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Unusual and awesome jobs using technology : roller coaster designer, space robotics engineer, and more
Fascinating facts, figures, and pictures highlight informative text about some of the most interesting and extreme jobs that use technology. Young readers will learn what kind of training it takes to be a roller coaster designer, how much money a space robotics engineer makes, and what exactly a wind turbine technician does!
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What will I be from A to Z
It's never too early for children to wonder, \"What will I be when I grow up?\" Written to inspire the next generations of diverse dreamers, What Will I Be from A to Z empowers children to envision themselves in a variety of STEM fields, from astronauts to zoologists. With simple, rhyming text and colorful illustrations, the dream team behind A Steminist Force invited every child to dream big and follow their passions.
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How Steve Jobs changed the world
In the aftermath of the death of the most inspirational innovator of the 21st Century, this new documentary takes an in-depth look at the life and work of Apple founder and boss: Steve Jobs. We examine how and why his vision has revolutionized the world, defining not just our generation but, also defining all future generations to come. With access to colleagues, historians, futurists and technology experts we send viewers on a journey to discover the story behind Steve Jobs's most visionary creations.
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Breaking the cycle of poverty through tech training
Per Scholas President and Ceo Plinio Ayala and Per Scholas 2011 Graduate Servon Lewis discuss building a tech workforce for the future with Bloomberg Television's 'Money Moves.'
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Re: T.V. Debate Between Morgenthau, Clubb, Donahue, Brzezinski, Pauker and Bundy
War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things
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Nonrelocatable Occupations at Increased Risk During Pandemics: United States, 2018
Objectives. To characterize which occupations in the United States could likely work from home during a pandemic such as COVID-19. Methods. I merged 2018 US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) national employment and wage data with measures ranking the importance of computer use at work and the importance of working with or performing for the public from the BLS O*NET survey. Results. Approximately 25% (35.6 million) of US workers are employed in occupations (such as technology, administrative, financial, and engineering) that could be done from home; the remaining 75% work in occupations (including health care, manufacturing, retail, and food services) that are challenging to do from home. Conclusions. Most US workers are employed in occupations that cannot be done at home, putting 108.4 million workers at increased risk for adverse health outcomes related to working during a pandemic. These workers tend to be lower paid. The stress experienced by lower-income groups, coupled with job insecurity, could result in a large burden of mental health disorders in the United States in addition to increased cases of COVID-19 from workplace transmission.
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Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 years ago
Radiocarbon dating of the earliest occupational phases at the Cooper’s Ferry site in western Idaho indicates that people repeatedly occupied the Columbia River basin, starting between 16,560 and 15,280 calibrated years before the present (cal yr B.P.). Artifacts from these early occupations indicate the use of unfluted stemmed projectile point technologies before the appearance of the Clovis Paleoindian tradition and support early cultural connections with northeastern Asian Upper Paleolithic archaeological traditions. The Cooper’s Ferry site was initially occupied during a time that predates the opening of an ice-free corridor (≤14,800 cal yr B.P.), which supports the hypothesis that initial human migration into the Americas occurred via a Pacific coastal route.
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A century of research on conscientiousness at work
Evidence from more than 100 y of research indicates that conscientiousness (C) is the most potent noncognitive construct for occupational performance. However, questions remain about the magnitudes of its effect sizes across occupational variables, its defining characteristics and functions in occupational settings, and potential moderators of its performance relation. Drawing on 92 unique meta-analyses reporting effects for 175 distinct variables, which represent n > 1.1 million participants across k > 2,500 studies, we present the most comprehensive, quantitative review and synthesis of the occupational effects of C available in the literature. Results show C has effects in a desirable direction for 98%of variables and a grand mean of ρ̄M = 0.20 (SD = 0.13), indicative of a potent, pervasive influence across occupational variables. Using the top 33% of effect sizes ( ρ̄ ≥ 0.24), we synthesize 10 characteristic themes of C’s occupational functioning: 1) motivation for goal directed performance, 2) preference for more predictable environments, 3) interpersonal responsibility for shared goals, 4) commitment, 5) perseverance, 6) self-regulatory restraint to avoid counterproductivity, and 7) proficient performance—especially for 8) conventional goals, 9) requiring persistence. Finally, we examine C’s relation to performance across 8 occupations. Results indicate that occupational complexity moderates this relation. That is, 10) high occupational complexity versus low-to-moderate occupational complexity attenuates the performance effect of C. Altogether, results suggest that goaldirected performance is fundamental to C and that motivational engagement, behavioral restraint, and environmental predictability influence its optimal occupational expression. We conclude by discussing applied and policy implications of our findings.
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