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o'er the land of the free (that is, the unconstrained by *pitch*)
Shoot the piano player? Hell no! The poor fellow is just doing his level best to follow the, um... creative modulations that the singer is exploring as she delivers her breathtakingly adventurous rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at a recent rich asshole rally in Oregon. Matter of fact, buy that piano player a beer! [more inside]
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends...
Deep in my heart, I do believe
Mullahs were at mosques, teachers were in shcools...
Many of you Americans will be familiar with that certain kind of pop/country song that looks back on the good old days of yesteryear, those carefree, reckless days of mythical youth: driving Camaros, drinking Boone's Farm wine, singing the hit songs of the day, and, yeah, all that. Well, here's a song that springs from that same place in the heart, but in an Afghani version, and a wee bit more political in its message, here and there, than the American versions: it's Farhad Darya's Oo Ghaitaa, translated as "Those Were the Days".
and it's making me feel like my trousers are torn...
Be a fly on the wall while John Lennon gives birth to a song. [more inside]
You scream, I scream, we all scream...
The song "Turkey In The Straw" is one known to millions of Americans as well as many, many others around the world. Here's a National Public Radio article that shines some light on the virulently racist lyrics that attended that familiar old melody in its earlier incarnation. WARNING: Do not go to the link if you wish to avoid racist imagery and slurs.
Have You Heard The Word
"Have You Heard The Word" used to appear—frequently—on Beatles bootlegs as a 'long lost' Beatles recording. In fact the song was recorded by Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb, who, along with some Aussie mates, gathered round the studio mics and recorded, apparently, a single take of the song, featuring Gibb's rather convincing John Lennon impersonation.
but I'll dream of pretty Saro wherever I go...
Bob Dylan ran through the 18th century English folk song "Pretty Saro" six consecutive times during the Self Portrait sessions in March 1970, but none of those versions made the final cut for the album and the song remained in Columbia's vault for the past 43 years, until now. Bob Dylan's Lost 1970 Gem 'Pretty Saro' - Premiere
Before Jojo and sweet Loretta Martin...
The song that became "Get Back" began as an anti-immigrant satire so easily misunderstood it remains in the vaults. Writing for Salon, Alex Sayf Cummings delves into the story behind No Pakistanis.
Back before the musical lines were so clearly drawn
In decades past, R&B and soul artists didn't shy away from covering country songs. That's right, children, straight up country songs. And the results were often stunningly good. For example, Al Green's performance of Kris Kristofferson's For the Good Times (best known as a hit for country crooner Ray Price). Or Ray Charles' performance of Eddy Arnold's You Don't Know Me. Or Aretha Franklin's performance of country chestnut You Are My Sunshine, first recorded in 1939 by the Pine Ridge Boys. And... [more inside]
and the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
The long and rather surprising history of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, penned in 1957 by British singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl, has just taken another bold and dramatic turn with Erykah Badu and the Flaming Lips' starkly powerful cover of the song. Oh, and in the accompanying video, they've most certainly upped the ante as far as edgy eroticism in pop music goes, with Badu's sister Nayrok pushing the envelope into the stratosphere. Nota bene: explicit nudity. [NSFW]
Please party, test me.
♫ As young as 18, I'd already written the application to join the party, but I was too embarrassed to turn it in to the party branch. I've studiously read the party constitution countless times - always felt I wasn't worthy of the party's requirements. ♫ Applying to Join the Chinese Communist Party : a music video (w/ English subtitles)
Willie 'n Kris 'n Jamey 'n Snoop got a message they'd like to share
Friends, why don'tcha take your boots off and jes' kick back for a coupla minutes while Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Kris Kristofferson and Snoop Dogg lay down a little bit of up-tempo, feel-good country music? Go on, take a hit! It won't kill ya! Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.
St Paddy's Day 2012 remembers 1916 and 1917
O'Brien is tryin' to learn to talk Hawai'ian / To his Honolulu Lou / He's sighin' and cryin' / And all the time he's tryin' / Just to say "I love you true" / He's sighin' and lyin' in Irish and Hawai'ian / To his wife and Lulu, too . . Meanwhile, another gent from the Emerald Isle was indulging in blissful fantasy: Sure the shamrocks were growing on Broadway / Every girl was an Irish colleen / And the town of New York was the county of Cork / All the buildings were painted green / 'twas only an Irishman's dream. Happy St. Patrick's Day! [more inside]
Drink up, y'all!
New Year's Eve is fast approaching, and for lots of folks that means... drinking. Plenty of drinking. And since there's no shortage of singers and songwriters who've had a little something to say about that particular topic, maybe some of the following tunes can serve as an appropriate soundtrack to your own joyous (or not?) imbibing of spirits. For example, there's... Jimmy Liggins with his succinct rendition of Drunk, and there's... [more inside]
so bad it's good, for sure
Folks, tunes like Scotch Tape (by Lana Johnidas with the Swinging Strings) and Portland Rose Song (by Bert Lowry with Orchestra and Chorus) could only have come from a "vanity" record label like Film City, who provided us and future generations with a plethora of endearingly awful little masterpieces.
Adam West had the right to remain silent ... a pity he didn't exercise that right
I'm so sorry, Metafilter, really I am. I don't know what's come over me, but I am posting one of the dopiest, most embarrassing celebrity novelty tunes ever recorded. It's by the fellow who played Batman in the 60s TV series, Adam West, in a breathtakingly stupid recording of an utterly ridiculous song called Miranda. I pray that you'll forgive me for my indiscretion, and I promise I will post some inspiring and worthwhile music next time around.
Nervous Norvus
A unique (to say the least) musical voice from the past emerges, with a timely tune to those along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Yes, friends, it's Nervous Norvus, with Evil Hurricane. [more inside]
popular (folk) song
Happy Mother's Day, from the songwriters of the world
Happy Mother's Day from Buck Owens, Randy Newman, John Lennon, Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley and LL Cool J
Listen to the whole song, dummy!
I always loved the Quincy Jones-composed theme song to 70s sitcom Sanford and Son, but up until a few minutes ago I'd never heard the entire piece: three minutes and six seconds of delightfully infectious, playfully bright instrumental pop-funk. It's called The Streetbeater, and its creative and ever-changing arrangement includes snippets of the rarely heard bass harmonica. The piece is just a hella lotta fun. [more inside]
Nobody does it like Joseph Spence. Nobody.
This is surely, without question, the best interpretation of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" ever recorded. The best. Merry Christmas!
give me your answer, do
You know which song the very first singing computer sang, right? Yup, just like you saw in the movies, only this one didn't slow down when he offered up his electronic rendition of the tune that was toppermost of the poppermost on both sides of the Atlantic back in 1892.
give the little drummer some
We're mostly pretty familiar, I guess, with the ol' rum pa pum pum of the Little Drummer Boy. He shows up every Christmas, marching drum slung round his waist, rat-a-tat-tatting for the Son of God, thanks to that familiar song about him. A catchy little tune it is, too... heck, David Bowie and Bing Crosby think so! Let's keep in mind, though, that back when a certain Holy Infant made his first grand appearance at a stable back in Bethlehem, any little drummer boy that might've serenaded him wouldn't have been playing any paradiddles or ratamacues. Nah, he'd have been laying down beats more like this, or this, or (from actual boys), this. I think the baby Jesus would've dug the groove, too. Merry Christmas, y'all!
Técső Banda tear it up.
Fiddle, accordion, and a singing drummer. Seven minutes and fifty seven seconds of Gypsy music from Ukraine, live in Budapest. The real thing. Totally wailing. Kickass. Técső Banda at Kertem.
Big fun with the Five Racketeers
Behind them on the stage, a giant watermelon. In their hands, little tiny guitars, which they play like mosquitoes on speed. They scat, they dance, they get halfway through the alphabet. Their percussionist has the coolest little drum kit ever, but that doesn't stop him from playing the stage floor and the walls. Who are they? Why, The Five Racketeers, of course! And who's that lady who storms the stage for a little shimmy at the end of the clip? Well, that's Eunice Wilson, and she stuck around to do another number with the fellows. You want more, right? OK! Then let's head down to the All-Colored Vaudeville Show, for some serious oooold-school entertainment.
Modulating for the Lord!
The foot bone connected to the ankle bone, the ankle bone connected to the leg bone, the leg bone connected to the knee bone, the knee bone connected to the thigh bone, the thigh bone connected to the hip bone, the hip bone connected to the back bone, the back bone connected to the shoulder bone, the shoulder bone connected to the neck bone, the neck bone connected to the head bone, now hear the word of the lord...and be sure to check the hover-overs for link details on all this bony business,
Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar...
You'd be forgiven for thinking that the iconic American folk song The Wabash Cannonball was written as a tribute to an actual train, but in fact, in an interesting case of life-imitates-art, the actual train name was inspired by the song. The Lake Erie, Wabash, and St. Louis Railroad Company was formed in 1852, but there was no train called the "Cannonball" when the song was first sung late in the 19th century. There have been many, many, many wonderful versions through the years, but I think Roy Acuff pretty much owns it, wouldn't you say? [NOTE: See hoverovers for link descriptions] [more inside]
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Songs that clearly and directly address or reference economic hardships and injustice in America, not to mention that do so in a bitter, regretful tone, don't often become enormous hits. Matter of fact, it's such a rare phenomenon that you could count such songs on... um, one finger? Yes, Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney's iconic Brother Can You Spare a Dime is that song. Covered by a surprisingly wide range of singers through the years, the song still resonates. [more inside]
The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA
Sometimes, when you've had your fill of people basking in the golden light of their self-righteous indignation, you just wanna hear a song about somebody telling those holier-than-thou-ers where to get off. Something like, say, Harper Valley PTA. [more inside]
Wine motherfucker, drinkin' wine.
The best-known version of that joyful ode to getting smashed, Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee, would surely be the Jerry Lee Lewis rendition, and Memphis rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette recorded a hopping little version of the tune as well. But the song was written and originally recorded by Stick (aka "Sticks") McGhee, who adapted it from a chant he learned during his stint in the Army. And yes, "spo-dee-o-dee" was a substitute for another word, which, though fine for the Army, wasn't exactly radio friendly. Stick wrote a few other tunes in celebration of the alcoholic beverage, including "Six To Eight" and "Jungle Juice". And as has been pointed out previously, the song title was likely the inspiration for the alcoholic concoction known as the "spodi". Drink up!
The Kansas City Sheet Music Collection
The Kansas City Sheet Music Collection is an enormous catalog of zoomable, high-rez scans of old sheet music. See how the popular music of years past was marketed with Black and Native American imagery as well as exotica. There are lovely and fanciful calligraphic designs, songs of World War 1 and, uh, vegetables. There's even a little ditty by Mark Twain. Plus some undeniable truths and the age-old question.
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So during the Raleigh leg of my NC trip, I snapped photos of the wonderful Alex + Renee on their wedding day. So many of my favorite people were in attendance – the night was definitely a highlight of the trip.
Here are a few shots from the day. (Attendees, you should be receiving a link to the rest of the photos.)
(Sorry Anne. I still think this the cutest picture ever.)

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all i took in was hamburger meat and a life shroom, and i beat it that way, enemies supllied me with food etc. i came out with 20 hp left
It's actually relatively easy if you have a lot of healing items. Also, don't waste a healing item if you're close to leveling up, as you get all your health back when you level.
Boomer can be used for 99% of the enemies with good results. The odd time flipping helps or another pixl.
The first time I went through I died on the boss, the second time I only used maybe 4 healing items.
I look forward to playing flopside, not so much for the prizes but because I find the pits a lot of fun.
all i took in was hamburger meat and a life shroom, and i beat it that way, enemies supllied me with food etc. i came out with 20 hp left
Well I beat the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials.
What kind of prizes do you get for the Flopside Pit?
I am soooo ANGRY! I made it to the boss of the pit, and everything was going fine. I had 10 heart points left. Then one of those little pricks you use to throw at the dragon's weak spot SHOT me!!! And took off 10 heart points!!! Do these buggers take off 10 each hit, or is it like if they hit you you die automatically? If it is the former, I am a bloody moron because I could have replenished my health but I didn't
lots and lots of cards, plus the party from TTYD, if you beat it twice.Originally Posted by Koops23
the cards from the party from TTYD, not the actual characters, really could've scared you there, as i see you like Koops.
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Midna is the Twilight Princess.
Is it required to pass the 100 trials b4 u advance? This thing takes too long...
no, completely optional.
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Midna is the Twilight Princess.
I beat it tonight! Woohoo. Now on to the Flopside version
I beated the pit There is a bad surprise in room 100th and then... a very good price (a pixi that does...i! I wont break the surprise Now I'm trying to beat the 100 trial pit of flopside
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The survey is available in English and Spanish by going to the city website, holyoke.org.
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The Conservation Commission enforces state and city wetlands regulations to protect ponds, rivers and streams, as well as wetlands near such areas. The city has 12 miles of riverfront along the Connecticut River.


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BACKGROUND This paper presents a structured review of the published information on the mortality of schizophrenia.
METHOD A meta-analysis of the literature.
RESULTS Schizophrenia has a significantly increased mortality from natural and unnatural causes. Twenty-eight percent of the excess mortality is attributable to suicide and 12% to accidents. The rest of the excess mortality is from the same broad range of conditions which cause deaths in the general population. Further interpretation is hampered by confounding variables, wide confidence intervals and reservations about generalising from individual cohorts.
CONCLUSIONS The available evidence suggests that schizophrenia is associated with a large increased mortality from suicide and a moderate increased mortality from natural causes. A number of possible interventions have been identified, but we do not yet have reliable means of detecting any changes in mortality which might result.
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Attaching oranges together like giant anal beads then shoving them up ones ass whilst going balls deep in the ham wallet while and performing the fish hook, one then proceeds to angrily yank the oranges from said ass while attempting to make a sound of starting a lawnmower
The Hedgehog and I went to the strip club last night looking to go to pound town in the fuck truck the hedgehog then proceeded to perform an orange roughy on a paid hooker
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(Noun) A potent strain of New Zealand cannabis, known for its orange-brown colour.
John: I got us some mean orange roughy to smoke bro.
Jake: Sweet as bud, I'll chuck the knives on the stove.
Jake: Sweet as bud, I'll chuck the knives on the stove.
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(Verb) An Orange Roughy is the act of someone- either a man or woman- masturbating with Cheeto dust on their hands.
Not to be confused with orange roughy the strand of New Zealand cannabis.
Not to be confused with orange roughy the strand of New Zealand cannabis.
After that fourteen hour raid on WoW, Steve gave himself an orange roughy to his favorite Princess Leia pinup.
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A handjob with sand after eating a bag of cheetos
The night at the beach didnt end up quite like he expected, he was expecting an orange creamsicle but ended up with an orange roughy!
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Yet another amazing internet word. this one is a doozy, its used in computer games and AIM. mostly to sound like an awesomely cool kids when in actuallity you spend ALL of your time on the computer playing games and flaming people in message boards. i raise my drink to you.
translation: Oh My God!
translation: Oh My God!
Omgzorz dat n00b got pwn3d!!11
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Okay, so 1up's sponsoring a contest for a chance to win a Street Fighter X Tekken Tournament Edition fight stick and all I have to do is create a blog about Tekken? I'd much rather read other people's blogs than write one myself, but it's a SIGNED TOURNAMENT EDITION FIGHT STICK so I don't really have a choice do I?
So why does Tekken beat the crap out of Street Fighter?
No Ken! I like Ken, but unfortunately, so does pretty much every other SF player online. You might as well call Street Fighter's online mode Ken Fighter, because that's what you'll be doing. Sure, sometimes you might catch a break and get to fight some more diverse fighters from Street Fighter's cast... like Ryu... and Akuma.
Hope you like this guy. This might as well be the character select screen.
No block/chip damage. If I had a dollar for every time I've lost while blocking a special move when I had almost no health left, I could buy my own damn fight stick--and it would be attached to an arcade cabinet. Sure, in Street Fighter III you could parry those. And that's why nobody played it. Because people couldn't cheap out a victory at the end. Ask Justin Wong.
No Poison. Sure, Tekken has traps, but not those kinds of traps. Poison conjures up thoughts that should remain forever repressed in the darkest recesses of my psyche.
I'm so confused!
CGI endings. When you beat Tekken, you're rewarded with a popcorn-worthy short film. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll really cry when you watch Tekken: Blood Vengeance. It's still better than Street Fighter endings, where you get to watch sprites move around for a minute or maybe get a picture or three. For SFIV Capcom hired an anime studio to create the endings, but didn't pay them enough to actually animate anything.
No Super Tekken II Turbo. I tried to buy it on eBay. It doesn't exist. Super Street Fighter II Turbo does exist, and so does regular Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III Second Impact, Street Fighter III Third Strike, and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. I know, because I spent all my money collecting them when I should have invested it in comic books.
Here's my Street Fighter collection. And collections of collections. That's about 3 total games.
...And my Tekken collection (minus Tekken 6). That's 6 games in there. Amazing.
In conclusion, while the actual quality of the Tekken and Street Fighter games can be left up to debate, I think I've proven beyond all reasonable doubt that Tekken is vastly superior to Street Fighter in the most important of criteria. I love Tekken so much I drew a picture of it years ago.
the picture.
On a serious note, to all my friends, I really appreciate the work you guys put into your blogs. This was fun to write, but it's a lot of work. Sorry about the lame jokes and thanks for reading.


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Saturday's boys basketball highlights, Dec .22
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Sheldon Zablotny scored 21 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Cathedral Prep to a 68-57 victory over James River (Va.) Saturday in the third-place game of the KSA Tournament.
Jarrett Pound added 10 points for the Ramblers (8-1), who finished the tournament with a 2-1 record.
Kevin Regimbal led James River (5-2) with 17 points.
- Harbor Creek 50, Iroquois 38: At Harborcreek, freshman Zach Mattson scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in his first start of the season to spark the Huskies.
With a one-point lead at halftime, the Huskies (2-3) began distancing themselves with a 17-point third quarter. Mattson and Charlie Mazur led the charge in the third quarter, scoring six and five points, respectively. Mazur finished with 12 points.
Iroquois' (2-3) John Finke led all scorers with 15 points.
- Seneca 75, Sts. John & Paul 25: At Seneca High School, the Bobcats jumped out to an 18-point lead in the first quarter and coasted to a lopsided win over the Ashtabula, Ohio school.
Clifford Jarmolowicz scored a game high 10 points for Seneca (3-2), which led 21-3 after the first quarter and 39-14 at halftime.
Seth Magee added nine points for the Bobcats, while Joe Stepnowski and Jake Wittman scored eight points each.
Chris Stein scored eight points for John & Paul (1-5).
- Ashta.-Edge. 64, Fairview 59: At Ashtabula, Ohio, Fairview hit 12 3-pointers and had four players score in double figures, but it wasn't enough as it dropped a non-region game.
Ashtabula-Edgewood (5-2) used a big second quarter to open a 33-21 lead to pull away from the Tigers (3-3).
Connor McLaughlin led the way for Ashtabula-Edgewood with 14 points, while Dylan McCaleb added 12.
Fairview's Mark Corbin had a game-high 18 points, while Ben Kocan scored 17, including five 3-pointers. Dan Dewey and Andrew Gibson scored 12 and 11 points, respectively.
- Girard 66, Conneaut 42: At Girard, Joe Swanson scored 21 points at the YellowJackets won a non-region game.
Kendall Bonnett added 10 points for Girard (5-1). Noah Uplinger led the Eagles (3-5) with 14 points, while Sid Smith had 11.
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Iron Duke Rotisserie of Prime Rib
If you are a lover of prime rib this recipe is a true royalty to your tastebuds. Iron Duke works so well with the richness of the rotisserie primerib. I use dry aged prime beef, aged at least 28 days, for maximumflavour and tenderness. Wickedly delicious!
• Rotisserie rod• Two rotisserie tines• Rotisserie motor• Rotisserie counterweight• Pan, for drippings• Meat thermometer1 bone-in prime rib roast 1(about 12 lb/5.5 kg)6 bottles Wellington Brewery Iron Duke 6 bottles+ 2 bottles (12 oz/341 mL each) + 2 bottlesRosemary Baste20 cloves garlic, minced 20 cloves¼ cup olive oil 60 mL2 Tbsp freshly ground black pepper 30 mL1 Tbsp kosher salt 15 mL2 Tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped 30 mLKosher salt and freshly groundblack pepper, to taste
• Place roast in a very large self-sealing plastic bag or large pot. Pourin 6 bottles of Wellington Brewery Iron Duke, ensuring roast is covered.Seal bag, turning bag and gently massaging meat to evenly coat.Refrigerate and let marinate, turning occasionally to evenly marinate,for 48 hours.• Drain roast, discarding leftover marinade, and pat dry with paper towels.Season with kosher salt and pepper, gently pressing to adhere.• Prepare grill for rotisserie cooking, following manufacturer's instructions.• Preheat grill to medium-high (450–550ºF/230–280ºC).• Run rotisserie rod through centre of roast and secure with tines.• Place rod into rotisserie motor and turn it on. Ensure that roast on rotisserieis turning easily and evenly. (Note: You may have to use counterweightto balance weight, enabling motor to turn easily.)
• Place pan under roast to catch any drippings. Pour 1 bottle of the beer into pan.
• Close lid and roast for 10 to 15 minutes. Reduce heat to medium(350–450ºF/180–230ºC) and roast, brushing with Rosemary Baste,for about 2 hours or to an internal temperature of 130ºF (55ºC) formedium-rare.• Remove roast from grill, then remove rotisserie rods and tines. Tentwith foil and let rest for 10 to 20 minutes.• Slice into 1-inch (2.5-cm) thick steaks and serve.Serves 8 to 10
Rosemary Baste• In a bowl, stir together garlic, oil, pepper, kosher salt, and rosemary.Thoroughly stir in ½ bottle of beer. Set aside until ready to use._
TASTING NOTESThis is one of my favourite strong beers. It's big, but not too big, at6.5% alcohol by volume. The colour is dark, reddish black, and the tanfoam is generous but not overly thick. The aromas are full of roastedgrains, with some very light hints of coffee. The body is slightly sweet,with some soft, round bitterness. This beer is amazingly easy to drinkconsidering the higher alcohol content.
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The 2014 NBA draft class is seemingly overflowing with talented ballers who could make a huge impact in the league.
While that might be true, it will take some prospects longer to evolve than others.
A few youngsters in the group are essentially developmental "projects" in their team's system or rotation. For one reason or another, or multiple reasons, their games still need polishing or significant upgrades.
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Early Monday morning, after giving the players a week off, the Colts announced they had activated receiver Griff Whalen from the practice squad, shutting down – at least for now – the explosion of trade speculation that has swirled around since Reggie Wayne's heartbreaking ACL tear. (A trade could still happen, but for now, the Colts have their fourth WR)
Whalen, a former Stanford walk-on, is primarily a slot receiver and has made a name for himself in the preseason as a sure handed target. Considering Wayne, a reliable possession receiver, spent 70.7 percent of his snaps (per Pro Football Focus) in the slot, Whalen may be exactly the type of receiver the Colts need at this time.
The team also signed center Thomas Austin to the practice squad. From the Colts press release on both players:
Whalen has played in three games this season, catching two passes for 28 yards. He was originally signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent on April 30, 2012 and was signed to the practice squad on October 2, 2013.
Austin was originally signed by the Colts as a free agent on August 1, 2013 and was signed to the practice squad on September 1. He was then released from the practice squad on October 1. Austin has appeared in seven career games (one start) with the Carolina Panthers (2012) and Houston Texans (2011).
As for the depth chart, currently, the team lists LaVon Brazill as the starter alongside Darrius Heyward Bey, with T.Y. Hilton at number three and Whalen as the fourth receiver.
Brazill caught 11 passes, albeit on 24 targets, last year for 186 yards and one TD (a 42-yarder that helped spark the Colts' dramatic comeback win over Detroit last season).
While the Colts like the former Ohio University receiver's potential, many fans no doubt will be clamoring for Hilton to move to the outside as a starter. Before wringing your hands in anger over Hilton remaining in the slot, remember that Wayne essentially led the team in receptions from the slot.
What may happen when Hilton checks in is he may move to the outside, as he often did while Wayne was healthy, with DHB sliding into the slot. That could be very effective as Hilton, who's only been in the slot 25.5% of the time (PFF) is the team's second leading receiver, and DHB actually leads the team in yards per route run from the slot (also from PFF).
No one can simply replace Wayne, but the group that will see the field could find themselves in position to be effective, depending on the success of Brazill/Whalen.


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Eddie Machen's performance says otherwise.
I would not be especially surprised by any outcome regarding Liston & Tunney. Tunney has as big an advantage tactically as Liston does physically (with his sizeable edges in power, range, & strength). He has the style & the ring intelligence to hang with Liston.
Tunney was a rock-jawed, thinking man's fighter --- much the superior of Machen --- with much quicker hands & faster feet than Liston. He was not vulnerable, or prone to self-doubt, ala Patterson, & his defense perfectly complimented his whiskers to make him a very tough proposition for a KO.
With all that said, I think more often than not Liston would have crushed Machen in the early-to-mid rounds, & I would not be surprised if he did likewise on his best night with Tunney, but I don't see it as a foregone conclusion.
IMO, Tunney would be quite the live underdog against Liston & Foreman both (remembering the latter's problems with both Peralta & Young, albeit not during his prime years), but the risk of him being blown out would doubtless be very real.
Frazier, not so much. Tunney would not be disgraced, & could probably win something like a 10-rounder, but Frazier's work-rate & clear style advantage would be too much over fifteen.
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Should colleges worry over plan to cap deductions?
The scenic campus of Colgate University in upstate New York is enjoying more than a fresh coat of paint these days.
New buildings include the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center and the Trudy Fitness Center, and the Case Library was refurbished and renamed -- all the fruits of a recent $480 million fundraising campaign.
Colgate cast a wide net. But like most big fundraising campaigns, particularly in higher education, the lion's share came from wealthy benefactors rewarded in return with a combination of altruistic satisfaction, naming rights -- and a big tax deduction.
Now that tax deduction may be in jeopardy, and some in higher education are worried.
Democrats want more tax revenue and Republicans are fighting tax-rate increases for the wealthy. That means capping deductions for such things as mortgage interest, and possibly charitable contributions will likely be part of any compromise.
Some now question how big a factor is that tax deduction in the decision to give to charity generally, and to colleges, which collected $30 billion in donations in 2011.


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Cornell's most daring step: Hoping to find Zuckerberg on new campus
Image: Jason Koski / Cornell University
ake Reisch, then a junior at Cornell University, sketched out his idea for Audiarchy, a company that would rent headsets for trendy silent discos (DJ shows where people listen to music through wireless headphones instead of a normal speaker system). The panel of VCs and entrepreneurs in his Entrepreneurship & Private Equity class on hand that day in May 2012 thought he was onto something.
So Reisch ditched a summer internship and started planning the company with Matt Reiners, his co- founder and childhood friend. That fall they were accepted into eLab, an on-campus accelerator programme for student companies. Thanks to a nifty search engine optimisation, their first major client, New York's Museum of Modern Art, came knocking before Reisch and Reiners had fully sourced their product; they managed to get 300 headphones for that event and were off and dancing. With support from Cornell—including access to dozens of investors and mentors—they have since booked parties with Red Bull, Nestlé, Viacom, MTV2 and Pepsi, running 100 events in 2013 and clocking six-digit revenues.
This year Audiarchy is on course to do around 250 events and double revenue to over $200,000. Their headphone line is already profitable, and Reisch is now focusing on a new market, pivoting part of the business to provide audio for senior citizens. "There's this formula coming together at Cornell that is helping startups, and we're getting support from the alumni, which is why I see so much value in the university," says Reisch, 24, sitting in the mahogany-walled Cornell Club in midtown Manhattan. "All the feedback and mentorship really helped me navigate the early phases," Reisch says. "I wouldn't have jumped into the business had I not gained encouragement from professors."
Cornell University, with campuses in Ithaca, New York City, and even Doha, Qatar, has roughly 11,100 alums and students, including Reisch, who identify themselves as business founders and owners on LinkedIn. Based on the ratio of these founders to the school's total student body, Cornell ranks fourth on Forbes' annual list of America's most entrepreneurial colleges, just behind Stanford, MIT and Berkeley.
Now the university is taking its most daring step yet, building a $2 billion graduate campus on New York City's Roosevelt Island that will offer startup-focussed curricula in business and computer science in the hopes of finding the next Zuckerberg—and attracting millions of tuition dollars in the process. Called Cornell Tech, it will cement Cornell's identity as an innovation powerhouse—and stamp its bearish imprint on Columbia and New York University's backyard. "Entrepreneurship is a big part of the future of Cornell," says David Skorton, Cornell's high-profile president who will next year leave to lead the Smithsonian Institution.
Big Red has a deep entrepreneurial tradition that dates back to co-founder Ezra Cornell, who revolutionised communication technology and founded Western Union in the 19th century. In 1894, 29 years after the school's founding, Student Agencies, the nation's oldest independent student-run corporation, was started. Today it is the second-biggest employer of students in Ithaca, New York, after the university. Qualcomm's co-founder Irwin Jacobs and Workday's David Duffield (both billionaires who have given generously to Cornell), as well as Arby's co-founder Forrest Raffel, all attended Cornell in Ithaca, while Drew Nieporent, owner of the Nobu chain and New York's Tribeca Grill, got his degree from Cornell's highly regarded School of Hotel Administration.
In the last decade Cornell has graduated from open-for-business to full-blown startup shop, launching an innovation office that distributes $1 million a year; attracting big-time donors, such as Bill and Melinda Gates, who gave $25 million to build a new computing and information sciences hall on its sprawling Ithaca campus; and winning the bid to build Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island.
A key initiative has been eLab, the student-business accelerator that backed Reisch. Founded in 2008, it has since helped 40 teams of three or so students develop their businesses through rigorous in-classroom sessions and constant mentorship, culminating in a springtime demo day in front of potential investors, including Big Red Ventures, an MBA student-run venture fund, and Cayuga Venture Fund, an Ithaca-based firm composed nearly entirely of Cornell alumni. The eLab also offers students five-and-a-half credits per semester for the year-long class, which is about a third of an average course load. "For most students it's a real struggle to keep academics up while running the company," says Reisch. "I'm a prime example of that—I've had to take time off because of my business."
Also critical to the campus's startup culture has been PopShop, a student-formed-and-run workspace launched in 2012 as an experiment. Undergraduates scrounged furniture from around campus to outfit the 50-person-capacity space in Ithaca's College town; next year it will be upgraded, giving students a 4,000-sq-ft office on campus plus another 10,000-sq-ft hub in downtown Ithaca.
"I think college can be a catalyst for entrepreneurship," says Ali Hamed, 22, a recent graduate who helped set up PopShop, which became permanent after eLab and Student Agencies started funding it. "Being in Ithaca was fantastic because you're forced to be part of this tightknit community." Hamed now runs CoVenture, a VC firm in New York that codes for businesses in exchange for equity and has already invested in 13 companies.
"When I was there, there were maybe five or 10 kids working on entrepreneurial projects," says Aniq Rahman, 27, an entrepreneur who worked on his first company at Cornell, sold it to SoundCloud, and is now working on Moat, an online advertising analytics company with $17.5 million in funding (Forbes is a customer).
Up next is a new incubator called Rev, set to launch this fall. A partnership between Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College, it hopes to funnel Cornell's startup momentum into the wider community, with help from state funding. "Our students can go through eLab, launch their businesses, and if they decide to stay in Ithaca they can easily move to Rev," said Tom Schryver, executive director of Cornell's Center for Regional Economic Advancement and an eLab teacher.
Cornell's much bigger plans are down in New York, where a fifth of its 2.5 lakh alums live. Cornell Tech, the graduate school that preps students to build projects for local firms and start their own tech firms, started classes in Google's offices in 2013 with plans to move to the Roosevelt Island campus in a few years, when it's complete. Built in partnership with Israel's Technion, the campus, being funded in part by Cornell grads Chuck Feeney and Irwin Jacobs, hopes to generate $23 billion in economic activity over three decades.
"The entrepreneurial passion is something you can't teach," admits Dan Huttenlocher, dean of Cornell Tech. "But I think an Ivy League university is a tremendous place to get the skills to make you much more likely to succeed in your entrepreneurial endeavours."
I have faith that whatever Cornell does it does with full sincerity of purpose leading to fulfilment of its key objectives.
Stranger still, though, to see an entire article about Cornell, the Roosevelt Island Campus and Entrepreneurship without a single mention of Israel's Technion, the partner University associated with Israel's branding as the "Start-Up Nation" and the ingredient that probably allowed Cornell (my alma mater - Engineering Class of 1988) to knock out the west coast and local New York competition to win the Roosevelt Island competition launched by Mayor Bloomberg.
Long live the Cornell-Technion partnership. And long live the Israel-India technology partnership.
Eran Gartner
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Lynne Gregory was recognized by EPA Region 2 in Edison, New Jersey for outstanding performance in her pivotal role and support of all aspects of the Newark School Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Project Team's development and implementation of the first-in-region School IPM Project in an environmental justice area. Adoption and implementation of IPM in all schools is an EPA National Priority. As part of the Region's Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance's robust strategic plan, a pilot IPM was developed and conducted in Newark, New Jersey. Based on the success of this pilot, all schools in the Newark District are implementing an IPM Project. Ms. Gregory, a Level 4 SEE Program participant, made field visits with EPA officials to all 36 of these Newark schools and met with school faculties to help draft IPM recommendations for each school. Due to the success of this pilot in the Newark District schools, efforts are underway to extend the IPM assessment to other neighboring counties and to showcase the project to many other school districts throughout the Region.
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Implicit Bias and Law Enforcement
By Tracey G. Gove, Captain, West Hartford, Connecticut, Police Department
acial profiling has been an obvious point of contention between law enforcement and minority group members. Over the past decade, the term "bias-based policing" has been coined, and the subject has been the topic of much research and debate. It often paints the picture of ill-intentioned officers deliberately acting upon preconceived stereotypes and prejudices. What if, perhaps, there was another answer?
In the spring of 2010, professor Jerry Kang from the UCLA School of Law presented to Connecticut judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and police administrators on the topic of implicit, or hidden, bias. His talk shed light on what has become an increasingly popular subject in social science circles. In brief, researchers contend that implicit biases are predilections held by all that operate largely outside of one's awareness. Although hidden, these biases are both pervasive and powerful.1 Much research on the topic has focused on racial bias and has netted some intriguing results.
While the science does have its detractors, the growing research and potential implications for the criminal justice field make this a topic with which all law enforcement personnel should be familiar. The reader may find this article to be interesting, provocative, and enlightening—or some combination of the three. The purpose of this piece is to raise awareness on a topic that is growing in popularity and that has begun to emerge in the criminal justice system. It is up to readers to decide whether the science is relevant and pertinent to their lives and their workplaces.
The article discusses implicit bias, the latest testing and research into the phenomenon, and practical approaches for law enforcement interventions as recommended by social scientists in the field.
Implicit Bias
The implicit bias phenomenon is being explored in many phases of the criminal justice system and is not limited to law enforcement. Specifically, implicit bias is being studied in judicial decision making (for example, jury selection, jury instruction, and sentencing decisions), as well as in hiring and promotion decisions within criminal justice agencies. Outside of the criminal justice field, the topic has been examined in the fields of education and medicine, as well as in CEO selection at Fortune 500 companies.
A discussion on implicit bias must start with a brief explanation of how the brain sorts, relates, and processes information. Much of the day-to-day processing is done at an unconscious level as the mind works through what Professor Kang calls schemas, which are "templates of knowledge that help us organize specific examples into broad categories. A stool, sofa, and office chair are all understood to be 'chairs.' Once our brain maps some item into that category, we know what to do with it—in this case . . . sit on it. Schemas exist not only for objects, but also for people. Automatically, we categorize individuals by age, gender, race, and role. Once an individual is mapped into that category, specific meanings associated with that category are immediately activated and influence our interaction with that individual."2
When used to categorize people, these schemas are called stereotypes. Although the term stereotype carries a negative connotation, social scientists posit that stereotyping is simply the way the brain naturally sorts those we meet into recognizable groups.3 Attitudes, on the other hand, are the overall evaluative feelings, positive or negative, associated with these individuals or groups. That is to say, attitude is the tendency to like or dislike, or to act favorably or unfavorably, toward someone or something.
For example, "[I]f we think that a particular category of human beings is frail—such as the elderly—we will not raise our guard." Also, "[I]f we identify someone as having graduated from our beloved alma mater, we will feel more at ease."4 Lastly, when introduced to someone new, about whom nothing is known but who is reminiscent of an old, admired friend, one may instantly feel comfortable and at ease with that person.
It is said that implicit bias, then, includes both implicit stereotypes and implicit attitudes5 and is shaped by both history and cultural influences (for example, upbringing; life experiences; relationships; and all manner of media—books, movies, television, newspapers, and so on). Research has shown that a person's previous experiences (both positive and negative) leave a "memory record."6 Implicit biases encompass the myriad fears, feelings, perceptions, and stereotypes that lie deep within the subconscious; they act on those memory records and exist without an individual's permission or acknowledgement. 7 In fact, implicit bias can be completely contradictory to an individual's stated beliefs—a form of conscious-unconscious divergence.8
Measuring Implicit Bias
How is an unconscious bias measured? Social psychologists have developed myriad instruments to measure such cognitions. The largest class relies on reaction time analysis. The most widely used is the Implicit Association Test (IAT),9 which measures reaction time to certain stimuli. The centerpiece for research into implicit bias is Project Implicit, a collaborative effort among research scientists, technicians, and laboratories at Harvard University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington.10 A host of associations are tested by the IAT including biases to race, skin tone, gender, age, and weight.
The IAT is likened to a sorting game played on a computer and is available to the general public at http://www.implicit.harvard.edu. During the test, the participant is asked to sort categories of pictures and words. The premise is that two concepts closely associated in the participant's mind should be easier to pair: "If the word 'red' is painted in the color red, the participant will be faster in stating its color than if the word 'green' is painted in red."11
As an example, consider the Age IAT; while seated at a computer, the participant is tasked with associating pictures of faces, both young and old, with "good" words (for example, happy, joy, love, and so on) and "bad" words (for example, angry, nasty, failure, and so on). If a participant responds more quickly when associating a young face with good words and an elderly face with bad words, a bias is said to be shown. The participant's reaction times are measured in milliseconds. Once the test is complete, the participant receives an implicit bias rating of "slight," "moderate," or "strong." The IAT has been validated12 but is not without critics.13
After seven years of research, the general findings from Project Implicit are summarized as follows:
Implicit biases are pervasive. They appear as statistically "large" effects that are often shown by majorities of samples of Americans. More than 80 percent of web respondents show implicit negativity toward the elderly compared to the young; 75 percent to 80 percent of self-identified whites and Asians show an implicit preference for racial white relative to black.
People are often unaware of their implicit biases. Ordinary people, including the researchers who direct this project, are found to harbor negative associations in relation to various social groups (that is, implicit biases) even while honestly reporting that they regard themselves as lacking these biases.
Implicit biases predict behavior From simple acts of friendliness and inclusion to more consequential acts such as the evaluation of work quality, those who are higher in implicit bias have been shown to display greater discrimination.
People differ in levels of implicit bias. Implicit biases vary from person to person—for example, as a function of a person's group memberships, the dominance of a person's membership group in society, consciously held attitudes, and the level of bias existing in the immediate environment. This last observation makes clear that implicit attitudes are modified by experience.14
The research and general findings suggest that implicit biases are held by all15 and, interestingly, race does not affect results. For example, of the 50,000 African Americans who have taken the Race IAT, about half of them had stronger associations with whites than with blacks. To some, this is not surprising; it has been argued that "we live in North America, where we are surrounded every day by cultural messages linking white with good."16 According to Mahzarin Banaji, a psychology professor from Harvard and a leader of IAT research, "You don't choose to make positive associations with the dominant group, but you are required to. All around you, that group is being paired with good things. You open the newspaper and you turn on the television, and you can't escape it."17
In other words, the belief is that media bombardment in which a certain race is consistently linked with crime, deviance, and so on may form the basis for implicit biases. This conclusion is contrary to existing assumptions that discrimination and bias are intrinsic characteristics held only by ignorant, pernicious individuals. The research on implicit bias indicates that discrimination and bias are based more on those social issues and influences.
This does not mean that those who show a preference for "white" on the IAT are racists. In fact, the results of the test may be entirely incompatible with an individual's conscious, stated beliefs.18 And, in fact, one can use those stated values to direct their behavior. Research has shown, however, that the IAT is a powerful predictor of how one reacts in certain spontaneous situations that can affect behavior, likely without the individual's awareness.19 Referring back to an earlier example of a person recognized as graduating from "our beloved alma mater," unconsciously, one may lean closer to that person, smile more, maintain longer eye contact, and engage that person in more animated conversation.
While there are many implications of implicit racial bias in law enforcement, the remainder of this article focuses on the theory of race-crime associations. The most salient research on this topic involves studies on what is termed "shooter bias."
"Shooter Bias" Studies
The media is awash with stories about disparate treatment of minorities by police, such as excessive force when restraining minority suspects; the profiling of black motorists; and the now infamous "beer summit" among President Obama, a professor, and a police officer, to name a few. However, none raises more uproar than a police shooting, particularly when it involves a white police officer and black suspect. Are these shootings always influenced by bias? Implicit bias researchers have examined this topic and the results are mixed; sometimes police officers show the same bias as nonpolice participants, and sometimes officers show less. Both studies, however, show promising results that bear examination by law enforcement personnel.
In 2005, researchers E. Ashby Plant and B. Michelle Peruche conducted a study utilizing 50 certified police patrol officers who participated in computer-simulated "shoot—don't shoot" scenarios.20 Although the officers were predominantly white males, the cohort also involved female, black, Native American, and Hispanic officers. During the test, pictures of faces with either a gun or a neutral object superimposed over each were shown in various positions on a screen. If the suspect and a gun were pictured, the officers were to shoot. If the suspect and some other object were pictured (for example, a wallet, a cellphone, and so on), the officers were to chose the "don't shoot" option. The "suspects" pictured were both black and white college-age males.
The results of the study showed that some "officers were initially more likely to mistakenly shoot unarmed black suspects than unarmed white suspects."21 These stereotype-consistent behaviors also had emerged among a community sample of both black and white participants in a prior study.22 On a more promising note, however, the researchers found that "after extensive exposure [for example, repeated trials] to the program, the officers were able to eliminate this bias."23 To that end, although both citizens and officers showed an implicit bias toward the unarmed black suspects, the results were not inevitable, and it appeared that proper training may improve overall accuracy in decisions to shoot. The researchers cautioned, however, that there is currently no evidence to show that the elimination of bias during computer simulation will necessarily transfer to decisions made by officers in the field.
In 2009, Correll et al. conducted a similar study on shooter bias. This study, however, utilized more officers (237) with a greater diversity of background (for example, patrol, investigators, SWAT, traffic, and so on) than the previous study. Further, Correll et al. utilized 127 civilians for comparison as well as a sampling of college students. Each group contained a mix of males, females, whites, blacks, Latinos, and other minorities. Like the 2005 study, the officer group was predominantly white; however, the civilian example contained many more ethnic minority members.24
The results of the Correll et al. study revealed that police officers were far less influenced by racial bias than the civilians.
Like community members, police were slower to make correct decisions when faced with an unarmed black man or an armed white man. It is important to note, however, that the officers differed dramatically from civilians in terms of the decisions they ultimately made. Community members showed a clear tendency to favor the shoot response for black targets. . . . Police, however, showed no bias in their criteria. Moreover, they showed greater discriminability and a less trigger-happy orientation in general (i.e., for both black and white targets).
When the target was white, all of the samples [police and civilian]. . . set a relatively high criterion. . . . But when the target was black, the community set a significantly lower (more trigger-happy) criterion than officers.25
To validate the study, the trials were run twice, and researchers speeded the rate of the images that appeared on the screen. The results were the same. "Compared to the public at large. . . police officers had a 'less trigger-happy orientation.' " The lead researcher stated, "We don't mean to conclude that this is conclusive evidence that there is no racial bias in police officers' decision to shoot. . . . But we've run these test with thousands of people now, and we've never seen this ability to restrain behavior in any group other than police officers."26
The results from the two studies, Plant and Peruche in 2005 and Correll et al. in 2009, were inconsistent. The reasons for this have been argued as follows: (1) The 2005 study sampled 50 police officers from Florida whereas the 2009 study sampled 237 officers from Colorado and 14 other states; and (2) the 2005 study used stimuli consisting of faces on which objects (for example, guns, wallets, and so on) had been superimposed, whereas the 2009 study utilized full-body images of men holding similar objects. It has been argued that the 2009 study more closely mirrored police training and on-the-job experiences.27
Taken together, these studies indicate that police officers showed no more bias than their civilian counterparts. In one study, officers were comparable to civilians; in the other, the officers showed better discretion and judgment in the decision to shoot.
The study of implicit bias has important implications for police leaders. Police officers are human and, as the theory contends, may be affected by implicit biases just as any other individual. In other words, well-intentioned officers who err may do so not as a result of intentional discrimination, but because they have what has been proffered as widespread human biases. Social psychologists do not contend that implicit bias should be a scapegoat for unethical police behavior; however, an understanding that biased police behavior could be manifested by even well-intentioned officers who have human biases can reduce police defensiveness around this issue and motivate change.28
Lorie A. Fridell, PhD, an associate professor of Criminal Justice at the University of South Florida and the former Director of Research at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), writes on this topic and provides command-level training around the country. Her recommendations for agencies form what she calls a comprehensive agency program to produce fair and impartial policing. Dr. Fridell argues that all agencies need to proactively promote fair and impartial policing because they hire humans to do police work and the research shows that humans have implicit biases. Her recommendations help agencies to address the ill-intentioned officers who engage in biased policing and the overwhelming majority of well-intentioned officers who aspire to police fairly and impartially, but who are human.
Many of the following recommendations come from Dr. Fridell's work.
Recruitment and Hiring
First, police agencies should hire a diverse workforce and individuals who can police in an unbiased fashion. Ideally, the composition of personnel should reflect the diversity of the community that is served. Doing so conveys a sense of equality to the public and allows the officers within the agency to better understand and communicate with the minority community.29 It also "increases the likelihood that officers will come to better understand and respect various racial and cultural perspectives through their daily interactions with one another."30 The intergroup contact theory provides another reason for a diverse workforce. According to this theory, positive interactions with people in other groups outside of one's race or ethnicity will reduce implicit biases against those groups.31 When officers work with a diverse group of peers within an agency, their implicit biases are weakened through repeated positive interactions.
Community Policing
Community policing can promote fair and impartial policing. Community policing that facilitates positive interactions between police and community members harnesses the power of the intergroup contact theory. "Knowing many citizens by face and name improves officers' abilities to differentiate between suspicious and nonsuspicious people on a basis other than race; getting to know the community's law-abiding citizens helps police overcome stereotypes based on characteristics such as race."32 Also, in building relationships, community members develop a sense of trust in their local officers; this may reduce the biases that citizens may hold against the police.
Training can play a critical role in reducing the impact of implicit bias on behavior. Research has found that individuals who are made aware of their implicit biases are motivated and able to implement "controlled" (that is, unbiased) behaviors. Although the recommendations made here do not reduce bias—rather, they raise consciousness about them—research has suggested that in making one aware of unconscious biases, these biases, which are malleable, may be reduced.33 A type of "cognitive correction"34 is said to take place.
At the basic level, law enforcement recruits should be challenged to identify key police decisions and scenarios that are at greatest risk of manifesting bias, such as traffic stops, consent searches, reasonable suspicion to frisk, and other procedures—and then reflect on the potential impact of implicit bias on their perceptions and behaviors in those scenarios.35 Race, gender, age, disability, and sexual orientation all have the potential to impact and influence decisions. Further, seasoned officers should be similarly challenged at in-service and other training venues. Supervisors should be challenged to consider how implicit biases may manifest not only in themselves but also in their subordinates.36 Officers at all levels should be versed not only in diversity training but also in training on cultural competency, Fourth Amendment restrictions, and professional motor vehicle stops.
Along with police practitioners, researchers who have conducted key work in this area, and funding from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Dr. Fridell is producing a model curriculum that will help the police recruit to
Similarly, with the same expert team and COPS office funding, Dr. Fridell has developed a science-based curriculum for first-line supervisors. These training programs supplement more traditional curriculums designed to address racially biased policing.
Dr. Fridell advocates that an agency have a clear policy that informs officers when they can and cannot use race, ethnicity, and perhaps other factors as well during situations that require law enforcement choices such as decisions to stop, requests for consent to search, arrests, and so on. Focus groups held by PERF revealed that "all levels—line officers, command staff, and executives—have very different perceptions regarding the circumstances in which officers can use race/ethnicity."38 These differing perceptions exist not only across agencies but also within the same police department.
Policies that incorporate the words "sole" or "solely" predominate nationwide but, argues Dr. Fridell, do not provide meaningful guidance.39 Connecticut's statute on racial profiling reflects the "solely model"; it reads
The race or ethnicity of an individual shall not be the sole factor in determining the existence of probable cause to place in custody or arrest an individual or in constituting a reasonable and articulable suspicion that an offense has been or is being committed so as to justify the detention of an individual or the investigatory stop of a motor vehicle.(Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act, C.G.S. 54-1l)
Dr. Fridell argues that such policies "define the problem out of existence." These single-factor policies do not prohibit an officer from engaging in biased behavior that is motivated by two factors, such as race and gender, because such behaviors are not based "solely" on race. Thus, an officer who pulls over all black males for speeding because they are black males and leaves whites alone, would not be violating a "solely" policy. The decisions of that officer are not based "solely" on race; they are based on race and another factor (in this case, gender).40
Two recommended model policies include the suspect-specific policy and the PERF Report policy.
The suspect-specific model reads as follows:
Officers may not consider the race or ethnicity of a person in the course of any law enforcement action unless the officer is seeking to detain, apprehend, or otherwise be on the lookout for a specific suspect sought in connection with a specific crime who has been identified or described in part by race or ethnicity.41
In accordance with this policy, officers must be able to show the link between the set of identifiers (for example, race or ethnicity) and the particular suspect sought, detained, or arrested. For example, if a witness described a robbery suspect by clothing, physical descriptors, and race, then race, along with the other identifiers, can be used as a means to interdict, detain, or arrest a suspect.
The PERF policy read as follows:
Officers shall not consider race/ethnicity to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause except that officers may take into account the reported race/ethnicity of a potential suspect(s) based on trustworthy, locally relevant information that links a person or persons of a specific race/ethnicity to a particular unlawful incident(s).42
Both policies mandate that certain criteria be met in order to interdict or detain based on race or ethnicity.
Police supervisors are an agency's first line of defense against all manner of problems, issues, and liabilities. When dealing with biased policing—including that which is produced by implicit bias—the same is true. Dr. Fridell states that supervisors "must be alert to any pattern or practice of possible discriminatory treatment by individual officers or squads (through observation, information from fellow officers, or close review of complaints) and be willing and able to take appropriate action in response to inappropriate behavior."43 Accordingly, supervisors should receive specific training on implicit bias and how it can affect not only themselves but also their officers and the entire police organization. Further, the department's policy on biased policing must be well understood, communicated to all personnel, and strictly enforced.
If an officer displays a tendency toward discriminatory or biased behavior, the issue must be quickly addressed by a supervisor. According to Dr. Fridell, when such instances are based on implicit bias (that is, they are not intentional acts of discrimination or bias), discipline per se would not be appropriate and the evidence will likely be ambiguous. "Since, in many instances, there will only be 'indications' and not 'proof,' it will be important [for the police agency] to determine when and how supervisors can intervene to stop/prevent what appears to be inappropriate conduct while keeping in mind the ambiguous nature of the evidence as well as the sensitive nature of the issue."44
Discussions on bias in policing are difficult, to say the least, as there is always the danger of polarizing groups. Implicit bias research, although still in its infancy, has grown in popularity and may soon drive such discussions. The criminal justice field has begun to feel the effects of implicit bias research: The judicial systems in several states have considered the literature and are taking steps to implement the findings into their daily operations; similarly, the Department of Justice has recruit and first-line supervisor training curricula under development in response to research findings on implicit bias. While individual police leaders and personnel may have their own thoughts or beliefs on the topic, its pervasiveness requires, at the very least, a familiarity with the subject matter and its potential implications for the law enforcement field. ■
1Mark W. Bennett, "Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection: The Problems of Judge-Dominated Voir Dire, the Failed Promise of Batson, and Proposed Solutions," Harvard Law and Policy Review 4, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 149–171.2Americans for American Values, "What Is Implicit Bias?," 2009, http://americansforamericanvalues.org/unconsciousbias (accessed August 16, 2011).3Ibid.4Jerry Kang, Implicit Bias: A Primer for Courts (August 2009), 1, http://wp.jerrykang.net.s110363.gridserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kang-Implicit-Bias-Primer-for-courts-09.pdf (accessed August 16, 2011).5Ibid.6Anthony G. Greenwald and Linda Hamilton Krieger, "Implicit Bias: Scientific Foundations," California Law Review 94, no. 4 (July 2006): 945–967.7Bennett, "Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection."8"IAT Home," Project Implicit, https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo (accessed August 16, 2011).9Jerry Kang and Kristin Lane, "Seeing through Colorblindness: Implicit Bias and the Law," UCLA Law Review 58 (2010): 471–472.10"What Is Project Implicit," Project Implicit, http://www.projectimplicit.net/about.php (accessed August 16, 2011).11Kang, Implicit Bias: A Primer for Courts.12Anthony G. Greenwald et al., "Understanding and Using the Implicit Association Test: III. Meta-Analysis of Predictive Validity," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 97, no. 1 (2009): 17–41, http://faculty.washington.edu/agg/pdf/GPU&B.meta-analysis.JPSP.2009.pdf (accessed August 31, 2011). See also, Kang and Lane, "Seeing through Colorblindness: Implicit Bias and the Law," 477–481, 488–489.13John Tierney, "In Bias Test, Shades of Gray," New York Times, November 18, 2008; and Hal R. Arkes and Philip E. Tetlock, "Attributions of Implicit Prejudice, or 'Would Jesse Jackson "Fail" the Implicit Association Test?,' " Psychological Inquiry 15, no. 4 (2004): 257–278, http://faculty.washington.edu/agg/IATmaterials/PDFs/AT.psychinquiry.2004.pdf (accessed August 16, 2011).14"General Information," Project Implicit, http://projectimplicit.net/generalinfo.php (accessed August 16, 2011); and Bennett, "Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection."15Bennett, "Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection."16Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking (New York: Hachette Book Group, 2005), 85.17Ibid.18Gladwell, Blink, 84–85.19Ibid., 85.20E. Ashby Plant and B. Michelle Peruche, "The Consequences of Race for Police Officers' Responses to Criminal Suspects," Psychological Science 16, no. 3 (2005): 180–183.21Ibid.22Joshua Correll et al., "The Police Officer's Dilemma: Using Ethnicity to Disambiguate Potentially Threatening Individuals," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83 (2002): 1324–1325.23Plant and Peruche, "The Consequences of Race for Police Officers' Responses to Criminal Suspects."24Joshua Correll et al., "Across the Thin Blue Line: Police Officers and Racial Bias in the Decision to Shoot," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 92, no. 6 (2007): 1006–1023. 25Ibid.26Benedict Carey, "Study Finds Police Training Plays Key Role in Shootings," New York Times, June 2, 2007, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/us/02police.html (accessed August 16, 2011).27Correll et al., "Across the Thin Blue Line: Police Officers and Racial Bias in the Decision to Shoot."28Lorie A. Fridell, "Racially Biased Policing: The Law Enforcement Response to Implicit Black-Crime Association," Racial Divide: Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Criminal Justice System, ed. Michael J. Lynch, Britt Patterson, and Kristina K. Childs (Monsey, N.Y.: Criminal Justice Press, 2008), 39–59.29Ibid.30Lorie Fridell and M. Scott, "Law Enforcement Agency Responses to Racially Biased Policing and the Perceptions of Its Practice," Critical Issues in Policing, 5th ed., ed. R.G. Dunham and G.P. Alpert (Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 2005), 304–321.31Christopher L. Aberson, Carl Shoemaker, and Christina Tomolillo, "Implicit Bias and Contact: The Role of Interethnic Friendships," Journal of Social Psychology 144, no. 3 (2004): 335–347; and Kang, Implicit Bias: A Primer for Courts.32Fridell, "Racially Biased Policing: The Law Enforcement Response to Implicit Black-Crime Association."33Kristin A. Lane, Jerry Kang, and Mahzarin R. Banaji, "Implicit Social Cognition and Law," Annual Review of Law and Social Science 3 (December 2007); and Irene V. Blair, "The Malleability of Automatic Stereotypes and Prejudice," Personality and Social Psychology Review 6, no. 3 (2002): 242–261.34Bennett, "Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection." 35Fridell, "Racially Biased Policing: The Law Enforcement Response to Implicit Black-Crime Association."36Ibid.37Lorie Fridell and Anna T. Laszlo, "Reducing Biased Policing through Training," Community Policing Dispatch 2, no. 2 (2009), http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/February_2009/biased_policing.htm (accessed August 18, 2011).38Fridell, "Racially Biased Policing: The Law Enforcement Response to Implicit Black-Crime Association."39Ibid.40Ibid.41Ibid.42Lorie A. Fridell et al., Racially Biased Policing: A Principled Response (Washington, D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum, 2001), http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/Publications/RaciallyBiasedPolicing.pdf (accessed August 16, 2011).43Fridell and Scott, "Law Enforcement Agency Responses to Racially Biased Policing and the Perceptions of Its Practice."44Fridell, "Racially Biased Policing: The Law Enforcement Response to Implicit Black-Crime Association."Please cite as: Tracey G. Gove, "Implicit Bias and Law Enforcement," The Police Chief 78 October 2011): 4456.Click to view the digital edition.Top
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