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CPSC 185: Control, Privacy and Technology
Brad Rosen (brad.rosen@yale.edu)
TAs: Emily Rosenberg (emily.rosenberg@yale.edu) & Vera Eidelman (vera.eidelman@yale.edu)
F, 3:30-5:30, WLH 204
Course Readings: Please Skim The Syllabi from 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.
(1) Crazy Laws & Prosecutorial Discretion (Jan. 23 – Intro & Overview)
Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v Rockerfeller, 477 F2d 375 (2d Cir. 1973):http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/477/375/1514/
Lon Fuller, The Case of The Speluncean Explorers: http://www.nullapoena.de/stud/explorers.html
Miller v. Skumanick, Order [Order] (Optional: Skim Complaint [Complaint])
Miller v. Skumanick, 3rd Cir. Appeal Pages: 4-11, Skim 14-21, 22-35.
United States v. Dougherty 473 F.2d 1113 (D.C. Cir. 1974) condensed opinion
United States v. Krzyske, 857 F.2d 1089 (6th Cir. 1988) and United States v. Krzyske, 836 F.2d 1013 (6th Cir. 1988) (read sections on jury nullification)
Tang, Xiyin: The Perverse Logic of Teen Sexting Prosecutions (And How To Stop It)
[N.B. The Fuller Article and the Inmates of Attica case serve as a framework for a number of the issues we will discuss in the class].
(2) Search, Seizure, and "Reasonable Expectations" (Jan. 30)
Katz v. U.S., 389 U.S. 347 (1967):
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZO.html
Harlan's Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZC1.html
California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988), including Brennan's Dissent:
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/486/35/case.html
Kyllo v. U.S., 533 U.S. 27 (2001): http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-8508.ZO.html
Time Magazine, Antonin Scalia, Civil Libertarian:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,130509,00.html
U.S. v. Camacho, 368 F3d 1182 (9th Cir. 2004): http://openjurist.org/368/f3d/1182/united-states-v-camacho
Forbes, Scanner Vans Allow Drive By Snooping, http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0927/technology-x-rays-homeland-security-aclu-drive-by-snooping.html
Andy Greenberg, Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed in Street-Roving Vans,http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/
Opening Brief For Petitioners, EPIC v. Napolitano, http://epic.org/EPIC_Body_Scanner_OB.pdf (pp. 1-19, 31-33)[OPTIONAL]
Complaint, Ventura v. Napolitano, http://static.infowars.com/2011/01/i/general/Ventura_lawsuit.pdf (skim)[OPTIONAL]
Raw Story, Naked-image full-body scanners to be taken out of U.S. airports, http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/18/naked-image-full-body-scanners-to-be-taken-out-of-u-s-airports/
Washington Post, How My Shirt Flummoxed the TSA, http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/how-my-shirt-flummoxed-the-tsa/2011/09/19/gIQA2PZwqK_story.html
Gonzalez v Schenectady, 2d Cir (Slip. Op. 2013)
(3) Search and Seizure, 2.0 (Feb. 5)
U.S. v. Knotts, 460 U.S. 276 (1983) (Read the Case Syllabus Only): http://supreme.justia.com/us/460/276/case.html (Optional Skim Case)
Use of GPS / Phones
U.S. v. Garcia, 474 F3d 994 (7th Cir. 2007): http://openjurist.org/474/f3d/994/united-states-v-garcia
People v. Weaver, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 03762: [pdf] (read pp. 1-28 and fn 1 on p. 29 — n.b. page numbers are of the pdf, as each opinion has its own page numbers)
Delaware v. Holden [PDF] (read pp. 1-7, 9-17)
U.S. v. Pineda Moreno, 9th Cir. Opinion: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1497005.html AND Dissent from Denial of en banc:http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/08/12/08-30385.pdf
U.S. v. Jones (2012) (read all opinions): http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1259.pdf
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/third-circuit-agrees-eff-warrant-required-track-car-gps
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/again-federal-court-finds-cops-dont-need-a-warrant-for-cellphone-location-data/
Optional: Application for Historical Cell Site Data [PDF] (read pp. 1-4, 15 – 35, skim pp. 5-14 [Conclusions of Fact])
Optional: Read Case Syllabus Only from U.S. v. Karo, 486 U.S. 705 (1984), http://supreme.justia.com/us/468/705/case.html
Perp walks
Chris Rovzar's Article: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/05/a_brief_history_of_perp_walks.html
Lauro v. Charles, 219 F.3d 202 (2d Cir. 2000): https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/219/219.F3d.202.99-7239.1999.html
Caldarola 343 F.3d 570 (2d Cir. 2003): http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1371024.html
Mugged by a Mug Shot Online
(4) Right Against Self Incrimination (Feb. 12)
U.S. v. Cohen, 388 F2d 464 (9th Cir. 1967): http://openjurist.org/388/f2d/464/united-states-v-cohen
U.S. v. Boucher, 2007 WL 4246473 (D. Vt. Nov. 29 2007): read the Magistrate Order first, then the Appeal
Bronston v. U.S., 409 U.S. 352 (1973): http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=409&invol=352
Brogan v. U.S., 522 U.S. 398 (1998): (note that the Souter and Stevens opinions are extremely short)
Scalia's Opinion: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZO.html
Souter's Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZC.html
Ginsburg's Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZC1.html
Stevens's Dissent: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZD.html
Andrew J. Ungberg, Protecting Privacy Through a Responsible Decryption Policy: SKIM [PDF]
Techdirt: Massachusetts Ignores 5th Amendment; Says Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt His Computer
EFF's Know Your Rights: https://www.eff.org/issues/know-your-rights
Apple's Fingerprint ID May Mean You Can't 'Take the Fifth' http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09/the-unexpected-result-of-fingerprint-authentication-that-you-cant-take-the-fifth/
Murphy v. Waterfront Comm'n of N.Y. Harbor, 378 U.S. 52 (1964) (Sub-Optional – We were going to have you read this, but we decided it was way too boring. Here's the link in case you're interested, but we won't even call it "optional."): http://openjurist.org/378/us/52/murphy-v-waterfront-commission-of-new-york-harbor
(5) Laptops, Documents & TXT MSGS (oh mai!) (Feb. 20)
U.S. v. Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27 (2000): http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-166.ZO.html
Thomas's Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-166.ZC.html
Search by government employer (will be more on private employers next week)
Ontario v. Quon, US Supreme Court
Optional/Skim: Quon v. Arch Wireless, 529 F.3d. 892 (9th Cir. 2008) Ninth Circuit: Opinion; Ikuta's Dissent; Wardlaw's Concurrence
Searches at the border
U.S. v. Arnold, 523 F.3d 941 (9th Cir. 2008): district court opinion; Ninth Circuit opinion [add cotterman and jae shik kim]
Techdirt, Think Tank Says DHS Should Stop Border Laptop Searches (also skim full report here)
Kashmir Hill, The Price to Cross the Border
Ars, Police Seizure of Text Messages Violated 4th Amendment
People v. Diaz, California Supreme Court
State v. Smith, Ohio Supreme Court
United States v. Garvey, US Virgin Islands
United States v. Flores-Lopez, 7th Cir
Riley v. California Sup Ct.
Where Police Can & Can't Snoop Through Your Phone
(6) Emails, Passwords and Consent (Feb. 27)
UNITED STATES v. GALPIN
Kashmir Hill, The Geek Squad Becomes the Porn Squad
Thompson v. Ross, W.D. Pa.
U.S. v. Warshak, (6th Cir. 2010), Slip Opinon, (skim 4-13, read p14-29, p. 94-98)
Romano v. Steelcase [PDF]
Jennings v. Holly , SC Supreme Court
Cnet, DOJ Abandons Warrantless Attempt to Read Yahoo Email
Who Has Your Back 2014
ABC News, Man Faces Five Years in Prison for Snooping Through Wife's Emails (Update: CBS Detroit, Final Charges Dropped in Husband-Wife Hacking Case)
Kashmir Hill, Aussie Teen Proves a Lover's Revenge Is Best Served Digitally
Judge dismisses case against Brooklyn man who shared nude photos of girlfriend on his Twitter account (full opinion: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2014/2014_50193.htm)
Reddit Bans Nude Photos Posted Without Consent
Email in the workplace
Stengart v. Loving Care, 990 A.2d 650 (2010), https://www.courtlistener.com/nj/8AYZ/stengart-v-loving-care-agency/
A Company Computer and Questions About E-Mail Privacy (N.Y. Times, June 27, 2008): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/technology/27mail.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1214862365-v6tJmItYLdKLKVEcpU7/bQ
Rebels in Black Robes Recoil at Surveillance of Computers (N.Y. Times, Aug. 8, 2001):http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/08/national/08COUR.html?
Smyth v. Pillsbury Co., 914 F. Supp. 97 (E.D. Pa. 1996): http://www.loundy.com/CASES/Smyth_v_Pillsbury.html (Skim)
United States v. Hamilton (4th Circuit 2012)
California Judge Confirms Police Officers' Rights Were Violated By Hidden Locker Room Camera (ACLU.org, Apr. 4, 2006): http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/california-judge-confirms-police-officers-rights-were-violated-hidden-locker-
Venkat Balasubramani, Ex-Employees Awarded $4,000 for Email Snooping by Employer
(7) Right to Record and Wiretapping (March 6)
Recording police officers
ACLU v. Alvarez
Sharp v. Baltimore
Justice Dept. defends public's constitutional 'right to record' cops
DOJ letter
Cops Roll Out Citizen Video Order
Yes, You Have A Right to Record The Police
Secretly recording sex
NY v. Piznarski (Read up to page 12, skim the rest)
Charges target sex taping in dorm
Desfeux granted special probation
Other recording
Caro v. Weintraub
Dillon v. Seattle Deposition Reporters
ABC wins appeal over hidden camera investigation of medical lab (Optional: opinion)
Google "The Fappening" and "The Snappening" and read generally about both.
Government wiretapping
In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. 06-1791 (N.D.C.A. June 3, 2009) (Only Pages 2-6): http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/orderhepting6309_0.pdf
FBI pushes for surveillance backdoors in Web 2.0 tools
http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/going-dark-lawful-electronic-surveillance-in-the-face-of-new-technologies
N.S.A. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.S.
US v. Muhtorov
NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say
Here's how phone metadata can reveal your affairs, abortions, and other secrets
British Spies Said to Intercept Yahoo Webcam Images
(8) Data Aggregation, Brokers, and Breaches (April 10)
A. Aggregation Effect
How Privacy Vanishes Online (N.Y. Times, Mar. 17, 2010):http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/technology/17privacy.html
Cookies, Web Bugs, and In re Doubleclick Inc. Privacy Litigation, 154 F. Supp. 2d 497 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) (from Information Privacy Law 808-10 (Daniel J. Solove & Paul M. Schwartz eds., 2009)) (read the entire attached PDF)
Apple Sets May 1 Deadline to Cut off UDID
Fingerprinting and Beyond
Law Students Teach Scalia About Privacy and the Web (N.Y. Times, May 18, 2009): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/technology/internet/18link.html
CDT Memo on Sorrell v. IMS, http://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/20110324_SorrellvIMS.pdf
A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749 (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9, 2006):http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html?pagewanted=1
AOL search data release reveals a great deal (USAToday.com, Aug. 17, 2006):http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-08-17-aol-data_x.htm
Google Thinks I'm a Middle-Aged Man. What About You? (Mashable.com, Jan. 25, 2012): http://mashable.com/2012/01/25/google-cookies/
Facebook Graph – Privacy Control You Still Don't Have https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/facebook-graph-search-privacy-control-you-still-dont-have
Facebook Users Want More Privacy, Nudged Towards Less, Study Finds (Also finds Water, Wet. Pope, Catholic)
Explore: http://actualfacebookgraphsearches.tumblr.com/
Teens, Social Media, and Privacy http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/teens-social-media-and-privacy/
"Critics of Privacy." Solove and Schwartz, Information Privacy Law (4th), pp. 62-69. (excerpt)
B. Data Brokers
The Data Brokers: Selling your personal information
Joshua L. Simmons, Buying You – The Government's Use of Fourth-Parties to Launder Data About "The People": http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1475524
EPIC, FTC Letter – Request for investigation into data broker products for compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act:http://epic.org/privacy/choicepoint/fcraltr12.16.04.html
Escaping the Scrapers, WSJ, http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/10/11/escaping-the-scrapers/
Press Release, Leahy Renews Push For Data Privacy Legislation, http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=31e641c0-013e-4abc-8148-2c4f04ac3a8
Lawsuits Challenge US Online Data Brokers (Reuters Legal, Feb. 24, 2011):http://www.reu dters.com/assets/print?aid=USN2427826420110224
Purcell v. Spokeo, Complaint [PDF] (pp. 1-5)
Court Revives Lawsuit Against Spokeo
C. Data Breaches
Private Information Stolen from Nationwide Consumer Database (ConsumerAffairs.com, Feb. 16, 2005): http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/choicepoint.html
ChoicePoint Details Data Breach Lessons
ChoicePoint-FBI Deal Raises New Privacy Questions
ChoicePoint to pay $275,000 in latest data breach (CNET.com, Oct. 20, 2009):http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10379722-245.html
The Target Data Breach is Becoming a Nightmare
Calif. attorney general: Time to crack down on companies that don't encrypt
Does Clapper Silence Data Breach Litigation? A Two Year Retrospective
(9A) If you're not paying for it…(and then what do they do with it?) (April 17)
(skim) WSJ Privacy Coverage: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight
Terms and Conditions: A movie about privacy policies you'll actually want to watch
A. Social Media and employment
Keeping a Closer Eye on Employees' Social Networking (NYTimes.com, Mar. 26, 2010):http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/keeping-a-closer-eye-on-workers-social-networking/?scp=1&sq=facebook%20employers&st=cse.
OPTIONAL – For a 2009 study on the rate at which employers search for applicants' profiles, see the following CareerBuilder.com report, published Aug. 19, 2009:http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr519&sd=8/19/2009&ed=12/31/2009&siteid=cbpr&sc_cmp1=cb_pr519_&cbRecursionCnt=2&cbsid=f430eced50a44966a0c38ab247728f26-323142413-RF-4
The Atlantic, Should Employers Be Allowed to Ask For Your Facebook Password?
Millennial Fired For Tweet
GigaOm, What happens when social surveillance goes mainstream? http://gigaom.com/2012/04/02/what-happens-when-social-surveillance-goes-mainstream/
B. Social media, police, and courts
Reuters, In US Courts, Facebook Posts Become Less Private
Ehling v. Monmouth Ocean
Forbes, Judge Orders Divorcing Couple to Swap Facebook Passwords
When Tweets Can Make You a Jailbird (N.Y. Times, Mar. 16, 2010): http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202446309011&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
Criminal Selfies: One, Two
C. Data Privacy and Marketing
Facebook is Marketing Your Brand Preferences (With Your Permission) (N.Y. Times, Nov. 7, 2007):http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/technology/07adco.html
Facebook to Shut Down Ad Program
Facebook Test-Drives Real Time Ad Targeting, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382544,00.asp
Kash Hill, How Target Figured Out a Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did, http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/
Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It
Time, Private Eyes – Retailers watching our every move, http://business.time.com/2012/09/18/private-eyes-are-retailers-watching-our-every-move/
(9B) Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur) (Apr. 17)
A. EPIC / Facebook
Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises, http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2011/11/facebook-settles-ftc-charges-it-deceived-consumers-failing-keep
(Skim) Facebook FTC Complaint, http://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2011/11/111129facebookcmpt.pdf and Consent Order http://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2012/08/120810facebookdo.pdf
EPIC – Public Opinion on Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/survey/ (skim)
EPIC – Facebook Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/ (skim)
Written Congressional Testimony of Marc Rotenberg, July 28, 2010, http://epic.org/privacy/socialnet/EPIC_Testimony_House_Jud_7_10.pdf
B. FTC / Mobile
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-ftc-rules-for-twitter-20130312,0,1847653.story
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/privacy-issues-at-top-of-edith-ramirezs-federal-trade-commissione-agenda-88663.html
(skim) http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/rosch/120914TheMentorGroupBostonParisFrance.pdf
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/01/business/la-fi-tn-ftc-mobile-privacy-consumers-report-20130201
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/287089-new-ftc-chief-vows-to-continue-push-for-online-privacy
FTC, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change, http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/03/120326privacyreport.pdf
C. Governance Regimes (Skim all)
Privacy Governance by Contract, by Self-Regulation, by Property, and by Statute (excerpts from Information Privacy Law 808-10 (Daniel J. Solove & Paul M. Schwartz eds., 2009)) (read the attached PDF)
RadioShack puts customer personal data up for sale in bankruptcy auction – http://www.pcworld.com/article/2901028/radioshack-puts-customers-personal-data-up-for-sale-in-bankruptcy-auction.html
California OAG – Privacy Principles http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/pdfs/n2630_signed_agreement.pdf?.
Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World, http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/privacy-final.pdf
The FTC and the New Common Law of Privacy (download paper) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2312913
(12) Theories of Privacy Rights: Penumbras and Unintended Consequences (Apr. 24):
Samuel D. Warren & Louis D. Brandeis, The Right to Privacy, 4 Harv. L. Rev. 5 (1890). (attached as PDF)
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965): Douglas's opinion for the Court:http://www4.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0381_0479_ZO.html; Black's dissent (first three paragraphs only): http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/381/479#writing-USSC_CR_0381_0479_ZD
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) (Blackmun's opinion – only preamble (the paragraphs preceding section I) and section VIII):http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0410_0113_ZO.html
Randall P. Bezanson, The Right to Privacy Revisited: Privacy, News, and Social Change 1890-1990, 80 Cal. L. Rev. 5 (1992) [only pages 1137-1150] (attached as PDF)
Robert C. Post, The Social Foundations of Privacy: Community and Self in the Common Law Tort, 77 Cal. L. Rev. 5 (1989) [only pages 969-978] (attached as PDF)
Catsouras v. Dept. of Cal. Hwy. Patrol, 181 Cal. App. 4th 856 (2010) [only pages 10-18] (attached as PDF)
ABCNews, Families Struggle to Delete Loved One's Online Presence After Death, http://abcnews.go.com/US/families-struggle-delete-loved-online-presence-death/story?id=15108300#.T4yn4qtQ4iE
Justia, Facebook's "If I Die" App Should Remind Us That We Each Need a Digital Death Plan, http://verdict.justia.com/2012/01/17/facebooks-if-i-die-app-should-remind-us-that-we-each-need-a-digital-death-plan
Facebook Now Lets You Choose Who Controls Your Account After You Die, http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/12/8025117/facebook-account-after-death
….but people aren't using it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/04/21/digital-asset-legacy-poll/
Lifehacker, What Should I Do About My Virtual Life After Death, http://lifehacker.com/5617683/what-should-i-do-about-my-virtual-life-after-death
Facebook Memorial Sites Taking Hold, http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-501366_162-6172718.html
Google Inactive Account Manager, http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/11/googles-afterlife/
What Inactive Account Manager means for your will, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9997105/Google-RIP-What-Inactive-Account-Manager-means-for-your-will.html
National archives v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) (Opinion by Kennedy):http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-954.ZO.html
Marsh v. San Diego http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/05/30/11-55395.pdf
Kiel Brennan Marquez, "A modest defense of mind-reading" http://yjolt.org/modest-defense-mind-reading
Refresh Lon Fuller, The Case of The Speluncean Explorers:http://www.nullapoena.de/stud/explorers.html


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Theband is grey like old torn paper with a gargoyle in a medieval arch. Really cool details and rustic looking. Definitely fits the Brand with a name like Relic.
The cigar is a medium to darker brown. Seeing a few veins with barely any seams showing. Messy double cap.
Cold Draw – Nutty and Musty Cedar – similar to the aroma.
First Third – Deep earth, slight creamy espresso and a mild pepper are the initial palate pleasers. Shortly into the cigar a spice and creamy chocolate nutty note come out and pepper remains present but lightens up. Burn is perfect and ash is medium gray in color.
Second Third – Chocolate, cedar and spice take the stage in a nice blend of flavor. Burn remained perfect. Ash fell at the 2.5-inch mark.
Final Third – Chocolate, cedar and spice flavors carry over but I picked up a nice herbal component like sage and slight citrus. Really nice on the palate. Burn remained perfect.
This Relic Cigars was a good full flavor cigar. Flavors are balanced to perfection and distinct which is always a great experience. I think AJ Fernandez hit this one out of the park. Not a huge brand but you can find this on www.cigarsinternational.com.


Congrats to Addison and Emily, our 2017 college scholarship contest winners! There were 1,000+ submissions this year, and these two essays came out on top.
It is said that a good relationship starts with good communication. From letters, to telegraphs, to pagers, to phones, there have been countless ways that people have communicated overtime. With texting, calling, and Facetime capabilities, today's times are connected on a new, extreme, level, however, millennials are often thought of as incapable to communicate efficiently. Maybe this is true. Many conversations are held with a phone, computer, or tablet as the messenger, and while that is unlike the communication used by our grandparents, or even parents, many would argue that today's technology helps people be better communicators, and therefore, have better, stronger, relationships.
Six schools, four houses, two states. Needless to say, moving has been a very big part of my childhood and while that has taught me countless lessons and skills, it has also made for relationships with people that are miles and miles away. Nothing beats a good heart to heart on the back porch with cicadas singing and the stars burning brightly in the sky, but phone calls and text messages from far away friends never fail to make my heart smile. Thinking of what it would be like to have to send letters and wait for weeks and weeks to hear from a friend makes me grateful to be able to pick up the phone and call my best friends when I need to hear their voice the most. The connection that mobile devices are able to provide has helped me keep and maintain special friendships that might have otherwise disappeared. Moving to a new place, and more importantly, saying goodbye to people who have helped shape me into the person I am is one of the toughest things I have ever done, however, knowing that they are only a call or text away makes the process a little bit easier.
The people we hold closest to our hearts are often filled and overflowing with wise and empowering words, or phrases that make us laugh and feel at home. Sometimes I wish that my grandparents lived right down the street. I wish that I could go and listen to them tell stories and hear about their days spent enjoying retirement. My grandparents do not live right down the street, in fact, they have lived states away at times. Between their constant adventures through countries they are knocking off their bucket list and my family's moving, we are often very far apart in distance, but with the use of mobile devices, we are still close in connection. One of my favorite memories of my grandmother was the time when she Facetimed my family and I to show us her hotel room in Germany that she was very excited about. Being able to see the joy on my grandmother's face even though we were seas apart brought joy to my face. I am thankful to have a mobile device that makes it feel like I live right down the street from my grandparents.
As I look to the future I see another big move, and this time it really is big. In a few short months I will be leaving my family, and adding another house onto my list as I enter college. While I am excited about the doors that will soon swing open, leaving my family will be one of the hardest things I've had yet to do. These are faces I see everyday, and voices I wake up and fall asleep to, and not having that will be a hard change to adjust to. While I am a brave, courageous, girl it gives me a lot of relief to know that my mom will still be ready to listen at any point day or night, that my dad will still be able to make my day brighter and laughter filled, and that my brother will still be able to come to me and I to him when we really need someone to talk to. I am confident that my relationships with each of my family members will remain strong because we have mobile devices that will keep our roots intact. I am thankful to have technology that is able to help me communicate with those I love, because a good relationship really does start with good communication, and good relationships makes for a good, sweet, life.
The summer before I began grade six, my parents purchased me my first phone. At that time, the sole purpose of the device was to ensure that I had a method of communication so that my parents could be sure that I was safe. While that old BlackBerry allowed me to text my parents, it also opened up the opportunity for me to keep in touch with relatives whom I only see every few years. I began downloading games and other applications, and my phone quickly replaced all of the video games that I had owned over the years. With access to entertainment, the internet, and communication with all of my family and friends, my phone became an excellent tool for me to use, no matter where I was.
I anxiously awaited being able to show my grandparents my phone, and showing them all of its functions. While they were fascinated by the games, one thing stood out to them more than anything else: text messaging. Within months, my grandparents had purchased a brand new smartphone to replace their outdated flip phone. Immediately, they were asking my sister and I to teach them how to text, as this would create an extremely convenient way to stay in touch with all members of my family. After handwriting my grandparents a short book with my Crayola markers, "Texting for Seniors", I was bombarded with requests by their friends asking for copies for themselves. My grandparents had created a small texting movement within their community activity group.
My grandparents and I texted daily, and I remember that the excitement of seeing their name pop up on my screen never wore off. From simple "good morning" texts to asking how my day was going, or organizing a family dinner, texting provided my grandparents and I the opportunity to share small moments of our lives whenever we were thinking of each other. Following my grandmother's cancer diagnosis, communication became critical to all of us when it came to meeting for various medical appointments or simply a much-needed family gathering. Waiting for her appointments, she would occupy her time often by texting her family or friends, reading an e-book, or playing a game of solitaire on her phone or tablet. After several years, she was hospitalized very suddenly. At this point, none of us knew that she would never be going home.
Only three months later, my grandfather, too, succumbed to cancer, giving up his own fight after the passing of my grandmother. Following their passing, relatives would always tell me, "Hold onto the memories of them, and they will always be with you". Sifting through photo albums filled with pictures of us together, it always brought a smile to my face seeing the photos of these memories. However, it wasn't until later that I realized that I was holding onto even more memories: all of the texts that we shared. In a time of sadness, re-reading our text conversations brought me great happiness. Reading a personal message that was sent to you by someone that you love and miss dearly, is an incredible feeling.
Fast forward to today, as I complete my final year of high school. I use my phone constantly to communicate with family and friends, as well as sending emails to communicate with others. My smartphone allows me to listen to music, watch movies or online videos, and keep up with news in the world. I use several applications to check my grades at school, as well as to plan workouts or keep track of personal activity and lifestyle choices. The utter convenience of being able to pick up a device and have the world at your fingertips is incredible.
I am so proud of all of my achievements from over the years, and while preparing to attend university and enter the world, I often reflect on past experiences and memories that have shaped me to bring me to where I am today. Not a day goes by where I do not think of my grandparents, whom I miss greatly. When I am having a rough day, missing my grandparents, nothing tops the feeling of being able to pull out my phone to scroll through all of our old texts, allowing me to relive those incredible memories.
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An Egyptian customer named Ismail visited us last year when I joined in this company for only about 15 days later in Novenmber 2007, they're the very first foreign customers which I served, we begun to know each other on Alibaba.com, and they have many other businesses in China, they visited Shanghai when they came to China, and later, they went to our neighbour Wenzhou City, and after their visiting in Wenzhou City and back to Shanghai they passed by Taizhou City and visited our company.
While, in this photo, the man and lady in the middle is my boss and his wife, and the other 3 men are Egyptian customers. Oh, the second man from left to right is Ismail, I contact with him, for more photos, please visit here.
I knew little about them now, he's not my bigger customer. I didn't know why they visited us at that time, even though we showed almost all of our products to him, he purchased a little, maybe this is not his major business in Egypt. I think.
I don't want to cheat him… but ….
Another thing that I had to tell all of you, Ismail and one of his staffs in Egypt emailed me and talked me on MSN for times and told me he paid some hundreds of US Dollar to our Agriculture Bank of China, and sent me their bank's receipt. I told this to my boss, he always went to the bank to withdraw money paid us by Wire Transfer or Western Union, but he told me that he never withdrawed money from any Egyptian banks, I knew nothing about it, and every time I asked my boss, he insisted that.
And one day, one of Ismail's friends in Shanghai even called my boss mobile phone, and asked my boss to send the goods to Egypt, my boss finally determined to send goods to Egypt, and one of Ismail's ataff contacted with me, and I sent goods to his friend in Shaghai as his request.
And after that, I asked Ismail for times whether his friend sent him the goods (togethered with other goods he bought from Shanghai) or not, he didn't answer me, also no response when I asked his staff.
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Star Wars, Comics, Superman, and Politicals Dominate at Hake's
Posted on January 29, 2018 by Collector
Comic Character Collectibles
By J.C. Vaughn
The final auction of Hake's Americana & Collectibles' 50th year, #222, was held November 14-16, 2017 and it turned out to be the most successful one in the company's five decades. The $1,754,464 realized eclipsed the previous high mark of $1.3 million, which was set in 2013. It also scored the best opening day in Hake's history and was their fastest to top $1 million.
Going in, the auction was primed to be a record-setter. The line-up included rare political material, key comic books and art, and the inaugural offerings from the Star Wars Collection of Russell Branton.
"Talk about ending a half century with a bang," Ted Hake, the company's founder, said. "My two most exciting auctions have to be #1, which saw 155 items gross $193.67, and now Auction #222 with a gross exceeding $1.75 million. My wife, Jonell, and I began as a mom and pop operation, but over the years we assembled a great staff, all collectors at heart, as the business grew based on authentic collectibles accurately described. Selling the business in 2004 to Steve Geppi, owner of Diamond Comic Distributors, propelled Hake's to a new level. With Alex Winter now at the helm as Hake's President, we plan to keep Hake's focused on quality collectibles while remaining true to our principles that have earned the trust of our bidders and consignors."
The Tuesday-closing political and historical session achieved two records, both for the "Americanize America" Vote for Cox and Roosevelt jugate button. The exceedingly rare piece reached $47,278, setting a world record for this piece and a world record for any button sold at public auction. Hake's found that there are only eight examples of this jugate, with only four of those potentially in high grade and likely to hit the auction market.
Additionally, a Homestead Grays of 1930 real photo postcard took the second spot on Tuesday, realizing $17,523. The photo, which was taken during Spring Training, depicts National Baseball Hall of Famer members Oscar Charleston, Judy Johnson, Smokey Joe Williams, and Cumberland Posey.
The auction set house records for total comic sales and several industry records as well. For one of those records, a CGC-certified 7.5 copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, which features the first appearance of Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, sold for $140,760. This topped the previous CGC 7.5 record of $102,001. A CGC 2.0 copy of the issue sold for $13,440, beating the previous record of $12,000.
Among the other high profile comic books, a CGC 9.6 Blackhawk #9 from the Edgar Church/Mile High pedigree brought $14,135 (previous record $9,775), a CGC 8.0 Green Lantern #2, also from the Church collection, closed at $12,390 (previous record $6,573), a CGC 9.8 War Against Crime #10 Gaines File copy sold for $11,235 (previous record $10,074), a CGC 6.5 Eerie Comics #1 brought $4,720. (previous record $1,525), a CGC 9.6 copy of Shadow Comics Vol. 2 #6 (Mile High) went for $4,711 (previous record $2,760), a CGC 9.4 copy of All-Flash #21 (Mile High) totaled $4,568 (previous record $2,600), a CGC 9.8 copy of Crime SuspenStories #2 (Gaines File) realized $4,413 (previous record $4,003), and a CGC 9.4 copy of Marvel Mystery Comics #79 CGC 9.4 sold for $4,256 (previous record $3,884).
The Man of Steel took center stage with several very strong results, including the Action Comics version of the Superman 1940 contest prize ring, which realized $8,709. The contest was announced in Superman #3 and the ring reads "Supermen of America Action Comics." Hake's knows of 20 examples of the "Member" ring (with planet and lightning bolts on the sides) but this is one of only seven with the words "Action Comics" on the piece and geometric designs on the sides.
The Superman/Tim rare high grade 1948 ring with code symbols for "Good Luck" landed at $6,490. It is the best example known to Hake's knowledge, and was previously in a collection for the past 25 years.
Superman Family original art by Sheldon Moldoff closed at $7,852 after spirited bidding pushed it well beyond the $400 to $700 estimate.
Among the other Superman items of note, an extremely rare, Syroco-like Superman DC promotional figural ashtray sold for $6,749 (estimate $2,000 to $5,000), a custom-framed page of original art by Curt Swan from Superman #137 closed at $5,321, a Wayne Boring-illustrated Superman 1950 Sunday page original in a custom frame brought $3,575, a high grade copy of the rare Supermen ofAmerica – Action Comics emblem/patch and letter topped out at $5,192, and a rare Superman Bread sign flew to $4,130.
Despite the other content and the multiple records, there was no denying that ahead of time a major portion of the interest the auction hadgarnered was for the Star Wars Collection of Russell Branton. It seems to have lived up to the advance hype.
The Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi 12-back-A double telescoping action figure, AFA 80, realized $76,700. This piece from the 1978 Kenner toy line is incredibly rare, as few double telescoping action figures were produced.
The Luke Skywalker 12-back-C, AFA 95 (yellow hair), brought $50,622, more than doubling the estimate of $10,000 to $20,000. The Luke Skywalker figure on an unpunched card was made for Kenner's '78 toy line. It is exceedingly difficult to achieve a grade that high, accounting for the incredible price.
The Power of the Force Anakin Skywalker painted Dynacast hardcopy prototype figure was another marquee piece from the Branton collection. It sold for $34,981, well over the $10,000 to $20,000 estimate. The full painted hard resin figure was eventually used in Kenner's '85 toy line.
The Palitoy Return of the Jedi – Boba Fett tri-logo AFA 80 hammered at $11,682. The tri-logo unpunched blister card from the '83 Kenner line was released with English, Spanish, and French text.
Hake's will follow their first offerings from the Branton collection with more in their next few auctions.
Star Wars, Comics, Superman, and Politicals Dominate at Hake's
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Oxacillin-Induced Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Alexis Sharpe, Bashar M. Mourad, Chase J. Hardwick, Theresa Reilly, Ezra Dweck, Eric Bondarsky
(Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, NYU Langone, New York City, NY, USA)
Am J Case Rep 2019; 20:345-348
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.913748
BACKGROUND: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is an idiosyncratic life-threatening reaction comprised of fevers, rash, and leukocytosis with eosinophilia. Though characteristically associated with leukocytosis, there are rare case reports of DRESS-induced agranulocytosis. DRESS is most frequently caused by antiepileptic medications; however, it has very rarely been reported in relation to oxacillin. We describe a case of oxacillin-induced DRESS associated with agranulocytosis.
CASE REPORT: A 52-year-old male was admitted for an epidural abscess secondary to oxacillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, for which an extended course of oxacillin and rifampin was initiated. On day 22 of therapy, the patient developed a fever of 38.7°C (101.6°F) with rigors. His complete blood cell count revealed new leukopenia (1.8×10³/uL) with 16% eosinophils and 3% atypical lymphocytes. Antibiotics were transitioned from oxacillin and rifampin to vancomycin, cefepime, and rifampin for presumed sepsis of unclear etiology. On day 23, he was noted to have a pruritic erythematous blanching papular rash on his chest, trunk, neck, and left upper extremity. Infectious workup was unrevealing, and his fever curve up-trended to 39.3°C (102.7°F) with no clinical improvement on broad-spectrum antimicrobials, suggestive of a non-infectious etiology of his rash and fevers. His rash evolved into confluent red patches, and eosinophilia rose to 21%, which was concerning for a drug reaction. His RegiSCAR score was calculated to be 6, consistent with definite DRESS. Leukopenia resolved (6.3×10³/uL) 4 days after discontinuing oxacillin. His epidural abscess was ultimately treated with daptomycin, and DRESS was managed supportively with antihistamines and triamcinolone cream.
CONCLUSIONS: We highlight this case because of the rarity of DRESS with agranulocytosis related to oxacillin. Beta-lactam antibiotics are widely used, and while DRESS is an uncommon condition, clinicians should consider this diagnosis when managing patients with fevers, leukopenia, and rash.
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Grays Harbor County Criminal Court
Grays Harbor County Criminal Court handles all criminal cases that are filed in Grays Harbor County. See below for more information about criminal cases in Grays Harbor County.
Grays Harbor County Criminal Court hearings
Criminal hearings in Grays Harbor County will take place at the Grays Harbor County Criminal Courts. Please see here for a list of the Grays Harbor County Criminal Court Locations.
Sentencing in Grays Harbor County
In Grays Harbor County if the defendant is found guilty (by trial or plea), the defendant will be sentenced. This sometimes occurrs immediately after being found guilty, but can also take place at a later date. In most instances, a judge will impose the sentence that is requested by the prosecution, but they also have the descretion to impose a different sentence.
The Right to Trial by Jury
The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by a jury. This is applicable for when the crime can carry a sentence of 6 months in jail OR a $500 fine, these are known as "Serious Crimes". The defendant can also waive their right to a speedy and public trial.
Jury Deliberation
In a jury trial in Grays Harbor County, after both the prosecution and defense have rested, the judge will give instructions to the jury and jury deliberations will begin. The jury will convence in a private room to discuss and deliberate the innocence or guilt of the defendant. Once the jury arrives at a unimanous decision, they will inform the judge that they have reached a decision. They will return to the court and the verdict will be read aloud. If the jury cannot reach a unaminous decision, the jury is said to be deadlocked and a mistrial will be declared in the case.
Grays Harbor County Arraignments
An arraignment is a court hearing. In Grays Harbor County this is the first thing that will happen in a criminal case. The defendant will be brought before a judge in Grays Harbor County Criminal Court and the judge will read the charges that were filed against the defendant. The judge will also read the rights the defendant has and ask the defendant if they understand both the charges filed against them and their rights as a defendant in the case. In Grays Harbor County a plea of Guilty, Not Guilty or No Contest may be entered. In a guilty or no contest plea the sentencing of the defendant may take place at the same arraignment hearing or a later date may be scheduled for sentencing. For a not guilty plea, a date will be set for a trial.
Prosecutor in Grays Harbor County
In Grays Harbor County, the prosecutor is an attorney representing Grays Harbor County. In some cases, the prosecutor may actually represent Washington. For the most part, the prosecutor in Grays Harbor County has discretion to both decide whether to file charges and also negotiate a potential plea deal with the defendant.
A Plea Agreement, sometimes known as a Plea Bargain is an agreement between the prosecution and the defendant, where the defendant pleads guilty or no contest often in exchange for a lesser charge or lighter recommended sentence. A large majority of criminal cases end in a plea agreement. In Grays Harbor County you can inform your attorney to negotiate with the prosecution to attempt to come to a plea agreement, but this is dependent upon the charge severity and also the prosecutors willingness to accept a plea deal.
Mandatory Appearances in Grays Harbor County Criminal Court
At a mandatory or required court appearance in Grays Harbor County, the defendant must appear before the court. In the event of a "Failure to Appear" the judge may issue a warrant for the arrest of the defendant. Note: not all criminal hearings are mandatory, in a non-mandatory hearing an attorney may appear on your behalf without you being in court.
The US Constitution's Sixth Amendment ensures the right to an attorney regardless of whether or not you can afford one. In Grays Harbor County a public defender will be appointed by the judge if you cannot afford private representation.
Where can I get help for my Grays Harbor County criminal case?
The 6th amendment of the United States Constitution provides a criminal defendant with the right to an attorney. As read in the miranda rights, this means that if a defendant cannot afford to hire a private attorney a legal attorney will be appointed to the defendant to represent him at no cost to the defendant. This is often a public defender. In addition, the court clerk for Grays Harbor County will also be able to provide general information about a specific criminal case. The clerk can only provide information and is not an attorney so they cannot provide legal advice, only a licensed attorney can provide legal advice about what the best options for are for your particular case.
Appealing a Criminal Conviciton
A defendant may appeal a criminal conviction to an appellate court. In an appeal, the actual trial is not redone, but the appellate court hears arguments that the criminal case was not handled in a legal manner at the original criminal court. The appellate court can either uphold the conviction, or determine that errors were made and may request a retrial, a resentencing of the defendant or that the charges be dismissed.
The term "Burden of Proof" means that the prosecutor is required to prove the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. If the prosecutor cannot provide proof of the defendants guilt, then the judge or jury in a trial must find the defendant not guilty. In the United States the principle innocent until proven guilty derives from this that the defendant is assumed innocent and the prosecution has the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty.
Grays Harbor County Criminal Court Locations
Grays Harbor County Superior Court
Address: 102 W Broadway Avenue, Suite 203, Montesano WA 98563
Grays Harbor County Superior Court – Juvenile
Address: 103 Hagara Street, Aberdeen WA 98520
Grays Harbor County District Court – Aberdeen
Address: 2109 Sumner Avenue, Room 201, Aberdeen WA 98520
Grays Harbor County District Court – Montesano
Address: 102 W Broadway Avenue, Room 202A, Montesano WA 98563
Aberdeen Municipal Court
Address: 210 E Market Street, Aberdeen WA 98520
Cosmopolis Municipal Court
Address: 1312 1st Street, PO Box 478, Cosmopolis WA 98537
Elma Municipal Court
Address: 202 W Main Street, PO Box 2013, Elma WA 98541
Hoquiam Municipal Court
Address: 609 8th Street, Hoquiam WA 98550
Phone: 360-637-5700 x234 Fax: 360-533-3602
Montesano Municipal Court
Address: 112 N Main Street, Montesano WA 98563
Oakville Municipal Court
Address: 204 E Main Street, PO Box D, Oakville WA 98568
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Address: 585 Point Brown Avenue NW, PO Box 909, Ocean Shores WA 98569
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Address: 604 N Montesano Street, PO Box 1208, Westport WA 98595
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The Goads Sunday Morning Worship Service at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Mike and Noelle Lewantowicz speak at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
The Goads speak and sing on Saturday at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Jon Gordon speaks at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Andy and Jane Albright speak at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Bill and Diane Lampe speak at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Kyle and Beth Winebrenner speak at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Tim Goad speaks on vision at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Adam and Beth Katz speak at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
The Goads sing to open the 2012 NAA National Convention.
Patrick and Suzanne Connors Speak at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
The Goads sing the National Anthem at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
Chadwick and Melanie Ray at the 2012 National Convention.
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Debbie Yow speaks at the 2012 NAA National Convention in Raleigh, NC.
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Find out the passion Patrick Kelly has for National Agents Alliance and be sure not to miss out on the Universal Life expert's speech at the 2011 Leadership Conference.


As a rule, this group of children tends to play very well together. Often all 6 are playing one game. For example, last fall, playing frogs was a favorite. There would be a mom and dad frog and then there would be baby frogs that would all hatch from eggs. This game morphed into playing babies, again, there would be a mom and dad and then a family, big sisters, little brother, and new baby. I was surprised a bit, that everyone wanted to play this game, it didn't matter, boy or girl might be heard saying, "Hey, do you want to play babies?" They really have played hours of babies over the course of the year. However, this week I was struck by the play that emerged.
The girls decided to bring in their fairy dress costumes and the boys each had a ready supply of building blocks! I took these picture at the very same moment. Girls at one end, playing fairies and drawing pictures of butterflies and water fairies. Boys at the other end, building spaceships out of legos.
Oh how I had flashbacks to my recent reading of "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" by Peggy Orenstein. However, I took solace in the fact that the girls often do engage in lego play, and do charge around the playground in hot pursuit of the Ninja boy ahead of them. Like wise, the boys play babies and house. However, I think there is something to sugar and spice and puppy dog tails.


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Eurovision legends to perform at Danish final
04 March 2014 at 13:13 CET
To many people, they are the personification of Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest, and now Kirsten & Søren, Birthe Kjær and Rollo & King are all making a comeback at the Danish National Final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.
On Saturday evening, the three previous Dansk Melodi Grand Prix winners will take to the stage at Arena Fyn in Odense to belt out some of the best Eurovision Song Contest entries Denmark has had.
"Melodi Grand Prix has meant so much to me. So much has happened as a result of taking part", Birthe Kjære told DR.
"It will be lively and colourful, and it is great to have a bit of nostalgia" - Kirsten Siggaard
"Lively and colourful"
Kirsten Siggaard, who together with Søren Bundgaard, represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest an impressive three times during the 1980s (1984, 1985 and 1988), is very much looking forward to performing at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix again.
"It is lively and colourful, and it is great to have a bit of nostalgia", says Kirsten Siggaard.
On Saturday, when the Danish entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest is found, she hopes that Danes will focus on a good song. According to her, it was having that focus that meant that many people can still sing along to Danish Eurovision entries from the 1980s.
"We had a good song last year, and it can also be remembered" - Birthe Kjær
Eurovision should develop
"We had a good song last year, and it can also be remembered",
Birthe Kjær also thinks that it can only be a good thing that the Eurovision Song Contest is evolving:
"On Saturday when we stand on stage to sing our old songs, it is because they have become classics. Just like one of the newer ones may become. It should definitely develop and evolve".
As mentioned above Kirsten & Søren entered the Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark three times during the 1980s: in 1984 with the song Det' lige det, in 1985 with the song Sku' du spørg' fra no'en? and in 1988 with the song Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'? coming 4th, 11th and 3rd respectively.
In 1989 Birthe Kjær came third at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lausanne with the song Vi maler byen rød, achieving a very respectable 3rd place.
Rollo & King represented Denmark in 2001 when the contest was held on home-turf at the Parken stadium in Copenhagen. They came an impressive 2nd place close behind the winners Estonia.
Denmark's national final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will take place this Saturday at the Arena Fyn in Odense. As host-country, Denmark is automatically qualified for the Grand Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place at the B&W-Hallerne on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen on the 10th of May.
Denmark warms to Fyr & Flamme
Denmark: Great 8 for 'Melodi Grand Prix 2023'


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A mix of Married at First Sight and The Bachelor, Love Is Blind is a reality dating series that requires contestants to date from "pods," where they can talk to each other but not see each other.
Following the speed-dating format, the men and women can agree to get married, and after the proposal, they are allowed to meet face to face for the first time. The series then follows the engaged couples on a vacation where they can get to know each other more. Eventually, couples can decide to move in together until their wedding day, where they must make the final decision to get married or end the relationship.
Following the success of the first season, Netflix renewed Love Is Blind for a second and third season in 2020. The show is hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey.
First Episode Date: February 13, 2020
Season 1 Couples:
Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton (Married)
Amber Pike and Matthew Barnett (Married)
Giannina Gibelli and Damian Powers (Not Together)
Jessica Batten and Mark Cuevas (Not Together)
Kelly Chase and Kenny Barnes (Not Together)
Diamond Jack & Carlton Morton (Not Together)
Where to Watch: Netflix
Vanessa Lachey Says She Took Nick's Last Name Because She's "Old-Fashioned"
Who are Vanessa Lachey's parents? The actress secured the lead role on 'NCIS: Hawai'i' and fans are getting more curious about who she is.
By Kori Williams Oct. 11 2021, Published 6:43 p.m. ET
Vanessa and Nick Lachey Might Have Another Kid
Nick and Vanessa Lachey have been together for years. In that time, they've worked a lot together too. But do they have any kids? Here's what we know.
By Kori Williams Oct. 4 2021, Published 5:57 p.m. ET
Lauren and Cameron From 'Love Is Blind' Are Apprehensive About Having Kids
After we see how loving Lauren and Cameron are in 'Love Is Blind: After the Altar,' we want to know if they want a baby and what their plan is.
By Jamie Lerner Aug. 6 2021, Published 5:16 p.m. ET


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There has been a rebirth of gyms across the country in recent times. There are been seven active gyms in the country at present. They are the Stanley Couch Gym, Bruisin Gym, Heavy Metal Gym, Hard Knocks Gym, Job Walters Gym and G4S Gym.
Although there has been a rebirth of gyms, the activity on the boxing scene has decreased over the last decade. And Jamaica, usually a forced to be reckoned with regionally, has been struggling to have full participation at the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Championships.
In 2006 only a seven-member team represented the country at the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Championships in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
Recent Bouts
Jamaica's fast rising star, the undefeated featherweight boxer, Nicholas Walters made another successful defence of his World Boxing Association FedeLatin title on June 16 with a technical knockout victory over Mexican Argel Salinas.
The fight took place at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium at Jamaica College and was the first fight for Walters in Jamaica since he became a professional on August 2, 2008.
The referee stopped the 11-round bout at 2 minutes and 4 seconds of the second round. As a result of the victory, Walters has now improved his ring record to 18 victories including 14 knockouts.
Walters won the vacant FedeLatin featherweight title two years ago after he rebounded from an eighth-round knockout to defeat the Dominican Republic's Carlos Manuel Reyes on points.
Now, eyes are on Jamaican-born female boxer Alicia Ashley, who was named among the nominees in the 2011 RJR Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year. Ashley, who was born in Jamaica, is the current WBC female world super bantamweight champion. She won the title in a unanimous decision in a bout against Christina Ruiz in New York, USA.
And Jamaica's popular middleweight Sakima Mullings won the vacant Commonwealth Zonal middleweight title also on that night. He knocked out Winston Pompey of Guyana in the second round.
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I've competed in all 50 states, still look like I'm 25, have a sharp and sound mind, am well-versed in just about every subject, and have blessings that outnumber the grains of sand in all the world. And with all that, one of my proudest achievements is my membership in the Screen Actors Guild, now known as SAG-AFTRA. It's an exclusive organization that you have to earn your way into and I feel so privileged to be a part of this talented community.
As an active member, I get the privilege of voting for the SAG-AFTRA awards that will be televised this Sunday. It is an honor to represent my union in this way and that's why I carefully study all nominations carefully before casting my vote. It is something I take very seriously.
Of course I cannot reveal who I voted for but I can say that this is a banner year for performances in both television and film. Highlights include the movie "Get Out", especially the amazing performance of the handsome Daniel Kaluuya (yes, he's British), and the always mesmerizing Gary Oldman in "Darkest Hour" as Winston Churchill. Always a favorite for me is Frances McDormand, whose performance in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" is why one aspires to be an actor, and you won't be able to take you eyes off Margot Robbie in "I, Tonya." And speaking of "I, Tonya", Allison Janney delivers the kind of performance drama students all over the world should be made to study over and over again. She just never misses.
However, it is the two performances by Timothee Chalamet that leave you wanting more – more of his intelligence, more of his talent, more of his tenderness, just plain more of him. Nominated for "Call Me by Your Name" and also starring in "Lady Bird", he is simply delicious, especially in the former where he seamlessly navigates from English to French to Italian all while leaving you breathless.
I'm still in the process of watching the numerous tapes of the television shows I was sent so I can make no recommendations on those, however, I will say that among the new shows for 2018, I am in love with "9-1-1" starring two of my favorites, the great Angela Bassett and the always intriguing Connie Britton.
I love awards season and I'm proud to be an actor!


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A true World Series winner - Red Sox (MLB) vs. Rakuten (JAPAN)
Patrick Gordon, Managing Editor Monday, November 04, 2013
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Though he is now out of the sport, Bobby Valentine undoubtedly remains one of baseball's most controversial figures.
Aside from his time managing the Mets and Red Sox, "Bobby V" spent parts of seven seasons managing the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League, leading the club to a Japan Series win in 2005.
We could go on and on about Valentine's behavior in the majors, but instead I'm honing in on specific comments he made following his 2005 Japan Series victory where he challenged Major League Baseball and the then World Series champion Chicago White Sox to a seven-game series.
"I'm not talking about all-star exhibition games," Valentine said. "I'm talking about two battle-proven teams who have played a season together and know how to play baseball - pitting them against each other.
"If the people making all the big decisions in baseball don't know the difference between all-star exhibition games and a competition between true champions, they shouldn't be in the decision-making process to begin with."
Valentine's invitation was ignored and his comments never received much play in America.
It's now eight years later, but let's imagine the two leagues - Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball League in Japan - came together and allowed their respective champions to face each other in a seven-game series. What would happen?
Everyone knows the Red Sox knocked off the Cardinals last week in the World Series, but few baseball fans in the States know the Rakuten Golden Eagles topped the Yomiuri Giants on Sunday in a thrilling Game 7 to clinch the club's first championship in franchise history.
We've gone over this before [comparing the 1939 Yankees and the 1951 Yomiuri Giants], but comparing clubs across leagues and eras is not a simple task. Quality of play fluctuates and rules sometimes differ. Knowing this, numbers in comparison to competition are really all we have to work with.
The chart below shows how the two clubs - the Boston Red Sox and the Rakuten Golden Eagles - compared against their league opposition. The chart below stems from the method conceived by Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein to rank clubs via standard deviations [read more about Neyer & Epstein's formula]. For those wondering, "la" stands for league average, S.D.S stands for standard deviation scored and S.D.A. stands for standard deviation allowed.
The formula to find S.D. Total:
((Scored - la scored) / S.D.S) + (la allowed - Allowed) / S.D.A))
Great, so we have some numbers, but what does it mean? Well, for starters we can clearly see the Red Sox were the more dominant champion. The numbers show the Red Sox were a combined 2.65 standard deviations (in terms of scoring) better than their opponents in the American League. Meanwhile, the Eagles were 1.97 standard deviations better than their counterparts in Japan's Pacific League.
We also can infer the Red Sox offense was far superior than the Eagles, scoring 1.11 standard deviations higher.
Going a step further, let's see how the Red Sox and Eagles compare via the Greatness Number.
Of the 783 clubs that have played in Japan since 1950, the Eagles have a Greatness Number of .558 and rank 170th.
G.N. for Japan (updated following the 2013 season) = (.492)+(RDiffPG*.089)+(WHIP*-.076)+(OPS*.149)
The 170th spot of 783 clubs means the 2013 Eagles rank in the 78th percentile in Japanese baseball history.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox put up a Greatness Number of .627 and placed 101st out of 2370 major league clubs dating back to 1900. The 101st spot of the 2370 clubs means the Red Sox rank in the 96th percentile in American baseball history.
G.N. for MLB (updated following the 2013 season) = (.504)+(RDiffPG*.096)+(WHIP*-.050)+(OPS*.089)
So, with all of this data, what do we know?
For one thing, the Red Sox were an extremely dominant team. ranking between the 1931 Cardinals and the 1917 White Sox in our Greatness Number ranking - both, the '31 Cardinals and the '17 White Sox were 100-win clubs and won the World Series.
Secondly, though the Eagles won the Japan Series, they were not the best club statistically in Japan. In fact, two clubs from 2013 ranked higher than the Eagles in Greatness Number - the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (.567) and the Yomiuri Giants (567).
I wonder what Valentine would say if this were the year the two champions actually played each other. All indications are the Red Sox would breeze past the Eagles.
- Patrick Gordon is Managing Editor of the Philadelphia Baseball Review. Follow him on Twitter @Philabaseball.


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Flag football can serve as a safe haven for the game we love !
New London, CT. — They appeared on television during last weekend's divisional playoffs and they'll appear again this weekend: infomercials from the National Football League encouraging parents to check out the burgeoning popularity of flag football, maybe the last bastion remaining to save the sport at youth levels.
Overwhelming evidence from the National Federation of State High School Associations suggests that participation levels continue to decline on youth and secondary levels, likely the residual effect of parental fears that stem from concussion injuries.
Ah, but now there's the alternative, a game that still teaches football, but spares kids at youth levels from getting their eggs scrambled.
Our corner of the world is joining the revolution. Heavy Hitters USA, a local non-profit foundation dedicated to teaching life skills through various athletic endeavors, once sponsored two teams in the league at the Wide World of Indoor Sports in Montville. Heavy Hitters, with teams from New London and Groton, are up to nine teams now and more than 100 kids, including a group headed to Orlando soon for a tournament.
Flag football games are 5-on-5 and last an hour. The kids run, run and run more. They learn many skills of football, such as throwing it, running good routes and covering receivers.
Shannon Brenek, whose son, Jake, grew up on flag football, is Heavy Hitters' executive director, working closely with founder Kent Ward. Jake Brenek was the only St. Bernard student to participate in the high school football tri-operative this past season with Grasso Tech and Norwich Tech.
Flag football's emergence comes as participation in tackle football has declined. The most recent data (the 2017-18 school year) illustrates a drop in Connecticut from 10,815 kids playing high school football in 2009 to 9,241 in 2017, a 14.6 percent decrease in nine years. Youth level coaches across the region say participation is down as well, amid concern over head injuries.
The Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., wrote a 27-page report recently on the emergence and benefits of flag football, following interviews with doctors, educators, former NFL players and college coaches and surveys from parents, high school and youth coaches, athletic trainers and medical professionals.
The report found interest increasing nationally, including how "flag football surpassed tackle football as the most commonly played form of the game among children ages 6 to 12, according to annual survey data by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association." And in Florida, a youth flag league founded by former University of Maryland quarterback John Kaleo has served more than 7,000 kindergarten through middle school-aged children since 2014. It even has a corporate sponsor: Under Armour.
Brenek said Heavy Hitters is looking to alleviate the cost of the program for some of the kids in New London and Groton. Anyone interested in contributing can email her at shannon@drinkheavyhitters.com.
Meanwhile, there are tryouts for the next round of teams Feb. 18 from noon-2 p.m. at the Wide World of Indoor Sports.
Maybe football will make a comeback around here after all.


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A Champion Inspires the Huskies in Preseason
Michele Weldon | November 5, 2010
The five and a half hour ride to Cedar Falls, Iowa for the 2010 USA Wrestling Preseason Nationals was not anywhere near as much fun as the ride home. On Friday, October 29, Coach Mike Powell drove four OPRF wrestlers in his SUV, while Caryn Brooks and I followed with four more wrestlers in her truck. Her youngest son, Sam, and my youngest son, Colin, were with us. They're best friends, both juniors at Oak Park-River Forest High School.
Everyone was starving; the eight of them-- Chris, Darius, Cameron, Matt, Donald, Linear, Colin and Sam-- each needed to make weight at 6 p.m. Colin was to make 135, Sam 171. We packed turkey sandwiches, fruit and Gatorade for the instant each wrestler had his weight checked. No one talked too much. They chewed a lot of gum.
On Saturday, 25 wrestling mats bustled with more than 1,500 wrestlers in youth and high school matches. Colin lost his first match to Joey Munos out of Minnesota, who ended up taking first place for the tournament. Colin won his next match 14-1 and a third 8-2. He lost the fourth match 8-1. After two losses, you are out.
But Sammy was still going strong.
To keep the boys' energy going through the morning, afternoon and evening, we smuggled in apples and oranges, Clif bars, grapes, whole wheat bagels, all natural peanut butter, granola and tangerines. We would have loved to get more inside, but our pockets would have given us away. I put the jar of peanut butter in my camera bag. The security guards checked bags and purses for forbidden food, confiscating homemade offerings from anyone they caught and pointing us instead to the food stands with $3.50 Gatorade bottles, $3 water and $5 walking tacos. The concession stands featured pizza and bratwursts, hot dogs, popcorn and nachos. Not so great a diet for a wrestler who stays put in an arena for up to 14 hours and wrestles as many as five or more matches.
Sam's was a 32-man bracket and he injured his thumb in the first match, thought he broke it. But with ice and tape he kept going.
Finally Sam was up against Jake Waste for first place; Waste is a familiar competitor from Apple Valley, Minnesota. And Sam, who won 1st in Illinois's individual state in 2010, is a four-time All-American and the Fila cadet national champion in in 2009, won over Waste in the last few seconds.
As they say, the crowd went wild.
"I actually didn't know I was going to win, but I felt different," Sam said later. "I was just going to stay in his face, and then I noticed there were only seven seconds left and for some reason, I didn't panic. Usually I panicked and this time I didn't. I just knew it was going to work."
His mother, Caryn, almost missed his win.
"It's funny that I spent all day looking forward to it, with two days leading up to it, and the very moment that the championship hinged on, the moment I really wanted to see, I missed because I was distracted by another mother talking to me, " Caryn said.
Sam headed to the awards stand, and after he posed for his photo with the other placers, the seven other members of the OPRF preseason team stood on the stand with him.
As he said he would, Coach Powell treated the 171 pound national champion to a milkshake at IHOP, while the boys ate pancakes, chicken sandwiches and burgers and laughed.
We left early the next morning for the two-lane trip out of Iowa, across the Mississippi River and past the postcard-perfect hills of Galena, Illinois and into Chicago. What a fun ride home.
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November 5th, 2010 - 16:57
Good to see Darius and Colin's million dollar smile in that picture. But even better to so the huskies travling and compeating at such a high level. That is really the best part of wreslting, I still remember a very similar trip to Waterloo Iowa. That was the first place that I realized that if just do what i can do I can compeat against any wrestler.
Those days are the best! Best ever…


I was impressed that after such a laborious warm-up, Ivan actually writes several pages before stopping from exhaustion. He rewards himself with a long sleep through the day while the rest of the house walks on pins and needles (hush!), hoping not to disturb their cankerous breadwinner. As a writer, I thoroughly enjoyed this story, laughing at Ivan's absurdity and feeling bad for his family. I feel like we've all met people like this before and we may also share similar pretentious elements as well. I want to rate this story an 8 based on personal connections, more than literary quality, but I'll relent to this rating below for now.
Today we meet Ivan Krasnyhin, a "fourth-rate journalist" who despite his tyrannical rule at home is apparently a "humble, meek, dull-witted little man" at the office. He comes home late one night (from where we can only assume) to write an article which he has been assigned. Waking his wife and demanding tea and food to fuel his creative powers, he sits down at his desk which is adorned with busts and photographs of famous writers. I would have loved to have seen the title of the story he was writing and can imagine it was trivial despite staying up until four o'clock in the morning to finish it. Prior to sitting down to pen his latest masterpiece he bemoans his status as a creative writer. In a bit of irony, Chekhov has his author reflect on "how it is nobody has described the agonizing discord in the soul of a writer who has to amuse the crowd when his heart is heavy or to shed tears at the word of command when his heart is light." I found this particularly humorous as well as the double use of "injured innocence" to describe the expression on the face of the author in thought. The content of his writing was never revealed as if to point out that this was inconsequential compared to the preparation and execution of harboring and delivering the story. Having young kids to provide the excuse for the next reference, I'm reminded of a great SpongeBob episode where he has to write an essay. Or if you prefer a Ron Burgundy reference, there's always "Panda Watch". Perhaps most appropriate is Bill Murray's final delivery in "Groundhog Day" (complete with a Chekhov reference). Ivan's diligence and commitment to the craft of reporting would have continued long into the morning "if his subject had not been exhausted." I found this story amusing and, ashamedly, recognizable in parts. I couldn't help but wonder if Chekhov was struggling to find a story and decided to embellish his own situation. Nevertheless, this was a pleasant departure from recent stories and forced me to reminisce about my own attempts at writing in the past.


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We are excited to offer a Surveillance Drones Presentation on Wednesday, January 27th from 7:00-8:00pm, at Charlotte Public Library, 115 Ferry Rd, Charlotte.
This presentation offers a basic overview of the history of surveillance in the U.S., how it is currently used, privacy laws, a bit about surveillance drone technology, and what to expect from the growing access to and use of this technology. This event will highlight how this technology is growing faster than the infrastructure that seeks to secure rights of people here in the United States. It will explore the divide between the need for surveillance technology in order to protect the rights of the citizens of the United States and those same citizens' right to privacy. Is privacy worth being compromised for the sake of safety, and is it really up to the government to make that decision? What populations will be affected the most by this potential invasion of privacy? The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and discussion of local actions including next steps such as passing a local resolution about police and government drone use. This event is being presented by Charlotte Library as part of their community outreach program, the Will Miller Chapter of Green Mountain Veterans for Peace, and the Peace & Justice Center. Refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!


Qassemi made the remark in response to "incorrect and unfounded" claims made by US President Donald Trump against Iran in an interview on Tuesday with four members of The Wall Street Journal's White House team in the Oval Office.
In his interview, Trump claimed that Iran is "not the same country" since he took office and after he "terminated" the landmark nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015, Press TV reported.
Qassemi dismissed the US president's claims and said, "It seems that Trump does not have necessary information about the conditions in the region, its history and characteristics of its peoples as well as the developments in the recent years."
"Iran is undoubtedly the same country with all its features. [It] is exactly the same country which has been before Trump's presidency without any change in its regional policies," he added.
The US president announced in May that Washington was pulling out of the nuclear agreement, which lifted nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran in exchange for restrictions on Tehran's nuclear program.
The Iranian spokesperson emphasized that Tehran's regional policies are to fight extremism and terrorism, make efforts to establish peace and security in the region and help boost development and growth in all countries in the Middle East.
He also pointed to Iran's presence in Syria and said it came at the request of the Syrian government in order to help fight terrorism and give advisory support to the Arab country.
"Iran has no operative military forces in any country; although Iran's advisory forces have played a fundamental and important role in helping the Syrian government in the fight against terrorism," Qassemi pointed out.
Qassemi also said Iran would make efforts to defend itself in the face of ill-wishers and opponents based on its national interests and in accordance with all international regulations.
Iran would stand by all regional governments and nations who are interested in cooperation with the Islamic Republic in order to stabilize peace and security in the region and fight terrorism and extremism, Qassemi added.
The Iranian spokesman urged the US president to learn about "the real issues in the region" given the ongoing developments and to review the history once again.


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The American Left Has Now Fully Embraced Racism
By: David Marcus
A Rubicon has been crossed in American political discourse. Long purveyors of Marxism, the nation's leftists have now come to fully embrace something else; racism. Just in the last week in the areas of medicine, education, and journalism, well-intentioned institutional racists have insisted — as is increasingly their habit — that skin color is and must be the defining element of our public policies.
There is no issue more important to the future and soul of our nation right now than the leftist bigotry threatening the very concept of what it means to be an American.
On the medical side, Dr. Harald Schmidt, a supposed expert on ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania, told the New York Times that essential workers, not the elderly, should be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines. His reason? "Older populations are whiter," he told the publication. "Society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. Instead of giving additional health benefits to those who already had more of them, we can start to level the playing field a bit."
To be clear, the term "level the playing field" here means allowing people to die because of the color of their skin.
What's amazing about this is that just months ago to even question the efficacy of lockdowns meant to stop the spread of COVID-19 was met with accusations that one was killing grandma. Now, it doesn't matter because grandma is probably white.
Nothing, it seems, is more important than protecting the lives of the oldest among us, except for fighting racism. The great irony of course is that the lockdowns themselves have disproportionately destroyed minority-owned businesses. Yet, for the Marxists on the radical left, this doesn't matter. They don't fight racism by giving people tools to lift themselves up, they purport to do it by making people dependent on the state.
Next, in outrageous racism infecting our educational system, this week, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced sweeping changes to the way in the city's top public schools consider applicants in an attempt to diversify, or as some unhinged proponents of his plan put it, "desegregate" these schools. Essentially, admissions will focus less on grades and more on skin color.
The dirty little secret of his proposal is that it is Asian students, not white students, who dominate admissions to these schools and who will bear the brunt of de Blasio's abject racism.
There is also a further deeply condescending and racist aspect of this approach. It simply accepts that there is nothing we can do to help black and brown students achieve except put our thumb on the scale. De Blasio and his racist allies like School Chancellor Richard Carranza would argue that systems of white supremacy are responsible for the achievement gaps, but if so, how do they explain the success of Asian students, and why are they being punished?
Finally, from the wonderful world of journalism, we have an argument from two authors at Harvard's Nieman Lab that suggests reporting on crime is racist:
It's racist, classist, fear-based clickbait masking as journalism. It creates lasting harm for the communities that newsrooms are supposed to serve. And because it so rarely meets the public's needs, it's almost never newsworthy, despite what Grizzled Gary in his coffee-stained shirt says from his perch at the copy desk.
Here we see a classic example of progressive white racism tinged with deadly paternalism. What's the real problem with crime? Is it that murders are skyrocketing across America, with the victims disproportionately black and brown? No, discussing that makes white progressives uncomfortable. Indeed, they would much rather indulge absurd fantasies about "defund the police" initiatives lowering crime than actually try to save lives in minority communities. And now, they don't even think the media should report on those deaths.
This sort of racism will get people killed. If reporters simply ignore crimes in minority areas for fear of being racist — including the murders of children — the problem will persist. More kids of color will have their lives snuffed out but understand, that is the price we have to pay for white progressives to feel good about themselves.
All three of these examples of dangerous racism occurred in one week. One week. All stem from the pernicious concept of critical race theory, a demonstrably racist set of ideas Democrats want to drill into the heads of all-white government employees except, apparently, Joe Biden, who to my knowledge has never undergone this vital training (strange, given that his own Vice President-elect has openly called him a racist).
There is no more important fight for conservatives today than battling the racism of the American left. And as is often the case with effective battle plans this one is quite simple. We must call for people not to be judged or treated differently solely on the basis of the color of their skin. That shouldn't be a controversial concept, but it is.
Let's be clear, this isn't an academic or ephemeral disagreement between the left and the right. It is an existential fight against abject racism. It is a fight we must not only engage in but embrace. The very future of our nation depends on it.
David Marcus is a New York-based writer. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, National Review Online, The Weekly Standard, and City Journal. David is the former Artistic Director of Blue Box World, a Brooklyn-based theater project, and also a former president of the Bat acting company at the Flea Theater. He also was a participant in the 2018 National Security Seminar at the Army War College.
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