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…[R]acial profiling occurs and is a day-to-day reality in the lives of those minorities affected by it.
…[R]acial profiling cannot be tolerated. It is offensive to fundamental concepts of equality and the human dignity of those who are subject to negative stereotyping. It fuels negative and destructive racial stereotyping of those who are subjected to profiling.
– Ontario Court of Appeal, Peart v. Peel Regional Police Services, 2006[1]
The Ontario Human Rights Code[2] (Code) recognizes the dignity and worth of every person. The Code makes it illegal to discriminate based on race, ancestry, colour, creed, citizenship, ethnic origin and place of origin, in five social areas, including housing, services and employment. Despite this legal protection from discrimination, racial profiling continues to be a serious and persistent human rights issue in Ontario.
People in racialized and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (Indigenous) communities have had longstanding concerns about racial profiling and other forms of racial discrimination. Racial profiling is an insidious and particularly damaging type of racial discrimination that relates to notions of safety and security. It often, but not always, relies on stereotyping based on preconceived notions about the character of a person or group.
Racial profiling has profound effects
Racial profiling can have profound personal impacts. Racial profiling has a harmful effect on dignity. Victims may also lose their sense of being safe and secure, their liberty, their connection with their families and communities, and in the most tragic cases, their lives.
Racial profiling also has harmful impacts on the social fabric of society. For many years, racialized and Indigenous communities have spoken out about their deep mistrust of public institutions – such as police and child welfare agencies. These are the very institutions we have entrusted to protect us and help us with highly
sensitive issues, and which often respond to the needs of the most vulnerable people in our society. Yet, for racialized and Indigenous peoples, too often the trust they should feel is overridden by the lived experience of being unfairly singled out for surveillance, scrutiny, investigation and disproportionately harsh treatment.
For Indigenous peoples in particular, racial profiling must be understood in the context of colonization. It is often experienced as part of the legacy of historic state practices that were intended to eliminate Indigenous cultures and disrupt communities through forced assimilation. The deep mistrust felt by many racialized and Indigenous peoples negatively affects the legitimacy of institutions that serve the public interest, and makes them less effective.
Despite the potentially catastrophic consequences for individuals and communities, some people and institutions see racial profiling as a normal, even effective tool for gathering information, assessing risk and ensuring safety.
Ontario is at a critical juncture
In terms of addressing racial profiling, we are at a critical juncture in Ontario. Ontario is becoming more racially, ethnically and religiously diverse and yet increasingly economically stratified. Many institutions in society are becoming more focused on assessing potential threats to safety, citing concerns about terrorism and violence.[3] As well, advances in technology make it easier for institutions that assess risk to collect, analyze, store and share people's information.
Concerns about racial profiling take place against this backdrop of heightened security. People from many different communities experience racial profiling. However, it is often directed at Indigenous peoples, Muslims, Arabs, West Asians and Black people, and is often influenced by the distinctly negative stereotypes that people in these communities face. In Ontario today, many people are concerned about racial profiling in the form of police stop practices (including "street checks" or "carding"), police use of force, deaths at the hands of police, disproportionate use of segregation on Indigenous and Black prisoners, heightened scrutiny and surveillance of Muslims, Arabs and West Asian people in society (including at airports and border crossings), the role that racial profiling may play in the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous children in child welfare investigations, and disproportionate discipline of racialized students in the education system.
A core part of the OHRC's work
Combatting racial discrimination, including racial profiling, is a core part of the work of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC). In 2003, we released the results of a year-long inquiry on the personal and social impacts of racial profiling. Through detailed first-person narratives, our report, Paying the price: The human cost of racial profiling,[4] showed the severe and widespread impacts of profiling on racialized and Indigenous individuals and communities. It described how racial profiling fractures trust in our public institutions, criminalizes youth, and decreases people's sense of citizenship and belonging in Ontario society.
This inquiry led to the development of the OHRC's Policy and guidelines on racism and racial discrimination[5] in 2005. This policy provides guidance on people's rights under the Code to be free from racial discrimination, and on how organizations and individuals can prevent and respond to it. It addresses racial discrimination in all its forms, including racial profiling.
In the years since, we have continued to be active in our efforts to address racial profiling. We have helped to advance the law before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) and the courts,[6] initiated partnerships with law enforcement institutions in an effort to effect large-scale organizational change,[7] conducted training and public education,[8] launched public interest inquiries,[9] made submissions to government,[10] and worked with community and advocacy groups.[11]
In our 2017-2022 strategic plan, we committed to being a leadership voice on human rights issues. We will use our enforcement powers under the Code to work towards non-discriminatory practices in the criminal justice system, including ending racial profiling in policing.[12]
The consultation
As part of this ongoing work, we decided to provide more detailed policy guidance on racial profiling. The aim is to give specific information to organizations, individuals and communities on how to identify, address and prevent racial profiling. To develop this future policy guidance, we reviewed the case law[13] and conducted a year-long consultation to understand more about:
The social and historical context of racial profiling
People's experiences of racial profiling
How racial profiling should be defined
What racial profiling looks like in different sectors and contexts
The impacts of racial profiling
Newer, emerging or contested forms of racial profiling
Effective measures to address and prevent it.
To gather this information, we connected with people and organizations representing diverse perspectives, including affected people from Indigenous, racialized and Muslim communities, legal and academic researchers, educators, human rights practitioners and police, among others. We conducted an online survey, analyzed applications made to the HRTO that alleged racial profiling,[14] held a policy dialogue consultation,[15] conducted focus groups with Indigenous peoples and received written submissions. Overall, almost 1,650 individuals and organizations told us about their experiences or understanding of racial profiling in Ontario.
The information we received is integrated throughout this report. Consistent with the OHRC's commitment to bring people's lived experiences to the forefront of our work, the purpose of this report is to:
Report on the feedback we heard during the consultation
Provide Ontarians with a better understanding of the kinds of issues that may raise concerns about racial profiling across a variety of sectors
Present related social science and legal research from Canada and the U.S., which provides context for the experiences and perceptions we heard about
Inform the OHRC's future policy guidance on racial profiling
Outline key themes and some next steps that the OHRC will take to address racial profiling.
Note that by examining racial profiling, we are examining the perceptions of profiling and not evaluating whether these perceptions are substantiated. Regardless of whether profiling can be proven to occur in a given context, the widespread perception among racialized and Indigenous groups that it is occurring is cause for concern.
What we heard
During the consultation, we heard many perspectives and experiences. We heard concerns about racialized and Indigenous peoples being subjected to unwarranted surveillance, investigation and other forms of scrutiny, punitive actions and heavy-handed treatment. We also tried to explore other, less well-understood forms of racial profiling, which may be systemic in nature. This report presents what we learned about institutional policies, practices, prediction and assessment tools, and decision-making processes, which may seem neutral but may nonetheless amount to systemic racial profiling. We also report on potential solutions. Encouragingly, we heard a great deal of consensus from consultation participants on what is needed to end racial profiling.
Societal recognition of the phenomenon of racial profiling and its corrosive effects has grown since the OHRC's racial profiling inquiry in 2003. Today, many community leaders in Ontario, including several in the policing community, and many members of the general public more readily acknowledge that racial profiling exists. A growing body of decisions by Canadian human rights tribunals and courts have affirmed that racial profiling happens in policing[16] and other areas, such as retail settings.[17] Decisions and settlements arising from these claims have led some institutions to take steps to address racial profiling.[18] Some institutions are starting to collect race-based data, and in some cases this data has supported personal anecdotes about racially biased practices.
I've been given more attention in a negative regard by police, teachers, security in stores, malls and banks, and folks have made negative assumptive comments towards me in health care settings etc...The details don't come readily to mind aside from being followed, questioned, and scrutinized... (Black, First Nations female, age 25-34).
Increased public awareness about the existence and effects of racial profiling has led to greater understanding about the issue. High-profile reports of racial profiling incidents have contributed to calls from communities for change. Community organizations and groups, including grassroots movements such as Black Lives Matter and groups calling for a public inquiry to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, have highlighted disparities in how racialized and Indigenous peoples are treated by public institutions, such as police, and have pushed for these systems to be overhauled.
However, there is still a long way to go. Many people and institutions still deny the reality of racial profiling. It is concerning that during our consultation we heard many of the same themes, experiences and impacts as we documented in Paying the price. Racial profiling is entrenched in society, is complex, and can be challenging for all involved in addressing it. Many consultation participants expressed great frustration with the slow pace of change. Coordinated efforts are needed from policy-makers, government, community groups and responsible organizations. Preventing and addressing racial profiling is a shared responsibility.
How this report can be used
At the end of some sections of this report, we have noted "key themes." These points summarize and analyze what we heard. In Appendix C, we provide a list of relevant recommendations gathered from previous OHRC reports and submissions.
These recommendations should be used by organizations to identify how racial profiling may be taking place in their own establishments. The themes and recommendations also identify approaches organizations can use to prevent racial profiling. Community groups, academics, human rights practitioners and others may also find this report useful to help with their own research and advocacy around racism, racial discrimination and racial profiling.
[Racial profiling] made me feel like less of a person and that I can't be trusted because of the way I look (and in this case, the way my family looks) (Mixed heritage male, age 25-34).
We also have incorporated quotations from consultation participants throughout the report. These were excerpted from respondents' responses to the survey questions and chosen because they illustrate the various themes we heard about. Quotes from survey respondents are identified using relevant demographic information, such as the person's racial or ethnic background, gender and age range, and in some cases, their creed, as reported. Appendix B shows the demographic make-up of survey respondents.
We acknowledge and thank the many individuals and organizations that took the time to contribute to this process. We especially thank all the people who shared their personal, and often difficult, experiences with us. Special thanks to representatives from the organizations that helped us bring people together: York University's Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion; Institute for Social Research; and School of Public Policy and Administration; and the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC). A list of organizations that participated and people who provided papers to the OHRC's racial profiling policy dialogue is included in Appendix A.
1.1. A word about terminology
During our consultation, people identified themselves in many different ways. When referring to individual consultation participants, we use the terms they used to describe themselves. When describing research that may categorize people into different groups, we use the terms used by the authors.
Throughout this report, we use the term "racialized people" as a generalized term to refer to people who are not Indigenous or White. "Racialization" is the "process by which societies construct races as real, different and unequal in ways that matter to economic, political and social life." [19] The term "racialized" is widely preferred over descriptions such as "racial minority," "visible minority" or "person of colour" as it expresses race as a social construct rather than a description of people based on perceived characteristics. Of our survey respondents, "racialized" includes people who identified with the Statistics Canada categories of South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Arab, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean, Japanese,[20] or more than one of these categories.
We use the term "Indigenous peoples" to collectively refer to people who are First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit). This is the term used in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,[21] and is used by some Indigenous organizations, such as the OFIFC.
Indigenous peoples are also "racialized." Specific traits, physical features, attributes and characteristics that are connected in some way to Indigenous peoples are deemed to be "abnormal" and of less worth. However, we heard that to refer to Indigenous peoples along with people from other racialized groups fails to recognize that many members of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities object to being referred to as a racial group (for more information, see section 3.6: "Lessons learned from people in Indigenous communities"). To recognize the unique specific historical dynamic that gives rise to experiences of Indigenous peoples, we heard that these experiences must be considered separately from those of other racialized people. For this reason, throughout this report, we use the terms Indigenous, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit to refer to Indigenous individuals and groups.
The term "racialized" also refers to people from marginalized creed groups. Discrimination based on creed can intersect with discrimination based on race and race-related Code grounds including ethnic origin, colour, ancestry, place of origin and citizenship.
When referring to people who are African-descended, we use the terms "Black," "African Canadian" and "people of African descent."
All of these terms are not exclusive categories, and many people will identify with more than one group or reject these identifiers altogether.
[1] Peart v. Peel Regional Police Services Board, [2006] O.J. No. 4457 (C.A.) at paras 96, 93 [Peart].
[2] Human Rights Code, RSO 1990, c H.19
[3] For example, in 2009, to better protect employees from violence in the workplace, the Ontario legislature passed amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). As part of these changes, employers subject to the OHSA must assess the risk of workplace violence. Occupational Health and Safety Act, RSO 1990, c O-1, s 32.0.3. Note that justice statistics show that there was an overall downward trend in police-reported crime in Ontario from 2005 to 2015. Statistics Canada "Police-Reported Crime Statistics in Canada, 2015," (2016) by Mary Allen, The Daily. July 20. Statistics Canada Catalogue no.85-002-X (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2016) online: Statistics Canada, online: www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/160720/dq160720a-eng.htm (retrieved February 13, 2017) at 35, 9.
[4] Ontario Human Rights Commission, Paying the Price: The human cost of racial profiling (Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2003), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/paying-price-human-cost-racial-profiling [Paying the Price].
[5] Ontario Human Rights Commission, Policy and guidelines on racism and racial discrimination (Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2005), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-and-guidelines-racism-and-racial-discrimination [Policy].
[6] See, for example, Shaw v. Phipps, 2012 ONCA 155 (CanLII) [Phipps]; Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 ONCA 396 (CanLII) [Pieters]; Maynard v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2012 HRTO 1220 (CanLII) [Maynard]; and Nassiah v. Peel Police Services Board, 2007 HRTO 14 (CanLII) [Nassiah]. In 2012, the OHRC reached a settlement with the Ottawa Police Services Board that required Ottawa Police Service officers to collect race-based data on traffic stops for at least two years. See Ontario Human Rights Commission's Response to the Race Data and Traffic Stops in Ottawa report, 2016, online: Ontario Human Rights Commission: www.ohrc.on.ca/en/ohrc-response-race-data-and-traffic-stops-ottawa-report [OHRC Response to OPS Data Collection Project].
[7] In 2007 the OHRC began a three-year Human Rights Project Charter partnership with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) and Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) to identify, monitor and eliminate discrimination in TPS employment and service delivery. We have also taken on a human rights organizational change project partnership with the Windsor Police Service. See Ontario Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Project Charter – TPS & TPSB (2007) online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/human-rights-project-charter-tps-tpsb; Ontario Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Project Charter – Windsor (2011) online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/human-rights-project-charter-windsor.
[8] For example, the OHRC has developed and delivered training on various human rights topics, including how to avoid racial profiling in policing. We have delivered training to police officers across the province in partnership with the Ontario Police College. The OHRC has also delivered training to racialized youth across Toronto on their right to be from racial profiling.
[9] In addition to our racial profiling inquiry, in 2007-2008, the OHRC launched a public interest inquiry into the physical and verbal assaults on Asian Canadian anglers that occurred in various municipalities in Ontario. See Ontario Human Rights Commission, Preliminary Findings: Inquiry into Assaults on Asian Canadian Anglers (Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2007), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/preliminary-findings-inquiry-assaults-asian-canadian-anglers; Ontario Human Rights Commission, Fishing Without Fear: Report on the Inquiry into Assaults on Asian Canadian Anglers (Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2008), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/fishing-without-fear-report-inquiry-assaults-asian-canadian-anglers
[10] Ontario Human Rights Commission, Ontario Human Rights Commission Submission to the Independent Review of Police Oversight Bodies (2016) online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/ohrc-submission-independent-review-police-oversight-bodies#_edn20 [Police Oversight Bodies Review Submission]; Ontario Human Rights Commission, Submission of the OHRC to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services on the Strategy for a Safer Ontario (2016), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/strategy-safer-ontario-%E2%80%93-ohrc-submission-mcscs [Strategy for a Safer Ontario Submission]; Ontario Human Rights Commission, Submission of the OHRC to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services on street checks (2015), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/ohrc-submission-ministry-community-safety-and-correctional-services-street-checks-0 [Street Checks Submission]; Ontario Human Rights Commission, Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director's Systemic Review of Ontario Provincial Police Practices for DNA Sampling (2014), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission
www.ohrc.on.ca/en/ohrc-submission-office-independent-police-review-director%E2%80%99s-systemic-review-opp-practices-dna [DNA Sampling Submission]; Ontario Human Rights Commission, Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to the Independent Review of the Use of Lethal Force by the Toronto Police Service (2014), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/submission-ontario-human-rights-commission-independent-review-use-lethal-force-toronto-police; Ontario Human Rights Commission, Submission of the OHRC to the Ombudsman's Investigation into the direction provided to police by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services for de-escalating conflict situations (2014), online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/submission-ohrc-ombudsman%E2%80%99s-investigation-direction-provided-police-ministry-community-safety-and.
[11] For example, the OHRC has attended meetings with community groups in Ottawa and Toronto to respond to issues such as carding (described further in section 3.1.2.1), race-based data collection and provide human rights information. We also co-drafted a joint submission on carding. See A Joint Response to Ontario Draft Regulation "Collection of Identifying Information in Certain Circumstances – Prohibition and Duties" Released on 28 October 2015, online: Ryerson University Department of Criminology www.ryerson.ca/criminology/about-us/faculty-staff/for-faculty/faculty-news-and-events/news-archive/ (retrieved January 4, 2017) [Carding Regulation Joint Response]. We also strategized with counsel representing intervenors from community groups when we intervene in racial profiling cases before the HRTO and the courts.
[12] Ontario Human Rights Commission, Putting people and their rights at the centre: Building human rights accountability, Strategic Plan 2017-2022 (Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2016) online: Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca/en/ontario-human-rights-commission-strategic-plan-2017-%E2%80%93-2022 [2017-2022 Strategic Plan].
[13] Sunil Gurmukh, "A Review of Racial Profiling Jurisprudence" 13:3, Canadian Diversity a Publication of the Association for Canadian Studies [forthcoming in 2017]. A version of this paper was presented at the racial profiling policy dialogue in February 2016. Sunil Gurmukh, "Summary of racial profiling case law review" (Paper presented to the Ontario Human Rights Commission and York University Racial Profiling Policy Dialogue, 16-18 February, 2016).
[14] The OHRC analyzed 113 applications filed at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) from January 2009 to May 2015 that alleged racial profiling. The HRTO provides the OHRC with human rights applications as per section 38 of the Code.
[15] The aim of the policy dialogue was to stimulate dialogue and generate relevant research. For this event, we received many papers and heard presentations by academics, individuals, community group representatives, advocates and police representatives. Many of these will be published as an anthology in an upcoming publication of Canadian Diversity a Publication of the Association for Canadian Studies.
[16] See, for example, Phipps, supra note 6; McKay v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2011 HRTO 499 [McKay]; Nassiah, supra note 6; Johnson v. Halifax (Regional Municipality) Police Service, [2003] N.S.H.R.B.I.D. No. 2 [Johnson]; Maynard, supra note 6.
[17] Pieters, supra note 6; McCarthy v. Kenny Tan Pharmacy, 2015 HRTO 1303 (CanLII); Radek v. Henderson Development (Canada) Ltd., 2005 BCHRT 302 (CanLII) [Radek].
[18] See Shaheen Azmi, "Ontario Human Rights Commission Promotion Activities: The Experience of Responding to Racial Profiling by Police" in Shelagh Day, Lucie Lamarche & Ken Norman eds, 14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2014).
[19] Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System, Report of the Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System (Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1995) (Co-Chairs: D. Cole & M. Gittens) at 40-41. For more information, see OHRC, Policy, supra note 5.
[20] These categories reflect those included in Statistics Canada's term "visible minority." Adapted from Statistics Canada, Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide: National Household Survey, 2011 (2013) Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011009, online: Statistics Canada www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/ref/guides/99-010-x/99-010-x2011009-eng.pdf (retrieved
April 22, 2015) at 4.
[21] UN General Assembly, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, GA Res 61/295, 61st Sess, UN Doc 61/295 (2 October 2007).


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"Therefore I'm calling on the board of the Wyatt Detention Center, to discuss the circumstances under which this agreement was made, and most importantly, immediately terminate this contract with ICE," Diossa said.
The Wyatt Detention Center is Rhode Island's only privately-run quasi-public detention facility. The jail was opened in the mid-1990s. At the time, Diossa said, the facility was seen as a way to inject new revenue into a city dealing with financial problems.
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Prevalence and Cluster Typology...
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Prevalence and Cluster Typology of Maladaptive Behaviours in a Geographically Defined Population of Adults with Learning Disabilities
Susan Smith (a1), David Branford (a1), Richard A. Collacott (a2), Sally-Ann Cooper (a3) and Catherine McGrother (a4)...
Frith Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QF
Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester LE3 9QF
St. Mary's Hospital, Kettering, Northants NN15 7PW
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Leicester ZE1 6TP
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.169.2.219
Maladaptive behaviours are frequently present in individuals with learning disabilities; however, their prevalence varies between studies and the aetiology, classification and most appropriate management of such behaviours remain unclear. The aims of the study were twofold: firstly to determine the prevalence of maladaptive behaviours, and secondly to develop a classification typology.
A population of 2202 adults with learning disabilities was surveyed to determine the prevalence of maladaptive behaviours. These were subjected on the basis of 13 behavioural characteristics to cluster analysis. The clusters were further examined in respect of secondary variables.
Over 60% of individuals demonstrated the presence of at least one maladaptive behaviour and in 40% this problem was of either severe degree or frequent occurrence. Men were more likely to demonstrate physical aggression, property destruction, tantrums and verbal abuse than women. Although some severe maladaptive behaviours diminished with age, many persisted through all age groups. Six behavioural clusters were devised which demonstrated face validity and which differed in respect of demographic and developmental variables, and the prevalence of maladaptive habits and autistic symptoms.
These findings demonstrate a high prevalence of maladaptive behaviours and 'objectionable habits' among people with learning disabilities. A classification of behavioural symptoms may be possible on the basis of symptom clusters.
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Its sad that Netgalley don't go on your laptop, I don't like my kindle much.
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We all think of VR as a modern advancement, but they invented it back in the 70's. And it SUCKED.
Virtual Reality. I'm sure we all heard of it. Today's VR is very advanced and most of it is fun. I can say that I've played some games on the PlayStation VR, and loved it. But, back in the 70's/80's , when video games were the new hot thing, multiple companies tried to create the VR experience that we know today… and failed. Sorry, Nintendo.
One good example is the Virtual Boy. When Nintendo tried to create the Virtual Boy in order to try and beat competitors, It was a huge flop. The most likely cause was its bright red screen, no comfortableness, and the lousy VR experience. Nintendo didn't try to make any more VR consoles after that, only trying once again today with the Nintendo LABO. (Which was also a flop.) But, I'm sure we already heard about the Virtual Boy from Oliver.
Let's move onto another console… The Sega Vr.
This one was also a massive flop, and NEVER EVEN GOT RELEASED! They decided not to produce it due to severe headaches in users after extended use. They tried to cover it up by saying it was "too realistic." Sure Sega. That's definitely true. Since it tripped at the starting line, there was only 5 games in development for this ill-fated console. Nuclear Rush, Iron Hammer, Matrix Runner, and Outlaw Racing, which all sound as bad as the console.
The final console we look at today… Isn't actually a console. It's much worse than that. It's truly one of the worst I've seen. The Atari Mindlink. I'm not sure if i can classify this a virtual reality console, but essentially, you put this thing over your head, and controlled it with your eyebrows. According to Wikipedia, "The Mindlink was unique in that its headband form factor controls the game by reading the myoneural signal voltage from the player's forehead. The player's forehead movements are read by infrared sensors and transferred as movement in the game." So yeah, a supposed console that reads your MIND. You can see why this flopped before it even came out, similar to Sega Vr. Again, the console was halted due to headaches, never being officially released to store shelves.
Another costly failure in the Virtual Reality field was the Apple QuickTime VR, which was just a glorified panorama program that couldn't do much but look around a large, stretched, image.
VR in the 70s, 80s, and 90s mostly flopped. They suffered from head-ache inducing displays, mediocre games, and obnoxious marketing hype. But these devices provide an interesting look back into the world of video games all those years ago.


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MLB trade rumors: Marcus Stroman is the 'best fit' for the Yankees, says former MLB exec
If comfort is in fact the enemy of progress, perhaps the Yankees should take heed of this piece of advice — and soon.
Because as much as their near double-digit-game lead in the AL East standings seems sustainable, they can't afford to ignore their need for additional starting pitching which, coincidentally, has been made abundantly clear with less than one week until baseball's firm trade deadline.
Since last Sunday, the Yankees' rotation arms have allowed a whopping 43 earned runs across 21.2 innings of work — that's a combined ERA of 17.86. According to ESPN Stats & Info, this is the first time since 2002 and just the fourth time in franchise history that the Yankees have yielded at least seven runs in six consecutive games.
And so this historically poor run through the rotation comes as Yankees general manager Brian Cashman scours the trade market posthaste, aiming to acquire an impactful and reliable starter before the clock strikes 4 p.m. next Wednesday.
The question is, who should be atop the Yankees' wish list? Giants' veteran Madison Bumgarner? Indians' righty Trevor Bauer? What about Tigers' southpaw Matthew Boyd, or Mets' flamethrower Noah Syndergaard?
According to former Mets GM and current MLB Network Radio analyst Steve Phillips, those three names should rank below a Long Island native who's pitching north of the border.
"I think that Marcus Stroman seems to be the best fit for the Yankees," Phillips recently told Bronx Pinstripes in a phone interview. "Stroman pitches in the American League East, which tells me he can pitch in the AL Central, the AL West, and anywhere in the National League… Stroman's an intriguing guy for me because he loves the big moment, he loves the attention, and he's done it in the American League East, where it's the toughest division to do it."
Stroman, who made his first All-Star Game appearance this July, has undoubtedly been a bright spot in a down season for the rebuilding Blue Jays. In 21 starts (124.2 innings), the 28-year-old right hander owns a commendable 2.96 ERA, along with a 3.52 FIP, 7.15 K/9 rate, and 56.3-percent groundball rate.
He's also under team-friendly control through the 2020 season, and will be eligible for free agency in 2021. According to Spotrac.com, Stroman's 2019 salary is marked at $7.4 million, and this upcoming winter, he will enter his final year of arbitration.
Is Stroman the hired gun one contender will be thrilled to have once October arrives? Well, that remains up for debate. He hasn't pitched in the postseason since 2016, and in six career playoff starts (30 innings), he's allowed 29 hits and 15 earned runs while walking seven and striking out 21.
Phillips doesn't view Stroman as an ace, but he does see a pitcher who would fully embrace the challenge of pitching under the bright lights, in his home state. And when considering Stroman's exchanges on social media since trade rumors surfaced a few months ago, it's difficult to argue Phillips' assessment.
"Ideally, if he were to go to a team like the Yankees, he might be their No. 3, depending on how you want to look at the potential of James Paxton, Masahiro Tanaka, and Domingo German, and guys like that," Phillips said. "But the thing about Stroman is, he is predictable and he is consistent — at least now. He's had years where he's had peaks and valleys. But once he's locked-in, he's pretty locked-in. And he's not going to be afraid of the moment.
"He's the type of pitcher that can win a lot of games with the Yankees because he'll give you six innings. If he doesn't have a great day, he might give up four runs, at worst five. But that still keeps the Yankees, with their offense, in the game. He could win a lot of games as a member of the Yankees… That would be the guy for me that I'd target."
As for Bumgarner, who will become a free agent at season's end, Phillips believes the 29-year-old should be dealt within the coming days, even though the Giants have miraculously won eight of their last 10 games and gone 19-5 since June 28.
"The Giants are not a playoff team. They've made this great run to get back to within three games of the second wild card spot. They can't sustain this run because they don't have the sort of talent to do it," Phillips said. "They've got an aging and older roster. You know, they've had a nice run — they've been hot. But they're not a good team. And their farm system is middle-of-the-road, sort of lower-middle class in prospects. This is an opportunity for them to jump-start the rebuilding process with an older, aging roster that's diminishing in performance."
Bumgarner, who's a three-time World Series champion and World Series MVP, has looked like his old dominant self this summer. In his last six starts, he's allowed just eight runs in 36 innings (2.00 ERA), while striking out 41 and walking only six.
While Bumgarner does have a handful of competitive teams — including the Yankees — on his no-trade list, Phillips suggests Bumgarner should approve of any deal presented to him, since staying in San Francisco could negatively impact his free agency.
"If they don't trade him, then when he's a free agent, the Giants will offer him the qualifying offer," Phillips said. "He'll reject it, but it will mean he has draft pick compensation attached to him. And we've seen what that has done to guys who are like him. [Dallas] Keuchel didn't sign until after the MLB Draft because of the compensation. It got in the way of his deal. And so, they're the same guy. If Bumgarner doesn't get traded, it's the worst thing for his free agency."
Phillips doesn't believe a contender would acquire the 2014 version of Bumgarner. But the lefty still pitches with an edge, plus his postseason pedigree is nothing to sneeze at.
"What you see is what you get. He always pitches with a chip on his shoulder, and a certain level of anger and competitiveness," Phillips said. "I don't think that a trade is going to take him to a whole other level. But having experienced all of those big moments is something he can draw upon, and it'd probably help the people around him, too. I don't think he's the put-the-team-on-your-back pitcher he once was, but I think he'd be a solid pitcher for a team making that playoff run."
According to Phillips, it would make little sense for the Indians to trade their current ace in Bauer, as the team has a legitimate chance to repeat as AL Central champions for a fourth consecutive year.
"I think they should absolutely hold on to him," Phillips said of Bauer, who owns a 3.49 ERA with 179 strikeouts in 152.1 innings this season. "I think they would be crazy to trade Bauer."
Another question that must be asked is, which young players and top-rated prospects have the Yankees deemed available in trade discussions? According to Pete Caldera of the Bergen Record, Cashman said on Friday that the front office has "a pretty good feel of what we'd like to do" and that in the right deal, "I wouldn't think anybody's untouchable."
Based on conversations around baseball, Deivi Garcia appears to be the most-coveted Yankees prospect. The 20-year-old right-hander has stunningly risen through the minor league ranks in 2019, and in 17 combined starts between High-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton, and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he owns a 3.38 ERA with 128 strikeouts in 82.2 innings.
"Garcia's come a little bit out of obscurity, into this high-profile role. Because of his movement through the system there, people are raving about him," Phillips said. "I think he's sort of the lead chip. If there's a Bauer deal or a Syndergaard deal or something like that, then the likelihood is that he's the guy teams are going to want to get in return."
There's also a chance that the Yankees look to move outfielder Clint Frazier, who's spent the last six weeks working on his defense at the Triple-A level. While the 24-year-old's bat meets major league standards, he's struggled considerably in the field. And on top of that, he's occasionally clashed with members of the media.
"The Yankees aren't down on Clint Frazier. They're up on Clint Frazier. But I know fans get down on him because of some of the stuff he either said or did," Phillips said. "He's a really good player, a really talented guy. But you've got to move him in the right situation, I think. With the depth they have in the outfield, with the control of the contracts between Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, and Aaron Hicks, it just seems to me that that's the depth position.
"And if they play it out another year, they may lose that window to get in return what he could bring. I don't know if his value is ever going to be higher than it is now. The control factor is big, the success factor at the major league level is good. And I just think it's time to move him. Most teams will think his defense is going to get better… In my mind, I think the Yankees like him. But I think they also realize he is that chip, as long as they get something in return that gives them some deeper level of control beyond just one year."
Regardless of who the Yankees attempt to trade for, Phillips expects the team's current rotation issues to subside. But he understands why the pressure is on Cashman and the Yankee brass to bolster their championship-caliber roster before it's too late.
"I think Cashman's done an amazing job and has put them in a really good position. Now they just need their pitchers to sort of come together and get it going a little bit," Phillips said. "I know it's tough timing because in the last five or so games, their pitching hasn't been all that great. But this is the time of year where sometimes you do have some bobbles, guys are hitting the wall a little bit heading into August. But my sense is that it will stabilize for them."
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Remote sensing prepares for liftoff
By Sam Storr/CIMMYT
Remote sensing experts, breeders, agronomists and policymakers discussed turning their research and experiences into tools to benefit farmers and increase food production while safeguarding the environment during CIMMYT's workshop "Remote Sensing: Beyond Images" from 14-15 December 2013.
The "Sky Walker" advances phenotyping in Zimbabwe. Photo: J.L. Araus, University of Barcelona/CIMMYT
The event was sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) and the Sustainable Modernization of Traditional Agriculture (MasAgro) as well as the CGIAR Research Program on Maize and the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA).
Remote sensing devices make it possible to observe the dynamics of anything from single plants up to entire landscapes and continents as they change over time by capturing radiation from across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. For example, images taken by cameras in the thermal-to-visible end of the spectrum can reveal a broad range of plant characteristics, such as biomass, water use and photosynthesis efficiency, disease spread and nutrient content. Radar or light radar (LiDAR) imaging can be used to create detailed imaging of plant physical structure from the canopy down to the roots. When mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), these sensors can rapidly survey much greater areas of land than is possible from the ground, particularly in inaccessible areas. It is hoped that such research will complement highthroughput phenotyping, opening the way for plant breeders to design larger and more efficient crop improvement experiments.
For agronomy research, remote sensing can provide new information about weather, crop performance, resource use and the improved genetic traits sought by crop breeders. It may also help global agriculture meet the challenge of achieving more with fewer resources and include more farmers in innovation. If methods can be found to share and connect this data, farmers will also benefit from greater transparency and more informed policymaking.
Opening the workshop, Thomas Lumpkin, CIMMYT director general, reminded participants of the urgency of meeting the growing demand for staple crops while overcoming crop diseases, resource scarcity and climate change-induced stresses. The advance of technologies and data processing tools allows researchers to see the potential contribution of remote sensing. "For thirty years, the remote sensing community has been on the cusp of doing something wonderful, and now we believe it can," said Stanley Wood, senior program officer for BMGF. "What excites us is the amount of energy and enthusiasm and the knowledge that their work is important." Several presentations showcased how remote sensing can be used to benefit smallholder farmers. For example, the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project is looking at using rainfall data to target its interventions for the greatest impact.
Bruno Gérard, director of CIMMYT's Conservation Agriculture Program, spoke about the challenges of CIMMYT's work in helping smallholder farmers to practice "more precise agriculture." The spread of mobile phones and information and communications technologies (ICTs) in the developing world shows the potential for CIMMYT to bring recommendations derived from remote sensing to farmers and allows them to provide their own input. The workshop ended with a panel discussion on how to develop remote sensing services that will be adopted by intended users. Participants expect the workshop and similar activities will provide the strategic direction to drive a new generation of remote sensing applications that can bring real benefits to farmers.
For more information on the program, abstracts, participants and presentations, visit the MAIZE website.
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