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Post by hopefalj on Jan 8, 2021 16:59:34 GMT -5
I would have thought lam-thingy would be more louche. I note that autocorrect tends to change not only plain English to ESL English, if that, but also flags as an error any English spellings of the English language. (I wonder why it's never called the British language, even in Britain?) Autocorrect on my phone is worse--it seems to make the change a split second before sending, assuring that an illogical choice of phrasing will go to the recipient. I wonder who writes the algorithms that insert a word that is inappropriate for one that fits well. My guess about why it’s English instead of British is due to Welsh, Scots, and Gaelic also being spoken in Britain. |
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Post by jagvet on Jan 9, 2021 22:49:54 GMT -5
I would have thought lam-thingy would be more louche. I note that autocorrect tends to change not only plain English to ESL English, if that, but also flags as an error any English spellings of the English language. (I wonder why it's never called the British language, even in Britain?) Autocorrect on my phone is worse--it seems to make the change a split second before sending, assuring that an illogical choice of phrasing will go to the recipient. I wonder who writes the algorithms that insert a word that is inappropriate for one that fits well. My guess about why it’s English instead of British is due to Welsh, Scots, and Gaelic also being spoken in Britain. Cornish is also spoken, but almost extinct. Manx is no longer a native language, but a secondary language. My favorite discussion about British English is Henry Higgins' lament in "My Fair Lady": "Oh, why can't the English learn to Set a good example to people whose English is painful to your ears? The Scots and the Irish leave you close to tears There even are places where English completely disappears In America, they haven't used it for years!" |
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Post by nylawyer on Jan 10, 2021 12:23:43 GMT -5
My recollection from high school Latin is there is some Romance language spoken on the Channel Islands, but I haven't the faintest idea what it was called (I'm not referring to French, which is also used).
But I'm not sure those islands are actually considered to be part of geographical Britain.
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Post by Ace Midnight on Jan 11, 2021 5:18:25 GMT -5
You're thinking of Jèrriais, which is a descendant of Norman French - itself one of the parent languages of modern English.
Recall that the Anglo-Saxons had a Germanic language from the continent which had evolved over the centuries they dominated the island, even as their Danish cousins were making inroads from the 9th Century onward and brought a different Germanic/Norse tongue. Things were settling down when yet another group with Norse roots (the Normans) brought their version of French to the island. From 1066 onward, the language of Court was Norman French and the language of commerce was "Anglish", along with other influences, Middle English arose with those parents. The language continued to evolve into the late Middle Ages/Renaissance period, the great vowel shift occurred and we probably had a recognizable variant of modern English by the time of Henry V and certainly between the early 15th and early 17th Centuries Modern English gelled into the language we know today.
These roots make English somewhat unique with one foot in Germanic and one foot in Latin/Romance - take for example our animal/food pairs - deer/venison, cow/beef, chicken/poultry, etc., that is mainly due to the Germanic root being used for the animal "on the hoof" so to speak, while the culinary language comes from the French side.
But, I digress...
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Post by sta on Jan 16, 2021 14:18:06 GMT -5
Let's see - I have ZERO cases in ALPO and EDIT, and on a Monday, I am prepping my hearings for NEXT week. In recent weeks I've more than once encountered something I never imagined possible - hrgs scheduled less than a year after the application date. Hard to imagine any immediate need for ALJ hiring. We aren't that extreme, but it appears that over the next few months only about 80% of my hearing slots are being filled. And that's including claimants whonhave been scheduled multiple times but for whom we don't have a working phone number. In terms of the cause of lack of cases, perhaps the lack of cases is related to the collapse of the Supplemental Security Income program? In a New York Times article entitled, "Disabled Americans Are Losing a Lifeline" it is noted the SSA field offices are closed during the pandemic and generally the agency does not take online applications for SSI benefits, forcing claimants to call on the "overburdened general phone line." 100,000 fewer individuals compared to the previous year were awarded SSI benefits from July to November. In July the agency awarded 38,318 new awards -- the fewest in 20 years of available data. So perhaps the Judges intake is diminished by the absence of SSI cases coming out of the field offices? |
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Post by nylawyer on Jan 16, 2021 17:46:00 GMT -5
We aren't that extreme, but it appears that over the next few months only about 80% of my hearing slots are being filled. And that's including claimants whonhave been scheduled multiple times but for whom we don't have a working phone number. In terms of the cause of lack of cases, perhaps the lack of cases is related to the collapse of the Supplemental Security Income program? In a New York Times article entitled, "Disabled Americans Are Losing a Lifeline" it is noted the SSA field offices are closed during the pandemic and generally the agency does not take online applications for SSI benefits, forcing claimants to call on the "overburdened general phone line." 100,000 fewer individuals compared to the previous year were awarded SSI benefits from July to November. In July the agency awarded 38,318 new awards -- the fewest in 20 years of available data. So perhaps the Judges intake is diminished by the absence of SSI cases coming out of the field offices? Could be. But you have to take the data with a large grain of salt- that wasn't a news article, it was an opinion piece written by an advocate. It would make sense, while demographics would explain a drop off, it wouldn't be as drastic as what seems to be happening. |
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Post by Legal Beagle on Jan 16, 2021 19:43:09 GMT -5
You have been listening to it for 8 years? That is more than a podcast - more like an eternity
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Post by sta on Jan 17, 2021 13:50:58 GMT -5
In terms of the cause of lack of cases, perhaps the lack of cases is related to the collapse of the Supplemental Security Income program? In a New York Times article entitled, "Disabled Americans Are Losing a Lifeline" it is noted the SSA field offices are closed during the pandemic and generally the agency does not take online applications for SSI benefits, forcing claimants to call on the "overburdened general phone line." 100,000 fewer individuals compared to the previous year were awarded SSI benefits from July to November. In July the agency awarded 38,318 new awards -- the fewest in 20 years of available data. So perhaps the Judges intake is diminished by the absence of SSI cases coming out of the field offices? Could be. But you have to take the data with a large grain of salt- that wasn't a news article, it was an opinion piece written by an advocate. It would make sense, while demographics would explain a drop off, it wouldn't be as drastic as what seems to be happening. Simple way to answer this question is to compare the percentage of SSI and SSDI cases in your caseload now compared to what it was before the pandemic in or about March 2020. |
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Post by nylawyer on Jan 17, 2021 14:51:30 GMT -5
One, I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to get that data.
Two, it wouldn't mean much. If in fact SSI applications are down due to a temporary change in how the applications must be done, then you would expect the data to skew toward T2; BUT, given the big jump in previously employed people who became unemployed all at once, you'd expect a surge in T2, so that could also explain that kind of disparity.
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Post by nylawyer on Jan 20, 2021 9:49:07 GMT -5
I had a case adjourn today, requesting a live hearing, and it got me thinking- as we approach the light at the end of this long tunnel, are we going to start seeing reps and claimants disproportionately requesting adjournment for phone hearings since they anticipate us returning to the office?
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Post by intothewild on Jan 20, 2021 10:28:23 GMT -5
I had a case adjourn today, requesting a live hearing, and it got me thinking- as we approach the light at the end of this long tunnel, are we going to start seeing reps and claimants disproportionately requesting adjournment for phone hearings since they anticipate us returning to the office? Just make 75% of all future ALJs virtual. It is the future! |
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Post by nylawyer on Jan 20, 2021 13:16:00 GMT -5
The ALJs are virtual? Like Max Headroom?
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Post by tom b on Jan 20, 2021 13:56:37 GMT -5
The ALJs are virtual? Like Max Headroom? I've always wondered why garages post a "maximum clearance" anyway. Are we not actually concerned about the MINIMUM clearance? "Maximum clearance" of 7 feet, for example, suggests that the greatest distance between the floor and the ceiling is 7 feet. You might be thinking, well my minivan is only 6 feet and change, so I'm fine. Then you find out there's a pipe running across the driving area and it's only 5'10" above the driving area.
OBTW, "headroom" gets us back to the English versus American versus Irish versus what have you. Thank you, G.B. Shaw et al.
Respectfully, Tom B
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Post by hamster on Jan 20, 2021 14:17:20 GMT -5
The ALJs are virtual? Like Max Headroom? I've always wondered why garages post a "maximum clearance" anyway. Are we not actually concerned about the MINIMUM clearance? "Maximum clearance" of 7 feet, for example, suggests that the greatest distance between the floor and the ceiling is 7 feet. You might be thinking, well my minivan is only 6 feet and change, so I'm fine. Then you find out there's a pipe running across the driving area and it's only 5'10" above the driving area.
OBTW, "headroom" gets us back to the English versus American versus Irish versus what have you. Thank you, G.B. Shaw et al.
Respectfully, Tom B
I sure hope you don’t drive a minivan. They went out of fashion two decades ago. Minivans are so...enervated and effete. Get yourself a Jeep, and put some humongous tires on it. Jack that sucker up! Man up, my friend! Your fellow veteran wants only the best for you. Get away from your desk and do some four-wheeling! Most respectfully, Hamster |
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Post by tom b on Jan 20, 2021 15:37:08 GMT -5
Thank you, Hamster, for the boost. I drive 3-pedal cars (Saab 9-3 at the moment) most of the time, but we do own a minivan (for hauling kids' junk across the country). Why a 3-pedal car? Because if you use a car with an automatic transmission, you're really just a passenger with a steering wheel in your hands.
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Post by hamster on Jan 21, 2021 0:10:33 GMT -5
Tom, I like three-pedal cars myself. My Jeep has a manual transmission. I had to special order it, for obvious reasons. I’ve had several vehicles—four, to be exact, with a manual, including my first in high school: a used International Harvester Scout II. And yes, although I am loathe to admit it, when stationed at Aviano AB we bought a minivan through AAFES. It was great with two young kids. It was my then-wife’s car. Now, I am single and enjoying my Jeep, although with telework and the pandemic, it is usually in the driveway. My dad taught me how to drive a manual over a few days. It visibly aged him.
Be well. Respectfully, Hamster
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Post by roymcavoy on Jan 26, 2021 23:12:14 GMT -5
For anyone who doesn’t know... the USA jobs website has updated to a “status” for jobs that supposedly shows the current status for applicants.
The SSA “hiring” that closed in April 2019 notes “hiring complete.”
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Post by noah on Jan 27, 2021 0:52:46 GMT -5
Any updates on if/when the Register will be revived?
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Post by fowlfinder on Jan 27, 2021 11:31:15 GMT -5
For anyone who doesn’t know... the USA jobs website has updated to a “status” for jobs that supposedly shows the current status for applicants. The SSA “hiring” that closed in April 2019 notes “hiring complete.” Just logged in to USAJobs. Those are new classifications that I have not seen before, and a lot of the prior (and closed) positions that I have on my prior application list have been changed to that same status. (One that dates back a couple of years also still says "reviewing applications," and I'm a pretty sure a hire was made in that one). I am not sure if this is a "same office new name" scenario, or an actual change. I interviewed on that April 2019 application, but have, as of yet, not received an FOAD letter, if they are sending one. |
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Post by joy on Jan 28, 2021 13:47:00 GMT -5
I think the changes to the status are particularly strange because I was the selected candidate for a position that now reads "reviewing applications." Should I be worried? hhhmmm....
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