Having lost her appeal, 15 year-old student Andrea Hernandez is leaving John Jay High School after school officials denied her request to allow her to continue her "education uninterrupted" by permitting her to use her old (chipless) ID badge which "does not signify participation in a program which I believe conflicts with my religious beliefs."
In her handwritten letter, Hernandez writes: "I do not wish to wear the new badge, even without the RFID chip, because it signifies participation in the program."
Hernandez, who has been threatened with expulsion for refusing to wear a chipless RFID tracking badge, had her request for a preliminary injunction denied by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District of Texas. Rutherford Institute attorneys argue the school is violating her rights under Texas' Religious Freedom Act and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
"The case will definitely move forward now, and hopefully, we will eventually find justice in the courts," John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute says.
Hernandez had been hoping the school would compromise. "If they dig in their heels, however, she will have to change schools," Rutherford told "The Right Views."
http://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/student-kicked-out-school-refusing-wear-rfid-tracking-badge-following-failed
How to Make Batteries From Spare Change
Power a Calculator With 3 Pennies!
Here's a fun experiment!
Pick up a calculator from the dollar store and remove the screws on the back so you can get to the battery. Remove it, and save it for another project.
Now pull the negative and positive leads out of the casing and attach wires to the terminals if you can. I just twisted the wires to the battery leads, and used electrical tape to hold them together.
Now it's time to make the penny battery.
I found the easiest way to make one is to combine the pennies with some zinc washers from the hardware store. A pack of 30 is about $1.
Get some cardboard, and cut circular pieces so that the edges are just bigger than the pennies. Let them soak in white vinegar for about 1 - 2 minutes.
Note: Any kind of vinegar should work, and if you don't have vinegar, try salt water, or lemon juice. They will all work just fine.
Start your battery cell by placing a piece of aluminum foil on your workspace, and place 1 zinc washer at the end. Next, take a piece of cardboard, soaked in vinegar, blot dry it on some paper towel, and place it on top of the washer. Lastly, place the copper penny on top of the cardboard, and the battery is done!
An individual battery cell is a zinc bottom, copper top, and separated by a material like paper or cardboard that's been soaked in an electrolyte.
From my testing, each cell yields just over 0.6 volts, and around 700mA. The copper top is positive, and the zinc bottom is negative. This calculator needs around 1.5 volts, so I used 3 pennies, 3 washers, and 3 pieces of cardboard soaked in white vinegar. (3 cells x 0.6 volts = 1.8 volts approximately)
I added wires to the top and bottom for ease of use, then used some electrical tape to hold it together. The aluminum foil is no longer needed.
This type of battery cell is pretty much the same as the first one ever invented by Alessandro Volta in the early 1800's, which came to be known as the "voltaic pile".
Pick up a calculator from the dollar store and remove the screws on the back so you can get to the battery. Remove it, and save it for another project.
Now pull the negative and positive leads out of the casing and attach wires to the terminals if you can. I just twisted the wires to the battery leads, and used electrical tape to hold them together.
Now it's time to make the penny battery.
I found the easiest way to make one is to combine the pennies with some zinc washers from the hardware store. A pack of 30 is about $1.
Get some cardboard, and cut circular pieces so that the edges are just bigger than the pennies. Let them soak in white vinegar for about 1 - 2 minutes.
Note: Any kind of vinegar should work, and if you don't have vinegar, try salt water, or lemon juice. They will all work just fine.
Start your battery cell by placing a piece of aluminum foil on your workspace, and place 1 zinc washer at the end. Next, take a piece of cardboard, soaked in vinegar, blot dry it on some paper towel, and place it on top of the washer. Lastly, place the copper penny on top of the cardboard, and the battery is done!
An individual battery cell is a zinc bottom, copper top, and separated by a material like paper or cardboard that's been soaked in an electrolyte.
From my testing, each cell yields just over 0.6 volts, and around 700mA. The copper top is positive, and the zinc bottom is negative. This calculator needs around 1.5 volts, so I used 3 pennies, 3 washers, and 3 pieces of cardboard soaked in white vinegar. (3 cells x 0.6 volts = 1.8 volts approximately)
I added wires to the top and bottom for ease of use, then used some electrical tape to hold it together. The aluminum foil is no longer needed.
This type of battery cell is pretty much the same as the first one ever invented by Alessandro Volta in the early 1800's, which came to be known as the "voltaic pile".
They have no, or will not accept any plan to fix this.
Long Term Unemployment at Highest Level Since WWII
Long term unemployment under President Obama is at the highest level since at least the end of World War II, threatening to create a permanent underclass of workers who will find it difficult or impossible to obtain jobs in the future. What’s more, Obama’s insistence on repeatedly extending long term unemployment benefits may be fueling the unemployment problem.
According to data recently released by the St. Louis Federal Reserve, the average duration of unemployment is now at about 40 weeks, double the previous highest level of about 20 weeks that prevailed during the last three recessions.
A separate paper released by the Boston Federal Reserve paints a pernicious picture of the problem: Employers seem to be throwing out the resumes of the long-term unemployed and only hiring those who have been without a job for less than six months. Meanwhile, with the guarantee of benefits rolling in, the long term jobless might not be looking aggressively enough for work, the paper states.
This suggests those who just had their unemployment benefits renewed for another year under this month’s fiscal cliff deal may need the benefits renewed again next year. And since the failure to get jobs is related solely to the length of unemployment – age, education and worker type do not seem to be a factor – Obama’s ambitious plans for funding worker training programs may have little effect.
Since 2008, Congress has voted to extend unemployment benefits ten times at a cost of more than $500 billion. The latest extension raised federal spending by $30 billion.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/01/15/long-term-unemployment-highest-level-wwii/
EarthCam.com: See the world as it happens
WASHINGTON - As I write this, I'm sitting in the WTOP offices.
But I'm also watching a woman carrying a big red bag get her photo taken at 47th and Broadway in Times Square.
She doesn't know I'm watching her from the little camera tucked away near a sign with twinkling red and yellow lights.
Creepy? Nah, it's fascinating, and the 47th and Broadway camera is one of several in Times Square. It's also part of a worldwide network of cameras seen by people in 192 countries.
Started in 1996, EarthCam became famous for its Times Square cameras, but continued to grow its audience with a webcam network that provides views at Abbey Road Crossing in London and various sites in New York City and Hollywood. Cameras in exotic locales and zoos have been added to EarthCam's collection, and the site eventually earned a "Webby" - the Internet's version of an Emmy.
If you're looking for something cute, one of the most popular cameras EarthCam recommends is none other than the National Zoo's Pandacam.
And, keeping with the animal theme, check out the Peregrine Falcon Cam. (They're so ugly, they're cute).
Click here to see all the animal cams available. There's everything from honey bees and giraffes to puppies and bearded dragons.
A great category: Weird & Bizarre. Some of the cameras in the section even get microscopic.
Some of the cameras that earned EarthCam the illustrious award of being ranked "among the top 1 percent of all websites" - according to EarthCam - are the ones that gave people around the world the ability to watch the new World Trade Center being built after 9/11.
Check out the live cams outside 1 WTC or watch this 10-year time-lapse video of Ground Zero from cleanup and mourning to rebuilding and remembrance. Warning: It's pretty moving.
Though the videos on EarthCam aren't embeddable, the site offers great links to share with friends and even an EarthCam for Kids.
http://wtop.com/262/3132627/EarthCamcom-See-the-world-as-it-happens
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