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The shooting of unarmed Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009 by BART officer Johannes Mehserle has shed light on issues relating to police brutality.
Videos of the shooting have yielded an increased awareness of the existence of police brutality across the nation.
For advocates against police brutality, such video evidence against police is not a mere isolated 'incident', but the most visible example for how law enforcement agencies throughout the United States have continually used and justified excess force on civilians.
The trial of Johannes Mehserle served as a ralllying point to highlight problems endemic to law enforcement.
Recap of Events Leading to Mehserle Trial
Former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer Johannes Mehserle, 28, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter July 8th for killing 22-year old Oscar Grant III at a transit station in Oakland. This marks the first time in California history that a cop has been convicted of a killing while on duty.
Sentencing is scheduled for November 5. The conviction carries with it a minimum of probation for 5 years and a maximum of 14 years in prison.
The case gained attention largely because it was recorded on multiple BART transit riders' digital cameras and cellular phones in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009. The fact that Oscar Grant was black and Johannes Mehserle is white has only heightened the tension.
Footage had reached numerous media outlets and have circulated widely, generating heated dialogue about race and excessive use of force by law enforcement.
Piecing Together the BART New Year's Day Shooting of 2009
A 2:00 AM call on New Year's Day had summoned the BART officers to the scene in search of 5 black males.
Alex Alonso, writer for Streetgangs.com who covered the trial recalled the testimony of the BART passengers who made the call.
- "The call that went out to the BART officers described a fight among 5 black males wearing black cloths. This description came from [a person] who witnessed blacks, Hispanics and an additional white male as the aggressor, but they only informed the train operator that black males were involved. Dennis claimed that he did not realized that David, the white male, had Grant in a headlock until he moved into the second car, but that was the main part of the conflict, and he claimed he was "right there" when prosecutor Stein asked him how close he was to the initial fight when it began."
Within minutes of the disturbance call, Oscar Grant and four his friends were pulled aside by police.
Officers Anthony Pirone and Marysol Domineci were the first to the scene. In testimony, they described the situation as 'chaotic.' However, the BART train operator described it as "typical New Year's."
While sitting down, Oscar Grant can be seen in the video using a cellular phone talking to his fiance. She was in the BART station as well, but had been separated from Grant.
Johannes Mehserle had pulled out his yellow TASER from his left pouch not once, but twice, as a way to "calm" the situation. Oscar Grant even managed to take a picture from his cellular phone camera of Mehserle fiddling with his TASER.
For the defense the fact that he was pulling out his TASER, even announcing his attention out loud, suggested that he had planned on using his TASER all along. He wasn't going to kill Oscar Grant. He made an honest mistake.
Mehserle's Expert Witness, Greg Meyer, a retired LAPD Captain testified how Mehserle could've confused his gun for his TASER :
- "For about four seconds, Mehserle unsuccessfully tugged at his handgun, then it came out. Dr. Lewinski testified that Mehserle subconsciously performed an "automatic program" (one that he was very practiced at) when his decision-making degraded under stress. We know from research that under stress, performance is negatively affected, and we react with movements that are most familiar to us. "
However, prosecution contended that since he was intent on using the TASER, the more he would have known to retrieve the TASER on the left side of his belt. He knew what he was doing when he took his gun out of the right side of his belt.
The confrontation between BART police and the young men escalated when Anthony Pirone appeared to strike Oscar Grant. The Defense's video testimony expert, Michael Schott claimed that the video evidence showed Oscar Grant as the one actually hitting Pirone.
In enhanced videos of the exchange, Pirone could also be heard using derisive racial epithets towards Grant. Pirone claimed that he was merely repeating epithets that Grant had made towards him.
As the argument escalated Pirone and Mehserle put Oscar Grant on his stomach, lying face-down on the BART platform. Officer Anthony Pirone laid his knee on Grant's back.
According to Pirone and Mehserle, Oscar Grant was resisting arrest. Several witnesses did not support their claims, each independently recalling Grant specifically asking BART police not to shock him with a TASER.
The 6 foot 5, 240-pound Mehserle was trying to wrest away Grant's hand from his pocket to handcuff, which he claimed was met with Oscar's resistance.
Prosecution claimed that Grant was already surrendering. He had been offering his hands to be cuffed. For prosecution, use of force while Grant appeared to be offering a condition of surrender was unnecessary.
As he allegedly struggled to handcuff Oscar Grant, the moment of tragedy struck. Johannes Mehserle pulled out his .40 caliber handgun from its fastener, after a 4-second struggle from his right pouch, and shot Oscar Grant in the back.
Prosecution claimed in opening statements that the video showed Mehserle looking directly at his gun holster in his right pouch before killing Grant.
Mehserle claimed that he was actually reaching for his yellow TASER gun, which was located on the left side of his pouch. Based on what he had already experienced earlier in the evening, he claimed to be thinking that Oscar might have been getting ready to pull out a gun.
Immediately after the shooting, BART Police attempted to confiscate cellular phones and digital cameras but proved unsuccessful.
Within one week of the fatal shooting, Johannes Mehserle resigned from BART. He was apprehended in Nevada, his lawyer claiming his client needed to flee death threats. Prosecution claimed that his flight was an attempt to escape prosecution and a guilty conscience.
After the hearings were over on July 2nd, Mehserle expressed regret in a hand-written note.
However, the letter was rejected by the Grant family on the basis that he did not express any concern immediately after the shooting and offered no direct apology. Commentators have criticized it as tactically convenient, coming just before jury deliberations.
The jury ultimately selected consisted of seven whites, four Latinos, and one Asian, and most controversially no blacks, which provoked adverse reaction from the Grant family and supporters. Los Angeles is 25% white, but made up almost 60% of the jury. Five out of the twelve jurors had significant ties to the police.
The shooting could have been ruled one of four ways by the jury: 1) second degree murder 2) voluntary manslaughter 3) involuntary manslaughter or 4) acquittal.
Ultimately, after two full days of deliberation and many hold-ups, the jury decided beyond a reasonable doubt that Mehserle was guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The charge maintains that he was "criminally negligent" --- the shooting was a result of a dangerous accident. Prosecution was unable to prove to the jury, who deliberated for only 2 days, beyond a reasonable doubt that Mehserle had intent.
However, the jury also found him guilty of a gun enhancement charge which would add additional years to his sentence. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley stated that Mehserle faces between 5 and 14 years in prison.
In hopes of incurring the minimum sentence of 5 years in prison, Mehserle will attempt to show good behavior and how the circumstances were so unusual that it warranted such a response.
On July 9th, the US Justice Department announced that it will conduct an independent review of the shooting to determine whether the case warrants federal prosecution for violation of civil rights. If federal prosecution is taken and Mehserle is ruled against, he would serve time in federal prison in addition to his sentencing in the State of California.
Reactions Abound
Public reaction to the conviction of involuntary manslaughter has ranged from outrage to apathy.
Though disappointed with the verdict, The Grant family had urged supporters of Oscar Grant to suppress violent reactions out of respect for their son.
Amongst the peaceful demonstrations, a small group of demonstrators was found to be responsible for rioting immediately after the verdict was announced on July 8th. Of the 78 people arrested, only 9 were charged. Over 75% of those arrested were found to be outside of Oakland.
Some consensus has been that involuntary manslaughter was the right charge. This has been premised on the fact that Mehserle "looked" surprised as read an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle.
A popular blogger from Walnut Creek talked about how the evidence seemed to be a clear-cut case of involuntary manslaughter. Commenting on the attention the case got, she wrote about how she failed to see how the shooting as "about some larger cause of racism [and] injustice in America."
July 14th saw a pro-Mehserle rally in Walnut Creek, east of Oakland. Over 100 demonstrators showed support for Mehserle and police forces. Counter-demonstrators however were keen on making just as much noise, as they held signs in support of Oscar Grant.
On July 16th, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a measure that would create an independent body to investigate complaints about BART Police.
Statements of support for federal prosecution have been issued by Oakland Mayor Ronald Dellums, and by Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D) and Maxine Waters (D).
Other Instances of Questionable Police Use of Force
A flurry of activity has put the police use of lethal force into the national spotlight.
In New Orleans, six police officers face the death penalty under Federal law for shootings undertaken in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
In wake of the trial, an article on MotherJones.com highlighted several instances of questionable police use of lethal force.
In Bakersfield, a teenager who led the police on a chase was shot to death. Witnesses said that the shooting was unnecessary.
In Miami, a 36 year old man named Decarlos Moore was shot in the back of the head after a midday traffic stop.
Another fatal BART-related shooting took place the morning of July 18th involving a 48 year old man who apparently overcame several TASER shots and came at police with knives. The shooting took place at the same station where Oscar was shot.
Perspective: Putting the Mehserle case into context
Radley Balko, a writer for Reason.com, who agreed with the Mehserle verdict, managed to highlight some of the inconsistencies the justice system has in dealing with police officers versus civilians:
"...If the jury was going to be sympathetic to [Johannes Mehserle], we should also show some sympathy and understanding for people like Cory Maye and Ryan Frederick, both of whom were tried for murder for killing police officers who broke into their homes at night.
"Both Maye and Frederick say they mistook the raiding cops for criminal intruders. Maye was convicted of capital murder. Frederick's jury opted for voluntary manslaughter."
Notably downplayed is the fact that Cory Maye is black, incurring a maximum charge, and Ryan Frederick is white, incurring the lesser charge.
The justice system appears to have given wide latitude for policemen to act, while giving little benefit of the doubt to civilians, particularly people of color.
Chela Simone, a rapper from Oakland, offered an anecdote about police shootings in Oakland, "In between 2004-2008 there were 45 officer involved shootings in Oakland, as of May 2009, 62 in review, of which, 80% of the victims were African American 40% had no weapons. Over 2,000 people were murdered by police in the U.S. since 1990 and this is the first one brought up on charges. When exactly is a good time to be angry about that?"
The Mehserle trial drew instant parallels to the LAPD Trial for Rodney King beatings in 1991 for the fact that the beating too was caught on video. After a high speed chase, police officers were seen administering beatings to a fallen Rodney King. Despite strong visual evidence showing the cops administering excessive force, the four officers charged were initially acquitted by an all-white jury in Simi Valley.
Comparisons have also been drawn to the individual deaths of Robert Tolan, Adolph Grimes, Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell, all black men in their 20s. In neither of the cases did the victims appear to have any opportunity to explain themselves, before incurring rounds of lethal force from the police. In all cases, police officers were widely viewed as having reacted too eagerly with lethal force. Police have explained such cases away by having misidentified and miscommunicated with victims.
After Robert Tolan's death, a family lawyer remarked what has been a feeling for many people of color for years against police "There is no doubt in my mind that if these had been white kids, this would not have happened."
Systematic Injustice in Mehserle trial?
There appeared to be a systematic favoritism towards Mehserle applied by Judge Robert Perry.
Controversially, out of 200 candidates not a single black juror was selected. However, permitted were 5 of the 12 jurors had connections to police.
In weeks prior to the incident, Mehserle was accused of another instance of police brutality. Kenneth Carrethers, 41, an engineer at a hotel, had been described as "loud" and yelling profanities, leading to a charge of "resisting arrest." He alleged that Johannes Mehserle had been the aggressor, filing a complaint with BART.
However, Judge Robert Perry ruled such testimony against Mehserle as irrelevant to the case, ruling that it was against the Police Bill of Rights. Meanwhile, Mehserle's defense attempted to paint Oscar Grant's past activities as criminal to the point where he was "deserving" of the crime.
Several writers discussed the favoritism that Judge Robert Perry appeared to show towards Johannes Mehserle.
One instance of favoritism was noted early on during pre-trial hearings:
- "The judge overseeing this trial is Robert Perry who came under fire for allowing corrupt cops to walk during the infamous Rampart Scandal. He's been doing everything in his power to tilt the trial in the direction of killer cop Johannes Mehserle. Among one of his more egregious rulings is to put a gag order on the famed Police Brutality lawyer John Burris. If thats not enough, Mehserle's lawyer Michael Rains is pushing to have Black people excluded from the jury."
Judge Perry also had a peculiar relationship with the media in this trial that seemed to favor Mehserle.
A Huffington Post/Youth Radio writer wrote:
"Defense attorney Michael Rains took aim at a story by KTVU, a media outlet in the Bay Area. He expressed his anger that a story posted on the station's website, which mixed up testimony between witnesses. Rains said that inaccurate reporting could have negative consequences for the case. Then Judge Robert Perry piggy-backed on Rains' comment, stressing the importance of accurate reporting and encouraging members of the media to avail themselves of court reporters. What's interesting is that Judge Perry ruled that no cameras, computers, or audio recorders are allowed in the courtroom to capture the trial of former BART officer Mehserle, who stands trial for the murder of Oscar Grant."
The Huffington Post/Youth Radio reporter, King Anyi Howell, himself was almost found in contempt of court by Robert Perry for leaving a Verizon Wireless device plugged into an outlet. Perry thought that the device included recording and transfer capability.
During the trial, LA Sentinel reported on the latitude and sympathy allowed for Mehserle by Judge Robert Perry, juxtaposed with the impersonality shown towards Oscar Grant's family.
- "...after Johnson saw Mehserle's testifying, she said, "The officer who killed my son was crying on the witness stand but his tears did not seem to be real. It was more like he was seeking sympathy from the jurors." She then continued, "And the judge was sympathetic and offered him cool water to help console his tears. When members of my family and friends cried inside the courtroom, expressing our emotions for the loss of my son, the judge called for an immediate recess so that the jury would not be influenced by our emotions."
The fact that sentencing was moved from August 6 to November 5th was a suspect cause for concern.
Columnist Earl Oafari Hutchinson noted "Prosecutors ceded vital ground to the defense in agreeing to the indeterminate delay in the sentencing. Mehserle's attorneys will take full advantage of the delay to make the case that Mehserle should get little or no jail time. The Grant case was a near textbook example of how the rare time police officers are tried for murder or the overuse of deadly force, a conviction doesn't end things."
Further Information
Court Documents from LA Superior Court
San Francisco Examiner Timeline
San Francisco Chronicle: A summary of the prosecution vs. defense in Johannes Mehserle trial
Youth Radio's Online Magazine: Chronicles different points of views on the killing of Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant: What the mainstream media covered up: Calls into question the decisions made by the judge to influence the jury's decision
Media Coverage of the Trial
Trial Day 1, June 10: Prosecution: "Emotional anger led to killing"
Trial Day 2, June 11: Witnesses who record video observe that Oscar Grant did not resist
- "Karina Vargas pulled out her camera as she said she saw BART officer Tony Pirone yelling to get Grant and a friend off the train while several others were being detained nearby. "It was the aggressiveness that compelled me to record," she said."
Trial Day 3, June 14: Oscar Grant's fiance, Sophina Mesa testifies
- "Sophina Mesa, 26, told jurors in Los Angeles that she was unable to get hold of Oscar Grant on her cell phone after she went downstairs and exited the train station in Oakland on New Year's Day 2009. She managed to reach him during a second attempt in which she described Grant, 22, as "scared." "He picked up my call and he said, real fast, 'They are beating us up for no reason,"' Mesa recalled Grant saying to her."
Trial Day 4, June 15: BART officers and weapons experts testify about training
Trial Day 5, June 17: Ex-BART Officer Marysol Dominieci describes circumstances under which shooting takes place, describes situation as 'chaotic'
Trial Day 6, June 18: Ex-BART Officer and Mehserle Partner, Tony Pirone describes events leading up to the shooting, claiming to not remember hitting Grant
Trial Day 7, June 21: BART Employees Testify
- "[BART Employee] Keecha Williams recalled the events of January 1, 2009. Williams was the driver of the Bart train bound to Dublin. She testified that former Bart officer, Tony Pirone, never asked her to identify Oscar Grant or his friends from the train. She said that she told Pirone that it was a typical New Year's eve on the train--with crowds and fights. Her testimony refuted one of Pirone's main points from his testimony on Friday--that he specifically asked the BART train operator to identify who was fighting on her train."
Trial Day 8, June 22: Testimony of Oscar Grant's friend, Jackie Bryson, who was feet away from Oscar Grant's shooting
Testimony of Jackie Bryson, Oscar Grant's Friend
- "He stands up and says '(expletive) this' and he shoots him," Bryson said of Mehserle, who resigned shortly after the incident.
- "You understand somebody just got shot in front of me for no reason by somebody that is here to protect us," Bryson said. "He's supposed to be the good one. You want to make me look stupid like I'm the bad one? Come on, now."
Trial Day 9, June 23: Mehserle's TASER Trainer testifies
Video expert witness Michael Schott notes the resistance of Oscar Grant, the motions of Johannes Mehserle that mimicked him getting a TASER
Trial Day 10, June 24: Johannes Mehserle testifies
Grant family reacts to Mehserle's Testimony
Trial Day 11, June 25: Johannes Mehserle continues testimony
Trial Day 12, June 28: Greg Meyer, ex-LAPD Captain testifies
Closing Arguments, July 1:


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Car of the Week - June 16th, 2011
Keith Martin's Sports Car Market has chosen the 1966 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova of Ron Cott as the Chubb Collector Car Insurance Car of the Week.
The Chevrolet Nova's second generation received slightly rounder edges and a less angular roofline than the previous '62–'65 generation. But what made these cars really fun was their relative lightness. A curb weight of well under 3,000 lbs and an optional V8 gave this compact plenty of go in a straight line. It's no wonder anytime you visit the dragstrip plenty of these cars are lined up.
The bright blue paint is a surefire attention grabber, and the body looks to be straight and rust-free. A 327-ci small-block powers this beast, with a claimed 325 horsepower running through a Powerglide 2-speed auto.
A total of 19,600 Chevy II Novas with V8s were built in 1966. Good examples have been selling for almost $19k, and excellent condition originals have been bringing almost $32k.
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Departing Chelsea star believes England youngster can emulate Wayne Rooney
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Frank Lampard sees more than a passing resemblance between Ross Barkley and the young Wayne Rooney that burst onto the scene with England at Euro 2004.
Aged just 18, Rooney's performances belied his years in Portugal, netting four goals as he earned a place in UEFA's team of the tournament.
It was an outstanding breakthrough display that was soon followed by a move to Manchester United from Everton, who with Barkley appear to have unearthed another diamond.
Barkley sparkled on his first England start against Ecuador on Wednesday, with the 20-year-old's exquisite solo run and lay-off for Rickie Lambert's goal a throw-back to the fearless nature Rooney possessed as a teenager.
It is a likeness that Lampard, a part of the England squad in Euro 2004 and captain in the 2-2 draw with Ecuador in Miami, certainly sees.
"There's a lot of similarities in there, in their build, where they come from and where they play," Lampard said. "You can't deny that.
"Again, it's that fearlessness of youth. I see the similarities: great ability on the ball, running at people with the ball, and that's what you want to see.
"I think he's got the bit between his teeth. He's more number 10 than I ever was but he's very good at receiving the ball and turning quickly.
"He's only going to get better. That's his first start so considering that when you look at him and what he's done, he's made the second goal and shown enough there that we can say that he deserves his place in the squad and he's a great addition.
"We go to Brazil next week and hopefully he's going to be confident which is great.
"I don't think the manager would pick any player that he doesn't believe can start a game. That's a manager's choice.
"The good thing is that you've got a few of them lining up, putting in performances. Ox (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain) did it, Raheem Sterling has done it with his performances for Liverpool and glimpses of Barkley. That's a great problem for the manager."
While Barkley impressed onlookers and team-mates, Roy Hodgson brought him back down to earth with a bump by saying he gave the ball away too much and needed to make better decisions.
The England boss said "there were other performances out there who merited your 'obsession' more than Ross Barkley's", but Lampard, a veteran of 104 caps, took a more positive view.
"It's brilliant," Lampard said. "It's brilliant for him, brilliant for the team and individually to see him come through.
"It's great for the team to have players in those attacking areas who can make things happen. I'm sure he will have learnt a lot from the game in terms of positions to pick up, times to turn, times not to.
"But when you've got players like that in a team, players who can run away from people and make things happen, then you're very happy.
"He's a young boy and good luck to him. It's good to see him come in and do so well."


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Given the differential operator: $$A=\exp(-\beta H)$$ where $$H=\frac{1}{2}\left( -\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+x^2 \right)$$ and $\beta\gt 0$ How can I get the trace of this operator? Thanks in advance.
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The trace of this operator is easily obtained in the following way: $$ Z={\rm Tr}\exp(-\beta H). $$ that is equivalent to $$ Z=\sum_n \langle n|\exp(-\beta H)|n\rangle. $$ Assuming $H|n\rangle=E_n|n\rangle$, this is just $$ Z=\sum_n\exp(-\beta E_n). $$ Your case is the harmonic oscillator $E_n=n+\frac{1}{2}$ and the sum is just a geometric series easy to perform.


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Like the Museum of Modern Art with its "8 automobiles" exhibit in 1951 or the Phoenix Art Museum with its "Curves of Steel" showcase in 2007, art museums are discovering the attraction of the automotive art form. Thus the High Museum of Art in Atlanta offers "The Allure of the Automobile: Driving in Style 1930-1965," which opens March 21 and runs through June 20.
"Our visitors will be surprised to find that today's vehicles come from a legacy of beauty and innovation comparable to the finest decorative arts that may be found in museum collections," said museum director Michael E. Shapiro. "This exhibition will showcase the greatest feats of engineering and luxury design from 1930 to 1965, when cars became synonymous with success, power and wealth.
"Created for the privileged few, the luxurious, custom-built automobiles embodied speed, style and elegance, and influenced art, architecture, fashion and design."
The exhibit will showcase 18 vehicles, including a 1934 Packard Twelve runabout speedster and 1935 Duesenberg JN roadster, both formerly owned by Clark Gable, a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K special roadster, a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante coupe, the 1937 Hispano-Suiza H-6C "Xenia" coupe, a 1948 Tucker Model 48 Torpedo, a 1954 Dodge Firearrow III concept car, the 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray prototype, and the 1938-39 Porsche Type 64 coupe that has never before been shown outside Germany.
The first major concours d'elegance of the year takes place March 14-15 when the 15th annual Amelia Island concours d'elegance takes place on the island near Jacksonville, Florida.
In addition to vehicles such as the now fully restored Norman Tibbs Special, a one-of-a-kind roadster (see photo) conceived in the late 1940s, the schedule includes a panel discussion featuring racing greats Richard Petty, Don Garlits and Stirling Moss, as well as Petty's Plymouth Superbird, the Birdcage Maserati that Moss raced, and Garlit's famous Swamp Rat dragster.
Cars raced by Petty will comprise an entire class at the concours, which also will feature cars that raced in Cuba, cars you never new existed, and cars that have appeared on the cover of Motor Trend magazine.
RM will hold the official concours auction at the Ritz-Carlton resort. Gooding will hold its event at the Amelia Island Plantation.
After the concours, Classic Motorsports magazine's annual Orange Blossom tour will take participants on a rally from Amelia Island that will visit the Brumos, Living Legends (South Daytona), Garlits, Fantasy of Flight and Bob Tulius museums on the way to Sebring, where the 12-hour sports car race is scheduled for the following weekend.
You'll recall that the highest bid at the recent Barrett-Jackson collector car auction was for a vintage airplane, not a car. Well, it was the same at Mecum's auction at Kissimmee, Florida, except the high bid wasn't made on an airplane but on a classic wooden boat - a 1966 Riva Super Aquarama Series II prototype that sold for $775,000 (not including the 6-percent buyer's premium). The car that brought the most money was a 1935 Auburn 851 boattail speedster for $376,000 while a pair of 1957 Pontiac Bonneville convertibles went for $213,000 and $180,000.
The sale had a 71-percent sell through rate and Mecum reported receipts were up more than 60 percent compared to the same event last year.
Ellen "Nellie" Jackson, matriarch of the Barrett-Jackson auction company and "grande dame" of the collector car hobby (so says Don Williams of The Blackhawk Collection), died February 10. She was 90.
The Jacksons and the Barretts were car-collecting families who moved to Arizona from the Midwest around 1960. They got together to stage a classic car parade and show to raise money for the Scottsdale, Arizona, library and arts center. Raising money for charity became a mainstay of the auction company as it was led through the years by Mrs. Jackson, her husband and their sons.
12 - Gooding auction at Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida
12-14 - 15th Amelia Island concours d'elegance, Amelia Island, Florida
12-14 - Goodguys Spring Nationals, Scottsdale, Arizona
13 - RM auction at Amelia Island concourse, Amelia Island, Florida
21-June 20 - The Allure of the Automobile, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
26-27 - Kruse/Leake at San Antonio, Texas
26-28 - RM auction at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
26-28 - Legends of Riverside honors Carroll Shelby, Riverside, California
27-28 - Goodguys All American Get-Together, Pleasanton, California
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
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| This article concerns a future game or content that is unreleased.
Some details may be speculative, and may not turn out to be correct.
|Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a Rockstar Leeds game planned for the Nintendo DS, to be released in March 2009 since it was delayed from Winter 2008. The game will be set in Liberty City, but focused on the city district of Chinatown. It has been revealed the game will be set in the GTA IV rendition of Liberty City. The city will be recreated for the small screen in a relatively faithful transition. The main difference between the version of Liberty City in GTA IV and in Chinatown Wars will be the omission of Alderney.
"This is a game that will deliver a rich, fast-paced and intense 'Grand Theft Auto' experience that will be truly unique to Nintendo's handheld platform," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "Rockstar Leeds, along with the team at Rockstar North, has built upon a decade of progressive design on Grand Theft Auto, and has created something fundamentally fresh and immersive."
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.
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Marvel Studios audaciously screened 17 minutes of IMAX 3D footage from "Guardians of the Galaxy" at 7:00 PM on July 7, 2014. The bulk of the footage was from one extended sequence in which the movie's main characters are processed into, and promptly escape from, an outer space prison.
The audience at The Regal Cinemas Crossgates Stadium 18 & IMAX theater in Albany, New York was clearly left wanting more.
Clearly you can't review a movie based on one scene. But what Marvel Studios screened on the 7th was funny, exciting, and technically impressive. The acid test, whether the character of Rocket, a CGI talking raccoon voiced by Bradley Cooper, would pass muster. He did. The CGI is detailed, textured and lifelike, and Rocket blends seamlessly into the scene as a character, rather than just an effect. Ditto for Groot, a walking tree voiced by Vin Diesel. The extended sequence was followed by a trailer for the movie, which featured some outer space effects easily on a par with the major science fiction franchises.
The 3D was better than what audiences have come to expect from other Marvel vehicles, all post-conversions, including the recent hit "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."
According to the official synopsis:
An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits—Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand—with the galaxy's fate in the balance.
Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy," which first appeared in comic books in Marvel Super-Heroes, Issue #18 (Jan. 1969), stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Nova Prime and Benicio Del Toro as The Collector. The rest of the movie opens on August 1st, and based on the audience reaction to the sneak peek, the only question will be how many earthly trucks it will take to haul all the money away.


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This NASA video segment features middle school students from Connecticut who demonstrate how to perform a hands-on activity about airplane wings. Students construct airplanes out of foam trays and test which wing design allows the aircraft to fly the farthest. Students use mathematics skills to calculate wing areas and aspect ratios, measure flight distances, and graph and analyze the results.
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More cases of dengue fever detected in NT
More cases of dengue fever have been detected in Australia's Northern Territory. The disease can be fatal.
The NT Centre for Disease Control says there were 34 cases in January and February, compared with 29 last year.
All were detected in travellers returning from trips to south-east Asia, including Bali and East Timor.
Dr Peter Markey says the incubation period is about a week and many people realise they have the disease only when symptoms arise at home.
The ABC reports about half of the cases required hospitalisation. Symptoms are fever, headaches and muscle and joint aches and pains.
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They say great taste is timeless - but then again, so is bad taste. Despite the time we spend looking for stuff to make you salivate with desire, occasionally we stumble upon things that elicit a very different oral reaction. Sometimes we shudder and move on, and then there are times that the object in question is just too awful to keep to ourselves, so we bring it to you as a Doubtblush.
We're prepared to have a few of you disagree with us, but we just can't get behind the Be&D Big City Sneaker ($128). Sure, it's playful and the pop of neon is right on trend, but we can't help feeling that if we wanted to wear a pair of pumps, we would. We rarely have days when we put on an outfit and think, "This will go great with either high-top sneakers or neon heels!" It kind of has that mullet effect, you know? We think we'll just stick to one or the other.
I don't think I'd mind seeing these on the women who trade their heels for sneakers on their commutes--maybe that's the demographic these shoes are after?
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Felicia Londré, Curators' Professor of Theatre and American Theatre Fellow at UMKC, will present "Bernhardt's Last Stand in America: How the One-Legged Actress Promoted American Involvement in World War I" at 11 a.m. on Feb. 19 in the J.C. Nichols Auditorium of the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, 100 W. 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Londré will detail how French actress Sarah Bernhardt's ninth and last American tour affected the French and American war effort. Targeted in 1914 by the invading Germans as a French national treasure, Bernhardt was rushed out of Paris to safety.
The 1916 amputation of her leg did not abate her zeal to devote her artistry to the patriotic cause, and she arrived later that year in the still-neutral U.S. with a repertoire that included some inflammatory drama.
Londré specializes in French, American and Russian theatre history of the Belle Epoque and Great War eras. She has lectured internationally on subjects ranging from Shakespeare authorship to Tennessee Williams. She has given invitational lectures or lecture tours in Russia, France (including the Sorbonne), Hungary, China and Japan. Her 14 books include the George Freedley Memorial Award-winning "The Enchanted Years of the Stage: Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theater, 1870-1930".
Her current research focuses on American and French theatre artists in the Great War.
The admission-free lecture is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences' UMKC Theatre and Kansas City Actors Theatre, in conjunction with its production of "Oh What a Lovely War."
Barry Kyle, a UMKC Theatre professor, is directing the musical, which features several UMKC Theatre graduate students.
"Oh What a Lovely War" previews Feb. 11 through 16 and runs Feb. 17 through 27. For more information, visit http://www.kcactors.org/our-season/oh-what-a-lovely-war/.


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RENO, Nev. ?- University of Arizona women's golf assistant coach Jody Dansie has left the program to become the University of Nevada at Reno head women's golf coach, which was announced on Friday.
"This is an exciting opportunity to jump into a Head Coach job with both feet. It is also a good opportunity for my husband to move up in his career and for us to be closer to our families." Dansie said.
Dansie came to Arizona in 2002 after participating one season on the SBC Futures Tour and one season on the LPGA Tour where she took part in 22 events.
She played her collegiate years at Arizona State where she was a two time All-Americans and a three time Pac-10 selection. Dansie was also a member of the NCAA Sun Devil championship teams in 1997 and 1998.
"It's sad because I have enjoyed working with Greg [Allen] and the girls. It's tough to leave. The athletic department here at the University of Arizona has been fantastic, they welcome a Sun Devil into a Wildcat family." Dansie said stated on Friday.


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Phew, what a slow week for news. However, it was a big week for game releases what with Titanfall and Dark Souls 2 launching. Needless to say this writer wants to get back to those games too, so let's speed through this week's News, Games, Geeks.
- Double Fine revealed Costume Quest 2 is in in the works and will be out by Halloween 2014
- The Witcher 3 is being delayed a full year until February 2015
- Shovel Knight is also getting delayed, but no new release date was given
- The Kickstarter RPG Festival Of Magic, covered here, is being renamed Earthlock: Festival of Magic and has reappeared on Kickstarter
- A Power Puff Girls game, Defenders of Townsville, was announced
- Someone just broke a Million Gamer Score on the Xbox 360 this past week
- Rovio revealed the next Angry Birds game is going to be a turn-based RPG called Angry Birds Epic
- A slurry of indie games were announced for the PS4
- A group of fans is going to translate the PSP game, Final Fantasy Type-0, by August 8
- Keiji Inafune's latest collaboration, Azure Striker Gunvolt, which was announced last week, was now revealed to be coming to the West this summer
- NIS America revealed Disgaea characters will appear in their upcoming PS Vita RPG, Demon Gaze
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- RBI Baseball - 4/10 (PS3/360/iOS)
- Mercenary Kings – 4/1 (PS4)
- Mugen Souls Z - 5/20 (PS3)
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- Mecha March: EDF 2025 (videos 1 and 2)
- Mecha March: Armored Core (and video)
- Game Free: GWBW, One Chance, Organ Trail (and video)
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OKI Printing Solutions reduces the operating costs for Nike
Nike has invested in new, multifunctional and colour solutions from OKI Printing Solutions for their offices in Norway. Nike expects that the new printers will reduce replacement costs by up to 30% compared to competitor products.
Nike had a large replacement requirement with four collections to be marketed to professional buyers throughout the year. This means that they needed to produce 12-15 different product catalogues every year. Nike produced a total of 80,000 A4-pages in Norway last year.
Requirement for tailor-made solutions
With a large and diverse market, Nike must adapt its catalogues to the various target groups.
Among other things, Nike has all of the country's leading sports chains, such as Gresvig and XXL as clients. They have different information needs and therefore they need their own product catalogues, tailor-made to their requirements.
"We are a large producer and the chains buy from our various product catalogues. Moreover, the shops require specialised information, and we must be able to develop our own special catalogues for running and football in a limited number of samples," says Dag Øynes, IT manager at Nike Norway.
The customers' increased demands and requirements for information make it more costly to 'run' back and forth between the marketing department, the print shop and the clients. In the majority of cases, Nike produces only a single catalogue for a client, so it is obvious that it is not appropriate to outsource the assignment. It is the individual retailers who are responsible for putting together the product range that they wish for their catalogues. They use their own computer program to compile and print their catalogues.
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Having used the OKI Printing Solutions printers for almost 6 months, Dag Øynes from Nike is very satisfied.
"The two printers that have been installed and implemented in the existing network have completed all the tasks that they were set.
When we invested in the new printers, we were given calculations that showed that we could save about 30% on printing costs and after the introductory period, that seems to be true. The thing that keeps the price down is the increased speed, the high quality of the print and the flexibility that the new OKI printers give us." says Øynes.
"I am often asked why I have chosen particular suppliers in various situations. In this case it is the overall impression. We collected offers from a large number of printer suppliers and ended with two, OKI Printing Solutions and one other supplier. But the choice was easy. The offer from OKI Printing Solutions gave us two machines, a traditional colour printer and a combined printer and copy machine, at a lower price than one machine from the competing supplier. OKI Printing Solutions printers also had a far higher level of performance than the competitors. OKI made the choice easy for us by delivering high quality at a really sensible price." Øynes added.
In-House print production
The price of printers has fallen considerably in recent years. At the same time, the quality and the flexibility of both the machines and the software have improved. These days, 'everyone' can have their own print shop at the office. The printout quality combined with sensible prices mean that companies no longer need to have print material made by professional printers. They can do it themselves.
" There is a greater demand now for tailor-made information. We want relevant information. That means that the previous, standardised information such as catalogues, were no longer satisfying the customers' demand for information. All clients are different and that is reflected in their level of information.
We are one of the world's leading actors when it comes to marketing and design in the sports sector. The information requirements that we are faced with today cannot be compared with the requirements of just a few years ago. Our clients expect us to provide them with the information that is relevant for them and not for others. We are all pressed for time and everything has to go faster than before. So, with an 'internal print shop', we can customise the information that we supply our clients far more quickly and efficiently for both parties. OKI's printers are a good choice for us, they are fast and effective. We no longer have a storeroom for material, since every thing can be printed out as required." adds Øynes
About Nike
Nike, Inc. is a world leader in the field of design, marketing and distribution of shoes, cloths, equipment and accessories in a large range of sports and fitness activities. Nike, Inc. was founded in 1972 and has its headquarters in Oregon, USA. The company has about 25,000 employees worldwide and is one of the world's largest companies in the sports sector. Nike has been established in Norway since 1983 and currently has 37 employees at the company's office in Lysaker outside Oslo.


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CITY OF GROSSE POINTE — A business consultant wants Village stakeholders to double-down a commitment to retail, even as a block of three large retail spaces on Kercheval sit vacant.
"There is no shortage of retailers who look to communities like Grosse Pointe to open stores. I have 33 in mind," said Edward Nakfoor, retained recently by the Grosse Pointe Village Downtown Development Authority.
Nakfoor, of Birmingham, is advising the DDA in retail marketing.
He dislikes converting first-floor retail space to office use.
The principle extends to large property that has been vacant three years and is attracting no valued retail suitors — namely, the empty Borders Books (and before that, Jacobson's home store) building on Kercheval.
Nakfoor opposes St. John Providence Health System's $5.4 million proposal to convert the former 19,053-square-foot bookstore into medical offices.
"There's a better use than having it office space," Nakfoor told members of the City of Grosse Pointe council Monday, June 17.
He indicated it's better to let the building stay vacant for a while rather than cross the line into offices.
"All decisions you make have to be focused on keeping as much retail as you can in the Village, because you will never have those spaces back, short of building new," Nakfoor told the council.
Zoning updates
Nakfoor spoke while the council considered rewording of the C-2 central business district zoning ordinance.
Proposed changes reserve the front 60 percent of first-floor space for retail operations. The rear 40 percent can be offices.
The ordinance specifically applies the ratio to buildings containing medical offices.
Councilman Andrew Turnbull disagreed with the retail mandate.
Turnbull doubts large, modern retailers will invest in nearly 20,000 square feet of space given the City's small size and market area.
"We're hamstringing ourselves with these requirements," Turnbull said. "We're not admitting the true environment we're living in."
The retail mandate is "onerous" to filling large storefronts, he said.
"We have a couple large, empty spaces that continue to be that way," Turnbull said.
Councilwoman Jean Weipert supports the 60 percent rule, despite the former Borders site neighboring two more empty buildings totaling 29,000 square feet.
"There's been three years at most those buildings have not been occupied by a viable retail tenant," Weipert said. "You can look at the immediate situation and say the world's changing and we have to throw everything out and rethink, or we can have a plan."
That's Nakfoor's role.
A plan
"The Village needs a plan of action to actively recruit retail," he said. "The challenge is there's not a lot of attractive spaces for retailers to consider."
He wants to help landlords and property brokers in a coordinated effort to recruit "quality" retail tenants.
"You're not going to have a department store in the form of Jacobson's," Nakfoor said. "However, Macy's was talking about opening smaller versions of Macy's stores as showrooms."
"There's a lot of concerns about what's happening in the Village," said Peter Dame, city manager. "Everyone wants to find someone to blame about why things aren't exactly the way they want them to be."
The district was targeted for major development until the recession.
Plans folded for a boutique hotel, condominiums and senior citizen assisted living.
"In 2008, I thought we had $100 million in construction starting in three months," said Mayor Dale Scrace.
"None of that is ever coming back," Dame said. "So, we have to find a way forward. (Nakfoor) is helping us. I want him to be Moses and lead us out of the desert."
The council holds a public hearing on the ordinance changes at its 7 p.m. Monday, July 15, meeting.
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The "Dancing With the Stars" dance floor could look very different for Season 19. The long running celebrity ballroom competition is scheduled to return to ABC this fall, but four of the show's most popular alums may not be returning.
According to a report on Monday by Glamour, past mirrorball winners Derek Hough, Mark Ballas, Cheryl Burke and Maksim Chmerkovskiy could be out for the show's 19th season.
When asked if he was coming back for the fall cycle of the show, Hough told Glamour, "I don't know yet. I have a few weeks [to decide]." He also said that he and childhood pal Mark Ballas are a "package deal," and added that he wants "to be inspired." The Emmy winning choreographer was definitely inspired last season when he was paired with double amputee Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy, so it could be hard for producers to top that match-up.
As for Ballas, while he seconded Hough's "package deal" motion, he revealed that he hasn't even been asked about next season yet. "We usually don't get the call until about five days before," he revealed. But he added that he loves the show, and he wouldn't rule out doing it without his blonde BFF.
"Of course, we love doing the show and I'd be honored to do another season, but we just have to see if everything works out. It's just up in the air," Ballas said. "I mean, even though we're best friends and kind of come as a package...we'll just look at [the offer] when it comes in."
"DWTS" show runner Rob Wade has gone on record as saying he wants Maks Chmerkovskiy back, but the Ukrainian dance pro has already said he can never top last season's mirrorball win with Olympic darling Meryl Davis.
Wade told E! News, "I'm absolutely hoping Maks comes back to the show. I don't know whether it's going to be as a dancer. I think there's a number of different things we can talk to him about and the way he'd be involved in the show. Maks will always be part of 'Dancing With the Stars' in some way."
Meanwhile, Cheryl Burke revealed earlier this month that she may be hanging up her dancing shoes after ten years on the show. During an appearance on Access Hollywood, the "DWTS" regular said she's not sure of her plans yet. "I haven't made up my mind," she said. "Things are still up in the air. ... This will be my 18th season. Officially I've spent a decade on 'Dancing With the Stars.' I started when I was 20, I'm now 30. So I'm actually not sure yet."
Two people who will definitely be back when "Dancing With the Stars" Season 19 premieres in September? Host Tom Bergeron and his co-host Erin Andrews. And with a judges' chair now available (in May, Len Goodman announced he's leaving the show), Chmerkovskiy could possibly parlay his guest judging stint into a permanent one.
"Dancing With the Stars" Season 19 will premiere on Monday, September 15 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.


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The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and several professional schools and colleges of the University of Michigan have developed a program for a limited number of highly qualified entering first-year students that guarantees admission to specific professional programs.
Preferred Admissions
Admission to one of five U-M professional or graduate schools or colleges is guaranteed to a limited number of highly-qualified freshman students who maintain a specified level of academic achievement during their undergraduate years. The purpose is to encourage greater freedom and diversity of course selection, and to prevent students from feeling pressured to take a narrowly structured pre-professional undergraduate program. Achievement expectations during the pre-professional years are explained in the invitation to the program. Most selections are made by early April.
Presently, the participating professional schools and colleges include the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, the School of Education, the School of Information, the College of Pharmacy, and the School of Social Work.
First-year applicants to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts must indicate their interest in preferred admission in the U-M Supplement to the Common Application. A letter stating your reasons for desiring admission to the program must accompany the application for all programs except the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. For the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, students must address their interest in business or the Ross BBA program in the appropriate essay of the U-M Supplement to the Common Application. Transfer students to the University are not eligible for preferred admission
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Once admitted to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, students will be considered for a specific preferred admissions program in Architecture, Business, Information, Pharmacy, and Social Work on the basis of (1) academic qualifications, and (2) preferred admissions option as indicated on the application for admission. The professional school will send qualified students information regarding the program and any additional requirements.
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Release Date: Jun 21, 2013
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My first reaction to this movie was to say "HA! AS IF!" But after thinking about it I think I was being too generous. There's a lot of funny stuff in this movie but in the end it ends up being too cute by half. The best thing I could say about this movie is that the girl played by Anna Chlumsky who ends up coming between two equally unexceptional and undesirable men is strong enough to dictate her own romantic terms. That being said, the movie implies that all women really want is to be pleased in the sack, something that I think most women would find utterly unpalatable. The movie also falters in its portrayal of women, especially when it comes to Bert's wife. She is a vixen shrew and the script is only too happy to send this reductive character on her merry way. And yet Bert hangs around, acting as smug and egomaniacal as possible. Wait, it is 2013, isn't it??
We've all heard of movies about "the other woman" but far fewer about "the other man". Now take this concept one degree further in the direction of the absurd and imagine the wronged husband and the other man actually (gulp) becoming friends. This is the basic premise of this movie. Arnie is a slick (and I guess kinda sexy) guy who wants to bed everything that moves, including Bert's wife. Bert finds out and divorces his wife, though in the process he somehow ends up becoming best buds with the guy who destroyed his marriage. It's a totally ridiculous concept and one that could never happen in real life, but it plays well in this movie which I first noticed at several film festivals earlier this year. The two leads are hilarious and Anna Paquin is all grown up from her "My Girl" days - you might also recall her from a cute cameo she did on "30 Rock".
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MetroCards Can Do Even More, But New Yorkers Might Not Care
Many say they don't "love" anything about the MTA.
When the MTA raises fares on March 3, new MetroCards will cost $1, but to ease the blow a bit, the agency announced today that riders can now refill their cards with both unlimited rides and pay-per-ride balances. Unfortunately, the move might not do much to change riders' opinions of the MTA. A recent survey by the Straphangers Campaign Survey asked riders what they "love" most about the agency. "Convenience" won with 38 percent of the vote, but not a single person picked "fare discounts." Even worse, the second most popular answer with 31 percent of the vote was, "I don't use the word 'love' in the same sentence with the 'MTA.'" Ouch.


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Last week, the new Bachelor, Juan Pablo Galavis, made a comment in an interview to the effect that being gay is perverted. Actually, his exact words were "There's this thing about gay people — it seems to be, I don't know if I'm mistaken or not — I have a lot of friends like that, but they're more pervert in a sense." (Quote from New York Daily News)
He has since apologized profusely for what ABC network termed "thoughtless and insensitive" comments that do not reflect their own views. Still, I found it disappointing because I don't usually watch The Bachelor. In fact, the only one I've seen prior to this season was with pilot Jake Pavelka. I was pulled into this season because Juan Pablo seemed like such a genuine and sweet guy. He probably still is, but now I know he's not perfect and has a few things to learn along his journey in this life, such as….
Just how perverted is gay sex?
The answer may surprise you. It's no more perverted than heterosexual sex. Allow me to explain. "Perverted" sex is subjective. It all depends on what people like to do with each other and have done to themselves. Perhaps Juan Pablo meant to imply that two men together or two women together are a perversion not meant to be. Why? Because they can't procreate? I'll buy the fact that they can't biologically procreate with each other, but here's the thing. People have sex for more reasons than procreation and it doesn't matter whether they're gay or straight. People have sex to express their love, to feel good, for the heat of the moment, for a good cardio workout (okay, that's really a secondary benefit), and because it just seems the natural thing to do with someone you both love and desire.
To argue that sex is only for procreation is an argument dead in the water before it even begins.
Is it perverted because men shouldn't have anal sex or oral sex? Prepare yourself. Heterosexual men enjoy oral sex and also anal sex. Yep! Straight men enjoy a finger, a butt plug, a dildo, a vibrator, and even a strap-on in their anuses. Such has been happening in bedrooms around the world for thousands of years (and more), and it might be labeled a person's particular brand of kink, but it's not perverted.
So is it maybe the thought of two women together without a penis present? Is that perverted? Naw! I have it on good authority (from not only speaking with many women, but also being a woman, myself) that the ladies enjoy oral sex, too. They also are the number one purchasers of vibrators, dildos, strap-ons, finger vibes, remote control panties, various lubes and glides, and so much more. Oh yea. Many women enjoy a little anal play, too. This is, by the way, heterosexual women of whom I'm referring. So is this love-play between man and woman perverted? Absolutely not! And it's no different than what two women together in bed might indulge in.
So if men and women, women and women, and men with men are all doing pretty much the same thing, what, exactly, is perverted about it? Why is it perverted for the gays and not the straights?
I hear someone grabbing their bible out of the drawer. Ah, yes. Leviticus. One of the many contradictions in the bible that can be countered by other arguments. Let's knock that one down, too, shall we? If God created all the beasts of the earth (before mankind), and beasts were meant to be only with their own species for the purposes of procreation, then there's some 'splainin' to do, Lucy. Scientifically speaking, according to LiveScience, "homosexuality has been documented in over 450 species." My favorite story of gay wildlife is about two flamingos named Carlos and Fernando who lived at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in the UK. Carlos and Fernando were completely accepted by the flock and they also became foster parents to two flamingo chicks. They did such a great job that when an abandoned egg was brought to the trust, the staff gave it to the gay birds who successfully cared for and raised the chick. (Read Carlos and Fernando's story here)
So if the religious-minded can agree that God creates all creatures large and small, and that God has a purpose for every creature and every thing, then it should follow that questioning that creature, that thing or its purpose is to question God and to infer that God made a mistake. I don't know about you, but unless J.C. comes down from the heavens and personally tells me I must hate and ridicule and revile anyone who is gay, then I'm not going to do it. And even if he did, I'd still refuse because I'm just not about hating anyone. I'm not worried about it, either, since I know love, tolerance, and acceptance is the message. J.C. was a pretty radical hippie in his time.
But back to Juan Pablo and his off-the-cuff remark that he blamed on his not-so-great command of the English language (nice try, buddy). His comment was in response to a question about whether or not America is ready for a gay bachelor or bachelorette. That's a tough one and I'll tell you why.
With the election of our first black president, we have since seen every single ugly bigot that has been living under a rock come out and spew all kinds of hatred. And we're fifty years past the civil rights march! If we haven't managed to eradicate hatred based on the color of a person's skin in fifty years, we're not going to be much more successful in eliminating hatred of a person's sexuality at the dawn of their own manifestation of civil rights that is beginning state by state now. I can't say we're not ready for it or that we're ready for it, but I can say that more and more people every day are waking up and realizing that discriminating based on sexual orientation is wrong. Gay love is no different than straight love when you get down to the mechanics of it. It's simply love. It's based on consent just like straight relationships.
And before someone decides to compare it to true criminal acts like bestiality and pedophilia, let's just define the difference. An adult having sex with an animal or with a child is a criminal act where that adult imposes his/her will onto an innocent being without the consent only an adult in complete possession of his/her faculties can give. Consent. Two adults in love choose to be with each other by consent whether gay or straight so it's not the same thing at all.
So there you have it. Gay sex is no more "perverted" than straight sex. What some people choose to do in the privacy of their own relationships in their own homes is nobody's business, and we'd all be worse for the wear if we suddenly knew what turns on our friends and neighbors, elected officials, and even clergy. Let's just keep that bedroom door closed, shall we, and respect the privacy of all.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Who's on Your Proposal?
I currently have 5 pending proposals, of which 4 were submitted in January and February. It occurred to me that, in terms of the proposal structure and PI manpower, my current batch of pending proposals does span pretty much all the different types that I have encountered so far. All of these come with different time commitment for the PI, as well as different levels of frustration and types of challenges in terms of preparation.
1) The single-investigator proposal. Obviously, by far the most work for the PI, but you have all the control over the idea, the timeline for execution, and every word and figure that makes it in. If a single-author proposal gets funded, the money is all yours, and usually there is a fair bit of flexibility in how you distribute it (again, this depends on the agency). If you get bad reviews, it's only you who sucks and there's no other way to go about it.
But, I love single investigator proposals mostly because I don't have to compromise. I compromise all the time, in all aspects of my personal and professional life, and it's nice to sometimes just have 100% my way. Ideally, I come up with an idea that excites me and then write a proposal. Excitement shows in the writing and I think it's important to convey this seductive element, as it helps your proposal find a champion on the panel. I think the best single-investigator proposals are those where you are literally in love with the project. I find they are certainly the most enjoyable ones to write, but it does sting twice as bad if the panel says negative things about your precious.
2) A collaborative proposal with another PI. I recently struck up a new collaboration with an experimental colleague from a nearby institution, and writing this proposal was the first concrete collaborative effort we have had together. I think it went well, despite the fact that we didn't have a lot of time and didn't really know each other before this. I think these can be very enjoyable to write, as you do get to share the workload, there is built-in feedback, but you presumably still have a fair bit of control over the outcome. That is, unless the other person is slightly more egomaniacal than the average academic.
For instance, in this experiment(collaborator)/theory(mois) proposal, I think we will get criticized that the theory is not a second, but more like a sixth fiddle to experiment, whereas this is supposed to be a collaborative proposal, with each institution getting the same amount of money. But, my collaborator really wanted things his way, so, since he's the lead, all I can do is defer. It's funny, I sent the collaborator a fair amount of text and a fair number of comments on what he had written; he said he had taken some of my comments into account, but it took me a long time to find which ones. I honestly thought at some point he had sent me the previous version of the text. It doesn't have to always be my way, especially in a collaboration, but when I tell you something seems unclear or is worded in a cumbersome way, trust me that I am actually saying it out of the best of intentions: I actually want our proposal to get funded. But I guess some people really like themselves and their writing. The proposal did turn our well, I have to say.
3) The small-group proposal (typically 3-6 people): I have had 2 of those in the latest batch of proposals, and these are, in my experience, the most common type of multi-investigator proposals. You end up having 2-3 people who do a lion's share of the writing, and then the rest contribute significantly less. I think the composition of the team is key for the success -- I have had successful previous proposals of this type, and it's always with people whom I know well and whose expertises complement one another. One of my currently pending proposals is a continuing grant to a DOD agency, with long-term collaborators, and I have high hopes for its renewal, as the program manager seems very favorably disposed. The second proposal turned out OK, but I cannot say I have high hopes for its funding; it was submitted to the NSF and I only know one of the co-PI's well. The PI did a very good job tying everything together, but I think the proposal does feel a touch half-baked...
4) The large-center, multi-investigator proposal (more than 10 and typically a few tens of PI's often organized into smaller subgroups of less than 10 people). These are a pain overall and really hard to get funded. The amount of text each PI contributes is fairly small, but it's really hard to make these into a coherent effort. People who are the subgroup leads are really screwed, because, in addition to herding cats, they are the ones befallen by the task of trying to get something coherent out of the hodge-podge of writeups from many various people, most of whom barely know each other.
These proposals are very difficult to put together -- months of meeting, brainstorming, inviting and disinviting PIs, trying to create a team from a group of near strangers (often several off-site people), where the people have complementary expertises, but where also people's preferences for alternative collaborators may have to be accommodated. These massive efforts are usually led by the Big Cheezes. You can actually spot a future Big Cheez (or a Big Cheez wannabe) as a person under the age of 50 who wants to take on such a monstrous task.
I am having high hopes for this batch of proposals, which I guess means I am not an entirely crusty, disillusioned, burned-out PI after all.
Happy proposal-writing trails to all!
4 comments:
I am currently in a situtation where a grant resulting from a type 4 proposal has gone horribly wrong - due to internal politics, incompatibility of different fields and misinterpretations of coPIs of what funding agency is actually funding. I have not been involved in this during the writing stage, as I only got my current job when the grant was already in place (so I didn't really have a choice if to join or not, I had to as part of my employment). But after this, all I can say is, never again, thank you! I'll stick to proposals/grants of type 1-3 from now on.
- February 16, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Interesting post, thanks! Can you comment on the success rate of single PI vs 2-4 PI grant proposals? I understand that there are limited number of calls one can apply for, but still I'm surprised that my advisors haven't tried for more single PI grants from a $$ maximizng standpoint.
- February 17, 2011 at 3:13 AM
- prodigal academic said...
Even though there is potentially more money in type 3 and 4 proposals, I have had a few multi-PI projects go horrifically wrong when I was at National Lab. I greatly prefer type 1 and 2 proposals. Less stress over the life of the project. I deal better with scientific stress than interpersonal stress.
- February 17, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- GMP said...
Thanks for the comments!
Pika and Prodigal, my experiences with No 4 grants have also been largely negative. In addition to personality conflicts, these grants come with huge administrative hurdles -- very frequent reviews, lots of anxiety about constantly having to report something to someone. I think they are beneficial to the institution as a whole, as they come with lots of funds for facilities, but I have always found their direct monetary worth to any one PI a bit questionable (especially if, like me, you don't use the fancy facilities). One upside is that these big center grants do serve as an incubator for other grants -- there is usually money for seed projects, so you can gather preliminary data and then, with a smaller group of collaborators, get independent funding and spin off. Still, I know that most people find these efforts quite frustrating.
Grumpy, it's hard to talk about success rates solely in terms of the number of co-PI's. I think it makes more sense to think in terms of agency (e.g. NSF panel-based decisions versus DOD where knowing the program manager and his programmatic interests gives you a significant edge), and whether we are talking specific solicitations or unsolicited proposals. For intance, single PI grants for junior PI's may have relatively high funding rates, but once you are out of the junior status I don't think single-PI grants have success rates different than other grants. I think often it makes sense to collaborate since the team likely has a broader expertise than individual PI's. But if it's between a hastily cobbled up collaboration versus going out on your own, you are probably better off alone. It's about having an idea and finding an appropriate place to sell it; that's what one has to appreciate about the NSF -- there is really room for all sorts of grants on all sorts of topics. In terms of money, NSF (at least my directorate) funds at a rate of about $80K per PI per year (1 student plus a month of summer), but even for collaborative unsolicited grants you cannot get much more than $400K per 3 years. I think DOE funds typically at about $100K-150K per year per PI. DOD agencies vary and the funding amounts are usually higher. Also, for all agencies, the funding rates and annual funding amounts for specific solicitations can vary greatly.
- February 17, 2011 at 9:39 PM


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Samsung Galaxy Fame launched in Europe, costs less than €200
While media attention is currently focused on the Galaxy S4 (which will be unveiled tomorrow, March 14), there are still other new Samsung Galaxy smartphones out there. Take the Galaxy Fame for example – officially announced in early February, at the same time with the Galaxy Young.
The Fame is now available in Europe – at least in Germany and Romania.
Amazon Germany is selling the Galaxy Fame for prices starting at €196,60 (about $255).
In Romania, the handset is considerably cheaper: eMag is asking 719 RON for it (€164, or $214).
Note that we're taking about the Galaxy Fame S6810, so this is not the dual SIM version of the device, and neither the NFC-ready one (S6810P).
Running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz Motion UI, the Samsung Galaxy Fame features: a 3.5 inch display with 480 x 320 pixels (HVGA), Wi-Fi Direct, HSPA, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, Samsung Hub, Samsung S Cloud, VGA front-facing camera, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 512MB of RAM, 1GHz single-core processor, 4GB of internal memory, MicroSD card support, and a 1,300 mAh battery.
The Fame will be released in other European markets soon – including the UK, where Three seems to be the first network that's going to offer it (most likely for free on select plans).


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EUGENE, Ore. - They take their track and field seriously here. Football, too. And there are autumn afternoons when there is no discernible difference in what occurs at Oregon's world-renowned Hayward Field and just across the Williamette River in Autzen Stadium.
Saturday quickly turned into that kind of day. No. 2 Oregon, built for speed, ran for 311 first-half yards, flashed to a 56-0 halftime lead and coasted to a 70-14 win against Colorado.
Oregon's 70 points were the school's most ever in a conference game and the most allowed by CU since losing 70-3 to Texas in the 2005 Big 12 Conference championship game.
The Buffaloes' staggering defensive collapse continues; in their last four Pac-12 Conference games they've allowed 2,115 yards and 213 points. Oregon's contribution to the yardage figure was 617 yards in total offense, including 425 on the ground.
Saturday's loss was the Buffs' fourth straight and dropped them to 1-7 overall, assuring the school of a record seventh consecutive losing football season. CU fell to 1-4 in the Pac-12, with its lone win coming five weeks ago at Washington State.
Second-year Buffs coach Jon Embree said he hadn't thought about the seven consecutive losing seasons, instead focusing on how to fix his defense: "It's just disappointing that we're not getting stops on that side and giving ourselves a chance. It just hasn't been what you expect from a Colorado defense. Trust me, I'm trying to figure that out."
Although the Buffs' halftime deficit Saturday matched the school record, set in 1980 against UCLA, they did show vital signs after intermission. With Nick Hirschman replacing Jordan Webb at quarterback, the Buffs drove 72 yards after receiving the second-half kickoff, scoring their first touchdown since the second quarter of the Arizona State game (Oct. 11) on a 1-yard run by freshman Christian Powell.
After a fumble recovery by CU defensive back Jered Bell on the next Oregon series, the 6-1, 235-pound Powell scored his second TD on a 20-yard run. He finished the afternoon with 121 yards on 20 carries and the pair of scores.
But by the time Powell had crossed the goal line for a second time, the Ducks (8-0, 5-0) already were in cruise control and were heading toward their eighth straight win. As they did last weekend at Southern California, the Buffs fell into a first-quarter pit - 19-3 against the Trojans - and never recovered.
But this weekend, it was worse. Oregon led 28-0 at the end of the first quarter and was well on its way to a halftime total offense output of 447 yards.
The Ducks' speed was evident from the first snap. They went 57 yards in five plays to take a 7-0 lead on Kenjon Barner' 1-yard run, then got the ball back when CU's Tony Jones fumbled the kickoff and set up Oregon at the Buffs' 17-yard line.
Three plays later, De'Anthony Thomas scored on a 9-yard sweep of left end (14-0) and the mauling was underway. Barner, who entered the game averaging 124 rushing yards, carried nine times in the first half for 104 yards and two TDs, while Thomas rushed five times for 97 and one score. With those totals, both were done for the day.
In Oregon's 45-2 rout of CU last season in Boulder, Barner rushed 10 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns - one a career-long 84-yarder. The Ducks led that one 29-0 after one quarter and 35-0 at the half.
Look for Thomas' TD punt return Saturday to be replayed ad infinitum here and elsewhere - try ESPN for starters. After letting Darragh O'Neill's punt take a backward bounce, Thomas scooped it up going to his right, reversed himself and made Buffs safety Ray Polk miss, cut toward the CU sideline and made Buffs linebacker Derrick Webb whiff, then turned on the speed and outran everyone else in a white jersey to the end zone.
Embree had said all week that the Ducks appeared even faster than last year, and Saturday confirmed it. "They're fast at every position . . . defense, offense, linebacker, receiver and it showed. They closed some holes offensively quicker and got around the ball. And obviously, what they did offensively . . . (Thomas) getting around the edge, then his punt return reminded me of Ben Kelly."
That remarkable run pushed the score to 42-0 with 11:06 remaining in the first half - and the only questions left unanswered were how many more times the Ducks would cross the goal line and if the Buffs would ever get there.
By the time the fourth quarter started, Oregon had its most points - 70 - in a conference game and led by a cool 56. And Ducks coach Chip Kelly couldn't be accused of piling on; he pulled Barner, Thomas, freshman quarterback Marcus Mariota and most of his super-skilled offensive players before halftime. Mariota's first-half work: 10-of-14 passes completed for 136 yards and two TDs.
Still, CU's second-teamers were no match for Oregon's. Backup Ducks QB Bryan Bennett, a sophomore, completed all four of his pass attempts for 56 yards and ran 10 times for 73 yards and three TDs. Third-team QB Dustin Haines replaced Bennett in the fourth quarter.
CU's Webb, starting for the eighth time, finished his afternoon completing seven of 11 passes for 31 yards. Under his direction, the Buffs' deepest first-half penetration was to the Ducks' 32-yard line. Under Hirschman, the Buffs got both TDs - although he faced the Ducks' second- and third-team defense and the game had long ago been tucked away in the win column for Oregon.
Sophomore Connor Wood spelled Hirschman for CU's final possession. Wood didn't attempt a pass, and Hirschman finished 7-of-16 for 64 yards. Embree said naming a starter for next week would be evaluated.
The Buffs' schedule remains rugged; they return to Folsom Field next Saturday to face their third straight Top 25 opponent - No. 19 Stanford. Kickoff is at noon (FX).
BUFF BITS: CU played without its best offensive lineman - junior left tackle David Bakhtiari, who made the trip but was held out with a knee injury. Starting in his place was senior Ryan Dannewitz, but O-line coach Steve Marshall also had sophomore left guard Alex Lewis move out and freshman Jeromy Irwin take his place . . . . On defense, starting freshman nosetackle Josh Tupou (ankle) did not make the trip. Opening in his place was junior Nate Bonsu. Also, freshman Yuri Wright started in place of freshman Kenneth Crawley at cornerback, and junior Terrel Smith opened at nickel instead of freshman Marques Mosley . . . . Before kickoff, Oregon honored former CU tight end Ed Reinhardt, who suffered a severe head injury in the 1984 Buffs-Ducks game here. CU head coach Jon Embree was a teammate. Reinhardt, accompanied on the trip by his father, Ed, Sr., was given a standing ovation by the Autzen Stadium crowd . . . . Saturday's attendance was announced as 57,521.
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