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31 Jul 6:13 pm
31 Jul 6:10 pm
Video by Meade. That's me at 0:16. The play was "Rough Crossing" by Tom Stoppard. An excellent performance. And I didn't go home with a sunburn. We traipsed through the prairie on our way out: [read
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31 Jul 6:09 pm
Brandweek: Ersatz goods selling on Canal Street isn’t exactly news in New York, even though Mayor Mike Bloomberg staged an impressive photo op amid a mountain range of purses. But...
The post Fakers rising appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. [read
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31 Jul 6:07 pm
A prison officer allegedly took part in a long-term sexual relationship with a prisoner which resulted in her pregnancy and arrest.
26-year-old Haven Shank lives in Saint Joseph. She is a corrections officer at the Western Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center.
Starting last fall, Shank and one of the prisoners in the facility reportedly established a connection that cultivated in the pair allegedly partaking in sexual intercourse.
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31 Jul 5:22 pm
Interviews recently posted online at the “High School SCOTUS” blog: Anna Salvatore has recently posted her interview of Seth Waxman from 2019.
And Elise Spenner has posted this interview of Sarah Harris. [read
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31 Jul 5:02 pm
If any doubts remained six months into the Biden Administration that the Administration would be any less protectionist or “Buy American” oriented than its predecessor, they were largely laid to rest by recent comments from Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in an interview with Bloomberg News *[1] (reported in World Trade Online[2]). In the interview, Secretary Raimondo extolled the virtues of the Section 232 “national security” tariffs and quotas on imported steel and aluminum originally levied by the Trump Administration and maintained to date under… [read
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31 Jul 4:53 pm
If you are thinking of selling a home if you are behind on mortgage payments then Symmes Law Group can help discuss with you all of your options, including options to retain your home. The first thing you need to think about is whether you can afford the normal mortgage payments on the home moving forward and whether you still want to live in your home. This will likely determine your next steps. In Washington State most home have appreciated rapidly and you may have significant equity that you cannot access due to the delinquency on your mortgage. Therefore, a… [read
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31 Jul 2:41 pm
Call for Abstracts! Better Call Saul and Philosophy: I think, Therefore I Scam Edited by Joshua Heter and Brett Coppenger Abstracts are sought for a collection of essays on any philosophical topic related to the hit television series Better Call Saul to be published by Carus Books (this is the same editorial team that was long with Open Court Publishing). Potential contributors may want to examine previously published volumes such a Westworld & Philosophy as well as The Man in High Castle & Philosophy. Abstracts and eventual essays should be… [read
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31 Jul 2:41 pm
Call for Abstracts! Better Call Saul and Philosophy: I think, Therefore I Scam Edited by Joshua Heter and Brett Coppenger Abstracts are sought for a collection of essays on any philosophical topic related to the hit television series Better Call Saul to be published by Carus Books (this is the same editorial team that was long with Open Court Publishing). Potential contributors may want to examine previously published volumes such a Westworld & Philosophy as well as The Man in High Castle & Philosophy. Abstracts and eventual essays should be… [read
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31 Jul 2:27 pm
Robert Johnson (1911-1938) may be the most famous of the bluesmen of the first half of the 20th-century, and many of his songs have been recorded by rock musicians from the 1960s onwards. Here's the original of the song Cream... [read
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31 Jul 2:27 pm
You were stopped for failing to signal a turn. When you opened the window, the officer spotted a flask on your passenger seat, smelled alcohol and asked you to take field sobriety tests, which you refused. Can you be convicted because of the flask?
The answer depends on many factors. If the flask was empty, you may have a defendable case as long as there is little other evidence of DUI. But how empty is empty enough? If the flask is completely dry, you may not have a problem provided your driving and demeanor were steady. But what if the flask had a… [read
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31 Jul 2:25 pm
Almost everything a litigant does in an Illinois divorce does requires that the other party be notified. There are no surprises in an Illinois divorce. The reason surprises are forbidden in an Illinois divorce is that litigation by surprise is contrary to the fundamental principle of Anglo-American law: due process.
“No state shall make or enforce any law…without due process of law” U.S. Const., amend. XIV
Due process is “law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice.” Black’s Law Dictionary (10th ed.… [read
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31 Jul 1:56 pm
The governor of Illinois has signed into law the "Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act," making it the tenth American state to put into effect legislation for e-wills. The act takes effect immediately (July 26, 2021). The Illinois act is... [read
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31 Jul 1:29 pm
Food Safety News reports that an outbreak of hepatitis A infections has been confirmed in relation to frozen mangos. Patients live in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia. It is not yet known whether the products were distributed in the United States.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency posted a recall notice for four products in relation to the outbreak. See chart below for details.
“This recall was triggered by findings during an investigation into a foodborne illness outbreak. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation,… [read
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31 Jul 1:25 pm
We're delighted to have had Tom Johnson (University of York) join us as guest blogger in July 2021. Many thanks for his insightful series of posts on law in medieval England and many other things methodological and conceptual. Here's the roundup: 1. A Hesitant Legal Historian2. Medieval law as local3. Medieval law as material4. Medieval law as document5. Medieval law as rulesThank you, Tom Johnson! You can follow Tom on twitter @tomlukejohnson--Mitra Sharafi [read
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31 Jul 12:55 pm
Instacart uses Stripe as a payment processor. Instacart purports to bind consumers to its privacy policy via this screen:
(Sorry for the poor image resolution. This is what the court’s opinion had. The applicable disclosures are in the bottom right of the screenshot).
The court says Instacart creates an enforceable sign-in-wrap (ugh):
The Court finds Instacart’s privacy policy conspicuous and obvious for several reasons. First, the hyperlink to the privacy policy is displayed in a bright green font against a white background, which stands out from most of the surrounding… [read
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31 Jul 12:48 pm
There is still time to register for the Central States Law Schools Association 2021 Scholarship Conference, which will be held September 24-26, 2021 at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas. Law faculty from across the country are invited... [read
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31 Jul 12:45 pm
Opportunity:Webinar: Movilizando una Solución Internacional para Apoyar a Migrantes y Refugiados Venezolanos, 3 August 2021 [info]Blog posts & press:Argentine Migration Policy is Back on the (Human) Right Track (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2021) [text]As Refugees Flee Central America, the Mexican Public Sours On Accepting Them (Modern Diplomacy, July 2021) [text]EGRIS International Recommendations: Dissemination in Central Americas (UNHCR Blog, July 2021) [text]La respuesta del Estado colombiano a la migración venezolana: Una política de puertas abiertas?… [read
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31 Jul 12:35 pm
So to speak. Although to some in the art industry Pornhub’s appropriation of classic artworks seems a bit tasteless. What do you think? [read
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31 Jul 12:30 pm
“Biden’s fight to de-Trumpify the courts, explained; Biden is the president liberal court watchers have been waiting for, but he may be five years too late”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. [read
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