As part of UTV's Stand By Your Man Father's Day campaign, one survivor has described his experience of battling prostate cancer.
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The campaign is encouraging men and their loved ones to open up and talk about their health.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in Northern Ireland. Around 600 men are diagnosed each year and 75% survive the disease.
Patrick Taggart was 45 years old when he first noticed the warning signs.
He was going to the toilet more frequently and it was keeping him up at night.
"I knew something was wrong, at that stage I had a few things wrong with my physically. I had a sore knee, a sore back, so I collected up several ailments and I thought 'now is the time to go to the doctor'," he told UTV.
He said blood tests revealed high levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) which indicated a potential problem with his prostate but later biopsy results came back negative.
"I assumed I didn't have cancer but over the years my PSA continued to rise and I had a total of three biopsies came back negative," Patrick explained.
"In the spring of 2009, the urologist performed a different kind of biopsy, taking tissue from the centre of the prostate.
"When he did that he found the tumour. Even though I knew there was something wrong with my prostate and that I might have prostate cancer, when I was actually told the news it came as quite a shock."
Patrick's tumour was described as aggressive but hadn't spread.
He was given two choices of treatment, hormonal therapy followed by radiotherapy or surgery.
"In the end I opted for surgery, I had the surgery in May 2009," Patrick said.
The operation went well but in 2010 his PSA levels started to climb, and he found his cancer had come back.
Patrick then underwent radiotherapy for six weeks.
"That was in early 2011 and I'm still free of cancer as far as we know."
Patrick has stressed that men should not be embarrassed and that it was important to get checked out.
"If you are having symptoms such as difficulty peeing, having to pee often, difficulty getting the flow started- definitely go to your doctor because prostate cancer is one of those cancers that can be managed successfully in the majority of cases.
"It's not something to be scared of and it will be of no benefit just to pretend it's not happening."
Owen Sharp, Prostate Cancer UK's CEO said: "Everyone with a father, husband, partner, brother, son or best mate has a vested interest in this cause. The breast cancer movement is an inspiration to us.
"We need the same sense of momentum, inspiration and galvanising spirit to fight prostate cancer and help more men to survive the disease and enjoy higher quality of life.
"Involving the nation through UTV's Stand By Your Man campaign could help potentially save many lives because prostate cancer can be successfully treated if detected early enough."
Apple launched a new corporate image campaign last night, a change of gear from the onslaught of product-specific ads it has relied on in recent years.
The tagline for the campaign is "Designed by Apple in California," and it is intended to reassure consumers that if they want beautiful products that work, Apple is it.
But Bloomberg's Peter Burrows just published a brutal analysis of the company's advertising under Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of marketing.
Apple spends $1 billion a year on advertising, Bloomberg reports, but the company's ad agency, TBWA/Media Arts Lab can't get "clarity" about what Schiller wants. He shoots down their ideas, and spends millions of dollars on ads that never see the light of day.
In part this is not Apple, or Schiller's fault. The company has entered a period in which consumers openly question its dominance. Apple's products no longer sell themselves. Samsung and HTC both produce beautiful, capable phones that make Apple's iPhones look pedestrian.
Apple has lost its "groove," Bloomberg says. One example: It ran, and then swiftly cancelled, an ad campaign about Apple's genius Bar employees during the 2012 Olympics.
But it is this section of the story, which describes the inefficient way that Apple creates new ads, that ought to shock observers. Apple is still creating and canceling new ads after they have been made ? a shocking level of waste that wouldn't be tolerated at a corporation that wasn't awash with $144 billion of cash on its balance sheet:
For years, Media Arts Lab executives, including James Vincent, traveled to Cupertino from Los Angeles most Wednesdays to discuss ideas and get [founder Steve] Jobs?s feedback, people said.
Since his death, the meetings are run by Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of marketing, which has meant less clarity about what the company wants its ads to say, people familiar with Apple?s advertising said.
Once Jobs had made a decision, no one at Media Arts Lab argued for long. Now, its creative staff becomes frustrated more often when Schiller shoots down ideas, they said.
... Media Arts Lab, created in 2006, goes to extraordinary lengths to keep its demanding customer happy. Apple spends millions of dollars on ads that don?t even run, people familiar with the matter said. Jobs said he couldn?t judge promising ideas based on sketches on poster-like storyboards, they said, so he had Media Arts Lab produce almost-ready TV ads, complete with music and celebrity voice-overs. That continues under Schiller, these people said.
Contact: EULAR Press Office eularpressoffice@cohnwolfe.com 44-020-733-15364 European League Against Rheumatism
Professors Barry Bresnihan and Jean-Michel Dayer receive Meritorious Service Award
EULAR today announced the recipients of the 13th annual Meritorious Service Award at the opening of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Congress. The award recognises a lifetime of achievement for Professors Barry Bresnihan, Ireland, and Jean-Michel Dayer, Switzerland, for their services to rheumatology, and was bestowed upon Professor Bresnihan posthumously.
Professor Maxime Dougados, President of EULAR said, "since its inception in 2000, the Meritorious Service Award has been given to rheumatologists that have been judged by the EULAR Executive Committee to have served rheumatology in an outstanding way. Over the years Professors Bresnihan and Dayer have demonstrated unwavering dedication to advancing the management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, and conducted pivotal research that has substantially improved the lives of patients."
Professor Barry Bresnihan, Ireland
Professor Bresnihan's primary clinical research interest was systemic lupus erythematosus, with a particular focus on anti-neuronal antibodies and their effect on the nervous system.
However, he dedicated his life to the immunopathology of rheumatoid arthritis through studies of the synovial membrane, the key organ involved in the disease.
During a 30 year tenure at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Professor Bresnihan developed the Rheumatology Unit into the foremost academic unit in the field in Ireland, and one of the most notable in Europe. A prolific researcher, Professor Bresnihan authored more than 200 original publications, as well as writing editorials, reviews, chapters and books.
In addition to his academic and professional achievements, Professor Bresnihan founded The Arthritis Foundation in 1980. In his capacity as Chairman, Professor Bresnihan re-energised and rebranded the organisation, an undertaking that led to the formation of Arthritis Ireland and the first fully endowed Chairs of rheumatology in the Republic of Ireland.
Prior to a remarkable career in rheumatology, Professor Bresnihan was proud to represent his country as part of the British and Irish Lions Rugby team in 1968. An impressive international rugby player, Professor Bresnihan won 25 caps with Ireland, and was twice selected for the British Lions, touring South Africa and New Zealand with the team.
Professor Jean-Michel Dayer, Switzerland
Professor Dayer, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Centre Mdical Universitaire, pioneered the field of pro- and inflammatory cytokines in chronic inflammatory disease, and was among the first to establish a link between the immune system, cytokines and matrix degradation. As well as describing the role of acute proteins, such as apolipoprotein-A1, in cell-cell interaction and cytokine regulation, Professor Dayer identified factors IL-1 and TNF therapeutic targets of immense significance for the management of rheumatic disease.
The biological relevance of biomarkers has been investigated by Professor Dayer in numerous clinical studies, and supported by the publication of almost 300 original papers, as well as books and review articles.
A Master of the American College of Rheumatology a distinction awarded to physicians for outstanding contributions to the field of rheumatology through scholarly achievement and/or service to their patients, students and the profession Professor Dayer has served on numerous journal editorial boards and scientific committees, and has been the President of the European Cytokine Society, the International Cytokine Society and the Swiss Society of Allergy and Immunology.
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
For further information on this award, or to request an interview with Professor Dayer, please do not hesitate to contact the EULAR congress Press Office in room A10:14 of the Congress Centre during EULAR 2013 or on:
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) is an umbrella organisation which represents scientific societies, health professional associations and organisations of people with rheumatic diseases throughout Europe
In line with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), EULAR defines rheumatology as including rheumatic diseases of the connective tissue, locomotor and musculoskeletal systems.
EULAR aims to promote, stimulate and support the research, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of rheumatic diseases
With 45 scientific member societies, 36 People with Arthritis and Rheumatism in Europe (PARE) organisations and 11 health professionals associations, EULAR underscores the importance of combating rheumatic diseases not only through medical means, but also through patient care.
EULAR 2013 is set to be the biggest rheumatology event in Europe with over 14,000 scientists, physicians, allied health professionals and related audiences in attendance from more than 110 countries. Over the course of the congress there will be more than 320 oral and 1,800 poster abstract presentations, and 750 lectures with 330 invited speakers
To find out more about the activities of EULAR, visit: http://www.eular.org
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Contact: EULAR Press Office eularpressoffice@cohnwolfe.com 44-020-733-15364 European League Against Rheumatism
Professors Barry Bresnihan and Jean-Michel Dayer receive Meritorious Service Award
EULAR today announced the recipients of the 13th annual Meritorious Service Award at the opening of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Congress. The award recognises a lifetime of achievement for Professors Barry Bresnihan, Ireland, and Jean-Michel Dayer, Switzerland, for their services to rheumatology, and was bestowed upon Professor Bresnihan posthumously.
Professor Maxime Dougados, President of EULAR said, "since its inception in 2000, the Meritorious Service Award has been given to rheumatologists that have been judged by the EULAR Executive Committee to have served rheumatology in an outstanding way. Over the years Professors Bresnihan and Dayer have demonstrated unwavering dedication to advancing the management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, and conducted pivotal research that has substantially improved the lives of patients."
Professor Barry Bresnihan, Ireland
Professor Bresnihan's primary clinical research interest was systemic lupus erythematosus, with a particular focus on anti-neuronal antibodies and their effect on the nervous system.
However, he dedicated his life to the immunopathology of rheumatoid arthritis through studies of the synovial membrane, the key organ involved in the disease.
During a 30 year tenure at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Professor Bresnihan developed the Rheumatology Unit into the foremost academic unit in the field in Ireland, and one of the most notable in Europe. A prolific researcher, Professor Bresnihan authored more than 200 original publications, as well as writing editorials, reviews, chapters and books.
In addition to his academic and professional achievements, Professor Bresnihan founded The Arthritis Foundation in 1980. In his capacity as Chairman, Professor Bresnihan re-energised and rebranded the organisation, an undertaking that led to the formation of Arthritis Ireland and the first fully endowed Chairs of rheumatology in the Republic of Ireland.
Prior to a remarkable career in rheumatology, Professor Bresnihan was proud to represent his country as part of the British and Irish Lions Rugby team in 1968. An impressive international rugby player, Professor Bresnihan won 25 caps with Ireland, and was twice selected for the British Lions, touring South Africa and New Zealand with the team.
Professor Jean-Michel Dayer, Switzerland
Professor Dayer, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Centre Mdical Universitaire, pioneered the field of pro- and inflammatory cytokines in chronic inflammatory disease, and was among the first to establish a link between the immune system, cytokines and matrix degradation. As well as describing the role of acute proteins, such as apolipoprotein-A1, in cell-cell interaction and cytokine regulation, Professor Dayer identified factors IL-1 and TNF therapeutic targets of immense significance for the management of rheumatic disease.
The biological relevance of biomarkers has been investigated by Professor Dayer in numerous clinical studies, and supported by the publication of almost 300 original papers, as well as books and review articles.
A Master of the American College of Rheumatology a distinction awarded to physicians for outstanding contributions to the field of rheumatology through scholarly achievement and/or service to their patients, students and the profession Professor Dayer has served on numerous journal editorial boards and scientific committees, and has been the President of the European Cytokine Society, the International Cytokine Society and the Swiss Society of Allergy and Immunology.
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
For further information on this award, or to request an interview with Professor Dayer, please do not hesitate to contact the EULAR congress Press Office in room A10:14 of the Congress Centre during EULAR 2013 or on:
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) is an umbrella organisation which represents scientific societies, health professional associations and organisations of people with rheumatic diseases throughout Europe
In line with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), EULAR defines rheumatology as including rheumatic diseases of the connective tissue, locomotor and musculoskeletal systems.
EULAR aims to promote, stimulate and support the research, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of rheumatic diseases
With 45 scientific member societies, 36 People with Arthritis and Rheumatism in Europe (PARE) organisations and 11 health professionals associations, EULAR underscores the importance of combating rheumatic diseases not only through medical means, but also through patient care.
EULAR 2013 is set to be the biggest rheumatology event in Europe with over 14,000 scientists, physicians, allied health professionals and related audiences in attendance from more than 110 countries. Over the course of the congress there will be more than 320 oral and 1,800 poster abstract presentations, and 750 lectures with 330 invited speakers
To find out more about the activities of EULAR, visit: http://www.eular.org
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LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar jumped higher against the yen and Japanese stocks led a rise in world shares on Monday as signs of economic momentum in the United States and Japan outweighed worries about a slowdown in China. A central bank forecast that the French economy will grow slightly in the second quarter and a pickup in euro zone investor sentiment for June also added to the positive outlook.
Bidder for UK's Severn Trent threatens to walk away
LONDON (Reuters) - The Canadian-led consortium trying to buy Britain's Severn Trent threatened to walk away after its third approach was rejected, prompting two of the water utility's major shareholders to urge a return to talks. Shares in the British company dropped almost 6 percent on Monday after it rejected the consortium's proposed $8.2 billion offer, ahead of a deadline on Tuesday for a firm bid.
U.S., Japan leading recovery in major economies: OECD
PARIS (Reuters) - The major developed economies are gradually gaining momentum led by faster growth in Japan and the United States, the OECD said on Monday. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said its latest monthly leading indicator as a whole rose to 100.6 in April from 100.5 in March.
Obama to name Furman as chief economist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate longtime adviser Jason Furman to be his new chief White House economist, an administration official said. Furman, who will replace economist Alan Krueger as chair of the White House's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and has advised Obama since his 2008 election campaign.
ECB policy has to prevent second crisis: Nowotny
VIENNA (Reuters) - The European Central Bank needs to conduct policy in a way that ensures that the euro zone does not fall back into crisis, ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said on Monday. "An overall assessment shows that it is more important here to further the expansion and thus avoid falling into a second great crisis," he told reporters when asked about the risks of keeping interest rates low for a long time.
Doughty Hanson sells Vue Entertainment for $1.5 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investment groups for 935 million pounds ($1.45 billion), more than double its initial investment. The sale, to OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management Corporation, is expected to close by late July, Doughty Hanson said on Monday.
Elan rejects fresh Royalty bid, assessing other interest
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish drug firm Elan Corp Plc as expected rejected an increased offer from Royalty Pharma and on Monday said it was assessing enquiries from other interested parties. U.S. investment firm Royalty raised its hostile bid to a potential $8 billion on Friday, the third increase in five months, after Elan shareholders held off tendering their shares in hopes of a bigger payday.
Google close to buying Israeli mapping start-up Waze: report
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Google is close to buying Waze for $1.3 billion, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday, potentially trumping rival offers for the Israeli mapping start-up. The report on the website of financial newspaper Globes did not cite sources or provide further details.
China's economy stumbles in May, growth may fall in second quarter
BEIJING (Reuters) - Risks are rising that China's economic growth will fall further in the second quarter and that full-year forecasts will be cut further, after weekend data showed weakness in May exports and domestic activity struggling to pick up. Evidence has mounted in recent weeks that China's economic growth is fast losing momentum, but Premier Li Keqiang tried to strike a reassuring note, saying the economy was generally stable and that growth was within a "relatively high and reasonable range".
Japan current account surplus doubles as income gains, exports rise
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's current account surplus doubled in April from a year earlier, and bank lending posted its biggest annual rise in over three years, in a fresh sign the government's aggressive policies to stimulate growth are paying early dividends. Separate data showed the world's third-biggest economy grew 1.0 percent in the first quarter, revised up slightly from a preliminary estimate, underscoring a steady recovery driven by a pickup in global growth and sweeping stimulus policies by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) ? The mother of a gunman who fatally shot five people in Santa Monica once said the shooter's father had threatened to kill her at least twice during years of turmoil in the family, according to court records obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
"'If I had a gun it would be over,'" Randa Abdou quoted her husband in a 1998 document seeking a temporary restraining order.
The mother of John Zawahri also said her husband had threatened to take their two young sons to Canada after the couple separated, and that he once punched her and stole her jewelry, purse, and unfiled divorce papers.
Authorities said the gunman, John Zawahri, 23, shot his 55-year-old father, Samir Zawahri, and his 25-year-old brother, Christopher Zawahri, on Friday, leaving their home in flames before shooting at strangers in cars and on the Santa Monica College campus during a 15-minute rampage.
The former student at the school was heavily armed and carried a duffel bag with 1,300 rounds of ammunition when officers killed him in the campus library.
Randa Abdou cut short a visit with family in Lebanon to return to Los Angeles on Sunday and had spoken with investigators who hoped she could provide clues to what sparked the violence.
Neighbor Beverly Meadows said she spoke with Abdou on the phone on Monday and was told Abdou was in mourning and concerned about those who were hurt.
"She is very, very fragile right now, and at this point in time, everybody else is gone," Meadows said.
Abdou has not spoken to the media.
"Please respect the fact that this woman is devastated," Meadows said. "She is absolutely overwhelmed and she doesn't know how to process it. She sounds like she's done nothing but cry. ... She still feels like maybe she should have done something."
Santa Monica College reopened on Monday for final exams and for students to recover backpacks, cars and other items left behind when they fled the violence. Extra security and counselors were on hand but the library ? where Zawahri was shot by police ? remained closed.
Zawahri enrolled at Santa Monica College in winter 2009 and last attended in fall 2010, sporadically taking classes in the entertainment technology program, which involves game design, animation and computer skills for digital media, the college said.
A statement said the college had no disciplinary issues with Zawahri.
Zawahri killed his father and brother at a home near the campus then opened fire on strangers as he made his way to the college, where police fatally shot him in the library.
Investigators were still trying to determine what prompted the attack and if it might have involved some type of mental illness.
Zawahri's parents married in 1985, and his father brought his family to the neighborhood of small homes and apartment buildings tucked up against Interstate 10 in the mid-1990s, according to property records.
When Zawahri was 9, his now-separated mother sought the restraining order.
In the 1998 document, Abdou said she left Lebanon and joined her husband in the U.S. five years after their wedding, and the couple "have had marital troubles ever since."
Her estranged husband had been "verbally abusive and controlling," she stated, adding that she was afraid he might do something "drastic because he seems to become increasingly angry and frustrated over our separation."
Abdou said her husband has "followed me, struck me, taken the children without telling me, and entered my apartment without my permission and removed photographs."
He once came to the apartment and told her that he was going to take the children to Canada, she said.
"The defendant said that he would do anything to make my life miserable and that he could kill me and no restraining order can stop him," she said.
Her husband waited for her at work once, and when she pulled up in a car with a friend, he struck her in the arm, pulled her hair, took gold bracelets, her purse and unfiled divorce papers, she said.
She was afraid to press charges, she added, because he scared her and she didn't want to enrage him further. "The defendant has told me that life means nothing to him if we are not together," she said.
Abdou asked the court to order the return of her property, including her green card, and to grant her custody of the couple's two sons pending a court hearing.
However, her request for a restraining order was dismissed when she missed the hearing.
She wrote that she was afraid to notify him of the restraining order, saying "I do not know how he would react to the notice."
Court records indicated that Samir Zawahri filed for divorce in 1993, but it was never finalized.
Five years later, when Abdou filed court papers for the restraining order, she noted that no divorce was pending, but she indicated that she had been in the process of filling out divorce papers. It's unclear if the couple ever divorced.
Public records show that Abdou had sold her portion of the family home to Samir Zawahri in 2002. The sale was finalized the following year.
Thomas O'Rourke, a neighbor of Samir Zawahri, said the couple did divorce, with one son living with each parent.
A candlelight vigil for victims was planned Monday evening outside the library.
Earlier, campus police Chief Albert Vasquez identified a woman fatally shot outside the library as Margarita Gomez, 68, of Santa Monica, a non-student who was known for collecting recyclables at the site.
Kelly Williams, 19, said she was nervous about coming to campus to take a psychology final but felt better once she saw a police car parked outside.
"It's kind of scary because it just happened and you don't know if it will happen again," she said.
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Associated Press writers Anthony McCartney and Robert Jablon contributed to this story.
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George Zimmerman, accused in the Trayvon Martin shooting, in Seminole Circuit Court during his pretrial hearing??
Lawyers on both sides of the George Zimmerman trial today will begin what is expected to be a weekslong process of selecting a 12-member jury in the incendiary case in Sanford, Florida.
Zimmerman's attorneys declined to ask for a change of venue in the case, suggesting they are confident they can find impartial jurors in the area despite the wall-to-wall media coverage that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's killing attracted last year.
Zimmerman, out on $1 million bond and in hiding for much of the past year, is charged with second-degree murder for killing the unarmed teen in a confrontation in his gated community, where Zimmerman acted as a volunteer watchman.
Prosecutors argue that Zimmerman racially profiled, followed and then shot Martin. Zimmerman's lawyers counter that their client was attacked by Martin and that he acted in self-defense.
Defense lawyer Jose Baez, who represented Casey Anthony in her high-profile trial in Orlando in 2011, said jury selection in this trial will be especially complicated because of the case's racial overtones. (Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic; Martin was black.)
Martin's family hinted at the potential complications in a statement released Monday morning.
"Trayvon's life was taken unnecessarily and tragically, but we call upon the community to be peaceful. We have placed our faith in the justice system and ask that the community do the same," the family wrote.
Generally, defense lawyers would be more likely than prosecutors to want to select minorities for a jury, since, on average, African-American and Hispanic people express more skepticism of law enforcement than white people, according to Baez. But in this case, Zimmerman's defense lawyers will want to pack the jury with white "gun-toting Republicans" who would be amenable to their argument that their client shot and killed the unarmed Martin in self-defense, Baez said.
These jurors might also be more convinced by the argument that local police made the right decision not to arrest or charge Zimmerman in the shooting initially.
"It's a very unique case in that respect, where the general rules that a lot of lawyers use are just going be absolutely flipped upside down," Baez said. "Because it is such a racially charged case, I think that the clear line is going to be drawn here between African-American jurors and Caucasian and Hispanic jurors."
But the defense team will have to be very careful in its quest to find conservative jurors more amenable to the self-defense argument. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson, who is presiding over the televised trial in the Seminole County Courthouse, will most likely be vigilant to make sure neither side is excluding jurors based on their race, which is illegal under a 1985 Supreme Court decision.
"I think this judge is fully aware of the racial tensions involved and is going to be on high alert," Baez said. If the defense team moves to dismiss an African-American juror during the peremptory strike phase of jury selection, for example, the judge could challenge it to provide a reason for the move. If the team can't come up with a good reason (for example, that the juror attended a rally in support of Trayvon Martin), the judge will assume the attorneys wanted to dismiss the juror for racial reasons and override their preference.
Nelson has ruled that the pool of 500 potential jurors will be kept anonymous during the selection process. It's possible she could order them sequestered during the trial, which is what happened to the jurors in the Anthony case. Nelson rejected the defense's request to sequester them during jury selection.
The pool will shrink rapidly as jurors can make the case that sitting on a jury for weeks would be a hardship. After that process winnows down the lot, the attorneys will go through and disqualify anyone with a personal connection to the case. Both sides will be on the lookout for jurors who have stated their support for either Zimmerman or Martin on social media sites, or been involved in activism around the case. The attorneys may also have potential jurors fill out questionnaires gauging their beliefs about gun control, law enforcement, race and other issues.
"We're not scanning every object in the collection," Adam Metallo tells me, offering up the information almost as soon as we set foot in the Smithsonian's Digitization office. It's an important piece of information he wants to make sure I have, right off the bat. It seems that, when the story of the department's 3D-scanning plans first hit the wire, a number of organizations blew the scope of the project out of proportion a bit. And while the team's project is certainly ambitious, it's not, you know, crazy. It's the work of a three-person team, still in its nascent stages, attempting to prove the value of new technologies to a 167-year-old museum affectionately known as "the nation's attic."
In the fall of 2011, Metallo and fellow Smithsonian 3D scanner Vince Rossi (a duo the institute has lovingly deemed its "laser cowboys") unpacked their equipment in Chile's Atacama Desert. "They were widening the Pan-American Highway, and in doing so, they uncovered about 40 complete whale specimens," Rossi explains. "But it might take decades for them to remove the fossils from the rock, so we were able to capture this snapshot of what that looked like in 3D." The tool of choice for the expedition was a laser arm scanner, which utilizes a process the duo compares to painting an object, moving back and forth across its surface as the device records the relative position of its axes.
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