place injury will run concurrently with FMLA leave if the condition meets FMLA eligibility criteria.
Will the approved leave be paid?
Family Care Act
Employees eligible for a leave of absence under the state Family Care Act will remain in paid status since they must use available accrued leave during their absence. Use of leave must follow the terms set forth in applicable collective bargaining agreement, employee handbook, or policy except the employee may choose the type of leave to use (sick/180-day medical leave, vacation, personal holiday) and in which order to use it.
Family Medical Leave Act, ADA and Maternity-Disability Leave
Leave granted under these provision is unpaid unless the employee chooses to use their available accrued leave in accordance to the applicable contract or handbook provisions as stated below:
Washington Federation of State Employees - Bargaining Units A, B and
- Employees on an approved leave of absence must ordinarily exhaust all available paid leave, including compensatory time, sick leave (if available for the purpose of the employee's leave), vacation leave, and personal holiday time before taking unpaid leave. (Article 25.3) This requirement does not apply to employees receiving Worker's Compensation time loss payments or payments on a Long-Term Disability claim.
- Employees must use compensatory time prior to using vacation leave, unless this would result in the loss of their vacation leave. (Article 17.8.2)
Public School Employees - Bargaining Units D and PTE
- Except as provided in Article 22.5 (BUD) or Article 19.5 (PTE), an employee on approved leave of absence must exhaust all available sick leave (if available for the purpose of the employee's leave), vacation leave, and personal holiday time before taking unpaid leave; employees who choose to use compensatory time as part of a leave of absence must use any such time prior to taking unpaid leave. (BUD - Article 22.3; PTE - Article 19.3) This requirement does not apply to employees receiving Worker's Compensation time loss payments or payments on a Long-Term Disability claim.
- Employees may not be compelled to use compensatory time (BUD - Article 15.6; PTE- Article 12.5.2)
Professional Staff
Professional staff may choose to use accrued leave for any portion of unpaid leave allowed under the law and as per the provisions of the Professional Staff Handbook.
Faculty requests for paid medical and disability leave are approved by the Provost's office in coordination with Human Resources. See the faculty bargaining unit contract (section 11) for additional information.
Workers Compensation Leave
An employee who sustains a work related injury or illness that is compensable under the worker's compensation law may choose to receive time-loss compensation exclusively, use accrued paid leave exclusively, leave without pay exclusively, or combine time loss compensation, accrued leave, and leave without pay. Accrued leave does not include Shared Leave. Use of accrued paid leave and/or leave without pay are subject to bargaining unit contracts when applicable.
What if an employee does not have enough accrued leave to cover their absence?
Classified and professional staff may request shared leave donations from other state employees. Employees who have the 180-day medical leave plan are not eligible for shared leave donations. Further information on the Shared Leave Program is provided on the Shared Leave Program Guide.
If ineligible for shared leave and accrued leave balances are depleted, employees on an approved leave of absence will submit time as leave without pay.
Will taking leave affect an employee's health benefits?
Family Medical Leave Act
While an employee is on an approved FMLA eligible leave of absence, Western will continue to pay for the employer portion of an employee's health insurance premiums (regardless if the leave is unpaid) under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had continued to work. Employees are always responsible for payment of their portion of their health insurance premiums during an FMLA approved leave.
Family Care Act
Benefits will not be impacted for employees taking approved leave under this provision.
ADA and Maternity-Disability Leave
These provisions do not provide employer benefit coverage. Whether or not benefits status remain the same during such leave, depends on the employee's pay status during the leave and applicable contract/handbook provisions.
How do employees request family/medical leave?
Provide notice to supervisor and Human Resources of need for leave
- Employees must provide at least 30-days advance notice of their need for leave when the need is foreseeable and when notice is practicable
- The notice may be verbal or in writing and is not required to include a diagnosis if the request is for leave for a serious health condition of the employee or family member
Submit a Special Leave Request Form to supervisor
- Do not include confidential medical information (e.g. diagnosis of condition) on the special leave request form; note only that "the need for leave is due to a health condition". To protect confidentiality, the employee will submit medical information to Human Resources when requested.
- All requests will be reviewed and given final approval by Human Resources.
Provide medical certification completed by a health care provider
Employees requesting leave for their own, or a family member's serious health condition are required to submit a medical certification to Human Resources. Only the physician or health care practitioner is to complete the medical certification.
If supervisors or other department representatives receive any medical documentation, it is to be forwarded to Human Resources and copies are not to be made.
What is a supervisor's role in notifying Human Resources about an employee's need for leave?
Supervisors should contact Human Resources as soon as possible when they are aware that an employee is:
- Needing to take leave related to a medical condition for themselves or a family member (generally when the absence has or will exceed more than 10 work days)or
- Has had a significant number of off-and-on absences related to a medical condition for themselves or a family member
How is FMLA time tracked?
If FMLA eligible, use of accrued leave applies toward the 12-week or 480-hour leave entitlement allowed in a 12-month period. This means available accrued leave used is not in addition to the FMLA entitlement.
If FMLA eligible, absences related to a workers' comp injury apply toward the 12-week or 480 hour leave entitlement allowed in a 12-month period, whether employees are receiving time loss payments, using accrued leave or unpaid leave. Any time taken due to a workers' comp injury is not in addition to the FMLA leave entitlement.
Full time leave is tracked by Human Resources using the first day of absence and the date of return indicated on the medical release.
Intermittent leave or reduced schedules are tracked for the duration the employee's physician indicates on the medical certification. Employees approved for intermittent leave must submit departmental leave request forms for all approved time taken in each pay period, noting in the explanation that time taken is FMLA related when applicable. A designated person in each department then provides this information to HR for tracking of FMLA time taken.
How is leave time submitted/charged?
Classified and Professional Staff
Employees must submit time for all approved leave taken, whether paid or unpaid. Supervisors are responsible for ensuring time is submitted accurately and as per the approved special leave request.
If an employee has a shared leave balance, submit time as sick leave on the timesheet after all other leave balances have been depleted.
Holidays are not paid unless in full pay status the day prior to the holiday.
If an employee is on leave without pay for more than 10 days per month, no vacation or sick leave accruals will be credited for that month, including absences due to a workers' comp injury.
Classified Staff:
Reporting time as leave without pay requires prior approval from Human Resources. Classified employees may submit leave without pay during an approved leave period only. When all leave balances are depleted, including shared leave, submit time as leave without pay (LNN).
Seniority is adjusted for each day of leave without pay. Increment dates, if applicable, will be extended one month for each month on leave without pay that exceeds 10 days.
Professional Staff:
Please refer to the Professional Staff Time and Leave Reporting Guidelines
The Provost's office maintains faculty time records.
What are employees and their supervisors required to do prior to returning to work?
Employees are required to provide Human Resources a medical release from their health care practitioner prior to returning to work.
When the leave is due to an approved worker's compensation injury, the release to work needs to be approved and coordinated by the Environmental Health and Safety Department's Claims Manager.
What happens when an employee is not released to return to work?
Employees who are not released by their physician should contact Human Resources at least three days prior to their initially expected return date.
Extensions are approved on a case-by-case basis based on a number of factors including, but not limited to:
- If the employee is still eligible for protected leave provisions,
- Operational needs of the employee's department and/or
- Prognosis of condition
If an employee is unable to continue to perform the essential functions of their position with or without an accommodation, it may become necessary to be separated from employment.
For further information on reasonable accommodations and separations, please see the University's reasonable accommodation policy.
What resources are available to employees who cannot return to work?
Long-Term Disability Insurance
Disability Services in Human Resources will assist an employee through the application process
Department of Retirement Systems
The Benefits Unit in Human Resources will assist an employee to determine eligibility and apply for disability retirement benefits.
Social Security Disability Income
Where can I learn more about laws related to family medical leave?
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Washington State Human Rights Commission
U.S. Department of Labor
Please contact the Disability Administrator in Human Resources for further information.


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Lawmakers have spent most of the year doing preliminary work on the bill. But the machinery really gets going once ComptrollerξSusan Combs releases her revenue estimate.
Representative Garnet Coleman a Houston Democrat says the report, no matter the writer always has a tone of cautious desperation.
"There's never enough money, even when we have a surplus, becauseξthat is the first thingξthat budget-tiers say."
With the national recession there is no reason to think they same won't be the same this year. But at the same time this budget will be written when there couldξbe more need for social safety net programs. So far president-elect Barack Obama seems ready to help out by boasting federal spending.
Dick Lavine follows the budget for the Center for Public Policy Priorities a progressive policy think tank.
"They could just raise the match rate on the current, say health insurance program. So for every dollar the state would put in the federal government would put in more. Which would either save us money, or mean we could cover more people, because unfortunately, there may be more a lot more people needing help because of the economy."
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The line of programs seeking more money in the new budget goes beyond social services. Public colleges and universities say they need more state help because of the stock market crash means less money coming from the school's endowments.
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State Senator Steve Ogden and Florence Shapiro still hope that promise can be kept.
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Calahorra to Burgos 189km
For the stage from Calahorra to Burgos, the 189km Seventeenth Stage of this year's Vuelta, there was only one criterion for an early breakaway. It had to be small. Plenty were ready for action, but the Astana team of race leader Vincenzo Nibali made it clear: we're hauling back big groups.
So, after some early skirmishes, two riders were allowed to break free: Adam Hansen of Lotto-Belisol and Javier Aramendia of Caja Rural. This worked for the teams of sprinters as well. The two were quickly given a gap. And the leash was pulled when the lead reached seven minutes.
The escape and lead weren't ideal for Cannondale Pro Cycling's Daniele Ratto. Ratto, sitting second in the King of the Mountain competition, started the day six points down on Cofidis' Nicolas Edet, and the two relatively gentle third-category climbs en route favored his abilities.
On the first climb, Edet's Cofidis teammate Nico Sijmens took off to claim the final point for third place. On the second, Sijmens set up Edet to take the final point. Ratto was unable to use his more powerful kick to close down the six-point gap at all, and dropped to seven points behind.
All the while, the gap to the break was coming down. With 26km remaining, and the crosswinds whipping up, Saxo-Tinkoff Bank pulled their patented attack, the crosswind maneuver for their leader, Nicolas Roche. The attack worked at splitting the field. No more than 40 riders were ready for the acceleration; the rest were left behind. Saxo caught the rider ahead of Roche on time out of position and gapped him. They wanted the gap to grow all the way to the finish. Such a move helped not only Saxo, but Chris Horner of RadioShack and race leader Nibali; so three teams collaborated and grew the gap nicely.
Hansen and Aramendia were swept up with 20km remaining. A hill with nine kilometers left dropped several more out of the lead group. Only four sprint specialists remained. Astana kept the pace high by attacking in the narrow streets of Burgos. With a kilometer remaining, Garmin-Sharp was set to lead out their fastest man, Tyler Farrar, when Belkin's Bauke Mollema jumped clear on the right side of the road. The chase down was furious, Garmin spent their last leadout man, and the sprinters jumped early in desperation. But it was for naught. Mollema stole the stage and sprinters were foiled yet again. Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen and Lampre-Merida's Maximiliano Richeze took third.
The general classification shakeup was minimal. Roche moved into fifth, while the sixth and seventh placed riders lost time to the rest of the top ten.
After this relatively easy stage, the riders face more hills again on Stage Eighteen, the 186.5km ride from Burgos to Peña Cabarga. The race is flat and downhill for the first 75km, then the hills begin. The course takes in three third-category climbs, then tackles a second-category climb before hitting a short, steep first-category climb to Peña Cabarga. The punchy general classification riders will duke it out on the final wall. Expect Cannondale Pro Cycling to be active early. If Ratto can get in the early move, he has a chance to regain the KoM lead.
Vuelta a España 2013
Stage 17: Calahorra to Burgos
Stage Results
1. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 4:44:28
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling same time
3. Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida same time
4. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp same time
5. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard same time
Stage Results Cannondale Pro Cycling
64. Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) 0:01:31
96. Maciej Paterski (Pol) 0:01:44
101. Daniele Ratto (Ita) 0:04:18
102. Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) same time
103. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) same time
105. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) same time
137. Cameron Wurf (Aus) 0:07:04
General Classification
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 68:50:29
2. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:28
3. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:14
4. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0:02:29
5. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:03:43
General Classification Cannondale Pro Cycling
42. Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) 1:15:43
58. Maciej Paterski (Pol) 1:43:18
83. Daniele Ratto (Ita) 2:17:42
92. Cameron Wurf (Aus) 2:22:26
98. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) 2:32:07
120. Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) 3:02:06
145.Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) 3:23:39
Mountains Classification
1. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 37 pts
2. Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 30
3. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 22
4.Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural 20
5. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 19


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Sam: have you sent mail to all who "won" ?
Sam - I won #36 the Six Moon Designs Wild Oasis for $90, but the email game through as $105... ???I am ready to send payment, just let me know.Very excited about this new shelter!
Sam, is there going to be more? looking for a new bag/quilt..
Edited by JasonG on 06/14/2011 11:24:52 MDT.
Just so I know when to be here.
I am astonished I didn't win the item I emailed about. I must have been up against a true gun slinger.
Is there a way to see the original list? Just curious what I missed . . .
got 22, one of the alphamid nano.
How much does the Oware tarp (#27) weigh?
Edited by andrei_tudor on 06/06/2011 14:26:26 MDT.
Whoever got #41, you're fast! If you change your mind, let me know.
"How much does the Oware tarp (#27) weigh?"From the announcement: "No more information is available on each item than is posted."In bold, no less.
I was hoping that someone else would know that.
Shocked I didn't get 39 and 40. If the person who got them would please let me know so I don't keep refreshing my Gmail in the futile hope of a delayed email, I'd be most grateful.
Item list is currently up to date.
Sam,Like Steven I'm curious to see the original list. Is there a chance that you mark sold items with "SOLD" instead of deleting them from the list? Now I see all these messages about item numbers that are not any longer in your message. That makes me of course wonder what I missed ...Thanks,Manfred
Edited by Orienteering on 06/06/2011 16:16:53 MDT.
I found it interesting that BackpackingLight didnt offer its members priority on this sale.
I will re-post the entire list once all is sold. Regarding offering members priority: I take flack when I do this and I take flack when I don't. What's a boy to do ; )
I could totally understand if members were given priority if this gear were sold in the store, but not gear swap. I'm just glad I wasn't pressured into restarting my membership one week before a 3 month stint on the trail. I'll re-up when I get back because I want access to those diy articles for some projects I have planned.
When do you plan on posting the sleeping pads??? Thx!
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/wp-content/plugins/index.php would be better written with a proper 404.
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comment:1 @johnbillion — 4 years ago
Shouldn't it technically be a 403?
comment:2 @miqrogroove — 4 years ago
Technically, there is nothing in the response entity, so either 403 or 404 is appropriate.
comment:4 @BenChapman — 4 years ago
As per RFC2616 if a reason is to be given for denying access then 403 should be used, otherwise 404 should be used. In this case I would say 403 would be the better response code with a reason included for forbidding access.
@BenChapman — 4 years ago
Adds a 404 error message
comment:5 @BenChapman — 4 years ago
- Cc admin@… added
comment:6 @solarissmoke — 4 years ago
If this is going to change, then it should change for all wp-content directories, i.e., /themes and /uploads also.
comment:7 @DH-Shredder — 4 years ago
- Type changed from defect (bug) to enhancement
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comment:8 @jakub.tyrcha — 4 years ago
Why should we include this in the uploads/ directory as well?
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comment:9 @edwardw — 4 years ago
- Keywords has-patch added
I feel that a 403 would be a more appropriate response since there is actually a directory, just not that one permit access to access it.
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Congress allows DC to implement 1998 medical marijuana law
House and Senate negotiations for the 2010 Appropriations bill have been completed. This is the huge federal budget bill and it just so happens that Washington DC is a federal district and its spending is controlled by Congress.
In 1998, DC passed a medical marijuana bill overwhelmingly, but Congressional drug warriors led by Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia prevented DC from spending any federal money to count the votes (that's right, in our democracy's capital, our leaders conspired to prevent citizens from counting votes in a legal election). When that was deemed unconstitutional, they spent the money to count the votes, showing that 69% of DC supported medical marijuana. So Rep. Barr created the "Barr Amendment" that prevented DC from spending any money to implement the medical marijuana program they had voted in.
Well, today's 2010 Appropriations bill changes all that. In addition to removing bans on abortion, domestic partnerships, and needle exchange, Congress has given the go-ahead to begin implementing DC medical marijuana!
(US Senate) Removing Special Restrictions on the District of Columbia: Eliminates a prohibition on the use of local tax funds for abortion, thereby putting the District in the same position as the 50 states. Also allows the District to implement a referendum on use of marijuana for medical purposes as has been done in other states, allows use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs except in locations considered inappropriate by District authorities, and discontinues a ban on the use of funds in the bill for domestic partnership registration and benefits.
DC's medical marijuana bill was written with the same sort of open language as was passed in California… will we be seeing marijuana dispensaries on K Street anytime soon?
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i tell people i ame an athiest now. i had a lotof bad things happen in my life. tha war on drugs is one.when my mother was killed the cops wanted me too confess but i was at work three hours before she was stabbed .the cops knew this.i have no choice but too be an athist.
Hey guys! I think all of you are putting your priorities ass backwards. You are all happy about pot becoming legal but non of you are sad that innocent babies are going to be murdered by their own mothers before they take a single breath of air. I'm sorry, but as much as I want pot to become legal in this country I beleive that protecting innocent babies comes first. Yes on funding medical MJ, NO on funding abortion. And if it means sacrificng legal pot to save innocent babies then thats a sacrifice I'm willing to make until Obama draws up a plan that funds MMJ without funding abortion. I cant beleive he calls himself a christian yet he is willing to fund abortion. That is not standing by God's law at all. God says yes to ritualistic pot, but he says know to killing unborn children. I cant beleive you guys are all happy about the legalization of pot at the expense of innocent babies. That is sick man!!!
[Editor's note: This is a cannabis law reform blog and comment section…it is not a proper place to politicize your personal views on abortion, Obama, etc.
You may want to impale yourself on the abortion altar and employ it as a major deciding factor in your world view, but having the Barr Amendment end, which also just happens to include parochial issues to DC–ie, how the city spends its taxpayer dollars, from needle exchange to funding abortions to implementing a medical cannabis program–should not be used to divide the great majority of cannabis consumers, be them pro-'choice' or pro-'life', in supporting the potentially major changes that are afoot in DC.
Ending cannabis prohibition and debates about abortion have nothing to do with each other.]
I meant "no" to killing unborn children, not "know." I dont know why I typed "know" instead of no. sorry for the typo.
As a DC resident who voted on this more than 10 years ago, I am happy it looks like it may finally come to pass. I say "looks like" because I don't have much confidence that the hill will ever take the votes of the citizens of this city seriously. There are a lot of comments here saying we finally have democracy in DC. That is just not so. Until we have a vote in the house and senate, there is no real democracy for the citizens of the nations capitol. Too many people don't even know that. We citizens of DC are simply colonists.
As to the people complaining about abortion funding, it simply puts us in the same position as every other state in the country in that we can determine where our tax dollars are spent. And every other state in the country has some sort of funding for abortion and reproductive health services.
To the "Editors note"
Is this blog simply about legalizing pot, because I thought it was about the 2010 appropriations bill plan to fund Medical Marijuana, as well as a number of other things. Is this not NORML? Are we not fighting for the constitutional right of Americans to pursue their religious freedom to use cannabis? Why are you editing my freedom of speech? That seems to go against the theme of NORML? Look, like I said before I am supporter of medical and religious marijuana. I wrote to my representatives many many e-mails urging them to change marijuana laws. I'm sorry, but I cannot support an appropriations bill that funds abortion, even if it funds the medical marijuana I have been fighting and voicing for. I have my priorities straight. Innocent babies come before medical marijuana. The reason I brought up the abortion issue is because its part of the same appropriations bill. I am not willing to support something that will fund the killing of innocent babies just so I can have my medical marijuana. I have my priorities in order. Its sad to see that so many others do not.
[Editor's note: So you support denying women the full range of reproductive rights, but are OK if medical patients die or get arrested because of cannabis prohibition? You may see your 'priorities' as straight, others may view them as inconsistent and disrespectful of personal liberty and freedom.
Well, such are your priorities…
Government's spend money on policies that individuals find objectionable everyday, but that should not retard a person's ability to parse the difference in these bills, because in buying into the omnibus spending measures–either for or against individual components rolled into the whole–you're buying into the trick of modern politicians who create an 'either or' dynamic, when it does not exist in any natural way.]
look, the bill could have been drawn up exactly the way it reads with the exception of funding going to abortions, but it wasnt, and nobody here seems to care about it except for me. To you it may seem indifferent, but to me its a sign of the times.
[Editor's note: These appropriation bills are designed to ensnare single issue voters like you (and many elected officials). Why fall for it?]
Yes we are all part of NORML to help reform marijuana laws, but at what expense? I'm not willing to sacrifice innocent unborn babies to get medical marijuana funding, but it looks like you and everyone else here is. Thats pretty sad.
[Editor's note: Yes, at what expense? Your individual values inform you that denying women the full range of reproductive choices is a priority. On a pro-cannabis reform board it should not surprise you that the priority is cannabis law reform, not pushing individual values onto long-established groups that are otherwise united on a common goal.
Your holier than thou attitude about your values being superior to others who don't vocalize their support for your views is not going to galvanize or advance the issue at bar: cannabis law reform.
There are numerous so-called pro-life supporters of cannabis law reform, but that does not mean that they swallow legislative poison pills.]
i am pro choice.if im not invoved screw it.im for legal pot.i didnt get anyone pregnent so i have no say in the matter.legal pot is my concern.i am disabled and i think the pot laws suck.
oya what about some citys have needle exchange but nothing about legal reefer what is worse
Not killing innocent unborn children outweighs legalizing pot. They need to take out the part about funding abortion. Thats the right thing to do.
[Editor's note: And some believe that respecting the rights and privacy of adults outweighs the government banning men and women from deciding their own biological destinies…again, reproduction rights, and the efforts some make to deny them, is not an issue for cannabis law reformers.
Denying people free choice…where have cannabis consumers and reformers heard that before?]
can we please remove the pro-lifers from this conversation?
Who is this K person? And why are they going off on such a tangent? Go to an anti-abortion website if you wish to support that movement.
I for one recommend you do not support an anti-abortion movement because that is the same backwards ass thinking that got us into a marijuana prohibition in the first place.
It says clear as day that these comments are moderated for appropiateness, can you seriously not read that?
No one is trying to ban your freedom of speech on abortion, but you are trying to ban someone from making their own decision about abortion.
You, sir or madam, should maybe use some of that medicine we are trying to legalize and rethink your position on rights.
smoke a joint and lighten up
lets hope so
I do smoke herb. Herb is part of the reason why I have such strong convictions against abortion. I know more about herb then most people do. Did you know that the bud of the marijuana plant is the forbiddden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil spoken about in the book of Genesis. It is also the main ingredient in the incense blend that God commanded the ancient Hebrews to burn during the holy burning of incense. God also commanded man not to abuse it. God said that if anyone were to make incense from the same ingredients for himself that he would be cutt off from his people.
I'm sorry you are relgious. Please stop bringing it around this forum. This is NOT a religious forum and you are totally allowed to be religious on your own time.
I live in D.C.!!!
I am not religious! I have faith, morals, and respect for the preciousness of life. If you smoke pot for no reason but just to get "high" and have a "good time" then you are the one who is religious because religion is doing something out of habit with no faith behind it. Wherever there is Marijuana there will be faith and religion butting heads against eachother. Its the ying and yang of life my friend. Deal with it instead of telling me not to come around this forum. This is just as much my forum as it is yours. How much did you donate to NORML???
Heaven on earth = put coin in machine – remove MJ from machine….
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So, what's the word on this? How long do we have to wait until I can legally get some marijuana for my *knee pain* and *headache*?
Im looking into opening a medical marijuana dispensary in D.C according to section 7 only non profit organizations can dispense MMJ. Does anyone know if they are planing on amending this or am i going to be stuck having to run it as a non profit?
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I tend not to leave a great deal of remarks,
but after reading through a lot of remarks here Congress allows DC to implement
1998 medical marijuana law | NORML Blog, Marijuana Law Reform.
I actually do have 2 questions for you if you do not mind.
Could it be simply me or does it look like like some of the comments appear
like they are coming from brain dead people? 😛 And, if you are writing
at other social sites, I would like to keep up with everything
new you have to post. Would you list of the complete urls of your public pages like your Facebook page,
twitter feed, or linkedin profile?
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Political strategists Jill Alper and John Truscott / KATHLEEN GALLIGAN/Detroit Free Press
Political strategists Jill Alper and John Truscott offer their takes, from the left and the right, respectively, on night one of the Democratic National Convention.
John Truscott: As debt increases, Dems push for more spending
The Democrat's convention began with the worst possible scenario America's debt rolled over $16 trillion and is still racing upward. Add to that the fact that we now have more Americans on food stamps than any other time in history, and at least 23 million people can't find jobs. And their theme is "Forward". I have to wonder if voters will want more of this type of economy, and since "Forward" seems to mean more of the same.
So I watched as the speakers tried to put a good face on the facts. But mostly, they just ignored the tough reality of the Obama economy. We'll see if that's a smart strategy and if the Clinton mantra of "it's the economy, stupid" is no longer valid.
Last night, "rising star," Mayor Julián Castro from San Antonio, talked about "investment." I think most people know that actually means more spending. Are the Democrats really basing their campaign on more spending and higher debt? It appears so, and they are helping set up the true and accurate contrast between candidates. The voters have not had a choice this clear since Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter and I have a sneaking suspicion you'll see that comparison every now and then over the next two months.
As the convention day closed, Michelle Obama's performance should have earned an Oscar. She took a mediocre text and gave what will probably be the best delivery of the convention. But in the end, the facts are what will rise to the top in the debate over the future.
Jill Alper: Convention draws the election's battle lines
It was electric! The first night of the Democratic National Convention featured a diverse set of leaders that look like America with real experiences and policy accomplishments that offered a contrast to the Republican convention, and will no doubt resonate with the American people. There were everyday citizens who spoke, too from Lilly Ledbetter who led the way for equal pay, to a mother whose daughter's life could depend on Obamacare, to active military moms. We heard key words last night: Move forward, not back; Opportunity; and, Love.
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro' s story is President Obama's story. He laid out in very clear terms what the President believes and how his life experience shapes his actions and priorities.
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke eloquently about what drives the President personally, with authenticity and power. No matter who you are, there was something for you last night. No matter your gender, class, race, or sexual preference, the Democrats made a powerful statement: If you work hard and play by the rules, we will fight for you to share in the American Dream.
The strategy? Show and highlight the favorable personal aspects of the President because that is what will most drive his vote potential. Mrs. Obama's respect for her husband's values, will no doubt speak to all voters, but pull on the heartstrings of women who will determine the outcome of the election.
The Democrats have now set the choice: Voters can either pick President Obamas vision of moving America forward to an economy built to last with a strong middle class at its core, or Mitt Romneys vision of going back to the same top-down economic policies that devastated our economy and punished the middle class.
Mitt Romney presented himself as a manager, but last night we heard about the strong leadership and values the President has shown. While he's made tough, and often unpopular decisions, hes done what's needed to right the country over the long term.
Mitt Romney has been called out already for dishonesty from flipping on his own record to lying about President Obama's record. Tonight we'll hear some "truth telling" from President Clinton as only he can. With authority, he will set the record straight on how President Obama has helped the nation begin to recover from the worst economic crisis ever handed a new president, and what hes doing to rebuild the economy. The delegates are buzzing with anticipation.
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Once upon a time, you loved fairy tales.
Once upon a time, you loved princes and princesses, gnomes, and castles with moats and dragons. There was magic in a fairy tale, there were monsters and evil queens, and you had to use your imagination to see it all.
Then you grew up, and you began to think that fairy tales were just for kids. But as you'll see in the new book "Cinder" by Marissa Meyer, that magical feeling didn't just carry you through your childhood. You'll need it in the future, too.
Cinder hated her foot.
It was too small, for one thing. It was old, and it hurt. But new feet were expensive, so when she was finally able to hide enough money from her guardian, she bought a sleek new appendage.
Too bad she had to keep it hidden, just like she kept her metallic hand inside a glove. If people in the market knew she was a cyborg, they'd never approach her again and Cinder would lose her reputation as New Beijing's best mechanic.
But her reputation did no good when the market was closed, as it closed on the morning that the local baker noticed blue bruises on her own body and was hauled away, screaming.
Nobody knew where the plague had originated. It started with small blue marks on the neck or chest, and quickly consumed a body. Scientists searched for a cure but Earthens still died by the hundreds, among them, the Emperor, and Cinder's human "sister."
In a fit of rage and grief, Cinder's guardian sold Cinder to a lab because cyborgs made great guinea pigs -- but there was something about the teenager that interested one doctor: she seemed to be immune to the plague.
Meanwhile, as New Beijing mourned, there was also a celebration being planned for Crown Prince Kai, who would be the new Emperor. But it wouldn't be a happy event: one of the guests, Queen Levana from Luna, was scheming to marry Kai.
Cruel and ugly, Levana had the unusual ability to make Earthens believe that she was beautiful and benevolent. She could control Earthen minds.
But she could not control Cinder.
There is one word that best sums up this book: Arrrrrrrgggghhhh!
Though author Marissa Meyer uses some old "Cinderella" bits here, "Cinder" obviously barely resembles the original. Nope, this isn't your kindergarten fairy tale: filled with danger, relevant characters, and a could-it-happen futuristic spin, this tale had me grabbed by the end of the first page.
Yes, I'll admit I had the "secret" figured out early, but I was so into this book that it didn't matter.
Then -- at the risk of ruining things -- Meyer does something that had me screaming: she leaves readers with the most incredible cliff-hanger ever. Ever. Seriously, you won't believe it.
If you're 12 years old or older, grew up with Once Upon a Time, and are looking for a great new author to love, take a pumpkin-coach if you have to and find this book. You, plus "Cinder," equals Happily Ever After.
"Cinder" by Marissa Meyer, copyright 2012 by Feiwel and Friends, is 400 pages and sells for $17.99.
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