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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
NEW TRAFFIC LAW – 2010
NEW TRAFFIC LAW – 2010
New Law: If a patrol car is pulled over to the side of the road, you have to change to the next lane (away from the stopped vehicle) or slow down to at least 20 mph under the posted speed limit. Every state except Hawaii and Maryland and the D.C. has this law. In California , the Move-over law became operative on January 1, 2010. http://www.moveoveramerica.com/ A friend's son got a ticket for this recently. A police car (turned out it was two police cars) was on the side of the road giving a ticket to someone else. He slowed down to pass but did not move into the other lane. The second police car immediately pulled him over and gave him a ticket. He had never heard of the law. It is a fairly new law that states if any emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, if you are able, you are to move into the far lane.
The cost of the ticket was $754, with three points on your license and a mandatory court appearance. Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law. It is true (see details at the following web address). www.moveoveramerica.com
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How to Become a Patent Attorney
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Instructions
Step 1
Obtain a strong sense of the English language. Practicing law involves a great deal of reading and writing and having the skill to read and report effectively will be invaluable in any law degree. You will also need to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and strong communication skills are incredibly important for that.
Step 2
Get a technical or scientific undergraduate degree. When you become a patent attorney this will assist in understanding certain patents and inventions that future clients will need representation for. There are many scientists who choose to become patent attorneys, as well as many engineering majors.
Step 3
Take Trademark Law and Copyright courses while attending law school. International patent information and regulations need to be fully understood in order to succeed as a patent attorney.
Step 4
Pass the Bar exam. In order to become a patent attorney, you will need to be certified to practice law.
Step 5
Sit for the Patent Bar. Every person wishing to become a patent attorney will be required to take the Patent Bar exam. This test can be taken without having received a law degree, but the Patent Bar would then only allow you to be a Patent Agent instead of an attorney.
Read more: How to Become a Patent Attorney | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2093521_become-patent-attorney.html#ixzz0sHZ8tgum
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Physicist Wanted | USAJobs | "Working For America"
Check out this website I found at jobview.usajobs.gov
Job Title: Physicist (Program Director)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Job Announcement Number: E20100048A
SALARY RANGE:
$105,211.00 - $163,957.00 /year
OPEN PERIOD:
Thursday, April 01, 2010 to Thursday, September 30, 2010
SERIES & GRADE:
AD-1310-04/04
POSITION INFORMATION:
Full-Time
Vacancy has been amended to extend the closing date to September 30, 2010.
This position will be filled on a one or two year Visiting Scientist Appointment, Intergovernmental Personnel act (IPA) Assignment Basis, or Federal Temporary Appointment.
Review of applications will begin on May 1, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.
DUTY LOCATIONS:
1 vacancy - Arlington, VA
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Applications will be accepted from US Citizens and Non-Citizens as allowed by appropriations and statute.
JOB SUMMARY:
Become a part of our mission to maintain and strengthen the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise. For over 50 years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has remained the premier Federal agency supporting basic research at the frontiers of discovery across all fields, as well as science and engineering education at all levels.
NSF Program Directors bear the primary responsibility for carrying out the agency's overall mission to support innovative and merit-reviewed activities in basic research and education that contribute to the nation's technical strength, security, and welfare. To fulfill this responsibility requires not only knowledge in the appropriate disciplines, but also a commitment to high standards, a considerable breadth of interest and receptivity to new ideas, a strong sense of fairness, good judgment, and a high degree of personal integrity.
The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Program Director in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Physics (PHY). This position involves responsibility for the planning, coordination, and management of resources for research and human resource development in one of the disciplinary areas under the purview of the Division of Physics.
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Duties
Additional Duty Location Info:
1 vacancy - Arlington, VA
Responsibilities of the Program Director include:
Maintaining a healthy balance of support for all the needs of the research and education enterprise either through program, division, Foundation, or interagency activities.
Managing program resources so as to provide optimal appropriate scientific judgment to insure fairness and consistency in the grant/declination process without conflict of interests, and with balance among appropriate sub-fields and institutions, and participation of all qualified scientists.
Managing an effective, timely merit review process, with attention to increasing the size and quality of the reviewer pools and insuring participation by women, minorities and disabled scientists.
Providing scientific expertise, evaluation and advice for other programs in NSF, including international programs, other research programs, and cross-directorate programs.
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Qualifications and Evaluations
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent experience in a scientific discipline supported by NSF. In addition, applicants must have six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the program of interest. We are especially interested in applicants with a Ph.D. or equivalent experience in one of the programs covered by the Division. Full descriptions of all programs in the Division of Physics can be found at PHY Home on the NSF Physics web page at http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=PHY .
This position will be filled on a one or two year Visiting Scientist Appointment, a Federal Temporary Appointment or an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment. Federal Temporary and Visiting Scientist appointments will be made under the Excepted Authority of the NSF Act with a current salary range of $105,211to $163,957 including locality pay for the area.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
You will be evaluated on the extent and quality of your experience, education, and research relevant to the duties of the position.
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Benefits and Other Info
BENEFITS:
For a Visiting Scientist appointment, the individual is in a non-pay leave status from his/her home institution and is appointed to NSF's payroll as a Federal employee. NSF withholds Social Security and provides reimbursement to the home institution for fringe benefits.
For a Federal temporary appointment of more than one-year, the usual civil service benefits (retirement, health, and life insurance) are applicable.
Under the provisions of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, assignees remain on the payroll of his/her home institution and the home institution will continue to administer pay and benefits. NSF will reimburse the home institution for NSF's negotiated share of the cost of the assignment. Individuals eligible for an IPA assignment include employees of State and local government agencies, institutions of higher education, Indian tribal governments, federally funded research and development centers and qualified nonprofit organizations.
For more information regarding a Visiting Scientist appointment or an IPA assignment, visit our website at http://www.nsf.gov//about/career_opps.
OTHER INFORMATION:
Relocation expenses may be paid contingent upon the availability of funds.
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How To Apply
HOW TO APPLY:
You may submit your resume for this job online by selecting the 'Apply Online' button to the right of this announcement. Please note: your online resume may not be a complete application. Be sure to carefully read this announcement to see if additional information is required and how it should be submitted. If you do not use the online feature, you should send your resume, or Optional Form 612, along with any other required documents to the address shown below.
You must submit your application so that it will be received by the closing date of the announcement.
We encourage you to use the USAJOBS resume builder to speed the application process. If you are not applying on line, be sure your application includes the following: A resume or an Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612) or any other format. Although we do not require a specific format, certain information is required to determine if you are qualified.
Submit a narrative statement responding to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) identified in the announcement. This information will be used to determine your eligibility and/or rating and is required.
AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
Camille L. Britt
Phone: 703 292-4345
TDD: 703-292-8044
Email: cbritt@nsf.gov Agency Information:
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 315
Arlington, VA 22230
US
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
Applicants will receive notice when their application has been sent to the selecting officer.
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Child Labor « Inside Adams | Library of Congress
Child Labor
June 25th, 2010 by Donna Scanlon
Fair Labor Standards Act
Child labor in one form or another has existed in America from our beginning. As the country was mostly agricultural, much of the work involved a family’s farm, or in the case of slaves, on plantations. With the advent of industrialization that began to change. In the early part of the 20th century when the numbers of child laborers peaked, state laws varied but there was a growing resistance to children being employed in the often hazardous work. Reform movements grew and labor standards were
Letter from manager of a department store in New Orleans c1913
improved. It also didn’t hurt that child labor reforms were related to the increasing prominence of labor unions. Eventually organizations like the National Consumers Union (est.1899) and the National Child Labor Committee (est. 1904) were established to reform child labor laws.
This culminated in the most sweeping federal law touching on child labor rules with the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Pub.L. 75-718) (FLSA, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, June 25, 1938, 29 U.S.C. ch.8).
The Department of Labor is responsible for overseeing the compliance with the FLSA and also keeps statistics. More statistics/reports can be seen by going to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Prints & Photgraphs division has images taken by Lewis Hine (1874-1940) an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), documenting the working and living conditions of children in the United States between 1908 and 1924. The collection consists of more than 5,100 photographic prints and 355 glass negatives along with the NCLC records.
Special thanks to our guest author today, Business Reference Specialist Ellen Terrell.
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NASA - Supersonic Green Machine
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Supersonic Green Machine
This future aircraft design concept for supersonic flight over land comes from the team led by the Lockheed Martin Corporation.
The team's simulation shows possibility for achieving overland flight by dramatically lowering the level of sonic booms through the use of an "inverted-V" engine-under wing configuration. Other revolutionary technologies help achieve range, payload and environmental goals.
This supersonic cruise concept is among the designs presented in April 2010 to the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate for its NASA Research Announcement-funded studies into advanced aircraft that could enter service in the 2030-2035 timeframe.
Image credit: NASA/Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sunday, June 06, 2010
I want this technology, but the root of it's production & the circumstances therein are unacceptable. #iPhone #HumanRights
via dailytech.com
Authoritarian policies offer employees little freedom
Ah Wei stands weary, at the point of breaking after a long 12-hour shift at Apple's Foxconn factory. He understands all too well the sentiments of the employees that committed suicide. Despite a 30 percent pay raise (which comes at a total cost to Apple of around $3.50 of its $200 in profit per iPad sold), he still only makes $172 USD a month, no where near enough to afford one of the hundreds of iPhones he makes a day. He still can't make enough to decently support his family, but he also is afraid if he quits he will be unemployed -- left with nothing at all.
In a Bloomberg report he complains, "Life is meaningless. Everyday, I repeat the same thing I did yesterday. We get yelled at all the time. It’s very tough around here."
Foxconn manufactures motherboards for virtually every major computer or phonemaker. Among its customers are Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Nokia, HP, and Dell. However, Apple is one of its biggest partners. Foxconn manufactures most of Apple's iPads, iPhones, and iPods.
Amid rampant demand for iPads and iPhones, Foxconn has cracked down on employee freedoms and forced employees to work longer hours, often times unpaid. Conditions at the Apple plant are reportedly far worse than the working conditions at other Foxconn plants used by Dell, HP, and others.
On the line employees are now forbidden to talk to each other. They only are allowed 10 minutes of bathroom breaks every 2 hours -- even if they are sick. Noise on the factory floor is so loud that it has damaged many employees hearing -- even that of employees like Ah Wei, who wears ear plugs while on the line.
Many employees have reportedly requested transfers out of the hellish factory to one of Foxconn's other facilities, and had their requests denied. Ah Wei has tried three times to request a transfer, but has had no luck.
The Shenzhen facility has trappings of a pleasant workplace. Palm trees surround the factory town that house as many as 420,000 employees. Inside the town there is a hospital, a collection of restaurants and even a swimming pool.
However, one need only look at the employees to recognize the authoritarian atmosphere. Men are forced to wear matching blue uniforms whenever they go out, and women wear matching red uniforms. Security personnel are easily recognizable in their white uniforms.
Liu Bin, an average employee at the plant complains that the company expects workers to work at least six 12-hour shifts a week (72 hours). Meanwhile they get inferior medical coverage, are constantly exposed to toxic solvents and vapors, and don't have enough money to buy nutritious food. At least one employee has reportedly died of exhaustion this year.
States Liu, "It’s hard to make friends because you aren’t allowed to chat with your colleagues during work. Most of us have little education and have no skills so we have no choice but to do this kind of job. I feel no sense of achievement and I’ve become a machine."
Terry Gou, Hon Hai Precision Industry's chairman of the Foxconn unit, is baffled by the suicides. The exec, who reportedly enjoys a decadent lifestyle and recently married a new young bride, says he can't understand why employees would take their lives. He states, "Are we going to have this happen again? From a logical, scientific standpoint, I don’t have a grasp on that. No matter how you force me, I don’t know."
Gou is Hon Hai's largest shareholder with over 10.8 percent of the company's stock. He's estimated to have assets in excess of $5.9B USD, making him one of the world's richest men.
Apple Inc., whose sales in industrialized nations are so dependent on Foxconn, is sticking by its partner -- for now. CEO Steven P. Jobs -- another one of the world's richest men -- comments, "We are all over this. Foxconn is not a sweatshop."
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Friday, June 04, 2010
LCD Soundsystem - Disco Infiltrator
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But all i know, is all i know
is the disco infiltrator fo sho
but all i see, is all i see
but still you want it owwww
stop, you cant believe, what you believe
or the disco infiltrator will leave
oh stupid me, oh stupid me
but still we want it owwww
stop, we cant shake the waist
stop, you've got to shake the waist
stop, what you've been told, is what your told
is the disco infiltrator gone cold
oh stupid you, i bet' told the truth
but you dont want it no!
stop, you make me frown your little town
you run the disco infiltrator on down
oh stupid you, oh stupid me
and we deserve it owwwwww
stop, you can shake the waist
stop, you've got to shake the waist
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
But all i know, is all i know
is the disco infiltrator fo sho
but all i see, is all i see
but still you want it owwww
stop, you cant believe, what you believe
or the disco infiltrator will leave
oh stupid me, oh stupid me
but still we want it owwww
stop, you cant shake ya waist
stop, you've got to shake ya waist
stop, you cant shake ya waist
stop, you've got to shake ya waist
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from time to time
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LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge *i was there*
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Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from France and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the Internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1962 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Berlin.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Brooklynites in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered eighties.
But I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge, but I was there.
I was there.
But I was there.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1974 at the first Suicide practices in a loft in New York City.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Daft Punk to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
I used to work in the record store.
I had everything before anyone.
I was there in the Paradise Garage DJ booth with Larry Levan.
I was there in Jamaica during the great sound clashes.
I woke up naked on the beach in Ibiza in 1988.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody. Every great song by the Beach Boys. All the underground hits. All the Modern Lovers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Niagra record on German import. I heard that you have a white label of every seminal Detroit techno hit - 1985, '86, '87. I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables.
I hear that you and your band have sold your turntables and bought guitars.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records? This Heat, Pere Ubu, Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, The Trojans, The Black Dice, Todd Terry, the Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harrassment, a-ha, Pere Ubu, Dorothy Ashby, PIL, the Fania All-Stars, the Bar-Kays, the Human League, the Normal, Lou Reed, Scott Walker, Monks, Niagra,
Joy Division, Lower 48, the Association, Sun Ra,
Scientists, Royal Trux, 10cc,
Eric B. and Rakim, Index, Basic Channel, Soulsonic Force ("just hit me"!), Juan Atkins, David Axelrod, Electric Prunes, Gil! Scott! Heron!, the Slits, Faust, Mantronix, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, the Swans, the Soft Cell, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics.
You don't know what you really want.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
All the files I've just uploaded are downloadable. Not individual tracks, but mixable if inclined.
All the files I've just uploaded are downloadable. Not individual tracks, but mixable if inclined.
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