Civil

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Weather: Civil Defence tells holidaymakers, residents to find safe ... (New Zealand Herald)

This morning, MetService issued a severe weather warning for the peninsula with 24 hours of heavy rain, including torrential downpours tomorrow morning. The ...

There’s been a huge amount of people in Whitianga up until now, and all those that have been struggling were hoping for a good summer. Holidaymakers Karen and Arthur Keane of Howick were among those departing the Coromandel in their campervans. The hope is the beach owners will be back, at least for Anniversary Weekend.” A number of weather warnings have been issued for parts of the North Island as heavy rain and strong winds with the Government forecaster today upgrading several weather watches to warnings in Auckland, the Coromandel, western Bay of Plenty and the Tasman area. “It’s a prolonged rain event for the Coromandel Peninsula, and may result in streams and rivers rising rapidly, as well as surface flooding and slips,” warned the Waikato Regional Council. “While there is still some uncertainty, five more days of northeasterly wind and rain on the Coromandel is likely to have a wide impact.

Scottsboro Boys Museum Reopens Along U.S. Civil Rights Trail (Forbes)

The Scottsboro Boys were headline news around the country in 1931, but today, most Americans have never heard about the nine Black teenagers falsely accused ...

Vision met reality in 2017 when Lee Sentell, Director of the Alabama Tourism Department and author of “The Scottsboro Boys case grew to become a contest over competing visions on how to achieve racial and socio-economic equality here in the U.S. Scottsboro reminds us of the work still left to do.” The defenders of equality, rule of law, fairness and humanity. With classrooms and school board meetings now on the front lines of America’s culture war, right wing hysteria over a so-called “woke agenda,” Critical Race Theory, [book bans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/24/us-book-bans-streak-of-extremism), the Scottsboro Boys case, and whether this nation chooses to teach it or hide it, exemplifies the ongoing struggle between history told as unvarnished truth or whitewashed propaganda. “Civil rights leaders did everything they could to disassociate themselves with these labels and that likely meant that the Scottsboro case was not very useful to them. Yet the director and museum founder Shelia Washington had such a compelling personal story and such a passion for the case that she was able to take what little was there and somehow make a museum out of it.” [Scottsboro Boys Museum](https://www.thescottsboroboysmuseum.com/) in the small northeastern Alabama town of the same name. “One reason, I believe, has to do with the alignment of the case with Communist International. before they even get into the arrests and the trials.” We want them to read and discover the many racial and gender driven mythologies. Appeals went all the way to the U.S.

Civil engineering professor to chair advisory board for NSF center ... (Nevada Today)

The SimCenter, part of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), with joint center leadership from UC Berkeley and Stanford, provides ...

McCallen has been involved in this area and currently is the principle investigator for an David McCallen is a renowned leader in seismic simulation research,” Krishna Pagilla, chair of the College of Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. This work allows us to better understand the potential impacts of natural disasters and will allow governments and industry leaders to make more informed decisions about potential mitigation strategies.

Analyzing civil cause of action for extortion in Florida (Westlaw Insider)

Extortion is one of the legal ideas that affect marriage and family law that is most frequently employed, misused, misunderstood, and ignored.

- The original plaintiff shared with the defendant that her husband was abusive and is on trial in a court of law. The CoA for extortion is sufficed wherever all the elements of extortion are present. Extortion claims are frequent in the workplace and are categorized as white-collar crimes. Extortion occurred when the defendant threatened the victim and caused her emotional distress by claiming that he knew of several witnesses who had been subpoenaed to testify at her husband’s domestic violence trial and that he would ensure his acquittal unless she agreed to pay him. The defendant/appellant for a judgement of acquittal following the State’s case, claiming the State had not proven all elements of extortion. He filed an appeal on the basis that there was no physical injury caused to the plaintiff therefore the trial court has erred in convicting the defendant. [What is the cause of action for extortion in Florida?](#what-is-cause-of-action-for-extortion) [One of the most popular cases on extortion in South Florida](#one-of-the-most-popular-cases-on-extortion-in-south-florida) [Can you sue for extortion in Florida?](#can-you-sue-for-extortion-in-florida) [What are the elements of extortion in Florida?](#what-are-the-elements-of-extortion-in-florida) [Case example where extortion was not recognized: Crossdale v. - The Florida trial court decided in favor of Michael in two different verdicts. The district court agreed and dismissed the case and on that ground. It establishes the crime of extortion when combined with the necessary purpose. - Intent: The prosecution must demonstrate that the offender intended to take advantage of the victim’s helplessness by forcing them to perform acts against their will, receive property, or for some other reason. Criminal matters are frequently brought up in family law proceedings, but they do so subtly that they are either ignored or seen as a natural aspect of the conflict.

Five senior officers among 687 civil servants nabbed over drugs in ... (New Straits Times Online)

KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested 687 civil servants over drug-related offences last year. Federal Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk ...