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Michigan's Department of Corrections says, now that escaped killer Michael Elliot is back behind bars, it wants to find out just how he got out of the Ionia Corrections Facility. Elliot had been serving four life sentences for murder when he got out while much of America watched the Superbowl.
A former guard from that prison tells WOOD TV that he does not understand how the man got through the prison yard, past a guard shack, over a fence wired with a motion-detector, and through what should have been a heavily-guarded "sally port" exit.
Aaron Cobb says the system appeared not to be working that night.
And, he said the "million-dollar question" is how Elliot got his hands on a box cutter, which he used to carjack that ride to Indiana.


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ASP.NET MVC model binding allows you to map HTTP request data with a model. This article discusses how model binding works for various types of models (simple types, complex types, collections etc.). It also shows how to create a custom model binder if situation calls for it.
ASP.NET MVC model binding allows you to map and bind HTTP request data with a model. Model binding makes it easy for you to work
with form data because the request data (POST/GET) is automatically transferred into a data model you specify. ASP.NET MVC
accomplishes this behind the scenes with the help of Default Binder. This article discusses how model binding works for various types
of models viz. simple types, class types and lists. It also shows how to create a custom model binder if situation calls for
Throughout the article you will be using ASP.NET MVC 3 and ASPX views.
Before you begin working with the examples that follow, create a new ASP.NET MVC Web Application using Visual Studio. Add a
controller named Home in the Controllers folder. You will add various action methods to this Home controller class to illustrate how
model binding works. The views used by all of our examples simply deal with employee data such as employee ID, First Name, Last Name,
Address etc. To save us some time and space we won't discuss too much about creating these views. You can obtain the complete source
code from the code download accompanying this article.
Before you delve into the model binding, let's see how an ASP.NET MVC application can use form data without any model binding at
all. Consider a simple view as shown in Figure 1.
To handle the data POSTed by the view, you need to create an action
method in the Home controller. The action method is shown below:
The Example0 action method makes use of Form collection to access employee details. As you can see it checks if any
values exist in the form collection using the Count property. Individual values are then accessed using form field names
(Id, FirstName and LastName). A status message is put in the ViewBag so that
view can notify the user about the operation. Since you are accessing the form collection directly there is no model binding as such.
This approach is bit raw and you should avoid it wherever you can. Figure 2 shows a successful run of the view.
The default model binding in MVC is handled by a DefaultBinder object. A model binder is a class that implements IModelBinder
interface. ASP.NET MVC provides the default implementation (System.Web.Mvc.DefaultModelBinder) that works with simple types, classes
and collections.
Now let's see how the default binding works with simple types.
Add two action methods in the Home
controller as shown below:
The first version of the action method (without any parameters) takes care of the GET requests and the other version
(with parameters and marked with [HttpPost] attribute) takes care of the POST requests. Notice the names of the
parameters of the Example1() action method. It is important that you keep the parameter names same as the form field
names (see HTML markup from the view below).
If you don't then the mapping between a form field and action method parameter will not happen correctly and instead of
the actual value you will receive a default value for that parameter (e.g. 0 for integer fields, null for string fields and so on).
Figure 3 shows the Watch window showing the values of id, firstname and lastname parameters respectively.
Figure 4 shows what happens if action method parameter name and form field name
doesn't match.
Notice that the form field names are FirstName
and LastName respectively whereas the action method names are changed to fname and lname
respectively. Due to this mismatch the default binder cannot map the form data correctly and you get fname and
lname parameter values as null.
In the previous example you used one or more method parameters to receive the form field data. Though this approach works, it
becomes cumbersome when there are too many pieces of data being submitted. In such cases it is better to create a class that
encapsulates all the required information. This way your action method will have just one parameter. For example, instead of accepting
employee ID, First Name and Last Name as three separate parameters of the action method you can create an Employee class with required
properties and then code an action method like this:
The Employee class used by the Example2() action method is a simple class with get and set public
properties. The following code shows the Employee class with Id, FirstName and LastName
the Example2()
In this case, the default model binder automatically maps the form field names with the property names of the Employee
class and assigns the values accordingly. Figure 5 shows an Employee object as received in the action method with property values
assigned by the default binder.
The default binding also takes care of properties that are class types. For example, the Employee class may have a property named
HomeAddress as shown below:
As you can see the HomeAddress property is of type Address. The Address class in turn has three public
properties, Street, Country and PostalCode and is shown below:
The View that accepts the data for the Employee class needs to follow certain naming conventions so that the
HomeAddress values are bound correctly. Have a look at the following HTML markup from the associated View:
Notice the <input> tags from the above markup carefully. These input elements have their name
attribute set in a specific way. Recollect that HomeAddress is the property of the Employee class and is of type
Address. Further, Street, Country and PostalCode are the property names of the Address class.
Figure 6 shows the HomeAddress property values populated by the default binder.
In the preceding examples you were concerned with just one Employee at a time. At times you may need to work with multiple
"records" at a time. In such cases the data submitted by the view needs to be collected in a list or collection and then processed
further. Luckily, the default model binder provides an easy way for you to accomplish this. Let's see how.
Consider a view as
shown in Figure 7.
As you can see there is facility to submit three sets of values and
obviously you would like to receive them as three "records" in the action method. To make this work as expected you need to name the
form fields as shown in the following markup:
Notice the above markup carefully. You will find that all the <input> elements accepting employee ID
are named as id and all the <input> elements accepting employee name are named as name. Based on this naming
convention the default model binder considers all the values of the input elements with same name as a part of single collection. The
values can then be accessed in an action method as shown below:
The Example4() action method has two parameters of type IList, id and name. In
our specific example the id will hold three elements viz. E001, E002 and E003 and name will also hold three elements, Bob, Tom and
Jerry (see Figure 8).
In the previous example you used list of strings to hold the form field values. You can also receive the values as a list of
Employee objects. However, you need to follow some specific naming convention for the form field names. Consider the view as shown in
Figure 9.
The view allows you to specify Employee
details of multiple employees at a time. Now have a look at the following HTML markup from the above view:
The view is strongly typed and uses Employee class as its model. The <input> elements use a
sequential index number ([0], [1], [2] and so on) for each Employee instance. Because of this
naming convention the default binder can pick all the values belonging to a specific index, assign to the corresponding properties of
an Employee instance and then add the Employee instance to a list.
The action method associated with the above view is shown
Figure 10 shows the Employee objects received by the Example5() action method.
Though the above example worked fine it can pose one problem. If the index numbers are not sequential then the values will not be
bound correctly. Such situation can arise when you delete some records using say jQuery and AJAX calls, causing index sequence to
break. In order to take care of this issue you need to supply an arbitrary index per employee record using a hidden form field. The
following HTML markup shows how this is done:
Notice the hidden form field employees.Index whose value is set to any arbitrary index (100 in this case).
The text input fields then use employees[<index_value>] format for name attribute. In this case even if the
indices are not sequential the default binder will map the data correctly with the help of the hidden index value.
So far you used the default model binder to map the form data fields with primitive types, class types and lists. In most of the
cases the default model binder will work just fine and you may not need anything else. However, in certain cases you may need to roll
out your own model binder. For example, your form fields and model properties may not have one-to-one mapping at all. You can take two
approaches if such need ever arises. You can either create a custom class that implements IModelBinder interface or you can create a
class that inherits from DefaultModelBinder class. In this section you will explore the first approach and the next section details
the second approach.
A model binder is a class that implements IModelBinder interface. The IModelBinder interface contains a
single method BindModel() that allows you to bind model with the form data. Let's see how you can do that with an
Consider a view shown in Figure 11 below:
As you can see the Employee class now has an additional property –
BirthDate. Moreover, the value of the birth date comes from three HTML elements – two select elements and a textbox. In
other words there is no direct one-to-one mapping between form fields and Employee properties. Additionally, employee ID is entered
without "E" and you are supposed to add it automatically when a form is submitted. You will provide these additions with the help of a
custom model binder.
Add a new class to your ASP.NET MVC application and name it as EmployeeBinder1. Implement IModelBinder
interface in the EmployeeBinder1 class as shown below:
The BindModel() method has two parameters viz. ControllerContext and
ModelBindingContext and is responsible for binding the model. The BindModel() method creates an instance
of Employee class and sets its properties by grabbing form data. Notice how Request.Form collection is accessed using
HttpContext as supplied by the ControllerContext parameter. Using the form data we construct a DateTime
instance and set the BirthDate property. The prefix "E" is also added to the employee ID. Once the model is bound the
BindModel() method returns the Employee instance. As you might have guessed this Employee instance will be
received by the action method under consideration.
When you rely on the default model binder you need not specify anywhere in
your code that you intend to use the DefaultModelBinder class as a model binder. Now since you have created a custom
model binder you need to inform ASP.NET MVC about it. You can do that in the action method itself as shown below:
Notice the use of [ModelBinder] attribute on the action method parameter. The [ModelBinder]
attribute specifies the type of the model binder class (EmployeeBinder1 in this case). This way MVC framework correctly invokes the
model binder to retrieve the value for the employee parameter. Figure 12 shows the employee object as bound by the custom model
In the preceding example you created a custom model binder for the whole class. Implementing IModelBinder interface requires that
you deal with the mapping of the whole model class on your own. What if you don't want to alter all of the form field values? What if
you wish to use the default model binding logic in your custom model? In such cases you can inherit the custom model binder class from
the DefaultModelBinder class and then you can bind some properties with a custom logic and others with the default logic. Let's see
Add another class and name it as EmployeeModelBinder2. Inherit this class from DefaultModelBinder base class and override
BindProperty() method as shown below:
The BindProperty() method binds a property of the model and overriding it allows you to plug-in a custom
logic for binding one or more properties. In the above code you are using custom logic to bind Id and BirthDate
properties whereas for FirstName and LastName properties the default logic as supplied by the
DefaultModelBinder class will be used. The BindProperty() method receives ControllerContext, ModelBindingContext and
PropertyDescriptor parameters. The PropertyDescriptor parameter gives more information about the property being bound such as its
Name. The SetValue() method allows you to set value of a property under consideration after executing a custom logic.
For all other properties you can call BindProperty() method on the base class.
The custom model binder created can
be specified in the action method using the [ModelBinder] attribute as before.
In the preceding example you used [ModelBinder] attribute to specify your custom model binder. If you are using the
custom binder in many controllers then it would be better to specify it at a central place. You can do that in the
Application_Start event inside the Global.asax.
If you are creating a custom model binder for a specific type
only (say Employee) then you can use the following line of code to inform MVC framework about it.
On the other hand if you have created a custom model binder by inheriting from the DefaultModelBinder base class and
would like to use the custom model binder as a default model binder throughout the application then the following line of code does
the job.
ASP.NET MVC model binding allows you to map HTTP request data with a model. This saves you from handing the raw request data
yourself. The inbuilt model binding capabilities stem from DefaultModelBinder class and take care of primitive types, class types and
collections. In certain cases you may need to create a custom model binder. This is accomplished by two ways viz. implementing
IModelBinder interface and inheriting from DefaultModelBinder class. Once created a custom model binder can be specified in an action
method using [ModelBinder] attribute. A custom model binder can also be specified in the Global.asax file using Binders
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Guy Pearce Is An Animal
Set to play a cop in Animal Kingdom
Guy Pearce has signed on to star in an Australian crime drama called Animal Kingdom. In it, he will play a cop who helps a 17 year old who becomes involved in a crime family.
Pearce has been busy making hotly anticipated Cormac McCarthy adaptation The Road, as well as the comedy Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler.
But he has found time for a return to Oz, with Animal Kingdom, and also a rumoured role in Last Man, about an Australian special forces unit in Vietnam.
Pearce will join fellow Aussies Ben Mendelson (The New World), Joel Edgerton (Smokin' Aces) and veteran actress Jackie Weaver (Picnic At Hanging Rock) for Animal Kingdom. It will be the first feature for director by David Michod and will be part of a group of five films funded by Screen Australia.
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A technical glitch delayed Friday's 9 a.m. broadcast of "Behind the Headlines" on KCPW 88.3/105.3 FM.
As a result, the weekly news program hosted by The Salt Lake Tribune's Jennifer Napier-Pearce will air Friday at 4 p.m., and be rebroadcast as usual at 8 a.m. Sunday.
In addition, a recording of the program will be available to stream soon here.
"Behind the Headlines," which this week features Tribune editor Terry Orme, deputy editor Tim Fitzpatrick and assistant managing editor David Noyce discussing the top Utah news stories of 2013 with host Jennifer Napier-Pearce, was pre-recorded due to the holidays.
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blocking flies from coming inside
OK, the weather is getting nice and I want the door open to the yard so pup can come and go. Problem; the flies also come and go. I used to keep them out with a bamboo bead curtain but having this pup I foresee some damage.
How do you guys all solve this? What material, what works etc? Remember it has to be somewhat puppy proof.
PS: I know that ideally I should supervise and supervise and clickering him when he goes through the curtain without taking parts with him etc. but it is not always practical.
Magic mesh...screen you Velcro on...centre split with magnets, walk through and closes and fastens...
Available everywhere I think...one of those as seen on TV ad's
But here is a (Canadian) link so you can visual.
Magic Mesh Hands-free Magnetic Screen Door | Canadian Tire
I 2nd the magic mesh. Its not great looking but is perfectly functional for the situation you described.
old fashioned, but fly tape still works well. some times simplest is best.
So I would recommend it.
It does look cheap...my friend has on her balcony door. I want to get one, Just wish it came in white to match my door trim, etc. I like to have the door open when I sit on the deck so I can hear stereo. I have a phobia to bees/wasps and I always have to kill at least one a day buzzing against my windows on the inside. And those annoying little flies (knats?) that get all over the ceiling and in the light fixtures. Oh, and those Japanese lady bug x...they bite! They were all over the place last fall. And of course mosquito's.
So yeah. I will be getting one.
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What a pathetic man, using kids for his own evil cause.
This is a discussion on Celebrated Obama's Speech Today within the Defensive Rifles & Shotgun Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I'm just surprised that he didn't blame Bush for everything in his speech. No, but he did invoke Reagan. And he did it with this ...
No, but he did invoke Reagan. And he did it with this defiant what-do-you-think-about-that-now-huh?-huh?-HMMM! attitude that was very unPresidential.I'm just surprised that he didn't blame Bush for everything in his speech.
"Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power." - Yoshimi Ishikawa
What a pathetic man, using kids for his own evil cause.
Celebrated by acquiring a 10/22 takedown, that hopefully isn't lost in a boating accident.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time I hear him speak I envision that stuffed monkey you would wind up and then start banging the cymbals. The media are just his servants that wind him up!
I celebrated also, went and got a Mossberg 500 Persuader. Almost picked a "modern evil rifle" but in the time I took to pay for the Mossy, 5 to 10 minutes, all 30 boxes they just brought in, walked out the door to caring new homes.
Today in honor of Obama, I went to a 2nd amendment rally in the Capital. Had lunch with my wife at a open carry friendly restaurant. Bought my wife a new leather purse with a nice CC holster concealed in it. Picked up 250 rounds of ammo I really did not need . Paid a NRA membership for a friend that is unemployed But what the heck anything to show my support. You go Obama
It makes me sick - all of it. Only cure I could find was getting my dream gun FN SCAR-16 to help with the tears.... Only put 25 rounds through it this past weekend but feeling better for now. Everything is out of wack as the real problem is being ignored. Our president doesn't seem to see the writing on the wall: guns don't kill people - people do. Thats not to mention the percent of murders with guns being largely handguns and not assult rifles or military weapons. I weep at what our leaders are doing to the majority of us law-abiding citizens. Its a sad time for us all.


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Number One in a World of Motorsports
A lot of helmet companies can make motorcycle helmets. But Arai alone can also claim the unparalleled world-class quality, reputation, and technology to be chosen by more than half the drivers on the Formula-1 grid.
Arai alone is chosen by both the 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner and the rookie of the year!
By NASCAR® heroes like Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, and Juan Pablo Montoya.
Not to mention all four current American MotoGP racers. And so on.
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I've been debating on either a high visibility front sight or a tritium front sight. Mind you it's not really for night shooting but i have a hard time tracking the front sight. Out doors no problem in door with low light i might as well be shooting with my eyes closed.
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The Next Great Leap In Computing SpeedRichard Brandt
Packaging technology doesn't normally stoke the passions of semiconductor engineers. The top guns in the business are the people who design circuits, not those who engineer the protective housings, or packages, for chips. But suddenly, packaging is winning the rapt attention of top scientists at Boeing, Digital Equipment, IBM, and Motorola, among others. For without big improvements in this obscure art, the perpetual increases in semiconductor performance that spur electronics-industry growth will slow drastically. "That's why packaging is going to be a hot topic in the 1990s," says George H. Heilmeier, chief technical officer at Texas Instruments Inc.
The secret to computing speed is size: The more compact the circuitry, the shorter the distance that electrical signals must travel--and the faster a chip processes data. Shrinking circuits have made desktop computers as fast as mainframes were just a few years ago. But now, a speed trap lurks around the bend. After racing through a chip's circuitry, electrical pulses get pumped through metal wires that tie a packaged chip to a circuit board. Then, they travel across the board to another chip. These journeys take mere billionths of a second, which didn't matter much before. But because tomorrow's desktops will be so fast, these delays could cut data processing gains by as much as 80%.
SNAGS AHEAD. The leading solution to this is multichip modules (MCMs). The idea is simple: Instead of putting one chip in each package, mount several--and eliminate those interchip delays. Along with the big electronics companies, a dozen or so startups are working on MCMs. Market researcher Dataquest Inc. predicts that multichips will bean $18 billion business by the mid-1990s--and that a third of all semiconductors will be housed in MCMs by the year 2000.
Before that happens, there are high hurdles to clear. Currently, chipmakers rarely sell unpackaged chips, since final quality checks can't be run until a circuit is in its housing. "We have exacting standards for quality," says Dana E. Krelle, marketing manager at Intel Corp. "We would not want that out of our hands." But there may be no choice: Few U. S. chipmakers produce all the chips likely to be used in an MCM.
There are other problems as well. If the quality level of the individual chips in an MCM is 97%, the chance of one defective chip showing up in a 20-chip module is almost 50-50. Since semiconductor packages generally can't be re-opened, a flawed module would mean throwing out 19 good chips. That's why MCM suppliers are working to develop innovative techniques for spotting defective chips before the module is sealed tight. Raychem Corp.'s Advanced Packaging Systems subsidiary, for example, attaches a tiny grid of metal wires to the raw chip. The wires are first used to test the circuit and then to attach it to the MCM.
In mainframes, the need for faster interchip communications became obvious a decade ago, and proprietary multichip modules now speed many big computers. Digital Equipment Corp.'s VAX 9000 mainframe has 13 MCMs, each with up to 76 chips. DEC says the modules double the 9000's performance. For its System/390, IBM uses modules holding up to 133 chips--and the MCM runs so fast and hot that it has to be refrigerated.
CRITICAL SPEED. Now, it's the turn of engineering workstations. MCM packages become crucial when a computer's heartbeat reaches 50 million pulses a second, or 50 megahertz--a mark that top-end workstations will soon hit. Motorola Inc. has a 50-Mhz microprocessor, and Intel has just unveiled a 100-Mhz design. A San Jose (Calif.) startup, nChip Inc., has a prototype five-chip module for SunMicrosystems Inc. workstations, and it runs 25% faster than the same chipsin ordinary one-chip packages. Multichip packaging, says David R. Ditzel, director of advanced development at Sun Microsystems, "is clearly coming."
Building a reliable workstation MCM that costs no more than an extra 20% to 30% will be one key. And besides quality concerns, there are technical ones, such as the most efficient way to attach the chips. IBM glues some upside down to its MCM. Newcomer Irvine Sensors Corp. stacks them and inserts them edge down.
Resolving such details is the goal of projects at Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corp., the Austin (Tex.) research consortium, and the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Both are sponsoring multimillion-dollar runoffs between teams working on different approaches to manufacturing MCMs.
The joker in all this could be the Japanese. They, too, are perfecting multichip packages--and nurturing this market will be easier for Japan's vertically integrated suppliers, because they typically make a wide range of chips. By contrast, the fragmented U. S. electronics industry could get bogged down in turf battles over who lets go of naked chips and who does the packaging. Unless that's avoided, multichip modules could leave the U. S. a laggard in tomorrow's electronics markets.


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South Carolina Wrongful Termination Laws
Have you recently lost your job? If so, you might be wondering whether you have grounds for a wrongful termination lawsuit. In South Carolina, as in other states, employees work at will. This means an employee can generally be fired at any time and for any reason, or for no reason at all.
But there are some exceptions to the at-will rule. For example, if your South Carolina employer fires you for discriminatory reasons, in violation of an employment contract, or in retaliation for exercising your rights, you may have a legal claim against your employer for wrongful termination.
Every state's laws on wrongful termination are different. This article covers some of the common legal grounds you might have for suing your employer in South Carolina for wrongful termination. But it's not a comprehensive list of South Carolina employment rights, which can change as courts issue new rulings and legislators pass or modify laws. To find out the full extent of your legal claims, speak to an experienced South Carolina employment lawyer. To learn more about South Carolina employment law, contact the office of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
Discriminatory Firing
Under federal law, it is illegal for an employer to fire an employee based on a protected characteristic. Federal law prohibits employers from firing employees based on race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, religion, age (if the employee is at least 40), disability, citizenship status, or genetic information. However, only employers with a minimum number of employees must comply with these laws. Most types of discrimination are prohibited once an employer has at least 15 employees. However, the minimum is 20 employees for age discrimination and four employees for citizenship status discrimination.
South Carolina law prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, religion, age (40 and older), genetic information, and disability. South Carolina employers must comply with these laws if they have at least fifteen employees.
These laws also make it illegal for an employer to retaliate against you for asserting your rights. For example, if you complain to your company's HR department that you believe you were passed over for promotion because of your age, your employer may not discipline or fire you for your complaint. Likewise, your employer cannot fire you for participating in an investigation of a discrimination complaint (no matter who made the complaint), testifying in court, or making other efforts to stop discriminatory practices.
Before filing a discrimination or retaliation lawsuit, you must file a complaint with the appropriate government agency. The South Carolina Human Affairs Commission enforces the state's laws prohibiting discrimination; the Commission has offices in Columbia. In many cases, state fair employment practices agencies will record your complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency that enforces federal antidiscrimination laws. However, you should check to make sure. If not, you may also have to file a complaint with the EEOC; you can find contact information for the nearest office at the EEOC's Field Offices page.
Breach of Contract
If you have a written employment contract promising you job security, you are not an at-will employee. South Carolina also recognizes implied employment contracts based on oral promises or statements in an employee handbook that create a reasonable expectation of job security. For example, if your employee handbook says that employees won't be fired until they've received verbal and written warnings, you may be entitled to those procedures before being fired. If you have an employment contract, and your employer fires you without good cause, you have a legal claim for breach of contract.
Wage and Hour Issues
Because South Carolina has no minimum wage law, employees are entitled to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. South Carolina also has no overtime law. However, under federal law, employees who work more than 40 hours a week are eligible for overtime. Although some states require employers to provide meal or rest breaks, South Carolina does not. However, under federal law, employers who choose to provide breaks of 20 minutes or less must generally pay employees for that time. Employers also must pay their employees for any time during which they must work, even if the employer characterizes that time as a "break." It is illegal for employers to fire employees who exercise their rights under federal wage and hour laws.
Time Off Work
State and federal laws give employees the right to take time off work for certain civic obligations and personal responsibilities. Employers may not discipline or fire workers for exercising these rights. In South Carolina, these rights include:
- Military leave. Under federal law, employees have the right to take up to five years of leave to serve in the military, with the right to be reinstated when they return to work. (This law also prohibits discrimination against employees based on their military service, protects employees from discharge without good cause for up to one year after they return from military duty, and provides other protections; see Nolo's article Taking Military Leave for more information.) In South Carolina, members of the South Carolina National Guard and South Carolina State Guard are entitled to unpaid leave if called to active state duty by the governor.
- Jury duty. In South Carolina, employees are entitled to unpaid leave for jury service. Employers who fire or penalize employees for jury duty may be subject to special damages in a wrongful termination lawsuit.
- Family and medical leave. South Carolina employees are protected by the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The FMLA requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide eligible employees with up to 12 weeks off, unpaid, every year for a serious health condition, to care for a family member with a serious health condition, to care for a new child, or to handle certain practical matters arising out of a family member's military service. Employees can take up to 26 weeks off in a single year to care for a family member who is seriously injured while serving in the military. Employees who take FMLA leave must be reinstated to the same position once their leave is over. To learn more, see Nolo's FMLA page.
Other State Claims
- Workers' compensation. Employers may not fire employees who file workers' compensation claims.
- Workplace safety. Employers are prohibited from firing employees who make complaints about workplace safety violations on who testify in such proceedings.
- Reporting child abuse. Employers cannot fire employees for reporting incidents of child abuse or child neglect.
What to Do Next
If you think you were fired illegally, talk to a South Carolina employment lawyer. Whether you want to get your job back, negotiate a settlement, or file a lawsuit, a lawyer can help you assert your legal rights. A lawyer can also inform you of any other claims that you might have under state or local law.


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DescriptionCreate the illusion of space and colour in your garden with this Gothic Mirror Window. By tricking the eye to into seeing further, when in fact it�s just a reflection, your garden will appear more spacious.
This is made from sustainable timber, treated in a Rustic Oak stain that can easily be painted to the colour of your choice. The large mirror is acrylic, making it lightweight, weatherproof and shatterproof.
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I teach at a faith-based university, one that identifies itself as particularly Baptist and broadly Judeo-Christian. What this means exactly is often the subject of much debate, but it's been clear to me after 8 years of teaching that this identity is not a requirement of the students. Based on student self-report this past Fall there were 74 Buddhist, 98 Hindu, and 117 Muslim students out of 12,575 undergrads. It's not much but these numbers are large enough for student groups to function and provide support for one another in an environment that may seem somewhat alienating depending on how often they are exposed to the rhetoric of being in a Christian university. As someone who studies race and ethnic relations, the experience of being a minority whether racial or religious often carries with it certain patterns of experience. One doesn't quite feel fully a part of one's social surroundings, one is aware that he or she stands out in some ways. (I can say this in particular as a non-white faculty person where all of us account for 11% of 935 fulltimers).
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Restaurant scheduled to open mid-Sept. in Oak Place ApartmentsPickleman's Gourmet Cafe is scheduled to open in mid-September in the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Oak Place Apartments. The restaurant will occupy the ground floor retail space of Oak Place Apartments on 5050 Oak St., near Oak Nails salon. An estimated five-week construction project began in late July on the 2,920-square-foot space. Jordan Starke signed a five-year lease on the property. When it opens, Pickleman's will serve its mix of toasted sandwiches, soups, salads and pizzas from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. They'll also deliver to areas within three miles or a five-minute drive of their location.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City, one of four University of Missouri campuses, is a public university serving more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UMKC engages with the community and economy based on a four-part mission: life and health sciences; visual and performing arts; urban issues and education; and a vibrant learning and campus life experience. For more information about UMKC, visit www.umkc.edu. You can also find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and watch us on YouTube.
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Title explains most of it, but how long does it take for stud to rot? Can it happen in just 3-4 months?
depends on wood species and amount of moisture within the wood. some species such as cypress and locust can last an extremely long time. even fragile species such as pine can last if submerged under water without oxygen.
can it happen in just 3 to 4 months? probably so if the conditions are right.
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some wooden studs have been around a few hundred years
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Mine never rot---so about 300 years if installed properly.
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Is a shock collar cruel?
Is a shock collar cruel to teach a 5 month old dauchshund not to bark? She barks constantly, with no reason. I just dont know if its mean or if there is any other method that people have used that works. Thanks everyone!
We are currently enrolled in a obedience class and she does great, she listens to us with cues and everything but the barking is the one thing we cant get under control (that and potty training, grr). Ive read countless books and just dont know what to do. My husband is starting to resent Frenchy but I love her sooo much. Its my husbands idea to do a shock collar, but I just didnt have a good feeling about it. What about when she gets older and bigger and she is still barking. Would it be cruel then? Or what about the citronella ones, are those mean?
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Yes, a shock collar on a puppy would be cruel. You need to read up on behavior, there are ways to correct the barking by using training methods, and she is barking for a reason, where the orignial reasons she was barking have not been corrected so she may be barking out of habit now, out of boardem or because you pay attention to her when she barks.
I would suggest vistiing the behavior forum and get suggestions there on how to properly train your puppy not to bark. There should be someone there with advice, or can atleast offer some good books to read on the subject.
Also your tone and pitch of your voice can encourage barking.
But please, please do not shock that puppy, it's just a baby.
Max (aka Sebastian) answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
I wouldn't recommend it to stop barking. I have them for my hunting dogs when out in the field.
Anyone who considers using one should seek the advice from a professional trainer throughout the process. When done right it can be a valuable tool.
I wouldn't recommend it on your dog she is too small.
Dogs bark it is what they do. If it is excessive she is probably bored. Enroll her in an obedience class. It will give the two of you productive time together your instructor can help you with problems like barking etc.
The more scheduled and busy your dogs day is the more her mind will be occupied, she will be tired at the end of the day and the barking will lesson, if not stop altogether.
Frenchy is adorable!
Good luck and happy training.
Kayak answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
Yes it is mean to put on a puppy when there are far gentler ways to correct barking...They should know how to help you with this in your classes!
Member 73926 answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
Not only is a shock collar totally counterproductive for barking, but it's cruel and possibly quite dangerous for a small dog like yours.
There ARE reasons she's barking. The main one being: Dogs bark!
Explain this to your husband to help him have more patience.
I agree that the trainer in your obedience class should be able to give you tips on how to control her barking.
Some dogs bark more than others. Sometimes this is breed related, but more often than not, it's just the individual dog.
If she's getting her other training easily, then that's a sign that you just haven't found the right technique. Ask the obedience trainer to help you find a positive reinforcement technique.
Shock collars are a cruel, outdated form of punishment training that not only hardly ever works but it only used/recommended by people who don't really know what they are doing.
Same goes for the citronella collars. I've seen dogs bark rapidly to "empty" the citronella so they can keep barking.
Jack answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
Read above link, work up courage to show your husband - gulp....
Hope you researched with your hubby before you got the dog?
Barking is a common issue with Dachshunds.
Exercise - they need quite a bit! And a tired dog is quiet. A good walk twice a day will save your mans nerves.
NEVER give her anything or do anything for her while she is barking or excited.
DO reward her when she is not barking.
Pepper answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 1
I don't agree with a shock collar for barking in any case but on a puppy, particularly a dachie puppy it is beyond cruel, it is also likely to cause more problems than it cures!!!!!!!
Please, try more positive methods, and provide the puppy with more structured activity since most continual barking is the result of boredom and lack of proper exercise.
Member 641257 answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
Deogie loves to bark. He loves the sound of his voice and I do as well but when it's enough, it's enough. Like anything with training it takes patience and being consistant each and every time the unwanted behaviour is done. The "quiet" command can be taught but it's not something that is going to happen over night.
Deogie loves his treats more so than he likes to bark, so treats were always on hand, usually carried in my pocket. When he would bark, I would stand in front of him, (drawing his attention to me, rather than the reason for the barking) say "quiet" when he stopped barking I would treat immediately and praise. When he looked at me and that treat, it was far more important than what was outside. It was constant and never once did I allow him to continue to bark without me stepping in to "quiet" him.
If one method doesn't work, try another. All dogs can be trained, it just takes work on your part. If your dog isn't learning than obviously it's your teaching methods.
♥ DEOGIE ♥ answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 1
I've had a bark collar for my dogs' before; I don't think it is cruel. It teaches them to be quiet, and not bark. You can also use calming, barking, or stress medicine to make your dog be quiet.
There is also a spray bark collar. I think it sprays out lemon oil and it stops the dog from barking. I like the bird house barking control, too.
You can find the birdhouse barking control at pretty much any pet store.
I don't think the citronella ones are mean.
You can NOT put a bark collar on a dog under 6 pounds, the shock is so powerful, it can kill them, and seriously do some damage to the dog.
All the dog really needs is training and more exercise to keep her from barking.
Member 930032 answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
Yes! thats mean, you can kill your dog in that matter, you need a vet or a trainer not a shock collar.
Member 973269 answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
i just wanna let u know bout the potty training...dauchsunds r very hard to potty train. i have had my lil weiner dog for bout 7 months now and still she goes in the house. if u ever get her potty trained plz let me know how. when i first got her i read online bout weiner dogs and it did say there really hard to potty train.... just thought i would let u know
cherokee answered on 3/26/10. Helpful? / 0
If you do not think it is cruel, try putting the collar on your neck and make a barking noise. Just see how it feels. I think after you feel the shock, you will take it back to the store you bought it from. Believe me , I did.
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Tickets for Friday night's highly anticipated season finale between Plant (8-1) and Robinson (9-0) on the Knights' campus in Port Tampa go on sale to the general public starting Wednesday at both schools.
Tickets can be purchased Wednesday through Friday at the Robinson High cafeteria from 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., athletic director Marcia Monk announced. They'll also be available at the Plant driver's education range Wednesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Plant AD Laura Figueredo said.
Tickets are $5 each. They'll also be on sale at the ticket booth of Jack Peters Field -- Robinson's home stadium -- Thursday night from 6-7:30 p.m.
The contest, pitting whom many deem the county's top two teams against each other, kicks off Friday at 7:30 p.m. Robinson will try and clinch its first undefeated regular season since 1963 in the final regular season home game of Coach Mike DePue, who is retiring at the end of the school year.


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Proyas wrote (with LEM Dobbs and David Goyer) and directed Dark City.
It had to be, "LEMme tell ya what happened today …" And you really had to be good on your feet.
Armstrong flew the LEM while Aldrin manned the primitive flight computer.
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CHICAGO - One of the faces of Wisconsin football, senior linebacker Chris Borland - one of three Badgers representing the team at Big Ten Media Days - continues to earn preseason awards.
Borland was one of 10 players announced by the Big Ten on its third annual 'Players to Watch' list Wednesday. The preseason Players to Watch list is selected by a media panel and consists of five student-athletes each from the Legends Division and Leaders Division.
It's the second straight appearance on the watch list for Borland, who had 103 tackles and 10 tackles for loss last season, one year after finishing with 143 tackles and 19 TFLs.
When it comes to playmakers on either side of the ball, there is nobody better then a healthy Borland. One of three players in UW history to have forced and recovered at least three fumbles in the same season (twice, 2009 and 2012), Borland has forced 13 fumbles in his career and recorded at least seven tackles in 11 of the 12 games he played last year.
A captain last season, Borland will be the focal point of Wisconsin's success, but will be schemed against by opposing offenses.
"We are a mature group and we can understand complex schemes," said Borland, previously. "The new system hasn't been difficult for us. We have a lot of smart guys, as well, so we're handling it well."
Joining Borland on the watch list from the Leaders Division are Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller, the only unanimous selection on the team, cornerback Bradley Roby and linebacker Ryan Shazier and Penn State wide receiver Allen Robinson.
Representing the Legends Division are Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner and offensive tackle Taylor Lewan, Michigan State linebacker Max Bullough, Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez and Northwestern running back Venric Mark.
The Players to Watch list includes the reigning Big Ten Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year and Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year in Miller, Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year in Lewan and Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year in Robinson.
Borland, Lewan, Mark and Roby have each been named All-Americans in past seasons. Four Legends Division players have earned All-Big Ten honors, including first-team accolades for Bullough, Lewan and Martinez and second-team laurels for Mark. All five Leaders Division honorees were first-team All-Big Ten selections last season.
Devin Gardner, QB, Michigan
Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan
Max Bullough, LB, Michigan State
Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebraska
Venric Mark, RB, Northwestern
Braxton Miller, QB, Ohio State
Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State
Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State
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The Canadian government is launching a multimillion dollar national initiative to study the impact of concussion on the developing brain in response to growing concerns about children's safety in hockey and other sports.
Health Minister Rona Ambrose announced Monday in Calgary that $4.3-million in federal grants will go to 19 new and ongoing concussion research projects. Many are aimed at solving unanswered questions about how mild traumatic brain injuries, commonly known as concussions, affect children and youth.
Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the research projects will receive an additional $3.2-million from other sources, including Defence Research and Development Canada, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, for a total investment of $7.5-million.
"Whether it's [a result of] a hockey concussion, a senior's fall or violence in the home, injuries take a huge emotional toll on families and communities," Ambrose said in a statement. "Our government is committed to promoting injury prevention by supporting research aimed at improving the health of Canadians who are facing challenges due to traumatic brain injury."
Until recently, concussion research was largely focused on adults, said Dr. Nick Reed, a specialist in acquired brain injury at a new concussion research centre launched earlier this month at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto. "It really is amazing to us that we don't know more about what's going in the pediatric brain," Reed said. "I think it's partially because [researchers] haven't looked before in a focused, collaborative way."
Reed is working with CIHR grant recipient Dr. Michelle Keightley at Holland Bloorview to study new ways to diagnose and treat concussion in children and youth. Other major CIHR grant recipients include Dr. Carolyn Emery and Dr. Karen Barlow, both at the University of Calgary, and Dr. Roger Zemek at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
The push to better understand how concussions affect kids coincides with a dramatic decline in minor league hockey enrolment across Canada. According to a report commissioned by Hockey Canada, record numbers of parents are keeping their children out of hockey, largely because of safety concerns. In the survey, conducted during the 2011-12 season, three out of 10 parents said they had a player who had suffered a concussion.
Children account for nearly 38 per cent of emergency visits for concussions, according to the Government of Ontario.
Mild traumatic brain injuries are difficult to diagnose in children, however, since researchers do not fully understand how they affect a child's cognitive and physical functions, Reed said.
He and Keightley hope to bridge the knowledge gaps by conducting tests of agility, strength and physical and cognitive functions in healthy young athletes preseason, he said. In the event of a concussion, the researchers will use these measures as the player's baseline to detect changes and track signs of recovery after a blow to the head.
In addition, Keightley and Reed are studying whether changes in resting heart rates may be a reliable indicator of recovery. They theorize that when the resting heart rate becomes less variable during recovery, "the system is telling us that the brain and body are connecting properly again, and you're back online," Reed said.
If their theory holds true, heart rate variability could be a simple and objective way to assess how an athlete is recovering after a concussion, unlike more subjective measures, such as asking an athlete how he or she is feeling.
Diagnosing concussion is difficult in children because they are often less able than adults to communicate the subtle mental and physical changes they may experience after a brain injury, said Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, a CIHR grant recipient and professor of health and exercise sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.
Moreover, standard tests designed for adults may not detect whether a child is having problems with short-term memory and executive function, the set of mental processes involving in decision-making, organizing information and planning complex tasks, he added.
Better clinical tools are needed to determine when it's safe for a child to return to normal activities after a concussion, he pointed out. "For kids, it's not just the return to sport but the whole issue of education – when to go back to school," van Donkelaar said.
Van Donkelaar is working with Dr. Phil Ainslie at the University of British Columbia to study the relationship between blood flow to the brain and cognitive symptoms in children who have suffered a concussion. Using an ultrasound probe attached to headgear to measure blood flow to the brain, the researchers found a correlation between increased blood flow and higher headache scores in athletes who did light exercise after mild concussions.
How to manage concussions in children remains "a great unknown," van Donkelaar said. Nevertheless, many researchers believe that mild traumatic brain injuries may be worse for kids under age 15, since they are still undergoing significant brain development. During that critical period, "you can have longer lasting effects," he said.
Ultimately, protecting young brains will require better sports gear, new rules to prevent collisions in contact sports and more sophisticated diagnostic tests to determine when a young athlete should take a time out, van Donkelaar said.
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BaseballHQ.com has some of the best (if not the best) in-season projections. But, like any set of projections, reasonable minds may differ. Let's take a look at some over/unders for the BaseballHQ save projections.
Jordan Walden, 12 saves - Walden has not been the same pitcher in recent months. He has been better in recent weeks, not worse, despite piling on a few too many blown saves for comfort. His K/BB ratio has improved in each of the last three months, and his expected ERA has remained steady; his season totals now are a fair reflection of his abilities.
However, that is not what drives managers. Walden has seven blown saves, and the projections are for a 4.00 ERA and 1.33 WHIP for the rest of the season, presumably for workload issues and erosion of his 2% HR/FB rate. If this happens his already copious blown save total could force management to give him a breather, if only because they may feel desperate now that they are in the division race and cannot afford any missteps, but the long-term outlook is fine. Prediction: UNDER.
Carlos Marmol, 12 saves - It is just too easy to get sick and tired of Marmol. One can imagine a reprise of the old line about a manager removing a pitcher who told him, "But, I'm not tired," to which the skipper responded, "But the outfielders are." Marmol was demoted before and nothing has changed since then other than managerial whim. UNDER
Sergio Santos, 9 saves - Santos has perhaps the most devastating slider in the game, with righties yet to get a hit in an at-bat that ends in a slider, and an OppBA of below .070. Since he was a converted shortstop who once graced a few top 50 prospect lists as a hitter, he doesn't get the respect he deserves. Neither did Troy Percival at first, until he became one of the best relievers in baseball. The White Sox are still in it, and Santos has not had the job for the whole season so projections somewhat underestimate him going forward. OVER.
Jason Isringhausen, 8 saves – If Izzy gets eight more saves it will be something close to a miracle. Despite management giving him the job (as we predicted here) he is not nearly good enough to hold it, and he is hanging on by the fingernails. He has already blown his last two opportunities in spectacular fashion, with 5 ER in 2 innings and a long home run. The HQ projection of K/BB of 1.7 seems reasonable, so you can put this UNDER in the books.
Kyle Farnsworth, 13 saves - UNDER
Neftali Feliz, 11 saves - OVER
Javy Guerra, 10 saves - OVER
Chris Perez, 10 saves - UNDER
-- Patrick DiCaprio, FantasyPros911.com
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