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Do u no a weird directive off the top of ur lead?
Answers: I live in Hawaii and it's forbidden to wear a quarter in your ear!
Also, I remember from my teacher's unusual stories that in Alabama that undergo wrestling matches are outlawed.
And contained by...i think contained by wisconsin or minnessota it's illegal to use another person's phone to craft prank calls.
Seriously that's stale the top of my head!!
Until 1996, contained by the state of Tasmania Australia - it was not lawful to be homosexual but legal to own an AK47.
In Texas - When two trains run into each other at a railroad crossing, respectively shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
Can someone please explain how this one is expected to work - i have wondered since i 1st read it.
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In Texas, it's against the imperative for anyone to have a double act of pliers in his or her possession.
In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels within bags base on an Act of 1760.
Alaska law say that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to incline alligators in your home.
In Miami, it is forbidden to copy an animal.
It is against the law to mispronounce the first name of the State of Arkansas in that State.
In Illinois, the decree is that a car must be driven near the steering wheel.
California directive prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed contained by a housecoat.
In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warn approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the coup¨¦ that is one driven.
In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a saloon while sleeping.
In New York, it is against the law for a blind individual to drive an automobile.
In West Virginia, only babies can ride within a baby horse-drawn carriage.
In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the rear or front.
A barber is not to advertise prices surrounded by the State of Georgia.
In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago surrounded by the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for smooth on top men of 25 cents.
In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the orb over the fence or out of a ballpark.
In Rochester, Michigan, the directive is that anyone bathing in public must hold the bathing suit inspected by a police officer !
In Kentucky, it's the law that a being must take a hip bath once a year.
In Utah, birds have the right of style on any public highway.
In Ohio, one must have a license to hang on to a bear.
In Tennessee, a directive exists which prohibits the sale of bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday.
In Virginia, the Code of 1930 have a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person except political candidates.
In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the regulation to jump sour a bridge.
In the State of Kansas, you're not allowed to drive a buffalo through a street.
In Florida, it is against the tenet to put livestock on a school bus.
In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday.
In Galveston, Texas, it is illicit to have a camel run loose within the street!
In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to encounter.
In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it is unlawful to move off chewing gum in public places.
In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs earlier 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m.
In New York, it is against the tenet for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos surrounded by clam chowder.
In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon i.e. over 6 feet contained by length.
In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which ban the picking up and throwing of used confetti.
In Kentucky, it is illegal for a merchant to force a personage into his place of business for the purpose of making a sale.
It is against the regulation in Connecticut for a man to write love post to a girl whose mother or father has forbidden the relationship.
In Michigan, married couples must live together or be in prison.
In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light !
In Phoenix, Arizona, you can't way of walking through a hotel lobby with spurs on.
In California, a directive created in 1925 make it illegal to rattle while dancing.
In Utah, daylight must be perceptible between dancing couples.
In Michigan, it is against the canon for a lady to hoist her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle.
In North Carolina, it is against the law for a rabbit to see down the street.
In Georgia, it's against the law to spread a false rumor.
In West Virginia, one can't cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the pique is subject to imprisonment.
In Missouri, a man must own a permit to shave.
The canon states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time.
In Texas, it is still a "flaccid offense" to steal cattle.
In Detroit, it's illegal to hitch your alligator to a fire hydrant. (Must hold been profusely of problems with this for City Council to ratify a law roughly speaking it.)
In Dallas, possession of realistic-looking dildos is a crime. (They actually sit in council and passed this statute with a straight facade???)
In Oregon, having sex next to a virgin is a felony. Period. (First they tell you to skulk until marriage, and after you become a felon for having sex for the first time.)
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In MN it is illegal to NOT drink milk
unnatural ha?
:)
In the City of Troy, Alabama, it is illegal to influence 'Damn" in the presence of a woman.
In Glendale, AZ, it is illegal to put a bet on up your car.
It is criminal to whistle on Sunday in Louisiana.
Until the belated 1980's it was prohibited to purchase pantyhose on Sunday in Louisiana. You could buy booze, but not pantyhose.
In Kentucky, it is off the record for a man to marry his wife's grandmother.
In Wisconsin, all meal sold at a price of 25 cents or more, must by law contain not smaller number than 2/3 ounce of cheese.
In Port Huron, MI, it is illegal for ambulances or firetrucks to travel faster than 20 mph.
In Indiana, mustaches are against the law for anyone "who habitually kisses human beings."
In Dyersburg, TN, a girl may not telephone a man for a date underneath penalty of regulation.
In Oklahoma, it is illegal to harpoon a whale surrounded by the state's waters.
In Terre Haute, IN, a woman's dress may not be more than 2 inches above her ankles.
In California, it is illegal to set a trap for a mouse unless you hold a hunting license.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to shoot clay pigeons during the breeding season.
It is unauthorized for a chicken to cross the road in Quitman, GA.
Citizens of South Carolina are required to fetch firearms to church on Sunday.
Heels higher than 1 1/2 inches are not permitted in Utah.
In Vermont, fine art a horse is illegal.
In Natchez, MS, it is forbidden for an elephant to drink beer.
In Georgia, kissing in public is against the tenet.
I ain't makin' 'em up folks, I'm just reporting them.
Doc
How long does music copyright laws ultimate for?
if i were to wright a song , do i own it for ever?Answers: Good press.
I think it is almost 40 years.
After that, if nobody from your estate renews the copyright, it goes into the public domain and nobody can own it. Anybody can use it, but nobody can own it.
Whoever owns the copyrights to Lennon/McCartney, you are sure they enjoy renewed the copyrights.
But there are frequent songs that were written that faded into obscurity, or be obscure to originate with, and nobody have taken the time to renew the rights. So they go into the public domain.
The same near movies. Movies are copyrighted. After a certain number of years, they become public domain if they are not renewed.
Some movies that are within the public domain are Night of the Living dead and Little Shop of Horrors...and they be made in the 60s! If you own a copy, you can repackage it beneath your own label and vend it.
Copyright arises automatically on eligible works - you don't have to register for it. But a hermetic letter kept contained by a solicitor's vault is a adjectives way for those to 'prove' when they created something.
Copyright lasts until any 50 or 70 years after the death of the owner. I can't remember which, but I judge it started out at 70, they changed it to 50 for a while, and changed it back to 70 again a few years ago. I'm not lasting on that though.
Edit: Death of the original creator. So if you flog it to someone, the 70 years still runs from your death, not theirs.
It can oscillate depending in which Country you live. Cliff Richard former to extend some of his copyright to last his lifetime.
By the passageway, before you write any songs, check your spelling.
Is JewWatch.com anti-semitic?
First I saw this:http://www.petitiononline.com/rjw23/peti...
Then I went to the website and read this:
"The problem today seem to be that certain tribal organizations such as the Jewish Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and the impressively Jewish Southern Poverty Law Center have be able to frighten the innocent Jews of this nation who are their through member underneath into worrying about websites and organization like the innocent Jew Watch and to utilize that foreboding to raise $100 million a year for their coffers from which they extract outrageous and self-centred salaries of more than $800,000 per year for their executives for artificially raise the hate level in our American society by manipulate the largely Jewish-owned presses that print their sleazebag lies."
-http://www.jewwatch.com/jew-history-jeww...
I haven't had the arbitrariness to read Jew Watch yet and I be curious what others thought of the website.
Answers: I am the grandson of Jews, and they would be FURIOUS at that web site. Sign the petition and carry that site de-listed!! Thanks for the Heads-Up!
I cannot access JewWatch.com, the domain is suspended (yayy!!!). I've heard nearly that site, though and YES, it was VERY anti-Semitic
Advice needed for legal performance...?
So I had a fleece dressing degree and licenece from another country and within order to grasp it validated contained by the U.S., I needed to send adjectives my original quality newspaper diploma and degrees to be evaluted , so that could work here at the U.S.The problem is this institution that I hold sent my documents to (plus 80$) has not responded to any of my phone call, emails or even letters. To me it sounds similar to a fake company which is holding adjectives of my original thesis works, and has not responding to me for the later month. What should I do?
- They are in FL and I'm contained by NC, so I can go near that easily.
- I own only talk to them a couple of times before I transport in my serious newspaper works and after that they are just not returning my phone call, emails or letters.
What trial actions can I bring against them?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Answers: You might want to natter to the Postal Inspection Service (you can find the number on www.usps.gov). If they took your money by mail and haven't done anything, this sounds close to possible mail fraud.
A lawsuit will be much more expensive than the $80 you lost.
Go to yellowpages.com or something similar and seize a listing for a legal representative in their city. You will obligation to ask for a telephone appointment and see if this is something they could pedal for you. It may cost a lot of money though.more than the
$80 you are already out. I wonder if you could contact your university and the licensing board contained by the original country and get hold of duplicates.
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I am in paralegal college and find a lot of positive resources there.
Before taking any decriminalized action, you entail to get more information. I would start by contacting the Better Business Bureau surrounded by Florida that represents the area surrounded by which the institution is located. Explain the problem and see what they have to vote. I would also contact the town office where on earth this institution is located - find out what they know. If it's a reputable business, the town office should enjoy public access documents that you can request. In your local area within NC, see if you can find a lawyer who will volunteer free or low fee consultations. Go from near.
Websites like FindLaw, LawGuru are some of the free officially recognized advice resources available. More information at http://www.uelp.org/freelegal.html
Isnt this illegal?
I be at cheerleading practice lastnight and I injured my knee severely within a stunt/mount. It was in the order of 30 minutes out of 2 hours into practice. I was out for the rest of practice. I be allowed one bag of rime by the coaches (2) and I was unacceptable to call my mother to even pick me up at the terminate of practice. I could not and still cant put anypressure on it. I am on crutches as of this morning. They filled out an disaster form due to league rules. THey didnt call my mom, they didnt dispatch home a copy of the form they filled out, NOTHING! So I am sure I any broke, badly sprained, or tore a ligiment and am currently demobilized. Isnt adjectives that illegal?? Child ill-treat???Answers: Speak to an attorney right away. Failure to transport to the hospital immediately put your form in peril, and may own rendered you permanently disabled. Correctly handle, you'll clear enough to compensate for a 4-year private university education.
That is not child assault.
You will need to see a dr to determine what type of injury you enjoy. There's a really big difference from a brake and a sprain.
Your coaches should be fired! Because the first thing they should hold done is call your parents if you are a minor so it that bag yes it is child abuse or at lowest I think it is you should hire a advocate because you could have be left cripple for not getting direct medical attention.
A detail that I think those are missing about the Jena Six defence?
I'm not condoning what was done, but I presume people hold forgotten (or didn't know) that the boy who was injured be taunting/harassing one of the boys who was charged.They didn't freshly pick him off as a target, he get in their obverse and harassed them.
Not that they should hold beaten him to an unconcious state, but freshly a little detail I needed to mention.
Answers: Yes, its funny that - how the victim is made out to be so innocent and 'an angel from heaven'
Steven Lawrance be made a martyr after he was stabbed surrounded by Eltham, London, what his family erstwhile to mention was that he be stabbed in retaliation after he conquer up a younger white boy, thus his older brother go after Steven Lawrance(who by all accounts be a nasty bit of work) and it adjectives ended contained by Steven Lawrance being stabbed and dying.
I don't condone that any but its exactly the same open-handed of thing, it be made out as a racist murder and that he was simply picked because he be black which is completely not true.
In my mind it's a non-factor. A smarter person would tramp away, especially someone that already has a criminal transcription.
But then, if he be smart, he wouldn't have a criminal copy.
There are many details contained by the case that aren't consistent near a 22 year prison sentence. That's the whole point of the contraversy. There's without question that they beat up a kid. There's beyond a shadow of a doubt that they should be punished. The 'attempted murder' charge and the 22 year sentence, though.WOW! That's a bit extreme.
I've seen tablet fights where on earth a guy busted a bottle over someone's head, and they get off near probation.
i agree completley...because the boys jus wouldn;t go rotten and do something like that it have to be years of taunting and after a while it gets to a entity, and when they boy was alone and didnt enjoy his friends around they remembered all of it.i know it would produce me go past its sell-by date, he would have be 6 feet lower than he got lucky, beside thse boys..
and not to mention that some of the boys are syaing that the one in lock away didn;t even take element in it..
Well later it should have a moment ago been a one on one combat. Best man wins. In this satchel the punk couldn't do it himself so he got his five other friends to do his dirty work.
This adjectives thing is ridiculous. It's not a black or white issue, it's a right or wrong issue.
True, Charlie. Another article that should probably be mentioned is that one of the Six was also held at gunpoint, and when they took the gun from the guy and give it to the police, they were charged beside theft of a firearm.
Two wrongs don't cause a right, but human beings have their confines.
you do not know anything but what you have hear.
go to my profile and click my put somebody through the mill. read the FBI report.
or go to MTV report, the article is there.
no duh. sticks and stones. in that is no doubt within was probably some repulsive stuff going on. that is not license to time someone down. there are alot of things said throughout our duration that will offend us, especially contained by high college, but, we grow and recognize ignorance for what it is . it doesn't deserve admission.
Women , freedom and safety ?
Women do any of you convey any kind of weapon at lowest once or once in a while to discern safe? It could be anything similar to a licensed owned hand gun, a kitchen stick, pepper spray, tazer, or a pocket knife.Any other things please mention what .If so you do not enjoy to , but you could say why if you want to.Answers: Pepper spray & Tazer.
Small Fry 900 stun gun
I slipped and fell and now i haave a disc bulge?
I be going down the stairs in my building and slipped on a piece of plastic that be on the steps a hurt for a few days then it go away soon after (3-4days) i was within extreme pain I wen to the hospital and later had an MRI from my docto warning the MRI reads a disc bulge or herniated disc, I enjoy been out of work since 8/27/07 to date 9/21/07 can I get any kind of claim? If so what can be recovered?Answers: Was the building guidance on notice of a piece of plastic self on the stairs? Was the piece of plastic a hazard that you should enjoy reasonable be able to see and avoid? How is it the building management's denounce that you fell?
You know- sometimes crap happens.
I reckon you should ask your H.R. person to see what they can do for you.
It is right that you are in the U.S.. In other countries you would hold had to keep on months for a MRI.
Bupkes.
You would have to show that the defect--the piece of plastic--was put at hand by the landlord, or that it be there for so long that the super should hold thrown it away. You're not going to be able to show that, so your defence is essentially worthless.
You can try to recover your damages, inlcuding medical, lost wages, pain and suffering, but you enjoy a long shot. If the building was your place of work, next you might have a workers comp claim but if it be your home, the landlord is not a guarantor of your safekeeping. You would have to prove negligence. Futhermore, if you be aware of the plastic before you slipped on it, the jury would be instructed the defect is mostly yours.
What happened to the cops who tasered the UF student?
Please speak about me they are being lawfully charged...Answers: no they havent becuase they acted within the specifications of the statute and the departments guidlines.
Please tell me why you ruminate someone should be able to resist arrest near no ill effects for their schedule.
Why should the officers risk human being hurt so that some idiot who is resisting arrest doent take for a moment shock. They were in their rights to do what they did unlike the student who was not inside his right to resist arrest
Free speach doesnt allow you to do whatever you want. If you go into a church and interupted the whole service and be asked to be quite or walk off and you didnt you would be trespassing at that point. The Place where the debate be being held and the individuals who were holding the debate asked him to stop afterwards asked him to be removed. Freedom of speach doesnt allow you to hijack a meeting.
Well two of those officer have be put on administative leave as for the other officer so far we haven't heard what is going on beside them.
But I hope that student sues the living hell out of the school and the officer who I mean come on really violated his first Amendement rights this be clearly over the top and I would make the conservatory and those cops pay dearly for what they did if that be me for sure.
For what, doing their duty in dealing near a malcontent who deliberately set up the total stunt for the cameras, who wouldn't have pushed it to that point if their wasn't a camera within? Give them medals.
If that idiot kid have tried that foolishness in the outdated Soviet Union he would never have be seen again. If he tried it contained by China he would be in a prison work factory for the rest of his go.
I'd like to at tiniest buy them lunch.
If they had tasered Kerry, I would enjoy bought them dinner.
A person's First Amendment rights do not allow someone to violate others' rights. This has be long established.
I have not see the entire tape - only just a small portion but I ask what should they be charged with? Those of you asking for charges, explain why. And cart into consideration how "convictable" would they be? Could a prosecutor convince 12 peers that the officers committed a crime? Keep within mind you are in a conservative state. For that concern, in a civil trial, could an attorney convince 75% of a jury that the guy be injured? Did he get what he planned for? Did he put himself into peril next to his actions? From what I own seen, he be given ample opportunity to cooperate but CHOSE to resist.
Can you convince just one being who has not already set an judgment that the officers did wrong - criminally or civilly.
How to sue a company that scammed me with little or no money down?
only just a modelling agency guaranteed me a modelling contract provided id do my portfolio through them.i would resembling to claim back the cost of the portfolio as resourcefully as sue for inconvenience, embarrassment etc.
Obviously self have (others who own been scammed surrounded by similar way by same company) witnesses to prove my armour
What excactly does the small claims court cover in style of claims? do they cover other than actual costs?
Answers: It depends on how much money you want to get better and it varies from state to state.
Read the small print surrounded by your contract. Use a magnifying chalice if your must.
I am sure they cover their backs economically with colloquial speech, but consult with an attorney contained by any case. Good luck
Chalk it down as a lesson leaned and way of walking away. Be more careful surrounded by future. Read the small print on the contract, I will bet you a dollar to doughnuts near is a "get out" clause surrounded by THERE favour.
A small claims court usually deal with cases underneath $2500-7500 depending on your jurisdiction.
For your particular baggage, you will have a especially difficult time suing them for "inconvenience and embarrassment" because it will be impossible to show that you incurred any tangible spoil as a result of not getting this contract. There is no legal argument that will allow you to sue someone because they inconvenienced or disconcerted you. You may be entitled to the cost of your portfolio assuming that you had no intention of making a modeling portfolio until that time this agency talked to you and that here was truly an agreement that you would get a contract if you brought contained by a portfolio. Bringing in other "witnesses" is a complete lavish of time if you can't prove that there be an agreement between you and this agency.
Good luck and learn a lesson from this experience: If it sounds too appropriate to be true, it usually is.
It sounds to me as though you are in the UK. Small Claims Court covers claims up to lb5,000, I believe.
I conjecture you should seek a Solicitor's guidance, or go to Citizens Advice Bureau.
small claims does not require you to own legal representation. check out your local library for officially recognized books with cram in the blank forms, and diy instructions.
I would review adjectives signed documentation for exactly what was stated contained by the contracts. Hearsay is harder to proove. Its simply a he said, she said.
You can also file a complaint beside the better buisness breau. Some companies, wanting to prevent themselves from getting a bad identify, will quickly settle to prevent a unpromising mark against them on the BBB.
Usually it is $5000 max, but sometimes as low as $3000. You'll hold to check with your court. NO ATTORNEYS CAN APPEAR IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT.
I suggest you name the largest law firms contained by your area & calendar a "free consultation". Larger law firms are more likely to take on clients that may not be capable of pay within order to fulfill their state's required Pro-Bono time.
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