The newest legal news Walmart has settled a lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of David Moorman, a former manager at a Walmart store in Keller, Texas. The suit alleged age and disability discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According…… FindLaw News – Top Stories http://ift.tt/1MVJBFj
Month: February 2015
Feb. 26, 1966 Launch of Apollo-Saturn 201
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1DWL61I Apollo-Saturn 201 (AS-201), the first Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:12 a.m. on Feb. 26, 1966. The AS-201 mission was an unmanned suborbital flight to test the Saturn 1B launch vehicle and the Apollo Command and Service Modules. This was the first flight of the S-IB and S-IVB stages, including the first flight test of the liquid-hydrogen/liquid oxygen-propelled J-2 engine in the S-IVB stage. During the thirty-seven minute flight, the vehicle reached an altitude of 303 miles and traveled 5,264 miles downrange.
Image Credit: NASAhttp://www.nasa.gov/content/apollo-saturn-201-launch
‘American Sniper’ Murder Trial: 5 Things to Know About the Verdict
The newest legal news Eddie Ray Routh has been found guilty of murdering former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield. The jury sentenced Routh, a former U.S. Marine, to life in prison without the possibility of parole, concluding what had been dubbed the “American Sniper” trial after Kyle’s autobiography…… FindLaw News – Top Stories http://ift.tt/1ALgw9b
7 Ways to Get (Most of) Your Security Deposit Returned
The newest legal news The minute we fork over that lump sum at the beginning of our lease, we’re worried (or we should be) about how to get a security deposit returned from a landlord. Landlords are already keeping track of the kinds of costs they can deduct from your deposit, so you should…… FindLaw News – Top Stories http://ift.tt/1we4dOk
Marshawn Lynch to Trademark ‘I’m Just Here So I Won’t Get Fined’
The newest legal news Marshawn Lynch gave the same answer, “I’m just here so I won’t get fined,” in response to every question during his initial Super Bowl press conference. (He followed that up with a chorus of “You know why I’m here” the next day.) Now the Seattle Seahawks running back is…… FindLaw News – Top Stories http://ift.tt/1DW4huf
2 Employment Forms You May Want to Provide in Spanish
The newest legal news Our workplaces are becoming more diverse, a reflection of changing national demographics and federal and state anti-discrimination statutes. And employers can help facilitate diversity in the workplace by providing certain employment forms in Spanish. Two of the most important forms you can provide Spanish-speaking prospective employees are an employment application…… FindLaw News – Top Stories http://ift.tt/1DW4cqc
Chicago in Winter
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1BUsNLp From the International Space Station (ISS), European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this photograph of Chicago and posted it to social media on Feb. 19, 2015. She wrote, “How do you like #Chicago dressed for winter?”
Crewmembers on the space station photograph the Earth from their unique point of view located 200 miles above the surface as part of the Crew Earth Observations program. Photographs record how the planet is changing over time, from human-caused changes like urban growth and reservoir construction, to natural dynamic events such as hurricanes, floods and volcanic eruptions. Astronauts have used hand-held cameras to photograph the Earth for more than 40 years, beginning with the Mercury missions in the early 1960s. The ISS maintains an altitude between 220 – 286 miles (354 – 460 km) above the Earth, and an orbital inclination of 51.6˚, providing an excellent stage for observing most populated areas of the world.
Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Samantha Cristoforettihttp://www.nasa.gov/content/chicago-in-winter
Curiosity Self-Portrait at ‘Mojave’ Site on Mount Sharp
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1DmbS2j This self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the “Mojave” site, where its drill collected the mission’s second taste of Mount Sharp.
The scene combines dozens of images taken during January 2015 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the rover’s robotic arm. The pale “Pahrump Hills” outcrop surrounds the rover, and the upper portion of Mount Sharp is visible on the horizon. Darker ground at upper right and lower left holds ripples of wind-blown sand and dust.
An annotated version, Fig. A, labels several of the sites Curiosity has investigated during three passes up the Pahrump Hills outcrop examining the outcrop at increasing levels of detail. The rover used its sample-collecting drill at “Confidence Hills” as well as at Mojave, and in late February was assessing “Telegraph Peak” as a third drilling site.
The view does not include the rover’s robotic arm. Wrist motions and turret rotations on the arm allowed MAHLI to acquire the mosaic’s component images. The arm was positioned out of the shot in the images, or portions of images, that were used in this mosaic. This process was used previously in acquiring and assembling Curiosity self-portraits taken at sample-collection sites “Rock Nest” (http://ift.tt/12SNjYb), “John Klein” (http://ift.tt/1iFLQAx) and “Windjana” (http://ift.tt/1vwpWGg).
Curiosity used its drill to collect a sample of rock powder from target “Mojave 2” at this site on Jan. 31, 2015. The full-depth, sample-collection hole and the shallower preparation test hole beside it are visible in front of the rover in this self-portrait, and in more detail at http://ift.tt/1DDxW7C . The Mojave site is in the “Pink Cliffs” portion of the Pahrump Hills outcrop. The outcrop is an exposure of the Murray formation, which forms the basal geological layer of Mount Sharp. Views of Pahrump Hills from other angles are at http://ift.tt/13Erb9G and the inset at http://ift.tt/1EO3HMa .
The frames showing the rover in this mosaic were taken during the 868th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (Jan. 14, 2015). Additional frames around the edges to extend the amount of terrain included in the scene were taken on Sol 882 (Jan. 29, 2015). The frames showing the drill holes were taken on Sol 884 (Jan. 31, 2015).
For scale, the rover’s wheels are 20 inches (50 centimeters) in diameter and about 16 inches (40 centimeters) wide. The drilled holes in the rock are 0.63 inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter.
MAHLI was built by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project’s Curiosity rover.
More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://ift.tt/wIaLrq.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSShttp://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/pia19142
Alaska’s Marijuana Law Takes Effect: What You Need to Know
The newest legal news Last November, voters in Alaska took to the polls to legalize recreational pot. Ballot Measure 2 went into effect today, allowing some state residents and visitors to legally own certain amounts and types of marijuana. Alaska’s marijuana laws are still catching up to front runners like Colorado and Washington state,…… FindLaw News – Top Stories http://ift.tt/1afbFEB
Public Transit Accidents: Can You Sue?
The newest legal news As the use of public transit hits record highs, the chance of buses and trains being involved in an accident also increases. If you’ve been involved in an accident while riding public transportation — like the Metrolink crash that injured dozens of commuters in Oxnard, California, today — you…… FindLaw News – Top Stories http://ift.tt/17uZqCh
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