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 United States v. Ecker
In November 1989, Ecker was indicted in the District of Massachusetts for possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).
Although conceding that the statute is silent, Ecker argues that the structure of the relevant statutes, their legislative history, and the caselaw compel the conclusion that Congress intended to require dismissal of a pending indictment upon commitment.
Ecker attempts to advance his cause by misleadingly quoting a recent Ninth Circuit case: "The fact that an indictment is no longer in place is irrelevant to the governmental interests at stake: `the control and treatment of dangerous persons within the federal criminal justice system who are incompetent to stand trial.'" United States v.
www.law.emory.edu /1circuit/mar96/95-1898.01a.html   (2870 words)

  
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Ecker has prior convictions for assault with a weapon, arson, breaking and entering, and burglary, and is therefore subject to the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. \'a7\~924(e); if convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum prison term of fifteen years.
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www.law.emory.edu /1circuit/rtfs/mar96/95-1898.01a.rtf   (2227 words)

  
 Don Ecker / STRANGE DAZE
Ecker, also producing the show along with partner Kelly Kleinman, plans to interview a stream of notables whose research and occupations push the envelope of everyday reality.
Ecker, also the Research Director of this magazine, is a medically retired police officer and former Army Special Forces soldier who served in the Vietnam War.
Ecker says "Strange Daze" will be the first radio show to take on the task of getting the true stories behind so many of the incredible claims that are made in the realms of UFOs, aliens, government conspiracies and the paranormal.
www.users.interport.net /l/w/lwrn/don_ecker.htm   (547 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Md. Democrat Poised for a Big Break
Charles I. Ecker, Howard's homespun Republican executive who is highly popular at home but little known outside county lines, announced his upstart campaign for Maryland governor yesterday, casting himself as a quiet, competent alternative to his party's leading candidate.
But many party leaders, including several elected officials attending Ecker's announcement, are concerned that Sauerbrey may be too conservative to win a general election against Glendening in a state where Democrats still hold a 2 to 1 edge in registered voters.
Ecker inherited a $23 million annual budget deficit when he took office in 1990, which was a dark period for a county dependent on the real estate industry.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/local/longterm/library/mdelect/statewide/ecker2.htm   (723 words)

  
 Ecker Flying Boat
The Ecker represents that vast, largely unknown, wholly uncelebrated population of pioneer aviators who built flying machines in their backyards out of bits and scraps from the local hardware store.
The only direct reference to the flight history of this airplane is a vague statement made by Ecker in a 1930s newspaper interview in which he said he flew it extensively for a period of three years and then placed it in storage.
Ecker prevailed upon the discoverer of his long-lost flying boat to donate the airplane to the Smithsonian Institution.
www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/ecker.htm   (923 words)

  
 Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Among other things, Ecker is a principal investigator in a multinational effort to sequence the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana, a modest weed that's become a model organism for the study of plant genetics.
Ecker comes to Salk from the Plant Science Institute at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) where he was a professor of biology.
Although Ecker successfully identified several ethylene-signaling genes in the 1980s, the process was slow and painstaking.
www.salk.edu /news/releases/details.php?id=42   (723 words)

  
 Abraham Ecker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Abraham Ecker (also known as Abraham Acker II) is a colonial American, brother of a Patriot of the (The revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783) American Revolutionary War, and grandson of a famous Dutch Colonial American.
Abraham Ecker was the eldest son of and named in honor of his father (Click link for more info and facts about Abraham Acker) Abraham Acker (1703-1773) and mother Margrietje Montrose.
However, since the house was lost through his line, it can be guessed that he perhaps only had a daughter, Catriena Ecker, and that she in turn married Petrus, thus letting the Van Tassels take "Wolfert's Roost" out of the Acker family.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ab/abraham_ecker.htm   (335 words)

  
 The Business Monthly
Ecker said he was looking "for someone who had private sector experience to complement my public sector experience....
Windsor said that she had heard of Ecker’s successful management of Howard County, and was impressed with him when they met a few months ago.
She rejects the idea that the Ecker campaign, faced with continuing low numbers in public opinion polls, is a hopeless cause.
www.bizmonthly.com /8_1998/lenwindsor.html   (638 words)

  
 Ecker fights back (phillyBurbs.com) | Burlington Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ecker, a 2004 graduate of Cinnaminson High School and a longtime member of the Pomona Swim Club, was paralyzed from the accident with a broken neck.
Ecker was all smiles as he waited on the board proudly sporting the popular yellow "Livestrong" bracelet on his right wrist made famous by the king of comebacks, six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.
Ecker, who was delayed with his college plans for a year, will head off to Hofstra University in the fall to take up biology pre-med.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/109-07172005-515470.html   (555 words)

  
 Ibis Therapeutics - David J. Ecker Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Khan, M. I., Ecker, D. J., Butt, T., Gorman, J. A., and Crooke, S. A vector for construction of gene libraries and the expression of heterologous genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Chau, V., Tobias, J. W., Bachmair, A., Marriott, D., Ecker, D. J., Gonda, D. K., and Varshavsky, A. A multiubiquitin chain is confined to specific lysine in a targeted short-lived protein.
Ecker, D. J., and Griffey, R. RNA as a small molecule drug target: doubling the value of genomics.
www.ibisrna.com /public/cvmgmt/ecker_pubs.html   (1851 words)

  
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The athletic Ecker is emerging as one of the leaders on MSU’s new ultra-aggressive defense.
Ecker started the first four games of the 1999 season, but missed a meeting during the week leading into the Weber State game.
Ecker shrugs off any accolades or that he has done anything special to regain his starting role.
www.billingsgazette.com /sports/20000921_s1ecker.html   (579 words)

  
 Ecker, Ecker...
Ecker proposes to "reinvest" the surplus to increase the number of subsidies for low income families.
So, although Ecker proudly proclaims that "...an additional 12,000 subsidized spaces could be created," she knows full well that very few new spaces will in fact come into existence, and subsequently, that very little "reinvestment" will occur.
Janet Ecker is tying herself in knots trying to avoid revealing the truth of her strategies.
www.web.net /~ondp/nod/nov96/childcare.HTM   (602 words)

  
 George Ecker, Emeritus Professor, Dies - April 30, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ecker, who grew up in East Hartford, received his bachelor of science from UConn in 1943.
Ecker also worked as an extension specialist, helping farm owners throughout the state with taxes and estate planning.
Ecker was a member of the First Congregational Church of Storrs for more than 40 years.
www.advance.uconn.edu /2001/010430/01043005.htm   (247 words)

  
 The Business Monthly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Robey described the day he told Ecker he was not going to serve the remainder of Ecker’s term, as promised, but would run for county executive, which Ecker was prohibited from doing after two terms.
Ecker, said Robey, cleared his schedule for the rest of the day, and spent three hours filling Robey in on what he might face as county executive.
Ecker had 108 people studying the transition, and "they were bumping into each other," Ecker told Robey.
www.bizmonthly.com /12_1998/robey.html   (711 words)

  
 Deborah I. Ecker : Associate, BHPK, LLP Attorneys at Law
Ecker defended the Commonwealth in all phases of litigation involving employment law, constitutional law, regulatory construction, and tort claims.
Ecker graduated from the University of Vermont and received her law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1989.
Ecker is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
www.bhpklaw.com /attorneys/ecker.htm   (331 words)

  
 Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Joseph R. Ecker, a professor in the Plant Biology Laboratory, is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the molecular biology and genetics of plants.
Ecker was a principal investigator in the multinational project that sequenced the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana, a modest weed that has become a model organism for the study of plant genetics.
Ecker is also widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on how the gaseous hormone ethylene regulates a variety of basic plant processes.
www.salk.edu /faculty/faculty/details.php?id=18   (632 words)

  
 Baltimore City Paper: NEWS
This was the latest stop on Ecker's latest tour; if the little-known Howard County executive's quixotic gubernatorial bid often seems stalled, the Chuck Wagon had a full head of steam.
And as Howard County executive, Ecker restored the county's bond rating from the damage wrought by an inherited $23 million shortfall.
Fund-raising is difficult for Ecker, making television time hard to come by; teal ecker for governor bumper stickers and lawn signs haven't exactly become commonplace.
www.citypaper.com /news/story.asp?id=2280   (319 words)

  
 DSstar: ECKER ENTERPRISES DEPLOYS StoneFly BACKUP ADVANTAGE
Ecker is leveraging the integrated IP SAN-based disk-to-disk (D2D) solution to increase the speed and reliability of critical data backup and recovery.
Ecker Enterprises has built a stellar reputation for streamlining the planning and management of large-scale commercial and residential construction projects.
Ecker's IT team set out to find a reliable, scalable and affordable solution providing storage consolidation with improved backup and reliable data recovery.
www.taborcommunications.com /dsstar/04/0907/108911.html   (454 words)

  
 Germany's Ecker in latest Olympic pole vault saga | thePoleVaultPit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ecker was down and out after his third attempt was foul as well and a subsequent German protest was rejected.
Ecker's mother, the long-jump and 4x100m gold medallist from Munich 1972, Heide Rosendahl-Ecker, said she was on an emotional roller-coaster ride in the stands.
Ecker said that a little electronic board indicating the position of the uprights had "never been used before in the 140 competitions I have been in" and that pole vaulters normally just inform one jury member of where they want the uprights to stand.
www.polevaultpit.com /?q=node/467   (856 words)

  
 QB Ecker inks with Nevada -- Los Altos Town Crier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ecker signed a National Letter-of-Intent to attend the University of Nevada at Reno during a small ceremony/press conference held in the Los Altos High cafeteria Feb. 4, the first day of the college football signing period.
Ecker - also a standout baseball player at Los Altos - didn't become the Eagles' fulltime starter at quarterback until his senior season, but he made the most of the opportunity.
Ecker completed 63 percent of his passes and threw for 1,568 yards and 15 touchdowns this past fall.
latc.com /2004/02/11/sports/news01.html   (743 words)

  
 Ecker Enterprises, Inc. Privacy Policy
Ecker Enterprises, Inc. (Ecker Enterprises, Inc. and its subsidiaries, M. Ecker & Co. of Illinois, Inc., M. Ecker & Co. of Florida, Inc., and Gypsum Construction, Inc., are collectively referred to herein as “Ecker”) is committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that you provide to us when using the Ecker website (“Website”).
If you provide Ecker with personally identifiable information such as your name, address, and phone number, we will use it to contact you to provide you with the information that you request.
Ecker does not control the privacy policies of our business partners, suppliers or other sites to which we provide hyperlinks.
www.eckerusa.com /privacy.asp   (647 words)

  
 Bart Ecker, Esq.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bart E. Ecker, Esquire, of Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania is Managing Partner and principal in the law firm of Laputka, Bayless, Ecker and Cohn, P.C., of Hazleton and is widely known for his expertise in the area of workers' compensation issues.
Ecker is a graduate of Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, and Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh.
Attorney Ecker and his wife Barbara, a Certified Public Accountant, are the parents of a son and daughter.
www.wvia.org /about/board/ecker.htm   (161 words)

  
 U-M's worldly Ecker finds life's mission
Ecker is not the typical Michigan football player.
Ecker served a Mormon mission in Houston, avoiding television, newspapers and the telephone, helping poor people deal with all sorts of problems and spreading the gospel from dawn past dusk.
Ecker knew the mission would help him develop as a person.
www.freep.com /sports/umich/rose31_20031231.htm   (717 words)

  
 Joseph Ecker, Professor of Biology, The Salk Institute
McGrath, R.B, and Ecker, J.R. (1998) Ethylene signaling: from the membrane to the nucleus.
Ecker, J.R. (1998) Genes blossom from a weed.
Kwok SF, Solano R, Tsuge T, Chamovitz DA, Ecker JR, Matsui M, Deng XW (1998) Arabidopsis homologs of a c-Jun coactivator are present both in monomeric form and in the COP9 complex, and their abundance is differentially affected by the pleiotropic cop/det/fus mutations.
www-biology.ucsd.edu /faculty/ecker.html   (559 words)

  
 La Crosse Tribune: BUSINESS OF THE WEEK: ECKER'S APPLE FARM, A royal treat
Ecker's Apple Farm is owned by Peter and Mary Ecker, who bought it from his mother, Janet Ecker, in 2000.
Then the Eckers' homemade caramel sauce is drizzled over the apple segments before being topped with whipped cream, crushed peanuts and a cherry.
Ecker's Apple Farm sold its products at an apple stand, and made the prepared food products at home, until its current building was constructed in 1995.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3652/is_200210/ai_n9088276   (789 words)

  
 Ecker Enterprises, Inc. - Safety
Ecker Enterprises, Inc. has taken a complex safety challenge and adopted a CORPORATE EDICT that takes top priority with management and field personnel.
Ecker’s implementation is to view safety as a VALUE
Ecker’s ultimate goal is to take a proactive approach towards safety.
www.eckerusa.com /safety   (161 words)

  
 uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - Players - Ecker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A tall, left-footed central defender, Johnny Ecker was a regular alongside Frank Leboeuf and Daniel Van Buyten in Olympique de Marseille's three-man central defence during the 2002/03 season.
Ecker's fairytale at LOSC continued as the club sealed qualification for the UEFA Champions League by finishing third in the top flight in 2000/01, Ecker playing 33 games.
Ecker beat Gianluigi Buffon with a scorching free-kick in LOSC's 2-0 Champions League qualifying defeat of Parma AC in 2001.
www.uefa.com /Competitions/UCL/Players/Player=33887   (258 words)

  
 Utah History Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The hill proved to be very suitable and in 1930 was officially named Ecker Hill by Utah Governor George Dern in honor of Peter Ecker, acting president of the Utah Ski Club.
During the 1930s and 1940s Ecker Hill was one of a handful of world-class ski jumps in the United States.
During the early years at Ecker Hill most of the headlines were garnered by skiers from the Professional Ski Jumpers of America, a fifteen-member group that competed for prize money at various locations throughout the country.
www.media.utah.edu /UHE/e/ECKERHILL.html   (489 words)

  
 The Hon. Janet Ecker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Prior to her election, Ms Ecker served as the director of policy for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Ms Ecker has been active in the community with the Durham Regional District Health Council, the Board of Durham Regional Housing Authority, the Ajax-Pickering United Way and the Durham Y.W.C.A. She was also an on-air volunteer for the local community cable station, hosting various public affairs programs.
Born on October 18, 1953, and raised in Exeter, Ms Ecker graduated from the University of Western Ontario, with an Honours B.A. in journalism.
www.environmentvoters.org /Targets/ecker.html   (226 words)

  
 FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE IN THE COAST GUARD REAR ADM. WILLIAM J. ECKER HEADS THE FIFTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT.
Ecker would like to see more families - mom, dad and all the kids - take a safety course before they ever get on a boat.
Ecker became commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, headquartered in downtown June 22.
Ecker said he was ``sort of disappointed'' that so little has happened in Portsmouth since he lived here six years ago; but he also is optimistic about current plans for Portsmouth and the continued discussions of regionalism.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941028/10270173.htm   (1694 words)

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