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Simon Stern (University of Toronto - Faculty of Law) has posted The Third-Party Doctrine and the Third Person (New Criminal Law Review, Vol. 16, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: According to the Third-Party Doctrine, a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in information that has been shared with others – including a bank, a phone company, or a credit card company. The doctrine got its start through an appeal to a locatable observer who corresponds, in literary terms, to a narrator with a limited perspective. This is the kind of perspective that courts have traditionally emphasized when explaining how to assess probable cause. The Third-Party Doctrine turns the limited perspective into an omniscient one. The doctrine takes apparently private conduct and classifies it as public, effectively treating the perspective of the “arresting officer” as if it could encompass large quantities of information, widely distributed in space and time. The discussion here examines a recent defense of the Third-Party Doctrine that similarly collapses the limited and omniscient viewpoints. Then, after exploring the narrative analogy by reference to literary analyses of the omniscient narrator in Victorian fiction, the discussion ends by considering the analogy in relation to contemporary modes of omniscient narration.

Some of the people who work closely with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford say they're not completely satisfied with his statement on alleged drug use.Deputy mayor Doug Holyday said he believed the mayor but wasn't convinced others would feel the sameMore...

The ZEV with clipIt's finally here! Our Queen St. West boutique now carries the highly sought-after MOSCOT collection previously only available at our Yonge St. shop. Don't worry Yonge St. shoppers - MOSCOT is still available there as well!We also have the classic LEMTOSH in new coloursThe EMISThe DOVThe new styles include the entire MOSCOT SUN collection as well as the LEMTOSH CLIPTOSH and others. Spectacle is the exclusive retailer of MOSCOT in Toronto so be sure to come in soon to check it all out.The LEMTOSH with CLIPTOSHThe TANNERThe SHEPARDThe BEAUMONTKeep a close eye on our blog, Facebook, and Twitter for more releases and other exciting announcements from MOSCOT and Spectacle!

This cover reminds me a lot of Secret Of Evermore... anyone? Or am I just nerding out really hard over here... If there's one band that have been getting a decent amount of hype these days, it's Night Birds... and I can't believe I've been sleeping on them for so long, even after I've seen them and had them recommended to me countless of times by multiple friends. After listening to The Other Side Of Darkness a few times, I have to ask: what the fuck was I thinking?! The Read MoreBlog: Battle of the Midwestern HousewivesRelated: Next Tuesday (Mar. 6) in Toronto: Polaris Prize Record Salon for The Slakadeliqs The Other Side of TomorrowThe Other Side of June Divided: An Interview with Melissa Menago[Music Video] The Slakadeliqs feat. Justin Nozuka Keep Breathing from The Other Side of TomorrowTonight in L.A.: Meiko, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Other Side of Morning, Nacosta, Liquid Love LetterNew London Fire The Other Side of Town

Former USC star and Seahawks' receiver Mike Williams has signed a free agent deal with the Toronto Argonauts. Williams last played with the Seahawks in 2011, where he caught 18 passes for 236 yards and a touchdown, but he largely struggling to get on the same page with then-quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, and the Seahawks' offense, in general, was out of sync for much of the year. Prior to that, in 2010, Williams was one of Pete Carroll's famous reclamation projects and became one of Matt Hasselbeck's favorite targets, finishing the year with 65 catches for 751 yards and two touchdowns. Williams also had 5 receptions for 68 yards, including a big touchdown catch in the immortal BeastQuake game against the Saints at the CLink. He followed that game up with two touchdown catches against the Bears, in a losing effort. Williams was cut prior to the 2012 season after he missed much of camp rehabbing a bum leg, which he badly broke near the end of the 2011 season. The injury really set him back and apparently the Seahawks weren't interested in waiting around for him to get back to full strength. Regardless, I'll be honest with you - I was and am a huge fan of BMW. I hope he does well in Canada.

Long gone are the old-fashioned chandeliers outfitted with incandescent light bulbs and enough ornament to put a Christmas tree to shame. Group-Two Design recently brought their ultra-modern LED chandelier to this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair, and the futuristic fixture turned heads with its cutting edge design. Still paying homage to the shape of a conventional chandelier, the new form is a minimalist and energy-efficient interpretation of an old classic. Read the rest of Group-Two Design’s LED Chandelier is a Futuristic Interpretation of a Classic Light Fixture Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013, caviar20, dwell, erica pecoskie, george siminopolous, green lighting, green lights, group tow lights, group-two design, icff light, ids toronto, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, LED Chandelier, LED lights, LEDs, new york design week, ny design week, radostar

Maybe Argonaut is Canadian for Millen. The CFL’s Toronto Argonauts announced they had signed former Lions draft bust Mike Williams. The 10th overall pick in 2005, Williams never lived up to his college hype, catching 127 passes in five seasons with the Lions, Raiders and Seahawks. That’s fewer than he caught in two years at…

The Denver Nuggets are letting general manager Masai Ujiri, the NBA's Executive of the Year, meet with the Toronto Raptors about their GM vacancy, Yahoo Sports is reporting.

Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Friday flatly denied allegations that he smokes crack cocaine. During an afternoon press conference, the mayor's brother (who is also a city council member) called Gawker "disgusting" for reporting on a video that supposedly shows Ford smoking crack. He also claimed the video does not exist. "It's a video that does not exist and that we haven't seen," Doug Ford said. "I think it's disgusting that an organization like Gawker made a deal with a bunch of extortionist, Somali drug dealers, as they said." Both Gawker and the Toronto Star have reported on the video. Reporters from both publications claim to have seen it, but the people who have the video in their possession are demanding a six-figure sum of money for a copy of it. Gawker has set up a "Rob Ford Crackstarter" campaign on Indiegogo to raise the funds to purchase the video. The site has raised more than $165,000 so far, with three days left in the campaign. On Thursday, Ford fired his chief of staff without explanation, and Friday afternoon city council members signed a letter asking Ford to address allegations that surfaced a week ago about him smoking crack. Mark Towhey, Ford’s chief of staff and top aide since August, hasn't said why Ford fired him or what Ford told him about the scandal. Ford left today's press conference without taking any questions. "I don't use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine," he said. "I have been judged by the media without any evidence." As to why he hasn't addressed the controversy until now, Ford said he was "advised not to say a word." The letter from the city's Executive Committee, obtained by Toronto Sun report Don Peat, is posted below: SEE ALSO: Toronto Mayor Accused Of Smoking Crack Has A Long Record Of Bad Behavior Please follow Business Insider on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »

Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Friday flatly denied allegations that he smokes crack cocaine. "I don't use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine," Ford told reporters. "I have been judged by the media without any evidence." A video of Ford's denial is embedded below: During an afternoon press conference, the mayor's brother (who is a city council member) called Gawker "disgusting" for reporting on a video that supposedly shows Ford smoking crack. He also claimed the video does not exist. "It's a video that does not exist and that we haven't seen," Doug Ford said. "I think it's disgusting that an organization like Gawker made a deal with a bunch of extortionists, Somali drug dealers, as they said." Both Gawker and the Toronto Star have reported on the video. Reporters from both publications claim to have seen it, but the people who have the video in their possession are demanding a six-figure sum of money for a copy of it. Gawker has set up a "Rob Ford Crackstarter" campaign on Indiegogo to raise the funds to purchase the video. The site has raised more than $165,000 so far, with three days left in the campaign. On Thursday, Ford fired his chief of staff without explanation, and Friday afternoon city council members signed a letter asking Ford to address allegations that surfaced a week ago about him smoking crack. Mark Towhey, Ford’s chief of staff and top aide since August, hasn't said why Ford fired him or what Ford told him about the scandal. As to why he hasn't addressed the controversy until now, Ford said at the press conference he was "advised not to say a word." He left after a brief statement without taking any questions. The letter from the city's Executive Committee, obtained by Toronto Sun report Don Peat, is posted below: SEE ALSO: Toronto Mayor Accused Of Smoking Crack Has A Long Record Of Bad Behavior Please follow Business Insider on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »