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This company is a fortune 50 company. Confidentiality was broken without knowing. I can get the policy which has alot of grey areras. I also understand that a company can fire an employee and not give you a chance to prove your innocence or their reason with proof. So I am determined to find a law that they did break and prove wrongful termination. This happened in October 2010 so I believe we can do this very easily. I am hoping that I can find a great lawyer who would love to put this company in the paper and prove that this was wrongful termination in which laws were broken.
Nobody at AVVO can help based on what you've told us. You are evidently an at-will employee, so you can be fired without any reason as long as you are not a member of a protected group against whom it is illegal to discriminate, e.g., gender, age, race, creed etc. You should find that great lawyer and tell him what the basis of your claim is.
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"Wrongful termination" doesn't mean what it sounds like. It's a term used to mean termination in violation of anti-discrimination laws (which protect employees from discrimination due to their age, race, gender, ancesrry, religion or disability) you, or in violation of public policy, such as retaliation for "whistle-blowing." It doesn't mean mean termination that the employee thinks is wrongful.
Most employment in the U.S. is "at will," which means that the employer can fire the employee at any time without notice for any reason, whether confidentiality is breached or not, and no, they don't need a good reason, or any reason.
If you had a written employment contract, or there was a written contract re: conifdentiality, you may be able to make an argument that the company violated its own stated policies, but it's difficult.
Prepare a chronological list with names and dates of everything you experienced and witenssed (with 3rd party witnesses as well) and take that and your confidentiality contract to an employment ilitigator to fully disclose and discuss your situation.
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Self-defense cited in Murrysville Wal-Mart fight
A Westmoreland County judge will decide whether a fight more than a year ago in front of the Murrysville Wal-Mart store constituted a felony assault.
The lawyer for Robert Crise argued in court Thursday that Crise was not the aggressor in the altercation that left 44-year-old Jamey Campbell of Latrobe hospitalized for three days with a concussion.
"This is a self-defense case, and the video clearly shows Mr. Campbell advancing on my client," said defense attorney Jeff Leonard.
Crise, 39, of Delmont was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment in the Dec. 1, 2012 altercation. Police said Crise was upset over being cut off as his vehicle entered the store's parking lot. He approached Campbell and punched him, police reported.
Assistant District Attorney Chuck Washburn said Crise should face an aggravated assault charge because Campbell suffered serious bodily injuries in the fight.
"It's a case of road rage that led to an aggravated assault and someone that was seriously injured," Washburn said.
Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. refused to give Washburn additional time to produce medical evidence to substantial the assault charge.
Washburn was ordered by two judges last year to turn over Campbell's medical records to the defense, McCormick said. As of Thursday, those records had not been produced.
As a result, the judge will rule on a defense request to dismiss one count of aggravated assault based on testimony given at a preliminary hearing last year and his review of a one-minute video that shows the confrontation.
The trial could be scheduled for later this year.
Rich Cholodofsky is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-830-6293 or email@example.com.

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Sherry McKinnon walked into the Ellison Lady Eagles locker room at halftime in the middle of Kenesha Saygo's speech.
"We've come too far to give up and allow somebody to come take something away from us," Saygo told the team.
After delivering the speech, Saygo scored 18 of her game-high 25 points in the second half
helping No. 15 Ellison rally from a 10-point deficit to beat host Killeen 61-57.
And, on the heels of Copperas Cove's 53-42 upset of No. 13 Temple, Ellison (30-3, 12-1 8-5A) clinched at least a share of the District 8-5A title and can earn it outright with a win in its home finale against Shoemaker on Tuesday.
"They're hard-working, Killeen is a very good team, but I think that we needed to prove ourselves and that's what we did," Saygo said. "And Temple losing, that just set it off."
The Lady Eagles outscored Killeen 19-9 in the third quarter and then hit 11 of 17 free throws in the fourth to seal their 14th straight win since a 48-40 loss to the Tem-Cats on Dec. 21.
"We played a good game, we just didn't play a good four quarters — we played a good, decent three — but that one quarter, we allowed them to come back in it and it was hard to come back," said Killeen coach Latisha Williams.
Killeen (17-13, 7-6) lost its third straight game, but looked poised to pull the upset following a 13-4 run that spanned five minutes of the second quarter.
The Lady Roos led 31-23 at halftime and Jasmine Goodwine's layup on the opening possession of the third quarter gave Killeen a 33-23 lead. But, the Lady Eagles turned to their fierce full-court pressure defense, sometimes sending as many as three girls to guard the Lady Roos ballcarriers as they tried dribbling up the court.
Ellison's tactic forced five turnovers in the third and sparked its game-changing run.
"We know that defense wins championships, we know that's what we're very good at — full-court pressure," McKinnon said. "They knew to get back in it, it was going to be one point at a time, but get out on defense, let's get us some steals, let's rattle them and hopefully wear them down."
Saygo hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 3:20 left in the third and scored the go-ahead layup off a Deja Pointer steal with 3:03 left.
A 3-pointer by Esha Atkins cut a six-point Ellison lead to 56-53 with 1:43 left in the fourth, but the Lady Eagles never let Killeen get any closer after that.
"Last home game, every senior, every player wants to just go out there and give it their best and I feel like we played pretty hard," said Goodwine, a senior who finished with a team-high 22 points and 18 rebounds. "We had some mess-ups (in the third quarter) that could've cost us the game, but we can't leave this court with regrets that we didn't play hard."
Atkins scored 16 for Killeen and Francesca Patrick had 15 for Ellison.


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The staff was helpful and upgraded us to the Family apartment since it was available. This was very comfortable for us and especially our children. The onlz possible improvement was the shower, which could not maintain a consistent temperature (either too hot or too cold).
Staff at the reception was very helpful and friendly. The rooms are really big. No water cooker in the room. Information about the hotel in a dirty folder. Functional but tasteless design.
The staff was extremely helpfull. The apartment we got was just perfect for all of us and especially the kids - the kids room was equiped with games, books, etc. Lots of fun.
Reception 24/24, the silence of the room, good breakfast Not easy to find the desk crew during the night and early morning
Good location close to the highway and services. Though the bed was made ok and the towels changed, the bathroom had obviously not been cleaned after the last occupant. Overall a fair hotel.
Staff were very helpful, almost all of whom speak English. Lack of coffee making facilities in rooms.
The room had plenty of space and was designed very warm and friendly The heater in the bedroom didn't work and the fee for breakfast of 14 Euro is way too much.
The staff was friendly. The man behind the desk was very happy to make us a coffee at midnight. The room was quite spartan for a 4 star hotel. The shower was not easy to get into. The mattress was sagging, and one could feel the springs. Airplanes landing at Köln/Bonn airport fly right over head. There is air traffic after midnight. One has to pay for wireless LAN use. Prices are not advertised in the room, have to ask the staff. Rooms have no air conditioning.
It was very convient for the purpose of my stay.
Good food and breakfast, nice staff
Excellent value in a beautiful village setting. Local produce and friendly welcome.Good sized well equipped rooms.Would have liked to stay longer. Directions were a bit difficult as it is Blankenburg,the old hill town not Hennef itself.
good restaurant, perhaps a little off the beaten track and a little dated in the room, but all more than adequate.
Attentiveness of the staff. They were always keen to please and they helped us out with bus and train timetables. I wpuld have liked to have stayed within the hotel.We were in the annexe, but I think that was because we needed 3 single rooms.
The location at the top of a hill in a small quaint village with no shops and great views. You would need a car as it is in a remote area. Pillows as in all German hotels pillows too soft
Relaxing after a hard days work in Cologne
Very quiet place, good food, clean. Nice location. The room was in a different building.
- friendly staff, surrounding city, cleanliness, strength of shower - dinner food was reasonable (quality) but could be better: more quality, less quantity
Wired internet in the room. Restaurants and other activities (casino) just around the hotel. A bit expensive.
Good breakfast
The buffet breakfast was very varied and plentiful, a good start to the morning. Tea and coffee facilities in the the room were very poor. The price of the hotel was expenseive compared with the one at Munich airport.
Good convenient position, plenty of parking, exceptionally clean and very good value for money. Good train links to Koln and Bonn.
There were several restaurants in the immediate area. The staff did not know about using the VAT form so I did not have to pay the tax on the hotel
It was peace of mind Every thing was parfect
The staff of the hotel is not good in English and not very helpful to foreign travellers.
Staff where very helpful and understanding of specical requirements Double room was a bit small for two persons with thier bags
The co-opertaive staff Not really
Transportation to and from the airport makes the hotel a good choice when travelling from Cologne airport.
The staff were great, friendly and helpfull. The breakfast was super and I slept really well. Inthe summer there is a pool and small water park - would be great for kids. All was pretty perfect - but come on, don'y ruin your image for a bottle of water - 5 euros !!!! 8And not even a minibar to drink it chilled). Hotels really ought to begin to understand they lose points doing this kind iof thing!! Take your own water (as by now I always do!). Give your guests a bottle of water free - it costs nothing and we will think even better about you.
nice, new, good design, helpful staff no
Good service, friendly staff, value for money. Everything was to my expetation.
(1) It is only hotel on that day that I could find with a free wifi and not so far away from Bonn City. (All the hotel in Bonn City was full on that day. (2) The design of the room is very nice. It is too loud. I already closed the window. But I was bothered by the noise outside and couldn't sleep almost a whole night. And in the morning, I was really bad-luck that many children just screaming outside my window.
Clean, good waterpark, not luxurious but decent breakfast. I booked suite, but only got a comfort double. Price was adjusted according to differnt room types, but not other compensation for their overbooking/mistake. Indoor pool is closed, luckily the weather was good enough to enjoy the outdoor pool. Parking is not really convenient enough, need some up and down walk, not good with big luggages.
A very well designed and modern hotel. Excellent decor and food
Location, Parking options meaning public parking next to hotel at 2,50 per day is good. Good competent desk staff. Breakfast not up to standard of hotel.
The Kranz Parkhotel is a typical German mid-range hotel located near to the centre of Siegburg. The ICE/S-Bahn station at Siegburg-Bonn is within 10 minutes easy walk with light luggage or a short taxi ride with more. This makes it a reasonable option for visiting cities such as Cologne (10-30mins by train depending on service) and a much more economical location at times of peak demand such as major exhibitions. The ICE line runs to Frankfurt airport in the other direction (40mins) and there are local trains to Bonn and other Rhine cities. The hotel is clean and friendly, with a good quality breakfast buffet. I would certainly stay here again.
Clean and spacious room. I had the double room. Location excellent only 10 minutes walk from the train station.
Beautiful room...spacious and lovely bathroom. The staff in restaurant was wonderful. Quiet room for comfortable sleep. Poor lighting and access at the rear of hotel to where we had our car parked. I fell when I couldn't see a step in the dark when exiting to the car. I'm sure most people wouldn't have that happen...but I was pushing luggage and just didn't see it in the dark.
cleanliness, courtesy, efficiency
I have stayed at this hotel several times, and would recommend it. The restaurant is excellent and the breakfast offers a range of cooked or cold food suitable for all tastes. The cocktail bar is a pleasant way to unwind after a day shopping.
Our room was spacious with a very comfortable large bed. The ensuite had both a bath and separate shower cubicle and two sinks. The breakfast buffet was excellent with an extensive range of both hot and cold food available. The staff were very polite and helpful. We will use this hotel again and recommend it to friends.
Limited breakfast, not enough pillows
It is a typical congress hotel, laying at an important interjunction of railways and highways. It strikes me that it is very quiet in the room. Travelling with the U-bahn to Bonn is convenient, but it takes a while.
The staff were nice. The room was spacious. Internet connection is not free but charged.
The hotel was very comfortable and peaceful. The staff was friendly and helpful. We`ll surely come back again! -
comfortable restaurant & quite
Atmosphere/ambiance, food , surroundings...could not fault it! I did not stay long enough!
Location - close to airport Grounds Breakfast Very nice, but misrepresented 4-star rating (3-star more accurate)
The location was beautiful, as were the hotel facilities. The room was spacious, lovely, also there were seating areas in the large corridors. Free use of sauna fitness and solarium (at the time of my stay-Sep 2007) make a good point when it comes to relax. The staff was very helpful and nice, and the food was great. There is truly nothing I would dislike.
Very old fashioned, they promissed internet and there was not. Noisy.
Quite, breakfest, design
It was beautiful! Very quaint and cozy, and the hotel staff was very friendly and helpful. I only wish I could have stayed longer.
We appreciate a lot the hotel, the room very big and clean and very cheap. Very calm place too ! The staff was very nice. We recommand that place for your familly. It s better to come with car. The restaurant for the brekfast is small. If you want to go to koln, it's little bit far : 25km, so you need a car.
bed and breakfast. inconvenient if you're not driving.
location; facilities; privacy I prefer sheets and blankets instead of duvets. The duvets used were too short. One gets either cold feet or cold shoulders.
Very good service
Friendly helpful staff I had a double bed with a single duvet!?
We thought it was a very good hotel. The rooms were very large compared to many in Germany, the hotel was easy to find, and the restaurant was very good. A full breakfast buffet was included in the price, which was great. The hotel is a very quick drive to the Cologne airport. We were hoping to find a fitness center in the hotel, but there wasn't one. And we took a while to figure out how to keep light out of the 45-degree angled windows on the top floor, so we could sleep in a little.
The staff's politeness, kindness and availability. The lightning in the room.
Convenient hotel close to the airport Only one pillow with the size of a stamp. No bottle opener at the room. A bit expensive.
Free parking and WLAN. Friendly staff and good sized rooms Room was a bit cold until I worked out the heating.
No free shuttle bus from/to airport
Petrol station next door if you have to top up rental car fuel. No iron available - they had run out and didn't know where they all were. Crumpled shirt into Italy then...oh, the shame. Pretty pricey but then again - same can be said for any hotel around CGN airport
the restaurant
Proximity to train since we chose the hotel specically to say travel to Koln. The staff was especially friendly and helpful. Well-run and clean hotel.
Close to Siegburg ICE station, good restaurant and friendly staff. Excellent value. Pillows far too soft - a common problem in Germany!
very quiet despite being very close to station, very comfortable room and bed.
Very friendly staff, very central location, very soundproof windows. The hotel is located right in the city center. If you have a front facing room and have the windows open, you wil hear people (but no traffic, this is a pedestrian area). The windows are very soundproof, though, and if you close them you cannot hear the street.
Everyone was very friendly and helpful. Even the owner came to my breakfast table the 3rd day there to greet me. The location is the best for me, as it's directly across from the train station. Normally hotels close to the station aren't that well-kept, but all the rooms and the premises are very nice and new. They had quite a bit of trouble with their computer systems, including the WiFi service, but they put every effort into getting this fixed, and it was fine by the time I left.
I liked the comfort, the room was fairly big and it had a very nice view. The hotel is next to the train station, but still, it is very quiet.
Good railway connection to Koln and Airport Bonn-Koln;friendly staff; Older building; noisy floors and stairways; outdated room furnishing/carpet/bathroom;
easy access. Friendly staff
The nice room and the good connection to public transport
People ready to heló , the romo very celan and good bed and restroom,breafast More soap in shower
This hotel is very convenient to the train station, and has a good restaurant nearby; this helps in heavy rain as I have experienced in November 2007. Breakfast was included and was good and timely.
Very friendly, helpful and efficient staff. An excellent all round hotel and highly recommended!!
Staff very friendly and helpful/ Parking is limited
Very nice place to stay. My wife and I stayed only one night as we were flying out of Cologne the next evening. We certainly would have liked to stay a few more days. Hotel staff was very friendly and helpful. Great location w/ respect to bus & S-Bahn and central to the town of Troisdorf. Great breakfast. Parking was cramped but at least it was available and at no extra charge (not a common practice at 3 other hotels we stayed with in Germany). If we ever end up in the Cologne area again, we'll certainly stay at the Kronprinz. Like any hotel on a city street in Europe, you'll get a lot of street noise if you sleep with the windows open - which is necessary on warm days since there is no air conditioning. Also, WiFi service is the typical 14 euro for 24 hours - so we passed on that.
nice staff and service, room ok, very good and rich breakfast, placing close the Troisdorf's main promenade, very nice town
Easy to find
Courteous friendly staff and good food. Surroundings quite urban and view from room window of hotel ruibbish and old furniture rather off putting
Everything OK. Nice stuff and great meal.
we stayed for 2 nights , we did not get our room cleaned , we had to ask for towels to be changed
Excellent food and friendliness of staff. The room was not a double room as one would exxpect. It was a single room with a temporary, although comfortable, bed
It was a no nonesense place, very clean with friendly staff, efficient at checkout and was good value for money. Other than breakfast I did not eat there but the menu looked excellent and given the chance I would have used the resteraunt. The wifi signal was very weak in the room.
Arrived late, so the stay was very short. Nice and pleasant.
Room well appointed with modern furnishings. Lovely evening meal in friendly resturant. Good breakfast with probably the best scrambled eggs in Germany.
The pleasant stafff and the comfortable accomodation combied with the close proximity of an interesting walking area.
close to station breakfast was inadequate
wireless internet
There was quite. Not very easy to find it.
Very low WiFi signal in the room.
Location and staff
Nothing at all. I thought it was a three star hotel, but my oppinion is that it did not even deserve one. I was not satisfited at all
The cleanliness of the room
Staff was courteous. Tasty breakfast. Clean room. Quiet location. Had to ask for a non-smoking room. It was on the reservation twice. And slight smell of smoke in the room. Perhaps it came from across the hall. No elevator.
Very friendly heplful staff. Food excellent and reasonably priced
Nice hotel. I'd stay here again. Wireless internet access is not necessarily free of charge--contact the hotel to ask for details if this point is important to you.
Clean, quite, friendly staff, nice location in between Bonn and Koln. We had an apartment that was equiped with all necessary kitchen and other tools. We would recomend this hotel for visitors that do not need to stay in a bussy center. We would book this hotel next time for sure. No


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London Marathon to go ahead after Boston bombings
LONDON — The London Marathon will go ahead on Sunday despite security fears in the wake of the bomb blasts in the Boston race that killed at least three runners and injured many more.
British Sports Minister Hugh Robertson told the BBC on Tuesday "the best way for us to react is to push ahead with the marathon, to send a very clear message that we won't be cowered by this sort of behavior."
Nick Bitel, chief executive of the London Marathon, added that organizers are reviewing security around the race through the heart of Britain's capital but "we will not be cancelling."
An estimated 500,000 spectators are expected to line the streets to watch the London Marathon, which involves about 37,500 runners.


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Independent MP Tony Windsor has said it would be a tragedy if the government's proposed education reforms fell over because of disagreement over the Labor leadership.
Mr Windsor said he thought there would be four or five states involved by the end of June deadline for the school reforms, despite leadership rumblings around Prime Minister
"It would be a great shame and a tragedy for education, particularly in regional Australia, if in fact we had a circumstance where the Gonski reforms fell over because the people in the Labor party couldn't agree with each other," Mr Windsor told ABC Radio on Tuesday.
Ms Gillard has given states until June 30 to sign up to the national policy, which aims to improve teacher standards and ensure the same quality of education is available at every school, no matter where they are.
So far, she's signed up New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT, and has in the past week offered more to get Western Australia on board.
Labor has this week and one other parliamentary sitting week to get the National Plan for School Improvement through the Senate.
Mr Windsor added that he believed Australia would have the same prime minister next week, dismissing speculation ahead of a Labor caucus meeting in Canberra on Tuesday.
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Volume 31,
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March, 1995
A Review of Exobiogenesis Theories
Jerry Bergman, Ph.D
Many evolutionists have concluded that all existing naturalistic origin of life hypotheses are highly untenable. Consequently, some prominent evolutionists have hypothesized an alternate origin of life theory called exobiogenesis, or the theory that life evolved elsewhere in the universe and was carried to earth. Those who reject both the theistic world view and the possibility of abiogenesis on the ancient earth must assume that conditions existed elsewhere in the solar system or the universe which were more favorable for the origin of life or biological molecules. Recognizing that conditions on earth historically precluded the spontaneous origin of life forces exploring exobiogenesis to maintain the naturalistic world view. This view has also motivated the reintroduction of an intelligent design theory called directed panspermia. Nowhere does the literature reveal as vividly the impossibility of a naturalistic origin of life on the earth than in this field. The fact that an entirely hypothetical scenario has been proposed in a theory which is supported by virtually no empirical evidence forces a review of the major exobiogenesis theories.
Stone Mountain, Georgia: A Creation Geologists Perspective
Carl R. Froede, Jr., B.S., P.G
Stone mountain has an exposed granitic pluton, located in Northeast Georgia. Uniformitarian estimates suggest that the granite was intruded into overlying metamorphic rocks during the last stages of the Alleghenian Orogeny. Later the mountain became exposed at the earths surface. The uniformitarian model for the formation of Stone Mountain remains unsolved. This paper presents an interpretation, using the young earth Flood model, for the origin of Stone Mountain which would predict its formation and exposure during the Flood event.
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Fossil wood of Big Bend National Park, part IV: Wood Structure, Nodules, Paleosols, and Climate
E.L. Williams, Ph.D.; G.F. Howe, Ph.D.; G.T. Matzko, Ph.D.; R.B. White, B.A.; and W.G. Stark, A.S.
The various charcoalified and petrified wood samples collected from the Dawson Creek region of the Big Bend National Park were examined optically and by scanning electron microscopy. Possible past climatic change in the Big Bend region is discussed.
Physiological Evidence for Creation
D.A. Kaufmann, Ph.D.
A brief review of the academic discipline of physiology is given, including a discussion of similarities: 1) of design and function in organelles and organs; 2) between the negative feedback mechanisms of the heating-cooling systems of our houses and of our bodies; and 3) of the homeostatic functions of a giant airport and our bodys hormonal system. Six body systems are examined with respect to their precise, purposeful functions. A look at the evolutionary beliefs of physiologists, and at vitalism versus mechanism reveals that evolutionism is on unstable foundations. The exceptional arrangement and precise operation of its physiological systems clearly indicate that the human body was created by a Divine Designer, and raise serious doubts about whether such systems could have arisen by chance.


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Should Car Pool Lanes Require Three-to-a-Car?
Walker cites former Washington State Secretary of Transportation Douglas MacDonald on the beginnings of carpool lanes in Washington:
"Everyone involved at the time believed that later the rule would have to be, and could be, changed to three-to-a-car. Everyone was entirely up-front about this expectation. The trigger would be the growth of traffic in the carpool lanes to the point where access would have to be cut back so that they would still work. Didn't happen. Good luck today with that ticking time bomb for a political revolt."
"If your toll lane is still congested, you're not doing (de)congestion pricing, and your results say nothing about whether it's a good idea," writes Walker.


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Call Any Vegetable (1999/2000)
Watercolors and Charcoal on Paper
One of my rare attempts in the turn-of-the-century to create an actual, ya know, painting. Instead of the abstract messes I usually assemble. The grafitti-style line drawings with plant motifs was a thing I always loved to do, and it was fun to add some colors to fruits and leaves. As always, I was mindful of the composition and the form, as well as the shading around the edges, aiming for that "classic" 20th Century abstract look. I really should be painting more of these.
The title was a Frank Zappa reference. I was going through a Zappa/Mothers of Invention phase around that time.
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Indeed you did. Before he left, he even did an AMA on Reddit.
Finestkind nerd.
Finestkind nerd.
Much to the delight of many, it seems the answer is "Yes!"
Many astronauts are nerds. Really, really physically fit nerds, which tends to mask the characteristic for the unwary.
Spend some time with bushwalkers or rockclimbers or circusfolk; physically fit geeks are remarkably common.
Oh, I've known many.
Or scuba divers. I happen to be one.
Yes? Anybody who'd get into that kind of a Twitter conversation with William Shatner to start with automatically forfeits their non-nerd card.
As a total nerd, ZOMG that was AMAZING!
As a total nerd, ZOMG that was AMAZING!


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This village is to the south-east of Ypres, and can be reached by following the N8 to Gheluvelt and then turning right at the signposted road to Zandvoorde, or else via Zillebeke and following smaller roads, which is not as straightforward.
Zandvoorde sits on a slight rise, and the church on top of this dominates the area around. The church is located in the centre of the village, and there are four First World War graves together to the right of the church. The graves are of two men and two officers of the 10th Hussars who died on the 26th of October 1914. The family of one, Lietenant Christopher Turner, donated a stained glass window to the church after the war.
Zandvoorde Church (left) and 10th Hussar graves in the churchyard
Outside the church by the village war memorial is an orientation panel giving information on the village before and during the First World War, including contemporary wartime pictures showing the village in ruins, as well as a map showing the actions of the 30th of October 1914. This was when the Household Cavalry held the line at Zandvoorde, and after a German attack many of the men were cut off, most being killed. After the war, their memorial was located at Zandvoorde.
The Household Cavalry memorial is located at the end of a narrow cinder pathway setbetween houses, leading to the right from the road downhill from the church. At the entrance is a register box similar to those found in CWGC cemeteries. This contains an old and somewhat battered register and visitors book, with beautiful script.
Title page of the register at the Household Cavalry Memorial
The memorial is an extremely tall, but slender column surmounted with a cross, located in a hedged area at the end of the path. On the base at the front are the same words that are found on the title page of the register (see picture above).
The Household Cavalry Memorial
The names are all clear and legible, even those towards the top of the column. This is because the inscriptions were renewed just a year or so ago. There is an interesting story behind the location of the memorial, and this is told in detail by Tony Spagnoly and Ted Smith in Salient Points Two.
Names inscribed on the Household Cavalry Memorial
Lord Charles Sackville Pelham Worsley was 27 and serving in C Squadron of the Household Cavalry on the 30th of October 1914 (the action described briefly above). An order to withdraw did not reach the machine gun section he was in charge of, or some of the other soldiers. They were cut off, and Lord Worsley was first listed as 'Missing', and was officially recorded as dead early in 1915. However, Worsley's body had been found and buried by the Germans, and a plan of where he had been buried was later passed on via Diplomatic channels from the Germans. In December 1918 his grave was located by a British Officer using the plans, with the upright wooden portion of the cross which had been placed there by the Germans still standing. A replacement wooden cross was put there in January 1919, and Lord Worsley's widow later purchased this land.
However in 1921, as part of the process of concentrating graves, Lord Worsley's body was exhumed and reburied in Ypres at the Town Cemetery Military Extension. The Household Cavalry Memorial was built on the spot where the grave had been, and Lord Worsley's name can be seen on the memorial very near the bottom.
The Memorial was unveiled in 1924, and an old postcard view of it is shown below. It is now not possible to get to the position beyond the memorial where this photograph was taken from.
An older view of the Household Cavalry Memorial. Photo: NELS
Returning up the hill to the centre of the village, Zandvoorde British Cemetery can be reached along a small road to the right. This is a post-armistice concentration cemetery, and the village name is spelt 'Zantvoorde' above the entrance-way (which was the spelling during the Great War). Both spellings are used for the cemetery on the CWGC website however.
The right-hand view above can be compared with a postcard of the cemetery taken between the wars shown below. The views are very simiilar, except that one or two crosses remain in the older picture whilst today of course the graves are uniformly marked by headstones.
An older view of Zandvoorde British Cemetery. Photo: NELS
One 'believed to be buried in this cemetery' special memorial is located directly opposite the entrance, by the far wall. On the left side of the cemetery, half way back, are a number of special memorials commemorating men who died in October and November 1914, mainly, but not all, Guardsmen. These are men who were buried in German cemeteries and whose graves could not be located when the cemeteries were concentrated here.
Special memorials to soldiers whose graves in German cemeteries were destroyed
Buried in the cemetery is a Victoria Cross winner, Captain James Brooke of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders. Brooke was a Sandhurst Sword of Honour winner from Aberdeenshire who won the VC on October the 29th 1914, when he led two attacks on the German trenches at Gheluvelt under heavy fire, recapturing a lost trench at what was described as 'a very critical moment......at a time when a general counter-attack could not have been organised'. He was a Lieutenant when he died, aged 30, the promotion to Captain being awarded post-humously.
The grave of VC winner Captain James Brooke
An information board is located just outside the entrance to the cemetery, and records that the village was lost on October the 30th 1914, and was held by the Germans for almost the rest of the war. It was retaken just six weeks before the Armistice.
Not far away, to the south of the village, continuing past the entrance to the Household Cavalry Memorial, is a well-preserved substantial German bunker.
Views of the rear (left) and front (right) of the bunker at Zandvoorde
An information board located next to the bunker also gives a diagram of the layout, reproduced below. W stands for 'Watchroom' and S for 'Staff room' on the plan.
Plan of the Zandvoorde bunker
The exterior is quite pitted and scarred, and some of the damge visible may be contemporary with the war. The massive scale of the fortifications can be seen from the view below.
Rear entrance to the 'Staff' areas of the bunker
It is possible to enter the bunker, and although it is large, the rooms themselves are not big, and they are dank and dingy - and the floor may depending on the time of year be water covered.
On the outside is an inscription showing that the bunker was constructed in 1916. It is also clear by looking at the window slits exactly how thick the concrete is that makes up this structure - despite which damage can be seen on the outside, and although the interior would have been safe, it would have been a terrible experience to suffer an intense bombardment even within a bunker such as this one.
Inscription on the bunker (left) and a view showing the thickness of the concrete (right)
Sources & Acknowledgements
Commonwealths Wargraves Commission website
Major & Mrs Holt: Battlefield Guide to the Ypres Salient
Tony Spagnoly & Ted Smith: Salient Points Two
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Dayana Mendoza Apprentice, Donald Trump took time off from disrupting the American political landscape by announcing who would be on the new season of 'Celebrity Apprentice' and the cast includes two Venezuelan beauties.
The new cast for this season that will premiere on February 12th has a wide spectrum of 'psuedo' celebrities from all walks of life.
There is 'American Idol' alumni Clay Aiken, former talk show host Arsenio Hall, bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno and former Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza and Venezuelan model Patricia Velasquez.
Both beauties were born in Venezuela, Mendoza in Caracas and Velasquez in Maracaibo. Velasquez also competed in the Miss Venezuela, almost 20 years before Mendoza, but only came in 7th place.
Could this be something they will fight about on 'Celebrity Apprentice'?
Other contestants include model Cheryl Tiegs, singers Debbie Gibson, Aubrey O'Day, Tia Carrere, Star Trekker Geroge Takei, botoxed buxom's Teresa Giudice and Victoria Gotti, comediennes Lisa Lampanelli, Adam Carolla, magician Penn Jillette, racedar driver Michael Andretti, Paul Teutul from 'American Chopper' and hard rocker Dee Snider.
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July 3, 2009
Under Obama Regime, America Now Backs Tyranny Against Liberty
Possibly the most shameful and heartbreaking aspect of the Obama presidency is that until it is finally over, America — which has sacrificed so much blood around the world in defense of liberty — is now on the side of tyranny.
When Hugo Chavez wannabe Manuel Zelaya tried to set himself up as a socialist dictator in Honduras, he was thankfully slapped back into place by Hondurans who want to continue to live in a democracy. Shockingly, the same Comrade Obama who didn't want to get involved by speaking out against Ahmadinejad's thugs shooting women in the streets of Iran came out promptly and strongly on the side of Zelaya. The liberal media that installed Obama in office has unsurprisingly followed suit, by ignoring the story or by mischaracterizing it as a military coup, despite the legislative and judiciary branches acting in unanimous opposition to Zelaya's unconstitutional attempt to do away with term limits.
Hondurans don't appreciate it. Via Flopping Aces:
Here are some more Hondurans expressing their wish for freedom and peace:
The American government is officially on the side of this opposition:
Obama and his supporters have brought me as close as I've ever come to being ashamed to be American.
On tips from J.
Posted by Van Helsing at July 3, 2009 7:55 AM
For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed to be an American.
Posted by: Dwaine at July 3, 2009 8:18 AM
Yeah. The opposite of what his ho michelle said. The total opposite for me. Anybody got any Honduran blogs lined up where we can tell them this? Gonna go look. Damn this makes me sad.
Posted by: Mr Evilwrench at July 3, 2009 8:33 AM
by supporting Ahmadinejad and Zelaya, Obama is setting precedents to gain support for when we try to throw him out of office........
please note - my spell checker does not recognize Ahmadinejad,Zelaya,or Obama ...............
Posted by: blue at July 3, 2009 8:55 AM
I've had an American flag flying outside my house for years until Jan 19 2009, when I took it down and folded it neatly and put it in the coat closet.
I'll fly it again when we have an American as POTUS.
Posted by: Shooter1001 at July 3, 2009 8:56 AM
Whoever thought there would come a time when the President of the USA would be the head cheerleader of wannabe leftist dictators? There was a time when Democrat Presidents said things like this about totalitarian socialist regimes:
Posted by: Anonymous at July 3, 2009 9:03 AM
Throw a few firecrackers under that ugly CHE flag and set it ablaze
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at July 3, 2009 9:07 AM
"I've had an American flag flying outside my house for years until Jan 19 2009, when I took it down and folded it neatly and put it in the coat closet.
I'll fly it again when we have an American as POTUS."
I turned mine upside down on 20Jan09 and it will stay that way until Barry The Usurper is no longer allowed to desecrate the office of the Presidency.
Posted by: single stack at July 3, 2009 9:07 AM
It's becoming more obvious every day that Obama's various country-specific policies (Iran, Israel, Egypt, Honduras, UK, etc.) are not part of any "strategy" at all, but just a strong orientation toward getting in bed with America's enemies and adversaries, and distance ourselves from friends and allies. I honestly do not know how we are going to get through 3.5 more years of this, or what the world will look like at the back end of it.
Posted by: mega at July 3, 2009 9:33 AM
And speaking of which, Iran is going to put British embassy personnel on trial; France is trying to stick up for the British, and where is the US in this? US to block new sanctions on Iran
Posted by: mega at July 3, 2009 9:35 AM
send the village idiot back to kenya he does not
belong in the U.S.A.
Posted by: F.T.D.- at July 3, 2009 11:35 AM
I will NEVER be ashamed of America!
However I sure am ashamed and embarassed by all of those who come here or were born here and have no idea what being an American is.
My country is the most wonderful place on earth regardless of it's flaws.
Their country is a wretched, unfair, and hateful place.
I sure wish "those" people actually knew where they were and what they are trying to give up and destroy...
Posted by: Michelle at July 3, 2009 11:42 AM
For shame, liberal media...for shame. Just when I thought CNN could not stoop any lower.
Posted by: SK at July 3, 2009 12:04 PM
Don't be ashamed to be an American because being an American isn't the problem. The true shame is on those who blindly voted for "Hope and Change" and gave us instead a vapid, self-absorbed and narcisstic apologist for dictators and thugs.
2010 is around the corner for when we can begin to mitigate the damage of the Incompitent One.
Posted by: ChicagoBlood at July 3, 2009 12:26 PM
He's getting raked over the coals in the blogosphere, no matter what the MSM says. I wonder what this will do to that Hispanic "base" the demos always count on?
Posted by: Karin at July 3, 2009 12:58 PM
Fellow conservatives and libertarians, we can never be too ashamed to be Americans, even in today's dark times, if not for the blessings we all have to be thankful for with our families, but for the hope and faith in those yet to come to us and our children through the providence of a loving and forgiving Father God. Remember those generations who came before us, those forefathers like Washington, Jefferson and Franklin, who revolted against tyranny, and the millions of service men and women who have shed their blood for the cause of liberty and their hope for this country. They faced far worse of tyrants than the ones we have to deal with today, those tyrants had their rise and fall, and so will the current ones. We will get through this mess, together as Americans, and I believe we'll do so much better than the ones who were duped by Hopey Change. Have a grand Fourth of July, and reflect on what those before you have done ... and keep hope alive and your conservatism strong.
And ... have fun and few laughs on the 4th, because, as Ronald Reagan said:
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
Posted by: ZMarshall at July 3, 2009 1:04 PM
Posted by: Jon at July 3, 2009 2:26 PM
The Honduran people will be a model for Americans in 2016.
Posted by: Fiberal at July 3, 2009 4:19 PM
When I die I'm gonna tell Jesus everything about this administration. Not that I have to but, you know, it'll just feel right. Plus the ensuing visuals should be pretty justifying.
Posted by: Corona at July 3, 2009 4:38 PM
It's times like this when I wish we Americans were NOT as civilized as we are.
Hopey McChange goes to talk with forigne dictators and the first thing they ask him is "Did you bring your shoe-shine box, BOY?"
Posted by: KHarn at July 3, 2009 4:38 PM
I am proud to be an AMERICAN!!!
I am however, ashamed of our leadership and the stupid liberal socialist losers that put these asshole in control of the country.
That's right all you liberal trollsout there. You are poor examples of what it is to be an American.
Please move to another country.
Posted by: Dave at July 3, 2009 5:13 PM
To HONDURUS dont hold your breath hoping that the COMMUNISTS NEWS NETWORK will ever tell the truth youll turn blue in the face
Posted by: Flu-Bird at July 3, 2009 9:08 PM
i'm so proud to be an american.thak god for obama
Posted by: carl jacobsen at July 3, 2009 9:22 PM
I can see that most of you only feel like an American when the world acts according to your views. Well like it or not Hondurans elected this President. Now since you all are such liberty loving people, how can you condone the manner in which he was removed? Since his attempted at cicumventing the term limits had to go befor eth people, isn't tha the way it should be. Also, I guess the OAS has it wrong also.
Finally to those of you who have decided to put you flags away, you might as wellkeep them away forever as your flags flying is just another hollow self serviing empty patriotic jester.
Posted by: Shivav726 at July 3, 2009 9:46 PM
Shivav, we like to call it the "Rule of Law." It's something you should look up sometime if you actually give a crap about the law.
Posted by: Scaramouche at July 3, 2009 11:52 PM
I'm not close to being ashamed of being American. I am however banana clip level fed-up with this administration, congress, and their enablers. They are not America.
Posted by: TRKOF at July 4, 2009 6:59 AM
"Shivav726 at July 3, 2009 9:46 PM"
It did go to a vote, but the DICTATOR told his followers to ATTACK THE MILITARY BASE where the votes were stored by order of the Honduran courts. Why do you CONDONE this?
Posted by: Anonymous at July 4, 2009 7:41 AM
"Anonymous at July 4, 2009 7:41 AM"
Forgot to log in.
Posted by: KHarn at July 4, 2009 7:42 AM
Let the deposed Honduran President return, then let the Honduran Congress impeach him and boot him out again - this time, naked.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 4, 2009 9:23 AM
Allah bless Obama!
His uncontrolled spending will destroy the USA and he will also help Latin American Socialists to subvert democracy.
This Honduras side show will allow us to forget about the struggle for democracy in Iran so we can foster a meaningful dialog with the Iranian Mullahs for a sustainable future.
Now if we could just find a final solution to the white problem...
Posted by: Good Liberal at July 5, 2009 5:56 AM
A little insight into the constitutional basis for this so-called "coup" in Honduras:
The author is a Honduran lawyer and government official. To paraphrase, his take is that most of the Honduran constitution is subject to amendment, but not the part about term limits. It even has an immediate "eject button" written in for anybody who tries to challenge that clause. So, in short, the Honduran court and military followed the rule of law by instantly giving Zelaya the boot.
Posted by: PabloD at July 5, 2009 9:27 AM
Something from someone else, many years ago:-
Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.
The Defenders of this Realm have worked well in secret and in the open. They think that they have pacified Ireland.
They think that they have purchased half of us and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything, think that they have provided against everything; but the fools, the fools, the fools! — they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace
Posted by: Jim at July 5, 2009 3:26 PM


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Dave Brubeck, giant in jazz world, dies at 91
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck established himself as an artist and humanitarian during the height of his performing career. But he also was an innovator and teacher whose work remains viable.
"His experimentation with odd meters in music is something students are doing today," said Mike Tomaro, director of jazz studies at Duquesne University. "They don't think about him doing that 50 years ago."
Brubeck, the creator of jazz that mixed rhythmic and cultural styles, died in Norwalk, Conn., on Wednesday, one day short of his 92nd birthday.
The creator of a great deal of small-group jazz as well as orchestral music, he perhaps is best known for his 1959 recording "Time Out," which produced two pop hits and propelled jazz into a stage presence on college campuses.
One of them, "Take Five," became a theme song of Brubeck's career, and the other, "Blue Rondo a la Turk," set the pattern for blending musical genres that still is being explored.
David Budway, the pianist who grew up in Point Breeze and now is running his career out of New York City, said he sometimes gets criticized by his management for doing the same thing. But he credited Brubeck for being something of a mentor in that style.
"It is just a constant attempt to get better," he said. "That's what Dave Brubeck was doing, too."
John Schreiber, the president and CEO of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, had many encounters with Brubeck during his years as a jazz festival producer with the famed George Wein Productions from New York City.
"Dave Brubeck had a gift and a sense of mission to share his thoughts with his music," he said. "His spirit was as brilliant and as generous as his art. He was the real McCoy."
He added that Brubeck's hits with "Take Five" and other songs also "made jazz accessible" to an audience that had fallen away from it after the bebop days.
Tomaro, who also is a composer and arranger, gave Brubeck a great deal of credit for causing a swing in music popularity on college campuses. Brubeck started that early in the 1950s when he was simply marketing his group, but the interest in jazz really burgeoned after "Time Out."
Tomaro agreed, saying Brubeck helped lift jazz to a level "that showed it wasn't music only for the hipsters."
Trumpet player James Moore, who is well known for his work in the Pittsburgh area and who teaches at West Virginia Wesleyan in Buckhannon, said he walked by a rehearsal area Wednesday afternoon to hear some classic Brubeck recordings being played.
"They still appreciate him," he said of his students. "Of course, we preach it so hard, but this is one of those times where you stop and take a look at that career."
Budway said he had to grow into Brubeck's music but was impressed with the humanitarian sense he showed in his compositions and work.
Brubeck wrote one cantata that dealt with blacks and Jews in America, and another about the killing of student protesters at Kent State University in 1970. He also performed for eight presidents and at the Ronald Reagan-Mikhail Gorbachev summit in 1988.
"He was one of the most generous, loving, pure people you would ever want to meet," Schreiber said. "He was a pure artist."
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Prosecuting Beyond the Rule of Law: Corporate Mandates Imposed Through Deferred Prosecution Agreements, Jennifer Arlen
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGULATION THROUGH NON-PROSECUTION, Jennifer Arlen and Marcel Kahan
(Mis)perceptions of Law in Consumer Markets, Oren Bar-Gill and Kevin E. Davis
The Timing of Tax Transparency, Joshua D. Blank
Simplexity: Plain Language and the Tax Law, Joshua D. Blank and Leigh Osofsky
Multijurisdictional Enforcement Games, Kevin E. Davis
The Costs of Unenforced Laws: A Field Experiment, Ben Depoorter and Stephan Tontrup
The Case for Tipping and Unrestricted Tip-Pooling, Samuel Estreicher and Jonathan Remy Nash
University IP: The University as Coordinator of the Team Production Process, Samuel Estreicher and Kristina A. Yost
Exploitative Abuses of Intellectual Property Rights, Harry First
Compensation's Role in Deterrence, Russell M. Gold
Understanding Privacy Policies: Content, Self-Regulation, and Markets, Florencia Marotta-Wurgler
Essential Papers on the Economics of Financial Law, Geoffrey P. Miller
Essential Papers on the Economics of Securities Law, Geoffrey P. Miller
Why Does Inequality Matter? Reflections on the Political Morality of Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Liam B. Murphy
Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Structure of the Administrative State: The Case of Financial Services Regulation, Richard L. Revesz
Managing the Future of the Electricity Grid: Distributed Generation and Net Metering, Richard L. Revesz and Burcin Unel
States vs. FDA, Catherine M. Sharkey
The BP Oil Spill Settlements, Classwide Punitive Damages, and Societal Deterrence, Catherine M. Sharkey
The Remains of the Citadel (Economic Loss Rule in Products Cases), Catherine M. Sharkey
10 Observations Concerning International Tax Policy, Daniel Shaviro
The Mapmaker's Dilemma in Evaluating High-End Inequality, Daniel Shaviro
The U.S. Response to OECD-BEPS and the EU State Aid Cases, Daniel Shaviro
Submissions from 2015
Strategic Bias Shifting: Herding as a Behaviorally Rational Response to Regret Aversion, Jennifer Arlen and Stephan Tontrup
Rational Choice Attitudinalism? A Review of Epstein, Landes and Posner's The Behavior of Federal Judges: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rational Choice, Charles M. Cameron and Lewis A. Kornhauser
Introduction to Spontaneous Order and Emergence of New Systems of Property, Yun-chien Chang and Richard Epstein
Legitimacy and Cooperation: Will Immigrants Cooperate with Local Police Who Enforce Federal Immigration Law?, Adam B. Cox and Thomas J. Miles
Foreword: Testing the Constitution, Lee Epstein, Barry Friedman, and Geoffrey R. Stone
The Paradox of Federal Sector Labor Relations: Voluntary Unionism Without Collective Bargaining Over Wages and Employee Benefits, Samuel Estreicher
Philadelphia National Bank, Globalization, and the Public Interest, Harry First and Eleanor M. Fox
Market Effects Bearing on Fair Use, Jeanne C. Fromer
The Hidden Costs of Free Goods: Implications for Antitrust Enforcement, Michal S. Gal and Daniel L. Rubinfeld
INTERPRETING THE RULES OF INSURANCE CONTRACT INTERPRETATION, Mark A. Geistfeld
Governance Reform and the Judicial Role in Municipal Bankruptcy, Clayton P. Gillette and David A. Skeel Jr.
Less Restrictive Alternatives in Antitrust Law, C. Scott Hemphill
The Tail that Wags the Economy: Belief-Driven Business Cycles and Persistent Stagnation, Julian Kozlowski, Laura Veldkamp, and Venky Venateswaran
Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution, Samuel Lee and Petra Persson
Taxing Potential Community Members' Foreign Source Income, Daniel Shaviro
The Crossroads Versus the Seesaw: Getting a 'Fix' on Recent International Tax Policy Developments, Daniel Shaviro
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Amicus Curiae Brief of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University School of Law in Support of Petitioners (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Association, Supreme Court of the United States), Richard B. Stewart, Katrina M. Wyman, and Danielle Spiegel-Feld
Economic "Necessity" in International Law, Alan O. Sykes
Fast Fixes for FOIA, Laurence Tai
Harnessing Industry Influence, Laurence Tai
Regulatory Capture and Quality, Laurence Tai
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Does Anyone Read the Fine Print? Consumer Attention to Standard Form Contracts, Yannis Bakos, Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, and David R. Trossen
Piketty in America: A Tale of Two Literatures, Joseph Bankman and Daniel Shaviro
Collateral Compliance, Joshua D. Blank
Reconsidering Corporate Tax Privacy, Joshua D. Blank
Exporting FATCA, Joshua D. Blank and Ruth Mason
United States National Report on Exchange of Information, Joshua D. Blank and Ruth Mason
Experimental Tests of Intellectual Property Laws' Creativity Thresholds, Christopher J. Buccafusco, Zachary C. Burns, Jeanne C. Fromer, and Christopher Jon Sprigman
The Law and Finance of Anti-Takeover Statutes, Emiliano Catan and Marcel Kahan
The Strategic Use of Download Limits by a Monopoly Platform, Nicholas Economides and Benjamin E. Hermalin
'Easy in, Easy Out': A Future for U.S. Workplace Representation, Samuel Estreicher
Bork and Microsoft: Why Bork Was Right and What We Learn About Judging Exclusionary Behavior, Harry First
What About Green Stamps? A Comment on the FTC's Section 5 Authority, Harry First
Your Money and Your Life: The Export of U.S. Antitrust Remedies, Harry First
Drafting competition law for developing jurisdictions: learning from experience, Michal S. Gal and Eleanor M. Fox
Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts: Carrying Calabresi Further, Mark A. Geistfeld
The Tort Entitlement to Physical Security as the Distributive Basis for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations, Mark A. Geistfeld
Dictatorships for Democracy: Takeovers of Financially Failed Cities, Clayton P. Gillette
The Australian Alternative: A View from Abroad of Recent Developments in Securities Class Actions, Sam Issacharoff and Thad Eagles
The State of State Competition for Incorporations, Marcel Kahan
Symbolic Corporate Governance Politics, Marcel Kahan and Edward B. Rock
Interest Groups and Environmental Policy: Inconsistent Positions and Missed Opportunities, Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz
Rethinking Health-Based Environmental Standards, Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz
Even More Than You Wanted to Know About the Failures of Disclosure, Florencia Marotta-Wurgler
Will Increased Disclosure Help? Evaluating the Recommendations of the ALI's 'Principles of the Law of Software Contracts', Florencia Marotta-Wurgler
Does Immigration Enforcement Reduce Crime? Evidence from 'Secure Communities', Thomas J. Miles and Adam B. Cox
Empirical Analysis of Legal Theory, Geoffrey P. Miller
The compliance function: an overview, Geoffrey P. Miller
The Role of Risk Management and Compliance in Banking Integration, Geoffrey P. Miller
An Economic Analysis of Effective Compliance Programs, Geoffrey P. Miller
Let Them Eat Fake Cake: The Rational Weakness of China's Anti-Counterfeiting Policy, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
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Toward a More Rational Environmental Policy, Richard L. Revesz
Multiple Myopias, Multiple Selves, and the Under-Saving Problem, Daniel Shaviro
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During AthFest 2001, I was completely blown away as the University of Georgia Redcoat Drumline tapped out a flawless force of precision in sound as they stood on the sidewalk outside Tasty World. As I felt this energy pounding through my body, I was pretty sure my heartbeat had adjusted to the beat of the drums.
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That's a point brought up in ''Drumline,'' the decidedly likable new film about marching bands, specifically the marching band at Atlanta A&T. The drums, a character says, are the heart and soul of the band; without the heartbeat, the band dies.
So it's not too surprising the protagonist in ''Drumline,'' a star snare drummer who's been recruited from a Harlem high school to Atlanta A&T, is one cocky kid. Devon (Nick Cannon of Nickelodeon's ''The Nick Cannon Show'') is eager to prove his worth and quickly does so, leading to a confrontation with his upperclassman and section leader, Sean (Leonard Roberts). In the meantime, Devon's attitude presents a challenge to the band director, Dr. Lee (Orlando Jones of ''Make 7-Up Yours'' fame, here filling a strong but understated role), who's trying to maintain his musical integrity while the school president's pressuring him for the band to unseat its rivals -- Atlanta's other big marching band school, Morris Brown University -- in the annual Big Southern Classic band championship.
Granted, the plot is all formula. But the thing about ''Drumline'' is it's too enjoyable to matter much at all. For what it's worth, it even manages to pull off the formula without becoming cliche -- yes, there's the token romance, the predictable outcome of events, the overused story of the underdog making good. But at the same time, there's enough substance to the characters for them to sidestep becoming trite. Devon, for instance, in the opening scene, hugs his mom at his high school graduation and thanks her for getting him through; it's a scene that could have gushed with sap, but instead is believably reserved. Devon's point is made stronger when he pays a visit to his absentee dad to tell him -- again with neither too much animosity or sentimentality -- that he's made it without him.
And when one of Devon's A&T buddies, a white kid, shares his inspiration to be in the band -- he grew up down the street listening to its practices -- it's another instance tempered with his roommates teasing him about the sentiment.
If there's a downfall to ''Drumline,'' it's the cinematography; constantly panning camera shots often blur the action, and you get the feeling a great camera director could have made it spectacular.
This is one among a few films beginning to trickle out of Hollywood that feature all-African-American casts without making race the central theme, allowing us to simply appreciate the characters for who they are rather than contemplate the issues surrounding them -- a good sign indeed.
To boot, marching bands in general don't get enough recognition; we expect them to provide the soundtrack for parades and football games, but as an audience have little appreciation for how much work goes into bringing it all together.
But ''Drumline'' gives us a keen awareness, and provides great entertainment at the same time. Make sure you put this one on your holiday list. B+
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I think it's perfectly appropriate. It wouldn't look good on me so I'd never wear it but on the right person I think it would be exciting and flattering. It's very fashion forward. Your SO may be used to more subdued dresses but if you can carry it off, it will be a standout.
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I'd avoid this color/pattern if you are a redhead.
Keep accessories simple. Maybe silver hoops.
If you answered all the above correctly (LOL) - go for it! It looks like a dress someone would wear who loves to have fun.
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I have one, and as for
I have one, and as for reliability I haven't had any problems. I am a police officer and shoot it every time I qualify with my other weapons including my duty m4. I have put 800 or so rounds through it and have no problems. The magazine that was sent with it sucked but I use my p mags and have had no problems. I will say that it is broken in and the accuracy with aimpoint at a hundred meters is not as good as my m4 but pretty good. I have added the single point sling and the rails. I guess from 1 to 10 rating I give it a high 7 almost 8.
If you don't already have an
If you don't already have an AR pistol, and would like to experiment (play?) with one, $450 is less than the lower-less kit I got from PSA for my $500 black-friday 2011 deal. Granted it came with a longer and CHF 2x chrome lined barrel and yada yadda, but this offers standard trigger & grip components and interesting package for peanuts, even against Kel Tek stuff...
I'd really want to replace
I'd really want to replace that barrel for a 14.5 with a welded FH and add a folding stock with an alum lower (to better handle the locking of thr folding adapter). End up with a carbine like the Para TTR for less than those go for... Is there a way to buy just the upper?
No, and you wouldn't be able
No, and you wouldn't be able to use the upper with a standard lower if you did get one. The back end of the lower is different to match the altered bolt carrier design required by the no-buffer-tube design. But there is a folding stock in the works. Get that and the replacement barrel and the stock EXP, and you'll have the same thing, but lighter.
Bummer, I thought that piece
Bummer, I thought that piece in the back was just screwed in where the tube goes:
This is the best shot I've found of the thing stripped down...
You'd have to get the end cap
You'd have to get the end cap that attaches to the lower in order to be able to use the upper. Otherwise, the recoil spring will fall out of the back of the upper.
The big question: WHY would I
The big question: WHY would I buy this over the very similarly priced and much better accessorized Kel Tec PLR-16?
I haven't seen a PLR this
I haven't seen a PLR this year from a dealer and haven't seen one for sale otherwise less than $650. Also if the videos are to be believed this appears to have much less recoil than a PLR.
Can you please give me a link
Can you please give me a link where you can buy a PLR-16 anywhere near that price? I havent had much luck finding one.
I bought one as a project
I bought one as a project gun, with the intent of customizing it.
I got one in the first batch with the defective hammers, which did break. I replaced the polymer hammer, trigger, and safety with steel parts instead of getting a replacement hammer under warranty because I intended to do so anyway. I replaced the stock handguard with a 7" Midwest Industries free-float quad rail and mounted a laser and co-witnessed Troy flip-up iron sights and Fastfire red dot on the top rail. I replaced the stock gas block with a Syrac Ordnance adjustable low-profile block to fit under the handguard. I replaced the stock muzzle brake with a Yankee Hill 5C2, which pretty much eliminates the giant fireball and reduces muzzle flip, while keeping muzzle blast and concussion at reasonable levels for the shooter. I also mounted a sling quick connect mount to the rear end cap. To complete the build, I added a Streamlight TLR-1, Magpul AFG, left and right rail covers, and a sling. In this configuration, it weighs exactly 6 pounds with a loaded 30-round PMag attached.
If you want to customize an EXP-556, there are a few things to be aware of. The support rod above the handguard can be removed from the upper, but you will need a really long allen wrench to unscrew the screw that attaches it to the upper. If you want to replace the stock gas block or handguard, you will definitely want to do this, or the rod will make it impossible to mount anything to the top rail of the replacement handguard.
Replacing the stock handguard is not for the timid. Removing the stock handguard is easy, but installing the replacement is not. The barrel nut thread on the upper is about 1/16 larger than the standard 1.25"-18, so unless the replacement handguard can be attached to the stock barrel nut (which is 1.80 inch OD), you will need to get a 1.25"-18 die and re-cut the threads on the upper before you will be able to install any replacement barrel nut. If you don't do this correctly, the new barrel nut and handguard will mount crooked, and you probably won't be able to adjust your sights on target. I chose to re-cut the threads, but I set up a jig to hold the upper square to the die while doing so.
The stock gas block can be adjusted, via the set screw on the front face closest to the barrel. There are actually 2 of them stacked on top of each other in the hole. The first one is there only to lock the second one in place. Unscrew the first one and remove it completely, and then you can access the actual adjustment screw. Once you have the gas impulse dialed in, screw the first screw back in to lock the second one in place.
Out of the box, the only issues I had were with the polymer hammer breaking, and over-gassing. It chucked the empties about 30 feet at 5 o'clock, which made left-hand shooting an adventure. Fired cases fit very tightly in the chamber because the bolt was unlocking while there was still pressure in the chamber. The hammer issue has been fixed, and the gas impulse can be adjusted. The stock sights are not intended for any kind of precision, but are easy to see in good light. They are not suitable for low-light work, though.
As-is from the factory, the EXP-556 is fun to shoot, but not particularly well-suited for home defense or other serious use. But with a quad rail, sling, light, and better sights, it can easily shoot minute-of-punk out to 100 yards or so in daylight or low light. Mine (as configured above) is now my default things-that-go-bump-in-the-night investigation kit. After dialing in the new gas block, it cycles reliably without excessive vigor, and I can shoot 8-10" groups at 100 yards with a sling. This is not as good as what I can do with a full-length rifle, but much better than what I can do with a standard pistol. Overall I'd give it 4 stars out of 5. Buy one if you are looking for a fun range toy, or if you are looking for a compact, reliable, low-cost, lightweight starting point for a pistol build project. Change the barrel nut threads on the upper to the standard size, and I'd raise it to 4.5 stars.
Why is this getting
Why is this getting downvoted? Are they junk?
From what I have heard they
From what I have heard they are junk. They had issues with the originals breaking hammers. Some even shipped broken. They took care of the issue, but at the end of the day it's still a Polymer AR-15 pistol variant....pretty much the most useless platform on earth.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info. Hopefully they get these issues fixed, extend the warranty, enhance the quality and they get down to $350. :)
Gangsta yo ! Can you hold
Gangsta yo ! Can you hold it sideways ?
break yo self.... FOO!!
break yo self.... FOO!!
your wrong "dipshit" these
your wrong "dipshit" these were out last year. look it up before you post.
There may have been some
There may have been some prototypes being shown around last year, but they were first sold to the public May 2013. I bought one of the first available in June. They were added to the NFA web site on May 20 2013; see the date at the bottom of http://newfrontierarmory.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cP...
Check out this video if you
Check out this video if you want to see it shooting with what I would call almost no recoil. The muzzle actually goes down a little when you shoot instead of jumping. This guys shooting it with one hand.
I have one and love it. Got
I have one and love it. Got one of the first ones out. They replaced the hammer during a recall on 100 or so units and even though mine wasn't broke, I changed it out. I have 700 rounds through it and everyone that's shot it or seen it has loved it.
Funny how the guys talking shit don't have one and have no idea what they're missing. Good deal at $599 (from someone that actually has one!)
I have one of these and have
I have one of these and have had no problems . I don't know anything about this supposed recall. They did send a hammer to replacr original in case of failure ,which has not happened yet. I do know that the hammers in question were in a limited number of early models. The gun is a blast to shoot. The percussion is immense and it is extremely loud. That has been my personal experience with this gun.
WARNING: Do not buy this
Do not buy this crap. A friend of mine bought one about 6 months ago and after 40 rounds MULTIPLE parts broke. He sent it in and they "fixed" it. About 100 rounds later the inside of it pretty much exploded.
He threw it in the dumpster at the shooting range before we left. No bullshit.. hahaha
Funny since these weren't out
Funny since these weren't out 6 months ago dipshit. I got one out of the first 100 that hit the market and that was in May just a few weeks ago. Stop posting bullshit on the internet that you have no idea about.
Junk......these things were
Junk......these things were coming with broken hammers and I think they recalled them. Buy at your own risk. They are probably stuck with these things and can't get rid of them.
I almost want to buy one just
I almost want to buy one just to see how they do it (with no tube). The reviews on Joebobs are mixed. Only two reviews. One seemed to say they are good once it was fixed. Company fixed whatever was wrong. Not sure how long it will last but interesting. Waiting till the price drops at end of year barring any Nobama actions.
All they do is modify the
All they do is modify the bolt. they shorten it up.
Like a 22LR bolt? Spring
Like a 22LR bolt? Spring system? Seems like that would not be enough to take force of recoil. Thanks for info. I still want to see it though. Perhaps if I win the next powerball.
There is no recoil. I have
There is no recoil. I have one, go try one. Or listen to someone that actually owns one and not just spewing BS out their ass.
They had a recall on 100 units, big deal, so has Remington, Ruger, Bushmaster, etc, etc....
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