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(70 ILCS 1930/) Southwest Suburban Railroad Redevelopment Authority Act.
70 ILCS 1930/1
(70 ILCS 1930/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Southwest Suburban Railroad Redevelopment Authority Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-122, eff. 8-13-07.)
Sec. 5. Legislative declaration. The General Assembly declares that the welfare, health, prosperity, and moral and general well-being of the people of the State are, in large measure, dependent upon the sound and orderly development of municipal areas. The Southwest Suburban area, by reason of the location therein of vital roadways and their use for vehicular travel in access to the entire southwest metropolitan Chicago area, as well as commercial and industrial growth patterns and accessibility to manufacturing and freight-related facilities, has become and will increasingly be the hub of transportation from all parts of the region and throughout the southwest metropolitan area. Motor vehicle traffic, pedestrian travel, and the safety of both motorists and pedestrians are substantially aggravated by the location of railroad grade crossings. Additionally, certain development opportunities may exist in the project area that would stabilize and enhance the tax base of existing communities, maintain and revitalize existing commerce and industry, and promote comprehensive planning within and between communities. The presence of the railroad grade crossings are detrimental to the orderly expansion of industry and commerce and to progress of the region. To alleviate this situation it is necessary to relocate the railroad tracks, to separate the grades at crossing, to acquire property for relocation or submergence of the railroad or highways, to create an agency to facilitate and accomplish that relocation, and to direct infrastructure and development improvements in the Southwest Suburban area.
70 ILCS 1930/10
(70 ILCS 1930/10)
Sec. 10. Creation; duration. There is created a body politic and corporate, a unit of local government, named the Southwest Suburban Railroad Redevelopment Authority, embracing the townships of Bloom, Thornton, Calumet, Bremen, Orland, Worth, Rich, and Palos. The Authority shall continue in existence until the accomplishment of its objective, the relocation of railroad tracks and roadways and the grade separation of railroads from the right-of-way and at-grade crossing closures within the Southwest Suburban area, or until the Authority officially resolves that it is impossible or economically unfeasible to fulfill that objective.
Sec. 15. Acquisition of property. The Authority has the power to acquire by gift, purchase, or legacy the fee simple title to real property located within the boundaries of the Authority, including temporary and permanent easements, as well as reversionary interests in the streets, alleys, and other public places and personal property, required for its purposes, and title thereto shall be taken in the corporate name of the Authority. All land and appurtenances thereto, acquired or owned by the Authority, are to be deemed acquired or owned for a public use or public purpose. The Authority may not acquire property by eminent domain.
Sec. 20. Sale or exchange of property. The Authority has the power to sell, transfer, exchange, vacate, or assign property acquired for the purposes of this Act as it deems appropriate.
Sec. 25. Acceptance of grants, loans, and appropriations. The Authority has the power to apply for and accept grants, loans, advances, and appropriations from the federal government and from the State of Illinois or any agency or instrumentality thereof to be used for the purposes of the Authority, and to enter into any agreement in relation to the grants, loans, advances, and appropriations. The Authority may also accept from the State, any State agency, department, or commission, any county or other political subdivision, any municipal corporation, any railroad, any school authority, or jointly therefrom, grants of funds or services for any of the purposes of this Act. The Authority shall be treated as a rail carrier subject to the Illinois Commerce Commission's jurisdiction and eligible to receive money from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund or any fund of the State or other source available for purposes of promoting safety and separation of at-grade railroad crossings or highway improvements.
Sec. 30. Taxing powers. The Authority may not levy real property taxes for any purpose whatsoever.
Sec. 35. Board; compensation and expenses. The Authority shall be governed by a 5-member board consisting of members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two members of the Board must reside within the territory of the Authority. Two members must be former public officials who served within the townships of Bloom, Thornton, Calumet, Bremen, Orland, Worth, Rich, or Palos. One member must have previous employment and management experience with a major railroad company that has significant ties to the Authority. Each member shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of State. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of duties prescribed by the Authority. However, any member of the board who serves as secretary or treasurer may receive compensation for services as that officer.
Sec. 40. Organization; chair and temporary secretary. As soon as possible after the effective date of this Act, the board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a Chair and a temporary Secretary from its own number, and adopt bylaws to govern its proceedings. The initial Chair and successors shall be elected by the board from time to time from among members. The board may act through its members by entering into an agreement that a member act on the board's behalf, in which instance the act or performance directed shall be deemed to be exclusively of, for, and by the board and not the individual act of the member or its represented person.
Sec. 45. Meetings; quorum and resolutions. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at least quarterly, the time and place of those meetings to be fixed by the board. Special meetings may be called by the Chair or by a majority of the members of the board by giving notice thereof in writing, stating the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. The notice shall be served by special delivery letter deposited in the mail at least 48 hours before the meeting. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All action of the board shall be by resolution and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, the affirmative vote of at least a majority shall be necessary for the adoption of any resolution. The Chair shall be entitled to vote on any and all matters coming before the board.
Sec. 50. Secretary and Treasurer; oaths; bond of Treasurer. The board may appoint a Secretary and a Treasurer, who need not be members of the board, to hold office at the pleasure of the board, and fix their duties and compensation. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, they shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office, and the Treasurer shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to be approved by the board. The bond shall be payable to the Authority in whatever penal sum may be directed by the board conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office and the payment of all money received by the Treasurer according to law and the orders of the board. The board may, at any time, require a new bond for the Treasurer in any penal sum that may then be determined by the board.
Sec. 55. Deposit and withdrawal of funds; signatures. All funds deposited by the Treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of the Authority and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan association, signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Chair of the board. Subject to prior approval of the designations by a majority of the board, the Chair may designate any other member or any officer of the Authority to affix the signature of the Treasurer to any Authority check or draft for payment of salaries or wages and for payment of any other obligation of not more than $2,500.
No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as permitted by this Section unless it has complied with the requirements established under Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act.
Sec. 60. Delivery of check after executing officer ceases to hold office. If any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft issued pursuant to this Act ceases to hold office before the delivery of the check or draft to the payee, the officer's signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes with the same effect as if the officer had remained in office until delivery of the check or draft.
Sec. 65. Rules. The board may adopt all rules proper or necessary and to carry into effect the powers granted to it. The rules shall be consistent with the guidelines, objectives, and project scope as set out by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Sec. 70. Fiscal year. The Authority shall designate its fiscal year.
Sec. 75. Reports and financial statements. Within 60 days after the end of its fiscal year, the board shall cause to be prepared by a certified public accountant a complete and detailed report and financial statement of the operations and assets and liabilities as they relate to the projects undertaken by the Authority. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of the report shall be prepared for distribution to persons interested, upon request, and a copy of the report shall be filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission and with the county clerk of Cook County.
Sec. 80. Construction. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer upon the Authority the right, power, or duty to order or enforce the abandonment of any present property of the railroads or the use in substitution therefor of any property acquired for the railroads in the absence of a contract duly executed by the railroads and the Authority setting forth the terms and conditions upon which relocation of the right-of-way and physical facilities of the railroads is to be accomplished. No such contract shall be or become enforceable until the provisions of the contract have been approved or authorized by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Sec. 85. Existing contracts, obligations, and liabilities. No contract, obligation, or liability whatever of the railroads to pay any money into the State treasury, nor any lien of the State upon or right to tax property of the railroads, shall be released, suspended, modified, altered, remitted, or in any manner diminished or impaired by the contract with the Authority, and any such charter provisions applicable to the property on which the railroads are now located shall be deemed in full force and effect with respect to any property on which the railroads are relocated in substitution therefor pursuant to the provisions of this Act or any such contract with the Authority pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding, upon order of the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Authority shall succeed to and assume the performance and actions of the represented persons under the terms of the order and amending orders previously entered relative to projects undertaken by the Authority and consistent with the objectives of the Authority.
Sec. 90. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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(70 ILCS 1930/999)
Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.


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Read one record of data from an external source.

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Category Archives: internships
In the news 2018
December 28, 2018 By David Yamada in diversity and discrimination, employment and labor law, internships, media, workplace bullying, mobbing, and abuse Tags: diversity and discrimination, employment and labor law, internships, media, workplace bullying	Leave a comment
Periodically I'm contacted by reporters about topics discussed on this blog. Here's a fairly complete list of 2018 news stories in which I've been interviewed or where my work has been discussed:
Gene Maddaus, Live Nations Production Chief Heather Parry Put on Leave Amid Verbal Abuse Claims, Variety (December) (I'll have more to say about this one in a future post);
Richard B. Cohen, Hair On Fire, Heart Attacks, And . . . A Female Santa Claus, Above the Law (November) (about workplace bullying in law firms);
Jessica Press, Women Need to Know They Don't Have to Take Bullying in the Workplace, Redbook Magazine (October);
Beenish Ahmed, Summer Interns in NYC Learned a Lot – Including How to Live on Nearly Nothing, WNYC-FM (August);
Ruth McCambridge, The Senate Votes to Finally Compensate Interns, Nonprofit Quarterly (July);
Catie Edmondson, Fighting Privilege: The Senate Finally Wants to Pay Its Interns, New York Times (June);
Five more executives fired as Nike confronts workplace harassment, France24 wire story (May);
Matthew Townsend & Esme E. Deprez, Companies Have an Aha! Moment: Bullies Don't Make the Best Managers, Bloomberg Business Week (May);
Jen Fifield, Why taxpayers pay when legislators are accused of sexual misconduct, PBS News Hour (February);
Colman M. Herman, Trump makes it easier not to pay interns, Commonwealth (February);
Michael Arria, Workplace Bullying Affects Nearly Half of US Workers. It's Time We Did Something About It., Truthout (January).
On being restlessly patient in advancing positive law and policy reforms
August 14, 2018 By David Yamada in dignity at work and in society, economics, employment and labor law, internships, strategies for change, therapeutic jurisprudence, workplace bullying, mobbing, and abuse Tags: dignity at work and in society, economics, employment and labor law, internships, strategies for change, therapeutic jurisprudence, workplace bullying	3 Comments
A piece in the current issue of the Economist, the venerable British news magazine, resurrects the tax policy positions of Henry George, an author and political economist who built a worldwide following during the last half of the 19th century:
ON A trip to New York in the late 1860s the journalist Henry George was puzzled. He found the rapidly growing city to be a place of unimaginable wealth. Yet it also contained deeper poverty than the less-developed West Coast. How could this be? George had an epiphany. Too much of the wealth of New York was being extracted by landowners, who did nothing to contribute to the development of the city, but could extract its riches via rents. The problem could be solved by a tax on land values.
George's subsequent masterpiece, "Progress and Poverty", sold more copies in America in the 1890s than any other book except the Bible. It spawned campaigns for land-value taxation around the world. It also inspired a board game, "The Landlord's Game", a precursor to "Monopoly". The game was designed to show how property markets naturally tend towards monopolies in which one player can extract all the rent.
Examining the current state of tax policy, the Economist concludes that a stronger reliance on land taxation might be a good thing.
I've been interested in George's land tax proposal ever since reading about it in Robert L. Heilbroner's The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers back in college. (Heilbroner has passed, but his book — last revised in 1999 — remains, in my opinion, the most engaging, lucid, and accessible introduction to the history of economic thought.) As the Economist piece suggests, Henry George's ideas would fade into obscurity. They have been kept alive by a small but determined band of economists and social activists, coalescing around a group of independent Henry George Schools dedicated to providing continuing education and scholarship about Georgist economic principles.
But the purpose of this writeup isn't to convince you, dear readers, on the merits of Henry George's taxation theories, even though I believe they are worth considering. Rather, it's to point out that important ideas about law reform and public policy sometimes take years to percolate, in some cases beyond our lifespans.
With that reality in mind, I have favored an attitude of restless patience in advocating for desired changes in law and public policy. In this context I think of restless as being dissatisfied with the status quo. I think of patience as being smart, persistent, and determined. I have had to give myself this advice on at least three areas of law and policy reform very dear to me:
Workplace bullying and law reform
Some 20 years ago, my first law review article on the legal and public policy implications of workplace bullying was accepted for publication, and it would be published by the Georgetown Law Journal in 2000. Among other things, it surveyed potential legal protections for targets of workplace bullying under American employment law and found them wholly wanting. I proposed the parameters of what would become a model workplace anti-bullying statute, eventually dubbed the Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB).
For some 15 years, the HWB has been the main template for law reform efforts concerning workplace bullying, but it has not yet been enacted in its full form by any of the 30 states in which it has been introduced. However, in recent years we have had some breakthroughs, with several states and municipalities enacting workplace bullying legislation and ordinances drawing heavily from the language of the HWB. Unions and government entities are also using the HWB language to collectively bargain over workplace bullying concerns and to design internal agency employment policies.
Here in Massachusetts, we continue to work hard to make our state the first one to enact comprehensive workplace anti-bullying legislation. The HWB once again stalled in the just-completed session of the MA legislature, despite dozens of legislative sponsors and a positive report out of the committee overseeing it.
Advocacy work can be frustrating and sometimes demoralizing. But if you believe deeply in something, you keep going. Maybe you change strategies or tactics, but you persevere. And come January, when the 2019-20 session of the legislature begins, we'll be ready to go.
Like an unwanted holiday fruitcake
In 2002, the Connecticut Law Review published my article on the legal status of interns, in which I looked at the burgeoning intern economy and concluded that many unpaid internships are running afoul of minimum wage laws. I hoped that the piece would quickly stir some interest, but for many years it pretty much sat there, like an unwanted holiday fruitcake.
This changed when a writer named Ross Perlin authored the first comprehensive examination of the explosive growth of unpaid internships, Intern Nation (2011). He referenced my 2002 law review article and called it "the single best source of information for American internships and the law." (Thank you again, Ross, for pulling my article out of depths of Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis.) One of Ross's readers, Eric Glatt, chased down my law review article and concluded that his unpaid internship with Fox Searchlight Pictures just might've been in violation of minimum wage laws. Eric would become the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit seeking compensation for that internship.
To our disappointment, federal courts have not been friendly to these claims brought by unpaid interns, adopting a very pro-employer legal test for exempting interns from the minimum wage. However, the door has not been completely closed on such legal claims, and the considerable publicity generated by these cases has caused many employers to opt to pay their interns. The debate over unpaid internships, once a non-existent one, continues to reverberate in business and legislative settings.
Should law be therapeutic?
In recent years I've allied myself with a much broader effort to change our laws and public policies, an interdisciplinary field of philosophy and practice called therapeutic jurisprudence. "TJ," as it is commonly referred to, examines the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic properties of laws, legal systems, and legal institutions. It favors outcomes in legal disputes and transactions that advance human dignity and psychological well-being.
TJ was founded in 1987 by two American law professors, David Wexler and Bruce Winick. Although it has grown into a global network of scholars, lawyers, judges, and other practitioners, it has yet to enjoy a mainstream presence in legal academe or legal practice. To help expand TJ's influence, we have formed a new non-profit, membership organization, the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence. I am serving as the ISTJ's first board chair.
I hope that someday, sooner than later, TJ will be recognized as a primary framing theory for the design and application of the law. In the meantime, I find myself inspired by that cohort of scholars, educators, and activists who have kept the flame of Henry George's ideas alive for so many years.
On being restlessly patient
Indeed, I'd like to think that the spirit of Henry George is pleased to see his ideas about land taxation knocking on the door of greater mainstream reception. Of course, in my case I'd rather not wait for some 130 years to see workplace bullying laws widely enacted, interns being paid for their work, and our laws and public policies embracing human dignity and psychological well-being. But at least it's a reminder that good ideas can't be suppressed forever.
As I find myself urging upon those who are understandably frustrated with the pace of social progress and justice, we cannot control outcomes, we can only try to influence them. This is an especially important reality for the times in which we live. Buoyed by a spirit of restless patience, our job is to dig in, plant the seeds for positive change, and take part in moving our society toward something better.
You may freely download my law review articles on workplace bullying, intern rights, and therapeutic jurisprudence from my Social Science Research Network page. At the risk of being immodest, I have been told by many folks who are not lawyers or academics that they are very readable and accessible, which I consider to be a supreme compliment.
December 29, 2017 By David Yamada in academic workplaces, Business Ethics, diversity and discrimination, employment and labor law, freedom of speech, internships, management practices, media, politics, power & abuse in society, work and technology, workplace bullying, mobbing, and abuse Tags: academic workplaces, diversity and discrimination, employment and labor law, freedom of speech, internships, management practices, media, politics, power & abuse in society, work and technology, workplace bullying	4 Comments
It has been a year of prominent news stories related to the workplace, especially the avalanche of accounts concerning sexual harassment. Here are many of the 2017 news stories in which I've been quoted or where my work has been discussed:
Beth Teitell, Working Bullying Remains in the Shadows, Boston Globe (December 2017);
Deborah Becker & Martha Bebinger, The Legal Differences Between Sexual Harassment and Workplace Bullying, WBUR-FM "Bostonomix" (December 2017);
Rebecca Koenig, Battling Bullying in the Workplace, U.S. News & World Report (December 2017);
Jeff Horwitz & Jake Pearson, Accusations of misconduct followed top gossip editor, Associated Press wire story (December 2017);
David Lieberman, To end sexual harassment on the job, end workplace bullying, Los Angeles Times (November 2017);
Travis Waldron, Weinstein Board Says It Didn't Know Of Sexual Harassment Allegations. Experts Don't Buy It, Huffington Post (October 2017);
Kari Paul & Maria Lamagna, The damaging, incalculable price of sexual harassment, MarketWatch (October 2017);
Madison Alder, Using Harvey for Political Tweets Could Get You Fired, Bloomberg BNA (September 2017);
Jon Steingart, Can You Fire Someone for Attending a Rally of Racists?, Bloomberg BNA (August 2017);
Cale Guthrie Weissman, James Damore's Legal Case Against Google Isn't So Clear, Fast Company (August 2017);
Bianca Mestiza & Sophie Johnson, Access to internships perpetuates inequality, The Ithacan (April 2017) (student newspaper at Ithaca College).
A talk on advancing dignity in our workplaces
December 12, 2016 By David Yamada in academic workplaces, dignity at work and in society, diversity and discrimination, employment and labor law, global work issues, internships, non-profit sector, power & abuse in society, psychology and work, workplace bullying, mobbing, and abuse, workplace health and safety Tags: academic workplaces, dignity at work and in society, diversity and discrimination, employment and labor law, global work issues, internships, non-profit sector, power & abuse in society, psychology and work, workplace bullying, workplace health and safety	Leave a comment
For those of you who would like to contemplate the big picture of why we need to inject the value of human dignity into our workplaces, you're invited to watch this 40-minute talk that I gave at the 2014 annual workshop of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS) in New York City. It was part of a public program on "Work That Dignifies the Lives of All People," [Note: You may have to "rewind" the YouTube video to the beginning, as some for some weird reason, the talk sometimes starts at around the 10 minute mark!]
The talk gave me a chance to discuss many topics that I've raised here on this blog, such as workplace bullying, the low-wage economy, and the ravages of globalization. I then tied them together under the overall rubric of worker dignity.
Next I asked participants to consider our respective roles in promoting worker dignity. At the very least, I suggested, we can do our best to practice the Golden Rule at work, treating others as we would have them treat us. That's not always easy, but it's an especially good starting place.
This morning I was poking around the HumanDHS website and to my surprise found the video! I hadn't posted it before, but I'm pleased to share it with you now. Introducing me is HumanDHS director Linda Hartling. As I mentioned in my last post, I just finished participating in this year's HumanDHS workshop, and it once again was a tremendously rewarding experience.
Challenges posed by the gig economy are hardly new
September 3, 2016 By David Yamada in employment and labor law, internships, labor market Tags: employment and labor law, internships, labor market	Leave a comment
The Fall issue of Yes! magazine devotes a collection of articles to the so-called "gig economy":
Four out of 10 Americans work outside of the traditional 9-to-5, a rate that is growing fast. For workers, this "gig" work can feel both empowering and precarious. This issue looks at how we can bring out the best of the gig economy, but also protect workers. From cooperatives and online communities to "portable" work benefits, we can make the gig economy work for us.
You'll find a few pieces from the issue posted online, but for the complete package you'll want to obtain a hard copy. Yes! prides itself on addressing economic, social, and human rights issues with a solution-oriented journalistic approach, and you'll find that theme running throughout its examination of the work world of freelancers and independent contractors. It's worth picking up if this topic interests you.
The gig economy aka the contingent workforce
Although the trendy term gig economy is of more recent vintage, the challenges facing those engaged in contractor, part-time, and short-time work have been with us for some time. For several decades, this group of workers has been referred to as the "contingent workforce."
In 1994, a blue-ribbon federal commission, the Dunlop Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations, released a much anticipated report that examined, among other things, how workers in the contingent workforce fared under existing employment statutes. Among the report's key findings was that the legally defined line between "employee" versus "independent contractor" played a significant role in determining who is covered by federal employment laws, such as anti-discrimination and minimum wage protections. Those determined to be contractors usually fell outside the reach of these protective laws.
The contingent workforce has been the subject of much attention since then. For example, back in 1997, pioneering workers' rights attorney and Lewis Maltby and I co-authored a law review article, "Beyond 'Economic Realities': The Case for Amending Federal Employment Discrimination Laws to Include Independent Contractors" (Boston College Law Review). The piece continues to be cited in scholarly articles today.
Closer to the trenches, the Freelancers Union provides policy advocacy, continuing education, and services in support of independent workers.
I would add the whole realm of internships and unpaid interns to this discussion as well.
In sum, whether we're calling it the gig economy or the contingent workforce, the challenges of providing good work with decent pay and benefits to those whose work arrangements do not fit within the 9-to-5 standard (to the extent that it's a standard at all) remain. It's something to keep on our radar screens as we head into this Labor Day weekend.
On immersing yourself and finding the ground floors of positive change
August 26, 2016 By David Yamada in internships, strategies for change, therapeutic jurisprudence, workplace bullying, mobbing, and abuse Tags: internships, strategies for change, therapeutic jurisprudence, workplace bullying	1 Comment
For many years, I have counted Steven Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (1984 orig ed.; now in a 25th ann. 2010 ed.) among my favorite books. It's the story of the pioneers of personal computing, starting back in the late 50s and going into the heart of the 80s. It's a wonderfully written book, full of personalities, discoveries, and innovations.
Nevertheless, from a distance this doesn't look like the kind of book that would hold my affection. I'm not a tech geek. In fact, I am among a minority of professors at my law school who prohibit the use of laptops in my classrooms, and I have used PowerPoint only once in the many talks I've given at conferences and programs over the years.
So what's the ongoing draw of this book?
For me, Hackers captures the great pull of immersing yourself in something that matters deeply to you; doing something positive, constructive, and/or creative; and being part of a group of people whose collective efforts exceed the sum of their parts. At times, it's about being able to join something truly exciting on the ground floor.
Within the past decade or so, I've found those kinds of connections:
The workplace anti-bullying movement has become a core piece of my work and life. I feel very blessed that I discovered this movement early in its inception and am playing a meaningful role in growing it.
The emerging intern rights movement has also become deeply important to me. I'm delighted over my supportive, "senior" role to this predominantly younger cohort of activists.
The therapeutic jurisprudence network, only a quarter century old, is about to launch a global non-profit organization, and I am excited to be working closely with a small group of organizers.
Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, founded in the early 2000s, is poised to help shape dialogue, research, and practice toward a more dignified society. Last year I joined its board, and I am stoked about the possibilities for expanding the influence of this wonderful network.
Most of the crowd in Hackers found their passions early in life. For me, these pieces didn't truly come together until my fifties. Call me a late bloomer, but it took me a long time to grow into and find this groove. Now, it feels right, and I'm very grateful for that.
You may read more about my work in these realms in my recently published law review article, "Intellectual Activism and the Practice of Public Interest Law" (Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice).

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Have many of us become "gadgetholics?" Do we rush in mass like drunken lemmings annually, especially during the holidays, to rush over the cliff of technology only to fall even deeper in debt as we race to upgrade to own the newest and the coolest gadget? The Associated Press reported that a poll says Americans are showing early signs of addiction to their gadgets. Fifty percent say they could not get along without computer and mobile telephones, and 40 percent say the same for broadband use. The Associated Press article also quotes a psychologist who is an authority on INTERNET addictions so there must be truth to this new addiction. Those addicted broadband users are fortunate since "they can get help online."
Is gadget addiction generic? You might be a neophiliac if you are constantly upgrading with the latest technical gizmo. Media Life magazine reports neophiliacs are people addicted to the new. A study conducted by Yamagata University School of Medicine in Japan reports some people may be genetically predisposed to wanting the newest things. Their study suggests the cause may be a mitochrondial enzyme called monoamine oxidase. However, a University of York sociology professor disputes the findings of the study pointing out, "people were far more suspicious of change in the past – so the urge to constantly move on is sociological, not a genetic one."
Do you suppose gadgetmania may be gender related? Reality checks suggest Males, far more than females, are gadget addicted to various degrees. This finding has been a boost to wives who often receive the blame for compulsive overspending while shopping. Jean Chatzky, author of "Make Money Not Excuses" gives this advice to spouses of gadgetholics: "They get excited in anticipation of their next purchase. They get a little higher when they are making it. And they feel a huge let down when it is over.
Why I even understand that Mrs. Claus is having problems with Santa this year. Some say that Santa has global navigation installed in his high tech sleigh and no longer relies totally on Rudolph, the lead red-nosed reindeer, for navigation. The elves in Santa's workshop have been upgraded and some even replaced by robotics as more high tech gifts are being manufactured than ever before for children of all ages. Mrs. Claus is also concerned about Santa's belly that you recall "shakes like a bowl full of jelly" for fear he will get stuck in a chimney, and his deliveries could not be made on time, disappointing millions globally. Don't worry Santa has been working out daily in his high-tech gym loaded with all kinds of the newest and coolest gadgets. Santa who is male, of course, apparently seems to think that today's addictions are tomorrow's necessities.
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Luxury lingerie brand Bluebella chooses Torque
End-to-end logistics services provider Torque has added another luxury brand to its repertoire by partnering with luxurious lingerie and sleepwear brand Bluebella.
Torque currently manages the brand's wholesale stock overseeing deliveries from suppliers and shipments into its Leeds distribution centre. The logistics specialist provides a full pick & pack service, bespoke re-labelling and despatch of all sales orders to wholesale and retail customers.
From February 2016 Torque will take on all eCommerce operations, freight and stock outlet management to provide a comprehensive logistics service.
Explaining the appointment, Emily Bendell, founder and CEO, Bluebella said: "We chose Torque because, as a fast-growing business, we needed a provider that was incredibly flexible and keen to support us throughout our current growth period and beyond."
Founded in 2005 by Emily Bendell, the story and vision for the brand was simple. Luxurious lingerie and nightwear collections with directional, modern design, made with the highest quality at an affordable price. Bluebella designs have a unique and exciting signature look that reflects the strength and femininity of the Bluebella woman, and have an aesthetic that is redefining sensuality.
Stewart Firth, director, Torque, said: "We are delighted to be working with Bluebella and look forward to growing with the brand during its continued development."
Torque is an independent company with a turnover of £60m employing over 900 people across sites in Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Wigan and London. It offers a full logistics service, from origin to end consumer, and customer are able to choose which service options they need, when they need them, to suit their own logistical and warehousing needs. Providing over 1.8 million square feet of warehousing capacity, Torque operates globally for customers ranging from large and famous high street names to small internet retailers.
Other current Torque customers include: British women's active wear brand Sweaty Betty; luxury knitwear manufacturer and importer Pringle of Scotland; La Redoute the e-commerce specialist for French fashion in Europe; business work wear retailer TM Lewin and leading hair piece specialist Daxbourne International.


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Keith Moss and the Tightrope Walkers at Oxfam Bookshop – Review
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Keith Moss and the Tightrope Walkers at Oxfam Bookshop – Friday 20th September 2013
Our ever growing fascination for Keith Moss and the Tightrope Walkers continues, so much so, we tracked them down to Oxfam bookshop during Dublin's Culture Night. Looking cool and relaxed they took the bookshop by the "William Shakespeares" and their opening song was "Rose with Thorns". The shoppers and culture vultures swayed when they moved onto "P.M.O." Stand out tunes amidst the books and dwellers was 1991 (That's Where You are), "Fat Men Have to Eat" and "Shouting to be Heard". A strong performance by Keith Moss and the Tightrope Walkers, their album "What Eludes You Moves You" is just great, go check them out.
Aidan Strangeman was another noticeable act off the Nighthawks bill, a comedy Irish singer songwriter who hates bookshops because of his wife's last boyfriend; he was a writer who is now a famous author. He sang "Am I the best you ever had? She said No." Strangeman has a phobia to erections, however told us he "felt something for Ronnie Whelan", back in the day, he was hilarious – a modern day comedy poet too. He made art through music with "Meta", how e laughed and swayed to his comedy songs. Strangeman told us he writes songs, because he wants to get laid. Funny singer, he had us by the balls and no doubt his wife will later.
There were other acts Biggles Biggles Flys Again, Jon Ward, John Cummins and The Citizen (aka Ken O'Duffy from Saville), however there seemed to be some changes to the line-up as they either played earlier in the evening as Aidan wasn't on the bill beforehand and we are glad that he was, so apologies if we missed some acts.
Dublin Culture Night ensured every nook and cranny of the bookshop and city centre was jam packed with people and lots of things to do. Overall, a great little event by Nighthawks at Oxfam Bookshop, hopefully it will become a regular part of the ever wonderful Dublin Culture Night.
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Why 'Audubon' Magazine Covers Politics and Environmental Justice
There's a reason we don't just "stick to birds," and it has everything to do with ensuring their future—and ours.
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In the 1960s, just 417 known nesting pairs of Bald Eagles remained in the contiguous United States. The species faced a real threat of extinction. Today, that number sits at an estimated 71,400 pairs. The charismatic raptors have rebounded so mightily—more than quadrupling in numbers just since 2009—that their conventional nesting sites are filling up; they're building homes on beaches, in the spiky arms of cacti, and just about anywhere else with a vacancy sign.
This recovery didn't happen by chance. It happened primarily because of two big moves by the federal government. In 1972, the Nixon administration—through the Environmental Protection Agency, which President Nixon created—banned the use of DDT, a toxic insecticide that had built up in the bodies of eagles and other birds high on the food chain, causing their eggshells to be too thin for many chicks to hatch. The following year, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act to conserve habitat for vulnerable wildlife, and the Bald Eagle was among the first species to gain protection. Without these political interventions, we might not have Bald Eagles.
The story of the Bald Eagle's comeback is instructive for many reasons, and it is perhaps the best example of why birds and politics are not mutually exclusive. And yet, we often hear from readers who don't see it that way. When we examine the implications of environmental policies or, especially, report critically on the government's conservation agenda, letters to the editor and online comments carry a common refrain: Don't be divisive. Stay out of politics. Stick to birds.
We understand that many of our readers look to birds, and in turn to Audubon magazine, as an escape from daily stressors and a discouraging news cycle—especially during what has been such a turbulent and challenging year. And we take seriously our ability to provide that respite. It's why you'll find a steady cadence of stories that explore what makes birds so fascinating and that lift up the joy of birding. But we want to be clear about why our coverage must be more expansive: As journalists, it is our responsibility to report accurately and candidly on issues that affect birds and birders, wherever and to whomever that leads us. In fact, a core function of journalism is to hold the powerful accountable for their actions. And when it comes to whether birds will survive and thrive long into the future, politicians wield great power.
As journalists, it is our responsibility to report accurately and candidly on issues that affect birds and birders, wherever and to whomever that leads us.
In this, our objective as journalists is in sync with the mission of the organization that supports our work. Just as Audubon magazine isn't simply a birding magazine, the National Audubon Society isn't just a birding club. Audubon arose from grassroots political efforts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when activists outraged by the slaughter of wading birds for the millinery trade lobbied politicians to outlaw plume hunting and give migratory birds federal protection. Today Audubon has a team headquartered in Washington D.C. dedicated to ensuring our nation's policies continue to protect birds and the places they need.
As our reporting shows, such policies matter. Researchers say a conservation program in the Farm Bill—a huge piece of legislation that is renewed every five years or so—is responsible for reversing the decline of Henslow's Sparrow populations and for the production of 2 million additional ducks per year in three Prairie Pothole states. A recent study found that the Clean Air Act, passed by Congress in 1970, has saved perhaps 1.5 billion birds, in addition to millions of human lives. It's no wonder that when the Trump administration announced plans to weaken this important policy—amid a global pandemic disproportionately affecting people of color, no less—both environmental and public health advocates were appalled by the rollbacks.
Science has increasingly laid bare what many have long understood: The fate of birds and people are intertwined. And so we also see a sharper focus on environmental and social justice issues—which some readers have similarly found off-putting—as core to our editorial mission.
There's abundant evidence that, for too long, a variety of government policies have forced people in ZIP codes with the least political power to suffer the worst impacts of environmental degradation while limiting their opportunities to enjoy the many benefits of access to nature. The environmental and conservation movements likewise have too often excluded people of color and other marginalized communities, creating a lack of trust and ultimately making their efforts less effective. Today, more people, politicians, and organizations are recognizing these longstanding inequities and taking steps to address them, and it's our job as journalists to report on these important shifts while also highlighting the significant work that lies ahead.
That's why we covered Indigenous protests over a new oil pipeline that will transect land and water relied on by birds and people and further exacerbate a climate crisis threatening both. Why we celebrated events like Black Birders Week and highlighted efforts to right the gender power imbalance in birding. And why we've been taking a hard look at the legacy of the mostly white environmental movement, including that of John James Audubon himself.
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FILE - In this March 2, 2018, file photo, New York Mets' Tim Tebow walks back to the dugout after striking out during the second inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow is set for hand surgery Tuesday, July 24, 2018, and likely done for the season, dashing his hopes of playing in the majors this year. The 30-year-old outfielder will have surgery in New York to remove his broken right hamate bone. He hurt himself last week swinging the bat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Mets' Tebow having hand surgery, likely out for year
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow is set for hand surgery Tuesday, dashing his hopes of playing in the majors this year.
The 30-year-old outfielder will have surgery in New York to remove his broken right hamate bone, an injury that occurred Thursday while swinging a bat for Binghamton against Trenton in the Double-A Eastern League.
The former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner was hitting .273 with six home runs and 36 RBIs in 84 games for Binghamton. He doubled in the Eastern League All-Star Game on July 11.
"It's about a six-to-eight week recovery, so effectively his season is over," Mets assistant general manager John Ricco said after Tebow was examined Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Tebow hit .301 in June for the Rumble Ponies and .340 in 15 games in July.
"I view this season as a complete positive," Ricco said. "Obviously it ends disappointingly. He's going to miss the last month, month-plus. But to see a guy who in a couple short years is now competing at the Double-A level and thriving, really — the last couple months he was playing really well, so I don't think how that could be anything but a positive.
"Obviously, the age factor is there, and it's tough for him to miss this last month. But I view this as nothing but a positive. He's really gone out and made great strides."
Tebow played in seven games for the Mets in spring training, going 1 for 18 (.056) before returning to the minor league camp.
Tebow signed with Mets in late 2016 and played in the Arizona Fall League. Last year, Tebow hit .226 with eight homers and 52 RBIs in 126 games at two levels of Class A.
A two-time national champion at Florida, Tebow works as a college football analyst on the SEC Network.
The 2007 Heisman winner will be inducted into Florida's ring of honor, becoming the sixth player to receive the honor. His name will be unveiled on a wall inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium when the Gators host LSU on Oct. 6.
Tebow went 35-6 in four seasons (2006-09) at Florida, finishing with an SEC-record 170.8 career pass efficiency rating. He left college with 28 school records, 14 conference marks and five NCAA records.
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Lily We Need To Talk Now is a record Konigsberg has been slowly chipping away at since 2016, revising and re-recording the songs over the years. The eleven track collection is her first proper full length, following her anthology of EPs and unreleased tracks, The Best of Lily Konigsberg Right Now.
The new record is catchy the whole way through, like much of her poppy and
plainspoken indie rock output that's made her a fixture of the NYC underground in recent years. Her voice twists and turns and dashes around her clever wordplay in new ways; there are hints of power-pop, pop-punk, and downtempo introspection, all dotted with easter eggs of winking humour.
True to its title, this collection of songs is like a check in with herself. On "That's The Way I Like It," with backing vocals from longtime collaborator Paco Cathcart, she reflects on the feeling of "struggling with someone you love, and how you can get all evil about it, like a brat, like a baby." On "Proud Home", she sings one of the records boldest ear-worm hooks ("You've got a lot of fucking things to be proud of!") and tries to comfort a friend who has a crush on her mom. "I really cracked myself up with the lyrics," she says. "It's kind of a Stacey's Mom riff. I decided it's a dedication to Adam Schlesinger [of Fountains of Wayne]."
"Roses, Again" is a new take on a familiar Lily tune (originally on Good Time Now) re-recorded at the request of her current live band, who have evolved the song on the road.
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Andy H: This week we see the start of Marvel's Secret Wars spin-off titles but I'll get to them later. The big one for me on Wednesday is the return of Trees from writer Warren Ellis and artist Jason Howard. The first eight-issue run last year was a fantastic read. Ellis crafted a number of storylines featuring very different characters that totally sucked me in over the first seven issues and then just exploded with issue #8. Finally, after a brief hiatus, we get to see where (and how) the story will progress. Colour me excited! Coming to a close, for now, is Scott Snyder and Jock's Wytches. It's been a tense and creepy run so far and I'm really hoping for a fittingly tense conclusion to the first arc. Possibly not so creepy but maybe a slight case of tongue in cheek is the awesome Alex de Campi's second issue of Archie Vs. Predator. You may scoff but it works. We've seen the Predator in the jungles, seen it in the big city, now it's off to Riverdale with Betty and Veronica as it's targets. So, onto Secret Wars. It's a veritable pick and mix of goodies heading our way over the next few months and it starts here. A-Force #1 looks like this week's big winner. A massive cast of all female Avengers fighting to protect their piece of Battleworld. Looking at the cover art we've got a great selection of characters for writers C. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett to play with. I'm also going to try out Planet Hulk #1. I was going to leave it but now I've seen some preview pages I think it will make this week's pull-list. Finally, and just because I love it so much, we see another reprint of Locke & Key. This is the Master Edition, a hardcover tome collecting the first 12 issues of my favourite read this century! I know I shouldn't want to buy it all again but it is that good. Must resist (not).
Matt C: A-Force was one of the only Secret Wars spin-off titles I was considering looking at prior to the launch of the event. Having being completely bowled over by Secret Wars #2 (I'm amazed at how good it was) I'm now casting my eye over some of the other tie-in books. It's will be more about the creator's involved rather than the characters as generally most of my buying choices are creator led these days. With that in mind, Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson and Ed Brisson's involvement in Secret Wars: Battleworld #1 means I'll be taking that one home, although the revolving door approach to writers and artists (and characters!) over the four-issue limited series means I may not be back for round two. Outside of all the Secret Wars hoopla it's a relatively quiet week for me, with Ei8ht #4, Star Wars #5 and Letter 44 #16 being the standouts.


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Cross-Country: Philomath at Ultimook Race MarchMar 13 2021 02:30pm
Philomath at Ultimook Race
Location: Hydrangia Ranch, Tillamook
Date: Saturday, March 13
Start Time: 2:30 p.m. (4A girls), 3:15 p.m. (4A boys)
4A teams competing: Astoria, Banks, Newport, North Marion, Philomath, Tillamook
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• The meet will be live-streamed with drone footage on this Facebook page.
• Nineteen high schools are scheduled to send runners to the Zweifel Hydrangia Ranch course. Philomath will run only against five other 4A schools.
• Prior to the high school races, there will be middle school competitions at 9 a.m. (girls) and 9:30 a.m. (boys). Philomath does not have any middle schoolers competing.
• There will be 1A-3A races at 11:30 a.m. (girls) and 12:15 p.m. (boys) before the 4A races.
• Spectators are limited to a viewing area far away from the start and finish line. There is a limit of two spectators per athlete.
• Philomath's boys and girls both finished runner-up to Newport at last season's Ultimook Race. Brody Bushnell and Grant Hellesto had 3-4 finishes for the boys and Hannah Hernandez was second for the girls.
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Residence Hall Association elects junior as president
Updated: March 29, 2016 at 11:16 a.m.
This post was written by Hatchet reporter Jerome Dineen.
The Residence Hall Association elected junior Ali Belinkie as its next president Monday night.
Belinkie campaigned for the position calling for greater transparency from the administration about the University's plan to renovate every residence hall on campus on a seven-year cycle.
She will take over for current president Mike Massaroli, who said last week RHA would be lobbying for more funding for residence hall renovations. He argued the current budget will likely make the University's goals unachievable.
Belinkie also supported the creation of more personalized common rooms in residence halls that would offer a students a bigger say in the room's use and purpose, including if it's for socializing, cooking or studying.
She beat out sophomore Carlee Russell, the director of hall development, for the association's top spot.
Belinkie previously served for two years on the executive board as RHA's programming director.
"I have strong pre-existing working relationships with many upper-level officials in the administration," Belinkie said in her closing statement. "And next year is my last year to make a lasting difference in RHA."
Rachel Metz, a sophomore, ran uncontested for vice president, and fellow sophomore Brooklyn Richards won against three other candidates to become the next director of hall development.
Austin Meo was elected as the programming director, Connor Losey was selected as director of communications and Sean Wesp was re-elected national communications coordinator.
This post was updated to reflect the following correction:
Due to a reporting error, The Hatchet incorrectly stated that Karl Pederson was selected as director of communication. Connor Losey won the position. We regret this error.


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The Treaty Signed
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840, between the British Crown and Māori. About forty chiefs signed at Waitangi. Copies of the Treaty document were thereafter taken around New Zealand for further Maori signatures.
About 500 Māori eventually signed various copies at various times. However, significant chiefs and groups of Maori chose not to sign, especially Te Whero Whero of Waikato, who would later become the first Māori King in 1858.
For Māori, the Treaty of Waitangi incorporated a number of undertakings that were not fulfilled by the Crown. For example, Maori people were not included when an early Executive Council to govern New Zealand was established by Governor Hobson. Māori perceived a gradual but definite imposition of British law and institutions at the expense of traditional Māori lore and sanctions.
'Amalgamating Maori'
An overall policy of 'amalgamating'€™ Māori into new settler institutions pervaded all dealings between Crown and Māori. As Dr Hazel Riseborough has pointed out, New Zealand was now no longer to be a place belonging to Māori, with space reserved for Pākehā. Instead, New Zealand was to be a place for Pākehā, and room now had to be found for Māori. This was contrary to what Māori had thought the Treaty was all about; and they said so.
Plus, around Waitangi and Kororareka, Ngā Puhi experienced economic losses following the Crown's assuming of responsibility for collecting shipping dues and taxes. Ngā Puhi also felt slighted by the Crown's decision to move the capital of New Zealand from Kororareka to Auckland.
For these and other reasons, Hone Heke began to agitate around Kororareka in the early 1840s. He instigated the felling of the Maiki Hill flagpole, and the British flag, four times. The fourth felling was followed by an attack on Kororareka itself. The town was destroyed and a number of settlers were killed, thus starting the northern war.
'Broken Treaty Promises'
The Treaty of Waitangi, and its believed promises, were much cited by Māori, as the wars progressed. Many Māori believed that the Crown and settlers were acting in a manner contrary to the Treaty's undertakings in pursuing war against them. For its part, the Crown believed Māori to have been in rebellion, against the Crown's sole authority to govern, an authority conferred upon it (it argued) by the Treaty of Waitangi.
If you would like to read Danny's essay on Hone Heke, as published in the Mana Magazine, No 51, 2003, pp. 83-86, click here # Essay on Hone Heke.
Further reading – Peter Adams, Fatal Necessity: British Intervention in New Zealand 1830-1847, Auckland, 1977; Patricia Burns, Fatal Success: A History of the New Zealand Company, Wellington, 1989; Claudia Orange, The Treaty of Waitangi, Auckland, 1987; Alan Ward, A Show of Justice. Racial 'Amalgamation' in Nineteenth Century New Zealand, Auckland, 1973.
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The ISPI Winter and Summer School offer students, graduates, and young professionals the opportunity to get closer to major international issues through a catalog of intensive short courses on topics such as: Development and Cooperation Humanitarian Emergencies European Affairs Microfinance Human Rights Project Planning Geopolitical Areas The Winter School provides courses of 15 hours each, offered on weekends (Friday and Saturday from 9.30am to 6.30pm). The Summer School provides courses of 15 hours each offered in July and September, developed on two days each (Monday / Tuesday, Wednesday / Thursday, Friday / Saturday) from 9.30am to 6.30pm. The program allows participation to a maximum of three courses per week. The multidisciplinary approach adopted allows an analysis of the historical, political, legal, economic, and cultural issues addressed, providing participants with the necessary tools for further studies. The "traditional" teaching approach is supplemented by testimonials, tutorials, simulations, illustrations, case studies, as well as the active involvement of participants through group work. The ISPI Winter and Summer School courses are recognized by some universities in Lombardy, in order to obtain credits. The Summer School ISPI is also a partner of the Summer School of Milan. Thanks to this agreement, each student who attends the Summer School courses ISPI will receive a card with which you can get discounts at various exhibitions and museums of Milan.
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Ex-NFL lineman Jonathan Martin ordered to stand trial for Instagram threat to alma mater Harvard-Westlake
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By Cam Smith, USA TODAY High School Sports | January 17, 2019 7:31 am ET
Former NFL and Stanford offensive lineman Jonathan Martin has been ordered to stand trial for an Instagram threat to his alma mater that he made in February 2018.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times and Yahoo Sports, among other outlets, a judge ruled Wednesday that Martin should stand trial for the threats he made to his former high school and a number of other individuals who Martin apparently believes have bullied him. For their part, Martin's legal representatives have steadfastly insisted Martin's post was, "not a threat … it was a cry for help."
Martin's next court appearance is Jan. 30.
Raised in the Los Angeles area, Martin attended prestigious Harvard-Westlake High School in Studio City, where he emerged as a star player on the team's offensive line. He went on to start at Stanford and then for the Miami Dolphins, where he eventually had a public conflict with fellow offensive lineman Richie Incognito. That spat led to Martin publicly detailing claims of bullying and abuse, which precipitated a suspension and then trade of Incognito and, eventually, Martin's own trade to another team.
When Martin's NFL career ended prematurely because of a back injury that would have required surgery, but he later mentioned personal struggles with mental health that included suicide attempts.
Then, 2 1/2 years later, on Feb. 23, 2018, Martin posted an ill-advised Instagram message, "When you're a bully victim & a coward, your options are suicide, or revenge." The post tagged Harvard-Westlake, Incognito, another former Dolphins teammate, Mike Pouncey, and a pair of former high school teammates. The post included an image of a shotgun.
The post went live just nine days after the tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
On Wednesday, the decision to move forward with a trial for the former lineman was driven in large part by the image sublimated behind the text of Martin's post.
"It does say suicide or revenge," Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Shellie Samuels told the New York Daily News. "That does sound equivocal on its face. However, on the photo, there are 19 shells. Suicide would take one shot. Nineteen shells is a mass shooting, killing more than one person, revenge. I think that's unequivocal enough (under the law) to be a criminal threat."
It should be noted that Martin has also been charged with one count of carrying a loaded firearm in public.
Martin's story continues to paint the picture of a troubled but talented soul, and someone who struggled both to fit in and accept himself in an environment where he wasn't part of the statistical majority. Only time will tell if his social post last year will land him in jail or receiving more mental health treatment, whether his post was intended as a threat or a call for help.
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Hello my lovelies! It's Monday and it's a whole new month so let's be excited. My month of May is gonna be awesome because I have a couple of trips coming up and I can't wait. Let's hope that the weather will be just right. Spring and summer are my favorite seasons so now that spring is finally here I need to get out of the house as much as I can. Bright blue nails are an absolute must for this season. The ones I'm showing you today are easy to create and very elegant.
Metallic nails are usually worn in the cold season but who says you can't wear them in the spring too? I used the saran wrap technique and multiple polishes to create this manicure but the star of the show is definitely the metallic polish. I think it looks great over the bright periwinkle.
The base color for this manicure is p2 Up In The Air!, a periwinkle polish with a hidden silver shimmer. I used saran wrap to add a bit of Essie Smooth Sailing and then Kiko 623 Blue from the Mirror collection. It's not the first time I use the combo of the p2 and the Kiko so it's definitely a match made in heaven.
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Where does WHISENHUNT rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
WHISENHUNT is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
WHISENHUNT ranks # 9236 in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
WHISENHUNT had 3,247 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
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HomeThe Adventures of Tom SawyerQ & AWhat the agreement is between Hu...
What the agreement is between Huck and Widow Douglas
Huck did not like living with Widow Douglas, but he made an agreement with her. What was it?
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The Widow Douglas is an honorable woman who hopes to nurture Huck into a civilized child. Here, the reader immediately understands the main theme of the novel, the conflict between civilization and freedom. In agreement with Rousseau, Twain tends to suggest that civilization corrupts rather than improves human beings. For example, in the first chapter, Huck is forced to change his natural character into the mold the Widow Douglas demands from him. He feels cramped in new clothes, and hates being limited to eating dinner only when the dinner bell rings. Twain cleverly contrasts this new lifestyle with Huck's old way of life. For example, Huck compares eating dinner off a plate to eating from a "barrel of odds and ends," which implies a pig's slop bucket. Here, Twain explains that in his earlier life, Huck competed for food with pigs, but also notes that Huck enjoyed eating from the slop bucket more than eating from the plate. Huck's relationship with food is a prominent theme throughout the novel, and during his time on Jackson's Island and working his way down river, Huck revels in and enjoys his ad hoc dining.
In the first chapter, we observe Huck is ironically trapped in a "civilized" world, when he would prefer to live freely in nature. Irony appears in other areas of the novel as well. For example, Huck explains that the Widow Douglas wouldn't let him smoke, even though, ironically, she secretly uses snuff herself.
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Q: Shortest Path and Dijkstra Algorithm I cannot seem to find any indication to this question on the internet and as I am in exams I am running out of time, the question is pretty simple and any explanation would be welcoming(although a simple yes or no will do as well).
For Dijkstra's algorithm, must a graph be strongly connected? That is every vertice can be reached from any other vertice? Or is it possible to have vertices that are unreachable and thus you must start at another node using the algorithm?
To add to this question: Does Dijkstra's algorithm only apply to undirected graphs? as all the examples in my textbook relate to undirected edges.

A: An undirected graph is basically just a directed graph, but with bidirectional connections. So no, Dijkstra's can also be applied to directed graphs.
For weakly connected graphs, it depends.
Say you have graph section A and graph section B. You can go from A into B, but not from B into A. If you start at A and want to find a shortest path into B, Dijkstra's will work. But naturally, you can't start at B and try to find a path to a node at A.

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