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Citizens can fight Superstore Sprawl!

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Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart!
Al Norman
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ASIN: 097115421X

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"Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart" is written in two parts. The first part describes why Wal-Mart, Home Depot and their kin are a threat to small community life in America.

The second part gives you a game plan to stop Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers in your home town, much the way Al Norman and other concerned citizens kept Wal-Mart out of Greenfield.

The book is a call for the preservation of all the qualities we love about hometown America. It is one man's David versus Goliath story. It can also be a road map for your community's fight to keep its downtown businesses and core values.

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Citizens can fight Superstore Sprawl!.......2004-11-21

This book is excellent! A must have for any citizen activist trying to preserve their hometown. It helps citizens organize and fight back! Urban sprawl is the #1 killer of communities. Wal-Marts and Home Depots suck the life out of thriving communities with their wide product base which draws customers away from small businesses. On a larger scale, both stores, because of their large volume purchasing power, force manufacturers to sell almost below cost and this phenomena is largely responsible for the incredible amount of outsourcing in America today. The end result is not only lower prices but in many cases lower quality durable goods. (Not to mention less good jobs!) The companion book, The Case Against Wal-Mart, published April 2004, gives even more insight to Wal-Mart's power over manufacturers and decribes how Rubbermaid was forced to close many of its American factories.
Wal-Marts and Home Depots are traffic magnets. Don't let sprawl clog up your town if you can help it.
Regina Costantino Discenza (www.nohomedepot.us)
Forked River, NJ 08731

A Lay Persons Bible!.......2004-10-07

If you need help fighting ANY big business, this is the book to buy! It was recommended to me by a friend who used it to successfully keep a grocery chain out of their neighborhood. Now we have followed the advice to keep developers from moving into our small town. The book is easy to read with helpful hints that can be applied to many areas of use. Thank You Thank You for writing this book!

The Activist's Bible.......2000-10-26

I found out about this book from friends in a citizen's group in Maryland that was fighting a Wal-Mart. They said Al Norman's book was their Bible. I have read other books that are business history titles--but Slam Dunking Wal-Mart actually gives you the information you need to stop superstores in your community. Norman has helped dozens of communities do just that over the past 7 years, and he's become the "guru" of the anti-sprawl movement, to quote 60 Minutes. I found this book more and more useful as I reread it, and I've copied sections to give to my local officials. This is not some pointy-headed academic book--its a good read for the average homeowner or merchant who is looking for arguments and strategies for stopping superstore sprawl. Get one--and get one for your Mayor to read as well! Now I understand why Wal-Mart doesn't like to debate this guy. I was appalled to learn that Wal-Mart has over 300 "dead" stores on the market today. This book also has good info on Home Depot and other logos. The NY Times doesn't know this book exists--but citizens'groups have made good use of it.

Sleepless In Kent Island Maryland.......2000-01-04

I'd be surprised if Mr. Norman's book does not keep you awake at night. I know it had that affect on me. Even if you think you like Wal-Mart, after you read this book I doubt you will ever look at a superstore the same way again. The book also provides a common sense, easy to follow game plan for citizens to fight superstore sprawl. I know it will help us in our fight against the invasion of Wal-Mart on Kent Island.

Al Norman Brings Warning Light To Red Hook, New York.......1999-12-29

Sooner or later every beautiful rural American Town will have to deal with the threat of a corporate Goliath like Wal-Mart invading their community. Al Norman's book Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart educates, not only citizen groups, but Planning and Zoning Boards across the country. It also assists them in directly dealing with these inevitable imposters to the quietude of Rural America. If you can't get Al Norman to come to your town (you might be able to if you contact him) - this book is the next best thing. Mr. Norman and his book are presently bringing the Warning Light to the Town of Red Hook, New York (upstate New York, about 60 miles south of Albany). Believe it or not, everybody's listening to Wal-Mart's nemesis. Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart is a must read for community activists and Planning Boards alike!

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Forensic Linguistics is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law. Examining the nature of legal language, the first half of the book demonstrates that the law is an overwhelmingly linguistic institution, since laws are coded in language and the concepts that are used to construct the law are accessible only through language. The book also explores the language of contracts and the language of legal processes, such as court cases, police investigations and the management of prisoners. The second half of Forensic Linguistics is more socially applied. It discusses the difficulty of understanding legal language, and linguistic sources of disadvantage before the law, particularly for ethnic minorities, children and abused women. The volume then considers legislation on language, including language crimes, as well as linguistic evidence.

Thinking Like a Lawyer: An Introduction to Legal Reasoning (New Perspectives on Law, Culture, and Society)

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In this practical and accessible introduction, Kenneth J. Vandevelde identifies, explains, and interprets the goals and methods of the well-trained lawyer, offering students, lawyers, and lay readers alike insight into a well-developed and valuable way of thinking.

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The hitchiker's guide to legal reasoning. A must read........1999-02-12

I am currently a "1L" at a school in Washington DC.

Professor Vandevelde introduces the reader to a brave new world: legal reasoning. As a first year law student, you will become intimately aquatinted with such creatures as Contracts, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, and the peculiar little buggers known affectionately as Torts. But what you will need most on your adventure, you will find strangely absent: a map & compass. "Thinking Like a Lawyer," in my opinion, in simply that. Vandevelde's text effectively explains what legal reasoning entails, how it evolved into the beast that it is, and what makes it live and breathe. Further, T.L.A.L. is written in a very readable prose you will appreciate more and more once you've tasted a few clumsy judicial opinions. Most insightful and practical, in my opinion, are the final chapters, which illustrate the material by applying it to each of the first year's courses. I recommend this book, without reservation, to any now-or-future law student, and anyone curious about legal thought and application.

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This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 975 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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