pretty amazing how this isn't considered being against the 5th amendment! One of the several DUI exemptions to the constitution.
also
The Michigan Supreme Court found sobriety checkpoints to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment. However, in a split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Michigan court. Although acknowledging that such roadblocks violate a fundamental constitutional right, Chief Justice Rehnquist argued that they are necessary in order to reduce drunk driving. That is, he argued that the end justifies the means. Attorney and law professor Lawrence Taylor refers to this as "the DUI exception to the Constitution." 1
Dissenting justices emphasized that the Constitution doesn't provide exceptions. "That stopping every car might make it easier to prevent drunken driving... is an insufficient justification for abandoning the requirement of individualized suspicion," dissenting Justice Brennan insisted. 2
Chief Justice Rehnquist had argued that violating individual constitutional rights was justified because sobriety roadblocks were effective and necessary. But dissenting Justice Stevens pointed out that "the findings of the trial court, based on an extensive record and affirmed by the Michigan Court of Appeals, indicate that the net effect of sobriety checkpoints on traffic safety is infinitesimal and possibly negative." 3 And even if roadblocks were effective, the fact that they work wouldn't justify violating individuals' constitutional rights, justices argued.
Per http://www.california-drunkdriving.org/alcohol_tol erance.html [california...riving.org] there have been studies showning that alcoholics with BAC levels in the leathal range not showing any signs of impairment. So anyone charged with driving in excess of a level doesn't mean that they are actually impaired.
My agency within the Department of Commerce does the same thing and has for years. If any member of the media or member of congress contacts us we are to say no comment and refer them to PR.
Few people seem to recognize that spending on k-12 education is comparable to the defense budget. $500 billion dollars in 2005 nationwide and mostly funded through property taxes (http://sourcebook.governing.com/topicresults.jsp? ind=631) versus 532 billion for the defense budget in 2007(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countrie s_by_military_expenditures)
Granted Iraq is accounted for elsewhere,but it is important to note that we spend more than any other nation per pupil for k-12 education, yet we aren't anywhere near number 1 in results.
Perhaps many Americans don't truly value education, parent's aren't involved enough in their kids education, and the majority kids don't feel the social pressures to excel like the do in other countries.
Acetone in diabetics is a result of a high blood sugar reaction. You can drive just fine with high blood sugar (does not impair driving in any way, but is bad for your body long term), you will just have to stop for bathroom breaks more often as your blood sugar spills over into your urine and the body tries to excrete it away as much as possible. Your sweat will also smell very sweet.
Never wrong? BAC and the breathelizer estimate aren't the same thing.
They have on average a 20% margin of error (a.8 result could actually be a.65 or.96), and make a number of assumptions which may or may not be true:
lung capacity
got diabetes, you are far more likely to create acetone which breathilzers may read as alcohol. Further a low blood sugar reaction may produce impairment results outwardly similar to driving drunk.
physical activty. get the blood pumping right before the test and the levels drop.
Many breathalyzers assume that the tested individual is an average person and do not take into account sex, height, weight, metabolism and whether that person has just eaten. Furthermore, many breathalyzer tests assume a specific ratio (2100:1) between BAC and breath alcohol content in order to make its conversions. As this actual ratio for a particular individual may vary between 1700:1 and 2400:1, a reading of 0.08 could actually mean a blood alcohol content of between 0.65 and.09. This significant gap could be all the difference in a DUI case since a reading of 0.65 would also require evidence of impairment, often in the form of field sobriety tests.
Submit evidence that you don't fit to those norms and you may get off. Anyways defendants in drunk driving cases are charged with two offenses: (1) driving under the influence of alcohol and (2) driving with a blood-alcohol level in excess of a given level. They aren't actually charged with poor driving, though it may be a symptom of the impairment. Per http://www.california-drunkdriving.org/alcohol_tol erance.html there have been studies showning that alcoholic with BAC levels in the leathal range not showing any signs of impairment. So anyone charged with driving in excess of a level doesn't mean that they are actually impaired.
Law enforcement tends to charge people with easy crimes, such as speeding or having a high BAC, while ignoring people with truley reckless behaviour: large differentals in speed, failure to signal, aggressive lane changes, and following too closely. I'm not defending those who drive after drinking, but feel it is important to note that the typical way that evidence is collected is flawed.
Few people seem to recognize that spending on k-12 education is comparable to the defense budget. $500 billion dollars in 2005 (http://sourcebook.governing.com/topicresults.jsp? ind=631) versus 532 billion for the defense budget in 2007(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countrie s_by_military_expenditures)
Don't discount property taxes so easily (to the gp)
Minidisc was huge in japan, and fairly popular in europe. The small size factor compared to CD was very useful on trains. Plus it was a great medium if you rode a motorcycle or worked out with the large buffers.
The "2+1" Limit on Continuations/RCE's:
Each applicant gets 2 continuations and 1 RCE per application. The rules will be applied retroactively for cases that have not yet received a first action on the merits.
The "3+1 Transition Rule":
For cases that have not received a first action by the time of the new rules, a "bonus" continuation will be allowed, i.e., a total of one (1) RCE and three (3) continuations.
The "25/5" Claim Limits:
Twenty-five (25) total claims, including up to five (5) independent claims.
These are substantial changes that will cause applicants to claim their real invention up front, and more likely have longer more detailed claims. For the slashdot crowd, this means lower liklihood of infringment asuming the claims are longer.
If these are applied retroactively, this will signifigantly reduce pendancy in the office, meaning shorter times to first actions, and much much much shorter prosecutions since applicant can't simply file RCE/continuations forever.
the number of gun owners in the US is huge about 59 million according to wikipedia. If even 5% resisted, you would have the army/marines outnumbered more than 3 to 1. A signigifant portion of those owners are former military as well.
It would be hard for the military to pacify that many of their own people. The political decision to destroy our own cities wouldn't go over particurlary well.
Actually if you ever do go visit yasukuni, it says precisely that and more. It will show a history of ww2 which is completely different than the one I learned in school . Might be due to the fact of who the financal backers were for the rennovations a few years ago.
it is a very interesting musuem covering more than just ww2, and quite sad really (there is a large room with small photographs of the war dead covering the walls.
the below links support the GP's post, infact you will find a copy of the text for the nanking "incident" which leaves out a number of facts.
Old D just got bought by budweiser,hopefully it will stay the same.
Oak barrel stout tastes completely different in a bottle than on tap, for reasons beyond the whole oak barrel thing. The chocolate/vanilla flavours are a lot more apparent in the bottle.
you can go in anytime you want as long as you make your 80 hours, so if you just don't feel like going in you dont have to as long as you get your work done.
since a lot of people can't handle the pressure/quota few really take advantage of all the benefits.
Your pay calcuations are a bit off. As examiners are on a special salary rate http://apps.opm.gov/SSR/tables/index.cfm they don't get the full COLA, however you get an automatic 3% a year in addition to the COLA for the first 4 steps per pay grade, 2 years for the next 3 per step, and i believe 4 after that.
Actually the PTO is paying up to 10k a year in bonuses for 4 years right now. Plus as a new examiner you can get up to 2 promotions in a single year (used to be eligible for 1 after 6 months and every year after that up to gs-13 though you can get your gs-14 promotion earlier). For someone with a year of experience prior to joining the PTO (or has a grad degree), they would start as a gs-7 making about 62k a year prior to bonuses. Within 4 years they can be making 100k prior to bonuses and overtime.
Did anyone mention the benefits? Due to high turnover the benefits package is awesome to retain examiners. You get paid overtime (you can even work overtime at home! you can work up to gs-15 step 10 pay via OT and still get bonuses on top of that) Flexible work schedule, you can take off every mon/wed/friday if you want, or work 12 hour days and take off most of the second week of the biweek. (infact the new flat goal work schedule you can work anywhere you want as long as you meet your quota, dont have to come in to the office) comp time (my favourite benefit, work your hours in advance then go on a long vacation), free law school (with service obligation), up to 10k a year for related studies (masters/phd in your field or a related one), Pension: 1% for each year of service, (same for federal government in general) TSP (think 401k) health benefits heavily subsidized Rapid promotions, you can go from a gs-5 to gs-15 in as little as 6 years if you are straight out of college. start off with 13 sick days and 13 vacation days (goes up to 19.5 after 3 years of service and 26 after 15 years of service), 11 federal holidays (i used to have off 57 regular days a year via 26 fridays off, 11 federal holidays and 19.5 vacation days)
For someone without a law degree, or uses the PTO to finance their law degree its not a bad deal.Even better if you are an examiner who is highly efficent you can easily make well into the mid 100's just by working 40 hours a week!
Examiners are not all lawyers however to get a promotion to gs-13 you have to take a modified version of the patent bar exam. If you quit/retire after passing this exam you can practice in front of the office/BPAI as a patent agent (or attorney if you passed the bar in any state/dc, you can do everything an attorney does except littigate).
No I can't build an ar-15, but plenty of Afgan peasants built ak47's in backyard forges during the russian occupation. Feel free to google it. The AK47 is made mostly of stamped parts.
You can reuse cartriges, black powder is only 4 ingredients, modern smokeless powder isn't much more difficult to mix.
If third world peasants can do it, I am pretty confident that americans can too.
i take it you have never spent any time in a machine shop. you don't need that many tools to make a basic firearm. mechancial engineering students at my university had to build their own cannons.
The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly to reject the Transportation Committee's recommendation of ITL and in a subsequent motion to pass HB 1582, forbidding any state agency from participating in any national ID requirement.
oddly enough you might find that non HOA properties in some areas of the country (such as vegas) are selling for more than non HOA properites....
I have no problem with the rules in my own HOA, just that the managing agent has attempted to apply rules that don't exist (and are most likely from other properities they manage) on several occasions. (namely condo rules and I live in a townhouse.)
I'm involved in my own HOA and run one of the committies, I am looking to get out of my home because I am sick of being harrassed and having the HOA back down and admit they are wrong in that no such CC&R exisits. I would gladly pay a 10% premiumn to not be harassed.
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When I was in engineering school, there were plenty of minorities in school, plenty out in the engineering world, just not the "right" minorities.
ive seen systems where it is placed in containers above ground and constantly agitated. pefect for the desert or anywhere else.
Munich?
pretty amazing how this isn't considered being against the 5th amendment! One of the several DUI exemptions to the constitution.
... is an insufficient justification for abandoning the requirement of individualized suspicion," dissenting Justice Brennan insisted. 2
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also
The Michigan Supreme Court found sobriety checkpoints to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment. However, in a split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Michigan court. Although acknowledging that such roadblocks violate a fundamental constitutional right, Chief Justice Rehnquist argued that they are necessary in order to reduce drunk driving. That is, he argued that the end justifies the means. Attorney and law professor Lawrence Taylor refers to this as "the DUI exception to the Constitution." 1
Dissenting justices emphasized that the Constitution doesn't provide exceptions. "That stopping every car might make it easier to prevent drunken driving
Chief Justice Rehnquist had argued that violating individual constitutional rights was justified because sobriety roadblocks were effective and necessary. But dissenting Justice Stevens pointed out that "the findings of the trial court, based on an extensive record and affirmed by the Michigan Court of Appeals, indicate that the net effect of sobriety checkpoints on traffic safety is infinitesimal and possibly negative." 3 And even if roadblocks were effective, the fact that they work wouldn't justify violating individuals' constitutional rights, justices argued.
from http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/DrivingIssues/11
its about 350ml and 4.5% who knows how much this guy weighs though
Per http://www.california-drunkdriving.org/alcohol_tol erance.html [california...riving.org] there have been studies showning that alcoholics with BAC levels in the leathal range not showing any signs of impairment. So anyone charged with driving in excess of a level doesn't mean that they are actually impaired.
My agency within the Department of Commerce does the same thing and has for years. If any member of the media or member of congress contacts us we are to say no comment and refer them to PR.
I'm not a product of the American Public School system.
Few people seem to recognize that spending on k-12 education is comparable to the defense budget. $500 billion dollars in 2005 nationwide and mostly funded through property taxes (http://sourcebook.governing.com/topicresults.jsp? ind=631) versus 532 billion for the defense budget in 2007(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countrie s_by_military_expenditures)
Granted Iraq is accounted for elsewhere,but it is important to note that we spend more than any other nation per pupil for k-12 education, yet we aren't anywhere near number 1 in results.
Perhaps many Americans don't truly value education, parent's aren't involved enough in their kids education, and the majority kids don't feel the social pressures to excel like the do in other countries.
Acetone in diabetics is a result of a high blood sugar reaction. You can drive just fine with high blood sugar (does not impair driving in any way, but is bad for your body long term), you will just have to stop for bathroom breaks more often as your blood sugar spills over into your urine and the body tries to excrete it away as much as possible. Your sweat will also smell very sweet.
Never wrong? BAC and the breathelizer estimate aren't the same thing.
.8 result could actually be a .65 or .96), and make a number of assumptions which may or may not be true:
.09. This significant gap could be all the difference in a DUI case since a reading of 0.65 would also require evidence of impairment, often in the form of field sobriety tests.
l erance.html there have been studies showning that alcoholic with BAC levels in the leathal range not showing any signs of impairment. So anyone charged with driving in excess of a level doesn't mean that they are actually impaired.
They have on average a 20% margin of error (a
lung capacity
got diabetes, you are far more likely to create acetone which breathilzers may read as alcohol. Further a low blood sugar reaction may produce impairment results outwardly similar to driving drunk.
physical activty. get the blood pumping right before the test and the levels drop.
Many breathalyzers assume that the tested individual is an average person and do not take into account sex, height, weight, metabolism and whether that person has just eaten. Furthermore, many breathalyzer tests assume a specific ratio (2100:1) between BAC and breath alcohol content in order to make its conversions. As this actual ratio for a particular individual may vary between 1700:1 and 2400:1, a reading of 0.08 could actually mean a blood alcohol content of between 0.65 and
Submit evidence that you don't fit to those norms and you may get off. Anyways defendants in drunk driving cases are charged with two offenses: (1) driving under the influence of alcohol and (2) driving with a blood-alcohol level in excess of a given level. They aren't actually charged with poor driving, though it may be a symptom of the impairment. Per http://www.california-drunkdriving.org/alcohol_to
Law enforcement tends to charge people with easy crimes, such as speeding or having a high BAC, while ignoring people with truley reckless behaviour: large differentals in speed, failure to signal, aggressive lane changes, and following too closely. I'm not defending those who drive after drinking, but feel it is important to note that the typical way that evidence is collected is flawed.
Few people seem to recognize that spending on k-12 education is comparable to the defense budget. $500 billion dollars in 2005 (http://sourcebook.governing.com/topicresults.jsp? ind=631) versus 532 billion for the defense budget in 2007(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countrie s_by_military_expenditures)
Don't discount property taxes so easily (to the gp)
Minidisc was huge in japan, and fairly popular in europe. The small size factor compared to CD was very useful on trains. Plus it was a great medium if you rode a motorcycle or worked out with the large buffers.
A small tweak?
The "2+1" Limit on Continuations/RCE's:
Each applicant gets 2 continuations and 1 RCE per application. The rules will be applied retroactively for cases that have not yet received a first action on the merits.
The "3+1 Transition Rule":
For cases that have not received a first action by the time of the new rules, a "bonus" continuation will be allowed, i.e., a total of one (1) RCE and three (3) continuations.
The "25/5" Claim Limits:
Twenty-five (25) total claims, including up to five (5) independent claims.
These are substantial changes that will cause applicants to claim their real invention up front, and more likely have longer more detailed claims. For the slashdot crowd, this means lower liklihood of infringment asuming the claims are longer.
If these are applied retroactively, this will signifigantly reduce pendancy in the office, meaning shorter times to first actions, and much much much shorter prosecutions since applicant can't simply file RCE/continuations forever.
the number of gun owners in the US is huge about 59 million according to wikipedia. If even 5% resisted, you would have the army/marines outnumbered more than 3 to 1. A signigifant portion of those owners are former military as well.
It would be hard for the military to pacify that many of their own people. The political decision to destroy our own cities wouldn't go over particurlary well.
how can an octopus manipulate fire underwater? one would need to nderstand fire at some point in its development to get into space.
ever see an octopus out of thewater, it would need some sort of support structure to continue to manipulate the jar above water, and for locomotion.
Actually if you ever do go visit yasukuni, it says precisely that and more. It will show a history of ww2 which is completely different than the one I learned in school . Might be due to the fact of who the financal backers were for the rennovations a few years ago.
k uni.html
it is a very interesting musuem covering more than just ww2, and quite sad really (there is a large room with small photographs of the war dead covering the walls.
the below links support the GP's post, infact you will find a copy of the text for the nanking "incident" which leaves out a number of facts.
http://www.rense.com/general28/tudg.htm
http://www.tokyonodoko.com/The%20good%20life/Yasu
i would be totally up for getting a set of panels, new or used, if they weren't prohibited by my homeowners assocation.
to be honest unless there is legislation otherwise, like for satellite dishes, HOA's are going to be as big a barrier as cost for a long time.
Old D just got bought by budweiser,hopefully it will stay the same.
Oak barrel stout tastes completely different in a bottle than on tap, for reasons beyond the whole oak barrel thing. The chocolate/vanilla flavours are a lot more apparent in the bottle.
you can go in anytime you want as long as you make your 80 hours, so if you just don't feel like going in you dont have to as long as you get your work done.
since a lot of people can't handle the pressure/quota few really take advantage of all the benefits.
Your pay calcuations are a bit off. As examiners are on a special salary rate http://apps.opm.gov/SSR/tables/index.cfm they don't get the full COLA, however you get an automatic 3% a year in addition to the COLA for the first 4 steps per pay grade, 2 years for the next 3 per step, and i believe 4 after that.
Actually the PTO is paying up to 10k a year in bonuses for 4 years right now. Plus as a new examiner you can get up to 2 promotions in a single year (used to be eligible for 1 after 6 months and every year after that up to gs-13 though you can get your gs-14 promotion earlier). For someone with a year of experience prior to joining the PTO (or has a grad degree), they would start as a gs-7 making about 62k a year prior to bonuses. Within 4 years they can be making 100k prior to bonuses and overtime.
Did anyone mention the benefits? Due to high turnover the benefits package is awesome to retain examiners.
You get paid overtime (you can even work overtime at home! you can work up to gs-15 step 10 pay via OT and still get bonuses on top of that)
Flexible work schedule, you can take off every mon/wed/friday if you want, or work 12 hour days and take off most of the second week of the biweek. (infact the new flat goal work schedule you can work anywhere you want as long as you meet your quota, dont have to come in to the office)
comp time (my favourite benefit, work your hours in advance then go on a long vacation),
free law school (with service obligation),
up to 10k a year for related studies (masters/phd in your field or a related one),
Pension: 1% for each year of service, (same for federal government in general)
TSP (think 401k)
health benefits heavily subsidized
Rapid promotions, you can go from a gs-5 to gs-15 in as little as 6 years if you are straight out of college.
start off with 13 sick days and 13 vacation days (goes up to 19.5 after 3 years of service and 26 after 15 years of service), 11 federal holidays (i used to have off 57 regular days a year via 26 fridays off, 11 federal holidays and 19.5 vacation days)
For someone without a law degree, or uses the PTO to finance their law degree its not a bad deal.Even better if you are an examiner who is highly efficent you can easily make well into the mid 100's just by working 40 hours a week!
Examiners are not all lawyers however to get a promotion to gs-13 you have to take a modified version of the patent bar exam. If you quit/retire after passing this exam you can practice in front of the office/BPAI as a patent agent (or attorney if you passed the bar in any state/dc, you can do everything an attorney does except littigate).
No I can't build an ar-15, but plenty of Afgan peasants built ak47's in backyard forges during the russian occupation. Feel free to google it. The AK47 is made mostly of stamped parts.
You can reuse cartriges, black powder is only 4 ingredients, modern smokeless powder isn't much more difficult to mix.
If third world peasants can do it, I am pretty confident that americans can too.
there are plenty of hobby manufacterers of ammo.
i take it you have never spent any time in a machine shop. you don't need that many tools to make a basic firearm. mechancial engineering students at my university had to build their own cannons.
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd177.htm
The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly to reject the Transportation Committee's recommendation of ITL and in a subsequent motion to pass HB 1582, forbidding any state agency from participating in any national ID requirement.
oddly enough you might find that non HOA properties in some areas of the country (such as vegas) are selling for more than non HOA properites....
I have no problem with the rules in my own HOA, just that the managing agent has attempted to apply rules that don't exist (and are most likely from other properities they manage) on several occasions. (namely condo rules and I live in a townhouse.)
I'm involved in my own HOA and run one of the committies, I am looking to get out of my home because I am sick of being harrassed and having the HOA back down and admit they are wrong in that no such CC&R exisits. I would gladly pay a 10% premiumn to not be harassed.