Phil

Just expecting to live there and wondering if it is possible to get one that is street legal, what is required if so?

My friend works for Goodwill as a retail cashier. He has twice been screamed at and called a ****** (he is gay but not out at work) by customers. I tell him that is unacceptable and amounts to a hostile work environment, because his boss says all he can do is smile and thank the customer for his business. He is not allowed to tell the customer not to come back for example. I led customer service organizations and would never allow a customer to abuse an employee. Emps have to deal with people in a bad mood, who are angry, etc. but not abuse such as that. It happened again yesterday and his manager said "Well you do sort of present yourself that way...you should get rid of those colored glasses for example..." Which is OBVIOUSLY blaming HIM for this. I think the manager is way out of line. I don't believe Goodwill has a policy that allows this, if someone came in and shouted at a black cashier "N___er!" they'd be kicked out of the store.

So the problem I see is that his manager allows the environment to continue. Yes customers will do this kind of thing but no employees don't have to tolerate that and to tell him he must, to blame him even partially for the situation are both inappropriate and unacceptable. Oh our town has a civil rights ordinance that protects gays. What should he do? I told him to talk to a lawyer and then to approach his HR department.

I have heard many people SAY that they can get a restraining order to prevent a boy from dating their daughter but what is the actual law that permits this? In most states the requirements for an RO require someone engaging in violent or threatening or at least unlawful behavior.

Let's say a boy is 16, age of consent in Minnesota and his girlfriend is 18. Agreed that his parents can prevent her from visiting him in their home. But what provision of Minnesota law allows them to legally enforce a restraint on the woman in seeing or dating the boy?

They may have a parental right to order HIM not to see her and punish him or restrict him in some fashion, but if he goes to her of his own free will SHE is not interfering with their lawful custody or parental rights, is doing nothing illegal, and is not threatening anyone. So how can they get any kind of a restraining order against her?

Please reference a statute or case law, not personal opinions.

I googled it but only found a bunch of different horns that have rose bells for sale.

Is there a common standard or definition for a rose brass bell? I have been led to believe it is brass with a higher proportion of copper, but exactly what (if that's correct at all)?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a rose brass bell?

I have heard lot of ideas but I'm looking for something authoritative.

The federal courts are now requiring to demonstrate that before discharging a particular gay servicemember they must prove that discharging that specific person will add to unit cohesion, morale, or readiness. It seems that such a standard must spell the death of DADT, first because of the burden involved and second because in hardly any case could it actually be demonstrated. The judge who ruled on Major Whitt's case found that discharging her degraded those performance factors...

This judge was appointed by George W Bush and first ruled against her until the appeals court ordered him to make an individual determination.

We actually have won the war on poverty for the moment, but the other two really should never have been called wars, because they will never end in "victory" and because military force is inappropriate to their resolution. There will always be drug problems and terrorists no matter what we do (and poverty as well but poverty in the US is far from the awful conditions that existed in the early 60's/...)

If we insist on fighting drugs as a war we cannot move to things that actually work. All the fighting has resulted after 30 years in a vast increase in the supply and an equivalent increase in the scope of drug abuse.

And while we sometimes need to use military force in regard to terrorism, I would suggest that we have done either nothing much to stop terrorism or have in fact bred thousands upon thousands of candidates for terrorist organizations to recruit; people who hate us as the occupiers and wreckers of the countries, or enemies of their religion.

Isn't it time to end these "wars" and get working on solutions for the health problem of drug abuse and ways to promote peace and build friendships in the world to encourage people to ally with us in the effort to suppress terrorism?

And isn't this proof that if the only tool you have is a hammer (i.e., a military greater than all the other militaries in the world combined) every problem looks like a nail (ie, a war)?

If not why would Ronald Reagan's budget chief say so?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/reagan-insider-go...

Stars are just suns, some stars have the same composition of light that ours does.

I'm retired, hold EU and USA passports and want to travel more than I can really afford. Is this really an option or is it just one of those folk tales? How does one become an air courier? Yes, I can travel with just a carry on bag; maybe just a briefcase in extreme situations (after all you can buy what you need at your destination). I love to travel...

Arizona complains about lack of enforcement of immigration laws and passes new laws making new crimes. It complains about the costs, but it is a poor state for a reason.

Would Arizona be better served if it focused its money on better schools and on enforcing this law:

Arizona Revised Statutes §15-803 School attendance

A. It is unlawful for any child between six and sixteen years of age to fail to attend school during the hours school is in session, unless either:

1. The child is excused pursuant to section 15-802, subsection D or section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 6, subdivision (c).

2. The child is accompanied by a parent or a person authorized by a parent.

3. The child is provided with instruction in a home school.

Or would Arizona be better served by making the law apply up to age 18?

Arizona dropout rate worst in U.S.

Karina Bland

The Arizona Republic

Jul. 27, 2005 12:00 AM

Once again, Arizona's high school dropout rate is the worst in the nation, though this time we share last place with Louisiana.

For the fourth year in a row, Arizona ranks last among the states for its percentage of teens, ages 16 to 19, who have dropped out of school. The findings, based on 2003 census data, are in the annual Kids Count report released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore.

Arizona's dropout rate is 12 percent, compared with 8 percent nationally. New Jersey, North Dakota and Wisconsin, at 4 percent, share top billing.

http://www.azcentral.com/families/education/articl...

Someone recently posted a question "can the police pull you over for no reason?" A lot of responses said you had to answer their questions, etc.

But here's a better answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJrQBwJpqk

So why are so few people aware of this??

Hugh Grant's character's father had written a Christmas song that became a huge popular hit...what was the name of that song?

I am researching my line and I have this interesting info, but have so far drawn a blank at finding the ultimate sources.

I’m researching William Oliver, ?ca1625- 1694. Here is what I’m trying to track down:

“Resided Piscataqua Valley between ME/NH as child; Long Island, c.1651; Stamford,CT, c.1658-1662; Elizabethtown,NJ by 1665”

This was reported in

First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, Olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714 : a period of fifty years., Monnette, Orra E., The Leroy Carman Press. California. 1931, 974.941 D2m Parts I-VII var. @ FHL 673270-10,11; 547209-01, 982096-01; 6050337; 1035762-10,

Now I have been able to verify the Stamford Ct and Elizabethtown NJ portions, but I can’t find any evidence for the Piscataqua or Long Island references.

I’ve looked for place name links at the Mormon library catalogue but Piscataqua and Long Island both leave me pretty blank in terms of leads. His name isn’t showing in any of the obvious indexes. If this is true he’s either an immigrant or the early born son of an immigrant. Monnette thought he was the son of Thomas Oliver at Fairfield CT but wasn’t sure; I’m pretty sure I’ve been able to knock down that as his parent.

Monnette was a really good researcher so he didn’t say this without having evidence. But unfortunately he gives no clue to where I might find the evidence…

Anyone have an idea of what my next step is to locate it?

I am tracking down my earliest Colonial ancestry; I have identified a prospecti for the immigrant or at least the next link in the line. THe writeup I find on him is that he was a "calinder". I thought "Candler? Chandler?" No idea. Anyone?