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Get pampered with thousands of warm air bubbles in our exclusive EverClean Air Bath System. The EverClean Air Bath is the only air massage system with an antimicrobial additive molded directly into the air circulation components to inhibit the growth of mold and mildew in the pipes. Combined with a variable speed blower, perfectly smooth air jets surrounding the tub, built-in heater, and optional chromatherapy, the EverClean Air Bath System offers the ultimate relaxation experience.
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Penn State notebook: RB Akeel Lynch not lost in shuffle
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Since his team-leading 123-yard rushing performance against Kent State on Sept. 21, Akeel Lynch has been largely invisible from the Penn State offense.
Based on what coach Bill O'Brien had to say Tuesday, don't read too much into that.
"He's a great kid and a great teammate," O'Brien said during the Big Ten coaches conference call. "In the last game, we had an idea we were going to rotate three backs, and then when (Bill Belton) was in there, we felt Billy was really doing things well, so we really didn't want to take Billy out.
"It's not a reflection on Akeel Lynch. We think the world of Akeel Lynch, and we'll continue to work him into the lineup."
Lynch, a redshirt freshman, has 270 yards on 35 carries (7.7 average) and more than 100 yards during each of the games in which he had more than five carries.
However, it should be noted that those games were against Mid-American Conference bottom-feeders Kent State and Eastern Michigan.
Zach Zwinak (393 yards, 4.3 average, eight touchdowns) and Belton (387 yards, 5.3, three) also have led the Nittany Lions in rushing during a game this season. If O'Brien continues to share carries like he has, Penn State's streak of eight consecutive seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher is in jeopardy.
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The Lions' second and final idle week of the season happens to follow a game that was the longest in Big Ten history, a 43-40, four-overtime win over Michigan. That meant Monday's practice was merely a scrimmage involving just younger players.
"A four-overtime game is a long football game," O'Brien said, "so the biggest goal for us this week is to get healthy."
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Ohio State running back Jordan Hall returned to practice Monday after missing the previous game because of a knee injury. Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said the Jeannatte alum will play primarily on special teams and as a complement to Carlos Hyde, who has passed Hall on the depth chart.
Hall, a fifth-year senior, averaged 21.3 carries in Ohio State's first three games this season. Will he see that kind of workload again?
"I hope so," Meyer said. "It's my understanding the road to recovery is pretty good."
Penn State's next game is Oct. 26 at Ohio State, an 8 p.m. kickoff that will be televised on ABC.
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The Michigan-Penn State game this past Saturday drew a 2.6 television rating on ESPN. That compares to 2.2 for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on TBS that same day. ... Penn State is second in the Big Ten in fourth-down conversions (10) and is the only conference team yet to allow an opponent a successful fourth-down. ... O'Brien denied that those who attended his weekly radio show at a State College restaurant last week were banned from asking questions about the previous game, a loss to Indiana.
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In the first of three heats in the men's 1,500, UO senior Galen Rupp easily advanced to Saturday's final with a second-place finish in his heat at 3:45.93.
California's Michael Coe led wire-to-wire, hitting the tape at 3:44.35. Rupp tucked in behind Coe for the final three laps and those two had a 50-meter lead on the rest of the pack before easing up at the end.
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On November 26 2001, the Northern Alliance, backed by US airpower captured the city of Kunduz from the Taliban. The mainstream press gloated at the fall of the last Taliban stronghold in Northern Afghanistan. But, soon reports came in of possible widespread killing of prisoners who surrendered when the city fell. In December, the UK Guardian reported that following the capture of Kunduz, "dozens of Taliban prisoners died after surrendering to Northern Alliance forces, asphyxiated in the shipping containers used to transport them to prison". In 2001 the ICRC found a mass grave near Mazar-e-Sharif containing over 600 bodies thought to be of prisoners from Konduz. The UN briefly attempted to investigate reports of mass graves, but in August 2002 the U.N. special representative in Afghanistan stated that "the weakness of the Afghan government and the risk to investigators or witnesses make it almost impossible to investigate reports that there are mass graves in northern Afghanistan." In November 2002, the UN found evidence that General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a leading Afghan warlord and strong US ally, "tortured witnesses to stop them from testifying against him in a war crimes inquiry" surrounding the mass graves. Scottish filmmaker Jamie Doran released a movie in late 2002 titled "Massacre at Mazar" offering eyewitness testimony and footage of the US backed war crimes in Afghanistan.


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Hundreds of environmental activists walked out of the U.N. climate change summit in Warsaw, Poland, today over the absence of a binding agreement on curbing global warming. The move comes less than 36 hours after a group of 133 developing nations walked out of a key negotiating meeting amidst a conflict over how countries who have historically emitted the most greenhouse gases should be held financially responsible for some of the damage caused by extreme weather. "Our message to our political leaders is that nature does not negotiate," says Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo. "You can't change the science — we have to change political will."
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The grenades were discovered at Global Arms in the 4500 block of San Fernando Road, Los Angeles police said.
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sorry to say, but its not current. its extremely high voltage that is being grounded out. it is thousands of volts that can make anything conduct, amps is only the amount of current flowing, not the charge. but it would probably have some decent current through it maybe.
"Lightning heats nearby air to about 10,000 °C (18,000 °F) nearly instantly, which is almost twice the temperature of the Sun's surface. The heating creates a shock wave that is heard as thunder."
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What have we learnt?"that youre not even good at exaggeration. 30:1? so if you have a camera youre thirty times more likely to get stuck by lightning than to NOT get struck? or do you mean, for every normal video, there are 30 that fake lightning strikes?either way, thats definitely a little extreme
but congrats to that crew for standing where lightning just struck for a couple minutes to talk about it
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Fans who pre-order the Rolling Stones' latest best-of, "Grrr! Greatest Hits," on iTunes will get an immediate download of "Doom and Gloom," the group's first new song in seven years. That track, along with a second new song, "One More Shot," will anchor "Grrr!," which comes out Nov. 18 via ABKCO/Interscope/UMe. The rest of the set features familiar fare like "Start Me Up," "Tumbling Dice" and "Gimme Shelter." …
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ALBANY — A California businessman warned federal regulators and New York law enforcement officials six years ago about possible fraud at an Albany brokerage whose co-founders were indicted last month in the region's largest financial fraud case.
The fraud allegations were filed by Paul Zindell, a San Diego businessman whose complaints were among numerous others filed by distraught investors against McGinn, Smith & Co. in the years before its collapse.
The brokerage's co-founders, Timothy M. McGinn and David L. Smith, were indicted Jan. 26 by a federal grand jury in Albany. Each face 27 felony counts including securities fraud, wire and mail fraud, conspiracy and filing false tax returns. They are also accused of securities fraud in a related civil complaint filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2010, roughly four years after the SEC had received Zindell's complaint.
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Records show Zindell lost $250,000 that he'd used in 2000 to purchase common and preferred stock accounts for a financial services business, First Integrated Capital Corp. Zindell was unable to get information from McGinn regarding the status of his investments and in 2006 he filed written complaints alleging fraud with the SEC, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, and the Albany County district attorney's office.
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I read the Harry Markopolos book (horribly written, worth plowing through for the factual background) on his efforts to focus the attention of the SEC on Madoff. Probably the same factors here – compartmentalization of the SEC authority in competing jurisdictions, lack of sophisticated staff, etc. Note that the US attorney stated in the press release announcing the criminal indictments in late January that the investigation was continuing. Stuff like this makes me think that the criminal prosecution may reach back to points in the 2001-2003 era.
gee it only took 6 more years for them to listen and investigage gotta love new york.
wasn't the Alby Cty district attnys office also contacted? Whatever happened to that inquiry?
Not just NYS, let's ask the feds what took so long. Our tax dollars at work. Regulation? What's that?
RE: "I read the Harry Markopolos book (horribly written…" — comment by Al Salzwedel. Maybe Markopolos' prose doesn't measure up to pulp fiction aficionado standards, but his book is a well-written, and well-documented chronicle of a complete failure of the SEC. And, it has not gotten any better since the Madoff affair. Evidence of that fact is that the former head of FINRA ("a corrupt organization") is now the head of the SEC ("an incompetent organization") — one Mary Shapiro.
To each his own on style, even in true crime writing, and especially in the financial fraud area. I thought that it was clear that Markopolos was an annoying and eccentric individual, and while he was correct and had to the goods on Madoff, his problem with the SEC (in addition to their incompetence and sclerotic bureaucracy) was in part due to the horrendous first impression he created. "No One Would Listen" in part because the people who came into contact with him immediately classified him as an annoyance, a crank, and didn't listen long enough to appreciate he was onto something. That may be understandable, but it is unforgivable when you are charged with the serious responsibility assigned to the SEC.
That said, pounding the SEC (or FINRA) for being a day late is not going to work for McGinn and Smith in the criminal trial.
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Oh, now I understand. The SEC is, at least partially, excused and exonerated because Markopolos was "classified as an annoyance, a crank." I must be classified similarly, because when I speak with the all-knowing officials in the bureaucratic apparatuses, I usually sense that I am getting that sort of treatment. Certainly, those officials typically can't imagine that an ordinary citizen would ever have anything worthwhile to offer. I've come to understand that even when they are wrong, they are right.
I watched Markopolos' entire Congressional testimony. He impressed me as being highly credible, articulate, rational, thoughtful, solidly well-informed, honest and uncowed. These traits are typically unappealing to the craven bunch before which Markopolos was testifying; and to the bureaucratic operators in the SEC– who were likely more concerned about where they would take lunch, than they were interested in listening to, as you say, "the crank."
What part of the following didn't you understanding?
That may be understandable, but it is unforgivable when you are charged with the serious responsibility assigned to the SEC.
I'm trying to say that the SEC had the obligation to dig deeper and not make some superficial classification based on his eccentric presentation (to the SEC, in multiple visits, before the scandal blew publicly).
The congressional testimony, I agree, was impressive. But that testimony is made after the fact of the exposure of Madoff, and he had time to prepare and was probably giving some instruction on how to polish, temper and focus his presentation in that arena.
The Madoff oversight criticisms are valid indictments of the way the SEC was operating. I just don't think that the way the alleged McGinn Smith crimes were perpetrated that you get much from winning the point "the SEC could be much better than it is/was". If that is part of their defense – it is pounding the table. and that's not going to work.


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The Wrong Recipe for Fixing School Lunches
December 06, 2010
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Barbecued chicken patty
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Locally grown carrots
1 percent milk
Sliced apples
Fried chicken patty
White roll
Canned green beans
Whole milk
Package of snack cakes (from vending machine)
So reports the New York Times, with information from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a good news story given the passage of the child nutrition bill in the House of Representatives last week.
And who wouldnt agree that school lunches today are something of an embarrassment and in need of an update? (For an unusual take on the problem, one Chicago teacher is eating school lunches for a year and blogging anonymously on her meals, complete with pictures.)
Add in the fact that millions of kids meals are federally sponsored with the school lunch program meaning that the unhealthy food served often receives a double subsidy (to agribusiness and then to schools). In other words, taxpayers are paying and paying again to bring up a new generation of diabetics.
And so, with the passage of the bill authorizing the school lunch program last week through the House (and passage before it in the Senate back in August), many are breathing a collective, nonpartisan sigh of relief. Better food is on the way.
Its an important cause. But is the new legislation a meaningful and lasting step in that direction?
Start with the fact that there were nutritional standards in the first place. Set 30 years ago, todays schools are actually governed by strict regulations.
Yes, thats right there really are strict regulations in place. And, from a distance, they seem reasonable enough, banning the sale of "foods of minimal nutritional value."
Notice that sodas, candy bars, salty snacks, pizza and French fries are all meeting that minimal-nutrition standard.
The Carter Administration set the standards to ensure that foods sold in schools had at least 5% of an essential nutrient, like protein or calcium. What about fat or sodium or high calories? Current standards do nothing to limit them. And, of course, there are loopholes. The end result? A donut can be sold in your daughters high school cafeteria, but not a lollipop. Breath-mint? No. But cookies are okay.
In fact, the legislation enabling the school lunch program is renewed by Congress every five years, meaning that there is ongoing Congressional oversight.
Liberal groups emphasize that this process has been heavily influenced by lobbyists fighting for the billions of dollars at stake in the setting of nutritional standards. (Check out this clever video). But then, ironically, they collectively champion a dubious idea: heavier regulations from Washington.
And the child nutrition bill is a heavy hand if there ever was one.
Not only will the Agriculture Department be empowered to strengthen and update regulations around school lunches, it will have oversight over much of everything food related in schools. Even bake sales.
"Dont touch my brownies!" begins an AP story on the subject. The article is unbiased and, despite the fun opening, it does note that bake sales are only subject to regulations if they are frequent.
Still, there is something absurd about the Agriculture Department weighing in on fundraising and brownies. Or school lunch programs, for that matter. This is a case of the fox watching the hen house � the people busy subsidizing corn production and talking up the consumption of cheese, will now be charged with better regulating the school lunch programs theyve been negligently regulating for 3 decades.
Whats a better approach? Several states have released voluntary, common-sense guidelines for school lunches, and then published the names of schools that have signed on and not signed on. That approach empowers parents and that makes more long-term sense than the Washington-empowerment seen in the child nutrition bill.
Washington regulations and oversight, after all, seem to offer much in way of lobbying, rules, and red tape, and little in way of true accountability. The better approach is to steal a line from the organic crowd to go local.
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Women in the Netherlands who are deemed by the state to be unfit mothers should be sentenced to take contraception for a prescribed period of two years, according to a draft bill before the Dutch parliament.
The proposed legislation would further punish parents who defied it by taking away their newborn infant. "It targets people who have been the subject of judicial intervention because of their bad parenting," explained the author of the bill Marjo Van Dijken of the socialist PvDA. "If someone refuses the contraception and becomes pregnant, the child must be taken away directly after birth."
When I see how some parents treat their children and come across adults who wish they'd never been born because of the abuse they endured as kids, I get some idea of where Van Dijken is coming from, but her proposed solution strikes me as far too draconian.
In fact, I have serious misgivings about the implications of this proposed law, and it raises a torrent of questions in my mind. Is it really the state's role to protect the unborn and does it have the right to control people's bodies in such a way and to deprive them of the basic right to procreate? Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence? Just because a parent was bad with one child, does it mean (s)he will repeat the offence?
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The EPA is requesting comment on a preliminary evaluation of the potential risks to children and other bystanders from volatilization of chlorpyrifos from treated crops. While there are uncertainties associated with EPA's preliminary assessment, the available data indicate that vapor phase chlorpyrifos may be emitted from treated fields at levels resulting in exposure to children and others who live, work, attend school or otherwise spend time nearby. In some circumstances, these bystanders may be exposed to chlorpyrifos and/or the transformation product chlorpyrifos-oxon at concentrations that could cause adverse effects. The chlorpyrifos preliminary volatility assessment , guide to commenters , and related documents are available in docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0850 at www.regulations.gov.
If the final, more refined, chlorpyrifos volatility assessment indicates that risks are similar to those found in the preliminary evaluation, the EPA anticipates that it may be necessary to take action to reduce bystander risks. With more information, however, the agency's preliminary assessment could be refined and result in lower exposure and risk estimates.
To assist the EPA in refining the preliminary volatilization assessment during the comment period, the agency is requesting information and data in several areas, including methods for assessing volatility, or assessing and characterizing the effects of inhaled chlorpyrifos. A Guide to Commenters includes a list of questions on which the agency is seeking comment. The EPA will carefully consider all comments as well as any additional information or data provided in a timely way before revising the assessment.
The preliminary evaluation of the potential risks from volatilization of chlorpyrifos supplements the EPA's June 2011 preliminary human health risk assessment for the registration review of chlorpyrifos , and July 2012 spray drift assessment . The chlorpyrifos volatilization assessment includes approaches that the agency has used previously to assess inhalation exposures of fumigant pesticides . The assessment also is consistent with recommendations of the December 2009 FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel meeting on the scientific issues associated with field volatilization of conventional pesticides.
The EPA is reviewing chlorpyrifos to ensure that it continues to meet the statutory standard for registration and can be used without causing unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment. An organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos is used to control insect pests on a variety of food crops and non-food sites.
The EPA's preliminary volatilization assessment is also responsive to a petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Pesticide Action Network North America, which requested that the agency revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for chlorpyrifos. The agency's interim responses to the petition including a recent January 25, 2013 response are available in docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1005 at www.regulations.gov.


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'Dead Man Walking' author visits Eugene for operatic version
EUGENE, Ore. - Sister Helen Prejean started her prison ministry in 1981 in Louisiana when she became pen pals with Patrick Sonnier, convicted killer of two teens who was awaiting execution on Louisiana's death row.
Prejean became Sonnier's spiritual advisor, an experience that became the basis for her 1994 book "Dead Man Walking."
Her eyewitness account of the death penalty became a movie in 1996 with Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. Sarandon won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portryal of Prejean. Penn, director Tim Robbins and musician Bruce Springsteen were nominated for their parts in making the movie.
Prejean has visited Eugene before but is in town this week for the local premier of "Dead Man Walking" the opera, written in 2000 by Jake Heggie.
Her visit happens to coincide with a visit by the Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday to hear oral arguments in the case of Gary Haugen, a death row inmate who wants to waive his appeals and be put to death.
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"The aria is my journey," she said of the opera, which she said does justice to the book.
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She said states should move away from the death penalty, arguing that it doesn't protect society from crime, and focus instead on the "roots of violence."


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NRA Discusses Findings Of National School Shield Program In Washington
Mark Mattiolli , whose son was killed in the Newtown, Connecticut... News PhotoAsa Hutchinson,Carefree,Former,Government,Horizontal,Males,National Press Club,Newtown - Connecticut,Politics,Son,USA,Washington DCPhotographer JIM WATSONCollection: AFP 2013 AFPMark Mattiolli (L), whose son was killed in the Newtown, Connecticut shootings, endorses new proposals laid out by former US Congressman Asa Hutchinson(R) after his announcement of the findings and recommendations of the the National School Shield Program at the National Press Club in Washington, DC April 2, 2013. The NRA-backed National School Shield program on Tuesday unveiled recommendations to protect schools from instances of violence, including a model program to train and enable school personnel to carry firearms. Hutchinson was tasked by the National Rifle Association following the December shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut to develop the recommendations to bolster school security. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)


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HTC One 'Mini' smiles for the camera, brings the good looks and camera to a lower pricepoint
The HTC One has thus far proven to be a success after HTC's May revenue turned out to be almost double that of April, now it's smaller counterpart seems to be ready to take the stage and bring all the HTC One's goodness to a lower pricepoint.
Don't forget to grab some Amzer accessories for your HTC One.
The supposed HTC One 'Mini' has leaked in some images, showing off the device next to its larger sibling. The HTC M4, shows a design similar to that of the HTC One (codenamed the HTC M7) and promises to bring the 4MP UltraPixel camera and same good looks to a more wallet-friendly range. The HTC One 'Mini' is said to feature a 4.3-inch 720p touch display, a dual core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and dual front speakers. The One 'Mini' is rumoured to go on sale sometime in August for about $525, quite a hefty price for a device that size.
Recent restructuring at HTC has prompted a lot of speculation, but it seems the company may be making a turnaround, at least if early sales estimates are to be believed.


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At Hockey's Future, they have started to count down the top 50 NHL prospects.
Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh was ranked at 50.
HF recently ranked him the Rangers second best prospect.
In the fall, HF ranked the Rangers with the ninth best farm system. They also ranked Chris Kreider as the 23rd best NHL prospect and Derek Stepan and Evgeny Grachev were both ranked in the top 41.
He was ranked 75th in The Hockey News "Future Watch" issue.
McDonagh has been with the Rangers since the beginning of January and I don't consider him a prospect anymore. He still meets the rookie criteria though, and it's nice to see him get recognized for it.
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Autopsy of Oxnard man shows no evidence of police beating, medical examiner says
Authorities released more details Tuesday on an autopsy of a 26-year-old Oxnard man who died after being restrained by police, saying they found no evidence that officers hit or choked the man, as his family has alleged.
On June 23, Oxnard police apparently held Robert Ramirez down in a prone position that appeared to have interfered with either his breathing or circulation, said Dr. Ronald O'Halloran, the county's former chief medical examiner who performed the autopsy.
Ramirez also had an "extremely high level" of methamphetamine in his blood and a much higher level in his stomach. His temperature, taken shortly after his death, was 106 degrees, in the low range of what's considered potentially lethal, said O'Halloran, who recently retired as chief but is working part-time in the coroner's office.
"That makes a case like this hard to evaluate — what actually caused death. He could have died whether or not there was police involvement at all because his methamphetamine level was so high, it could have caused his death at any time," O'Halloran said Tuesday. "It just wouldn't necessarily cause death."
Coroner's officials completed an autopsy report last week and issued a news release Monday, saying Ramirez died of asphyxia from "active prone restraint," which can cause respiratory distress and death in some situations but does not necessarily involve choking.
The coroner's office categorized the incident as a homicide but noted that this only means death "at the hands of another" and does not necessarily imply intent to cause harm or misconduct.
Oxnard police officials think "accident" or "undetermined" would be more appropriate classifications for manner of death, Assistant Chief Scott Whitney said Tuesday. "There was no intent to harm and the outcome was unintentional," he said, in an email.
The report is being sent to district attorney's officials, who will determine whether there was criminal wrongdoing.
Ramirez's family has charged that police beat and choked Ramirez before he died and are calling for an outside investigation. The family plans to sue the city, the Oxnard Police Department and the officers involved.
Ramirez's mother is expected to speak at a news conference Wednesday morning.
Attorney Ron Bamieh, who represents the family, said his office's own investigation shows officers attacked Ramirez, threw him to the ground and punched him. One officer grabbed Ramirez from behind and began choking him, said Bamieh, who also represents The Star on First Amendment issues.
"He was unarmed, and for some reason, they decided to use deadly force when he didn't attack any of the officers," Bamieh said recently. "We believe officers surrounded Mr. Ramirez and beat and choked him to death."
Oxnard police officials have disputed those claims. They say the seven officers who responded to the incident did everything they could to get Ramirez the medical care he needed.
O'Halloran said Tuesday he also saw no evidence officers hit or choked Ramirez.
On the night of the death, Oxnard police responded to a 911 call from a friend of Ramirez who thought Ramirez was overdosing. The friend reported that Ramirez probably would not go to the hospital voluntarily, prompting police to respond first to make sure the situation was safe for medical personnel, according to the coroner's office.
After verbal attempts by police to get Ramirez to cooperate, the coroner's office said, police decided to try handcuffs.
During a struggle, police used prone restraint. Ramirez, whose hands were handcuffed and ankles were fastened together, was held in a prone position with weight pressing down on his back. While he lost consciousness during the restraint, the issue of when he stopped breathing is unclear, O'Halloran said.
After losing consciousness, Ramirez was taken to St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, where he was pronounced dead later that night.
Because of Ramirez's agitated state, Whitney said officers needed to handcuff him so medical personnel could provide treatment.
"While attempting to handcuff Ramirez, he resisted and there was a struggle with the officers. During the struggle, Ramirez ended up on his stomach," Whitney said.
After handcuffing Ramirez, officers also used a leg restraint to secure his legs. Whitney called both practices common in law enforcement.Several published studies and reports have said using prone restraint can lead to respiratory distress and even death, especially when other factors are present, such as an individual struggling with police or under the influence of stimulants.
Even without contributing factors, restraining an individual in a prone position can restrict a person's ability to breathe, according to a 2002 report from a disability-rights group.
O'Halloran, who also has studied the issue, said he thinks Oxnard police faced a difficult situation.
"The police in a way were between a rock and a hard place — to get him medical care, they had to get him under control. The process of getting him under control increased his risk of death," O'Halloran said.
Whitney said the department does allow and provides training on prone handcuffing techniques. It also has a policy on body restraint. An administrative review of whether policies were followed in this case is ongoing, he said.
Ramirez's death was the first of two fatal incidents that have sparked allegations by some that police brutality and harassment is an ongoing problem in parts of Oxnard. In October, a bystander, Alfonso Limon, 21, was accidentally killed by officers in a gunfight. Marches, vigils and demonstrations at City Council meetings have been held in recent months.
Police Chief Jeri Williams has said she wants to hire an outside agency to review both fatal incidents. The civilian review would be in addition to other formal investigations under way.
While demonstrators have turned out in large numbers at several Oxnard City Council meetings in recent months — sometimes carrying poster-size photos of Ramirez's bruised face taken after his body was released to the family — there was no visible presence at Tuesday's meeting, nor did anyone comment on the medical examiner's findings during the initial half-hour public comment period.
Earlier Tuesday, Oxnard Mayor Tom Holden called the Ramirez incident a "tragic occurrence" for the family and the officers involved.
Because of pending litigation, city officials have been advised not to comment on specifics, he said. Holden did say Williams is doing everything in her power to make sure the community's questions are answered, including calling for an independent review.
"Our chief is taking this very seriously," he said.
Staff writer Gretchen Wenner contributed to this report.
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Cidofovir in Renal Transplant Recipients With BKVN
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This study will look at the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of cidofovir in kidney transplant patients who have been diagnosed with BK virus nephropathy (BKVN), a viral condition that can cause patients to reject transplanted kidneys. Up to 48 adult (age 18 years and older) kidney or pancreas transplant recipients with newly diagnosed BKVN will receive 1 of 3 cidofovir dose levels or placebo (non medicated substance) to identify the maximum tolerated dose. Dosing will be administered intravenously (by a tube running into a blood vessel). In addition to the screening visit, volunteers will actively participate for approximately 8-10 weeks with a single follow up phone call at 4 months. Blood samples, urine samples, eye exams and physical exams are included in study procedures.
BK Virus (Nephropathy)
Drug: Cidofovir
Drug: Placebo
Phase 1
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Escalation Study to Assess the Safety and Effect of Cidofovir in Renal Transplant Recipients With BK Virus Nephropathy
- Safety and Tolerability of Cidofovir Assessed by Enumeration of Adverse Events Per Subject [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]The measure is the number of adverse events (ie: events that are change from baseline)experienced by subjects. The median or average number of events and the range of events across all subjects is reported.
- Number of Adverse Events by Grade of Event [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Adverse events are reported as grades:
Toxicity Grade I: a mild event (an event that requires minimal or no treatment and does not interfere with the subject's daily activities.
Toxicity Grade II: a moderate event (an event that results in a low level of inconvenience or concern with the therapeutic measures and may cause some interference with functioning.
Toxicity Grade III: a severe event (an event that interrupts a subject's usual daily activity and may require systemic drug therapy or other treatment and may be incapacitating.
Toxicity Grade IV: Life threatening (any adverse drug experience that places the patient or subject at immediate risk of death from the reaction as it occurred)
- Number of Related Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
The investigator's assessment of an AE's relationship to study drug is part of the documentation process. All adverse events had their relationship to study product assessed using the following terms: associated (related)or not associated (not related). To help assess, the following guidelines were used.
- Associated - There was a known temporal relationship and/or, if re-challenge was done, the event abates with de-challenge and reappears with re-challenge and/or the event was known to occur in association study product or with a product in a similar class of study products
- Not Associated -the AE was completely independent of study product administration; and/or evidence existed that the event was definitely related to another etiology.
- Changes Observed in the Physical Examination : Respiratory Rate (Per Minute) [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Respiratory rate is the number of breaths per minute.
- Changes Observed in the Physical Examination: Blood Pressure (mm/hg) [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels. "Blood pressure" usually refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation. During each heartbeat, blood pressure varies between a maximum (systolic) and a minimum (diastolic) pressure. The measure is the difference between the baseline systolic and baseline diastolic value with the day 49 systolic and day 49 diastolic value.
- Changes Observed in the Physical Examination: Body Temperature (Fahrenheit) [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]The temperature is a measure of body temperature in fahrenheit (F). The measure is a change between baseline temperature and day 49 temperature.
- Changes Observed in the Physical Examination: Heart Rate (Per Minute) [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]The heart rate is the number of heart beats per minute. The outcome measure is the change from baseline heart rate to day 49 heart rate.
- Number of Subjects Experiencing at Least One Laboratory Abnormality [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]The following lab values assessed during the 49 days of subject involvement were the following: hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelets, sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, calcium, phosphorous, serum albumin, glucose, uric acid, magnesium, total protein, total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), asparate aminotransferase (AST) and alkaline phosphate. The outcome measure is the number of subjects experiencing at least 1 grade 1 (mild) or higher event.
- The Effect of Cidofovir on BK Virus Determined by Percentage of Subjects Achieving an Undetectable BK Virus in Urine and Plasma PCR [ Time Frame: Day 35. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The outcome measure is the percent of subjects that achieved non-detectable BK virus in the urine and plasma polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at day 35 after staring study drug. Undetectable is a PCR viral load of less than 200.
- Percentage Change of Viral Load in Urine and Plasma BK Virus by Quantitative PCR Between Baseline and Each Visit [ Time Frame: Baseline, and each visit: day 7, 21, 35 and 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The percent change in viral load from baseline to day 7, day 21 and day 49 as measured in the urine and measured in the blood. A drop is identified by use of '-', an increase in viral load has no sign in front of the number.
- Subjects Achieving 50% Reduction Viral Load in Plasma and Urine [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Number of Days to at Least 50% Reduction of Viral Load in Plasma and Urine [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Allograft Function at the Completion of the Study [ Time Frame: Day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the tiny filters in the kidneys, called glomeruli, each minute. The normal health GFR is about 90 - 120 mL/min/1.73 m2. Older people will have lower normal GFR levels, because GFR decreases with age.
Abnormal Results are expected to be below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for 3 or more months are a sign of chronic kidney disease. A GFR result below 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 may be a sign of kidney failure.
- Allograft Rejection. [ Time Frame: Day 49. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Allograft rejection is the number of subjects that rejected their kidney by the end of the study.
- The Pharmacodynamics of Cidofovir Will be Assessed by Correlating the Percent Change in BK Virus DNA in Urine and Plasma With Pharmacokinetic Changes Between Baseline Through Day 35 [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 35 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]PK parameter change from baseline to day 35 for Cmax.
- The Pharmacodynamics of Cidofovir Will be Assessed by Correlating the Percent Change in BK Virus DNA in Urine and Plasma With Pharmacokinetic Changes Between Baseline and Day 35 [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 35 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]PK parameter change from baseline to day 35 for AUC4 and AUC12
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Cidofovir
32 subjects will be randomized to 1 of 3 possible cohorts. Cohort I will receive dose 0.25 mg/kg; Cohort II will receive 0.5 mg/kg, Cohort III will receive 1.0 mg/kg. Maximum tolerated dose is to be determined.
Drug: Cidofovir
Cidofovir is a marketed product for treatment of Cytomegalovirus disease (retinitis) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. It is packaged as a sterile, hypertonic aqueous solution for intravenous infusion only. Dosages: 0.25 mg/kg, 0.5 mg/kg, and 1.0 mg/kg.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
16 subjects to receive placebo.
Drug: Placebo
The control for this study is sterile, 0.9% normal saline for intravenous use.
Detailed Description:
The primary objectives of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study are to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 3 dose levels of cidofovir when administered to renal transplant recipients with BK virus nephropathy and to identify the maximum tolerated doses (MTD) among the 3 dose levels of cidofovir in renal transplant recipients with BK virus nephropathy. The secondary study objectives are to evaluate the antiviral effect of cidofovir at each of 3 dose levels; to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of cidofovir in renal transplant recipients with underlying renal impairment; to evaluate the pharmacodynamics (PD) of cidofovir in this setting; to evaluate allograft function at the completion of the study; and to assess allograft rejection at the completion of the study. Patients with BKVN (virus nephropathy) diagnosed by positive plasma polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or renal allograft biopsy will be randomized to receive study drug within 60 days of the date of the renal biopsy or plasma PCR assay that established the diagnosis of BKVN. The study consists of three dose cohorts (0.25 mg/kg, 0.5 mg/kg and 1.0 mg/kg); each cohort will consist of approximately 12 subjects randomized 2:1 to receive either cidofovir or placebo (0.9% normal saline) to define the MTD among the three specified doses of cidofovir. Once the MTD is established, approximately 12 additional patients will be enrolled at that dose. The MTD is defined as the dose in which no more than 2 of the 8 cidofovir treated subjects experience a dose limiting toxicity (DLT). The target enrollment is 48 subjects if all dose cohorts are fully enrolled. A 25% over-enrollment may be tolerated to allow for continued enrollment of subjects in the lower dose cohort if data are under concomitant review by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) or to replace non-evaluable study participants. Study participants who have been randomized and have received cidofovir/placebo (in any cohort) will be considered non-evaluable if they discontinue from the study or die for any reason except toxicities definitely related to study treatment, including DLTs. These subjects may be replaced. There will be a 5-week drug administration period (4 doses) followed by a 2 week end-of-study observation and evaluation period for each cohort. At about 3 months after last dose of study infusion, a member of the research staff will assess the study participant and counsel on pregnancy status via a phone call. The study will be overseen by a DSMB who will review the data after each dose cohort is completed. The primary endpoint of the study will assess the safety and tolerability of cidofovir in kidney transplant recipients this will be assessed by enumeration of adverse events (AEs) reported by the subjects and/or investigator, and changes observed in the physical examination (including vital signs) and laboratory evaluations during the drug administration and end-of-treatment observation and evaluation periods. The severity and relationship of AEs to receipt of study drug will be determined because the primary endpoint is focusing on the safety. The secondary endpoints are the effect of cidofovir on BK virus as determined by: percentage of subjects who achieve an undetectable BK virus urine and plasma PCR between baseline and end of treatment; rate of reduction in urine and plasma BK virus load by quantitative PCR between baseline and end of treatment; and time to reduction in BK virus urine and plasma PCR; the detailed PK of cidofovir will be evaluated in subjects at the MTD; the PD of cidofovir will be assessed by quantitating the change in BK virus deoxyribonucleic aci
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged greater than or equal to 18 years.
- Kidney or kidney/pancreas transplant recipient.
- New onset BK Virus Nephropathy (BKVN) diagnosed by a positive plasma polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for BK virus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or by a renal biopsy demonstrating BK virus (by immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy and/or in situ hybridization) obtained as part of standard medical care within 60 days prior to receipt of first dose of study drug.
- BK virus load in plasma greater than 10,000 copies/mL within prior 21 days.
- Glomerular filtration rate greater than 30 mL/min using Levey calculations.
- Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1000/microliter [with granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) support as necessary].
- Women must be post-menopausal, surgically sterile or willing to use adequate contraception (barrier method with spermicide, intrauterine device, oral contraceptives, implant or other licensed hormone method) from time of study enrollment through 1 month after the last dose of study treatment. Men must be surgically sterile or willing to use contraception (barrier method with spermicide) from time of study enrollment through 3 months after the last dose of study treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to provide valid informed consent.
- History of intolerance to cidofovir or related compounds (i.e. other nucleotide derivatives [adefovir or tenofovir]).
- Pregnant or breast feeding women.
- Prior treatment with cidofovir within the last 2 weeks.
- Receipt of another investigational drug with proven nephrotoxic drug interaction with cidofovir or known antipolyoma virus activity one month prior to study entry.
- Contraindication to renal biopsy (e.g., anticoagulant medication, unwilling to undergo biopsy).
- Currently receiving or anticipated to receive any of the following within 2 weeks of randomization:
- Amphotericin preparation (intravenous)
- Aminoglycosides (intravenous)
- Platinum - based chemotherapeutic agents
- NSAIDs - non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin given for cardioprotective treatment is acceptable up to 650 mg per oral daily)
- Foscarnet
- Pentamidine (intravenous)
- Probenecid
- Leflunomide
- Hypotony or uveitis.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00138424
|United States, Alabama
|University of Alabama Hospital - Nephrology
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249-0001
|United States, California
|California Pacific Medical Center - Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation - Transplant Nephrology
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94115-1932
|University of California San Francisco Medical Center at Parnassus - Organ Transplant
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143-2204
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Denver
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045-2541
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University - Comprehensive Transplant Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611-2927
|The University of Chicago Medical Center - Kindney Trasnplant - Nephrology
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637-1447
|United States, Minnesota
|University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview - Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455-0356
|Mayo Clinic, Rochester - Infectious Diseases
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905-0001
|United States, New Hampshire
|Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Infectious Disease
|Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756-1000
|United States, Texas
|Dallas Nephrology Associates - Dallas Transplant Institute
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75204-6168
|United States, Washington
|University of Washington - Medicine
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195-7110
|United States, Wisconsin
|University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics - Clinical Science Center - Nephrology
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792-0001
No publications provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00138424 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 26, 2005
|Results First Received:
|June 14, 2012
|Last Updated:
|February 28, 2013
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
United States: Food and Drug Administration
United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Vistide®, Cidofovir, renal transplant, BK Virus Nephropathy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Anti-Infective Agents
Antiviral Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Therapeutic Uses
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 13, 2015


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Early Mitchum, Bonneau, S.C.
Letter: Policies about owning exotic snakes as pets led to Florida's problems
Florida's war on snakes can be directly attributed to lawmakers who capitulate to the exotic animal industry by refusing to ban wild animals being kept as pets.
When you make it as simple as pulling out a credit card to buy snakes, alligators, iguanas and other exotic species, the cruel cycle begins.
Animals quickly go from "must have" to "must get rid of."
Some of these former pet end up in already-overburdened shelters. Others are simply dumped, destined to become targets in state-sponsored killing sprees — appallingly called "contests."
As a licensed wildlife rehabber with 15 years experience in treating society's castoffs, I can attest that people will not change, so the laws must. Legislators must slam the door shut on the exotic pet industry once and for all.
Early Mitchum is a spokesman for Keeper of the Wild Inc.
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Deep-Sea Volcanoes Explode
Monterey Bay CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2011
Between 75 and 80 per cent of all volcanic activity on Earth takes place at deep-sea, mid-ocean ridges. Most of these volcanoes produce effusive lava flows rather than explosive eruptions, both because the levels of magmatic gas (which fuel the explosions and are made up of a variety of components, including, most importantly CO2) tend to be low, and because the volcanoes are under a lot of pressure from the surrounding water.
Over about the last 10 years however, geologists have nevertheless speculated, based on the presence of volcanic ash in certain sites, that explosive eruptions can also occur in deep-sea volcanoes.
But no one has been able to prove it until now.
By using an ion microprobe, Christoph Helo, a PhD student in McGill's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has now discovered very high concentrations of CO2 in droplets of magma trapped within crystals recovered from volcanic ash deposits on Axial Volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, off the coast of Oregon.
These entrapped droplets represent the state of the magma prior to eruption. As a result, Helo and fellow researchers from McGill, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, have been able to prove that explosive eruptions can indeed occur in deep-sea volcanoes.
Their work also shows that the release of CO2 from the deeper mantle to the Earth's atmosphere, at least in certain parts of mid-ocean ridges, is much higher than had previously been imagined.
Given that mid-ocean ridges constitute the largest volcanic system on Earth, this discovery has important implications for the global carbon cycle which have yet to be explored.
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