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The group for computer-aided chemistry (Informatikgestützte Chemie, igc) was established at the Department of Chemistry of the ETH in 1990 by Wilfred van Gunsteren. The creation of this chair was meant to stimulate the development of computational methodology and its applications for molecular systems in the department and at the ETH, and to integrate this methodology in the educational program. The major research interest of the igc group is to develop methodology to simulate the behavior of biomolecular systems and thus to investigate their function at the atomic level. Currently the major areas of research are:
The three classical computational chemistry groups in the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry are :
The group for computer-aided chemistry has as major research interest the development of methodology to simulate the behaviour of biomolecular systems [06.16]. By testing the developed methodology to biomolecular systems of practical interest, for which ample experimental data are available, deficiencies of current methodology can be identified and new ideas emerge. Simulation of biomolecular systems per se leads to enhanced insight into biomolecular processes at the atomic level, which is often inaccessible to experimental probes. The applications carried out in the group thus serve a dual goal: method development and understanding of biomolecular processes at the atomic level. Below we briefly sketch the past and ongoing research of the group.
The research group has a long record of methodological contributions and applications in the field of biomolecular simulations, in particular molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. We distinguish four aspects and mention only major contributions and broad areas of applications with limited references. The references to publications are coded according to the IGC MD publication list.
- Use of constraints in biomolecular simulation [77.01]
- Constant temperature and pressure MD [84.09]
- Use of MD for protein structure refinement based on NMR data [85.01]
- Leap-frog algorithm for stochastic dynamics (SD) simulation [88.02]
- Use of time-averaged distance restraints in protein structure determination based on NMR data [89.04]
- Calculation of free energy via indirect, unphysical pathways [91.02]
- Potential energy annealing conformational search (PEACS) [92.04]
- Conformational search enhancement through MD simulation in four dimensions[93.26]
- Use of time-averaged restraints in protein structure determination based on X-ray data [93.18, 95.02, 99.15]
- Use of soft-core atoms to enhance conformational sampling [94.12]
- Local elevation (LE), a powerful method to improve the searching properties of MD simulation [94.38]
- Force-field parametrisation using the weak-coupling technique [95.14]
- A generalised reaction-field method for MD [95.15]
- Umbrella sampling along linear combinations of generalised coordinates [95.16]
- Calculating electrostatic interactions using the particle-particle particle-mesh method with non-periodic long-range forces [96.04]
- One-step perturbation technique to compute relative free energies [96.15]
- Conformational a sampling using a Boltzmann-weighted mean-field technique [96.26]
- Force-field parameterisation using quasi-Newtonian dynamics for the parameters [97.05]
- Stochastic dynamical treatment of the dielectric continuum in MD [97.09]
- Improved diffusion-equation conformational search [97.20]
- SWARM-MD: a method for searching conformational space by cooperative MD [98.10]
- A fast SHAKE algorithm to impose constraints [01.08]
- Calculation of dielectric permittivity via constrained dipole-moment simulation [01.28]
- Improved one-step perturbation method to compute free energies [01.42]
- A method to simulate proteins at constant pH [02.20]
- A technique to compute entropic contributions to co-solvent binding to solutes [04.04]
- A technique to impose flexible distance constraints [05.35]
- A method for mixed fine-grained/coarse-grained simulation [06.28]
- A method to obtain free-energy differences using hidden restraints [06.25]
- A method for biomolecular structure refinement based on adaptive restraints using local-elevation simulation [07.29, 09.17]
- Improved one-simulation method, EDS, to compute free energies [07.10, 08.08, 09.01, 09.15, 11.20, 11.32, 12.06, 12.18, 13.08, 13.09, 13.16, 13.17, 13.22, 14.01]
- A technique to obtain free energies using flexible constraints [07.13]
- Improved leap-frog kinetic energy expression [07.27]
- An improved conformational clustering algorithm [10.04]
- A method to compute dielectric properties of liquids using an external field [11.13]
- A method for enhanced conformational sampling based on adiabatic decoupling and force scaling [11.23, 11.09, 11.26, 12.10]
- A method to enforce bond-angle constraints [A656]
- A method to probe ligand-binding sites [12.35]
- A method for biomolecular structure refinement based on NMR order parameters [14.12]
The developed algorithms have, together with other simulation algorithms, found their way into the biomolecular simulation software package GROMOS (Groningen Molecular Simulation), which has been and is developed in the group [95.35, 96.40, 99.10, 05.32, 10.06, 11.25, 11.27, 11.30, 12.04, 12.05, 12.23, 14.11]. This simulation software is used in hundreds of laboratories in 60 countries on all continents.
The quality of the interaction function or force field that describes the forces between the atoms of a biomolecular system is of decisive importance for the predictive power of MD simulations. Therefore, we have over the past decade spent much effort to gradually improve the GROMOS force field whenever results of simulation applications pointed at force field deficiencies. The first set of (non-bonded) GROMOS force field parameters dates from 1984 [84.01]. Since then, the force field has continuously been improved and refined [95.23, 98.02, 00.22, 01.26, 03.04, 04.28, 05.07, 05.27, 09.11, 09.24, 11.05, 11.08, 11.19]. The most widely used versions of the GROMOS force field are the GROMOS 37C4 force field of 1985, the GROMOS 43A1 force field of 1996 [96.40, 98.02] and the GROMOS 45A3 force field of 2001 [01.26]. The currently used versions are the 45A4 parameter set [03.04, 05.07, 05.27], the 53A5/6 [04.28], and the 54A7 one [09.24, 11.19, 13.24]. In parallel to the development of force field parameters for biomolecules, solvent models that are consistent with the GROMOS biomolecular force field were developed for much used (co-)solvents [06.06]: water [81.04, 02.18], methanol [00.09], DMSO [04.06], chloroform [94.36], carbontetrachloride [96.33], urea [04.05], acetonitrile [06.02], dimethyl sulfone [11.29]. Polarisable (solvent) models are available for water [14.14], methanol [06.22], DMSO [14.07], chloroform [10.20], carbotetrachloride [11.02], urea [15.05], acetone [A104], n-alkanes [14.04]. Supra molecular polarisable coarse-grained solvent models are available for water [11.03], methanol [12.07, 14.05], DMSO [12.07], chloroform [12.07], and for n-alkanes [15.14] and cyclohexane [15.07].
MD Simulation has been applied to a variety of biomolecular systems with the aim of understanding biomolecular phenomena or processes, or in order to help interpret experimental observations. Here we only mention as examples a few recent applications in different areas of research.
- MD simulation of conformational ensembles may help to interpret X-ray, CD or NMR data, see e.g. [99.15, 02.40, 03.21, 04.35, 05.42, 06.38, 07.09, 08.02, 09.07, 09.09, 09.17, 09.23, 10.05, 10.14, 10.41, 12.01, 12.14, 12.15, 13.02, 13.11, 13.19, 13.21, 14.03, 14.12]
- Antibody, polysaccharide, and protein stability has been studied as function of solute or solvent composition [00.17, 04.25, 05.03, 07.11, 07.14, 07.31, 08.01, 08.02, 08.09, 08.19, 08.20, 09.10, 09.16, 10.01, 10.03, 10.13, 10.15, 10.37, 10.44, 12.22, 13.04, 13.16,13.17,14.01]
- Reversible polypeptide folding under different thermodynamic conditions and solute/solute composition has been extensively studied [02.40, 04.35, 01.01, 01.10, 02.42, 04.01, 04.30, 04.32, 04.34, 04.36, 05.33, 05.42, 06.01, 06.04, 06.08, 07.05, 07.24, 08.03, 08.06, 09.08, 09.12, 10.09, 10.11, 10.40, 11.01, 11.14, 11.28, 12.18, 13.15]
- Ligand-binding free energies and conformational preferences have been calculated for various proteins [03.17, 04.03, 05.22, 05.04, 05.15, 07.04, 07.09, 08.17, 10.17, 10.43, 11.12, 11.24, 12.12]
- An enzyme and chemical reactions have been analyzed using simulation [01.07, 07.28, 10.12, 12.03, 12.29, 13.12]
- Membrane simulations are carried out to study stability, pore formation, transport, peptide binding, etc. [04.27, 05.26, 05.34, 06.03, 06.18, 10.38]
All four aspects of computer simulation of biomolecular systems are to be further investigated and developed in the next years.
[90.06] Biomolecular simulation
[93.29] Computation of free energy
[94.14] Biomolecular solvation
[94.46] Fundamentals of drug design
[95.25] Search and sampling techniques
[95.29] Computer simulation of protein motion
[98.03] Validation of simulation
[99.01] Force fields
[99.14] Biomolecular structure refinement
[01.23] Biomolecular simulation
[01.34] MD of biomolecules
[02.08] MD simulation
[02.38] Computation of free energy
[03.01] Structure refinement of biomolecules
[04.09] Computation of entropy
[05.31] Polarisability in molecular simulation
[06.16] Biomolecular modelling
[06.48] Computation of configurational entropy
[07.02] Molecular dynamics and drug design
[07.19] Search and sampling methods
[07.12] Simulation of folding equilibria
[07.22] Driving forces of biomolecular solvation and association
[08.04] Biomolecular simulation: history and perspectives
[08.05] Molecular simulation as an aid to experimentalists
[08.14] Computer simulation of biomolecular systems: Where do we stand?
[09.28] Basic ingredients of free energy calculations: a review
[12.21] On developing coarse-grained models for biomolecular simulation: a review
[12.33] Thirty-five years of biomolecular simulation: development of methodolgy, force fields, and software
[13.01] Academic behavior
[13.06] Multi-resolution simulation in chemistry: methodological issues
[14.10] Practical aspects of free-energy calculations
[15.16] Peer reviews
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Plumhoff v. Rickard: The Use of Deadly Force in High-Speed Pursuits and Qualified Immunity
IACP Legal Officers Section
The case of Plumhoff v. Rickard, decided unanimously by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 27, 2014, involves the use of deadly force against a suspect who led police officers on a dangerous chase reaching speeds of over 100 miles per hour and who continued to try to escape even after the police had him cornered.1 The court was asked to decide whether police officers, in order to stop a fleeing driver from putting further individuals at risk, were entitled to qualified immunity for their actions in applying deadly force. In determining whether qualified immunity was appropriate, the court looked at whether the officers infringed upon the Fourth Amendment rights of the fleeing driver, and, if they had, whether those rights were clearly established either constitutionally or statutorily.
On July 18, 2004, a patrol officer with the West Memphis, Arkansas, Police Department pulled over a vehicle for having only one operational headlight. As the officer approached the vehicle, he noticed an indentation in the windshield, "roughly the size of a head or a basketball," and glass shavings on the dashboard, indicating that the windshield had been broken recently; he also observed beer in the car.2 The officer approached and asked the driver, Donald Rickard, if he had been drinking. After denying that he had been drinking, Rickard then was asked to produce his license. Because Rickard became nervous and failed to provide his identification, the officer asked the driver to step out of the vehicle.3 Rather than comply with the request, Rickard sped away, leading the officer and others who had been called for backup, on a high-speed pursuit.
The officer was joined by five other police cruisers, which pursued Rickard east on I-40. At one point, the officers attempted to stop Rickard using a "rolling roadblock," but they were unsuccessful. After passing more than two dozen vehicles and weaving through traffic at a high rate of speed (exceeding 100 miles per hour), Rickard exited the highway and, after making contact with an officer's vehicle, spun out into a parking lot where his vehicle collided with another officer's vehicle. Officers quickly reacted in an effort to corner the driver, who was attempting to escape. Two officers exited their vehicles, and one, with his gun in his hand, pounded on Rickard's passenger-side window. Rickard made contact with yet another police vehicle, and he rocked his car back and forth, with tires spinning, indicating that he was hitting the accelerator while his bumper was flush against a police cruiser. One officer fired three shots into Rickard's vehicle, after which, Rickard reversed in a 180-degree arc and fled onto a different street, narrowly missing another officer. Officers then fired 12 additional rounds into Rickard's vehicle, after which the driver swerved off the road and crashed into a nearby building. Rickard and his passenger both died from a combination of gunshot wounds and injuries sustained in the crash that ended the chase.4
Rickard's daughter filed the underlying action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the officers used excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment.5 The officers moved for summary judgment, asserting "qualified immunity" from suit. Generally, qualified immunity protects government officials from civil suits filed against them in execution of their duties. Individual lawsuits are permitted to proceed, however, if the official is deemed to have violated the rights of a plaintiff and if those rights were clearly established at the time the official's conduct occurred.6 Qualified immunity is not a defense to liability; rather, it prevents an official from being subject to any lawsuit at all.7
The district court rejected the qualified immunity defense and denied the officers' motion for summary judgment, holding that "the facts here do not support a finding that a reasonable officer would have considered the fleeing suspects a clear risk to others."8 The officers appealed, but the Sixth Circuit affirmed the lower court's decision. An appeal was taken to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. The officers argued that they did not violate Rickard's Fourth Amendment rights and that their conduct did not violate any Fourth Amendment rule that was clearly established at the time of the events in question.
Excessive force, which is used to effectuate a seizure, if deemed unreasonable, is considered to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment. In determining whether the use of force is appropriate, courts look to balance the particular intrusion of rights against the governmental interest being advanced.9 If the intrusion upon a person's rights is deemed greater than the governmental interest, the use of force will be considered unreasonable. Likewise, if the governmental interest is so substantial that it compels such an intrusion of rights, it will be deemed reasonable. In such use-of-force cases, the standard for reasonableness is based upon what a reasonable officer on the scene would do under the same circumstances.10 This reasonableness standard acknowledges that an officer often must act on limited knowledge in emergencies or urgent situations that do not permit lengthy deliberation.
In this case, the court utilized this analysis in assessing the specific facts at hand to determine whether Rickard's Fourth Amendment rights were violated as a result of the use of excessive force. Having concluded that the use of deadly force was severely intrusive, the court then examined the governmental interest involved. In particular, the governmental interest here was deemed to encompass more than simply a law enforcement purpose, as it directly pertained to the safety of the officers involved in the high-speed pursuit, as well as pedestrians and drivers who were within harm's way. In determining the strength of the governmental interest, the court looked to the facts of the case—the excessively high speed of the fleeing vehicle, the number of vehicles that were passed, the likelihood that the driver would continue to engage in speeding (if not stopped)—in addition to the fact that the driver was attempting to escape when the first shots were fired by police.
After review of all the facts, the court concluded that when officers attempt to terminate a high-speed chase that threatens the lives of those involved in the pursuit, as well as innocent bystanders, police officers do not violate the fleeing individual's Fourth Amendment rights, even if their use of force puts the fleeing suspect at risk of significant injury or death.11 In doing so, the court reinforced its holding in Scott v. Harris, which addressed a similar set of facts involving the use of deadly force in a high-speed pursuit endangering innocent lives.12
Regarding the number of rounds fired at Rickard's vehicle, the court recognized that when authorized to use lethal force, officers are instructed to keep shooting until the threat is neutralized.13 As such, the court determined that the number of shots fired in this situation was reasonable. Moreover, it also noted that even after all the shots had been fired, Rickard still managed to drive away and continued driving until he crashed.14 The respondent argued that the presence of a passenger in the front seat of the car should factor into the analysis as to whether the number of shots fired was reasonable. However, the court determined that the Fourth Amendment rights of the passenger cannot be "vicariously asserted," and the passenger's presence in the vehicle cannot enhance Rickard's Fourth Amendment rights.15 In so ruling, the court noted that it was Rickard who placed his passenger's life in danger, and he could not benefit from his disregard for her safety.
The court next addressed the question: Even if the officers did violate the fleeing driver's rights, were those rights clearly established? As mentioned above, officers can be sued in their individual capacities only if they violate a person's rights and those rights were clearly established at that time.16 This standard suggests that the nature of a right must be sufficiently definite that any reasonable officer, taken from the viewpoint of the defendant, would have understood that he or she was violating it. Generally, this requires either a controlling precedent or a series of cases persuasive enough to suggest that a right had been infringed.17 This goes to the idea that an officer infringing upon a right should know that he or she is doing so, and that prior cases or statute have put him or her on sufficient notice. The court in this case, however, found no controlling authority issued prior to this incidence that would suggest lethal force was a violation of rights in this particular situation. As such, the court held that even if the officers had violated Rickard's rights, it was not clearly established, and, thus, did not prevent qualified immunity.18
This holding corrected the Sixth Circuit's conclusions in balancing the factors used in determining whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when police officers utilize deadly force in ending a dangerous high-speed chase in which innocent lives hang in the balance, and whether, even if a violation has occurred, the officers are immune from suit under qualified immunity. An officer must exercise his best, split-second judgment as to whether lethal force is necessary to prevent a suspect from engaging in a life-endangering chase. Provided those decisions are objectively reasonable, they are shielded from lawsuits under qualified immunity.
It is also important, however, to recognize that the facts of this case led to the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. In this instance, the court recognized not only the danger that Rickard posed, but also the potential for future danger if he were to continue fleeing. As such, the ruling in this case is fact specific, and the facts involved in other pursuits may not justify the use of lethal force to end the pursuit. ♦
Notes:1Plumhoff v. Rickard, 188 L. Ed. 2d 1056 (U.S. May 27, 2014).2Id. at 1062, citing Estate of Allen v. West Memphis, 509 Fed. Appx. 388 (CA6 2012) and at 1063, n.1.3There was a passenger in Mr. Rickard's vehicle, Kelly Allen, who was seated in the front passenger seat; Id. at 1062.4 Plumhoff, 188 L. Ed. 2d at 1063. 5"Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia."6Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194.7Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009).8Estate of Allen v. City of W. Memphis, 509 Fed. Appx. 388 (6th Cir. Tenn. 2012) quoting Estate of Allen v. City of W. Memphis, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5606 (W.D. Tenn. Jan. 19, 2011).9Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989).10Id.11Plumhoff, 188 L. Ed. 2d at 1068.12Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007).13Plumhoff, 188 L. Ed. 2d at 1068, citing Estate of Allen v. City of W. Memphis, 509 Fed. Appx. 388, 392 (6th Cir. Tenn. 2012).14Id.15Id.16Saucier, 533 U.S. at 201.17Malley v. Briggs, 475 U.S. 335, 341 (U.S. 1986).18Plumhoff, 188 L. Ed. 2d at 1069.
Please cite as:
IACP Legal Officers Section, "Plumhoff v. Rickard: The Use of Deadly Force in High-Speed Pursuits and Qualified Immunity," Chief's Counsel, The Police Chief 81 (August 2014): 18–19.
From The Police Chief, vol. LXXXI, no. 8, August 2014. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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With some songs, all it takes is a few notes or a chorus and—wham!—you're right back to that junior high dance or rust-bucket Dodge Dart where you first listened to the tune. Music is a powerful memory trigger, and bygone times come flooding back watching Only the Strong Survive, a stirring documentary that travels to Memphis, Chicago, Manhattan and elsewhere to catch up with a dozen topflight rhythm-and-blues artists of the '50s through '70s who are mostly still out there thrilling audiences. Those profiled include Wilson Pickett, Isaac Hayes, Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Sam Moore of Sam and Dave. Some have sailed through life while others have struggled (Moore lost years to drugs), but all convey the joy they still take in—and their dedication to—making music. For anyone hearing these folks for the first time: Expect a treat. (PG-13)
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4/24/12 at Citi Field
I had four goals at this game:
1) Snag one of the new Marlins commemorative balls.
2) Talk to Heath Bell (whom I've known for years).
3) Catch a game home run ball on the party deck.
4) Take advantage of (and photograph) the free food.
The day got off to a good start when Jon Niese tossed me this within the first minute of batting practice:
As you can see in the photo above, I was the only person there, so in order to create a little excitement, Niese had thrown me the ball with a bit of flair. Rather than making eye contact and under-handing it, he turned his back and faced away from me and and made a no-look flip over his right shoulder. The ball didn't quite have enough oomph on it, so I had to reach two feet over the railing to make the catch.
The way I got my 2nd ball was much more fun. Mets coach Tim Teufel was patrolling the outfield with a fungo bat, so when he wandered near me to retrieve a ball, I called out and asked him to hit me a fungo. (For those who don't know, Teufel is a former player who was on the Mets' championship team in 1986, so therefore he was one of my childhood heroes.) Teufel responded by attempting to hit one to me from about 50 feet away, but the ball fell short and thudded off the padded wall below. He then tried again. And again. But each time, instead of lofting a gentle pop-up in my direction, he accidentally hit a line drive into the wall. After his third attempt, he picked up the ball and threw it to me — and here it is:
Then the food service got underway. The first thing I got was a bag of peanuts:
I didn't eat it. I tucked it in my backpack "for later" and ended up taking it home. Did I feel guilty? Hell no. I'd paid $100 for my ticket and was determined to get my money's worth.
The Marlins took the field at around 5:30pm, and whaddaya know — Heath Bell was the closest player to me. You can see him in the following photo, following through on one of his throws:
When he got a bit closer, I said, "Mister Heath Bell, sir, welcome back to Citi Field."
He didn't look up, but I saw him smile and knew that he recognized my voice, so I added, "Happy twenty-twelve to you. It's nice to see you again."
Bell then looked up and gave me a mini salute.
I was wearing a teal Marlins cap with the old logo, and several minutes later (after he'd finished throwing), he called me out on it. He looked at me (from about 75 feet away), pointed at his cap, and then pointed at me and shrugged.
"I haven't gotten the new hat yet!" I shouted. "It's ugly!"
"Not as ugly as THAT!" he yelled, pointing again at the monstrosity on my head.
He had a point.
My 3rd ball of the day was tossed by Mike Dunn in left-center (all the way out near the Home Run Apple) and my 4th ball was thrown by Austin Kearns in straight-away left. Neither of these two balls had the Marlins commemorative logo.
Four days earlier, the party deck was virtually empty throughout BP. Yesterday, for some reason, there were dozens of people. This was the view to my right . . .
. . . and this was the view to my left:
In the photo above, do you see the guy holding the canvas bag? That bag contained peanuts, as well as popcorn and potato chips. In the party deck, the food isn't sitting out for people to take; employees make regular sweeps through the section and hand it out.
Toward the end of BP, Heath Bell walked over to say a more formal hello. When he got really close, I reached down over the railing, and he jumped up to give me a high-five. He asked how I've been and what I've been up to. I told him a few quick things and mentioned that I was hoping to get one of the balls with the Marlins commemorative logo.
"Man, that's all we use during BP at home," he said, so I told him that I'm going to be at Marlins Park next month for the Rockies series.
And so on.
That was it for BP. Four balls. All thrown by players and coaches. Not a single home run anywhere near me. Bleh.
I made it to the Marlins' dugout at the end of BP and noticed that the basket of balls was left out on the warning track:
I zoomed in with my camera to see if there were any commemorative logos:
Two photos above, did you notice the little kid with a glove? Well, I noticed him while I was standing there, so I asked him if he'd gotten a ball, and when he said no, I handed him one of mine. Moments later, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria poked his head out of the dugout, prompting everyone to start shouting at him for baseballs. He grabbed half a dozen from the basket and tossed them into the crowd. I snagged one.
Shortly before game time, there was a Jose Reyes media frenzy in front of the dugout, so I tried my best to phot0-bomb him. See how all the cameras are pointed at me (okay, fine, HIM) in my photo below?
It was Reyes's first game at Citi Field after having left the Mets in the off-season, so that's why everyone was going nuts.
At 6:30pm, hot food started being served on the party deck, but I didn't make it out there until the game was about to begin. This was my view (and food) in the bottom of the 1st:
It's kind of hard to tell in the photo above (because the cheese had been placed on the bottom portion of the bun for some unimaginable reason), but that *is* a cheeseburger on the left. It was as good as it looks, which is to say: not very. It was cafeteria-quality. The water was nice and cold, but the server removed the bottle cap (so that I wouldn't fling it onto the field) (because that's what kind of person I am). Really annoying, Mets. Really really REALLY annoying. And as for the chicken tenders on the right, those were pretty good, but for the hundred dollars that I'd spent, I expected the server not to run out of barbeque sauce.
Wanna see what else was annoying? Mr. Met blocking the cross-aisle . . .
. . . not that it mattered because Johan Santana and Josh Johnson were locked in a pitchers' duel.
For the next round of my "free" meal, I got a hot dog:
It was okay. No real complaint. I actually think hot dogs are gross, but I simply had to eat one.
Just before the hot food stopped being served at 8:10pm, I got another cheeseburger:
Then I got another (bigger) bottle of water . . .
. . . and got excited when I saw this:
I had such high hopes, but perhaps should have known better. Not only was the pretzel absurdly small . . .
. . . but it was SO BAD that I found it to be inedible. There was no salt. There was no flavor. And it was stale.
I was then offered a bag of popcorn . . .
. . . followed by a bag of potato chips:
I put both of them in my backpack with the peanuts.
Water number three . . .
. . . preceded a cookie. Here's a closeup:
It was a chocolate cookie with white chocolate chips. Very tasty but too hard — and I know cookies. The absolute best cookie place in the world is in my neighborhood on the Upper West Side. No, I'm not talking about Insomnia Cookies (which is excellent, by the way). I'm talking about the life-changing cookies at Levain. Go there and get some. They're not cheap, but they're huge, and you will thank me. Your perception of cookies (and, if you're religious, of heaven) will never be the same. But back to Citi Field . . . the servers ran out of cookies after one sweep through the party deck. They blamed it on the fact that that everyone took two or three, and fine, okay, I'll admit that I had taken three, but so what? For one hundred dollars (and having to watch a team of fragile players that can't hit), I expect to have an unlimited supply of sugar. I had been told that the party deck was "all you can eat," but it wasn't. Certain things were only served at certain times, and other items ran out. Lame!
There was also "free" beer, which somehow didn't run out. Here's the beer station in action:
As I've mentioned in the past, I'm not much of a drinker, and I have absolutely no interest in beer. Go ahead and make fun of me for "not being a man." I don't care. Peer pressure is for babies. I just don't like it and never will. For me, free beer is about as appealing as free cod sperm or free raw shark heart. So in that sense, I didn't get my money's worth on the party deck.
Late in the game, I went to the top of the stairs to take a few photos from above. This was the view to my right:
This was the view to my left:
And here's what it looked like directly below me:
The Mets ended up winning the game, 2-1, and look who I ran into on my way out:
In the photo above, that's my friend Ben Weil on the right, giving his subtle critique of the stadium.
• 5 balls at this game (three pictured here because I gave two away — forgot to mention that I gave one to a disabled kid's mother before the game)
• 68 balls in 9 games this season = 7.56 balls per game.
• 801 consecutive games with at least one ball
• 548 consecutive games in New York with at least one ball
• 388 consecutive Mets home games with at least one ball
• 50 consecutive games at Citi Field with at least two balls
• 5,887 total balls
(I'm raising money again this season for Pitch In For Baseball, a non-profit charity that provides baseball equipment to underprivileged kids all over the world. Click here to learn more about my fundraiser, and click here to see the prizes that I'll be giving away to donors.)
• 18 donors
• $1.10 pledged per ball (if you add up all the pledges)
• $5.50 raised at this game
• $74.80 raised this season
• $19,231.80 raised since I started my fundraiser in 2009
One more photo . . .
Remember the commemorative ball that I got from Tim Teufel? Well, here's a side-by-side comparison of the ball in regular light and black light:
You don't see many baseballs with invisible ink stamps right on the logo.
And finally, in case you missed my tweet this morning, check out this nonsense about me on MSN. Yet again, the media have gone for the low-blow rather than doing a thoughtful, positive story that mentions my charity fundraiser. Thankfully (and not surprisingly) my publisher got it right when they posted this about me yesterday.
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Nice haul – Doesn't match up to your legends seats post (food wise). Is that your 1st ball via owner? Me thinks so. PS-you were'nt super rude the other night, I know well enough not to bother you during BP.
Man…some of those comments on that article you linked to are outrageous!! It's funny how some people truly do get off being d bags. I wonder how many of them actually do any charity work…..? You're the man Zack, and I'm sure you already don't care, but don't let comments like that get to you. There's a lot of useless people in the world, and clearly a handful of them troll the interwebz looking for something to spread their lameness….
Were there any kids on the party deck? Didn't notice any, which makes it a bit odd (but still cool) that Mr. Met stoppd by. The Markins weren't using their commemorative balls last Saturday in DC. We only got one because the Marlins BP catcher had it in his equipment bag.
Zack, I agree with you on the cookies from Levain. They're incredible.
PS – live the composition of the photo with Ben. Nicely done, mystery photographer.
Going to go to any more of the marlins series games?
I think I saw you running for Infante's homer tonight. Why weren't you on the party deck? (if that was you)
Were you at the game tonihgt? i thought i saw you running for Infante's homer. Did you get Wrights RECORD BREAKING homer?
I like how Heath said they use the commemorative balls during BP at home, too bad the gates don't open till after they are done hitting, gotta hate teams that don't open their stadiums to the fans early enough to see the home team take some BP
Now I wish I'd attempted to snag a ball at the Marlins' opener a few weeks ago lol. Anyway, I'm glad I'm not the only non-drinker on here. I had free SunTrust seats at Turner Field with a full open bar and never had a drop. Free food will always suffice.
Good to see Ben make a cameo. Take care.
Zack, cool posting! I'm reading this while I'm in Japan waiting for my flight to Singapore. Chat when I get back
I actually think that $100 for those seats is a good deal…for drinkers especially. I could drink about that much in the beer alone. However, I don't drink at ballgames as a rule. I had one beer in Milwaukee, because, well it is Milwaukee and I felt compelled to have one. I usually drink water. I love baseball and don't want my mind altered watching it. It is the same reason I don't mind going to games alone. I am there to watch baseball, not spend three hours socializing. I also don't really eat much at games either. If I am really hungry, I might have a dog. In consideration of others, I no longer pile the onions on my dogs though. One exception to my food rule is the cookie dough pothole at the K. It is a cup of Sheridan's vanilla custard with cookie dough and hot fudge. Awesome. I still harken back to all that food you ate when you had those Legends seats. That was literally several days worth of chow for the average human. Oh, and I have heard that part of the deal with taking the caps off the drinks is that when they are tossed on the ground and land on their ends they make for one heck of a tripping hazard.
Big Glove Bob
Cheese on the bottom bun makes sense from a culinary point of view. Quicker route to, and more flavor for the taste buds! I'm sure your sister would agree. And don't let the negativity get in your head, brother. A lot of unfortunate and ugly people out there can only find a substitute for happiness in their lives by being hurtful and demeaning to those around them. Misery love company. Keep being your own exuberant self! It's an excellent example to the world. Cheers, J.
I try not to read comments underneath vids. But I fail. So many haters, and the ones that say they aren't jealous– they're focusing on the balls. Maybe they can Sour Grapes away that you have a million balls and they never got one, but I think they're (unconsciously) jealous of the fact that you're doing what you want to do, and being successful at it, while so many people aren't.
I have 9 snags from my local AAA team, none from MLB. Living right at the Federal Poverty Guideline, I haven't been able to go to a MLB game in decades. You getting to go to them– that's what I envy. But instead of hating, I use your blog to live vicariously. More power to ya!
I'm guessing…total wholesale cost to the Mets for your meal…under $5.
TC here ,i finally caught a real gamer, going for 2 in a row tonight,my hat fell off ,cheap giveaway hat, i didnt know i was getting bald.call me Ubaldo Jimenez. ODOG breaks up the nats run streak.yes.i saw you on ESPN running .I Saw you on espn and the orioles fan too..i made it on baseball tonight,and i found the archive of it on espn ,com sweet did you make a triple burger ?a beer will mess your equalibrium ,..
The games were originally scleudhed for Florida, so they are Marlins' home games. They shifted the site because they don't draw in Florida. They're a sad and poorly run franchise.


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Representative office of the largest Russian IT-company, Yandex in Kazan, is situated on the 16th floor of «Suvar Plaza» business center. With the area of 647 sq.m. it has only 41 working place. The office plan reminds a trapezium, while the midline of a trapezium is a corridor, leading from the main entrance to the fire exit. The office volumes are organized in a corridor system – both side of the corridor has 4 open space blocks, designed for 6-13 working places.
There is also a separate server zone, which borders with a storage and IT-administrator's office. Front-office volumes are located close to the main entrance – there is a reception desk, two meeting rooms, lecture-hall and canteen. Next there are working places and the chief's office, which looks like a glass polygonal lamp, that functions as a zoning element, partially separating two nearest open spaces. If it is necessary, the chief's office may be isolated with curtains. Beyond that, matted glass panels are used as design element. At the end of the corridor there are gym and shower area.
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Published: 4:50 PM EDT Jun 20, 2013
New Jersey's top court has decided not to hear arguments on when Gov. Chris Christie has scheduled a special U.S. Senate election, effectively leaving the date at Oct. 16.
Democrats had sued, saying the election should be held on Nov. 5, the same date as the general election.
The election is to complete the term of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died earlier this month.
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While prior studies show that combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report more physical symptoms than veterans without PTSD, the link between PTSD and somatic complaints in Persian Gulf War veterans (PGWVs) is yet to be evaluated.
A questionnaire booklet was completed by 188 PGWVs, of whom half were patients in a veterans health screening clinic and half were non—treatment-seeking volunteers on active duty. The booklet included the Combat Exposure Scale, the Mississippi Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale (MPTSD), and a subjective symptombased health questionnaire.
The 24 PGWVs (12.8%) with PTSD (MPTSD score ≥116) reported more combat exposure (p=.02) and a greater number of physical symptoms (P=.001) than other PGWVs. Fatigue, nausea, muscle aches, dizziness, back pain, stomach ache, and numbness were much more likely to be reported by those with PTSD (MPTSD score ≥116) 116) than by those without PTSD (MPTSD score ≤95).
Physicians examining PGWVs should be alert to the possiblity of PTSD in this group and that those with PTSD are more likely to report physical symptoms that may overlap with those in Persian Gulf syndrome. Consequently, mental health screening is essential, since for those veterans with PTSD diagnosis of other coexisting conditions may be confounded and early effective treatment of their PTSD may be delayed. Also, given the increased reporting of certain symptoms by those with PTSD, those seeking the cause of Persian Gulf syndrome should control for PTSD when determining the symptom cluster that may constitute this condition.Arch Intern Med. 1997;157:2076-2078
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John Dudley: Man bonds with his son, and a smart phone
I grew up going on plumbing calls with my father, usually relegated to grunt duty. I fetched pipe wrenches and copper fittings and anything else he forgot to bring from his truck, which featured huge, astoundingly disorganized tool boxes along both sides of the bed.
I don't know if I worked very hard or very well, but I do know that my dad had my attention. I guess it was a pretty meaningful time for us, even though I recall that I would have rather been anywhere else -- even math class -- than cutting a path from someone's house to his pickup.
You get a little older with kids of your own and you realize the importance of moments like these. So earlier this week, I enlisted Logan, who is 16, to help me do some work on the pool deck.
It was a chance to teach him how to take measurements, cut boards on a compound miter saw, drill pilot holes and attach some treated wood trim around the base of the deck, one of the roughly 1,341 honey-do projects I have been tasked with in preparation for my oldest son Austin's graduation party in June.
More than that, it was a small project we could work on together, father and son, while Ellen attempted to pressure-wash the siding with a 3-month-old yellow Lab pup, our newest addition, swinging from her ankles.
Turns out working with kids is a little more complicated these days. That's because, apparently, they are unable to divert their eyes from the screens on their smart phones for more than 90 seconds at a time.
So as we worked, Logan would cut a piece of decking on the miter saw, then reach into the waistband of his shorts and pull out his phone to read a text, or a Snapchat, or a stock market alert, or whatever these kids are incessantly checking these days. (I have no idea how he makes it through baseball practice.)
This became a bigger problem when we were attaching the decking, because I, back in my grunt role, would be awkwardly bent over holding a board so he could zip it in place with the screw gun, and he would be pecking away at his screen.
My back's still killing me as I write this. But we spent an afternoon together, and Logan did come out of it with at least some working knowledge of how to build something.
Maybe he'll mention it on Twitter.
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Sinisa Zarkovic had 16 kills, 10 digs and four aces and Brook Sedore also had 16 kills as the University of Hawaii men's volleyball team rallied from two sets down to beat Southern California on Friday at the Stan Sheriff?Center in Honolulu.
The Warriors won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match 24-26, 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 15-9.
Joby Ramos had 47 assists for the No. 11 Warriors (6-12, 5-10).
Tanner Jansen had 20 kills and Joey Booth added 19 for the No. 13 Trojans (4-10, 4-10). Micah Christenson, a Kamehameha Kapalama alumnus, had 51 assists.
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This information really caught my attention. Source "Allergens Have Caused Most Meat Recalls This Year – foodsafetynews.com, July 8, 2011"
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, (FSIS) released the following information.
Allergens Recalls
January – June 2011 – Out of 27 recalls for undeclared ingredients, 20 were the result of undeclared allergens. This compares to32 undeclared allergens in the last two years, 2009-2010
e.Coli Recalls
January -June 2011 21,080 pounds of beef have been recalled for E.coli 0157:H7 This compares to millions of pounds of ground beef recalled in the first half of prior years. In all, only 5 of 45 meat recalls made at the request o fFSIS involved idisease-causing E.coli contamination.
The good news is that Meat Producers are taking steps to reduce bacterial contamination, E.coli 0157:H7. On the side of undeclared allergens, the recalls were prompted by a change in product formulation aor a change in a supplier's ingredients that was not noted on the labels. Undeclared allergens can result in adverse health reactions. Food labels must list ingredients containing one of the main eight allergens, Source Mayo Clinic Food Allergy
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- Fish (such as bass, cod, flounder)
- Shellfish (such as crab, lobster, shrimp)
- Soy
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Mislabeling for one of the eight main allergens listed above typically results in a Class I recall because of the associated public health risk.
This information is very interesting and shows a trend with higher allergens. It will be interesting to see how this trend develops over the second half of 2011.
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Well, that's pretty much exactly how I envisioned this going down. A couple of runs by the Thunder to stay "in it" but never really completely being "in it." The Nuggets needed this game badly and they played like it, taking down OKC 112-99.
But you have to credit the Thunder for hanging tough at times. There were a couple of points where the game teetered on stepping into blowoutsville, but OKC got some buckets and at least pushed the Nuggets to the end. The largest lead Denver had was 19, but the game was in the 10-14 range most of the way.
This was game number four in five days and there were definitely some tired legs on the Thunder side. But OKC stayed semi-close because of the free throw line. The Thunder hit 30-32 from the stripe and they had to, because the jumpers absolutely were not falling. The Thunder shot 40 percent, hit 3-13 from three and only made something like nine shots outside of the paint altogether.
It was pretty evident early that the Thunder was going to have trouble. The Nuggets were back-cutting and getting easy looks in the paint. It seemed like probably 20 or so of Denver's 31 first quarter points came on layups and dunks (they shot 12-17 in the first; OKC was 8-22). The interior defense and the rotations just weren't there. I don't know if it was hangover from the night before or what, but the team just looked a bit flat. OKC turned it over six times alone in the first quarter en route to 16 overall, but that sort of stuff put the Thunder in catch-up mode early. And it didn't help that they couldn't hit a jumper to save their life.
But per usual, the Thunder went on a solid 17-5 run to close to within five in the second quarter. OKC turned up the defensive heat and started running a little more and getting easy looks. That's what you do when you can't make an open jump shot – you get out in transition and try and get easy looks and layups. Earl Watson – who had probably his best game of the season – key a lot of it, taking every outlet and every inbound pass and ran with it. He pressed the pace and it led to some good shots.
OKC's perimeter defense was actually pretty good though. Every Nugget shot was contested and their outside shooters didn't have good percentages, despite the team hitting 50 percent. Chauncey Billups was 5-13. Caremlo Anthony was 9-19. J.R. Smith was 3-9 and the team hit 5-14 from three. But Denver just abused OKC in the paint. Of their 42 makes, I think 33 came in the paint. That's absolutely amazing. Nene was 5-7 from the field, Renaldo Balkman (that guy looks… interesting) was 6-13 and missed a couple easy one, Linus Kleiza was 7-12 with almost everything inside and Chris Andersen was 5-6.
This is the type of game where Kevin Durant could have made a huge difference. Scoring options for the Thunder were limited and the jumpers just weren't going down. At times when OKC would draw within 10 or so, if Durant were playing those are the moments he seems to hit a big trey, or score a couple buckets and get OKC close. Among a million other reasons, this is why KD is extremely valuable to OKC despite the recent good stretch – when things are bad, he can still put the ball in the basket.
At one point I did think the Thunder could get close enough to make it interesting. With 1:50 left in the third, Carmelo Anthony got hit with a technical and Thabo knocked down two free throws making it 78-68. OKC had possession and moved the ball well, getting a wide open three-point look for Thabo. He missed it, but Robert Swift rebounded and kicked out to a wide open Kyle Weaver for three. He missed too, but Thabo rebounded but was then tied up and OKC lost the jump ball (did anyone else think that jump ball was tilted a little bit to the Denver side? It sure didn't look straight up). A big momentum moment where the Denver lead could have been cut to seven late in the third and a chance for a single digit deficit going into the fourth, but OKC didn't hit. Again, KD would have been nice there.
- All five Denver starters were in double figures and the bench gave solid contributions with 36 points and Anthony Carter dishing out 12 assists.
- Again, nice ballgame for Earl Watson. He scored a season-high 18 points, had seven assists and six rebounds and was a +2 for the game. He did a good job pushing OKC's offense and getting something going.
- Russell Westbrook looked a bit tired tonight. He just didn't seem like he had that same giddy-up that he normally has. He scored 13 but only had one assist and three rebounds. He turned it over just twice, but Brooks limited his minutes down the stretch. But his dunk over the Birdman was pretty sweet. (And how weak was it that Andersen got mad about Westbrook's little stare-down? Just a couple nights ago he rejects a shot into Rudy Fernandez's face and he poses and showboats and stares, but when someone does it to him, he gets mad and pushes? Don't dish it if you can't take it dude.)
- It just never seemed like Jeff Green got in the rhythm of the game either. He was solid with 19 and seven, but he played just 27 minutes and scored most his points from the free throw line (8-8). I think he was a bit fatigued too with the back-to-back after sitting out last week.
- I noticed something for the first time tonight: The Oklahoma City bench stood at the beginning of the game until we scored our first bucket and when we did, they all sat down together. Could they be taking our little hometown tradition with them on the road and doing it? I thought that was incredibly cool. Just a neat way to take the spirit of our fanbase with them. Very, very awesome. I can't believe it took me 55 games to notice it.
- Thabo did an excellent job on Carmelo. Melo scored *just* 22 points and only got to the line four times. At times, he was visibly frustrated with the defense Thabo was playing on him. One absolutely awesome sequence happened with about two minutes left in the first half. Melo took a pass from Billups and had the ball on the block with Thabo on his hip. Melo head faked three times (he loves those pump fakes), but Thabo never bit. When Melo finally did go up with it, Thabo challenged and Melo missed the bunny. Just a perfect example of Thabo's defensive discipline. And on top of it, 14 points and nine rebounds is pretty good too.
- Again, Nenad Krstic struggled shooting the ball. He was 3-9 from the floor with only one long range make.
- Robert Swift gave some quality minutes off the bench. He had 10 points and four boards in 14 minutes on 4-5 shooting. Those type of contributions on a nightly basis – not every four games – would be a huge boost.
- Malik Rose scored in double-figures for the third straight game. The most consecutive double figure games Chris Wilcox had this year was back in November where he did it four straight times.
The Thunder gets a much needed rest with two days off before another track meet in Phoenix Saturday. Durant might be back for that one, but regardless, the Thunder's got to slow down and play the Suns smarter than last time. Hopefully, there's a little incentive to get back at the Suns after that 140-point run-up they pulled last time.


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Anyone interested in participating may call Chad O'Neil at 504.655.7555 or Danny O'Neil at 504.655.7553.
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Special Education students and residents of St. Bernard Parish will compete to qualify for the state competition the third week of May.
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Six sheriff's deputies, two from the Bomb Squad and four from the Traffic Division, took part in Super Bowl functions for the big game, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.
Sgt. Chris Scheeler and Sgt. Stephen Ingargiola, who handle Bomb Squad duties as well as work in the Patrol Division of the Sheriff's Office, worked with the FBI as part of security for the game between the Baltimore Ravens and
From the Traffic Division, Lt. Mike Ingargiola, Lt. Brent Bourgeois, Cpl. Terry Meyer and Dep. Tommy Duplessis were part of motorcycle escorts with the New Orleans Police Department. Capt. Walter Dornan heads the Traffic Division.


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