Unusual in Texas
am 28.03.2005 von neues aus schwabenheim
In den USA werden einige Verfassungsänderungen vorbereitet:
SECTION 13The Cruel and Unusual Punishment section of the Agreement is unchanged, except that unusual is amended to read unusual in Texas.
(via Aktenvermerk)
Cruel & Unusual Punishment
Aktenvermerk / Gefunden bei der Kanzlei Hoenig: Was man mit Raubkopierern macht. (via gulli.com, wo es noch andere Variationen zum Thema gibt, manche freilich am Rande des guten Geschmacks)
Wenn die Verfassung ein EULA wäre
Aktenvermerk / Unter dem Titel Important Changes to Your Citizenship Agreement—Please read and retain for your records schreibt Evan Eisenberg auf Slate eine bissige Satire auf die US-Innenpolitik.SECTION 5.The Freedom of Speech section of the Agreement is am
Q&A with Googles VP of Marketing
Streitsache / Blog / David Lawee talks about some of the unusual methods Google uses to promote its brand. (Businessweek)
Doughnuts / Hiffenmark
Transblawg / Two jam doughnuts and two marzipan doughnuts: as a partial answer to this. Source: Pillipp. (The marzipan doughnuts are very unusual and have become even rarer since this photo was taken)
License in Bankruptcy
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A bill of December 5, 2007 seeks improved protection for executory license contracts in bankruptcy under German law. The new language in proposed §108a of the federal insolvency statute governs principal and ancillary ob
Supreme Court blocks Mississippi lethal injection execution
Handakte WebLAWg / The US Supreme Court [official website] granted a stay of execution [order, PDF] to a convicted murderer on Mississippi’s death row Tuesday, pending the Court’s decision on whether to grant certiorari in the case. Earl Wesley Berry was sc
Texas German/Texas-Deutsch
Transblawg / Annggargoon's language of the week is North Texas German. Article in the Houston Times, and site of Texas German Dialect Project (TGDP) with sound clips. Texas German is a unique dialect of German that is spoken by the descendants of German immi
Ausführliche Bitte um nochmalige Prüfung der Bewerbungsunterlagen
Jurabilis / Aus einer eMail:I received your letter dated May 11, and I am extremely disappointed that Vinson & Elkins has chosen not to extend me an offer. I remain convinced that V&E is the right firm for me. While it is hard to quibble with the verdict of
Heath Robinson screws/Sonderschrauben
Transblawg / DIN 878: für schräg gebohrte Löcher/for diagonally drilled holes Unusual screws - for more see Luftpiraten.de Note also the Ingenieurterminologie with translation: Wir verfolgen eine Anzahl verschiedener Lösungsansätze. Wir stochern
Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?
Jurabilis / Although the nations law schools for years have been graduating classes that are almost evenly split between men and women, and although firms are absorbing new associates in numbers that largely reflect that balance, something unusual happens to mo
Bösewichte schreiben anders
Streitsache / Blog / Informatiker haben den spektakulären Zusammenbruch des US-Energiehändlers Enron im Jahr 2001 untersucht. (Jeffrey Heer: Exploring Enron, P.S. Keila: Detecting Unusual and Deceptive Communication in Email PDF) Aus 500.000 E-Mails, die vom Ma
Bill Introduced: Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2007
Handakte WebLAWg / H.R. 4128, “To modernize, shorten, and simplify the Federal criminal code,” introduced 11/8/2007. (Read bill text). Bill Introduced: Intellectual Property Enforcement Act of 2007 S. 2317: “Chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is amended b
Pedestrian precinct / Fuzo Fürth
Transblawg / This is how you sell the locals the idea that the whole pedestrian precinct is about to be relaid. You can climb up the scaffolding and look at plans (with the sun behind you). You can buy the cuddly mole for 5 euros in the happy shops about to
