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Help Wanted Folks:I'm not sure if it's appropriate to let you know about job openings at a Watertown employer.  I thought I'd try and if it wasn't appropriate you'd let me know, and I wouldn't do it again.  My company, the Cadmus Group, Inc., is an environmental and energy-efficiency consulting firm based right here in H20 town, on H20 Street no less.  And get this, H20 quality is one of our major lines of business.We're growing and have a number of openings.  We only accept online applications, but if you're reading this, that isn't a problem for you.  Please check out our online career center at: https://careers.cadmusgroup.com/apply/Thanks much.Fred

Not much of a website, but a little something H2otown spotted said that renewable power  tech company <a href ="http://www.resolute-marine-energy.com/">Resolute Marine Energy</a> is based in Watertown.  That makes at least two green power firms, when you count high-tech hybrid battery maker <a href ="http://www.a123systems.com/">A123</a>, whose HQ is in the building with the smokestack in the Arsenal.   Is there such a thing as a We Love You committee for Watertown businesses?  Now that A123 is going public, it would be nice if they'd stay in town.   

Check out the in-house ride at A123 Systems, high tech battery maker to the stars. They souped-up a Prius with a plug-in battery technology they developed, boosting the already impressive 48 MPG to a n amazing 150MPG. With a 13 gallon tank, this car could go from Watertown to *Denver* on a single tank of gas.

Graphic Designer Jobs in Watertown, Massachusetts : Aerotek CE

Research sez -- people with shorter commutes are happier and are in better shape.  Keep it local, people! 


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BostonNOW: Driving new laws - Legislation aims at loud music, DVDs in cars


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The $50 movie ticket could soon debut in Massachusetts - not in movie theaters, but on highways.

A group of state legislators wants to set a $50 fine for watching movies or TV while driving.

"I just don't think people in the front seat of cars should be watching news or movies or anything else," said House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, R-North Reading, the bill's chief sponsor.

The practice may be more common than you might think. Richard Inferrera, owner of Rich's Car Tunes in Watertown, said customers often ask him to cut a safety feature that keeps driver's side video screens turned off when the car is in motion. Inferrera said his shop won't do it, but others will.

H2otown's just watching out for your Happiness Quotient, people -- remember, shorter commutes make people even happier than a raise for the equivalent time spent:

Computer Support specialist, Cadmus Group, Watertown, MA.

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Exec. Assistant to CEO of Media Company. Pays up to $65k for the right person, too, not too shabby.

The Babson College Newsroom Blog has a thumbnail profile of a Watertown startup that had evaded H2otown's notice: Study Smart.
They do in-person and online tutoring.  Nifty!

This BusinessWeek article profiles Nova Spivack, the Watertown native who's now head of high-tech startup Radar Networks.

Mikey fears that a few local businesses are attracting the wrong kinds of customers:

"I'm not sure if it's the floor-to-ceiling lace curtains that cover every inch of window and door space at Sakura, 115 Mt Auburn St, or the creepy attempt at an alluring model on the B/W photo copied flyers for Serenity, 123 Mt. Auburn, but something is going very wrong here.

For those who have not noticed, Mt. Auburn now offers two new places offering "body shampoos" and the ever popular "Thai chair massage". Both Sakura and Serenity are open late, seemingly have a woman working as lookout, and are attracting lots of guilty looking men to this once quiet stretch of Mt. Auburn street every single night."

So what do you think?

Molecular CEO Ralph Folz testified before Congress during the recent debates over the Immigration bill. He spoke in favor of H1B visas to let the company hire foreign engineers to make up for the decline in the number of engineering degrees in the US. His point: if we can't import talent to the US, the whole job will go overseas to countries like India and China that have plentiful engineers. (Molecular is a web development company whose HQ is here in Watertown).